Data Migration Concerns

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Mar 2010, 14:47

srkris
few friends called me that the site is not working after login, I had to tell them to clear cookies , but unfortunately once when login failed they dont click and see this page. They are lost and as the site login is not working they just abandon browsing this important post. So put a small prominent link in the main page saying "If you are unable to login , please see details " in the header as a temporary link, and point them to this post #148 and #149. That way they know this clearing cookies is known to them and they do it without fail.

smala · Post by **smala** » 15 Mar 2010, 09:58

After many tries I got to see rajesh's post 148/9 -- clearing the cache and cookies works for ONE time re-login and entry into the forum. An hour later, I tried to re-enter rasikas (it is on my toolbar menu) - it reverted to the old login page again - so AGAIN cleared the cache and cookies and re-entered username-pswd --- what is going on, srkris ? - please delegate some responsibility to other qualified persons and offer optional email facilities OTHER than [email protected] which DOES NOT get answered!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 15 Mar 2010, 15:14

It is always easy to say "clear cookies" when a website gives problems, as if this was a trivial thing. It isn't: it involves loosing stuff from other sites as well --- it is best done selectively!

I was finding that the site was not keeping me logged in, but I was able to log in, and, after this happening a few times, all seems well now.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Mar 2010, 21:31

Nick, your issue was different. For a while, the site would not let people login. After entering the credentials, it would send them back to the same page asking for credentials. Clearing the cookies solved that problem.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 15 Mar 2010, 22:04

After 3 days of constant tries, I was able to login in today from a public computer after I received a new activation with a new password. I hope this works in home computer too.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 15 Mar 2010, 22:28

VK Raman: You can go back to your old password by accessing the User Control Panel at the top of the screen and reentening the proper information. Make sure you have made note of your temporary password (it is case sensitive) as you have to enter it.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 15 Mar 2010, 22:49

Lakshmanji: Thank you. I did change my password.

smala · Post by **smala** » 16 Mar 2010, 04:38

auto-login feature does not work - requires login for each session.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 16 Mar 2010, 05:19

Thanks, all, for the advice on cookie-clearing. I couldn't log on for the last few days as well but do wish that these instructions were placed more prominently (and that admin would reply to e-mails).

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 16 Mar 2010, 06:31

I'm glad to be able to log in now. Firefox provides the ability to clear just the cookies for a certain website, which is a very nice feature. None of the other major browsers let you do that.

Bilahari, Admin responded to my email in record time though......although not with a solution that worked.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 16 Mar 2010, 17:17

I just had a problem with loging in. It accepted my login. told me I was logged in, but would not allow me to do anything.

Remembering recent posts in this thread (and being a Firefox user) I deleted my rasikas.org cookies and subsequently logged in without a problem.

Mahavishnu, I thought one could selectively delete cookies in any browser, but, after reading your comment, I took a look at IE7, the only other one I have installed, and indeed could not see a way to do it. Another reason to use Firefox! To repeat: clearing all cookies can result in other sites you use not functioning as one would wish.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 16 Mar 2010, 23:41

Sorry guys, I did some changes to solve Rajeshnat's fixed IPs login timeout issue. Should I revert back to the old position if it is becoming too hard?

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 16 Mar 2010, 23:59

srkris, yes please. i think the login problem is affecting more people than those that care to speak up.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 17 Mar 2010, 01:04

It fine for me now. A couple of hours since my last visit (I think), and the auto-login worked perfectly, taking me direct to my "Unread Posts" link.

smala · Post by **smala** » 17 Mar 2010, 01:26

Nick H wrote:It fine for me now. A couple of hours since my last visit (I think), and the auto-login worked perfectly, taking me direct to my "Unread Posts" link.

Not fine at all - each session requires a login - auto-login feature does NOT work (firefox).

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Mar 2010, 15:27

srkris wrote:Sorry guys, I did some changes to solve Rajeshnat's fixed IPs login timeout issue. Should I revert back to the old position if it is becoming too hard?

Srkris
Have you reverted the timeout fix during today Mar 17. For the last few days session was persisted in both my work and home. Right now in work the session is not persisted , every time when I hit reply other than the first tab in my browser the session is not persisted, it again comes back with another login prompt and I lose the thread whereI typed that post. Very frustrating.

I think you should keep the fix and clearly instruct all of us to clear the cache once in a more prominent place with a link .

I personally feel with respect to auto logon issue you can take more time to fix it (for me it worked in the last few days like nick , i didnot have problems like what shyamapriya stated in the previous post ) as such it is not a big deal to manually login again as long as the session is persisted across all tabs feature always work for all users all the time.

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 17 Mar 2010, 16:54

I have not experienced any problem with auto log in or sessions so far. I use either opera or google chrome

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 17 Mar 2010, 19:43

Rajeshnat,

Yes I reverted the timeout fix because it is clear that it caused more problems than answers. So until things stabilize, I am not going to make any new changes. We have to allow things to reach a comfort zone.

smala · Post by **smala** » 17 Mar 2010, 21:02

Third repeat - auto login does NOT work - I am required to login each session on Firefox.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 17 Mar 2010, 22:47

srkris wrote:Rajeshnat,

Yes I reverted the timeout fix because it is clear that it caused more problems than answers. So until things stabilize, I am not going to make any new changes. We have to allow things to reach a comfort zone.

I agree. I had to wait for three days to log back in. Thanks

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Mar 2010, 23:05

srkris wrote:Rajeshnat,
Yes I reverted the timeout fix because it is clear that it caused more problems than answers. So until things stabilize, I am not going to make any new changes. We have to allow things to reach a comfort zone.

srkris,
Things will stabilize only when issues are fixed , as such I am sure there are many who face session non persistence just like me, though they have not stated . As such the fix before and after revert in home always works no issues there(though for after I had to clear the cookies).

I still believe if you had communicated clearly more in the header that you have to clear cookies will resolve all the issues(As such I am talking about problems like users who tried to login but still could not login, since that was burried deep down in this thread there were not enough eyeballs looking at this suggestion of clearing cookies).

Looks as of now with your revert , in work I can only read and not write , because the moment I hit reply it takes me to login box and I had to ;( . No worries but don't put this issue behind back burner

. The list of issues that is pending is in post #142 + autologin faced by shyamapriya + session non persistence after revert of fix (my problem)

For your information we all were unanimously in extreme comfort zone before Feb 2010 when everything worked great without no hiccups ever in the previous forum_flux. This is a statement of fact.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 18 Mar 2010, 00:05

It is really rather strange that we are not all having the same problems at the same time!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 Mar 2010, 17:23

I have been using google.com browser all these days. Suddenly a problem has developed in posting replies . whenever I try to post a reply I am asked to log.in several times but to no effect . I have changed to mozilla. T hings are alright now, Why rasikas has parted company with google.com.. DOO VITTUDATHA? GOBILALITHA

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 20 Mar 2010, 18:33

Oddly, I had a similar problem, with firefox, yesterday!

In the end, I found that some stuff that I had changed had changed my settings and my FF browser was no longer accepting cookies. Probably coincidence.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 22 Mar 2010, 01:40

Result of an unread posts query: No Suitable Matches Were Found.

:$

But I'm married already! And since when have we become a matrimonial site?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Mar 2010, 02:13

Nick: May be your expectations are too high.. Retry after notching down a few requirements

Btw, Google puts up ads on this thread for Data Migration and synchronization products and consulting companies!! Go to the first page of this thread and there is a good chance you will see it.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Mar 2010, 03:35

Nick
Just reminding you No incendiary here

..and No Smoking too if you care

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 24 Mar 2010, 08:33

vidya raja · Post by **vidya raja** » 27 Mar 2010, 10:43

Administrator,
The problems, i addressed earlier have been sorted, except that the "new posts" hyperlink for me returns the new post (posted by me if any ). and not all the new posts posted since my last login. Please can this be sorted for me?

Thanks

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 27 Mar 2010, 16:19

You should use 'unread posts' instead of 'new posts'.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Mar 2010, 16:33

Just for the record (I'm not worried if it happens occasionally) the site just forgot my login and I had to log in again. The login worked immediately though.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 27 Mar 2010, 17:40

Nick I did make a change to accommodate Rajesh's issue. So it was expected that the site forgot your login. It shouldn't happen again, please let me know if it does.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 27 Mar 2010, 18:00

Behaviour as expected, then. That's fine

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Mar 2010, 20:53

Expected behavior experienced by me too... The good thing is , there was no need to clear the cookies this time after the change to address Rajesh's issue unlike last time.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 27 Mar 2010, 22:07

There was no need to clear the cookies. I had to login in again that is all

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 28 Mar 2010, 01:13

OK looks like the login issue is then fixed for all.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 01 Apr 2010, 12:35

Is there really no way to revive the "view topics" function under each user?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Apr 2010, 16:27

I have found the correct rhythm at last

gobilalitha

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 19 Apr 2010, 11:38

Is there a way to configure the system to display the time in the local timezone of the user as opposed to UTC? May be worth investigating.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 21 Apr 2010, 14:38

The title seems to allow only a maximum of 64 characters. Can we hike this up a bit... like to 80 or something?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 21 Apr 2010, 20:04

gobilalitha wrote:I have found the correct rhythm at last gobilalitha

Does rhythm go with melody and beats?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 22 Apr 2010, 15:12

yes

. gobilalitha

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 22 Apr 2010, 18:44

sureshvv wrote:The title seems to allow only a maximum of 64 characters. Can we hike this up a bit... like to 80 or something?

Nope, its fixed.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 22 Apr 2010, 18:53

srkris
Google is still not indexing any of the content in this site, it was hapenning before in the previous flux avatar site , I asked you long time back, you said you have raised with google , but after a long time even now it is not working. Can you give the status of that ?. In any case keep a tab of all issues that we raise and give status and DONOT HIDE IT UNDER CARPET .

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 22 Apr 2010, 18:57

srkris,
For your information when this site was rolled initially with lot of bugs some time in feb 2010, I raised the issue of google not indexing ,you said it is just easy we can do it . As such google indexing is key, we all contribute and we want it to be indexed. Let us get google indexing and timely response.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 23 Apr 2010, 09:59

srkris wrote:
Nope, its fixed.

You sure? I had to shorten "Congratulations" to "Congrats" on a previous post to make it fit.

Please try to make a test post with a long subject line (80 characters) so we can make sure we are talking about the same thing.

To demonstrate this, I have set the title to a sequence of repeating digits like "1234567890...". Look for the blue title just above this and on a couple of previous posts on this thread. Can you see it shows only 64 characters? Including the "Re: "

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 23 Apr 2010, 10:05

I meant to say the character count is fixed and it appears there isn't much I can do about it.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 23 Apr 2010, 10:07

Rajesh,

I am not trying to push anything under the carpet. You are speaking as if I have some personal advantage if google doesn't index the site. Google may not be obliged to answer all my questions promptly.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 23 Apr 2010, 10:27

srkris wrote:I meant to say the character count is fixed and it appears there isn't much I can do about it.

Aah... you mean for some definition of fixed! |(

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 23 Apr 2010, 11:47

If the title is limited to 64 characters, can the title entry be similarly restricted, if not already?