Administrators timm525 Posted September 26, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Hello Team, This morning we had a license upgrade that appeared to have some unintended consequences . It appears as our ranks and badges are goofed up. I’ve emailed Chris and asked if he has a back up copy of them so we can restore. Please report any board anomalies on this thread so we can work to get things back to normal. We are still not sure what all has gotten changed so your help is very much appreciated. Sincerely, the guy at the front desk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 One issue - I'm listed as a novice on the new "ranking scheme" yet it shows I have over 6k posts. I'm sure you will get it and other inconsistencies fixed. Thanks for all your work on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Vigilante Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Ha..we've all been demoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted September 26, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 The other thing I noticed is any custom name I gave to a member has been deleted, for example “Trivia Master Extraordinaire” or Dadrian’s “The Diet Coke of Jan Hammer” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewRemington Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 I think a lot of us who love the 80s fear change. This doesn't look too bad, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Well looks like I fixed the members title and some of the rank names. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 It looks like Jim had a special rank name that as part of the member titles? Everyone else seems to just say members. our custom member ranks and icons have been overwritten with the default ones. Hopefully Chris still has them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie C. Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 It seems to have wiped anything that might have been custom and replaced it with the goofy "Rank" thing that clearly doesn't import from existing board stats. It also changed how it shows total posts...it used to show posts and reputation and now it just gives some version of total posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 27, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Yeah I know, I’m a few million short on my post count too. Bastards! It will take some time to sort all this out and hopefully get things back the way they were if the new software allows for it. This is why I hate “upgrading”. OMG, I just realized the donation plug in might not be working. Quick…someone donate twenty grand so we can verify it is still ok. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 27, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 I seem to have found the setting that brings you to the latest comment instead of the first when looking at the unread section. That’s nice as that was a real PITA. Now if they could only do something with the phone app that sucks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gretsky Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 I don't know if this has to do with the new software, but I'm not able to write posts unless they are free of typos and edits. For instance, in "The Cows of October" post I just wrote I wrote about the music of Tiomkin and Elmer Bernstein. Then I remembered that I meant to cite Morricone as well, so I placed my cursor at the end of Tiomkin's name to add a comma and Morricone's name. But I wasn't able to - blue appeared instead and when I tried typing it "ate up" what I had already written in the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Gretsky Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 And I wanted to edit my above post because of a couple of typos, but I wasn't able to do even that, lol. I guess I'll have to put my review of all the episodes on hold until this is all sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicefan7777 Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 So I'm a Newbie who just got the One Year Badge despite being here since 2009. Huston, we have a problem!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James Posted September 27, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 it appears they changed the ranks from posts to a stupid points system so everyone has 0 points. Edit: I can try to customise it so it suits our preferences however I haven't figured out how I would get it to update to detect how many posts people already have. Edit 2: actually I might have an idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted September 27, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 It looks like the post count has returned. The custom member titles have also returned. If you had one and it hasn't returned please contact me and I'll fix it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kladdagh Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Anyways, that is great for the update, so thanks ... I seems that my "sergeant" grade is somewhere else ... no big deal but ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted September 27, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Kladdagh said: I seems that my "sergeant" grade is somewhere else ... no big deal but ... Still working on the ranks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Thanks for giving me back my member title: Bureau Chief. Not sure what it means but it impresses my friends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdiegolo78 Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) I lost my hard earned lieutenant badge and rank ...am i on suspension or something? Edited September 27, 2021 by sdiegolo78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie C. Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 I'm too lazy to come up with a custom title. I do kinda miss the captain rank for some reason, but that too shall pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 27, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 You’ve all been demoted for lack of donations! Show me the money and I’ll fix you up with a custom title! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, timm525 said: You’ve all been demoted for lack of donations! Show me the money and I’ll fix you up with a custom title! Extortion much? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted September 28, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 55 minutes ago, timm525 said: You’ve all been demoted for lack of donations! Show me the money and I’ll fix you up with a custom title! Can we pay you off in kilos? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted September 28, 2021 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Absolutely! Not sure if PayPal accepts that form of payment but I sure do. Remember to round up. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James Posted September 28, 2021 Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Ok rank and badges are back now in some form... But they're squashed lol. Hmm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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