Site Upgraded

repr-crHey everyone.. I just upgraded the website… and it was a MAJOR upgrade!

I need you all to let me know if you encounter any problems as I am not sure if all of my plugins work with this new system.. so please write all the issues here on this post!

Thanks so much!

-Marina

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  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Ha!
    Is the edit any better over here?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Nope, the edit is still locking up.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    I’m here to find out

    I’m in the edit now, will see if I get locked up here

    and yes I did once again

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    …keep thinking you are the Pope

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I think M got lost on the trip. Hmm… Che, wave around a taco or sumpin’

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    He does have a pretty cool hat.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Is the submit comment button slower, or am I just overly conscious now?

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    She’s busy trying to solve the problems

    I got to go now so see ya L8er

    I think it just worked

    No it didn’t

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Maybe I should repost my fix-it ‘structions:

    Okay, M. Here is how to fix it.
    1) Slap your ‘puter.
    2) Reboot.
    3) Hard reboot.
    4) Delete history and clean out the cookie jar.
    5) Defrag and virus scan.
    6) Unplug ‘puter and read a book.
    This works for me, everytime.

    Now, I will try to edit.

  • http://www.sendeloch.de.vu dinovelvet

    i don’t know if this has something to do with the update, but now i actually stay logged in, which is what i wanted, but before that, i had to log in every time i visited the site again…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Nope. It is still broke. I guess M followed the ‘structions and is now curled up, reading a book, snuggled up to Gorby.

  • http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=8743f055c4696b70a371248cb110ddc89a953023 Fianchetto
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Oh, man. That is so me. :oops:
    edit test
    Nope. Still funky.

  • nathan19

    I mentioned this in a response to your announcement of the update on the “State of the Art” page, but when I log in, I’m taken to the WordPress profile options page instead of the homepage for hotforwords.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I just logged out and back in. It did the same to me. I don’t know if that is broke or that is how M wants it. Hmm…
    The submit comment button is back up to speed. Now let’s see if the edit is any better.
    Nope. Still locking in the edit box.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    The picture reminds me of M. Greasy hands, dressed for work, still gotta have the heels. :cool:
    edit test
    nope-funky

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    I can make it log into the homepage if you want… I thought the profile would be good so that people could update their profile… hmm…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Either way works for me. I was just passing along what it is doing.
    edit test
    nope-funky

  • nathan19

    Well, I think most of us are comfortable with how our profiles are, and if not we’ll go ahead and change them. When I logged in just now it brought me to the WordPress dashboard thing, which I also didn’t really find helpful.

    I guess it just makes more sense to me to log in straight to the HFW homepage: that’s what we’re most interested and eager to get in to. Fellow students: post here giving your opinion on this matter so Marina can get a sense of how we as a collective class think the log in thing should work.

  • http://twitter.com/captainjack63 CaptainJack

    Why would anyone want to update their profile. Its not like anyone can see it.

  • http://twitter.com/captainjack63 CaptainJack

    Wow! What a change on the backend side of things. There are two menu plugins I can get rid of that where doing basically the same thing that the new update does.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    but does the edit work, yet?
    Let me see.
    nope-still funky
    WORKS FOR ME!!! (Marina here editing your comment!!)

  • http://www.hotforwords.com Marina

    OK. I made it go to the profile the first time your register… all other times it takes you to where ever you are when logging in.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    So is the problem on my end? That last time I tried to edit, I let it run until my screensaver came on (5 min). I still had the edit screen, but this time it stuck for good. I had to go to task mgr and end HFW and start IE all over again. What am I doing wrong?
    ps I did not know you could get in here. I thought it was a little cozy. :lol:
    one more try

  • runawayscott

    That’s weird, I tried logging out and it doesn’t work. Not that i would ever want to log out and be away from Marina, just figured I’d try it to see whats going on.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    ?
    now this
    I went to the Admin tab to Tools and d/l Gears. After I restarted my browser, I tried to edit. I hit save, and it still froze. Instead of f5ing, I hit cancel in the edit box, and the box went away. When I refreshed the page, my edit had stuck. I guess I just will not edit. I never liked it anyway. {wishing we had a raspberry smiley }

  • nathan19

    That makes the most sense to me. Merci beaucoup, Marina!

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    yes, it works the same for me, at least in IE7…”saving” twirls & twirls but never finishes…canceling and reloading the page shows the edit had posted… :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Well I’m back
    I will check the edit button again…

    now checking edit button

    I’m in another tab now, it still locks up
    I don’t see anyone else but me and bsomebody with this problem nor to I see Marina addressing this problem
    So I guess it’s a mute point to continue reporting this info.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I feel better knowing it is not just me. Che is trying now. We will see if it works for him. I do not know how M can fix it, though, if she cannot see the problem. She says the edit works fine for her. :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Whoa! Cool! Che, look to the right! You are HUGE, man! :shock:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Maybe refreshing the page after we edit is the way it’s suppose to work.

    We just got use to going back to the page after we hit the save button.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Well, you were huge. I hope you saw it while it lasted. BTW, nudder says it’s doozin’ it ta him, 2.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Do you mean my other right?

    Oh! I only see it on the second tab I opened

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    In the recent comments, our gravatars show up now. For a minute or so, your gravatar was about two inches square. I thought that was pretty cool. The names did get outta whack, though. Maybe that is why she changed it. (I still thought it was pretty cool)

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    hmmm…now the comment links are showing up funny for me…this one showed up as “{snippet}” something or other…and my last post, to the O’Reilly vid post, says i posted to httvh: (leaving out the rest of the link)… :shock:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    I did see it before it disappeared

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Wow, she is changing all sorts of stuff at once. M is much bolder than me. I do not like changing that many things at once. I git skeered sumpin’ might not go so good, ‘n I won’t know which wrench to turn. :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/annuddermale annuddermale

    oh, and initial part of the comment itself is showing as the link…for example, my comment above shows as “annuddermale on hmmm…now the comme“… :lol:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Marina is being a real geek tonight. :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I guess she is fidgetting with them right now. The last few times I have refreshed, they have been different. I guess she is looking to see what she likes best.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Was this the change Obama was talking about :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    @M, next time I need to edit, I’ll just e-mail you, so you can edit for me! :mrgreen:

  • koalabear

    Try editing again … the page seems to hang after pressing save.
    Does this work ?
    WP Ajax Edit Comments is displayed and when I hit [save}
    the screen appears to hang with “Saving…” message at the bottom.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    ok
    edit test
    I still have to referesh, but I agree with Che. She might just have it set up so we have to refresh. Just because it is not the way I want it, does not necessarily mean it is wrong.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    BTW, she is still messing around with the recent comments column. I guess it was time to rearrange the living room. :roll:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I have to go to work tonight and teach tomorrow. I hope I recognize the site by the time I eventually get back. :roll:
    Holy Do-it-yourselfer-total-makeover! She is not just remodeling the living room, but the whole house. I just checked out the home page, and she has been busy there as well.

  • koalabear

    The WP Ajax Edit Comments page is displayed and when I hit [save}
    the screen hangs with “Saving…” message at the bottom.

    I had to kill fire-fox to get out. :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Marina we can edit our comments, we just don’t go back directly to the page after we hit the save button.

    I must refresh the page with edit box to get back into the HFW page.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I am able to hit f5 and get out. Or I can hit the red x in the upper right of the comment box. The one time I had a problem was when I left it on long enough for the screensaver to kick on, then it froze up the whole browser. I had to go to task mgr, but I do not know why I would ever leave a comment box open for five minutes. :roll:

  • koalabear

    I tried to Edit again and I got a
    “You do not have permission to edit this comment” error. :???:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    That will come on if your time has expired. If you had refreshed the page, your edit option would not have been there.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    “Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.” – Paul Erdos 1913-1996

    It seems appropriate for today.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    That’s because your five minute window to edit expired.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Or you can’t edit after a reply has been made, which make sense

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    Che, I am leaving you in charge of this page. I will come back on Saturday to make sure you have been on top of things (if I can find my way back.) If you do not hear from me by Sunday, fire thirteen purple flairs at half hour intervals until I am able to track my way back in.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    I might be able to check in with the breakfast club. Time will tell.

  • fatbuffalo

    recent comments thingy has been upgraded , with gravatars

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    test { re test again by editing}

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    Marina I cannot get past the edit save feature. When I edit my post the save button want let me go any further. It just hangs and ajax edit is visible at the top of the comment box.

    {test}

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    I went to edit that last comment and I had to cancel to move on to the next comment.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    follow the scent of the burritos :arrow:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/mikemx32 Capman911

    Oh well good night.

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    Edit problem is similar with others, read below

  • koalabear

    Try again…
    Make changes hit [save] and while it appears to be hung hit [refresh]…

  • koalabear

    ok, that appears to work.

  • leonard

    nice picture

  • http://www.wheelnanddealin.com tnmountainman

    LOVE the PIC!! Hehehehehehe, are these ladies “Geeks”, Nerds or mechanics?? :lol:

  • http://www.wheelnanddealin.com tnmountainman

    Ohhh!! I get it! They upgraded yer site for ya!! Workin so far!!

  • http://www.wheelnanddealin.com tnmountainman

    Do they work for Bill Gates??? :smile:

  • buzzword

    my nested replies don’t work.

  • johnysbrooke

    yep everything is working fine! :smile:

  • BillyB

    LOL… the girl sitting on the engine, wearing heels… wonder if she’s wearing safety board approved footwear.
    It looks like Marina under the car, tweaking the chassis… maybe she feels the website pulling to the right, after yet another brilliant, Billy O’ appearance… simple fix though. Over-looked some flatness in the right front tyre, not enough “Hot” air. (kinda’ bad sarcasm, i’ll work on it).
    Tried a couple of old vids out & the faggot one stopped 1/2 way, but that may be my old work computer’s fault. (was showing a friend how the lessons used to look).
    That “pic” is now my desktop pic, who gets the royalty cheque?

  • popzzz

    .
    Happy day after your birthday Marina!
    .

  • runawayscott

    The whole edit thing doesn’t seem to be working for me, It just says SAVING… and doesn’t continue.

  • BillyB

    I’m a bit of a dumbass, what is a nested reply? I don’t know if mine work… you know… me being older & such.
    Meds. (and or) therapy may help.

  • BillyB

    I had to refresh the page… then my edit showed up, after a longer than usual wait.

  • buzzword

    i’m going to explain this to you via email.

  • buzzword

    upgrade wasn’t state of the art

  • arielboss

    I am using Mozzila Firefox under GNU/Linux (kubuntu if it cares), and the screen does not match as it would be, maybe by the resolution that i am using. If you want, i can send you screenshots of my screen. And sorry for my english, i am not a native speaker :D

    [URL=http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hotforwords3ba9.png][IMG]http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/380/hotforwords3ba9.th.png[/IMG][/URL]

  • misspotme

    no problems here!!!!

  • http://www.laserradio.com wyo550

    I logged in to make a comment and had to reload the page with my browser to get this window to show. Might be my browser.

    HEY, FINALLY I GOT MY CALENDAR! It’s OK.
    Your sister didn’t autograph it (I thought for sure I was one of the first 100 people that night you posted about the calendar being available. But that’s Ok too, as I’ll sign it for your sister with a magic marker. I think I’ll sign it, “Thank you for buying my calendar, Love Sparky!”

    Bye Bye Sparky! Arf Arf!

  • koalabear

    Hi arielboss

    I use Linux ( Novell ) and Firefox works ok for me.
    The only problems I have are caused by the wrong text size.

    Try reducing the size of your text in Firefox browser.
    i.e View -> Text Size -> Decrease

  • thoughtonfire

    I ate all of my Spaghetti and I’m going to smoke a cig, so, no problems here. All is running so smooth I don’t know what changed. Whatever it was, it must have been good.

  • thoughtonfire

    Dear Teach,

    Ok so I went to log out and it would not let me, & a please try again later message came up. Does that mean I don’t have to go home tonight? :cool:

    Your Dear Student,
    ThoughtOnFire

  • thoughtonfire

    That isn’t exactly a problem.

  • thoughtonfire

    I don’t mind sleeping in class, I used to sleep in school all the time. :oops:

  • thoughtonfire

    FYI

    If I try to logout VIA the Logout >> link above the comment box next to my screenname, it takes me to a page that says “You are attempting to logout of HotForWords” “Please try again.”

    But, if I logout through the top right of the site, it logs me out immediately.

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Kjempe morsomt. :lol:
    :mam: = lol på Norsk (masser av morsomhed)

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Edit screen still locking up.
    Have to close the edit window with the X and refresh the page.
    After refresh, the edited text is where it should be.
    So it’s not just bsomebody it’s happening to.

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    :mrgreen:

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    In the navy we had a song about them – they were called parafinos.
    Can’t remember much of the song except for one line,
    “… they’ll grease your bearings in your car,
    long live parafinos.”

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    I thought you said they’d all left the nest now, Billy. :grin:

  • sjk

    Will the iTunes feed start working again? :?: According to iTunes, it hasn’t been updated since 11/22, and before that is 8/23. :!:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    :cool: I can see my Gravatar on the recent comments :!:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/cufan71 cufan71

    I’ve only posted 95 er.. 96 comments :?: :!: How :oops: :!:

  • http://www.youtube.com/CheVolay Che Volay

    “If you love what you do you’ll never work another day in your life” Old Saying

  • http://www.wheelnanddealin.com tnmountainman

    Wow! Thats a word I have never heard! Thanks! Parafinos? :???: May have to ask Teach about this one!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/DPS670950 melikadothechacha

    Golly! I only went to sleep for six hours, and look what happened… :mrgreen:
    The new curtains look nice…
    I guess I’ll do some field testing and see if I can still find everything. Where’s the kitchen? :mrgreen:
    “If something is worth doing right, it’s worth doing well”

  • posti

    hi marina, all appears well with the update. your student, posti ;-)

  • tricovictus

    Hi Marina, all appears pretty well with the update. By the way, i just recieved my calendar, great job, and very helpfull notes.

    Share with us all your birthday’s gifts on a video, ok…

  • http://toastytech.com/guis/bobboot1.gif Bob

    Probably too specialised for Marina to know anything about.

  • bigbhd95

    :smile: Since watching for over a year :cool: I sighned up not only due to the newest lesson, BUT mainly due to the fact that Marina has gone through so much effort with the upgrade that I could no longer selfishly enjoy watching her videos & reading mostly great comments from the truly talented Ta’s & M lovers all :mrgreen: :twisted: B.B. EDIT seems to work lol like I know what I am doin hahaha

  • bigbhd95

    Forgot all about the calender with all that joining up stuff lol
    The calender is great & hangin real close by { also without a signature}

  • http://hotmail player

    :smile: Hi Marina,
    Have you heard when someone says ‘flash in the pan’ or ‘fly by
    night’. Do you know the origin of this?
    Hope to hear from you soon. :grin: :!:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/animalntaz animalntaz

    Wait, I’m hearing you can edit comments posted. Is that true, by fixing type-Os and stuff? And if so, how do you do that? :???:

  • http://www.myspace.com/the__shaun the shaun

    Well Lets see how the comment system is updated

  • http://www.myspace.com/the__shaun the shaun

    Alright. The background faded as I assume is intended, and a edit window popped up. Problem was it said “Saving…” and continued to say “Saving…” without any notification that the process was complete — which it obviously was since my initial post now has bold/itallic/strike commands in it.

  • http://www.myspace.com/the__shaun the shaun

    I probably should add I am running Safari 3.2.1 on Macintosh OS X 10.4.11 — that could be why.

  • swampwiz

    It just seems like there are more реклами. :mad:

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Flash in the pan is from the pre-flashbulb days of photography. Flash powder was spread along the length of a 1 or 2-ft.-long tray (the pan) that was held up by the photographer. Just after opening the lens, he would ignite the powder to get enough light to make a short exposure and then close the lens. Anything said to be a flash in the pan is possibly of great fame or success, but only lasts for a very short time. Poof!

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Why, to add your city and state to the nickname field, update and then select the new nickname and update again. That way everyone will know your location — not good enough to leave a dead fish on your porch, but close enough for nuclear weapons of the hydrogenish variety.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    Why is everyone refreshing all over the place? When you see the “Saving…” message, just click the browser Back button. You can see the modified text and confirm that the edit “took.” It’s not as nice as if it worked like we all expect it to, but it certainly gets the job done.

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    “The Mechanicstresses”

    The young ladies need to go on a diet. Notice the right front tire!

    The photo must have been taken in a cold climate or near one. Notice the snow chain hanging from the right rear of the car to the right.

    BTW, the creeper the young lady is lying on is the very same one that was the inspiration for the 1938 song, Jeepers, Creepers. It’s true, I tell you.

    Awake now?

  • CampKohler – Sacramento CA

    For five minutes after submitting a post, you may use the Click to Edit button that appears above the text of the post. Graphic smilies are not available, but you can type the text equivalent, e.g. “:smile:” or “:grin:” if you leave a space on either side of it. At least for the time being, after “Saving…” appears, click your browser’s Back button to return to the blog. (This may change later.)

  • greatestpotential

    The greasing and lubrication of the suspension system, the drive train and other general parts of a vehicle. A total lube job should be performed professionally once or twice a year and can easily be done when a vehicle’s oil is changed.

    Matthew Wright
    Auto Repair Guide

  • greatestpotential

    A grease monkey properly busts his/her knuckles when fully dressed up in a monkeysuit. I’ve gone loon, it’s the gamma rays, full moon. I’m spouting hair on the back of my hands and howling. Don’t worry, I will make it up to you one day and buy you a house.

  • greatestpotential

    That’s a cool photo. Those young women look like they want equal pay and workman’s comp and all that good stuff just like the fellows get. meh

  • greatestpotential

    The most bigoted comment I could come up with is: you know what they say about women who can work on cars, don’t you? they spend less time in the kitchen and more time in bed than those women who can cook their men full course gourmet meals.

  • greatestpotential

    That photo just begs for captions.

  • greatestpotential

    These mechanic chicks are wearing high heels for crying out loud!

  • greatestpotential

    These broads are working on cars til they find themselves some real boyfriends. Yeah, they’ll be hitting the motorway after the midnight hour with their checkered flags and their tight short, shorts, they be an early day version of the fast & furious

  • greatestpotential

    Are daddys are strict and finally had it with us and so we got sold for $100 a piece to work in the car factory and now we do forced labor. Aren’t you glad you didn’t live in these troubling times?

  • greatestpotential

    Oh, I know what they’re saying in that photo. Those looks aren’t smile and say cheese, oh no, They’re message is as clear as day: See here buster! This is the reason you have nothing to do on a Friday night :twisted:

  • greatestpotential

    Such independent women even back then. We’d rather work on cars and handle cars manly all day and all night than be manhandled in cars.

  • greatestpotential

    Those broads look sorta devious, bet they’re fixing those cars so they go fast, working for whiskey runners and moonshiners.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/bsomebody13 bsomebody

    After everything got sorted out (has it?), I like the changes. The gravatars in recent comments section is pretty cool. That section seems to be up to speed, now. Thst messed me up earlier on, especially when lots of people were posting quickly (somebody had trouble finding replies). Is the I like section new, or has somebody not been paying attention? Great job, M. :cool:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfWNAoZUZk&feature=related Chemikal

    I love upgrades!
    Please send my best regards to your coders… they made stuff work, and that rarely happens without a lot of work put in :D

  • buzzword

    read through wordpress help, still can’t figure out how to do a nested reply. is it no longer an option?

  • leonard

    Love your pictures that come up promoting videos at The HotForWords home site. Long live the Republic of Lexicon……..The Capital of Etymologia :razz: :lol: :razz:

  • dzieg

    Seemed to have lost the URL link to Zune. Can you post the link here so that I ca try to link back up?

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