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Oh this is really sad. I really enjoyed her blog, and though I couldn't say I knew Gaia, we did exchange a few emails over the years and she was always delightful to communicate with. My thoughts,...

Further Update

- All* of Bavard's, kbe's and sexysmells's started threads and posts have now been imported.


To do

- Import the 7,500 posts replying to the threads started by Bavard, kbe...

Update

Had a sick family over the weekend so didn't get much time to look at this, but currently on it. Missing Posts should all be back tomorrow / Weds. Missing post counts will be dealt with...

Okay, just a heads up.

I've turned off new registrations for the time being, so that should temporarily solve the spam issue. I'm going to be spending tomorrow merging a backup database with thew...

We're having major issues with the Spam tool on the site at the moment. It's been behaving erratically, and seems to be randomly dishing out bans and deleting the wrong stuff. I'm going to check with...

For some reason, which I am looking into now, Bavard was accidentally banned. We've had a biiig influx in spam lately, and it looks like B's account got caught in the crossfire.

As a result all of...

And I agree with it being annoying

Before the weekend we had an IP address attack the site which caused it to be very slow, and unrepsonsive. Some setting were adjusted to basically put them off, but it looks like the settings were...

Hey maybe I can code it so you can choose what colour your stars are :)

Thank you to all you lovely people who have ordered cake!

I'm taking on everyones thoughts about the logo.... We're def gonna stay green I reckon! It keeps it tethered. Will take on all feedback...

Hello! Updates here

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/468381-Still-making-Basenotes-Awesomer-more-info-cake-sale-new-BN-Plus

Hello everyone

Just over a year ago, I posted a thread entitled Help Basenotes become awesomer, and many of you did help, and may have noticed that Basenotes is still normal, and not yet awesomer,...

Update on Tues! I'm away with the kids at mo, but I'll be communicating better as from next week!

I'll take a look. Alternatively you can PayPal me directly on info@basenotes.net and I'll set it up manually?

Thank you, JBS1, Kiliwia and JakeStiebs! You have bought the remaining three cups of coffee (or tea!)

Thanks Liz B!



There's a bit of me that thinks the coffee cups should only be for people that donated when we did the original coffee cup drive ten years ago, but some people weren't even here...

This just a quirk of when the fragrance was announced. When I'm approving fragrances the algorithm is skewed towards listing them in reserve launch date order. As a result, anything launching in 2019...

This was a previous feature for Basenotes Plus members, but it got removed in an update. I may consider re-introducing it if people would find it useful

All should be fixed now

Yeah that does look annoying. I’ll take a look next year!


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Okay, it should now hide for BN+ users who have the no-ads option.

Background on the eBay ads:

Ideally I'd like to have no ads on the site, but that's not going to allow the site to support...

Shouldn’t be showing in this case. Must have coded wrong. I’ll look in the morning and fix. Sorry.


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I've run the script twice now, so its added twice the amount of missing ones which seems to be nearer than what people are reporting. :)

If you have a star missing, this will turn up soon, once the system catches up

Okay, this bits done now. Next task. Merge the Huddler forum posts back in to the system

Okay, I have made a script that basically looks at every thread posted by Basenotes Robot made before the 'incident'. It then counted all of the posts made by each member in each thread and added...

This is puzzling as the mail queue is up to date (sometimes there's an issue, where there is a crapload of outgoing mail in there and it takes ages to send it as it does it in batches). I'm not sure...

1) The only time Mods / Judith / Furrypine would have access to a PM would be if the PM was reported, in which case it appears in the back end for us to look over. (ie, if someone reports a spam PM)....

This is basically what happened. Basenotes Robot accidentally got wiped out, and with it, all the SOTD and article comment threads got wiped out. All of the posts are restored but while the posts are...

Okay, quick update!


Firstly thank you to all who have bought cocktails, if for some reason you’ve not got a cocktail and you’ve paid for one, please give me a nudge as I might have missed it.
...

@Wild Gardener

Violet lead sounds like it would be interesting, sadly its just a typo for Violet Leaf (!) -- I've fixed it now :)

I think I've finally caught up with everyone that's donated. Many, MANY thanks!!

Currently my kids are off school due to the summer holidays, so they're keeping me a bit tied up, but once they're...

There's an issue with the samsung browser where it hides part of the site if you are using an adblocker

I'm on vacation at the moment with my kids, but will catch up with this asap

Bingo!

I might merge them in with the main discussions at some point, though I'm sure we'll get some people responding to an 18 year old thread and wondering why the original poster hasn't replied to their...

Hello ;)

Should be fixed now !

This one?

Done!

Oh of course! I think I did the search wrong for the join dates! Sorry Chuck!

Basenotes hasn’t always been on these forums. As I’m preparing to move off of vBulletin to something new, I’m making sure all the posts that should be in the forums are here.
When the website began...

Arse.

I’ll have some time tomorrow morning. I’ll take a gander.

I'm looking into this now

Okay, we were down* yesterday with a big database error

I thought i'd fixed it, then went out to collect someone from an airport, went to bed, and then in the morning realised it didn't fix it....

I've been getting a few database error messages today, looking into it now

Weird -- I'll see if I can replicate it

I've never seen it before either -- does it happen on any other website or software?

Hi Claire!

i’ll take a look

Ok, so here's the plan!

I'm going to be upgrading the forum software to XenForo 2. It's similar enough to the current software, so that it won't be a culture shock, but it plays nicely on mobile,...

Thanks everyone, I think I have cocktailed everyone so far :)

For those wanting an alternative to Paypal, I'm looking into it

This week I'll give an update as to what we're going to be doing...

Looks like a bug, from a recent plugin. Will take a look shortly


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Hello all,
Just to give you a heads up that there may be some delay in receiving emails from the site (like the thread or PM notification ones). This is because I’m having to send out a lovely email...

Thanks everyone -- bit behind in Martini glasses as have been elsewhere, but will catch up today

Thank you thank you thank you to all of you who have contributed. I am so appreciative!

I've martini'd up everyone who wants one, but some of the contributions haven't had a username attached to...

The new forums will have responsive mobile support! Finally!

There's no option in the software to ignore certain threads sadly, but hopefully something can be done when we upgrade :)

Okay, I've got these in the directory now if people wanted to review / sotd etc:

They won't show up in the search til tomorrow so linking here for reference:



Nelly Hachem-Ruiz
Dominique...

My apologies, done!

Yep, we'll be going all https:// when we upgrade the forum too :)

I think I've badged up everyone -- if anyone hasn't got one that should have one, can you let me know?




If you really wish to. No obligation or expectation though



Good taste

Hello all

I'm pretty overwhelmed with not only the generosity of all of you, but also some of the kind words you've been sending too!

I really appreciate it.

I'm going to catch up with...

I'm looking to implement this when we move to the new forums software. :)

I might make a banner today

Thank you

That's fine, but you'll have to have it in a Martini glass with an olive in it

Phew

Cheers :)

I'll have a look and see if there is anything obvious!

:P




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Thank you!



Cheers



Of course, Tanqueray it is.

Yeah that's just how things work round here I reckon. Add something, something else breaks. I reckon it might right itself when you add a new one tomorrow (here's hoping)

I've drawn a quick cocktail icon. You're all getting Gin Martinis

It's nowhere obvious yet*, but for now people can paypal using the link in the original post

*I should do this :)


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Basenotes began life around 18 years ago, it started as a hobby -- something I did in my spare time -- and grew to something a lot bigger. If you enjoy using the site, or have done in the past, I'm...

Oh go on then

June 1st in the UK

Going to wait til after the weekend and look then. I’d rather the pages worked for now and work on the money bit later!


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Annoyingly I've had to turn off the bit which tells you which stores sell them, which will tank the revenue, but at least the pages load now and I can deal with the shop bit another time!


Sent...

Okay, done some fiddling, can anyone let me know if its still not working. I can get the pages to load on Safari (Mac/iOS), Chrome (Windows,Mac,iOS) and Edge (Windows)

Fixed it for you ;)



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I've had someone try MS Edge as well, and not working there either.


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If anyone is experiencing this too, can you let me know which browser you are using, so I can rule that out, or work around it somehow

Cheers



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Just tried some of the Chanel ones in Chrome and it's not working for me. For some reason they were working for me in Safari

I'm really really sorry about this. I'm not sure what's causing it,...

Hello all

We've some changed to the moderation team

Firstly, we're saying goodbye to RedneckPerfumisto as a moderator. I hope you will all join me in thanking 'red' for his time as a moderator...

I'm going to sticky this for a bit, as it may be useful for many


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Trying something else:

We use Cloudflare on the site, which is a Content Delivery Network, which helps cache pages and speed up the site. I'm wondering if they cached the pages when there was an...

Quick heads up

I'm transferring the Basenotes domain name to a new registrar, there may be some downtime, but should be okay. But a heads up just in case

Cheers

Darn, thought I'd just fixed this

Looking into this, but can't seem to replicate it. Will keep trying


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I agree, the site should be on a secure server.

I'm currently starting the process of converting the site to new software and using HTTPS, but this will take time and money.

Previous advise...

Hasn't always been. At its peak we had about 5,000 entrants. I know site traffic has dropped since then, but not by that much


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This is the second year in a row I haven't done the awards.

It's a shame as I enjoy them and I think it's a fun idea, but the last time I did it we had about 70-80 people fill in the form, despite...

Hello!

I’ve tried with the Samsung browser and it seems okay to me

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180406/b66bf3609793375bc12f39f6fab53006.jpg

Which device are you using?


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Hello

I'm going to attempt to obtain a device with a Samsung Browser and check it out.

Regards

Hello!

I've now made it one hour!


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Should be fixed now - sorry it took so long, just working sloooooowly through my Todo list

Bump

Should be okay now. Tapatalk turned my old school smilies in the title to emoji’s which vbulletin doesn’t like


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I’ll have a look


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(Note: I’ve moved this thread to this forum at the request of the OP)

I’m not sure why the default VBulletin skin is available. Weird!


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Mini update:

1. I'm going to make a post tomorrow about The State of The Union Basenotes
2. I've signed up for a GDPR day for small businesses in a few weeks, hopefully can shed some light on it....

Shhhh. Don’t speak too loudly, it’s sure to break it...


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I’m going to reply again to this (hopefully) later today. I’ve been helping someone move house today, and yesterday had hospital appointment for kids so its been a bit Basenotes Lite! Thanks all.
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