For the past two years or so, I have been unable to access either the Classic Toy Trains forum or the Trains Magazine forum.
I just discovered that if, I am not logged in, I can read posts on those two forums but I cannot start new threads or post replies. If I am logged in, I cannot even read posts on those two forums.
At the very same time that this first occurred, I also began seeing 30 lines of computer code in red right above my screen name and avatar on the right side of each page. When these issues first arose, I contacted Customer Support to no avail.
So, now I am curious. Do any other members have similar problems such as the inability to read and post in any of the other Kalmbach forums? Or, the red colored computer code above their screen name and avatar on the right side of each page?
I do appreciate having the forums Avaliable, but the list of issues is a very long one. Very few things seem to work properly, and it goes down on a regular basis.
Things that donât work:
Posting pictures
changing avatar
Sometimes the forums go down, and usually it is all Kalmbach forums at the same time. This last time over New Yearâs it was just the MR forum that was down, but the others were working but responding very slowly.
You have mentioned new issues I havenât seen yet.
I still canât initiate a PM thread. I have dozens of old ones that I must reply to and hope that the addressee doesnât have the missing red font to let him know that he has a message. That is also my problem. Five years now. But, whateverâŚ
At one time, I used to be able to post pictures normally, embedded in the post. About 3.5 years ago, it suddenly stopped working. Not doing anything different. It will not allow me to paste the link in the box. Tried it with iPad and PC, same problem. The only way I can share pictures now is to share a link to a share folder. The plus side is that it is very easy to add more pictures to the share.
I also used to be able to change my avatar picture easily. About 2.5 years ago, this feature stopped working. Not doing anything different. The last time I discovered that if I make a new screen name, I could upload a new Avatar. Last year I tried this, and all I get is " unable to process your request ".
This is what Iâm talking about; these forums are becoming more and more tediousâŚ
Paul
It also seems like different people have different problems,some things work for me, and not for them, and vice versaâŚ
I have been wondering for roughly 4yrs, why MR site forums have all these problems with the sites fuctionalityâŚthen starting to spend more time on another site or Mag I subscribed to FSM which is also a Kalmbach Media site. I noticed they were having very similar problems but one thing was different. They were actually involved with their forum members in finding a solutionâŚSoon after the problems were fixed and the mood of the forum members changedâŚthey got more involved and seemed happier. Their hobby did not seem to be dying like some people have expressed on the MR forums.
I BELIEVEâŚthis should be a year of changeâŚput the fun and enjoyment back in the hobby and fix whats broken and things will change, I gurantee it!
RICH: Paste the code into one of the â504â threads that had comments by the two Kalmbach IT people.
What you have is a call to one of the Telligent back-end routines â it needs a value pushed to some arcane register, and appears to be waiting to see that value before it âunlocksâ. Someone with server access may be able to go in, with something like a hex editor, and enter that value â which ought to cure the problem being displayed.
Overmod, that is a great idea and that does seem to be the problem. My one limitation is that I cannot post to that forum. That is a big part of my problem. So, I will post the gobbledeegook here and then ask someone to notify the IT guys on that other forum.
Thatâs definitely Java/Javascript syntax . Though, your user ID / links there also look âwrongâ â like before they moved from the old forums (uh ⌠near on 15 years ago?) to the current iteration. Easy test â clear out your browser cookies and caches (though note that itâll force log you out of websites, etc.)
No, to both these. I am able to comment on any of the forums (Iâve done it to welcome back missing members). I also donât see any of the computer code.
That post was from a thread that I started in January on the old forum. In this new forum, old threads pop up continuously. Somewhat confusing at first until you get used to the new format.
