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Published on July 28, 2006 By andrew_ In WinCustomize Site Issues

While we would like to hope that the code we write is solid as a rock and has zero flaws, we know that just isnt the case 100% of the time. While the forums continue to grow and we continue to add features and expand upon existing features, a bug here or there might pop up. Please use this post for reporting problems you are facing, or issues you notice with our new forums.

Rest assured, a Stardock rep will be monitoring this post and helping out as much as possible. With your help, we can make sure that the forums continue to run smoothly and without issue.


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on Dec 15, 2006

Ah, never could get into anime in any form.

I'll pose the question to the people who make the big calls and see if we cant find a common ground between the forums and the articles.

One thing to note about editing your replies(which function the same way on WC2K7). You're only allowed to edit a reply you have posted if and only if:

  • You are a moderator with that abilty
  • You are an access level higher than a moderator
  • You are attempting to edit the last reply in a post, and you made that reply

What this means, is that if you have the second to last reply in a post, you're not supposed to be able to edit it. (This isnt something I came up with btw ) Now, this doesnt work entirely correct in the forums here as I've come to find out. I'm working on a major upgrade to the forums' codebase this week and will have it up sometime next week. I'm hoping that people find it faster, some things fixed up and some added consistancy between the forums and our other sites they support.

on Dec 19, 2006

Just wanted to let people know that I have published a very updated build of the forums. It's now running off the same core components as the Wincustomize 2007 project and should prove faster and more reliable. I've also fixed up a few issues that people were having, namely with regard to editing replies. Unforatunately this update does not include a fix for the bbcode. I'm still working on getting the regular expressions, which handle the bbcode, as efficient and accurate as possible.

on Dec 19, 2006
on Jan 17, 2007
Not sure if Forum bugs go into the new site post so I'll try here.

The post icons no longer seem to be working for me. Posts which have been updated show as read. Posts which are read show as read and threads I've never looked at show it. I no longer see the icon with the blue marker showing a post that has been read has been updated. I've been using the test forums since they were made available and this only started in the last few days.
Firefox 2.0.0.1

I hope that explanation wasn't too confusing..........
on Jan 17, 2007
on Jan 18, 2007

Fuzzy, actually he replied in the correct post. The forums and the main website are still two seperate entities.

Lantec, Theyre still working for every test account that I have available to me. I would check your Firefox cache. With every new release it seems to get worse and worse about hanging onto cached pages, scripts and graphics when it shouldnt. So try clearing your Temp files for firefox. Also be aware that certain things are cached throughout our websites and dont always update instantaneously (we're working to improve that all the time). I would give this about a week, after that, if it's still acting up let me know (here in this post), and I'll probably contact you for your login information so I can try to reproduce the problem.

on Jan 18, 2007
Now you are confusing me... (easily done)   
on Jan 29, 2007
I applogize if this has been mentioned already.

I've attempted to watch several posts on the forums. After I click "Tools > Watch this post" I am taken to the "My Watchlist" page only the post isn't listed there. I've tried to refresh, logout/login, but the posts I want to watch just won't show.

I have attempted this using the WCB, IE7, and FF.
on Jan 30, 2007
Very odd. I've confirmed that, and also that the remove function no longer works on the watchlist. I will be investigating this later on this week.
on Jan 30, 2007
Very odd. I've confirmed that, and also that the remove function no longer works on the watchlist. I will be investigating this later on this week.


When I click to remove one watch list post - after hitting send - they all disappeared.
No biggy I didn't need them anymore but I only checked off one.
on Jan 30, 2007

There is no 'Send' button on the watchlist page. Could you mean the 'Remove' button? (Accuracy is key, yo)

If thats the case, then I cannot reproduce the issue. According to the database, none of the articles you are watching have 'dissappeared'. Wait a few minutes and refresh. It's probably just a database read error. I'll add to my list to create some messages which will be displayed in the event of different errors when displaying posts on the watchlist page.

To comment further on my previous statement that the watchlist was not removing posts/articles. That is somewhat true, somewhat false. It appears as if the cached list is not being released when an item is removed.

on Jan 30, 2007
There is no 'Send' button on the watchlist page. Could you mean the 'Remove' button?


Yes, the ' remove ' ( you can't access the watchlist from forum so I couldn't remember if it was send/remove )

I had 3 ' skins ' on watch list skin tab- I checked off one - hit remove and they all were removed. I just checked and they are still gone.
Articles are all still there.
on Jan 31, 2007

Ok, that information was key. Since this is the forum bug thread I had assumed that you were talking about the forum watchlist. The Report New WinCustomize Bugs and Other Issues post would have been a much better (and proper) place to report that problem.

I'll follow up on this issue with you on the Report New WinCustomize Bugs and Other Issues post.

I've verified the problem with the forum watchlist (which also affects the www.wincustomize.com watchlist, consequently) with removing and adding articles. I have a fix for this in place and should take affect tomorow morning EST when we update the websites.

on Feb 01, 2007
It's Thursday night and each time I try to use the "quote" in the upper right corner of a thread I get nothing. :]
on Feb 02, 2007
It's Thursday night and each time I try to use the "quote" in the upper right corner of a thread I get nothing. :]


Quote working ok for me using FF 2.0.0.1
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