PROBLEMS WITH THIS (NAS) FORUM - February 2018

An update regarding missing images. For the problem of images being posted and then disappearing afterwards, we believe that we have identified a software bug. This is fixed by a patch available from the suppliers. We are planning to apply the patch. That is designed to prevent any more images from vanishing. I do not yet have a time-scale for this, but obviously we will do it as soon as possible.

We are trying to recover the images that are already missing. This may or may not be possible. I'll post updates when we have them. Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion that this has caused.

I'll look separately at the notifications issue, not least because there is a thread for that.

Regards

(Later edit: sorry, but we have been unable to recover the missing images. Our backups are designed to protect the messaging database in the first instance. This problem is rather untypical for a forum, and the affected images are also missing from our backups.)

Thank you for replying with good news, 

sorry I came across so moody,

Can I now suggest a new issue has arisen, although it doesn’t cause me any issues as such it may be an indication of the problems that  exhist and may cause issues with email notifications.

If you go to the main forum page you will see many topics, some are new, if you look at the replies part and see six or whatever you may also see zero views,? So no views? Also some have twenty odd or so subscribers! But no views? 

Pit msy not be related to email notifications but is still a malfunction.

thank you for your continued vigilance and help in sorting out what sometimes are hard to see issues.

x()x.

views currently 740.

replies currently 47,

subscribers 20.

and although I am here replying there are no members showing here, my light is also not lit as I type?

Am I even here?

Thank you for replying with good news, 

sorry I came across so moody,

Can I now suggest a new issue has arisen, although it doesn’t cause me any issues as such it may be an indication of the problems that  exhist and may cause issues with email notifications.

If you go to the main forum page you will see many topics, some are new, if you look at the replies part and see six or whatever you may also see zero views,? So no views? Also some have twenty odd or so subscribers! But no views? 

Pit msy not be related to email notifications but is still a malfunction.

thank you for your continued vigilance and help in sorting out what sometimes are hard to see issues.

x()x.

views currently 740.

replies currently 47,

subscribers 20.

and although I am here replying there are no members showing here, my light is also not lit as I type?

Am I even here?

A reply to myself to keep this towards the bottom of page, 

the view count seems to be not working?

As I said it may seem unimportant but the fact is has stopped shows there is a software issue!

any issue can effect other things as in maybe notifications?

This thread still says 740 views. The replies counter is still working as each time I post it goes up as I hit reply and refresh, so currently saying 66 replies, 

x()x

Still no e-mail notifications.

Could someone look into this matter, please?

Thank you also.

I forgot to say thank you for saying about the NAS33000, part of your reply.

yes it makes perfect sense now that you mention it.

Did you know that even though we have icon pictures for our profile pictures we do still have our original NAS number?

Anyway it is 01:47am.. And so you must go!

farewell until the next exchange which I As usual look forward to.

much thanks, LW.

x()x

views=740,

replies=64,

subscribers=20.

date,=28:02:2018,

time=01:47.

(Look at that. The "Quote" function worked well for a while, then stops again, now...)

LoneWarrior Wrote:

I have checked my pictures yet cannot see why I should be careful?

I see nothing that may compromise my identity, 

....Very Good, Good Fortune to yourself, Sir! With regards to how I am feeling just now... past OneInTheMorning... But most of all, given all that has just been exchanged... CRICKEY. It is a bit much for myself... I might Sign Off, yet you shall know (!)...

Currently Cannot think of much else to add... and am always Thanking You... if WebPM reads, then it is Disappearing Posts, Notifications, and while-typing-Replies-Disappearing... most highlighted here by myself. 

I think that I myself would do best to sign out now... Thank You LoneWarrior again for all of this. And as was said... NAS *should* know, yet they did not seem to... やれやれ...

A very pleasant exchange,thank you.

you “chat” well, 

I have checked my pictures yet cannot see why I should be careful?

I see nothing that may compromise my identity, 

up above it clearly shows tabs for face book and my eBay summary. 

If you can see something I have missed please tell me.

By the way it still says 740 views Lol.

Thank you for this pleasant exchange it cheers me up so much.

x()x.

Disambiguating Cynosure said:

I already Posted a few seconds ago, yet in case it does not show (...) then I said that this is alright and Thank Very much

...Yes, yet ANOTHER new trouble to add! - I cannot believe it!

During "live chat", if another person is posting, then another person posting may disappear! I had forgotten about that one - "Disappearing Replies", versus "Disappearing Replies as they are being typed up"...!

To Mr.LoneWarrior... I understood, from your mentioning "presence tracking"... now I know. It IS my own fault - I am of the Paranoid sort, and so I never, ever select such a function wherever I am. Thank You Muchly for this exchange. And as I say... please always be very careful, yourself.

) ( said:

youvwill then see many options and if you look towards the bottom of the picture you will see” presence tracking, select that and green light will be on.

I already Posted a few seconds ago, yet in case it does not show (...) then I said that this is alright and Thank Very much. I also said to check your pictures, and edit them in less of a haste. Another reply to follow (...!)

Already I can see I missed things out or didn’t explain fully, I only know so much wizardry , I tried to add between the pictures but it wouldn’t work, 

please say if you do not understand as it isn’t a very good how to from me,

x()x

) ( said:

youvwill then see many options and if you look towards the bottom of the picture you will see” presence tracking, select that and green light will be on.

Got it. No need to add more! Check your pictures, be careful.

Ok just for you DC I will try to talk you through how to enable your light.

First go to the arrow at the top of page that points downwards, press that and it will make various icons show up. Select profile.

then select settings.

youvwill then see many options and if you look towards the bottom of the picture you will see” presence tracking, select that and green light will be on.

Oops - forgot to add: the >30,000 Registerd Users is a sort of guess of mine, considering that the latest User(s) numbers are around NAS36634. 

Here is my reply to follow. I had a feeling that I could *only* find this sort of thing out in this way, during "chat"... and so yes, I see it, Thank You Kindly. I never see one next to my own name, and sometimes what I see is a grey dot next to some, and nothing next to my own all of the time....

How do you choose to "light" it or not, pardon my asking...?

) ( said:

The green light I talk of is to show I am online if it is green, if it is grey it shows I am not logged on, You can chose not to have a light completely lit or unlit.

Thank You So much... posting in haste, reply to follow...

Hi again, 

The green light I talk of is to show I am online if it is green, if it is grey it shows I am not logged on, You can chose not to have a light completely lit or unlit.

if you look to the left of my user name right besides the L you should see it.

screen captured for you to see, oh and can you tell me how you got the >33,000 users registered here?

x()x.

) ( said:

As I type it says one member is here and yet my green light is unlit. I fear I am slowly fading away,

P.S. - I might point out that some of us - me, at least (!) - do not actually know what this means. We have no way of knowing who is online at the time or not. However, you do not need to explain this, as I can understand that it is different accross different machines.

) ( said:

And I would say that if I keep visiting a thread each time it does actually count me up one more time, I did it once to check. 

...Glad Tidings, this is me, "not chatting" again...(!) With regards to the Quoted thing, there, you might have visited a Thread at the same time as someone else... But - I acknowledge that you could be correct, and so if you are really that curious, try visiting a really old/forgotten/obscure Thread, and see if you can count it up that way. I admit that I could be wrong, yet WebPM would give a final answer, and obviously I am not WebPM...

...There are >33000 Users Registered here, apparently...

Hi DC so it still says 740 views,maybe neither of us exhist?

And I would say that if I keep visiting a thread each time it does actually count me up one more time, I did it once to check. 

I am however pleased that you took the trouble to start this thread as it has proved that unless we or you keep on telling them nothing gets noticed, we spend a considerable amount of time here, well I do anyway, so I do notice things, it is my way to spot things that are incorrect or not quite perfect, my nature is thus.

Also glad that you have had your voice heard and action has been taken to remedie a long standing issue of vanishing pictures, we are unofficial NAS operatives regards maintence issues ( joke).

As I type it says one member is here and yet my green light is unlit. I fear I am slowly fading away,

Regards LW.

x()x

(...Darn it, "Quotations" are not working again just now...)

But --- LoneWarrior wrote:

Ok been back to this page six times and the view figure hasn’t changed from 740.

screen shot of main page, notice zero views but 17 replies on the SNOW  related thread.

...Mr. LoneWarrior - Do not work too much over that first part, Please! When "A Single User" has viewed a page, it is supposed to count that *once*, and if you revisit, then it does not count that User again... at least, that is as far as I myself understand it. (To stop persons from rising the popularity of a Thread by just repeatedly visiting it.)

... Regarding the second part... I did indeed notice this upon another (short) Thread... and again, now I know that it is not my own "old" devices yet again... aarrgh...!

Thank You - yet another discrepancy to add to the list here?? But the worst in my view is still the "Disappearing Posts" palaver. And not in my view (literally) the "Notifications" business.

Ok been back to this page six times and the view figure hasn’t changed from 740.

screen shot of main page, notice zero views but 17 replies on the SNOW  related thread.