New Forum glitch

What's New? ... When you go to the page's bottom and click for more (More Activity)...it brings you back to the first top page...all the time!

First time ever I see this today.

EDIT: Yup, this glitch is real. Nobody else?

amirm said:

Looks like a software bug to me as the generated link just points to the page itself and hence what we are seeing. Bob, did it ever work before?

For now, I changed the number of posts shown to 50 (used to be 30). If you need to see more back posts I can change it easily.

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Good morning Amir,

Yesterday when I first mentioned this glitch; it started just few hours prior to my mentioning (original first post above).
It never happened in six years of the forum inception (five for me, from my experience).
And right now this glitch is still present.

It goes without saying that a little glitch like this one is quite game changing in our daily routine here @ WBF.
We cannot glimpse quickly @ the latest daily newest posts passed thirty, and every time new posts are added, the ones passed thirty disappeared and cannot be recovered.
What does it means for the majority of us? Well, this: It means that people's interest also disappear along with new posts passed 30, and no continuity in subjects of interests of say 24 hours ago or more. And, we have to spend more time researching from memory; or by looking @ our profile and check our latest posts, or by doing a forum search function (less than ideal because that function is not efficient; I know so as I tried it several times in the past, and last was yesterday where it leaded nowhere I wanted to go).
The end result is simply less time spent @ WBF, and interest slowly fading away. That it does for me for sure. I am fully aware that it's an operational software forum issue, and not a human error.

* The previous "double posting" issue is nothing compared to this new glitch issue; this one is a serious one. It effects the entire WBF activity by all the members and guests experiencing what few of us here have just described above.
For example: To post this post that I am writing right now, I had to go into my profile and checked my latest posts to locate the one I posted yesterday (the top first original one when I started this new thread). And if I want to continue other discussions of interest, I have to do the same, and spend more time searching because I don't know if there were more posts after mine. Simply put I go to other forums of the Internet, and spend much much less time because of that simple little glitch.
And quite frankly, WBF is still one of my top guns (among the best favorite sites).

I am certain that this small glitch will be resolved soon, and the sooner the better for everyone.

<<>> Amir, you are a very knowledgeable man on many technical aspects of computers and audio and video ... all that jazz; get on it. :b

I am totally relaxed Steve. Amir asked a question and I answered him.
I described fully what it does; that's me...very very relaxed, and happy. I want the same as you; good functions of all the parts.

Oh, and yesterday I tried the "New Posts" feature, but it simply isn't the same.

And I know that it will get fixed; I mentioned it in my above post.
It's another beautiful day today, I wish everyone's day that it'll be the best one of their life. :b

EDIT: Amir, if you can make it 50, why not make it like it was before? Like each time you click on "More Activity" it gives you another 30 and so on...to infinity.
It has been working like that for six years; why the new change? It was just fine before, very very fine.

It is a new design indeed. I just tested it by uploading a file image from my computer; it worked ok.

I know that previously it had more options, but for my personal use this new one is good enough.
Though, I realize that not all members are using features the same.

* Personally I preferred the "Newer Posts" (What's New? & More Activity) like it was before; but it's ok I'll simply adapt to this newer system.
I think I figured out the reason. :b Beautiful day today.

Thx Amir. :b ...I was used to go back between 150 and 750 posts. I'll simply get by with 50 posts now; not the end of the world...but a different reading habit nonetheless.
And besides, I'm happy to be still alive, and I can still change things for the better...time is still on my side.
So much music, so many movies...so little time.

Bonus:

"By now, have you noticed the difference between CDs and vinyl? Okay, even if you not still listening to vinyl, have you at least *felt* the difference between CDs and MP3s?......An MP3 (of a CD) is only about 5 MB. It's remarkable that 7/8 of the information is gone! What does this mean for you, the listener? The song's dimensional information is being thrown out with the bathwater.....

....The basic difference between analog and digital is in the latter's technique of sampling.....the samples, by their nature, leave finite gaps in the wave. These gaps are perceive subconsciously.

It's much like the difference between incandescent and fluorescent lighting. Fluorescents 'flash' on and off 120 times per second. Similarly, digital sound is stopping and starting constantly , as opposed to being a continuous analog wave. And the effect on our psyche is remarkably similar too: Both fluorescent lighting and digital sound can cause stress. (Even though it may be small, this kind of stress is definitely noticeable and even measureable)"

I encountered this for the last thirty minutes:


Database Error Database error
The database has encountered a problem.
Please try the following:
Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
Open the www.whatsbestforum.com home page, then try to open another page.
Click the Back button to try another link.
The www.whatsbestforum.com forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

When something like that happens I always check to see if the site is down for everyone.
And as a matter of fact I did check on that particular instance. WBF was NOT down, it was UP.

Now Steve you're saying that you encountered the same as me. Then my guess is that everyone else also had that Database error.
And WBF was clearly not down but Up as indicated when I checked @ the time that it happened ? http://downoruprightnow.com/status/whatsbestforum.com