Forum question

[gib]

In order to satisfy my curiosity, not as a criticism: why is this forum program so extremely slow to respond? It isn't quite what one would expect from a company that is number one in hardware and also a significant force in software development.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

This forum is not Java-based. Way underneath, it is the popular commercial forum software vBulletin, written largely in PHP. There is also a lot of JavaScript involved, as there is in many forums - perhaps this is what you mean by Java, even though the two are only barely related.

The hosting service is pretty good as well. The problem, from what I am told, is that this forum is intended to be part of a more comprehensive support offering and there are hooks into existing support databases. These involve SQL queries that can be slow. The forum team recognizes that there is a problem and is working on solutions.

[tcsenter]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

This forum is not Java-based. Way underneath, it is the popular commercial forum software vBulletin, written largely in PHP. There is also a lot of JavaScript involved, as there is in many forums - perhaps this is what you mean by Java, even though the two are only barely related.

Then what does Intel use Jive Clearspace for, theblogs, collaboration, and content management?Or are some forum portalsusing Jive while others use[apparently heavily] customizedvBulletin?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I've never heard of Jive Clearspace. There may be some other parts of the company using it. The Intel Software Network forums are all based on vBulletin. The blogs are Wordpress.

[John4]

Java(script)-related or not, the forum certainly behaves poorly when compared to the previous version(s ). At least back then I didn't need to filter my browser options when using the editor/composer. Right now it behaves well with IE, not-so-well with Firefox and it's basically unusable in Opera (by the way, my default browser is Opera but I'm posting this from Firefox).

Also, the clipboard(s ) are extremely ill-designed... What happened to simply using Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert like the rest of the world?

[Andrew_Smith]

This reply does not relate to this thread.

I can not submit a new thread. Nothing happens when I hit the Submit button. Sorry to post this a a reply but I had no other way to communicate the problem.

Andy

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

Quoting - Andrew Smith

This reply does not relate to this thread.

I can not submit a new thread. Nothing happens when I hit the Submit button. Sorry to post this a a reply but I had no other way to communicate the problem.

Same thing here. "Submit" button is dead. It doesn't work in FF3.0 nor IE6.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Thanks. I have reported this as a "showstopper" to the forum developers. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[tcsenter]

OK, since I am unable to track down any forum administrator or support contact, I will post here.

How do I change my user avatar back to the forum default? The custom user avatar I attempted to upload either failed to upload or doesn't work. I cannot find a way to change it back to the forum default so that it no longer displays an image placeholder (image not found). thnx

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Quoting - tcsenter

OK, since I am unable to track down any forum administrator or support contact, I will post here.

How do I change my user avatar back to the forum default? The custom user avatar I attempted to upload either failed to upload or doesn't work. I cannot find a way to change it back to the forum default so that it no longer displays an image placeholder (image not found). thnx

Use this link - Intel Software Network support