We're back

[stevegrant]

This evening, I've upgraded the forum software from version 4.0.7 to 4.1.5, so that's quite a few versions we've jumped, hence the near two-hour period of downtime.

 

You will probably notice a few minor changes, the first is the edit box when you create a new thread or reply to a post. I'm not sure I like it yet, but I guess it'll grow. If anyone has any problems with it (in terms of any technical faults, not whether it looks pretty), please let me know.

 

I think we now have Facebook integration on threads as well, so you can "Like" threads, which will then post onto your Facebook news feed. Entirely up to you whether you decide to use this feature or not.

 

There will be another period of downtime, probably on Sunday, perhaps early next week, when we (finally) move over to a new server. This WILL be the last server move we make. As I have mentioned a few times recently, I've made a deal with my boss at work to put a new server into the company's data farm and utilise their resources for ourselves. This will see a massive improvement in performance and reliability.

 

Any questions?

[saintscottofthenortham]

Good to hear about the server, hopefully that will see matchdays and other high user occasions improve. The only question I have, will it stay at £5 a year?

[SuperMikey]

Shame, I thought we'd made a massive signing or something - hence the Database Error! Good to hear about the improved performance though.

[stevegrant]

Good to hear about the server, hopefully that will see matchdays and other high user occasions improve. The only question I have, will it stay at £5 a year?

Yes, no plans to change that for the forseeable future.

[scotty]

Good to hear about the server, hopefully that will see matchdays and other high user occasions improve. The only question I have, will it stay at £5 a year?

 

Yes, no plans to change that for the forseeable future.

 

Ah, an echo of todays PMQs but in reverse

 

Where have the smileys gone btw?

[Baj]

lol, didn't know you were upgrading. That was me killing and rebooting both apache and mysql earlier, thought the server was dying!

[Dark Munster]

Cool, you can do superscripts.

 

x³+y³=z³

[La BoIS Saint]

Cool, you can do superscripts.

 

x³+y³=z³

 

x,y,z not all integers?

[Dark Munster]

x,y,z not all integers?

 

Possibly, but at least one must be 0.

 

 

 

Edit: Why are the smileys going all question-marky?

Edited 7 September, 2011 by Dark Munster
Bloody smileys

[JonnyLove]

This evening, I've upgraded the forum software from version 4.0.7 to 4.1.5, so that's quite a few versions we've jumped, hence the near two-hour period of downtime.

 

You will probably notice a few minor changes, the first is the edit box when you create a new thread or reply to a post. I'm not sure I like it yet, but I guess it'll grow. If anyone has any problems with it (in terms of any technical faults, not whether it looks pretty), please let me know.

 

I think we now have Facebook integration on threads as well, so you can "Like" threads, which will then post onto your Facebook news feed. Entirely up to you whether you decide to use this feature or not.

 

There will be another period of downtime, probably on Sunday, perhaps early next week, when we (finally) move over to a new server. This WILL be the last server move we make. As I have mentioned a few times recently, I've made a deal with my boss at work to put a new server into the company's data farm and utilise their resources for ourselves. This will see a massive improvement in performance and reliability.

 

Any questions?

 

I only have one question. What is the likelihood of my wife giving me a blow-job?

[Saint in Paradise]

Probably a silly question but do these servers have unlimited access to every posters details and PMs etc?

[hutch]

This evening, I've upgraded the forum software from version 4.0.7 to 4.1.5, so that's quite a few versions we've jumped, hence the near two-hour period of downtime.

 

You will probably notice a few minor changes, the first is the edit box when you create a new thread or reply to a post. I'm not sure I like it yet, but I guess it'll grow. If anyone has any problems with it (in terms of any technical faults, not whether it looks pretty), please let me know.

 

I think we now have Facebook integration on threads as well, so you can "Like" threads, which will then post onto your Facebook news feed. Entirely up to you whether you decide to use this feature or not.

 

There will be another period of downtime, probably on Sunday, perhaps early next week, when we (finally) move over to a new server. This WILL be the last server move we make. As I have mentioned a few times recently, I've made a deal with my boss at work to put a new server into the company's data farm and utilise their resources for ourselves. This will see a massive improvement in performance and reliability.

 

Any questions?

I have one. What happens when you get fired? Will your boss give us our fivers back?

[trousers]

What's the name of this company that I now have a financial stake in?

[manji]

Well done Steve.

[Windmill Arm 2]

I can no longer post using my smartphone, its incompatible with Windows Phone 7, I wonder if this is the same with IPhone etc?

[JamiSaint]

Thanks guys

[miserableoldgit]

Seems that I can.

 

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

[Ken Tone]

Possibly, but at least one must be 0.

 

 

 

Edit: Why are the smileys going all question-marky?

 

Bet you can't prove it!

 

More seriously, and weirdly, the smileys don't show up for me on the main screen , but do in this quote box.

[johnnyboy]

Works fine on Android !

[jawillwill]

Probably a silly question but do these servers have unlimited access to every posters details and PMs etc?

 

Have you got something to hide?

[Windmill Arm 2]

Seems that I can.

 

Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

Is this using Windows Phone 7? My HTC Mozart won't allow me to type on this forum now??

[Made in Southampton]

Have you ever considered the idea of having the ability to add signatures to posts Steve? Would brighten the place up a bit.

[Wurzel]

 

I think we now have Facebook integration on threads as well, so you can "Like" threads, which will then post onto your Facebook news feed. Entirely up to you whether you decide to use this feature or not.

 

Any questions?

 

If someone then clicks the link from fb would they need to register to read it (this forum ) or would it be a "logged in" link ?

[stevegrant]

Probably a silly question but do these servers have unlimited access to every posters details and PMs etc?

No, as only I know the password to access the database.

 

What's the name of this company that I now have a financial stake in?

You don't. They are simply our suppliers.

 

Is this using Windows Phone 7? My HTC Mozart won't allow me to type on this forum now??

There are three different edit boxes available on the forum, which you can change within your user settings (click Settings at the top of the screen, then under "My Account", select "General Settings") - right at the bottom of the page, under "Miscellaneous Options", there are options for "Enhanced Interface", "Basic Editor" and "Standard Editor". Try using the basic editor as that's most likely to be compatible across all mobile browsers.

 

Have you ever considered the idea of having the ability to add signatures to posts Steve? Would brighten the place up a bit.

We've always had them turned off because they're an extra drain on resources (displaying them requires an additional query to the database for each post). Once we've migrated to the new server, we might look at turning them on, although I'm slightly reluctant to do so because a) it's an extra thing that we have to keep an eye on, as some people will abuse it, and b) they have the potential to take up a lot of screen space when most people would rather just read the thread.

 

If someone then clicks the link from fb would they need to register to read it (this forum ) or would it be a "logged in" link ?

At the moment, if the link was to a thread on the main board then yes, they would need to be logged in to read it. However, the power of the new server should allow us to open read-only access to people who aren't logged in as well.

 

I won't be switching all the bells and whistles on immediately when we migrate, as I want to double-check everything is running smoothly, but gradually I should be able to switch on various bits and pieces.

[Saint Garrett]

For me....No to signatures, they're just messy and annoying and theres never anything worth reading in them, just have to wade through them to get the what the thread is about.

[The9]

I also hate pointless signatures, and it would make browsing at work a nightmare for most people. I already have the avatars off for that reason.

 

I like the little "Auto-Save" popup as you type...

[The Kraken]

For me....No to signatures, they're just messy and annoying and theres never anything worth reading in them, just have to wade through them to get the what the thread is about.

 

Agreed, and often just get used for spamming purposes anyway.

[JustMike]

no to signatures, love the new text box and the auto save!

[toofarnorth]

Works fine on nokia 5800 still

[Macey_J2]

Cheers steve. PS, do u have a season ticket in block 40?

[dellboypete]

Cool, you can do superscripts.

 

x³+y³=z³

 

Hmmmmm - Fermats last theorem I believe - there is no solution to this

[saintmatt]

I also vote "NO!" to signatures.. As people have said, they take up too much screen space, detract from the flow of the thread (a bit like some posters on here), and are often used for spamming

Edited 8 September, 2011 by saintmatt

[stevegrant]

Cheers steve. PS, do u have a season ticket in block 40?

Yes

[S-Clarke]

Nice one, don't mind the new edit box - little bit snazzier.

 

Hope the move over the weekend goes ok.

[Gaucho]

Hmmmmm - Fermats last theorem I believe - there is no solution to this

 

This was proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles.

[stevegrant]

Looks like smileys have been fixed. No idea what was going on there!

[Pancake]

Mobile/cutdown skin?

 

SaintsWiki?

[stevegrant]

There is a mobile app that we're looking at, but it's going to require a fair amount of time to set up. I don't really want to put any time estimates on it as I'm really not 100% sure about what's involved there yet.

 

Wiki is on the "would like but not vital" pile at the moment, I'm afraid.

[Ludwig]

Hmmmmm - Fermats last theorem I believe - there is no solution to this

 

Infinite solutions, unless we specify that x,y,z are non-zero integers. Also, Fermat's Last Theorem was for the case x^n + y^n = z^n for n>2, the case of n=3 was proven long before Wiles, a proof using infinite descent is pretty straightforward.

[ant]

I also vote "NO!" to signatures.. As people have said, they take up too much screen space, detract from the flow of the thread (a bit like some posters on here), and are often used for spamming

 

Plus they'd add to the server load during busy periods...

[Dimond Geezer]

Hmmmmm - Fermats last theorem I believe - there is no solution to this

 

I believe Fermats last theorem was xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ. However, I may be wrong, it's a long time since I played with this type of nonsense.

 

Edit:

Looks like I was beaten to it by Ludwig, at least it proves my memory is still working.

Edited 8 September, 2011 by Dimond Geezer
Ludwig beat me.

[Dark Munster]

Infinite solutions, unless we specify that x,y,z are non-zero integers. Also, Fermat's Last Theorem was for the case x^n + y^n = z^n for n>2, the case of n=3 was proven long before Wiles, a proof using infinite descent is pretty straightforward.

 

We have a winner!

 

Looks like having superscripts has opened up a whole new can of worms.

[Ohio Saint]

There will be another period of downtime, probably on Sunday, perhaps early next week, when we (finally) move over to a new server. This WILL be the last server move we make. As I have mentioned a few times recently, I've made a deal with my boss at work to put a new server into the company's data farm and utilise their resources for ourselves. This will see a massive improvement in performance and reliability.

 

Any questions?

 

Insert happy bunny smiley here. Great news!! I hope it works out for you/us/everyone!

[saintbletch]

This was proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles.

 

And Fermat himself of course - he just didn't have room in his book to document it.

 

New forum features look good.

[Dark Munster]

Looks like smileys have been fixed. No idea what was going on there!

 

 

;):x:rolleyes:

 

Just checking.

 

Edit: Number 7 looks dodgy.

[70's Mike]

thank you

[SNSUN]

Change freaks me out. :-) Nah, it's ok really. Looks smart.

 

No to signatures too, I went on another team's forum recently, I forget which, and following the conversation was nigh on impossible because of all the signature pictures. It's not needed - like mySpace, it's just vanity.

[lordswoodsaints]

Ready

10 print 'hello user'

20 goto 10

Run

[Fan The Flames]

Yeah it looks good. Me too no to signatures, pretentious clap trap that I won't resist getting involved in, save me from myself.

[Scudamore]

F::ck no to signatures. Utterly pointless. And hypochondriac would no doubt have something utterly tw::ttish in his so I'd end up having to see it every other post in most threads.