After many years it is time to upgrade the VBulletin software to help me keep up. Many of the patches that weren't compatible for what we do here have been upgraded. While helping me manage the site it should help some of you guys too!

A big change some of you will see is that we will be upgrading the ImageHost area. DON'T WORRY none of your previously uploaded images here will go away. For those of you with a smaller amount of photos you may want to migrate them to the new Imagehost. Those of you with lots (you know who you are) will still be able to access them. But you'll want to start uploading to the new Imagehost area PLEASE! The newer version will work with VBulletin better and will adjust to future upgrades better.

Please be patient with me and your man behind the scenes, George as we work though this upgrade. Hopefully all will go seamlessly, but we all know that rarely happens. :rolleyes:

Look for George to give you heads up on all the features and doodads you will have at your disposal.

If you find your are having problems or encountering bugs post your issues here on this thread. George will monitor it for us.

And as always give a big SILO thank you to George for helping make SILO what it is. He's not really a hunter or fisher, but he is a hell of a good guy...:)

Just to add a few things to what our fearless leader said above.

Please Post Bugs & Problems Here

If you run into any problems or see something that just doesn't seem to be working like it should please post in this thread and let me know. I'll jump on it and get it fixed ASAP today if I can. Also, posting it here in the thread publicly let's others whoa re experiencing the same problem know that it's not just them -and- that it ahs already been reported.


What New Image Host???

The new personal photo Albums feature is located right next to the old one. in the navigation bar at the top. It's just hidden under the Community drop down menu. Just click on Community in the top bar up there and the Pictures & Albums link will appear like this:

http://www.siloutdoors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1375&stc=1&d=1321040703

I'll give everyone a run down on all the new features in a separate thread but for now, have a look around and see what you can discover on your own that's different. The navigation bar at the top is a great place to start ;)

Thanks George and Bob for keeping SILO going for us!!! We get the shakes when we can't get on but we always know your working on it and we appreciate it.

spammers must have upgraded too. :eek:

just deleted a bunch of them.

Thanks flatlander. Yeah, there were a bunch of them.

Bob and George, thanks for everything you do keeping this site up.

Thanks to you guys for all you do as well!

Hey I saw where a bunch of spammers got through today and you had to ban a ton of em. Thanks for that and sorry. The automated system we have in place to catch them works great but I had to turn it off to upgrade it and a swarm of them got through (they are literally hammering the site every minute). The system is back on but it's only about 99% effective. For every 100 it blocks it lets 1 in.

It'll get better though. All this time SILO hasn't had the spam defense software on got it added to a bunch of spammer's lists. It's a bunch of automated bots hitting us but once they realize we have this software in place they'll slowly start removing us from their lists as we're a waste of resources for them :)

In the mean time, please be on the lookout for the odd ones that get through. For the next month or so I expect about 3 to 5 of them to get through daily. Also check out the new inline moderator tools that allow you to delete the threads and ban them all from right here on the site without going into the moderator panel. There are some new tools in the mod panel as well so check those out and let me know if you have any questions.

I guess because I don't post as much they haven't found me, but I thank you both for a great site.

Thanks for all the work you do here to keep things going.

A couple of times when I posted on a forum with a reply using my cell phone that I had double post. So I had to delete one.
Not sure if it had anything to do with the upgrade or not, It hadn't ever done it before.

lofjas, thanks for letting us know. Has it done it since yesterday?

I noticed that I'm getting the ads again after the upgrade. Will those of us that are sponsors be flagged again to not get ads?

Looking good.

Got it. I'll talk to Bob because there are a bunch of user groups (none of them named "sponsor") and I'm not sure which one isn't supposed to see ads :)

Soon as he gets back to me I'll get you all fixed up today.

lofjas, thanks for letting us know. Has it done it since yesterday?

Trying right now to see what happens.

Looks like it did ok this time. Thanks

Thanks for the upgrades, but the response time seems really sloooow. Is it my laptop or is there something I can do to speed it up?

Missed-Em I am not having any problems, whats it doing on your end?

Yeah if anything the site is faster now. We changed how the ads are displayed and all the forum code is cleaner and more efficient.

We had some server problems late last night/earlier this morning but cleared it up quickly. Were you experiencing a slow down then?

Has been happening for a while. When I click on a new thread the "VBulletin/Call Louise" banner comes up, then a long wait - as much as 20 seconds - before the next set of adds, then I can brouse the thread. Frustrating. Maybe it works well for those who no longer get the adds, but what of us that do?

The only problem I've seen is when I look at a post and then want to go back to the forum, I have to hit the back key four times before it actually goes back a page.

The only problem I've seen is when I look at a post and then want to go back to the forum, I have to hit the back key four times before it actually goes back a page.
Brownie I have noticed that too but it is not all the time just now and then.

Has been happening for a while. When I click on a new thread the "VBulletin/Call Louise" banner comes up, then a long wait - as much as 20 seconds - before the next set of adds, then I can brouse the thread. Frustrating. Maybe it works well for those who no longer get the adds, but what of us that do?You shouldn't have to have a worse user experience in terms of speed just because you're seeing the ads at the top.

If that's the case I'm going to work on this today and see if I can figure out where the slow down is for you.

The only problem I've seen is when I look at a post and then want to go back to the forum, I have to hit the back key four times before it actually goes back a page.

Brownie I have noticed that too but it is not all the time just now and then.

Please reply with what browser you're using so I can test. I use Chrome and I'm not seeing that at all. It may just be some elements of the page that are doing that in certain browsers.

Are you seeing ads as well? Could also be the ads loading a frame on the page (sorta like a page within a page).

You shouldn't have to have a worse user experience in terms of speed just because you're seeing the ads at the top.

If that's the case I'm going to work on this today and see if I can figure out where the slow down is for you.

Appreciate you looking at it - just seems like it's taking a real long time to load the next set of ads.

Thanks

Please reply with what browser you're using so I can test. I use Chrome and I'm not seeing that at all. It may just be some elements of the page that are doing that in certain browsers.

Are you seeing ads as well? Could also be the ads loading a frame on the page (sorta like a page within a page).

George I am using Firefox on a Mac. I am seeing the ads at the top but they are loaded and it does not matter how long I am on the page the back arrow does not work so I just go hit new post. :) Thanks for your hard work, it is appreciated.

EDIT George I just tried it again and it worked fine now so the problem may have been solved already.

I get multiple pages only on certain posts. The "Nice Deer but we"ll eventually get the hole story." is one example where I get multiple pages when I open the post.

Thank you Bob, and George for keeping SILO upgraded and running. I appreciate all that you do for everyone on here!!!

I'm using Firefox as well and it seems to be working fine now.

I mostly get on through my smart phone and since thr upgrades noticed a big decrease in time loading the page. Like before id have to wait for the banner to load then the tabs, ads, then the actual thread but now its way faster on my end. Great work fellas!!!

Seems to be working great now. Using Firefox by the way. Now, if we could get rid of the ads on the first post of each page. They weren't there before the upgrade. Kinda irritating now. Don't mind the ads at the top of the page and on the sides, just the one in the first post of the page.

George,
Using iPhone 3s with iOS5.01. Two issues I've encountered on the iphone;

1. Since the upgrade, I am not able to post to the Forums. It prompts me for my login/password, accepts it and welcomes me back, then redirects me back to the forum, but I'm still a guest and the login is empty.

2. When I go back to previous page in a discussion, I'm prompted 3 times to resubmit a form or cancel. If I resubmit, I get the most current page, if I cancel, I get an old cached page.

First - Thank you so much for all the hard work you do!
I suspect this is more pilot error than any thing.. but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to embed a video or slideshow in a post now.. the code that my website generates in html to embed a slideshow or video absolutely doesn't work here.. and I have no code generator for BB code.. so... what's the best way. I just would like an option other than a link only.. Thanks much!

but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to embed a video or slideshow in a post now.. the code that my website generates in html to embed a slideshow or video absolutely doesn't work here.. and I have no code generator for BB code.. so... what's the best way. I just would like an option other than a link only.. Thanks much!

Yea, what she said . . . :o I used to be able to embed video, can't quite figure it out anymore.

Yea, what she said . . . :o I used to be able to embed video, can't quite figure it out anymore.

Use this button on the top of your post... http://siloutdoors.com/images/editor/media.gif and post the link between the media tags.

Use this button on the top of your post... http://siloutdoors.com/images/editor/media.gif and post the link between the media tags.

that button is not available on my message box, I remember using it before, but haven't seen it up there in awhile.

that button is not available on my message box, I remember using it before, but haven't seen it up there in awhile.

I remember it too, but not on my message box either. Maybe George could add it back on?

Hmmmm. I have it right up there..^. do you have the link and picture buttons? Bold, font colors, etc?

Hmmmm. I have it right up there..^. do you have the link and picture buttons? Bold, font colors, etc?

this is what my text box looks like;

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/3144ede2e2433de3.jpg

this is what my text box looks like;

http://www.siloutdoors.com/imagehosting/3144ede2e2433de3.jpg

Same here.

Same here.
Me too. I haven't seen the M since the upgrade either.

how bout now?

how bout now?

Not me, still don't see it.

Me neither

don't have it back either....:(

George is lookin into it here soon.

George, I still don't see the "M" to select to embed the videos. Is that still the recomended way to do it?

George, I still don't see the "M" to select to embed the videos. Is that still the recomended way to do it?No, the new system I'm testing right now will simply take the URL you paste into the thread and automatically embed the video.


Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hhr2rHFtU4

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Ok, let's give it a try . . .

http://youtu.be/H4DsCVjPkZg

OK everyone it should be working for everyone now.

The new system supports most of the sites out there where you can host videos. If it seems like it doesn't support your favorite host, post in this thread and let me know please :D

B-B-B-B-Bingo!

First - Thank you so much for all the hard work you do!
I suspect this is more pilot error than any thing.. but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to embed a video or slideshow in a post now.. the code that my website generates in html to embed a slideshow or video absolutely doesn't work here.. and I have no code generator for BB code.. so... what's the best way. I just would like an option other than a link only.. Thanks much!
How did you used to do it? Can you show me an example post where you did it before?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9x4VPhq05U

By golly, it works!

http://youtu.be/IEe1s_x87LM

http://youtu.be/-XxKNLbB-cM

wonder why it won't let me embed this video?

Huntrz, if you click on that link you'll see &featured on the end. Take that off and it works.

Huntrz, if you click on that link you'll see &featured on the end. Take that off and it works.

well it works if i copy the url address instead of the share link, thanks Life.

http://vimeo.com/27147809

also works with Vimeo

OK everyone it should be working for everyone now.

The new system supports most of the sites out there where you can host videos. If it seems like it doesn't support your favorite host, post in this thread and let me know please :D



How about Photo bucket ?

it post's a picture that has to be clicked on then opens a new window to watch the video clip.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j428/siloflatlander/th_MOV00055.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/j428/siloflatlander/?action=view&current=MOV00055.mp4)

George - this what I get using either code that I can generate from my site.. I'd just as soon drive the traffic to my site ( which can host videos and slideshows , vs having to also post on you tube and direct people there.. maybe that isn't possible.. I just don't have the extra time or brain power to write the BB code every time.. and I rather not have to add an extra step to my workflow such as uploading to You Tube or Vimeo.. but is that what I am going to have to do? or Just post the link to my site and forget about embedding it for now?

<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://steelephotoservices.com/zf/core/embedgallery.aspx?p=2c1c6e1b0e9c05211CCCCCC03f000d 6YVHXPXTR5WXN073807915715DDDDDD5b5b6d3d3d3f.2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="background-color:#5b5b6d;"></iframe>

( I know the above won't work because it's in html....)


http://steelephotoservices.com/p740060699/slideshow/0e9c05211CCCCCC03f000d6YVHXPXTR5WXN073807915715DDD DDD5b5b6d3d3d3f.2

Yeah.. Pretty much what She said..

<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://steelephotoservices.com/zf/core/embedgallery.aspx?p=1952d2390e9005211CCCCCC03e0738 07915715DDDDDD5b5b6d3d3d3f.2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="background-color:#5b5b6d;"></iframe>OH and I did try using the HTML tags but it still wasn't correct...example above

I don't think it's on my end cause the html works fine on my blog, at heartland, at won...

Use this button on the top of your post... http://siloutdoors.com/images/editor/media.gif and post the link between the media tags.

I'm not find this magic blue http://siloutdoors.com/images/editor/media.gif ?

Are you telling me my video clips are no longer allowed ?