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General Category => "How's it Hangin" => Topic started by: SeattleSun on Jun 07, 2015, 05:46 AM

Title: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 07, 2015, 05:46 AM
The system is reporting a record of on line viewers today and few if any posts?

Tourist season?

"Most Online Today: 157. Most Online Ever: 157 (Today at 12:02:52 AM)"

Don't know about the 12:02 am note as I think the forum is set of GMT or London time?  Would be nice to be on PDT.

For example this post says 5:46 am and I am in the Pacific Time zone and it is 10:46 pm Saturday night.  I think its maybe 5:46 am Sunday morning in London.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Emma on Jun 07, 2015, 08:00 AM
Well, I mean, of course we would set records on mine and Trina's birthday!  That only seems right...? ;) ;D Cool info, thanks Seattle!  xoxo Emma
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Lancelot Link on Jun 07, 2015, 09:04 AM
Oh, I see how it is... I haven't even left yet and you've already forgotten the other person celebrating a  birthday. LOL
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Emma on Jun 07, 2015, 10:15 AM
AND LANCELOT!!!
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Lancelot Link on Jun 07, 2015, 12:46 PM
LMAO
"Emma" and "Extraordinary" both start with "E."  Coincidence?  I think not.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 07, 2015, 12:54 PM

Oh wow Emma's birthday, 21 huh?   :) :) :) :)

Now you can get a beer in the bar?

Hang loose, I am just jealous.  I would give anything to get a "do over".

:) :) :) :) :)


More forum stats here    http://forum.mustangranchbrothel.com/index.php?action=stats
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 07, 2015, 05:16 PM
I generally find that big spikes like this are caused by spiders (like google's web crawler).  In particular there are some annoying spiders from Asia that don't rate limit as well as Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Or it could totally be because of the lovely ladies' birthdays.

Quote from: SeattleSun on Jun 07, 2015, 05:46 AM
Don't know about the 12:02 am note as I think the forum is set of GMT or London time?  Would be nice to be on PDT.

For example this post says 5:46 am and I am in the Pacific Time zone and it is 10:46 pm Saturday night.  I think its maybe 5:46 am Sunday morning in London.
It looks like the forum is set to UTC which isn't uncommon but a little odd for a business in a set geographical location.  You can set an offset from the server time in Look and Layout (http://forum.mustangranchbrothel.com/index.php?action=profile;area=theme) section of your profile.  The auto detect works well or you can just set it to -7 which is the UTC offset for PDT.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: shooter on Jun 07, 2015, 06:08 PM
I also see spikes when a hack attack or denial of service attack happens. They try to overwhelm the system and cause it to crash.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 07, 2015, 06:23 PM
That is far too low of a number for a DDOS attack.  This is a fairly small forum (I've seen forums with well over a million posts) so any reasonable server should be able to handle 150 users in an hour.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 08, 2015, 04:19 AM


MM,

I have been unable to upload photos as a) the upload folder is full and b) the max photos is like 129k?   Help

And unable to embed a music video from the likes of U-Tube.   Help

Discussions with Jennifer the System Administrator has been to no avail.

TIA

SS








Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 08, 2015, 04:57 AM
Quote from: SeattleSun on Jun 08, 2015, 04:19 AM
I have been unable to upload photos as a) the upload folder is full and b) the max photos is like 129k?   Help
Those values are set by the forum administrator and there isn't anything a user can do about it.  I would probably just upload them to an image hosting site like www.imgur.com and then embed them in your post using the [img][/img] (ideally using the "Insert Image" button (http://forum.mustangranchbrothel.com/Themes/default/images/bbc/img.gif))

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And unable to embed a music video from the likes of U-Tube.   Help
There are some video embedding mods for SMF but they do require the forum administrator to install them.  I can understand if Jennifer doesn't want to do so as running too many mods on SMF can be taxing.  I'd just paste the link and if one of those mods are ever enabled it will likely auto converted it to be embedded.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: World Famous Mustang Ranch on Jun 08, 2015, 05:48 AM
SeattleSun,

I messaged you back and told you I use Image Shack for uploading of pictures, flyers, etc. 

Image Shack allows you to turn a photo into a link and post it on the forum. Give it a try!
Title: Re: Change Your Time on Your Profile
Post by: Jagged on Jun 08, 2015, 06:00 AM
Quote from: SeattleSun on Jun 07, 2015, 05:46 AM

"Most Online Today: 157. Most Online Ever: 157 (Today at 12:02:52 AM)"

Don't know about the 12:02 am note as I think the forum is set of GMT or London time?  Would be nice to be on PDT.

For example this post says 5:46 am and I am in the Pacific Time zone and it is 10:46 pm Saturday night.  I think its maybe 5:46 am Sunday morning in London. 


    The clock is   Not   set  in cement on this board.
  All   U  have   2   do  is  change  it  in  ""your profile"".


1..  Look at  your Menu Tabs.   
     Home  • Help  • Search • Profile • My Messages • Calendar • Members  • Logout
2..   Click on Profile button Tab
3..  Move  your  mouse  over  the Modify Profile
4..   Click on Look and Layout from the Drop-down Menu List
   The screen will have
         Current Theme:
         Time Format:
         Time Offset:

          Number of hours to +/- to make displayed time equal to your local time.

To the right is a ""Auto Detect""  box
            Current forum time:

5..    Click the ""auto detect"" box   OR   U  can  manually set it .
        Example:   -7  if on PDT (( -4  If  on  ETT))   For  Daylight Saving Time  
                             -8  if  PDT  ((   -5   if  on EDT))  For   Standand Time
6..    NEED   2  Save your profile changes
Scroll  To  the Bottom  &  Click the Change profile button.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 08, 2015, 09:58 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on Jun 08, 2015, 05:48 AM
SeattleSun,

I messaged you back and told you I use Image Shack for uploading of pictures, flyers, etc. 

Image Shack allows you to turn a photo into a link and post it on the forum. Give it a try!


YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!   I DID IT!

http://forum.mustangranchbrothel.com/index.php?topic=2032.msg11603#msg11603

Sorry Jennifer I am a slow learner you can ask Emma, etc.

SS
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 08, 2015, 11:47 PM


Thanks mm, Jagged & Jennifer.

This is an example where I would like to "embed" a video.

http://forum.mustangranchbrothel.com/index.php?topic=2034.0

I am now running on PDT.   In fact I only travel north/south any more so seldom leave it.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Lancelot Link on Jun 08, 2015, 11:56 PM
The forum software (SMF) does have server settings to control which time zone is displayed:


So, basically, the "Overall time offset" for this forum needs to be set to "-7"
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles would be better than setting it to -7.  That way it'd automatically adjust with DST.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 12:24 AM

Hell I just got the guy at the Mercedes dealership to change the frickin' clock from PST to PDT this morning!  LOL!

Was in getting a free car wash.  Only been in twice since I took delivery in February. 

We don't wash our cars here in Seattle much, it rains most days!

Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Lancelot Link on Jun 09, 2015, 12:29 AM
Quote from: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles would be better than setting it to -7.  That way it'd automatically adjust with DST.
I don't know what the format for that option is, but if SMF needs the time zone name rather than a number, your way would obviously be better.    :)
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 12:34 AM
Good to see a bunch of tech nerds here.

Who would have never guessed they would be on a Brothel site.    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

You guys all remember your junior high school locker combinations right?

Let's help Jennifer get that "embed video" feature up and running?

I am sure all the ladies are into Music Videos.

I promise I wouldn't post any porn or any more Mamas and Papas videos. 

SS
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:37 AM
Quote from: Lancelot Link on Jun 09, 2015, 12:29 AM
Quote from: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles would be better than setting it to -7.  That way it'd automatically adjust with DST.
I don't know what the format for that option is, but if SMF needs the time zone name rather than a number, your way would obviously be better.    :)

The Server timezone has a (partial) list of available timezones.  America/Los_Angeles is the timezone that covers US Pacific Time.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:41 AM
Quote from: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 12:34 AM
Good to see a bunch of tech nerds here.
I'm a geek thank you very much!

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You guys all remember your junior high school locker combinations right?
We didn't have lockers.  Trying to remember if my high school had them but I don't think they did

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Let's help Jennifer get that "embed video" feature up and running?
On a forum I admin we use Simple Audio Video Embedder (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/?mod=2681) and it works fairly well.  Its been having some issues with youtube since they started doing https and youtu.be addresses.  But that is probably more about not updating the mod.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 12:46 AM
If you didn't have school lockers where did you hide your drugs?

I like nerds.   I always try to keep an autistic guy on my sports betting team.

They are really good with numbers and stats not to mention card counting.

:D :D :D


Jennifer,

mm is a "system adminstrator" maybe the two of you could "meet up" and talk "coding"

Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: Lancelot Link on Jun 09, 2015, 12:56 AM
Quote from: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:37 AM
The Server timezone has a (partial) list of available timezones.  America/Los_Angeles is the timezone that covers US Pacific Time.
IIUC, the "Server Timezone" setting would require something in the "America/Los_Angeles" format. I don't know where the server actually is so it might not be that specific time zone. Then the "Overall time offset" requires a number (negative & decimal values accepted) of hours for the offset amount from the "Server Timezone."

Therefore... I'm betting that the Overall Time Offset should be -7, and the Server Timezone will depend on where the server actually is.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 01:15 AM
Quote from: Lancelot Link on Jun 09, 2015, 12:56 AM
Quote from: mm on Jun 09, 2015, 12:37 AM
The Server timezone has a (partial) list of available timezones.  America/Los_Angeles is the timezone that covers US Pacific Time.
IIUC, the "Server Timezone" setting would require something in the "America/Los_Angeles" format. I don't know where the server actually is so it might not be that specific time zone. Then the "Overall time offset" requires a number (negative & decimal values accepted) of hours for the offset amount from the "Server Timezone."

Therefore... I'm betting that the Overall Time Offset should be -7, and the Server Timezone will depend on where the server actually is.
The most common setting is to have them match but there is no real requirement to do so.  PHP after 5.1 requires you explictly set the timezone either in the code or through php.ini but there is no requirement that it matches the host's timezone or its physical location.  I've ran servers that were in Virginia as though they were UTC servers simply because we had a worldwide audience and using UTC is far easier in that case.

Quote from: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 12:46 AM
If you didn't have school lockers where did you hide your drugs?
Never did them and didn't feel the need for them.

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Jennifer,

mm is a "system adminstrator" maybe the two of you could "meet up" and talk "coding"
SysAdmin stuff is a really really small part of what I do.  I much prefer to code as it allows more creativity.
Title: Re: Record Number of On Line Viewers Today (Sat 6/6/15)
Post by: SeattleSun on Jun 09, 2015, 02:15 AM

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SysAdmin stuff is a really really small part of what I do.  I much prefer to code as it allows more creativity.
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Great, so I will be looking for the "Mustang Ranch Phone App" to appear for the iPhone soon?