topic Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005 in Operating System - HP-UX

Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Cheryl Griffin — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:03:08 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Please provide feedback on any technical issues you may encounter while using the forums during February.

Please include URLs from your browser associated with error messages, and please include the date and time the errors occur.

You can also post your forums **successes** for February at:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=803518

Thanks to everyone for your continued feedback.

Best regards,
Cheryl and Dan

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Pete Randall — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:25:08 GMT

Dan,

My monthly attempt to summarize the most grievous, most oft-repeated issues

1) Recover the content lost during the 9/20/03 conversion/update - there are
numerous threads which suffered partial content loss, Merijn's statistics
postings being a prime example. Other examples point out that the benefit of
the ITRC database as a resource has been severely compromised. An excellent
dialog on wiping disks via various commands has now been rendered non-sensical
because much of it has been lost.

*Has something been done to fix this? I searched out the disk-wiping thread
( http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x24b53a7b3682d611abdb0090277a7
78c,00.html )
*and discovered that it seems to read OK now. By the same token, checking a
*couple of my old congratulatory posts shows that parts are still missing???

2) a. Allow a thread to be closed without it being moved to the top of the list.
...b. No points - no bunny
...c. (my personal opinion) Is the close facility really necessary?

3) Create a new category under HP-UX for congratulations, humor and other
miscellaneous off-topic threads so that those who don't wish to view these
items can bypass them.

4) Repeat the bread crumb navigation links at the bottom of the page so we
don't have to page all the way up to the top of long threads. Also, add the
same links to the notification pages.

5) Could we possibly have a real, functional search engine? Please??

6) Other forms of URLs need to be recognized (https, ftp) as the http ones
are.

7) Allow for formatted text that does not lose spaces, so script snippets can
be understood.

8) Provide the ability for a user to customize the forum subjects they view by
setting up their own groupings (like: all of HP-UX, plus Servers (9000), plus
Workstations (hp-ux based), plus all of Storage - well, you get the idea).

9) From Merijn: The ability to have a fixed signature in one's profile.

10) A new hat for the 50,000 point level.

11) Is it possible to fix it so the "javascript.open" function works the
same in different browsers - in Netscape, firefox, Opera, etc., the link
opens in the same window.

Pete

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:46:14 GMT

Double post in need of consolidation:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=804871

Also first response was a little rough.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=804872

SEP

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:10:36 GMT

In addition to Pete's list.

Set up a beta site so users can test code before it goes prod.

Past weekend upgrades have added nice functionality but been shall we say a bit rough along the edges. Example the issues Pete brought up in his post above.

I've noticed that not only are some of my old posts garbled, but ALL of my itrc response center calls in 2002 are unreadable. Same database?

SEP

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

John Poff — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:39:35 GMT

Hi,

Spam post:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=805577

JP

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:07:19 GMT

Cheryl / Dan / Any HP Moderator --

I recommend that this post be blown away:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=805577

and the use removed from the Forums. This is the 2nd time I have seen a post from someone touting this same exact organization.

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Jan van den Ende — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:42:37 GMT

Cheryl, Dan,

a double posting:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=806169

and

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=806172

and although in different categories of VMS, I assume that one will be sufficient.

Maybe close one with a pointer to the other?

Proost.

Have one on me.

Jan

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Jan van den Ende — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:46:15 GMT

and even a triplicate:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=806209

Proost.

Have one on me.

Jan

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Roger Faucher — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:39:53 GMT

Cheryl:

I concur with all of Pete's suggestions (and the sooner the better) except for 3) "Create a new category under HP-UX for congratulations, humor and other
miscellaneous off-topic threads so that those who don't wish to view these
items can bypass them."
I suggest a high-level category for such postings, which would serve as a community-wide communication area. It might be a good idea to preclude points from this category.

Make a great day!

Roger

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

JohnWRuffo — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:58:58 GMT

Cheryl:

Can http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=804811 be moved to the OpenVMS forum for an answer.
Thanks. -john

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

melvyn burnard — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:01:31 GMT

thread moved

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:16:42 GMT

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=808751
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=808747

Duplicate threads.

One has an response.

SEP

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:33:16 GMT

Threads in need of a home:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=808889

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=808872

Users in need of something.

SEP

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Roger Faucher — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:10:57 GMT

Cheryl/Dan:

This thread seems to be corrupted. It appears truncated and when you try to reply, the text entry field is missing and I can't attach a text file:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=808923

Make a great day!

Roger

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

melvyn burnard — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:16:31 GMT

Roger
should be fixed now

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Roger Faucher — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:32:39 GMT

Melvyn:

I still don't see a message entry area???
I tried re-booting my system and still fails.

Roger

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Roger Faucher — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:34:06 GMT

Melvyn:

I also cannot attach a text file. Get "error on page" message in status bar.

Make a great day!

Roger

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:50:47 GMT

Hi,

can anyone move this question to HP-UX?
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=809058

thanks,

Michael

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:55:14 GMT

Hi,

an addendum to Pete's list. Is it possible to update the number of posts also on a thread that has been moved? So it does not show up on the list with no answers?

thanks,

Michael

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - February 2005

melvyn burnard — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:27:46 GMT

Michael
Thread moved
Roger

Which browser are you using? I was able to post a text file attachment ok with Mozilla