Steve Moskowitz Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) AACA is finally in the process of replacing all four of the company's servers along with upgrading the technology. Hopefully you should start to see some improvement. We expect as of today loading will be faster. We have a long way to go before the install is complete and at some time we may have to shut the website down for several hours. In the end, our team hopes that your experience on our website is much more enjoyable. Thanks for your patience.Oh and by now you should realize that we have instituted another security feature to cut down on the spam! The Encapsula program should help us... Edited November 14, 2013 by Steve Moskowitz (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Thank you ,Steve. Your behind the scenes work is appreciated. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Well appreciated here too. BTW, will the "likes" ever be back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I have been experiencing a problem loading photos today. Do you think that the new program is causing that? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 As long as that Incapsula thing doesn't start targeting me with ads tied to keywords, I'll deal with it. Internet Brands has turned a Kontera ad targeting program loose on classicoldsmobile.com which has made that site all but unviewable at work, as I cannot disable or thwart it there with ad-blocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 No the Incapsula program is only to make the site faster and safer and should not target individuals at all.Not sure about the likes as that may have been something Peter was doing but I will bring it up with him when the dust settles.Yes, the photo loading could have been due to the changes and moving of the website to the new servers.In the end, the long overdue upgrades to our servers should have a significant positive affect on the usability of this site. Peter now has a team to rely on to address issues with the forum and we can now fix other issues including our web store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 The site is definitely more zippy than it was before the upgrades!! Thanks folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Improvements are obvious, especially now that several days have passed.And I do find that photos load quickly and easily...Thanks to all, and especially Steve and Peter and your teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Yep!! Improvement is good. Thanks to all. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard Eight Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I use the Tapatalk IPAD app to access the forums and it now loads much quicker with the current forum upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graydog Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 STEVE, Great site,I love it,but could you change the opening photo,every so often.With all the great photos in the AACA files it would be nice to see something different. Thanks again, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 Ed, great minds think alike....I was on the site today and had the same thoughts. Will do that in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 ....I was on the site today and had the same thoughts. Will do that in the near future.Great idea! Every time my wife sees our Essex in the theater picture, she wants to know when I'm fixing that blown engine.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Both of your logos downloaded fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Let's see a real picture upload?Pictured: Antique train engine, Crippled Creek, CO 2013!Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thanks R. W.It would help if I used forums more so I can better test them, Hopefully there's a slight speed increase for everyone (database related) however it's hard to tell since we setup incapsula the other week.Thanks,-JakeIt's been getting better and better. Page loads and queries are much faster. Searches are now ridiculously fast. It almost feels like I'm running the site local. I'm on a 50Mbs pipe so that helps, but the difference from a few months ago is amazing.Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I was trying to edit a recent post of mine on the Peerless Forum......and after about 4 edits, a message came up saying I didn't have enough "security tokens" to perform the action and that I should contact an administrator if this, perchance, happened unexpectedly.What the devil a security token is eludes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 You need 17 security tokens and they cost $1.99 a piece. Send me the money to my offshore holding account and I'll quickly restore your editing status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Log out, since we moved hosts those security tokens expired.Seriously? Do the members need to log out and back in to ensure they are good on the new host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) I have not seen any such problem, perhaps he was in the process of editing the post while the move was taking place? The site is certainly running more smoothly now.Editing to add a second thought and test if I have any security token problems...Jake,It seems that recently there is a difference in how photos seem to be attached. In the past, photos generally were attached as thumbnails that open when you click on them, and then you hit the escape key and minimize the thumbnails. Now, it appears that photos are simply shown as file names that open when you click on them, and you have to then hit the back key to return to the post so that you can then go on to the next post. Is that something about how people are attaching them, or is that some global setting that has been changed. If so, can it be changed back? Edited December 4, 2013 by MCHinson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 It's been getting better and better. Page loads and queries are much faster. Searches are now ridiculously fast. It almost feels like I'm running the site local. I'm on a 50Mbs pipe so that helps, but the difference from a few months ago is amazing.Great job!Music to our ears! Peter has been pushing for us to "get with it" for a long time and finally we have provided the resources to get this done. Pretty massive and expensive project as we are moving all four of AACA's servers to new equipment and technology. Next up on the list is fixing our e-store and then a revision of our library site. Glad you noticed the improvements! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 .............Jake,It seems that recently there is a difference in how photos seem to be attached. In the past, photos generally were attached as thumbnails that open when you click on them, and then you hit the escape key and minimize the thumbnails. Now, it appears that photos are simply shown as file names that open when you click on them, and you have to then hit the back key to return to the post so that you can then go on to the next post. Is that something about how people are attaching them, or is that some global setting that has been changed. If so, can it be changed back?Matt, my picture attached above worked just as in the past. Maybe Jake attahced his differently??Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) The new photos are only working as attachments and not images. Why?? I have logged out and back in and they are still not working. What has changed to make this happen?? Sorry for whining.....again. Edited December 4, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Wayne, I have no idea, but I just noticed people's photos showing up that way today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Same as last upgrade......able to post previously posted photos, but not new ones. New ones only show up as "Attached Images" that we must click on in order to view. It was fine a day or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Looks like it was/is an issue with the thumbnails not auto-generating (you guys and those hi-res images!).Let see if this works.[ATTACH=CONFIG]225780[/ATTACH]Oh Yeah!Now I'm at Image 56000/225780, Generating all those thumbnails...Yikes!2048x1536 at last!! And it loads really fast. Very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I will try a new photo to see if it is working.....NOPE! Still works with previously posted photos, but not new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Just trying to load a picture never loaded, if it works it is a '31 DG 8 Temp Gauge. I will say that it does show up in my reply after attaching it, but I still haven't posted it yet. It also showed up in my preview so I'm thinking that it's going to post fine. Scott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Looks like all is well with the world again. New photos are now posting. Thank you so much to the powers who make the forum work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Are we getting the "like" button back? Seemed to be very popular and cut out the "me too" responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Not sure but we will let you know shortly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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