What happened?

[R4L]

Did something bad happen to the forums? I had to re-log in, and input my password twice because of upgraded security. Also, the bar that displays how many messages I have is completely black, with blue writing. No search bar, or anything, just login and logout.

I was just wondering if something bad did happen, I mean the forums being such a great place an all, I wouldn't like to see something bad happen to it. 

[Nikolas]

Same here. does thought I'd mention it...

[Akatosh]

There was an update today.

[esper]

Seems a bit like a downdate. "Hey, esper, you have 10 messages, and 1 of them is new" has been changed to "10 messages," unless I highlight the black box. And I never had a search bar.

[Steel Drummer]

They might fix it in a while.

[Pumaman]

The forums were upgraded to the latest version of the forum software this afternoon, so do let me know if you have any problems.

Also, the bar that displays how many messages I have is completely black, with blue writing

This seemed fine to me in IE, but I just tried it in Firefox and got the black bar problem; it should now be fixed.

[Kweepa]

It seems to be incompatible with FireFox.
I switched to IE rendering with IETab and it looks fine.

[EDIT] Thanks for making me look stupid, CJ!

[Darth Mandarb]

The forums were upgraded to the latest version of the forum software this afternoon, so do let me know if you have any problems.

Also, the bar that displays how many messages I have is completely black, with blue writing

This seemed fine to me in IE, but I just tried it in Firefox and got the black bar problem; it should now be fixed.

Did the same thing for me BEFORE I logged in ... once logged in, it works fine now.

[Steel Drummer]

It seems to be incompatible with FireFox.
I switched to IE rendering with IETab and it looks fine.

[EDIT] Thanks for making me look stupid, CJ!

Well, my Internet Explorer can't login to the forums, for some reason. It keeps giving me an error whenever I try. Firefox works fine for me, and the black box is gone.

[Ashen]

I had the black box thing, but it's sorted now.

Is anyone else finding the forums very slow since the update? I've had a couple of time-outs moving between threads, and wondered if it was that (since it's not noticable visiting other sites), or just my connection playing silly buggers.

EDIT: I also get Steve's search error.

EDIT2:
Seems like it might just be my connection - it's spread to other sites now, but AGS is still the worst hit (haven't even been able to open the forums to post this for a few hours). Which is a bit of a shame.

[Kweepa]

I don't have a slowdown, but I do get a database error the first time I try to search for something new. A second search for the same thing returns no results, even for something that I know should return results.

[Pumaman]

Well spotted, the search should be fixed now.

As for slowdowns, if anything I've found it faster than before. If anyone else is having speed problems please do let us know.

[LimpingFish]

Everything seems to be working fine. I also find things that bit faster! \o/

Usually, in Firefox anyway, I'd get "Looking up..." in the status thingy at the bottom of the window, and about 10 - 20 seconds later the forums would load.

Doesn't seem to happen now.

EDIT: Oooh! Just noticed the little widget for making changes to a post. Dinky.

[Stupot]

Wierd, even though I'm still logged in i keep getting pages with "guest" still there, but then I click on a board or a post and it says i'm logged in again.
I've also noticed it seems a bit slower than before.

[Domino]

Everything here seems to be working great in FF, except i got frisked by a bouncer before entering. 

edit: I have noticed at the bottom of the forums, there is 2 login areas. They both appear in IE and FF.

[Steel Drummer]

Wierd, even though I'm still logged in i keep getting pages with "guest" still there, but then I click on a board or a post and it says i'm logged in again.
I've also noticed it seems a bit slower than before.

That's happened to me in the past. Try logging in and out a few times. It should be fixed for good once you do that.

[R4L]

Whew, glad that its fixed!

If you don't mind me asking what was updated for the forums?

[AGA]

SMF (the software the forums use) was updated to the latest version. Changelog is here.

I think we were running a pre-1.1 version before though, so all this stuff might be new for us.

[Steel Drummer]

Another problem- I've tried going back and viewing old pages of threads and there is some sort of 'database error'. :/

[Mould Cheeze]

Another problem- I've tried going back and viewing old pages of threads and there is some sort of 'database error'. :/

I have the same bt only in the competitions board.