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We’ve long had a policy of closing long threads and re-opening a new replacement threads when the old thread gets overly long. Long threads are a strain on the server. Sometime we miss them. No weird...

Should be fixed now. Though I have -3 Feedback so don't trust me

testing

Okay I've deleted all the caches server-side which I think has solved a lot of the problems, but please let me know if you come across anything else.

Tapatalk seems good for me ,but let me know if...

Thanks for all the feedback, I'll get back on this, this evening

Hurrah

Okay, so Chrome doesn't like the non-forum parts of the site, and in Firefox some of the non forum pages need a refresh before I get full padlock. I've a vague idea of what I need to do to solve it,...

Woohoo!

Seems okay with the replies now. I think.

I'll see after I post this I guess..

Tapatalk should be okay now, but let me know if not. (I updated their end to reflect the https)

Going to see if I can work out the unsecure after posting business now

I've not tested with Chrome yet, but looks like I'm getting the not secure after I refresh. There's probably a stray bit of code that hasn't been updated so I'll investigate.

Going to double check...

After the ebay links are done, and the forums updated, the next step is directory rehaul, which will allow a wider amount of people to contribute ot the directory directly.

My aim is to have a...

Okay, I'm already finding bits that are causing the padlock to not be happy, so getting on with them now. SHould be able to do all that with the site online though, so no distruptions for you with a...

Okay we're back and we have finally caught up with 2006 and got the https sorted out, so hopefully you won't get moaned at by your browser about the site being a massive danger to existence itself.
...

Also, this month is our 20th Birthday. I was going to do something nice to celebrate but I will be postponing it until next year when we are 21!

Hello all

As you may have noticed, the modernisation of the Basenotes forums is taking a lot longer than expected. Turns out having kids off school since March doesn't really allow much time to...

Hey all

Just want to let you all know that we have a new member of our mod team! Please welcome Bavard to the team!

I'd like to start by thanking him for volunteering for the role, and I'm sure...

I’ll look into it

The kids are at their mums for a week now, so hopefully will get a chance to catch up with some bits.

There's still some idiots grouping up on the beach, but it's gonna happen I guess! The police have been turning people away at the train station though!

I hope everyone is well and safe.

Very behind with all BN stuff at the moment. I'll get to it eventually, but everything is a bit different at the moment

SO, just an update to say, 'no updates'...

Hello!

I'm still ploughing through on this! I'm having to go through the code line-by-line essentially and update it. It's slower and a lot more boring than I would like, but its slowly happening....

Okay, as promised more updates.

The plan originally was to have the new forums and new directory pages launch at the same time. One of the main reasons I wanted to do this was because the...

Sorry for the delay in response to the thread, I've had a long runs of kids being ill, various family commitments, and a wedding in the last few months.

Small updates:

* The issue we had with...

Should be working now. (Posting this from Tapatalk)

Looks like they converted to a new system and somehow borked our URL so it couldn’t find the plug in


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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

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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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