Site questions / Requests

[Mallenaut]

Thank god, I checked everyday if the site would be online again or not.

[acid-brain]

Glad Psynews is back online, it was down so long I wondered whether it was coming back

[RTP]

Thank you everybody. I have heard that we were all very lucky ... normally it wouldn't have gone so well with all these database scripts and a slightly inexperienced user ... at least with our DB...

I can assure you it won't happen again though - we are prepared now  

[mars]

What RTP means is that he fixed the site unintentionally doing something neither the support nor I thought was a wise thing to do. Anyway, that's a happy ending. 

[mars]

Yes that's normal; the database is now on a virtualized container, all I could do to stay on mysql 5.7, which Invision required before accepting to investigate the issue from 2 weeks ago (and after that they complained the fact it was slow might have to do with our issues...pricks). But it looks like I can switch back to mysql 8.0 now, say the developers (pricks*2).... YEAH, right, when I have 1 hour ahead of me.

[mars]

I'll tune the database, a'd that will be all right 

[mars]

Done. Please tell me if "you feel" it needs more speed.

[Padmapani]

help. since today i seem to be stuck in the mobile version of psynews. everything is huge with no structure to the site and i couldn't even find the option to post a new thread. the site is displayed fine with chrome, but in safari i can't figure out how to get back to the desktop version. any ideas?

[Padmapani]

3 hours ago, AstralSphinx said:

I recognize that issue with some other forums, it's usually when you've bookmarked a site/forum from the mobile browser, and then browsing it on the laptop. Tried clearing your cookies?

i haven't looked a psyewns on mobile for at least a year. browsing on mobile is always cumbersome compared to desktop. i'll try clearing cookies anyway though.

edit: no luck with that sadly.

[Multi-Media]

Hello mods... can you clean up the "HAHA" from this thread and put it to the "OT" forum? Cause the poster does not want to discuss the issue he brought up..

 

 

[Veracohr]

I removed most of the Hahas but I’m leaving it where it is.
 

The report system is the best way to alert us to something that needs attention.

[Veracohr]

On 7/4/2020 at 1:11 PM, Padmapani said:

i haven't looked a psyewns on mobile for at least a year. browsing on mobile is always cumbersome compared to desktop. i'll try clearing cookies anyway though.

edit: no luck with that sadly.

Sorry, but I can't see an option to change it TO the mobile version on my laptop, so I can't figure out how to change it back. I would assume the forum detects the operating system and chooses mobile/desktop for you, so it's pretty weird if its choosing the wrong one.

 

What browser are you using?

[RTP]

On 7/4/2020 at 3:26 PM, Padmapani said:

help. since today i seem to be stuck in the mobile version of psynews. everything is huge with no structure to the site and i couldn't even find the option to post a new thread. the site is displayed fine with chrome, but in safari i can't figure out how to get back to the desktop version. any ideas?

In a thread at the InVision Community they suggest it's due to an automatic trigger which resolution your desktop has - if too low, the board will go into the mobile version.
Is the browser window maximized? If yes, can you try to set your resolution higher?
Super odd though that it works with one browser and with the other not...

that's all I could find: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/405727-desktop-browser-stuck-in-mobile-view-in-ips-forums/

[Padmapani]

41 minutes ago, Veracohr said:

Sorry, but I can't see an option to change it TO the mobile version on my laptop, so I can't figure out how to change it back. I would assume the forum detects the operating system and chooses mobile/desktop for you, so it's pretty weird if its choosing the wrong one.

 

What browser are you using?

safari 13.1 on mac os 10.14.6.

neither do i see an option to choose the version. i did not change anything recently, so i also suspect the forum software to make the mistake here.

[RTP]

On 6/16/2020 at 8:29 PM, AstralSphinx said:

I have a request for a feature on the forums, namely this:

https://community.soundcloud.com/share-embed-230064/how-do-i-embed-a-sound-cloud-player-into-a-forum-i-m-using-6395729

Would be neat to have the added functionality to add embedded small soundclound links, in signature as well as in posts. As the forum works now by default, if I add an embedded soundcloud link, it makes a huge preview, which is not ideal for the signature. Since it occupies a lot of real estate on the screen for users  hence annoying. I is however useful in the promo section with the large embedded link.

Hi - you can embed soundcloud links in signatures ... see below
I am using the embed function from soundcloud for it...
Should be available for everyone, no?

[RTP]

1 minute ago, Padmapani said:

safari 13.1 on mac os 10.14.6.

neither do i see an option to choose the version. i did not change anything recently, so i also suspect the forum software to make the mistake here.

It ceratinly is the forum software. The last thing I can think of is the resolution of the window, if you increase it it should be gone, I hope...

Ultima ratio is that I make a new skin with disabled mobile function, but I do not yet know how to do that.

[Padmapani]

9 minutes ago, RTP said:

In a thread at the InVision Community they suggest it's due to an automatic trigger which resolution your desktop has - if too low, the board will go into the mobile version.
Is the browser window maximized? If yes, can you try to set your resolution higher?
Super odd though that it works with one browser and with the other not...

that's all I could find: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/405727-desktop-browser-stuck-in-mobile-view-in-ips-forums/

thanks. the hamburger menu disappeared when i maximised it (though i don't get why it would switch to mobile when it's already a large window that covers 80% of the screen at 2560x1600).

ah, i just found it. i just tried manually setting the page zoom to 100% for psynews and now it looks normal again. i have no idea why it only display it zoomed way in for the last week, but i hope it's solved now that i set it to be at 100% all the time. thanks again.

[RTP]

1 hour ago, Padmapani said:

thanks. the hamburger menu disappeared when i maximised it (though i don't get why it would switch to mobile when it's already a large window that covers 80% of the screen at 2560x1600).

ah, i just found it. i just tried manually setting the page zoom to 100% for psynews and now it looks normal again. i have no idea why it only display it zoomed way in for the last week, but i hope it's solved now that i set it to be at 100% all the time. thanks again.

Phew, I'm glad that did it for you ... happy browsing on Psynews

1 hour ago, AstralSphinx said:

Oh cool exactly what I was looking for, when I embedded a link to a track on soundcloud it made a huge preview link  Gonna retry see what I did wrong.

Cool ... in case of questions or if you want the code from my sig, just hit me up ... you just need to change the link to the video inside it...

[RTP]

On 8/18/2020 at 2:43 PM, AstralSphinx said:

I have a general question regarding the section previously known as "other art" which was merged with the offtopic section. Within those subforums there is none from what I can see where one can post art? Or have I missed something?  My eyesight might be to blame as well. But yeah if there is a subforum or thread where one can post random digital art/visual arts, photography/street art and stuff like that.

Or perhaps that goes into the main offtopic section? I'm not so used to that section as I never frequented it before in its prime

I think the "other art" was just movies and literature ... so merging that with OT was the right thing to do.
For that what you _probably_ mean with art, you could use the "visual promotion" forum if you had art to post that's at least related to psychedelic trance...

7 hours ago, AstralSphinx said:

I'm wondering why we can't see forum signatures in the mobile browser? Could that be enabled somehow via sysop/admin control panel? Or if an option could be enabled for forum users to toggle between this mobile view and the classical desktop view while on mobile browser? Some forums I frequent has this option.

I have no idea, sorry

[Penzoline]

Members can set their own title after 2,000 content items and yes the title changes in specific increments. I'll still advice not to spam pointlessly.

Quote

Newcomme r0

Enlightened Ape 10

Small doses 50

Awaken 100

Happy mushroom 200

Visually distorted 500

Impossible Vortex 1000

Stepping to the Stars 2000

Hyper...Active...active...active 4000

Off limits 6000

secret 8000

secret 14000

secret 20000

secret 25000

 

[RTP]

1 hour ago, Penzoline said:

I'll still advice not to spam pointlessly.

seconded

[astralprojection]

please go back

this timeline cannot take any more drastic life-changing events like psynews changing theme

was talking a walk and could not for the fuck of me even log in. there was no button to do it! had to switch to desktop mode to barely see a faint grey login. then when i switched back from desktop mode the fucker wanted me to login again. 

do we really need all that stress in the midst of this corona crisis!

[Penzoline]

Calm down, we're gonna look into any issues the update has presented.

[astralprojection]

1 minute ago, Penzoline said:

Calm down, we're gonna look into any issues the update has presented.

lol .. i thought my sarcasm would come through. it was an attempt at humor. swing and a miss.

[Penzoline]

Did it? I'm gonna make it the default theme as soon as I figure a couple things out. I already broke it completely once.