I'm an Unexpected Character

[hairmetal-81]

That's right: I ought to be an 'unexpected character' - I come in unexpectedly...

[BWaj]

There's a double meaning in here somewhere. I suddenly feel the need to wash my hands, bbl.

[Cheddies]

Coming in unexpectedky must make for some awkward moments.

[fastballer8]

At least you can post! I can't post anything new and keep getting that same error!

[Alan VEX]

Tell me if you can now.

[fastballer8]

Thanks Alan, I can post again!

[hairmetal-81]

I was searching the code which is used professionally. Then I saw your post. I want to congratulate you on such a wonderful post.

Ah, so you're unexpected too...

[White_Pointer]

Alright guys we know vb5 has problems. Alan has worked hard to try to fix them, and he's now told us he's now looking into other options. No need to keep creating threads about it.

[hairmetal-81]

Alright guys we know vb5 has problems. Alan has worked hard to try to fix them, and he's now told us he's now looking into other options. No need to keep creating threads about it.

Well... yeah okay. This was never to blame our Administrator or to talk him down. I have nothing but respect for Alan, he is both a helluva Administrator and very talented businessman!

It's just that I have many replies stored that didn't go through. If I tell you that one of these was to one of your own threads, will you change your mind?

[Cheddies]

HM - if you get a saved reply that won't go through, its always worth copying it out into a plain text editor (such as notepad / textedit) to ensure all weird formatting or characters are stripped and refreshing the page and trying again - as this -might- strip out something that it is not liking.

[hairmetal-81]

Thanks Cheddies!
I'm applying 'them tactics' already since half a year!

That's not to say though it has solved much...

[Cheddies]

That's me plain out of ideas then! However - i have not seen the error happen since Alan posted above! ^

[hairmetal-81]

Alright, that's good news!

[Alan VEX]

It appears I am getting some things worked out slowly by just trying various code editing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I am monitoring everyone's responses and actions, but trying not to allude too much to what I am doing. I don't know whether to expect some fixes to stick or not at times. I can't tell if running maintenance tools are simply short-term fixes or not.

I've done some server side changes that seemed to have helped; but again, I'm not sure if they truly did or not.

There are very strange things going on. (way too many to mention) I just keep plugging away trying to flip the right switches. I think in time things will slowly get back to normal, but I do know that vB has us at the mercy.

At this time, things are (I'd say) 90% functional. That said, it's ridiculous that I have to enter the admin panel every day or two just to clear the server cache or run maintenance in hopes of fixing one more person's issue. It's not a big deal, but vB sucks big fat donkey balls. (that last part enhanced for professional purpose)

[hairmetal-81]

Okay, I went over and finally posted in 'Products'-subforum!

...I was doing something productive, actually! In case all the posters/readers want to follow my reply, here it is: http://www.vdrums.com/forum/forum/ge...516#post972516


Happy to report 'Products' is working again! TY everybody!