jason Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 We have been testing a new version of the message board and are getting ready to roll it out.One of the change will be that we will no longer have a separate username and display name. We are planning on consolidating to just use the loginname. If you want your loginname changed please drop me a PM and we can do that.The current plan is to roll out the new version Tuesday night (Jan 12 2016), please expect downtime during the upgrade.I will update this thread when the upgrade is done and issues can be reported to this thread or if you have issues posting to the thread after the upgrade you can e-mail webmaster@nspn.org.Thanks -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 The upgrade has just finished. it took just over 7 hours from start to finish. Across all off the forums we have close to 70K posts. If you noticed anything that's not working please report it to this thread or e-mail webmaster@nspn.org. Thanks -Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Jason, Noticed the following message on in the "Upcoming Events" section on the home page. Software error: 404 Not Found at nspn-cal.pl line 23. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@nspn.org), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 40 minutes ago, David M said: Jason, Noticed the following message on in the "Upcoming Events" section on the home page. Software error: 404 Not Found at nspn-cal.pl line 23. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@nspn.org), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Thanks, I will take a look at fixing the rss feed to make that work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi Jason, Thanks for doing all the work and follow up. One thing, and it may be me, but is the calendar currently missing? I can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Kevin, I see the calendar under the Browse tab, second option from the left. You can also follow the link here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billvoss Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Tried to buy a pool session, it failed with an error about processing my payment. Probably because it neglected to ask me how I wanted to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Kevin B said: Hi Jason, Thanks for doing all the work and follow up. One thing, and it may be me, but is the calendar currently missing? I can't seem to find it. I have updated the menu bar to make the calendar more visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 24 minutes ago, billvoss said: Tried to buy a pool session, it failed with an error about processing my payment. Probably because it neglected to ask me how I wanted to pay. Bill, not sure what happened, but try going back to the Store tab (top of the forum, second from the right) and select the second of the three options called Manage Purchases. You should see the pool session you placed in your cart, and hopefully there will be a way to complete the payment there. If not, please send me a PM and we will work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin B (RPS Coach) Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 15 hours ago, jason said: I have updated the menu bar to make the calendar more visible. Hi Jason, Perfect solution...thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billvoss Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 15 hours ago, rfolster said: Bill, not sure what happened, but try going back to the Store tab (top of the forum, second from the right) and select the second of the three options called Manage Purchases. You should see the pool session you placed in your cart, and hopefully there will be a way to complete the payment there. If not, please send me a PM and we will work it out. Hi Rob, The uncompleted transaction shows up under Orders. NSPN Message Board | Store | Orders Shows Order #1319 as Pending On the far right are PayNow and Cancel Invoice buttons. When I click PayNow it takes me to Checkout Step 2 (Confirm & Pay) When I then click the "Place Order And Pay" button I stay on the Checkout Step 2 page, but the content changes to. ! There was an error processing the payment. Please try a different payment method or contact us for assistance. with a red background. There is also a Confirm & Pay button with a gray button, when I click "Confirm & Pay" the screen simply refreshes. We still have time, I'm trying to purchase 1/23/16. One of the rare afternoon pool sessions. -Bill Voss P.S. When I tried to PM you I got: Maintenance in progress We're sorry, but this website is currently unavailable. You can try again by clicking the button below, or try again later. Try again I'm not certain if that was a software issue, or just bad timing. Though the "Try again" button did not seem to do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Thanks for the update Bill. Yes, we have found an issue with the link between the website and PayPal that we are working on. The very recent "Maintenance In Progress" error you received was simply another part of the forum upgrade process and just bad timing - nothing to do with what you were doing. We hope to have the PayPal issue resolved as quickly as possible and will post here when it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Allen Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Minor thing. Viewing this morning from my IPad the text and the background graphics had very different spaces within the page. As if the text was left aligned and the background was centered? best Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 PayPal payments are active again. If you have already tried to make a purchase, go to the Store tab (top of the forum, second from the right) and select the second of the three options called Manage Purchases. You should see any purchases waiting to be paid, and you can now pay them through PayPal. If you need further assistance, please PM me or email membership@nspn.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Instead of using the Manage Purchases tab, it might be easier to use the Orders tab, which will show what items are still pending payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhabich Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Completing payment from Orders tab does now go to PayPal and payment is processed properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billvoss Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Succeeded in paying for a pool session. Went to get the waiver, which http://www.nspn.org/forum/store/product/3-haverhill-012316-saturday/ says is at http://www.nspn.org/forum/files/download/138-aca-pool-session-form/ However, that link gives a page does not exist error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 You can get the form here, or go to Browse then Downloads to find it. I will update the links in the Pool Sessions as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leong Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Not too significant, but unless I'm mistaken: There doesn't seem to be a "preview" button now? The little "Share this Post" thingie on the top right doesn't show the post number now? There doesn't seem to be a list of people reading the threads now? -Leon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yes, there seem to be a couple of nice little features that have gone away with this update. I have always used the "Unread Content" feature to keep up with everything that is going on, and you could select to either read the latest unread posts in the thread or mark the whole thread as read right n the preview section. Now, you have to click on the little dot or star before the thread title to see the latest posts, or click on the title to bring you to the very beginning, that's it. It is possible that some of these features may be brought back in later "patches", but for now, I think we will have to work with what we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 While I haven't noticed any functional issues, I have to say that the color scheme is really drab and lacking in contrast. Can this be readily changed to something more eye catching and easier to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 We will look to see if any modifications can be made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 If it wasn't broke, why fix it? Was it necessary to do this drab upgrade? So much went into the one we had. Can we revert back to it? Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I guess I jumped the gun. It looks like only the "Message Board" was altered. I could have sworn that all the original color photo mastheads and layout had disappeared but now I do seem to have full access to them. Very strange. I guess I'm not as computer savy as I thought. In any event, feel free to remove my comments as they are redundant. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Doug said: I guess I jumped the gun. It looks like only the "Message Board" was altered. I could have sworn that all the original color photo mastheads and layout had disappeared but now I do seem to have full access to them. Very strange. I guess I'm not as computer savy as I thought. In any event, feel free to remove my comments as they are redundant. Doug Doug, The upgrade was only the message board. The people that wrote the message board software have been pushing everybody running the 3.x version to upgrade for ~24 months. We waited a fairly long time for the upgrade. The 4.x version is the version that they are providing security and functionality updates as 3.x has been deprecated. With the new version it was a complete re-write and with that it has some real pluses and minuses. One of the thinks that I think that you will like is how easy it is now to upload and attach pictures. When we setup the dev version of the site back in July it was pointed out that one can edit post in work and easily cut and paste it into the forum without the formatting issues that we had with the 3.x version. We are hitting a number of bumps with the upgrade. Some of them were know before the upgrade such as that the skins wouldn't transfer over, in time I expect that the BOD will bring the person in that built the 3.x version. Others such as the RSS for the calendar changing urls and formats was not expected. It wasn't the cleanest or easiest upgrade. Rob's been doing a great job helping with it and hopefully we will get it to where people are happy with it and hopefully we are another 5-7 years away from a version upgrade that's this disruptive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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