IPCT IPCT Upgrade Tonight! - Oct. 11, 2019

[Mike]

Thanks @Mike for pinning the user message controls to the nav bar!
Mebbe I just finally cleared my cookies but today they scroll with the page.

Just finished that early this morning!

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Just finished that early this morning!

This is really good! Thanks Mike~

 

[Steveee]

Hi Mike, I hate to criticise because I think this site is absolutely GREAT, but since the update I am now getting an advertising bar appear at the top of threads when I view on phone. I realise this site doesn't pay for itself which is why I made a donation, and will probably make another sometime.
But Please could we lose that advertising bar, and stick to the advertising in the pages, or maybe make the X close button bigger. Or if not possible move the Nav bar down, so it isn't covered.
Or is there a way to remove add bar from phone?
Many thanks for all your work.

 

[Walrus]

On my PC, using Chrome, there is a huge ad top center

 

[Mike]

The same ad was also on the old site, and while I admit it can be annoying, IPCT has 3 very expensive servers and a lot of other cost involved that requires this. I will see if I can make it less intrusive.

However, I have disabled ads for anyone who has a monthly recurring donation of $5 or more set up, available here -

https://ipcamtalk.com/account/upgrades

Ads are also not visible to 'IPCT Contributors'.

 

[Steveee]

Thanks Mike,
I tried a different phone browser, and the small ad bar is not there now.
I will still consider upgrading though.

 

[Walrus]

Hey Mike,
Any update on a dark theme?

Nevermind, I just saw your response on the previous page. I was away last week and not on the forum.

 

[Walrus]

Some threads now have ads embedded between every 2nd post?

 

[Walrus]

Like Mike said 4 posts back, you won't get ads, being an IPCT contributor.

 

[CCTVCam]

Mike, has anyone reported any issues? Over the past few days when I've come to the site, I've intermittently seen a message "Oops we ran into some problems please try later". At the top of the page it suggests clearing cookies. I did try that but it never worked on return. I suspect that maybe there has either been some maintenance or there's an intermittent crash occurring.

Date and time of last issue:

Yesterday: 17:37 UTC

 

[Walrus]

Same. I had this happening intermittently the last 2 days.

 

[bigredfish]

ditto

 

[Mike]

Yes I have noticed that and been working on a fix, thanks for reporting!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Yes I have noticed that and been working on a fix, thanks for reporting!

I'm just curious if the system gives you automated alerts when problems occur?
It looked like a database corruption, did you have to do a partial restore?

 

[Mike]

I'm just curious if the system gives you automated alerts when problems occur?
It looked like a database corruption, did you have to do a partial restore?

There was no corruption and no restore.