Ugh, Not Again! New Commenting System Coming...Now
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 12:37 | Written by Alice Jester
Updated - Success! All the comments from the old system have been successfully moved to the new one. I'll be monitoring over the next few days and putting in some improvements (the white box will become darker grey and fit our look better) but in the meantime, articles are opening WAY faster and there haven't been any server timeout errors. Enjoy, there are many new features.
Updated 6:30pm EST - Comments system offline temporarily for about 20 - 30 minutes while we import the old comments. Stay tuned...
Hey everyone, as you may have noticed, our little server timeout issues had improved recently, but have not gone away. Today, the problems have come back in full force. The entire issue revolves around our commenting system, which has now been officially tossed.
The old commenting system was a simple one meant for small little blogs. We've grown quite a bit and plain and simple, the comments archive is now so large it's taking every scrap of memory on our server to run it. Plus, this system didn't come with a lot of security and other controls for the administrator and cool features needed for the changing online community world, something that's becoming more and more important as we grow. For example, I couldn't turn off comments by article. Now I can! There are some cool features too, like a Quote button that will allow commenters to easily quote other posts. The smiley icons are even better!
I've been testing this new system for a few days now, and while the look and feel is not perfected as of yet, I've had to go ahead to put it in and disable the old one. I promise it'll look much better in days to come. This is the same commenting system I've been running on The Supernatural Crossroads and TV For The Rest of Us and it runs faster without dragging the system down.
NONE OF THE OLD COMMENTS HAVE BEEN LOST. I have them safely on our server. I'm working today and getting those transferred over to the new system and that should be completed by this evening (Eastern Time). Sadly, you won't have access to them for most of the day today. I do apologize for that. I honestly hoped I would have this implemented with a smoother transition, but the server didn't give me the time.
In the meantime, feel free to post comments today. Our system glitches shouldn't affect anything that you post.
Thanks for being patient during all these bumps, and the goal is to have everything back running smoothly by Friday so we won't have to deal with these problems while marveling over the new episode (and you will!).
For all the latest Supernatural info and article links, follow The Winchester Family Business on Twitter at @WinFamBusiness
Updated 6:30pm EST - Comments system offline temporarily for about 20 - 30 minutes while we import the old comments. Stay tuned...
Hey everyone, as you may have noticed, our little server timeout issues had improved recently, but have not gone away. Today, the problems have come back in full force. The entire issue revolves around our commenting system, which has now been officially tossed.
The old commenting system was a simple one meant for small little blogs. We've grown quite a bit and plain and simple, the comments archive is now so large it's taking every scrap of memory on our server to run it. Plus, this system didn't come with a lot of security and other controls for the administrator and cool features needed for the changing online community world, something that's becoming more and more important as we grow. For example, I couldn't turn off comments by article. Now I can! There are some cool features too, like a Quote button that will allow commenters to easily quote other posts. The smiley icons are even better!
I've been testing this new system for a few days now, and while the look and feel is not perfected as of yet, I've had to go ahead to put it in and disable the old one. I promise it'll look much better in days to come. This is the same commenting system I've been running on The Supernatural Crossroads and TV For The Rest of Us and it runs faster without dragging the system down.
NONE OF THE OLD COMMENTS HAVE BEEN LOST. I have them safely on our server. I'm working today and getting those transferred over to the new system and that should be completed by this evening (Eastern Time). Sadly, you won't have access to them for most of the day today. I do apologize for that. I honestly hoped I would have this implemented with a smoother transition, but the server didn't give me the time.
In the meantime, feel free to post comments today. Our system glitches shouldn't affect anything that you post.
Thanks for being patient during all these bumps, and the goal is to have everything back running smoothly by Friday so we won't have to deal with these problems while marveling over the new episode (and you will!).
For all the latest Supernatural info and article links, follow The Winchester Family Business on Twitter at @WinFamBusiness
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This is going to be exciting. love, Jas
In the previous version, whenever the server timed out, my comment would be lost for good even after I hit the back and forth buttons on IE, Opera, Firefox, etc.
That I found, was somewhat annoying. But you're right: it's so much faster right now.
Also, do you all see how everyone can reply to specific comments now? Not just the admin!
Good work, actually.
Just one thing, the changed order of the comments, the newest one on top, is still a bit confusing.
we can use italics? and add videos?
I can't say I'm struck on the white boxes, though,I liked the look of the old page better.
Oh no, but then I won't be able to read the comments then. Unless the text is in white or something else.
In Alice we trust, you know. Whatever you've done for this site has been nothing short of amazing. Thanks so much - again, and for the umpteenth time - for all the work you put into this great site!
I'm curious to explore all the new items here! And I love the smilies, too. I need to find out which one is my favourite.
You once had this smiley that was laughing and rolling on the floor... do you think, that might be available? I just loved the sweetie!
Love, Jas
I like.
A new comments system to celebrate the second half.
That is so cool.
Don't forget to watch CW tonight.
I especially like the smiley faces.
Can't you tell.
Okay, I will stop now.
Thank-you for all your hard work.
Loving all the smilies...
Very nice Alice! Thank you for all the amazing work you put around here, you rock!
I love the fact that you have given us all these new toys to play with, Italics! and underlining so we can get over all our views even more forcefully!!!!!!!! The new smilies are very cute, and even a secret button to make us feel like spies. I like the fact we can reply to individual posts, this can makes things feel more personal and hopefully friendly. I also think it is a good idea to have the function to report to you and I know I live in cloud cuckoo land but I hope that no one needs this again! Thanks Ju
Are we going to see another article(doesn't have to be lengthy) over whether the new anime is going to attract more viewers to the fanbase? I sure hope CW doesn't go bankrupt over this new venture: anime is expensive to produce or so I've heard.
Plus, I heard CW's trying to aim towards young females and possibly males. Hope this is a good move for them.
That's a great suggestion for an article. I'll do some research. From what I heard, the anime was only going to be released in Japan. Not sure if an English version was planned. Chances are this is a Warner Brothers only venture. I doubt The CW is involved at all.
Besides, there are lots of loose ends left to wrap up.
And then, there're all those financial aspects to consider.
I don't understand, though: why isn't CW involved? Does this mean the various actors aren't involved as well(to offer their perspectives)? Or does it just concern the business and possibly legal aspects?
Wait, only released in Japan?! Them lucky bastards. Wait, that's a stupid move. You don't want to alienate your non-Japanese fanbase. Most likely, the international release date is set for much later, I hope? 'Cos they're going to really annoy a lot of people if they keep it to "Japan only".
Hopefully, it works out well for them. =P
What does striked look like?This is such fun.
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