Forum Activity for @strumelia

jrVideo not working in Chrome and Microsoft Edge

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Will it be fixed for ms 'Edge' browser as well? I have a couple members even now who can't play uploaded audio files while they're on Edge browser. (windows 10). (i'm still on 6.0.7)

my Premium Cometchat disappeared- related to SSL/https changes?

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When i moved from Ning to JR, I had to do plenty of explaining on how to use Cometchat to my members. When I moved from CC to JRchat, I just told them CC was not transitioning well for HTTPS (which it wasn't at the time) and told them it cost too much anyway...I made the switch. A few members complained about not knowing how to do this or that on JRchat, but the other members helped them in live chat time, and after a week they all liked JRchat more than they disliked it. Now they would complain if I switched to some other chat- people just don't like changes period.
It seems to me that if your members are so particular about chat software, then they can damn well take a few moments to learn how to use it themselves. Are they adults?

my Premium Cometchat disappeared- related to SSL/https changes?

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I really like this idea Gary! -to get the drop down context menu (with option to start a private chat) right from the chat main room, simply by clicking on somebody's profile pic while you are chatting with them. I think it would be a big improvement for JR chat. :D

Perrie, my two cents: just tell your members that CC is breaking down has no SSL secure connection option right now (and your version isn't SSL anyway without updates)... install JR Chat and tell your members you're installing this new chat which IS secure/SSL and that you need to try it for a month or so while you explore various other possible chat options.

The simple fact is that JRchat is just as secure as Cometchat. In CC the admin can go peruse past private chats as well, from the Admin panel (did you know that? Do your members know that? ) Why let members tell you which chat is more secure- they are hardly in a position to know anyway. --> In my experience, after two weeks of using the new JR chat they will want you to KEEP it. And you won't be dependent on some 3rd party outfit with crappy support anymore. If they like CC smileys, you can always add more smileys to you JRchat by simply adding them to your JR Smiley module. I can help you with that if smileys are a chat issue for you.

my Premium Cometchat disappeared- related to SSL/https changes?

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Perry, when you switch to JR Simple chat, suddenly you have NO MORE PROBLEMS. Plus it's not expensive updates like Cometchat. Not to mention the huge diff in support.
Yes your members will bellyache for a day or two while adjusting (always the case, members seem to never like having things change), but my members now love the JR chat and it also automatically uses whatever smileys you might have added to your JR Smileys module.
Here's a screen shot from my site a few minutes ago... you can pop-out the chat window as well if you like:

Error with using Like Button

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Thanks. Something I do about once a week when I have an extra five minutes...
I'll go look at either videos, photos, audios, or discussions from several years ago on my site and will Like several of them. This pops them onto the Main page activity feed in a way that's not too disruptive. It's great to see how much people will siddenly start commenting on the items anew, and enjoying them.

Often this leads to entire new conversations without my having to think up some new subject. And yes, the item owner gets notified of the new activity and they often get reenvolved too. Sometimes they have not visited the site for a while, and they're so pleased someone noticed their 5 year old item...they come back as active members, for a while at least. You never know where all this leads to, but it's almost always a good outcome.

I encourage my moderators to do this liking of older items occasionally as well. It's actually kind of fun to randomly mine for gold and then see what happens. 😃
updated by @strumelia: 07/30/17 06:04:54AM

Error with using Like Button

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This is all working perfectly again now- both the Like button instantly showing the new Like count (without pressing it 3 times), AND all likes showing on my two sites' Main page Timeline again.

It was very important to have all Likes show on the Home page- it stimulates members to go investigate items they may have not noticed, or to revisit items that deserve a 'second showing'. Likes showing right on the main page all day long is a HUGE part of keeping my members actively involved, and even in re-activating older members who suddenly see new activity on their older items.
Yay!!! :D

Thanks so very much Michael, you guys are the best!!

Error with using Like Button

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I just tested it again on fotmd.com
-as master admin, I Liked another member's soundclloud audio clip. Then I cleared site cache., went to Main page, and refreshed page. Not showing in Timeline. Cleared cache again, refreshed again... still nothing.
Several Likes that I made earlier today on various items as tests (making them while logged in both as a regular member and as master admin) are STILL not showing (and no other member likes are showing there (on Home/main page timeline)... yet if you go back to the timeline from last night, older likes are showing there.
The last Like to show on the Main page was from 16 hours ago, by Robin Thompson. Usually we have at between 6 and 15 likes every day appearing in the Timeline on Main page.

Very sorry- it's late night here now and I have to get up early- so must go to bed.
updated by @strumelia: 07/28/17 07:39:20PM

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Thanks ever so much! Yes, that seems to have changed right after I applied the bunch of updates this morning.
I'm going to be offline here (NY time) most of the time between Sat noon and until sunday afternoon. In case I don't respond quickly tomorrow and tomorrow night, please don't think me rude.

Error with using Like Button

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Thanks Michael...
Just to be clear, All member likes on items were appearing fine about 24 hours ago in my Index/Home page Timeline. Now they no longer appear there, though they DO still appear on the person's profile page Timeline. I need all site Likes to again also appear on the site's main page timeline, like they were before these latest updates. (This is happening the same way on both my JR sites.)

Error with using Like Button

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Hey Michael-
did you do something? This morning I updated a bunch of modules, then ran integ check, cleared image cache and reg cache...
...and now the Like button does not take 3 clicks to show the new like, and it seems the error messages are not being generated in the activity log on my sites when a Like occurs. Did you make a fix?
One issue now suddenly happening though is that Likes are no longer appearing in my Main page Activity Timeline (on either of my sites)- whereas they were appearing fine just yesterday. I'll need to re-fix that so all likes appear in the Home page timeline again like they used to.
Not sure if you made a change or a fix while I was sleeping... ?