General site question(s)

Hello everybody. (Staff mainly) :sun:

There has been Many issues with many parts of the Wincustomize-site for approx. half a year or more, and I do understand that things happen when the "Site tweakers" do whatever it is they´re doing & that is also the question I have.

What exactly (more or less) are they doing (or not doing) to the site for lists to bork, graphics to disappear or being inaccurate and forums to act irradically one way or the other ?

The reason I ask this is because I don´t really see much being changed to the naked eye.

-Oh. & just so you know.

 I love my Wincustomize :star:

neone6/Andrew

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Feed me

edit: Oh, -Yeah, Weekends...........................................

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Won't get any answers on the weekend Andrew, but I'd like to know too. :S

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Questions regarding the inner workings of WC seem to be on a need to know basis, generally speaking we (subscribers and visitors) don't fall into that catagory. I'm not being a snot here but have come to this conclusion after many years of asking questions regarding the company's plans and direction and being ignored.

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I'll toss my hat in the ring here also and admit that my thoughts have been the same as well.     -- Ace --

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Yo, Andy. I see you've recovered (somewhat) from your birthday. :)  This post might get moved to "site issues" for a couple of reasons - to increase visibility to the guys who can answer far more accurately than I, and because...well, these are site issues.

What happens when things go wrong is probably due to code changes which didn't succeed, or are in progress (going to a more finalized version)... at least, that's what makes sense to me. Bear in mind I could be wrong. Stardock does not share its plans with me and frankly, I don't need it to.

I doubt you'll get an incredibly detailed answer because... well frankly, what is your need to know? Not trying to be mean or insensitive, but I never understood why people want/need to know the inner workings of Stardock. After all, as much as might be revealed might only cause more FUD.

Could be I'm just a dummy... but I never really wanted to know all that stuff. Mostly, when there was a problem, I just hoped it would get fixed. As time went on, I saw more and more stuff break or be removed for cause... but also some stuff got fixed. There is a 'list' of stuff to get fixed, but also a 'list' of Stardock's priority of assignment of people to its projects.

That's how I put it together... I'm probably wrong here hand there about it, but it seems to make sense that way.

 

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Well said Doc ( I hate to admit that but) actually I think it's cool just like the highest downloaded skins on the main page are all messed up right now.

Makes for more forum post and therefore more to read and write about. :rofl:

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 I love my Wincustomize :star:

neone6/Andrew
End of quote

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I don't know what's causing the current WB display issue, as it's the weekend.  Most likely the DB for some odd reason is pulling data backwards or something.

As far as when graphics disappear that is usually when a server fails which can be for a number of reasons.  

Most problems aren't detected until it actually reflects on the site, then it can be acted upon.

 

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Thanks Spencer :thumbsup:

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Quoting DrJBHL, reply 5
Could be I'm just a dummy
End of DrJBHL's quote

:-"

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I think the wackiness and unpredictability adds to the charm of the site.   XD

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Quoting Island, reply 8
I don't know what's causing the current WB display issue, as it's the weekend.  Most likely the DB for some odd reason is pulling data backwards or something.
End of Island's quote

well most precisely all the Wincustomize galleries are affected but only the Popular ...... "Last 30 days"

and it seems that the lists are not messed up but are simply upside down I mean "the last became the first"

hope this helps !

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Dont worry about it ,it will all come right in the end.

👣 

 

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Quoting Wizard1956, reply 11
I think the wackiness and unpredictability adds to the charm of the site.  
End of Wizard1956's quote

Why you think I are here. :P

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Been here since 2003 and the site has always had problems. When your here long enough you'll get used to it. ;)

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Looks like it's been fixed. :)

 

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Quoting Island, reply 16
Looks like it's been fixed.

 
End of Island's quote
And that´s what counts ! :sun:

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Yup.