I'm sorry...

[cayne]

...that I have been a pretty bad example of a forum admin during the last weeks. I know that we (sadly) STILL have major problems with the overall performance of the board. Even tho that at times it is running fast/ok, a lot of times (mostly when the majority is online) it is NOT. I've had to deal with some very annoying personal issues during the last 1-2 months, which made it even more difficult for me to concentrate on the forum issues. But that shouldn't be an excuse, esp. since the issues are around basically since the switch to the v4 of the software.

I really hope I'll be able (somehow, right now too exactly sure how) to turn things around here and give you guys the performance you deserve and just an overall, usable forum, without any interruptions. The solutions/ideas of how to achieve this vary from switching the hosting provider, to bring in another code-expert or to create a brand new installation of the software and import the database to a wonder! I'll be evaluating the various options with the mods and the users in order to achieve our goal.

And I also have to say a big fat THANK YOU to all loyal users of this forum, who are with us since years, or just weeks, who stick around in these "slow" and sometimes probably frustrating times and make the forum what it is. You guys are just awesome and the sole reason why I want to keep this forum alive, I'm sure the internet wouldn't be as PHUN as it is without you guys!

[Big Bamboo!]

Thanks boss all your efforts are welcomed and thanked in keeping our home alive....

[Redwing1]

Love it here , no place i'd rather be. (God knows I'm here enough ... Lol)

[Mo]

Love it here , no place i'd rather be. (God knows I'm here enough ... Lol)

& i think in the end things will get worked out

[Flippy]

im in no position to give you shit Cayne. Im not happy about the situtation. Yes we have problems even a blind duck can see that, but i have no idea how the system looks how much time it would take away from your hectic normal life or even how much you can do at your end and how much of it the hoster can do. So i simply keep my mouth shut and stick around we have some fantastic members here and its gonna take more than a bunch of bugs to make me go away.

[Cold As Ice]

I like it here, even when it's slow or getting errors. As long as i'm not banned i will stay on Phun

I've had to deal with some very annoying personal issues during the last 1-2 months, which made it even more difficult for me to concentrate on the forum issues. But that shouldn't be an excuse, esp. since the issues are around basically since the switch to the v4 of the software.

Things happen IRL Cayne, issues IRL come first even if they are annoying

[X-Spectre]

You got it backwards Cayne, we should be thanking you for keeping the 'doors' of our online home open even through shitty situations like what have been happening since the 'upgrade' (). I'll be here as long as Phun is here no worries about that. Good luck with the RL situation(s) and thanks for the updates.

[Kaleidoscope]

You got it backwards Cayne, we should be thanking you for keeping the 'doors' of our online home open.

Hear, hear!

[J3scribe]

You got it backwards Cayne, we should be thanking you for keeping the 'doors' of our online home open even through shitty situations...

[X-Spectre]

[mokkoriman]

Cayne,

I think most of the regulars here who visit Phun on constant basis appreciate your candid words and hope whatever your annoying personal issues you're going through, we wish you the best.

With that said - and with it being over a week since your gracious apology - now what?

I've seen the ISPrime dude remove the "who's online" from the frontpage and that seemed to speed up the browsing for a bit. But it's still rather inconsistent. I haven't gotten a 502/505/911 Gateway errors for the past week, but I haven't been on here that frequently. Still getting nagging reply errors and unnecessary lag times in "giving Thanks". And as an uploader to the SVF section (or at least, I used to be), I'm not the only one still wondering whether there will be any changes to the filehosters.

So, rather than just being a bitching asshole on a Friday night, here's a list of persistent buggery/annoyances that still somewhat plague the Phun experience for myself and for many others here; I figure if I'm going to bitch and moan, at least do it with the goal of being solutions-oriented.

1) Replying to threads will often have the "Leave/Stay on the Page" window pop-up

By far, this is the most annoying. Usually after typing a reply and hitting the reply button, if it takes more than 5 seconds to load, this stupid window will appear. Hitting the "Leave" button will send you to the "Go Advanced Reply" page layout with the message that you've already made a reply and should you hit reply again, you'll double post. The temporary solution for me is to leave the page knowing that I most likely made a reply, but somewhat makes replying a burden of an effort.


2) Giving Thanks takes too damn long.

I will say I haven't had to wait 20+ seconds anymore to "Give Thanks", so that's improved. Still on average, it takes about 5-10 seconds to give Thanks and on top of that, the page scrolls to the top of the thread rather than just staying put.


3) Who's online frontpage and "light" indicator.

As the frontpage feature of seeing "who's online" is gone for now, does that mean we'll be seeing the online "light" indicator next to user's names working again?


4) Purging "inactive" members and vB upgrade?

Would any of the speed & stability problems have to do with the MASS number of registered accounts there are at Phun? And considering that probably 50% of the user accounts are inactive, that perhaps a purge of accounts that haven't been active in a year or more considered?
I noticed that Phun is on vB version 4.1.8 and there's actually a vB version 4.1.9 - maybe it's worth upgrading to the newer one? I say this because another adult forum I'm a part of (GASP! ) made the switch to 4.1.9 not too long ago and while that forum doesn't have close to the amount of posts or members here at Phun, there is no buggery going on there at all. Just a couple things to consider.

Be like water,

Mok

[AustinTxRocker]

what about the entire look and feel of the forum, will we ever get that back?

what about all of the great people that left this forum because of your personal problems getting in the way of fixing it? will you be able to get them back?

coming on saying you're sorry with no assurance that things will get better does very little good imo and just makes things worse.

you have time to post funny videos but no time to work on fixing the forum?

you should update your moniker. God you are not.

[Classyvixenart]

I love this place
... Thru Thick and thin (all puns aside)

[Thore!]

Thank you for the update.....I too really like this place and knowing that you and company are aware of the periods of time when phun does not work, and you are as bothered by that as we are, it makes it easier to have patience while the causes are identified and corrected.

Again, thanks for Phun and all the work you and the rest of the crew does to both continue and improve this outstanding site.

[Hamsterslapper]

Dang, Chief ~ you do all the work, we get to have all the phun. All of us are truly indebted to your service and that of the mods. The nuisances, such as they are, are minor compared to the benefits we enjoy at your expense.

Hope I don't sound like I want to have your baby...