First Test of New Forum Software

[PALM MOD]

Just testing for the first time and posting a pic. Please feel free to reply in order to test things on your end.

[amh]

Working on my end.

[Foxpalms]

Guess I'll test with a photo of a washingtonia robusta growing at 53n.

[ZPalms]

Mobile feels smoother and also the new emojis 😎🤪🥳😃

Edited August 21, 2022 by ZPalms

[ck_in_fla]

All appears normal from here...

[kinzyjr]

So far, so good.  Thank you for all of your hard work @PALM MOD!

[NOT A TA]

Tried to change my email address (in account settings because there isn't a place in Profile) but wouldn't work and after several attempts I got an account locked message.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

pretty nice update

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Nighttime in Santa Fe Texas 

[PALM MOD]

5 hours ago, NOT A TA said:

Tried to change my email address (in account settings because there isn't a place in Profile) but wouldn't work and after several attempts I got an account locked message.

Can you tell me what happened when you tried to change. Error message? Nothing? And if your account was locked, how did you manage to post this?

This is what the logs say - contact me privately if you still need help.

1. Account locked from logging in using this IP address until 08/20/2022 03:08 PM following 5 unsuccessful login attempts. 
   3 hours ago   73.138.152.xxx

[iDesign]

Forum update worth it for the plant emojis if nothing else:  🌱  🌿 🍂 🌵 🌴 
Can't figure what plant this one is though: 🌾

On a serious note... grateful thanks to all those who make this incredible community possible.

[palmfriend]

Hi,

checked in with my email adress - worked fine so far, 

let's check the upload...

Calyptrocalyx caudilatus - 

...worked as well! 😀👍

 

Good to go! 

 

Lars

 

[Rick Kelley]

When I look at my profile, I don't see any box for email address. I get tons of email from PT and IPS, so they certainly have my address, I just don't see it anywhere on my profile. I had no trouble opening PT tonight. So everything seems to be working fine right now. Photo of my monster Metroxylon uploaded easily. 

Thanks for all the great work keeping PT running so smoothly. Very much appreciated.

Rick

[PALM MOD]

3 minutes ago, Rick Kelley said:

When I look at my profile, I don't see any box for email address. I get tons of email from PT and IPS, so they certainly have my address, I just don't see it anywhere on my profile. I had no trouble opening PT tonight. So everything seems to be working fine right now. Photo of my monster Metroxylon uploaded easily. 

Thanks for all the great work keeping PT running so smoothly. Very much appreciated.

Rick

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. And to answer Rick and others:

In with your Profile and other Profile "things" is Account Settings. Email can be changed from there now. But if you are getting notifications, your email is current and correct. Just remember which of your emails (if you have several) you use for PT. I have confirmed that a future upgrade will be email only for log in. For now, I am told either email or UserName should work.

[MelvinB]

Upgrade looks nice.

But now the “WARNING TO ALL PALMTALK USERS” comes up everytime when visiting the forums or entering a discussion. Even when logged in. 

[Palm Tree Jim]

So far, all good Dean.

[Little Tex]

🗿

[Billeb]

5 hours ago, MelvinB said:

Upgrade looks nice.

But now the “WARNING TO ALL PALMTALK USERS” comes up everytime when visiting the forums or entering a discussion. Even when logged in. 

Yup. Super annoying. Hopefully it’s just for a couple more days. 😥

-dale

[Dusty CBAD]

Everything is working great but agree that the warning every time you click on a new topic is annoying.

[TheMadScientist]

@Rick Kelley It took me some time to find the email location.  Find "account settings" and it will list email, password, etc.  IF you click on "change email" and don't, it wants to highlight that entry and tells you that you didn't make a change.  I don't want to change my email.  I backed out of the forum and started over and I didn't get reminded of NOT MAKING A CHANGE.  Thank You DEAN for all the effort you put into this forum.

[zero]

2 hours ago, TheMadScientist said:

@Rick Kelley It took me some time to find the email location.  Find "account settings" and it will list email, password, etc.  IF you click on "change email" and don't, it wants to highlight that entry and tells you that you didn't make a change.  I don't want to change my email.  I backed out of the forum and started over and I didn't get reminded of NOT MAKING A CHANGE.  Thank You DEAN for all the effort you put into this forum.

Thanks for posting a photo of your favorite palm!  Or is your left palm your favorite?  🤣

 

So far so good.  I was able to login with my email only yesterday but using my username worked today.  For those of is who edit our posts it can still be done by clicking on the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the post (at least that's the case from a mobile device).

Edited August 21, 2022 by Fusca
Testing edit

[Darold Petty]

8 hours ago, MelvinB said:

Upgrade looks nice.

But now the “WARNING TO ALL PALMTALK USERS” comes up everytime when visiting the forums or entering a discussion. Even when logged in. 

Yes,  my email was current and correct.  I can't move around on Palmtalk without the 'Warning' appearing with every left click of the mouse.  This is a minor annoyance, having to click off the X in the upper right corner of the Warning box twenty times in a row.  If we have complied with the Warning instructions then how do we turn off the Warning ?    Thanks, Dean.

[PALM MOD]

8 hours ago, MelvinB said:

Upgrade looks nice.

But now the “WARNING TO ALL PALMTALK USERS” comes up everytime when visiting the forums or entering a discussion. Even when logged in. 

 

3 hours ago, Dusty CBAD said:

Everything is working great but agree that the warning every time you click on a new topic is annoying.

Sorry everyone. Wish I knew before I went to bed. An example of what can go wrong if one box out of 100+ is checked wrong. Hopefully it will stay closed now if you hit the "x" - maybe returning next day - but again supposed to stay closed for another 24 hours.

[Darold Petty]

Just now I did not get the warning,  Thanks again, Dean !   

[DAVEinMB]

Working 🤘

[Billy]

Email was current, everything’s all good on my end minus the “warning” message popping up. Mahalo!🥥

[Dusty CBAD]

Thanks for all you do!!! 

[DoomsDave]

I got the popup, looked at my account information, it was complete, clicked back into the action, no more popup. 

 

HOORAY for @PALM MODaka @Dypsisdean for maintaining a long-running community!

 

[EJPalm05]

I like the new update!

[JLM]

9 hours ago, Little Tex said:

🗿

You did not 😂

[JLM]

So with this update, we can post bigger images? Also, is the size restriction still the same for profile pictures?

[Little Tex]

where did reputation go 💀

[PALM MOD]

1 hour ago, Little Tex said:

where did reputation go 💀

Reputations have undergone a drastic change, based on many different factors now. But it will not be tabulated and expressed until a huge amount of data is rebuilt - posts, topics, reactions, etc. for the last 15 years. I don't know yet what it is going to end up looking like.

[PALM MOD]

3 hours ago, JLM said:

So with this update, we can post bigger images? Also, is the size restriction still the same for profile pictures?

Sorry, I do not know the answer to that question. And it is going to take me a while to figure it out once I get time to examine the settings etc.

Any info (problems) people have when uploading will be appreciated. That is one of the most complicated things these days - with the number of different cameras and phones putting out pics in countless formats, sizes, and resolutions. And resizing them is very server intensive.

[PALM MOD]

10 hours ago, JLM said:

Also, is the size restriction still the same for profile pictures?

If you are talking about the small pics in your post - it looks like size restriction is still around 60Kb I think. But I did see an option now to make them square again - like they used to be years ago. So they look a little bigger.

[MSX]

Everything works fine

[Johnny Palmseed]

On 8/21/2022 at 12:18 AM, iDesign said:

Forum update worth it for the plant emojis if nothing else:  🌱  🌿 🍂 🌵 🌴 
Can't figure what plant this one is though: 🌾

On a serious note... grateful thanks to all those who make this incredible community possible.

It looks like sea oats.

[iDesign]

I'll help out by uploading some test image files (of known file size), to see what the limits are.

First, here's a 10MB Image, which I assume will be rejected...

** UPDATE: It appears to have accepted a 10MB Image - wow!
That will make some of the people uploading large images happy, though I'm not sure if it would cause an issue with server load. Maybe fine for once in a while, though best to upload smaller images if possible.

[iDesign]

Ok, let's try a 20MB Image for fun (again, not recommended to make this a habit, due to server load)...

** UPDATE: The 20MB upload got an error message. Which means that there is likely a limit to upload size that's somewhere between 10 & 20MB. That should be plenty big for the vast majority of people.

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In summary, if someone has trouble uploading an image have them check file size...

- If the image is under 10MB, then file size is NOT the problem (it's some other technical issue)

- If the image is larger than 10MB, suggest they reduce file size of the image at this URL (or similar): https://imagecompressor.com/

Hope that helps!

[Chester B]

I’m having an issue every time I try and log in on my phone. On a computer everything is fine.

When I log in I get the following error message. If I click IPS logo on the top of the screen when this error pops up it will take me into forum and I will be signed in.