PHOTRIO is now live: feedback, bug reports & feature requests in this thread.

[Cholentpot]

SO, anyway, bugs (rather than standing on the jetty shouting at something that's pretty much disappeared over the horizon):

I don't seem to get any alerts these days.

I have always had alerts set to give me a red flag on the "Alerts" menu item. I don't have email alerts set.

But since the changeover, my alerts became intermittent and now seem to have stopped altogether so far as I can see.

Also, checking my profile & preferences, I can't see where I am supposed to set how the alerts are supposed to be sent. Or maybe I'm just getting decrepit.

I got the same problem. No alerts of any kind.

 

[Sirius Glass]

ditto

 

[Sean]

looking into the alerts issue now..

 

[ozphoto]

Not sure if this is from the original APUG, but when I did a search on Google, a link to APUG regarding the Darkroom Portraits thread popped up on the LFP forum. I get a 404 message when attempting to access via the supplied link:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[cliveh]

Sean, is it possible to delete your own posts and threads? I don't seem to have a delete button next to edit.

 

[Cholentpot]

looking into the alerts issue now..

Still no alerts.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sean, is it possible to delete your own posts and threads? I don't seem to have a delete button next to edit.

We have gone over this for years. There is a time limit for deleting or editing. After a short amount of time a post starts affecting the thread, after that deleting or editing a thread causes problems.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Still no alerts.

I noticed that too. So I am not the only one.

 

[Cholentpot]

I noticed that too. So I am not the only one.

You quoted me and no alert so no alert.

I am running uBlock Origin but turning it off made no difference.

 

[Sean]

I had a look and need outside help which was not available until now so we're investing (alerts). Thanks for your patience.

 

[mgb74]

Maybe you should take this up with the average 1,500 active APUG accounts that paid nothing financially to the site (50 cents a week). I understand not everyone can afford it, but I only needed a small percentage of those to subscribe in order to keep us in the black. It would have left me with no need to seek new revenue streams and kept us humming along. I did ask, I did show large permanent notices on their accounts telling them (we see you are very active here and we need your funding to survive). I feel quite under attack here and 'the bad guy' for doing what I felt was the only thing that could be done to move us forward, and keep us together. Maybe think about who really let you down, they didn't care to keep the lights on so here we are. Many have accepted this was the hand we were dealt, very disappointing but we're moving on and keeping positive. On a side note, from an admin/moderator perspective, the site is already a success. It's been far less stressful on us as there is no longer enforcement of content, content is now simply moved to the appropriate area. The 'add hybrid' bickering has ended. New members being attacked for accidentally posting hybrid or digital content on APUG has ended. In fact, I have never seen things running so smooth due to all information having a place to live. Members are engaging in the content they want to and countless members have told me they love the option to do so. I already know of your suggestion, 'just keep the analog content named APUG' and I have explained how in my view this makes no sense. The main site url would still be photrio.com regardless of an APUG logo in the site style. There is a lot to consider when it comes to google search, social media, branding and marketing and in my view this requires a unified singular name and brand to reach people. Having multiple names and identities is counterproductive to the whole reason for the changes. For example, having new members showing up to Photrio and suddenly being in an "APUG" branded area would be confusing and disjointed (especially when they have never heard of APUG).

Sean

First, I must say this has gone very smooth from this user's perspective. I'm seeing new "faces"; don't know if this is due to the integration with dpug but I think it's good.

And yes, you're a bad guy for expecting those who, by their continued activity, clearly value this forum but refuse to help support it (I'll exclude those who can't afford it). But obviously you're not "bad" enough, since they continue. So I'll reiterate my suggestions:

(Rant on)

• Put a cap on posting for non-members. 10, 100, 500; I don't know. But something that allows the new or casual user to continue, but restricts those who abuse the privilege.
• Initiate a "scholarship" program. Anyone who says "I just can't afford it" gets a free subscription for the following year. On the honor system. If you think it's getting abused, yank it.
• Don't allow members to view the "free stuff" forum. I'm a bit ambivalent on this as those new to analog are the folks who can most benefit. But why (in most cases) take advantage of a subscriber's generosity when you won't support this forum.

(Rant off)

 

[AgX]

With "non-members" you mean "non-subscribers"

 

[Cholentpot]

First, I must say this has gone very smooth from this user's perspective. I'm seeing new "faces"; don't know if this is due to the integration with dpug but I think it's good.

And yes, you're a bad guy for expecting those who, by their continued activity, clearly value this forum but refuse to help support it (I'll exclude those who can't afford it). But obviously you're not "bad" enough, since they continue. So I'll reiterate my suggestions:

(Rant on)

• Put a cap on posting for non-members. 10, 100, 500; I don't know. But something that allows the new or casual user to continue, but restricts those who abuse the privilege.
• Initiate a "scholarship" program. Anyone who says "I just can't afford it" gets a free subscription for the following year. On the honor system. If you think it's getting abused, yank it.
• Don't allow members to view the "free stuff" forum. I'm a bit ambivalent on this as those new to analog are the folks who can most benefit. But why (in most cases) take advantage of a subscriber's generosity when you won't support this forum.

(Rant off)

Paywalls never ever work. Ever.

Just getting people to sign up for an account is hard enough. Forcing people to pay to interact would kill the site.

I had a look and need outside help which was not available until now so we're investing (alerts). Thanks for your patience.

Thanks. Don't sweat it too much.

 

[removed account4]

thanks for letting the gallery present smaller images !
looks great

 

[Molli]

Hi Sean,
It's outside business hours in New Zealand so please disregard this until you're back on the clock tomorrow
Anyway, I noticed yesterday that the New Post Count was very skewed. I don't have any forums, threads or people on my Ignore list and all three processes are ticked as visible so I'm not sure where the high number is coming from as opposed to the actual number of posts being shown. Please see attached screen shots.
On a slight tangent, with regard to Alerts, I recently updated my Gmail app on my phone and no longer receive push notifications for mail. So, if a monster company like Google is struggling to get this stuff running smoothly, I think you should definitely not be fretting about temporary glitches in the system here - you have done amazing things!

 

[Anon Ymous]

Molli, one is the number of actual new posts and the other is the number of threads that have these new posts.

 

[Molli]

Molli, one is the number of actual new posts and the other is the number of threads that have these new posts.

I'm an idiot! Thank you so much, that makes total sense and also explains why I'm only noticing it now - with the lack of alerts, I've been marking all read and so there are now a lot more unread posts per thread than I was seeing before doing that. Thank you again, Anon Ymous.

Sean, now you really can disregard my post!

 

[AgX]

I enabled just "analog". Now for the first time within the "New Posts" listing a thread from "Digital Cameras and Capture" showed up. (When clicking it I though got the appropriate warning that the thread would not be intended for me.)

 

[Sean]

I enabled just "analog". Now for the first time within the "New Posts" listing a thread from "Digital Cameras and Capture" showed up. (When clicking it I though got the appropriate warning that the thread would not be intended for me.)

Was it a thread you replied in or happened to be watching?

 

[AgX]

No. I am not interested in digital things. I only clicked on it after it being presented to me to see what happens.

 

[Sean]

might have just needed an additional refresh after deselecting the other options. Do you see it after a refresh? Thanks

 

[faberryman]

Sorry, but I'm not buying the "I can't afford it" excuse. Photographers who can buy cameras, lenses, film, darkroom equipment, paper, chemicals, and all the rest, not to mention a computer and an internet connection, can afford the equivalent of a cup of coffee a month. You may choose not to subscribe, and spend the $2 elsewhere, but that is an entirely different matter.

 

[AgX]

might have just needed an additional refresh after deselecting the other options. Do you see it after a refresh? Thanks

Thank you. As it should not show up again anyway, as it was in "new posts", I don't know. I shall do a refresh if see such again.

 

[Sean]

Hi All, alerts and emails within the forums are working again. Sorry for the delays in that fix. If you still have any issues let me know. Thanks

 

[Sean]

Ok, things are going to start ramping up again with dev & marketing. I've been away a bit on some other unrelated jobs. Sorry for the delays.

Thanks,
Sean