Major Site Upgrade

[George Wallace]

Everything should be back, for now. What really confuses me is that all the sites (Army.ca, Navy.ca, Air-Force.ca, Milnet.ca etc.) are just aliases. They run the same content off the same server, so it's not like one can goes down while the others are still up. Either the service as a whole is available or it's not, for all domains. Our server's inability to conform to reality is why it will be destroyed and rebuilt. Looking at late April for that. Apologies that it is so far out, but I am planning to merge in a network restructure and possibly platform upgrade at the same time, so it's a pretty big task.

Right now, only Army.ca has a secure version... in short it costs to get security certificates for each domain so there is only one for Army.ca at the moment. Plans are to address this come Sept.

So?  Are we now talking about "quantum computing" and no longer binary?  [

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

So?  Are we now talking about "quantum computing" and no longer binary?  [

We already are! I think it's the solid state spin qubits that are the problem!

 

[GAP]

Don't feed them .......they will slow down......

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I just tried every one of those links, and they all worked. So whatever weird ass yoga position you're doing while holding the antenna, Mike, you'll need to keep holding it. We'll bring you water at some point this evening.

Brian,

My dad made me do that when I was a kid. I'd get it perfect until I let it go. I grew up holding the rabbit ears while looking over the top of the set and upside down at the screen.

 

[Old Sweat]

My dad made me do that when I was a kid. I'd get it perfect until I let it go. I grew up holding the rabbit ears while looking over the top of the set and upside down at the screen.

That explains a lot.  :cheers:

 

[cupper]

Anyone else having problems with the html buttons and smilies not showing up? Also having issues with my avatar not showing up, and avatars of others seem to be randomly showing up.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

That explains a lot.  :cheers:

You know me OS, I've always been upfront and open and readily admit I'm damaged goods.

 

[Journeyman]

Anyone else having problems with the html buttons and smilies not showing up?

Buttons haven't shown up in a while, and the smilies were periodic (I just typed in the key strokes or the :WHATEVER: ). 

Also, my log-in password always takes at least two tries.

I figured they were/are minor irritants compared to the "site unavailable" or white screen, that Mike didn't need the extra issues to address.  :nod:

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Hmmm, I haven't seen the missing icon/smilie or double login problem before.

For the buttons, do they show as broken images or just not at all? If they appear as broken images, you can right click and select "open image in new window" or something similar. From there can you copy the URL from the address bar and paste it here?

Thanks
Mike

 

[dapaterson]

I was having issues with the "New" icon, but they have cleared up.  Fingers crossed, the goat you sacrificed seems to have done the trick.

Accessing army.ca through https. 

 

[Journeyman]

Hmmm, I haven't seen the missing icon/smilie or double login problem before.

This  time, just to be contrary, I logged in successfully on first try.  As for the buttons, one day they just disappeared (I'm not discounting that I ticked a wrong box somewhere).  The only thing I actually miss, is "Unread posts."  As it is, I just scroll through the forum looking for topics from "yesterday" or "today."

:dunno:   

No worries; you've got other things to worry about.  :cheers:

 

[dapaterson]

The only thing I actually miss, is "Unread posts."  As it is, I just scroll through the forum looking for topics from "yesterday" or "today."

Try: https://army.ca/forums/index.php?action=unread

Or go to https://army.ca and you'll see a short list of the most recent posts - and at the top of the page once you're reading a post, you can click on "Show unread posts since last visit."

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Sometimes the "shrink header" button gets clicked automatically and it hides stuff until you click it again to expand.

 

[George Wallace]

Or go to https://army.ca and you'll see a short list of the most recent posts - and at the top of the page once you're reading a post, you can click on "Show unread posts since last visit."

I just use:  https://army.ca/forums/index.php?action=recent

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Just observed the "white screen" problem and confirmed the fix. I even took a "snapshot" of the problem before clearing it. Now to figure out how to prevent it...

 

[Loachman]

Today has been problem-free.

Very pleasant.

Thanks tons.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Glad to hear it! It's nice for me too!

 

[jollyjacktar]

Had the white screen all day, figured it was all the snow that has dumped in the Maritimes...  ;D 

 

[cupper]

Below are screen shots of the issues I mentioned.

 

[Journeyman]

Try: https://army.ca/forums/index.php?action=unread

It says I have nothing unread, which is obviously wrong since there's a whole stack of threads I don't follow.

Anyway, it's fine;  I'm used to scrolling through the limited number of topics I care about.