2004 Letters to the Editor [Archive] - Page 3

Randy Farang

10-28-04, 04:38

Jackson,

I suspect that the new software will soon become well loved and accepted by at least 89.9 percent of the members. My many years of experience have taught me that you will find that ten percent will fight every step of the way and create 90 percent of your problems. I think it's cool and like the better linkage.

I do have a minor problem that perhaps someone can help me solve. I obviously put my finger on the wrong button (How many years have I been hearing THAT!) and now I am subscribed to a Photo Gallery thread that I really don't need to be subscribed to.

I went to the USER CP and got a box that said "New Subscriptions - 0" and I clicked on the "View All Subscriptions" link.

That gives me a box that says I'm subscribed to Photo Gallery. I clicked on the drop-dow menu and selected "Delete Subscription" but it doesn't seem to delete.

I obviously can't think sufficiently linearly to comprehend what I'm doing wrong, or not doing right. Can somebody teach this old geezer the secret of how to go through life without getting my finger into the wrong place only to be followed by an unending stream of e-mails to remind me of my indescretion?

T think that fellow Shakespeare was right when he said, "To err is human, to REALLY fuck-up requires a computer."

Thanks, all, for any help you can offer.

Randy

Joe Zop

10-28-04, 05:07

Randy, you've done everything right except for one thing. If you select the check box to the right of the notification info of the thread you want to delete, and then select "Delete Subscription" in the drop-down box and hit "Go" it removes the thread from the list. You can also simply change the notification option to "No Notification" and that will stop the emails.

Lacamer

10-28-04, 12:50

What means the green spot beside my ID name?

Thanks in advance

Ray

Rolly Polly

10-28-04, 13:44

Ray,

If there is a green dot that means the person is online, if it's not green then they are offline.

RP

Dusty Bin

10-28-04, 14:18

Dusty Bin asks =

Dusty :

Go to the following Board here =

Site Administration > Forum FAQ > .02 User Name Questions

The Very Last Post there is titled =

" How do I change my User Name? "

»»» Yer Welcome , Dude !!

p.s. = Do you know my cousin , Randy Bush ??

Thanks, I confess, I had not read the FAQs. However, I did not realise that all posts on this site were spidered by Google.
Did you?
Do you know what that means?

So, as you so kindly answered half the question, how about the other half; the part that is the most important to all of us in respect of privacy, given that if it were not for the referencing by Google, the name change would not become a necessity.

Randy Farang

10-28-04, 15:51

Joe Zop

Thanks for the help. I was in serious danger of being buried in e-mail.

Randy

Denis

10-28-04, 16:45

Jackson
Thanks for the new forum format , it is very nice and easy
One question:
What happen to the WSG Charity Line under the user name of the previous version? any plan to reactive that?
Denis

Nyc Expat

10-28-04, 20:33

My inbox today contained 55 messages from this Forum:
Quote: "Hello NYC Expat. "X" has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - xxxx." Unquote.

These email messages are unwanted and unnecessary. Can this function be permanently terminated.
Thanks.

GandJim

10-28-04, 23:13

NYC Expat,

Please be patient with the new software, it needs a little bit of time to understand and to get used to the new functionalities, but they are great. Jackson must have spent a lot of time implementing them, I believe we can spend a little bit of ours trying to understand them. ;)

By default, you subscribed to "instant email notification" when you posted. Next time, if you don't want to, just change it to "Do not subscribe" from the "Thread Subscription" pull-down menu before submitting your post. I find this new function very useful and would be extremely grateful if it could be kept.

If you have subscribed unintentionally, you can easily unsubscribe. Click on "User CP" (meaning User Control Panel) from the menu at the top of this screen. Most of the time, a list of subscribed threads should show and you just have to click on "Unsubscribe" for the concerned threads.

If a list of subscribed threads doesn't show, but something else (like a list of PMs), click on "List Subscriptions" in the control panel on the left (alternatively, you can go to "Quick Links" on top menu bar and select "Subscribed Threads" from the pull down menu), check the box next to the threads you want to unsubscribe, select "Delete Subscription" from the pull-down menu and click on "Go". Believe me, it's easy and much faster for you to do that than for me to write it. :D

Jim

Ebauche

10-29-04, 03:30

Dear sir,

Thanks for upgrading the software. I can see how it will be more useful in the future.

However, I do find that it seems far, far slower than it used to be. Part of the debugging process, perhaps?

Nyc Expat

10-29-04, 11:08

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the instructions. I think the problem is solved. The thread subscription function is new and users must remember to choose "no email notification" before clicking submit.

GandJim

10-29-04, 12:01

Ebauche,

Jackson is working on it. Quote from WSGForum homepage :

"Greetings Everyone,

As you have observed, I am still working on completing the upgrade to the new version of the vBulletin software that powers the Forum. In the next several days my server consultants will be re-configuring and otherwise optimizing the server to eliminate the slow response times. Please have patience, the problem will be resolved as quickly as possible. However, until then I have temporarily limited the viewing of the Forum to registered Forum Members, which includes Viewing Members, Regular Members and Senior Members."

Well, it's more than several days now but, as he said, have patience :D :D :D

Jim

GettingTang

10-31-04, 01:08

Is the "last 24 hour" feature gone for good? This was the favorite feature among members for conducting searches. It's a must have. Otherwise, the new forum is great! Photo improvement is outstanding too!

Tang~!

Peterman

10-31-04, 15:34

Hi Jackson,

First, I thank you for such a fantastic site! There is nothing else like it on the web.
When you first upgraded the site I was not happy with it. I am slowly learning and I believe you are correct, that in the long run it will be better.
Me, not having any computer knowledge I don't know if this is practical or not. My question is this; With this new setup can a spell checker be installed? I can see where it may help me with just my 3rd grade education and also, the forum members that are not native english speakers. It may even save you some time correcting some of the members' typos and spelling errors.
I know you are working on it but to give you some feed back, it is still very, very slow.

Thanks again,
Peterman

Your Guest

10-31-04, 20:38

Dear Jackson,

You have removed Osama bin Laden's caricatures from the Afghan photo gallery on my complaint. My complaint was not because of my ideology but because you once expunged some of my anti Bush and anti American remarks under inappropriate political content.

Thank you for playing fair. This new look seems good and hitech.

Yogesh

Kali Banc

11-01-04, 18:10

Hi Jackson,

First, I know you are working on it but to give you some feed back, it is still very, very slow.

Thanks again,

PetermanI have a DSL connection and navigating the site is very slow. However, I had occasion to be poking around on at about 4am EDT on Nov 1 and the site was responding normally. Given that during the day there is increased traffic it makes me think that something has changed with the server over and above the new software.

Just a thought.

Vchip

11-01-04, 18:44

The new forum's format seems fine but the "click-till-page dispayed" response time is still way too slow compared to the former forum.

Fun Pete

11-02-04, 00:44

I am not sure if this is related to the Update, but for several weeks now I have had access problems to the site. Normally I use http://www.wsgforum.com to access the site. Sometimes I get:

We can't find "wsgforum.com" You can try again by typing the URL in the address bar above. MSN Search.....Or, search the Web:

or I get 404 page does not exist.

When I try http://wsgforum.com (without the www) sometimes it works. This has happened randomly, for example around 1pm Pacific Time today, neither of the worked. Right now only www.wsgforum.com works.

Anyone else having this problem?

DropFrame

11-02-04, 03:46

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Jackson,
Great website. I appreciate your attempts to improve the site.

I received the error message above. Hope it helps with the debug.

Randy Farang

11-02-04, 19:35

Jackson,

Hang in there buddy. Illigitimi non carborundum.

Randy

Daddy Lows

11-02-04, 20:11

Some feedback:

On occasion, when I read some threads, in the LA-USA section, the screen shows only 4-5 posts and the last post is cut, as in not complete and there is no bottom header at all. Also, sometimes, only the top header with the Welcome, Daddy Lows and User CP-Search-Quick-Links header shows up. Nothing else is shown beneath it. I know it's not a long loading time because when I click on New Posts, the page loads up within a minute (still much longer time than in the previous incarnation of WSG). Hope this helps. Thanks again.

Peace

Joecaddy

11-04-04, 05:57

i certainly do not want to come off sounding negative on this however my visits to the wsg forum have reduced substantially. since 2000 - 2001 i have frequented the site on almost a daily basis, i especially enjoyed the last 24 hours posts as it really made the viewing experience fun to whittle through the pages looking for my favorite country's posts.

again many kudos to jackson for keeping the site alive and allowing us all to view this for free. being in the computer/software industry i can certianly see the value of upgrading applications and introducing newer technology, new features and functions can ultimately improve the overall system, from user to operator/admin.

on the flip side, change is hard being the creature of habit i am, introduction of new things which may seem better could work both ways. the further you develop a product, the drill down progresses its all more to learn. although i am not impressed so far with the new sites modifications, maybe it might grow on me and during this time hopefully the sites speed will get back to normal.

joecaddy.....

GandJim

11-04-04, 10:06

Joecaddy, GettingTang,

The "Last 24 Hours" doesn't work indeed, but I'm sure Jackson will have a look at it when he will have a minute, the problem being already reported a few times.

In the meantime, you can click on "New Posts" on the blue menu bar at the top of this screen (User CP - FAQ - Members List - Calendar - New Posts - Search - Quick Links - Log Out). It will give you the posts since your last visit.

Jim

Tatoosh

11-04-04, 10:59

i'm not very happy with the upgrade. while i can understand the enhancements as described, the benefits of them are so overwhelmed by the slowness of the site, that i can't see any real advantage. in fact, where i would stop by once a day, now i think once a week is going to have to be my routine. i don't mean to be so negative, but even though i have a cable connection with good speed to other graphic sites, wsg forum is much like being back on a medium speed dial-up modem for me.

if others aren't having a similar problem, i would like to hear that. i don't think it is my system, since other sites work fine. but possibly it is. does anyone else find load time for pages slow and any photos downloaded just creep along?

tatoosh

Ripple66

11-06-04, 15:17

Just to add my two penny worth. The site has got really slow since the upgrade and in response my visits far less frequent. lets hope the debugging will sort this out. At the moment it seems a backward step.

kestrel

11-06-04, 16:15

I do not wish to seem unappreciative, Jackson. You have a great site & I've been a faithful follower of over 5 years & 3 different screen names. This change is sooooo hard to accept. I do realize that it's still a work in progress, but it seems that the entire board is suffering due to this change in by no other reason than the lack of posts. Posting in some of the more active forums has pretty much been reduced to nothing, & it's a pain just trying to get to the forums that before were so easily accessible. I'm not criticizing you. On the contrary, you've been a rock. It's just this new s/w SUX!!! The best news that I could hear at this point would be that this was a learning experience that didn't pan out, the old s/w would be re-initiated. Hey.... some of us are also old & wouldn't appreciate being replaced by newer, better performing "upgrades", either! :)

Seva Lurker

11-07-04, 14:57

Well, I am still learning the new software and have two questions.

1. When I go into the United States forum, all the states down to North Carolina are the state name, from North Dakota down, the state forum is open, with the last posting information, who posted, and number of threads information displayed. The earlier states have what appears to be a double arrow up button that does nothing when clicked.

Any suggestions?

2. I thought this was posted once before, but a search doesn't find the information. So here we go. Opening many of the city threads, displays "Current Reports". Is there anyway to turn this off and go straight to the posts?

TIA.

Tatoosh

11-10-04, 14:01

i posted in here a few days ago and i have been unable to see it every being published. if i do a search on my nick, the new software shows that i have a post here (and other places too) but does not link to the post. i've gone through here three times trying to see it, but nada.

suggestion 1.

html suggestion for visited links, particularly in photo sections. while the active link is colored, a visited link returns to the same color as an unvisited hyperlink. please consider changing that. it means that with multiple photos being submitted, it is easy to end up clicking on a visited link inadvertently. waste of time and bandwidth for everyone involved.

suggestion 2.

modify the search by nick to connect directly to posts by that nick. not just show what forums the nick has posted in.

lasty, the new site is much improved now. my original "lost" post was about the extremely slow loading times. that seems to have been resolved after the forum was down for two days. i'm glad to see it back and running at a very acceptable speed.

tatoosh

Ever Ready

11-10-04, 17:11

hi jackson,

today is the first day for ages that the new-look site is running at a good speed. i hope it continues. just sometimes it still hangs or goes off-line, but i trust the frequency of this will diminish. just to say thanks for your efforts - it's looking great at last.
cheers

er

Ebauche

11-10-04, 17:15

sir,
had trouble accessing at all for a few days, then...
paydirt! new software seems to be working at acceptable or better speed. also like the new search capabilities, and the promise of more tailored thread structure. your efforts are appreciated.

ebauche

La Isla

11-11-04, 06:02

Good job Jackson. Needed an update.

Can you make it so the new posts in threads come up first instead of last?

Thanks

Roman Guy

11-11-04, 16:15

Here - at least in Italy - we have big access problems.

Sometime the site is not reachable.

When reachable is slow.

No new report had been added in the last 15 days in the Itaian department;(I have posted 4,never published).

I hope everything will be better in the next days,so that we all shall meet again in the forum.

Hope Jackson managing like always the situation!

WSJ3

11-13-04, 20:19

Jackson this Alias guy needs to banned immediately for his child sex thread in the DR Santo Domingo section...

#1055 Today, 08:31
Alias
Regular Member Posts: 4

Seedier Side of Santo Domingo

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Guys,

I've been visiting DR for some time now and I'm looking for action in the seedier side of things.

I mean I'm looking for loca chicas that are willing to do anything
(including, but not limited to golden/[CodeWord135] (http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord135), young women - 15/16 yrs and bestiality).

If you have any information just let me know.

Thanks.

P.S: don't respond with judgements, after all this is a site supporting the exploitation of women.

This is unacceptable.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Regards:
WSJ3
:)

GandJim

11-14-04, 00:30

... If I do a search on my nick, the new software shows that I have a post here (and other places too) but does not link to the post.
...Modify the Search by Nick to connect directly to posts by that nick. Not just show what forums the nick has posted in.

In the Search window, at the bottom left, you have the option to "Show Results as ๏Threads ๏Posts". It is defaulted to Threads, just click on Posts.

BTW, on the top left of each post, if you click on the poster's nickname, there is a pull-down menu which will allow you to search for his posts directly.

Can you make it so the new posts in threads come up first instead of last?
There must be a setting somewhere. For me, the new posts always come up first.

Jim

Tatoosh

11-14-04, 10:39

In the Search window, at the bottom left, you have the option to "Show Results as ๏Threads ๏Posts". It is defaulted to Threads, just click on Posts.

BTW, on the top left of each post, if you click on the poster's nickname, there is a pull-down menu which will allow you to search for his posts directly.

< snip snip >

JimDang me! They oughta take a rope and hang me. Hang me from the highest Tree!

Jim you are spot on! Thanks!

Tatoosh

On The Road

11-15-04, 00:17

Hizark21

11-15-04, 06:15

Search and last 24 hour function not working........

Dinglebirdi

11-15-04, 15:58

Unfortunately you are loosing more members more rapidly than you can afford to. Your forum has been a great informational and rewarding spirit. Unfortunate that you are unable to correct the defects, I certainly hope your not paying for this unsuccesful upgrade.

And maybe that is your plan, in any event please advise us loyal members with an advisory and then impliment it or get off the pot.

Thanks

Traveler Tom

11-16-04, 15:08

Search and last 24 hour function not working........

I expect that I missed something that Jackson pointed out but perhaps he did not do it.

It would seem that the 24 hr function can now be found with the 'Quick Links' button at the top of the forum.

Whether this is well known or not I do not know but I suspect that there are many frustrated members still clicking here and not realising why they have been diverted.

Perhaps Jackson cound remove the 24 hour link and/or arrange a direct link to the Quick Links if possible?

TT

CA Traveler

11-16-04, 20:06

Jackson,
While signing in on a remote computer I noticed that the box is checked for "remember my password".

I think this is a potential problem because if someone fails to check it on a public computer that member will automatically log in when WSG is brought up.

I suggest making the default on that box be unchecked and force the member to check it if he wants... not the other way around.

Seva Lurker

11-16-04, 20:49

Like CA Traveller, I have noticed the check for remember me when I log in. The problem I have had with this, fortunately only at home, is when I uncheck the box, I cannot log in. I keep getting sent back to the sign in page until I check the remember me box.

Anyone else had this happen?

Domino

11-18-04, 20:35

jackson

samus aran (of sa in thailand thread) has requested an upgrade to senior member status. as well as telling him of the form you now have for this purpose, i would request you to grant his upgrading so that he can speedily post and thereby relegate the serial spammers who post on his site to the backwaters where they belong. please do this for thanksgiving day for a little american boy all alone among the millions of pretty women of thailand.

also, it seems possible to get in and read posts from the old left hand frame without logging in. click 24 hours, then new posts, and voila. this might be important to you in controlling your traffic flow.

i tried pm'ing you but you have exceeded your pm allocation apparently. if so, naughty boy!

also, have i spotted some dude using blue on the test and other pages?

a few more days and i will be in thailand. happy thanksgiving day - but do try to eat earlier in the day:)

domino,
the pizza lite man.

MeatMan

11-18-04, 21:54

Lion Killer

11-19-04, 00:15

I applied for Senior Membership a long time ago. I know your busy and the forum is not working very well. I tried to email you but your box if full. So I thought I would drop a line here and see if I get a response.

Freeler

11-19-04, 05:08

Jackson,

On the log in page(s) the 'Remember me' box is ticked.
At home, I don't care if I forget to untick that box. My explorer settings get rid of the 'sticky' info as soon as I turn off my IE, or my MyIE rather.

On the road things are different: I do not want to be remembered by ANY computer anywhere outside the beautiful house that is my home and it is quite easy to forget to untick boxes.

Can, could, would you please set that little 'remember me' box to unticked, please?

Thanks.

Seva Lurker

11-19-04, 05:44

Meatman,

Yep one post and a loyal member ready to join the other "droves" in leaving the board. Strange thing though. When one enters the forum page, where we first see the new menu, down at the bottom there is a "Forum Stats" block. Well if members are leaving in droves, one wonders why the member count has gone over 100,000 since the middle of Oct's 97,000+ count.

Yep, they are leaving in droves, but not as fast as they are signing up (and running away? :) ).

Another stat derived from that statistics block. Over 300,000 posts and over 103,000 members. So averages just under 3 posts per member. Yet, using the four previous posts in this thread, you have over a 1,000, Freeler has over 800, Domino pushing 300 and I have just over 300. That is over 2,400 posts or something under 3% of the total.

Do I see a lot of lurkers out there? Come on folks, post. It won't hurt you and will help all of us.

The other thing for us to all keep in mind. Jackson is still MONITORING all the regular member posts, plus upgrading the system (working much better now Jackson, THANK YOU), processing new member applications and who knows what else. So folks if you don't like the way Jackson is doing things. Put yourself in his shoes for a day. If the worlds religions were more tolerant of P4P, I'd recommend Jackson for sainthood. He's worked enough miricles running this board.

Tattooed Guy

11-19-04, 18:41

Hi, I tried to upgrade to senior member but keep getting internal server error. I tried to contact the emailadress that comes up on the errorpage 'ralphcarson1@yahoo.com' ,but yahoo keeps rejecting it, saying that that yahooID doesn't exists.

Anybody knows what I can do?

Thanks

Do about what?

Jackson

Tattooed Guy

11-20-04, 21:10

Is that emailadress correct to contact about the error? And I don't know if my form went through or not, because I don't want to bulk your email with forms if it did.

Thanks

Traveler Tom

11-21-04, 12:03

Jackson

Do not know if anyone else is suffering but since posting a comment on the 24 hours' postings function I seem to be getting all the subsequent postings arriving in my PM mailbox.

Must be some sort of automatic link or forwarding enabled but I can read what is said on the forum without having it duplicated as PMs!

Regards

TT

Rob Brown

11-21-04, 20:45

Dear Jackson,

As the topic about posting rules was closed I hope to be right here.

This forum is called *************. I do not think that any report about a specific locations needs to tell me if a specific woman was rated a 10 or 8 (As being too many times a matter of taste as I had to find out in this forum), if the author was drunk or had 100 viagras or how many times she was banged. If someone wishes to share every little detail about in what way he fucked her, then it is much better off in a private message or in category like "Pornographic/Erotic Literature"
I wish to read some facts about the locality, the prices and general impression of appearance and service.

Suggestions:
1. Please think about a category for people who wish to share pornographic literature.
2. Instead of blank space for writing anything you could introduce some fact requirements. Already filled in keywords of "Adress/Locality:...", "Prices:...", "Quality/Quantity:...." This would remind authors what is a difference between an entertaining and usefull report.

Thanks for considering.
Regards,

“Rob Brown”

Edonist

11-22-04, 10:13

Dear Jackson,

Let me tell you the story of this poor little "Regular member" who wanted to ask some questions and get some answers. He wanted to learn some stuff. He also wanted other member to read his reports and give back what he took out.

Since he had a 48 wait before his posts had a chance of appearing on the forum, by the time they did, they had got completely lost behind all the real-time posts of "Senior members".

Surely there is something wrong with that.

I've tried asking for senior membership whcih I believe I should entitled to based upon my track record but I keep getting internal server error asking me to contact 'ralphcarson1@yahoo.com' ,but yahoo keeps rejecting it, saying that that yahooID doesn't exists.

Jackson this is a real problem , you can try it yourself. Please look into this.

Otherwise, site is great and and you are doing a great service to mankind.

Edonist.

Rolly Polly

11-22-04, 17:45

Rob,

Don't you think that would be a tad on the boring side? I realize that sum guys go a little overboard on the descriptions using rather colorful and poetic words, but the details are necessary.

The main reason being that I know how far a girl is willing to go by reading some of these posts. I don't want to have to PM someone everytime they report just to get the details.

It's all useful and necessary information and is important for keeping an adequate personality to the site.

GandJim

11-22-04, 19:51

Jackson

Must be some sort of automatic link or forwarding enabled .....

Indeed. If you don't want it, just disable it when you post. Have a look here (http://www.wsgforum.com/vforum/showthread.php?p=311604#post311604) for how to do it.

Jim

Hizark21

11-23-04, 06:45

forum search not working

Tried searching on a keyword, but the search ignored my keyword and brought up only recent posts....???

Lover Boy

11-23-04, 19:57

Yo Main man Jackson,
Congtatulation on improved site ...job well done.

Phuquer

11-24-04, 02:46

Hi, Jackson. I thoroughly enjoy the board, and I thank you for all the hard work you put into keeping this thing running. In reference to Hizark21's post about the search function not working, actually, it does. But it is not working very well at all. I tried to search for Grace Hotel in the Thailand section, and it brought up 2 results. But the results weren't the posts, it was the actual threads. So I had to scan message by message through the Bangkok 2004 Reports section and the Bangkok Hotels section. Needless to say, I didn't get the info I was searching for. Another comment, I used to be able to go to the printable version, and show all 1700 posts (or whatever number) in a thread in one page, so I could copy the posts and paste them in MS Word, so I could search through Word. But now, you can only show 40 posts per page in the printable version. So it doesn't work for me at all. Any idea if you'll be going back to the old way of showing all posts in one page? I would appreciate that soooooo much. Thanks.
(Another reason I would like to show all posts in the thread in a single page is that I save the posts on my PDA so when I travel and don't have internet access, I have all the information right there with me.)

Joe Zop

11-24-04, 05:41

Phuquer, the trick is to use the "Search This Thread" function which will narrow things down as needed.

GandJim

11-24-04, 13:52

but the results weren't the posts, it was the actual threads.
this question has been raised and answered many times already, some in this same forum. in the search window, at the bottom left, you have the option to "show results as ๏threads ๏posts". it is defaulted to threads, just click on posts. it's a new version, please spend some time to explore and familiarise yourself with it.

hizark21's ,

problem concerning the search function returning only posts made in the last month has also already been reported here many times. it happens in some forums only. jackson is fully aware of it and just needs time to fix it. be patient and give him some air to breathe, i don't think people can speed things up by any means by reporting the same problem again and again.

jim

Phuquer

11-24-04, 17:37

Thanks for the replies, GandJim and JoeZop. Domino had pointed me in the right direction last night within 5 minutes of my post. Thanks, Domino. I currently have been away from home and haven't been able to check the board much these past few weeks. Since Jackson changed software, the board has been responding very slowly sometimes (an item he is working on), so I haven't had time to explore the many changes. I like some of the changes, but dislike others. Oh well, we will all get used to it. Once again, thanks to all who replied (GandJim, JZ, Domino, etc).

Seva Lurker

11-25-04, 16:24

Jackson,

I mentioned this in a response to someone elses post on the login screen a week or so ago. I tried to log in from a friends computer yesterday and I unchecked the 'remember me' button. The system would tell me "welcome Seva Lurker" and then take me to a screen with no user name, and limited functions. I just tried logging on with IE (I normally use Netscape) at home with the same results. When I select the remember me button, then I can log in.

Many thanks for the work you put in to make this a great forum.

Tattooed Guy

11-26-04, 03:38

Edonist, I posted the same question a couple of days before you, but don't get any response, except 'Do about what?'

I'm stock with the same problem. Looks like we're on our own bud....

Hi Jackson, there's 2 of us with the same problem now. I have a messageboard on my own sites, so I know it takes a hell of a lot of work, especially upgrading them. I use IE, when that error comes up and that emailadress is either wrong, or the settings of that yahoo account are wrong.

This is the response I get from yahoo

Your message was rejected by mx3.mail.yahoo.com for the following reason:
delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account (ralphcarson1@yahoo.com) [0] - mta261.mail.scd.yahoo.com

Hopefully you can sort it out soon and let us know..

Thanks and keep up the good work.

Guys,

The solution is simple: Use my official address jackson@wsgforum.com.

Thanks,

Jackson

Lurking Fan

11-29-04, 08:28

Jackson,

The senior member upgrade page ( http://www.wsgforum.com/seniormembercriteria.html ) says to request upgrades by posting in the senior member upgrades section ( http://www.wsgforum.com/vforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1505 ) but when I click on the link it says: No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster

I cannot find the section to post the request. Can you post a link to the section or has the upgrade procedure changed?

Thanks in advance.

Lurking Fan

Dorasan

11-29-04, 19:14

I reached the form from the left navigation bar. When I submit the form, there is an error. I didn't get any confirmation email either.

Mykonos Lover

11-30-04, 16:05

Jackson,

I love the new format, however I do have a few comments.

1. When viewing the new posts a lot of the headers just say Current Reports while others are named. Is there anty way to get it to work like the old format did so when you view new posts you can find the ones you are interested in easier.

2. I understand the new format allows us to create different threads but it is not enabled for members. Any chance senior members will be able to create new threads? I think it would be helpful so we can create threads in our areas to seperate SW reports from AMP reports or even create a seperate Photos only thread in each area.

Thanks again for the great forum, and congrats on your engagement.

Myk

Daddy Lows

11-30-04, 16:54

When the post reads Current Reports, it usually means it's a thread in the United States section. ALso, on the right hand side of the screen, there is an indicator of the place or country where the post is from. Personally, I think it's better for scanning since I'm interested in Photo galleries around the world and those are the headings that are in block letters on the lefthand side of the screen. Jackson's old format wasn't this organized! Trust me, it's an improvement.

The thread dealio is a separate issue. A lot of people here complained that if left to the idle whims of the general membership, threads would be popping out of the wazoo. In other words, the whole clean-cut organized look of WSG would be gone. From what I could gather, Jackson has reserved the right to make threads whenever the need arises. Remember, he couldn't easily do that with the old format. Also, could you imagine the difficulty of navigating all the stupid threads some idiot senior members here would think up of? Now, I'm not bashing Redbook, but its Southern California section is kind of sloppy. At least the sloppiness here is contained. :rolleyes:

Jackson,

I was wondering when you would allow the search members posts function to return. You know the one where you right click on a member's name and there are several options to choose, one of which was "See member's posts" or something to that effect. Very handy indeed. Thanks for your consideration.

Respectfully yours,
DL

Novize

11-30-04, 18:36

Ben2

12-03-04, 14:43

PervAlbert

12-05-04, 01:54

When clicking on 'setting options' feature in UCP I am denied access to all three sections in that box. I think this is only occuring since the software change-over. Also when reading the forum, 'posting rules' box at bottom says I may post replies and attachments, but not start new threads or edit my posts. I believe I used to be able to start new threads and edit them. Are these two problems related, or separate? Have RTFF and RRTFF to no avail. Open to any and all helpful suggestions. TIA.

GandJim

12-06-04, 18:34

I was wondering when you would allow the search members posts function to return. You know the one where you right click on a member's name and there are several options to choose, one of which was "See member's posts" or something to that effect. Very handy indeed.
Daddy,

When you click on a member's name at the top left of his post (normal click, not right click), there is a pull-down menu and one menu-item is for finding all posts by that member. :D

Ben2

12-07-04, 02:10

I have asked you a number of times to up grade to senior member status and you never reply. I also want to update my profile and can't access the site...I'm not allowed access due to my status.

How about an up grade please?

Scuba

I just don't have the time. I apologize.

Jackson

Jackson, if you have the time to post some of the responses I have read as well as reply to my post, why then no time for an upgrade?
I follow the rules set forth in this forum.
The requests' I have sent you for upgrade were 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, etc. Every month your were posting ""X" amount of upgrades to senior member have been approved but my request never were.
I am also getting notification from WSG when new messages are posted. These notifications are filling up my in box. I need to turn that option off. I can't because I am not a senior member. I also can't update my profile for the same reason(s). Could you make some time for the upgrade?
Thank you.

I don't have the time to write a full explaination about how the server has been the subject of numerous deliberate DOS attacks, that I injured my shoulder and have been having difficulity using the keyboard, etc. However, here's a quick briefing:

Senior Memberships: There are currently more than 500 applications for Senior Membership. Each application takes approximately 5 minutes to be reviewed, effect the upgrade, and send the upgrade notice. With these figures, it's easy to calculate that I need approximately 42 hours to effect this task. I don't have 42 hours.

Membership Profile: I had to turn off the members ability to change their profile and other related settings because I need to modify the form because there are several settings that I do not want people to change. However, changing the forms are complicated in the new verison of VB because it uses so many variables in the forms that you can't easily identify the specific modifications that need to be made. Activating the Membership Profile Form is on my list of priorities, but I haven't had the time.

To solve these problems and complete the backlog, I am currently cunducting interviews to hire an editor. When I have selected the correct person, I am sure that this backlog will be address as quickly as possible.

Thanks,

Jackson

GandJim

12-07-04, 22:53

I am also getting notification from WSG when new messages are posted. These notifications are filling up my in box. I need to turn that option off. I can't because I am not a senior member.
Not sure turning that option off has something to do with being a senior member or not, or access to User Profile. I suggest you check a couple of things :

1. When you write a post, before submitting the reply, click on the "Thread Subscription", "Notification Type" pull-down menu, which is located just between the window where you write your post and the button "Submit Reply". It is defaulted to "Instant email notification". Just change it to something else "Do not subscribe" or "No email notification".

2. For previous unintentional subscriptions, click on "User CP" on the left side of the blue band at the top of this screen. On the left, below the "Settings & Options" where you cannot edit your profile (and senior members also cannot edit their profile too, so upgrading to seniormembership wouldn't help you anyway), go down to "Subscribed Threads" and click on "List Subscriptions". Here, you may be able to select the threads you no longer want to subscribe to and delete the subscriptions (from pull-down menu just below).

If this doesn't work, just look around. Maybe there are other possibilities (I'm sure there are, I keep finding new things each day).

Jim

GandJim

12-07-04, 23:16

Dear Jackson,

I'm awefully sorry to hear that you have injured your shoulder. I hope it's not too serious and that you will recover fully soon.

I would like to take this opportunity to say how grateful I am to you for running this wonderful web site, and how I admire you for going on and on without being discouraged.

You certainly know that only unhappy people write to complaint, and happy one just remain silent most of the time. Well, I just want to tell you that I've found this site absolutely fantastic, that the new software is bringing more than welcomed improvements and that I am in full and total support for it. I'm sure there are tons and tons of other members thinking the same way I am.

So big big thanks to you again, and wish you a prompt and total recovery,

Jim

Rubber Nursey

12-08-04, 05:10

If there was anything I could do to help, I'd do it. Of course, being from the ass-end of the world, I guess there's bugger all I could do that would be of any real assistance to you. :)

You're doing a great job, gorgeous. x

Seeing as there's been literally tens of thousands of registrations in the past few months, I'd just like to say to those new members, in case some of them aren't aware...

The WSG only exists today because of one man's time, effort and dedication. Jackson runs this site alone, with (most importantly) his own money. In addition to maintaining the Forum, has a 'real' job and a life outside of the WSG that also needs to be tended to and maintained. If Jackson gets burnt out and walks away, this little community we have here will simply disappear. So please give him a break, let him work things out at his own pace and while you're at it...let him know occasionally what a bloody marvellous job he's doing and how grateful we are that he's doing it.

Excuse the blatant brown-nosing. :p

Ben2

12-08-04, 15:22

I have followed your instructions, verbatim. I still can't access the user CP options.
Here's why; Scuba, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?

If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

As a senior member, I take it that I have sufficient privileges.

Hi,

No Member, Viewing, Regular or Senior, can access the Control Panel functions at this time.

This limitation has NOTHING to do with anyone's status or value to the Forum.

I will post a notice when the CP has been re-activated.

Thanks,

Jackson

Daddy Lows

12-11-04, 11:52

Jackson,

Sorry to hear about your shoulder. Southern California wishes you well. Many thanks for a great site.

Peace

Daddy Rulz

12-11-04, 16:55

Jackson, sorry to hear about the shoulder and congratulations on the news from the Thanksgiving dinner.

I think a simple solution to the Sr upgrade problem is charge people for it. Keep the money, donate it to WSG charity's or use it for toilet paper at the Mansion who cares. I don't understand people who complain about a free service perhaps if there was a nominal charge it would keep the crybaby's at home.

This forum helped changed my life. It made me realize that the way I was raised in my tight assed society was incompatable with my personal values, got me to visit BsAs for the first time and has provided me with uncountable hours of reading pleasure. It also introduced me to my favorite companero (sp) Sr. Dickhead.

All I can say is thank you very much.

The rest of you guys can shut the fuck up and line up to kiss his ass.

DR

Randy Farang

12-12-04, 03:12

Jackson

Sorry to hear of your injury. I frankly don't know how you find the time, (and the money) to keep the board running. I realize that it must be particularly difficult to balance new software debugging, the time pressure of the holidays, the difficulty of typing with an injured shoulder, and the demands of people who all seem to be convinced that they, individually, are the center of the universe, and that you have nothing better to do than to take care of their particular requests.

If I remember my middle school Latin, Illigitimi non Carborundum, which should translate to Don't Let the Bastards Wear You Down.

Have a happy new year.

Fondly, Randy

Hizark21

12-15-04, 06:10

Jackson

The search feature is still not working.... Also when you click on current reports quite often it will display the first post instead of the most recent post.

Thanks

hizark21

Domino

12-15-04, 11:38

Dear Jackson

I have emailed you an update of the Thai FAQs. Not much has changed;only a few bonking prices have been changed and Alexander's useful post has been included. I hope this will help restore the quality of that section of the board.

I also hope you recover soon. You have done a great job on the board and your actions are beyond criticism. I am sure with your BA friends, you will figure out the best way forward. All up, it must be one of the best sites on the entire www, the BBC of this hobby.

I will be busy over the next few months with tender, luscious women. Depending on how they treat me and/or I treat them, I might be back before too long.

Take care and thanks for eveything.

Domino

Migrant One

12-15-04, 15:04

Jackson,

As always thanks for the work, even while injured!!

I have had 3 operations on mine and it still doesn't work right so keep up any offered therapy.

I also found massages by beautiful women, while not always helping the shoulder, tend to make one feel better.

migrant

Mischief81

12-15-04, 15:08

jackson,

ouch. what did you do to your shoulder? i've separated both of mine, one playing football, the other installing a dishwasher. :d

i aprreciate all of your work on the wsg forum. it is a unique resource. i've also requested a senior member upgrade, but i can wait until you get around to it.

mischief

ps: if you think that shoulder hurts now, wait until the rehab gets going. i think physical therapists are closet sadists.

hi mischief,

a change in my desk/computer setup resulted in a pinched nerve in my neck that has made it painful to type or use the mouse with my right hand.

you're right about the physical therapists. i always hurt more after the treatments than before, but i'm determined to resolve the problem.

i appreciate your understand the delay in sm upgrades. your application is in the queue and it will be processed as soon as it is possible.

thanks,

jackson

Joe Zop

12-15-04, 18:56

jackson, i've had the precise problem you describe, as well as some arm problems, stemming from the same thing. the solution that has worked for me was to track down a keyboard that had a touchpad built into it so i eliminated reaching for a mouse. unfortunately, those never got all that popular, so they're tough to find, but they're still around and do the trick. i prefer the ones with the touchpad in the middle, which makes them pretty much the same configuration as my laptop.

i wish you a swift recovery, and thanks and kudos again on the site. it seems from this end that you've got the server problems mostly licked -- nice speed, only occasional problems connecting -- and while i know there is still much to do i for one very much like the new version.

VilunyaChert

12-15-04, 22:43

To solve these problems and complete the backlog, I am currently cunducting interviews to hire an editor.

"Cuntducting" sounds too much like HVAC work for a guy with a bad shoulder, but, hey, whatever turns you on!

Seriously, I just wanted to add one more voice to the chorus: you're amazing, and here's to better health and more free time Real Soon Now. I know from experience that physical therapy is no damned fun at the time (unless you're a masochist, I guess), but going through it is better for you in the long run than blowing it off, I think.

Rock Dog

12-18-04, 05:55

Hey there,

It's me again. I would like to take this opportunity to compliment you on the new look and the function of the site. It took a little getting used to, but everything seems to be working just fine.

One question. With all the improvements to the software, would it be easier to add a photo section for every country now? There are quite a few countries that have no photo section (for no apparent reason). One example of this situation, Mongolia actually HAS a photo section, while Kenya does not.

Just a thought,

Rock

Chick Luver

12-20-04, 14:59

Jackson, I must congratulate you for providing such a wonderful forum to people who are looking forward to mongering information so desparately. This is not only informative but a decent and cooperative Forum. I don't think there is any other Forum or website which provides such useful info about SWs/mongering scenatio across the Globe.

Thanks

Ljohnson

12-21-04, 18:20

Jackson, or anyone,

I keep getting emails informing me that someone has responded to a WSG thread to which I "subscribed." I am not aware of "subscribing" to anything. Am I doing something to cause me inadvertently to "subscribe?" I suspect other members are having the same experience.

LJohnson

GandJim

12-21-04, 21:16

Ljohnson,

You subscribed by default when you posted. Have a look here (http://www.wsgforum.com/vforum/showthread.php?p=311604#post311604) or here (http://www.wsgforum.com/vforum/showthread.php?p=323982#post323982).

Some functions of User CP may be disabled by Jackson temporarily and it seems that some people are unable to unsubscribe, but I have no problem unsubscribing myself.

Jim

My Own Again

12-23-04, 23:03

Can someone tell me how to become a regular member please? I am already a regular member, otherwise I would not be able to write this, but my friend is not. He is a viewing member and would like to contribute. In the "Regular Member Upgrade" it says "...select the link provided at the top of the Forum's Table of Contents. " We cannot find this link.

Please help!

GandJim

12-24-04, 20:17

Jackson,

Hey!!! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas!!! :)

A grateful member ;)
Jim

PsyberZombie

12-29-04, 12:56

Greetings , Jackson !!

With 2005 rapidly approaching , now might be a good time to re·institute the old 'WSG Benefactor' Status

But while the previous designation denoted members who had donated money for charitable purposes , this time the funds should be used solely to support this site [ because it must cost you a friggin' arm and a left nut to run this place ]

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to You and Yours !!

»» PZ ««

DropFrame

12-30-04, 22:10

First, Jackson, let me congratulate you on the new forum. It is wonderful.

Today, I noticed a small problem. When I did the new posts search it came up with a list. One of these had "Current Reports" as the thread and the forum as "Other Areas." There was no way for me to know what part of the world was "Other Areas." Only after clicking on it did I discover it was Rhode Island, USA.

Perhaps you have a way to correct this small problem. My suggestion might be to change the name of all such genericly labeled forums to include the master forum name (e.g., Rhode Island Other Areas)