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AK is killing my internet connection more and more often...

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harman/kardon

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This get's on my nerves. It is an AK issue, all other websites are working nicely.

The forum search is still not working - is this the beginning of the decline of this forum?

Won't tolerate this any longer.

Time to get the job done - to whom it may concern.
 
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The forum search is still not working - is this the beginning of the decline of this forum?
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See Update at the top of the page:

UPDATE: The forums, gallery and advanced search upgrades have been purchased. Waiting on Xenforo to set a date for installing the upgrades. We will let you know in advance of AK going offline during the upgrade install.
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My friend you have my word on this, Dave and Nancy, as well as all of the other tech support people, want nothing more than for the bugs that came with the new server to be eradicated as soon as possible. I realize it's frustrating when a favorite site like AK is having problems, but this does not mean the forum is in decline, quite to the contrary it's an indication of "growing pains" as the site strives to provide an even better experience for us members. There has been much "behind the scenes" work that isn't evident to the forum at large, so please don't count AK out, hopefully things will be getting better soon ;)
 
Got to give us more to work on, Chris.
We have NOT had reports about people's internet connection dropping.
So far, you are the first I have heard having that problem.

We know AK hasn't been working right since the software update.
Delete doesn't work right for most of you, but really,
Search is the major issue - and a lot of things are tied to the search/databse Index problem.
But if you've GOT to have Search, google still works. Go to Google and type in

Site: AudioKarma.org Search terms

We're hopeful the other issues are going to be fixed when Xenforo team installs these updates:
The forums, gallery and advanced search upgrades have been purchased. Waiting on Xenforo to set a date for installing the upgrades.
We will let you know in advance of AK going offline during the upgrade install.
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I find it interesting that while some are experiencing issues, most are not (that is my take based on what I've read). That doesn't sound like an AK problem, it sound like an individual's configuration is hampering their viewing experience.

Unfortunately, that is something that is hard to diagnose over the internet. And we can't visit everyone's home to figure it out. At best all that can be done is to offer suggestions and hope for the best.
 
I hope the problems can be fixed w/o having to goto Xen2 .. Im sorry XENFORO COMPANY but Xen1 is 1000x better than Xen2..

It renders MUCH better on almost any browser (Im on IE6 (MyIE2) and the rendering is 99% (Xen2 is mucho worse depending on the particular site))

I hope we dont lose this.........
 
When was the last time you heard someone say, "the software/hardware/ conversion went fantastic and as planned!" ?

My thanks go out to the people working hard to resolve the issues and ultimately make AK an even better place, especially Dave and Nancy.

Threatening to quit AK more than likely won't speed up the process.
 
It would be interesting (to me, anyway!) to know details of what's happening and system specifics. Windows or Mac, iOS or Android, etc; OS version; what browser (and version) is it happening with and have other browsers been tried; are any ad blockers being used and what other extensions or 'helper' programs are installed; how often and how long is the PC used other than with AK... There are so many variables.
It's been a while fortunately, but I remember some shopping 'assistants' and toolbars that caused all sorts of issues on particular sites. This was definitely a problem pre-Win 7 and was most common on XP, from what I remember.
 
No Dude, XEN1 is NOT even under consideration -
IE6 ??? Ancient and long since retired.
The server needs to run on software that is contemporary for most folks and not vulnerable to hacks and bugs from 15+ years ago.

Wikipedia sez:

Internet Explorer 6
Initial release August 24, 2001; 21 years ago
Stable release Service Pack 3 (6.00.2900.5512)[1] / April 21, 2008; 15 years ago

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is a graphical web browser developed by Microsoft for their Windows operating systems. Released on August 24, 2001, it is the sixth, and now discontinued, version of Internet Explorer and the successor to Internet Explorer 5. It was the default browser in Windows XP (later default was Internet Explorer 8) and Windows Server 2003 and can replace previous versions of Internet Explorer on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME but unlike version 5, this version does not support Windows 95 or an earlier version. IE6 SP2+ and IE7 were only included in (IE6 SP2+) or available (IE7) for Windows XP SP2+.
Despite dominating market share (attaining a peak of 90% in mid-2004), this version of Internet Explorer has been widely criticized for its security issues and lack of support for modern web standards, making frequent appearances in "worst tech products of all time" lists, with PC World labeling it "the least secure software on the planet."



Dude111 said:
I hope the problems can be fixed w/o having to goto Xen2 .. Im sorry XENFORO COMPANY but Xen1 is 1000x better than Xen2..
It renders MUCH better on almost any browser (Im on IE6 (MyIE2) and the rendering is 99% (Xen2 is mucho worse depending on the particular site))
I hope we dont lose this.........
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No, what you consider "Better" is because you are running obsolete hardware, I presume, that has to run ancient software.
 
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if the only thing that went wrong is problems with the search function on a complete server migration, then things went really well! More so considering the migration was done during one overnight period.

A little patience and the search will be back up again. Its more of an annoyance than anything else. Google search using “site:audiokarma.com” in the search bar with your search terms still works well. I tend to use that even when a web site has a working search engine. Doesn’t help if you want to do a sub forum only search or similar though.

Not sure how a web forum is causing someones isp to drop out. Sounds more like a problem on the users end with the isp or equipment…
 
Just search through the Google, (ie. "boomboxes site: audiokarma.org" ). I never search through internal search engines, they never have been as effective.

I still run an old version of Windows on one of my surfing computers, use CC cleaner and Superantispyware to get all of the crawlers and cookies out and AK is always blazing fast, even with the updates going on.
 
Is the new AK/Xenforo/server/search upgrade going to be compatible with the hardware and software/OS that we have been using to access AK, or will we need to upgrade on our end too?
 
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