Board display wonky

[Gemma Violet]

A couple of hours ago, the double user names went away, but the really bad wonkiness came back.  Clearing the cache didn't help, but I came back 10 minutes later and all was fine.  So now I'm OK.   

[AllAstronauts]

I just ran a system upgrade to the latest version. There *might* have been a tiny bug that when a routine task to clear out old files ran, it caught a signal from the clear caches thing and unsynced some javascript files. That might be why things work for awhile and then buttons stop working and images stop loading.

Anyways, give it a bit then yell if there are problems.

[GHScorpiosRule]

9 minutes ago, AllAstronauts said:

I just ran a system upgrade to the latest version. There *might* have been a tiny bug that when a routine task to clear out old files ran, it caught a signal from the clear caches thing and unsynced some javascript files. That might be why things work for awhile and then buttons stop working and images stop loading.

Anyways, give it a bit then yell if there are problems.

I was wondering what had happened! I couldn’t respond or post in this thread, nor was I able to create a new topic!

But everything seems to be back to normal now.

[AllAstronauts]

Incredibly frustrating as things are rebuilt fine, then a task that runs 3 hours later throws some cached JS files out of sync and then the file names do not match so they don't get loaded. Hoping this is it.

[shapeshifter]

 

Incredibly frustrating as things are rebuilt fine, then a task that runs 3 hours later throws some cached JS files out of sync and then the file names do not match so they don't get loaded. Hoping this is it.

So, is this sort of intervention not advisable going forward?:

 

Cleared forum caches again. 

FYI: I quoted these using the direct quote feature, so not sure why the authors are not showing. The second quote is by @CM-BlueButterfly.
But the curvy arrows do direct to the original quote, so maybe more cache disconnects, which is kind of to the point of
MY QUESTION(S) : 

1. Can clearing the actual forum’s cache (not users’ browsers’ caches) cause more wonkiness?
2. And if a mod clearing the forum's cache does create more wonkieness, is that good/necessary/temporary wonkieness?
3. Or is it unnecessary and slows down the board software from getting back to normal? 
4. Or…?

P.S.: Feel free not to make this comment live if it’s too confusing.

Edited December 23, 2024 by shapeshifter

[GHScorpiosRule]

I am noticing this morning that the blue line indicating new or unread replies is gone, but we do see text stating where normally the blue line would be.

Also, when marking a thread read, the blue boxes of that would normally have the text "cancel' and "okay" are invisible.

And as the poster above stated, quote attributions to other posters are missing.

[AnimeMania]

When you click the "Mark Read" button for a thread, it works fine, but there is no instruction text and the buttons are not labelled. 

[CM-BlueButterfly]

Cleared caches. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

Yeesh! The double images of the posters is back! and the names showing up vertically again!

[AllAstronauts]

This is all on the server end; dealing with it.

Mayhaps there is a wild conflict with the S3 (not AMZ) storage so I moved all the theme/css/js stuff back to the server for hosting.

All blessings to Krampus, may this bring merriment to the holidays.

[GHScorpiosRule]

1 hour ago, AllAstronauts said:

This is all on the server end; dealing with it.

Mayhaps there is a wild conflict with the S3 (not AMZ) storage so I moved all the theme/css/js stuff back to the server for hosting.

All blessings to Krampus, may this bring merriment to the holidays.

Quotes are back and the double images gone.

 

[ebk57]

The forum has narrowed on my computer screen (Chrome, Version 132.0.6834.111 on a PC laptop) About 2 inches of gray space on each side started appearing a couple of days ago.  Everything still looks normal, just narrow.  

Don't know if this is a "me" issue, or if something is changing. 

Thanks for reading.

[CM-BlueButterfly]

It sounds like what's happening to me. If it is, it may be that you just need to readjust the page width. 🙂

 

[ebk57]

OMG, you're my best friend!!!  Thanks! 

(Did that just happen because?  Or did I do something to make that happen?)

[CM-BlueButterfly]

To me, it always happens just because, although, with some regularity. I haven't paid close enough attention but it's possible that's every month or so. 🤷‍♀️

[AllAstronauts]

The screen width toggle button on the bottom of the screen is not a traditionally stored setting, its just a browser cookie, and that means per-device.

So your phone has a cookie, your tablet, your desktop, laptop, etc... Anytime your browser flushes those out for whatever reason, you'll lose your choice... until you hit the toggle again which sets the cookie and life continues ever onward. Note these cookies have an expiration date of effectively never so your device will only lose these when cookies get wiped out through you clearing your browser caches or ???

There's going to be a dedicated Primetimer settings button fairly prominent in the new hotness dropping soon. Not entirely sure if I'll stick with cookies or just store the settings for real so you'll always have them no matter what.

[SoMuchTV]

10 minutes ago, AllAstronauts said:

Not entirely sure if I'll stick with cookies or just store the settings for real so you'll always have them no matter what.

One thing for you to consider in making that decision, some of us visit the site on different devices, and may prefer one setting on, say, a phone, and a different one on a pc. 

[AllAstronauts]

Yeah, that's why I'm leaning cookies. I mean, I could just pull a device signature and then could store across everything but man.... lots of other things time better spent on.