New system going live today

[pete]

Months in preparation & a new main site system is going live today.

Many, many hours have been spent in beta testing and it is finally ready to incorporate it into the site.

Main points:

New upload system where category/thumbnails/description/zip file are added to a form & uploaded.

New dynamic system which will grow out from the existing system and with the same categories and feel.

All new content added will become part of the new system & will show up in the dynamic search results

New system will allow many advantages such as:

• Improved & easily accessible searching
  Earlier & multiple updates daily
  Download numbers in description
  Less if any broken links and more features
  

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There WILL no doubt be a few teething problems so please bear with us as we correct these. Only by going live can we fine tune things & fix unseen problems.

There will be some repeats & overlaps until the new system grows from the old in about a week


Many thanks


Pete Daly
Simviation
Update (June 09): OK just as anticipated, there have been a few initial problems.

Most of these have now been cured - all reported/realised problems are immediately worked on & fixed.

Thank you for bearing with us in this upgrade.

[a1]

Lets hope for the best of this new system. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[VFR Reviews]

Hurray for progress!

[ozzy72]

The acid test 8-)

[jobrober]

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /usr/web/htdocs/simviation/simviation/cfg.php on line 3
AHHAHAToo many connections


cant log in

[pete]

I apologies for this. This problem has come to light under user load & is being dealt with ASAP.
It seems to come & go so please retry.

Meanwhile sincere apologies! I'm trying to get hold of Paul our programmer who will fix this.

[jobrober]

pesky bugs, call the pest man

[Stubbedtoe18]

I can get into the downloads now, update looks cool...  Only thing is isn't there a way I can access the member's download section?  It seems as though when I click my member status doesn't carry over into the downloads section anymore.  Nor can I download multiple planes at the same time...  Just wondering if this stuff will be addressed?  I'm just bringing this to your attention, not trying to cause trouble or anything...  I am grateful for the forward progress that is being made.  Thanks.

[pete]

I can get into the downloads now, update looks cool...  Only thing is isn't there a way I can access the member's download section?  It seems as though when I click my member status doesn't carry over into the downloads section anymore.  Nor can I download multiple planes at the same time...  Just wondering if this stuff will be addressed?  I'm just bringing this to your attention, not trying to cause trouble or anything...  I am grateful for the forward progress that is being made.  Thanks.

Hi -

when logging in you should go to the main page. The you can click the 'downloads' page. Like it was before.

As for the multiple downloads that will be looked into & fixed. I didn't know about that.

There should be no drawbacks to the new system - only advantages. Nothing is being taken away.

Thanks for the feedback!

Edit: Logged in as a member I am able to download multiple files. Are you still having the problem?

Thanks

[Stubbedtoe18]

Yah I am.  At the main SimV Premier page, the download pages I am directed to are non-members.  The ads are there, and I cannot download multiple planes at the same time still.  It also doesn't have the right click save ability like the old Premier section does, though I don't know if you're having that carry over.  I have to wait for one to finish before the other starts, which was never an issue in the old members and non-members sections.  I'm not sure why it won't take me to the new premier downloads.
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?p=index

[pete]

OK - maybe you are logged into the old system. Because the log in page has changed - try clearing cache & make sure you are logged off.
Close your browser.

If you go to www.simviation.com   make sure the URL you see when you hover your mouse over the 'log in' link is this

http://www.simviation.com/members/identify.php

If you log in that way you should be fine.

Let me know.

I'm always very grateful for feedback on any issues & thank you very much!

[Stubbedtoe18]

I believe it is me to be thanking you!  Thanks for your directions, I now have access to the new members section.  I can once again use the right click, save as method which is great.  Unfortunately, I still can't download more than a single plane simultaneously.  That is the only fault I can find as of now with the new system, otherwise all is well  ;D

[pete]

Well at last it seems most things have been fixed.

The system developed a lot of problems when it went live as it had not (& could not have been) tested under load.

Every known problem has now been addressed and fixed.

As always please report any problems (email support@simviation.com is the quickest way)

Thank you!  8-)