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The 9.36am post is the last one I see in my Full Member account too...
...last post in Free Account is from 1.37pm.
I posted in https://singletrackmag.com/forum/bike-forum/commuter-tyres-hybrid-workhorse-vs-faster-road-style/#post-13545623 ~30mins ago and it appeared as good as instantly.
Some other posts I've done today from over two hours ago are yet to show up.
Bike Radar forum closes its doors on Monday 17th March, the state of this forum currently isn't going to attract many of them. 😉
Different people seeing different posts was mentioned way back. A month on its disappointing that it doesn't seem to have been addressed.
It may also be related to the ongoing posting delay as posts that might take hours to show up for some seemingly show up quickly for others (I've seen folk quoting from posts that I won't see for ages).
Still struggling to use the forum at all on Android (with Chrome) due to frequent freezes.
For all this forum's faults - I look at other forums like this below and think naaaah, sod that...
I'm beginning to wonder if the new forum is being served from some kind of space-time anomaly.
And sadly it appears to suck in whatever resources are thrown at it, with little sign of any improvement.
Bike Radar forum closes its doors on Monday 17th March,
That's weird given how many posters on here seem to be very confident as to how simple it is to spin up a forum in an afternoon, because their 12-year old did it and both users are really happy.
I used to lurk on Bike radar, and then discovered this place. Crikey, BR was like a funeral dirge in comparison with here. A couple of weeks ago, during one of the more frustrating days of this forum, I popped back to BR for a "cycling-forum" hit, and was reminded how quiet and dead it was. Like, two post per day, and some sub-forums with no updates for months.
Had a look at that Cycle UK one too - how many sub-forums?
So, whilst this place can be a bit glitchy, and some people's patience has been tried to breaking point over the last few weeks, overall, I think it's great.
More seriously,
That should be a wake-up call. For all the people pissing and moaning, would you prefer it if STW went bang tomorrow? Bigger giants have fallen. I miss Woolworth's pick 'n' mix and who saw Debenhams' implosion coming?
If you want this community to survive - and I do, the reason I'm so vocal is I'm fiercely proud of it - then maybe contribute something positive rather than screaming into the void about how shit everything is whilst STW is in the middle of a massive migration. Constructive criticism and feedback about issues is surely welcome; directionless whining gets right on my tits. If you think it's crap then sod off to BikeRad- ah, oh.
If people didn't care Cougar they'd sod-off somewhere else and say nothing.
Most of the comments I see are from people who've been with STW a long time.
...so don't go all Gerald Ratner on us! 🤣
then maybe contribute something positive
In what way? Most of the above people are trying to post and have paid their subs and donated
What else can we do that's positive then?
...so don't go all Gerald Ratner on us!
I understood this reference. 😁
What else can we do that's positive then?
My point is, there is a gulf between "this is shit" and "this is shit because of x, y and z and here's how I think it could be improved." I have reached the end of my patience with the former, go be toxic somewhere else.
IMHO, etc.
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What weekys said.
I've paid subs donated, taken part in raffles. what else do you want from us?
If it was an isolated thing fair enough but its daily now, the silence is quite deafening as to a solution/timescale other that push the cache clear button occasionally. I'm coming here less and less because of these issues. Is that what you want people to shut up and go away?
Will posting that some of my post show up straight away and not mentioning that some of them take ages help the forum work better?
Seems a little off to me that Mark started this thread to keep folks informed and for us all to post up what was happening at our end just to have someone have a go for doing exactly that.
My solution has been to just not bother coming on here even half as much as normal.
I'm a bit conflicted.
I don't think the moaning helps, but at the same time, would be good for mark to give an update on the posting delays, which are clearly a big problem - even if its just to say we're looking into it.
Maybe a daily update from mark even if its just to say "no progress so far" would be appreciated.
A bit like Jason Leitch 5 years ago would come on to tell us how Scotland was doing during COVID
We did come through it a wee bit better than when we are at the world cup where we never survive the first round
Were still here , sad that quite a few didn't survive but here's hoping we're still posting and arguing in 5 years time
Seems a little off to me that Mark started this thread to keep folks informed and for us all to post up what was happening at our end just to have someone have a go for doing exactly that.
For the avoidance of doubt, I do not represent the site. I'm just a regular user like everyone else. My opinion is of no greater or lesser import than anyone else's.
Thanks for carrying the argument to PMs and then blocking me when I replied though, that was a classy move. 🤷♂️
what else do you want from us?
Patience?
I though you said you "wouldn't be responding" to me...
I'll let you have your argument with your self though cause I sure as hell aint interested, and I'm sure no one else is either.
I'm only here for the bike stuff.
For the avoidance of doubt, I do not represent the site.
Quite...
Meanwhile most days are like this waiting for posts to magically appear
I like the irony that the sticky feature on this thread doesn't work.
I though you said you "wouldn't be responding" to me...
i didn't say I wouldn't respond. I said:
I think it's obvious that STW, in the style of Spinal Tap, are simply being more selective in their appeal.
The posts not appearing will be the death of the forum if it doesn’t get sorted, which would be a real shame.
In the mean time is there anything we can do to be able to see them? Are the same ones missing for everyone or does it vary for users?
I’m thinking things like clearing cache, different browser etc?
Without wishing to underestimate how tricky this all is I do wonder if perhaps when the inadvertent discovery that a rogue plugin was causing the performance issues on the old site, it might have been wise to postpone the migration given that the new forum is not really ready. Hindsight and all that I know but some of the issues around formatting etc must have been obvious before go live… Anyway I hope it all gets sorted and thanks for all the effort to manage this as best you can with limited resources. I do not envy you all at all.
In the mean time is there anything we can do to be able to see them? Are the same ones missing for everyone or does it vary for users?
the short answer is yes theres a way. its a faff tho. see that 'down' arrow underneath the page number? if you click it it opens up a list of all the replies. if you keep clicking to 'load more replies' then theyll all open, including the ones you cant see normally. thats ok on a relatively small thread, but i had to do this on the 'bassists' thread the other day with more than 700 replies, 5 at a time 😀
and yes, it seems to vary, not even by user or thread. the fact that you can see a few others have posted but you cant see the replies yet means that they can and you cant. and its not by thread either, at least not for me. i was happy enough posting and reading replies (to the bassist thread again) up until yesterday when all of a sudden i couldnt see the replies until the next morning.
so...... i cant see a pattern.
the sites definitely a lot better now, we're slowly getting there.
I know that adverts are an important revenue stream but I'm currently getting 3-4 pop ups per page that are covering the main forum section & need closing to see what's going on an to post.
I even have adverts covering other adverts.
With everything else that's going on with the forum it's hardly encouraging folk to stay.
I know that adverts are an important revenue stream but I'm currently getting 3-4 pop ups per page that are covering the main forum section & need closing to see what's going on an to post.
I even have adverts covering other adverts.
With everything else that's going on with the forum it's hardly encouraging folk to stay.
Yup, me too. Keeps recurring. A right pain in the arse.
Can you post screenshots?
it might have been wise to postpone the migration given that the new forum is not really ready.
To be fair, the previous forum hadn't been really ready for about 15 years. At least now the new one might be shortly. 😁
The search is considerably better but still needs tweaking. Searching on thread title returns the same thread multiple times over presumably hitting each individual page. I was looking for the "argh, my eye" thread. A Google search for "my eye" using the site: filter found it immediately.
Link embedding has gone a bit weird. Colours aside, I'm pretty sure that the Flyspeck 3 font isn't ideal.
And now it looks like this.... 
My view, FWIW 🤔 
On a Samsung A54 with Android 14 software
I asked ChatGPT how to speed up singletrackworld.com, hoping it would come up with something really obviously stupid and wrong but funny. But actually it had some quite sensible looking suggestions. Might be worth trying them out.
Search for 'Camino' results in
Still not working properly then.
I'll come back and try again in another few days as I don't want to incur the wrath of a guy that works in IT but has nowt to do with STW.
🤣
I've had bans that have been over quicker than some posts have taken to appear recently.
Edit
Woooaaah that posted instantly.
Hopefully that's stays as feature.
Slow posing earlier today.
What is meant to have been improved?
I find it even less user friendly now.
What is meant to have been improved?
I find it even less user friendly now.
It's improved quite a bit imo, a lot of things happen much quicker now.
Except for random threads which don't update for several hours. That seems to be a new feature.
I am not sure but I get the impression that which threads don't update depends on the individual.
As it stands I’ve now gone 3 days without the delay post bug. Anyone else?
I had, until today, when it cropped up again. Getting ads logged in on mobile again as well.
Some posts not appearing for over 30 minutes at the moment, so the posting delay is alive and kicking
Cheers guys.
When I started this weekend's ride picture thread it posted straight away, but only the text posted.
I'm not sure how long it took for the pictures to show up.
I looked after 15 minutes and they weren't there so went and did a load of other stuff.
When i looked a couple of hours later they had appeared.
Then to my surprise I posted a video that was linked from Flickr and that worked and posted straight away and is still showing this morning.
F1 thread is stuck again!
Links and quotes are unreadable for me - no contrast, v. light blue on white.
Chrome on Android (Pixel)
Cheers
(trying to add screenshot)
Cheers Blake, yeah that’s a thing for all I think. Frustratingly.
Replies not showing up.
Here:
It says there is a reply but I can't see it.
Four hours + and still no new posts showing for me on F1 thread.
…it was a wet race so posts are probably stuck behind the safety car! 🤣🏎️
My posts are not showing up at all now.
Please put the forum back as it was.
Now getting the missing post bug on this thread.
have patience now or you'll face the wrath of the guy who doesn't represent the site.
It's really slow and laggy today.
Is it just missing an index on some table somewhere?
Sorry guys - another issue for you! 😬
Just been to update my payment method and the data entry areas are virtually unreadable. The text flips from a light grey to dark grey. Very dark grey background and a not quite so dark grey for the text doesn't work!
Any news on the post delays fix too?
I now get an email telling me every time someone starts a new topic. How do I turn that off?
Are we still posting snags here? These are not complaints…
First up, search isn’t working for me (tried to use it to find this thread). It says “working” and nothing happens.
iPhone mini, Safari, in dark mode…
Noticed you have a second burger menu, presumably just for the forum… but I can’t see the contents of it…
When viewing a list of posts, they no longer fit on the phone’s screen… I’m pretty sure they did last week…
I now get an email telling me every time someone starts a new topic. How do I turn that off?
go to forum tab in your profile. Then click subscriptions.
search isn’t working for me (tried to use it to find this thread). It says “working” and nothing happens.
It works for me, but can be very slow. Maybe takes a minute or two...
When viewing a list of posts, they no longer fit on the phone’s screen… I’m pretty sure they did last week…
Mine now doing same on Android phone
Search tip.
use advanced search and narrow your search down. It’s much quicker. When you enter a search term in the main box and hit search it searches through everything in the database, which is millions of records. If you were searching for a username for example, using advanced search and specifying usernames your search would involve only 140k records and not millions.
When viewing a list of posts, they no longer fit on the phone’s screen… I’m pretty sure they did last week…
Still works fine on my phone. Samsung Galaxy A54, Android 14.
One of the major challenges for the STW tech team to deal with, is the apparant randomness of the various issues for different users and different threads.
Good luck!
F1 thread is stuck again!
That's a pain in the Haas
Mines fine too,moto g13 using chrome
Looks like it’s screen size not operating system or browser causing the issue. Needs a tweek for smaller phones.
Fine here, android 13 on samsung s20 FE.