The Forums Have Changed A Bit. Do Not Be Alarmed

OmniNegro

Feel free to use this to test things. But be aware that the last time I made a thread similar to this, the draft auto-saved, but I could not find it to actually post it. So some things may not work.
*Edit* It turns out that I just needed to hit the escape key to exit preview mode. Shame on me... Drafts however remain a mystery at the moment.

OmniNegro

I am glad to see that worked out. Know that PIA is probably banging all manner of hammers on the forums as we speak to try to get it working. If you had to relogin to the site, you are not alone. I did too.

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heyitsme

The Forum ate my homework! X(

OmniNegro

Yeah. I was just explaining via PM to one of our overtasked Admins/Moderators that the #latest postfix on URLs seems to work funny. On some threads it seems to work fine, but on those I have already read every post in it will put me at the first post on the last page of the thread. There are other minor issues, but nothing too bad. (Do not rely on Drafts until you actually can find a way to get to them. I lost a thread I was making that would have been this one when I made the mistake of clicking "Preview"... You have been warned.)

*Edited for a trivial single character typo.*

Osborne_Cox

Thanks for the warning! I have (had?) a post saved in Drafts.

OmniNegro

Thanks for the warning! I have (had?) a post saved in Drafts.

It is probably still there. And we will probably get access to it soon. It may be as simple as a URL we need to have a button for, meaning we can just go to the URL and it will work. But I have no idea.

robert_lazar

omni i cannot even view the forum from my iphone thats on verizons network. it stopped being able to view it this afternoon. any ideas bro?

 i can view it on both my laptops but not my iphone.

OmniNegro

omni i cannot even view the forum from my iphone thats on verizons network. it stopped being able to view it this afternoon. any ideas bro?

 i can view it on both my laptops but not my iphone.

Sorry. I have no mobile devices and no experience with them. I can only wish you luck and hope that perhaps a support ticket can help reveal what is happening for you. One thing I notice that has certainly changed is that the site now has a proper SSL icon in the address bar. I have no idea if your phone has trouble with HTTPS for some reason, but you may want to try a few sites and see if perhaps the browser on your phone is a bit outdated?

robert_lazar

 a weird thing i noticed ;   the webpage says this in my phones browser window " something has gone wrong. We've run into a problem and are unable to handle this request right now. Please check back in a little while".

 At the top of the browser window on the phone screen, theres  pia android symbol with a closed padlock on top of it.

OmniNegro

I wish I knew something better to tell you. But if I understand correctly, the closed padlock just means the site's SSL is working correctly.

robert_lazar

None of the browsers on my phone will bring up the pia forum site. they all give the same message. not even thr chrome browser app will bring up the site. all other websites currently work on my phone. this problem started today when pia started messing with the forum. i do not like this

OmniNegro

None of the browsers on my phone will bring up the pia forum site. they all give the same message. not even thr chrome browser app will bring up the site. all other websites currently work on my phone. this problem started today when pia started messing with the forum. i do not like this

I have no idea how to help you, but this does answer something I have been wondering for quite some time. (Years.) You often have typos or do not seem to care for capitalization. I am guessing this is because most of your posts are made from your phone? Presuming so, please forgive my ignorance of this and any harshness I attributed to you for it.

robert_lazar

before today 99% of my posts were phone made. but until this problem is resolved, i will have to rely on my laptop. as for capitalization and grammar and punctuation i know how to use it when i need to. but i am not in college or high school anymore .

i dont care to use proper capitalization most of the time. i dont give a rats ass what anyone thinks about me or how i write.

catcher749

The mobile version of the site doesn't work.

KYJelly

@robert_lazar & @catcher749.  I noticed those issues as well the first day and alerted our dev team about it.  It has been corrected since.  Please let me know if you're still experiencing issues.  Thanks  >-