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Anyone else having trouble?

Is anyone having trouble with the site? I have the "dreaded red x" showing on my screen instead of visuals, and the typeface is wacky looking. I hope the problem is fixed soon!
The Hearer's picture

Funniest.error.message.ever

Had it. Now, it seems fixed.

Earlier this morning, I also had the funniest.error.message.ever:

"Uh oh! The site's temporarily down due to too much lesbian processing! Please come back later."

And according to my profile, I have 0 Points. Points ? What for ?

Natazzz's picture

Frigging funny indeed

Yes, that message cracked me up too. It almost made it worth it.

It was embarrassing to find out what an AE addict I have become. Instead of procrastinating I actually had to work today!!

Hearer, maybe the points thing is going to be a new Eurovision Songcontest rating system where we can give each other points for greatness of posts ;-)

Hijinx's picture

Tis True

Natazzz wrote:
Yes, that message cracked me up too. It almost made it worth it.

I have to agree with you both, I almost spewed the monitor!

Off to check out this points thing, thats a new one on me.

The Hearer's picture

Eurovision Song Contest

Germany douze points. It´s about time that Germany wins again.
Natazzz's picture

The Netherlands' entries are always very embarrassing

Well, how's your singing Hearer? ;-)
absentminded87's picture

norway, zero points ;)

come on guys, eurovision isn't about winning!!! it's about getting drunk, practising your french and laughing at the silly costumes!!! :)

and yes the error message was awesome!!!

The Hearer's picture

Norway gets 10 points from me

Ah, who doesn´t remember the Bobby Socks ? And the intro by Sissel ? Good times, I say, good times.

absentminded87's picture

sissel ....

lol, you're a true eurovision fan then? i always admire those who openly admit to loving corny things. that takes courage :)

i'm a bit to young to remember bobby socks, but i've definately heard the song. and sissel has THE best voice in the world.. *swoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o21L3_Wgi8 makes me cry... 

(still think she should have been the one to sing 'my heart will go on' but well..)

 

 

The Hearer's picture

Sissel

No, I am not a Eurovision-fan, but a Sissel-fan. Actually, I only became aware of her a couple of years ago when I, for whatever reason, bought "All Good Things" (UK-release). After that, I remembered her singing the 1994 Winter Olympic Games song "Fire in your heart". Have seen her live in Oslo and Dalarna and have met her a couple of times. And you are definitely right, she should have been the one to sing "My heart will go on".

Ah, Sissel, wonder, if we can make her participate in the new AE-User Points-Exchange Programme. *sighs* Isn´t she lovely ?

absentminded87's picture

yeah, she's totally lovely

yeah, she's totally lovely :)

lol, if we got to wish for girls in exchange for the points, i know what would be on my christmas wish list!!!

sadly, all the hottest girls already have girlfriends (and so do i, so this is hush hush :P ) but still, a girl can dream!

The Hearer's picture

Am I right to assume

that I should look at the "Handball"-thread to find out who she is ? Those arms ... does she participate in the AE-user points exchange programme ?
absentminded87's picture

lol, yeah if you wanna know

lol, yeah if you wanna know who she is, then just hop on over to this thread,

http://www.afterellen.com/node/5308

loooootsa handball maniacs there ;)

the arms have been mentioned a few times... (few = many)

hmm, how small can we make these reply threads? i wonder.. 

The Hearer's picture

Hun er Gro, ikke sant ?

Ok, ok, min Norsk nej er bra. Men jeg liker Oslo. Og Sissel. That´s about all Norsk I can speak/write.

Yeah, with the new format, we should really test how small the boxes can get. Hehe.

absentminded87's picture

yep :)

it's Gro Hammerseng

hottest babe on the planet, apart from my girl.. and well, thankfully she accepts my Gro-crush, such a kind soul she is ;) not to mention that she thinks Gro's girlfriend is hot, so it's a win-win situation really.

Jeg synes norsken din er meget bra :)

maybe we'll make such small boxes that we crash the site format completely..

 

The Hearer's picture

Mange takk

Well, you are about to convince me to try and catch some of the WC. I have only seen one handball-game in my life, at the time the USSR-women´s national team against a local team. But the Norwegian girls are always worth a look. Or two. Or ... many more.

(When I was at the Sissel-concerts in Sweden, she was speaking Norwegian to the audience ... and the only person there I could understand. And they all thought I was Swedish, too funny.)

absentminded87's picture

Swedish, huh?

well, i'd rather be norwegian. but hey, swedish girls are cute ;)

of course you should catch some WC games, come on!! should be a blast!! :)

lol, this is fairly off topic for an administrative thread, so i'll just mention sarah's awesome site offline message again. i was so bummed when the site wouldn't load properly, but then i read what she wrote, and laughed like an idiot. good thing about journalists, they're funny, especially if they're lesbian ;)

 

The Hearer's picture

Yes, but

we are testing the minimum width of the boxes in a productive environment. I think they should pay us for beta-testing.

I am not sure that the WC will have much coverage in Germany. But will keep an eye on the "Handball"-thread to keep up with latest developments and get a glimpse of the players every now and then. You just keep up with the great translations. And yes, I have been lurking there ...

absentminded87's picture

brilliant assessment!!

" we are testing the minimum width of the boxes in a productive environment."

yes, of course, it's all in the name of science :) payment, huh... lol, well, if you caught that insanely hilarious vlog yesterday, i think sarah mentioned something about budgets ;P

hmm, too bad you guys can't watch the matches, because the German team are quite good. they will probably end up among the top 6 teams with norway, russia, romania, france, and probably someone i'm forgetting.

and don't be a lurker, join in on the craaazy funny handball fun instead! hot sweaty girls groping each other and fighting (yuck!! did that ever sound like a male perspective on female handball.. scary!) i'll try again. the sport ruuuules, it's fast, exiting, passionate and well, 'audience-friendly' (couldn't resist)

netgirl1983's picture

Yes

Definitely having problems.

Seems sometimes that the CSS files are not loaded properly, or it is down and gives us the best error message ever.

ANd then poof it is back again.

 

The Way The Cookie Crumbles - http://blog.alrightstill.net

No Borders Allowed - http://nba.alrightstill.net
sarahwarn's picture

We're upgrading the site

We started our long-awaited upgrade to Drupal 5.0 at 5am EST this morning, which will help with stability issues (yay!) and allow us to add some new features to the site (like user points, which you accumulate as you comment, blog, etc.) That does mean you'll see a little wonkiness on the site today, as we work out the kinks (especially some layout issues), but for the most part, the upgrade has been successful and you should see some good benefits from this over the next few weeks/months.

Oh, and glad you liked my little "lesbian processing" message - I figured if I was going to put up a "site down" page, I might as well make it funny! :)

netgirl1983's picture

You Rock!

Drupal is a great system to work with, lets hope all goes smoothly

 

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Crimson013's picture

Points

What's with this points thing? if this is some kind of bizarro popularity contest then I am so out of here.  

I think I might actually have to pay someone to stop me from posting stupid things on this site or failing that, just keep mailing apologies to people - Hey! that's a great way of scoring points!! ;-P (I'll have a Michelle Paradise and a Jill Bennett in no time) 

~kisses are a better fate than wisdom~

Natazzz's picture

Damn that edit button

I thought that's what buddylists were for? ;-)

Natazzz's picture

User points

Oh no! These new user points mean I will now never ever leave this site...

I just got my first message that I received some points and I got all excited and now I want to get more!

Btw, can you win anything if you collect the most points? ;-)

The Hearer's picture

User points exchange programme

It is my understanding that we will be able to exchange user points for AE-/Logo-related items.

I will save my points until I can get Michelle Paradise (yeah, that´s right, ex-girl number one, move over, your time is up).

I bet there will be a new section on ebay, too.

Natazzz's picture

LMAO

So how many points would you say is fair for Michelle Paradise?

More importantly, why does Hearer have more points than me? ;-)

Sorry this is going way off-topic...

Heartsease's picture

Ah yes, Hearer...

At what price..."Paradise"?
Hmmm?
*wink*

Heeheehee...I love to play with words!
SillyTexasGirl's picture

Thinking the same thing...

How exactly are these said points allotted?

You are my center when I spin away.

SillyTexasGirl's picture

another question

Do you get points simply by sending PMs and posting comments?  

You are my center when I spin away.

The Hearer's picture

1 Point for sending PMs

Meaning, if you´re only let´s say 100 points away from exchanging your points to, let´s say, Michelle Paradise, all you would have to do is send yourself (!) onehundred PMs and your dream will come true. How´s that ? I think it´s the best.thing.ever.

I, for one, am starting right now. Or no, wait, I shall open a thread just for me and will post there until I have the necessary points.

Brunette's picture

Photos out of the boxes?

the site is loading fine, but all the photos are messed up, like being too big to fit the square?, maybe someone else has the same problem?

"I'm sorry Rachel, but at times like these, "Mom" is merely a pseudonym"..Mafalda.

Heartsease's picture

Out of the Box

I like posting "out of the box"...
In truth...I think it saves space, since our posts get to "snuggle" up a bit.
(Just choose your "snuggle buddies" carefully *wink*)
BeecaBee's picture

Points and Error Message

I LOVED the error message and told everyone at work about it, strangely enough the straight people didnt find it as amusing as I did, weird right?

And can someone explain the points to me again, I read what Sarah wrote, but I must be slow today(maybe not just today), cuz I still dont get it.

If points win people I totally am saving my points til I can have Sarah.

Heartsease's picture

Good "Point"! ;-)

BeecaBee wrote:
If points win people I totally am saving my points til I can have Sarah.

Ohmygoodness, BeecaBee! I would think you would get major "suck up points" for that comment!
*wink*

BeecaBee's picture

Hehehe

As long as I get some points, lol. How funny would that be if by my name it says 10 Regular Points and 20 KissAss points, lol.

But I seriously love Sarah. (think that got me even more kissass points?)

Natazzz's picture

LMAO

I so hope we're not handing out extra suck up points, because I am sooooooo bad at that...

I am all for extra smartypants points though ;-)

 

The Hearer's picture

Nothing´s won, nothing´s lost

When clicking on "users by points" and "my points" or something, you get this:

Points for

PointsApproved?Datesort iconEventDescription
No Points earned

Overall Total points: 0
Unapproved points: 0

Net points Balance: 0

Which does not really correspond to the fast increasing amount of points I have gained so far. Who will be approving the points, which events are we talking about and why does it say "No Points earned" when I know that I not only earned those points but also deserve them, ey ? Ey ?

MontyCello's picture

I guess that means we can't

I guess that means we can't just comment. We have to amuse the staff.

 

Have you ever noticed how hot Sarah is?

Brunette's picture

ah layouts!

its the layouts! Ok..so couple of weeks...months.

"I'm sorry Rachel, but at times like these, "Mom" is merely a pseudonym"..Mafalda.

Heartsease's picture

Touchy Feely "Avatarts"!

Well, Brunette...
Your avatar seems to "behave" (since it is petite), but my avatar seems to be reaching out and touching everyone's "boxes"... Hmmm...
*snigger*

BeecaBee's picture

Get in on the touching

Just thought Id get under you so your avatar could touch my box!
Heartsease's picture

;-)

Feel the loooooooooove, BeecaBee!
*laughing*
Brunette's picture

avatarts...lol

Of course she is petite, she is just a 5 year old girl who just woke up!....but yours seems to be a very tall lady...that "could" explains why she can reach out and ..touch the sky *grin*

"I'm sorry Rachel, but at times like these, "Mom" is merely a pseudonym"..Mafalda.

Brunette's picture

I be touched!

*touched*  ..how nice :-D

"I'm sorry Rachel, but at times like these, "Mom" is merely a pseudonym"..Mafalda.

Heartsease's picture

:-)

Brunette wrote:
I be touched!
I just saw this post...
How cute!
:-)
Brunette's picture

:-)

:-)

"I'm sorry Rachel, but at times like these, "Mom" is merely a pseudonym"..Mafalda.

MontyCello's picture

Question

Will we get the View Active Threads (or however it was worded) option back? It was a quick way to keep up with activity on the forum.
Molly Bolt's picture

I'm wondering the same

I'm wondering the same thing. That's such a great option.
MontyCello's picture

Still not quite there

While there's now an Active Forum Topics summery at the top of the forum, that's not the one I'm talking about. It's the one you could click on and it would show you every thread on this board in order of last reply with the most recent being first.

Can we get that back? Pretty please?

Molly Bolt's picture

It looks like we're the only

It looks like we're the only two people who liked that "active discussions" option - and it doesn't appear to be coming back. . :( 

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