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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Sweet. Thanks for the update. Been running into the search error

Operating System: Windows
Browser: Chrome
Private Browsing (Y/N): N
Always / Sometimes: Always
Last edited by gwaddict on Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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2. If you or I back out of a trade expect the other to post so in the b/o forum etc, if thats not okay then I am not your man to trade with
3. An offer of "$25" for an item does not include s&h if you are not okay with actual shipping charges from the USPS on top of that then say "$25 incl s&h".. simple enough..
4. Please be polite, leave feedback
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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If anyone is having the same 504 error, please post the following information about your device:
Please be clear if a search works with one combination of OS/Browser consistently, but not others.

Operating System:
Browser:
Private Browsing (Y/N):
Always / Sometimes:

Thanks!
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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The BTR forum and Backout forum used to "bump." If you replied to a thread, it would move to the top.
Just had someone update their BTR after THREE years (the guy reached out to him and paid him, out of the blue). When the OP posted in his BTR, it didn't move to the top. I had to look for it.

Can that be returned to the old way?

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Re: New Site Weirdness

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MagickalMemories wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:52 am
The BTR forum and Backout forum used to "bump." If you replied to a thread, it would move to the top.
Just had someone update their BTR after THREE years (the guy reached out to him and paid him, out of the blue). When the OP posted in his BTR, it didn't move to the top. I had to look for it.

Can that be returned to the old way?

Eric
I'll add this to the list, thanks.
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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MagickalMemories wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:52 am
The BTR forum and Backout forum used to "bump." If you replied to a thread, it would move to the top.
Just had someone update their BTR after THREE years (the guy reached out to him and paid him, out of the blue). When the OP posted in his BTR, it didn't move to the top. I had to look for it.

Can that be returned to the old way?

Eric
Both of those should be using the default last_topic_post_date as the sort method. However, your user global sort method could override that, I think. Anyone else seeing this?
MagickalMemories wrote:Please, nobody take this the wrong way when I say... Plarz, I love you.
No, no, guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin and - then - thrust!
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Any indication when this will be fixed?
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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WhiteShepherd wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:18 pm
Any indication when this will be fixed?
tl;dr: We tried all the easy things, but it's a confusing problem and all that's left are the expensive and time-consuming things. Ugh.

Technical explanation:
I've gone back and forth trying things suggested by the phpBB community and support folks. We've determined it's not the database, the search engine or the database indexing. Due to the fact some searches execute as expected (very quickly) and others crash, it's very difficult to understand what's going on because we don't get consistent results. However, that leads us to the logic layer, and we suspect PHP or an algorithm. We also verified it's not due to our forum's size - turns out we're on the small end of the spectrum.

At this point, the only real diagnostic tool left is to clone the server (so we can safely mess with things), hook in a debugger and start troubleshooting from there. The main hurdle with that is finding a way to replicate the forum safely (keeping your personal info protected) with as few changed variables as possible (including hardware specs) without incurring an additional monthly charge from our host.
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No, no, guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin and - then - thrust!
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Search function still not working?
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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It would be killer to have the search function back up to track down potential trades.
Rules
1. I do my best to communicate & ship in a timely matter & expect the same
2. If you or I back out of a trade expect the other to post so in the b/o forum etc, if thats not okay then I am not your man to trade with
3. An offer of "$25" for an item does not include s&h if you are not okay with actual shipping charges from the USPS on top of that then say "$25 incl s&h".. simple enough..
4. Please be polite, leave feedback
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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The main issue (IMO):
The main hurdle with that is finding a way to replicate the forum safely (keeping your personal info protected) with as few changed variables as possible (including hardware specs) without incurring an additional monthly charge from our host.
As a free site, Bartertown is already operating on a budget deficit. I don't really know where we'd come up with the requisite additional funds.

Eric
Lower rating? You ship first.

Give me a sense of humor Lord. Give me the grace to see a joke.
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I think what this situation needs is some imagination.

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Re: New Site Weirdness

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gwaddict wrote:
Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:06 pm
It would be killer to have the search function back up to track down potential trades.
I use google.com

For example:

'site:bartertown.com potential trades' leads you here.
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Had a similar issue on my forum was able to fix it by increasing the timeout limit. Most BB will have the default set to 30 by increasing it to 180 i was able to fix my issue.
I just seen you tried to increase the limit already, have you tried setting it above 60?
Have you attempted to do a complete re-index? Just make sure to back up all search tables before deleting the old index.
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Also just a thought, why not just either remove the search box or the input field instead of having the banner that says its broken or replace that area with coming soon.
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Doctrin wrote:
Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:39 pm
Had a similar issue on my forum was able to fix it by increasing the timeout limit. Most BB will have the default set to 30 by increasing it to 180 i was able to fix my issue.
I just seen you tried to increase the limit already, have you tried setting it above 60?
Have you attempted to do a complete re-index? Just make sure to back up all search tables before deleting the old index.
Tried all of that when I worked through the obvious culprits with the phpBB developers. Execution timers are at double or triple the default, and I tried every indexing method supported by phpBB, and I tried re-indexing the database multiple times. If you look at the bottom of the page, you'll notice some stats in very small text - every time a page is loaded, the PHP script and DB are measured - they seem to be operating well under those limits.
Doctrin wrote:
Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:20 pm
Also just a thought, why not just either remove the search box or the input field instead of having the banner that says its broken or replace that area with coming soon.
Because the search works over half the time. Only a few search terms for a few users fail - seems excessive to remove the feature for everyone.
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Re: New Site Weirdness

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Not sure if this is new or just something I never ran into before, but:

"Your message contains 65254 characters.
The maximum number of allowed characters is 60000."
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