[07-MAR-2016] Current status of BLF upgrade process

sb56637 · February 23, 2016, 8:10pm

Yes, according to the provider it was due to a DOS attack that took out their network for a few hours.

keengeorge · February 23, 2016, 8:20pm

Great news, thank you Very Much for all your work.

pilotdog68 · February 23, 2016, 8:28pm

So far I really like the “My Posts” functionality. Being searchable and showing the actual post content are big upgrades from before. However, I think it’s a little funny that there is a “Post title” column on that page but no titles in the actual threads

sb56637 · February 23, 2016, 8:43pm

I’ll give you that. But it’s basically just because something is needed to click on to actually take you to the thread, and that was the easiest column to do that with.

pilotdog68 · February 23, 2016, 8:45pm

No worries. FWIW I like the lack of post titles in the threads.

ToyKeeper · February 23, 2016, 9:21pm

Looks good. This should make a wide variety of tasks much easier.

(for example, if I go to my “My Posts” page and do a content search for “avatars”, it shows me every post I made where I embedded a different avatar inside the post)

Halo · February 23, 2016, 9:18pm

What? >:-# Someone was DOSing BLF?!

Pitchforks and torches time.

sb56637 · February 23, 2016, 9:17pm

Nope, network level attack.

raccoon · February 24, 2016, 1:11am

What kind of depraved raccoon human being would pretend to be Mr. Admin and post this? :innocent:

sb56637 · February 24, 2016, 1:26am

Ha, you beat me to it!

sb56637 · February 24, 2016, 1:28am

Update: 23-FEB-2016:

- User “Location” field restored

bugsy · February 24, 2016, 1:36am

Thanks for all the work sb! <3 BLF

Bort · February 24, 2016, 1:41am

can SB compare iP addresses to determine the prankster?

raccoon · February 24, 2016, 1:51am

I certainly hope not! :-o

sb56637 · February 24, 2016, 2:26am

OK, I just implemented another feature on a trial basis: For years I’ve been wanting to be able to search posts within a thread. I think I worked up a solution, as long as it doesn’t slam the server too hard. To try it out, hit the Search Within Thread tab.

Bort · February 24, 2016, 2:30am

wight · February 24, 2016, 2:33am

I’ve wanted that very badly many times. I don’t need it today, but I’m sure I’ll need it soon.

keengeorge · February 24, 2016, 2:56am

Superb new feature!! thank you very VERY Much SB ;)

J-Dub74 · February 24, 2016, 3:19am

SB,

I stayed away from this thread for a few days as I know you have an insane backlog of “little things” to resolve. Great progress in the last few days!

Excruciatingly well done!

Provided you have evolved beyond the need for sleep all BLF glitches should be resolved in 28 days, 06 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

keengeorge · February 24, 2016, 3:28am

Confidentially, he has advised us that it will be finished by midnight tonight (US Eastern time & date) ;)