There is another nifty little feature called the blog tracker that tracks the blogs for me and informs me of new posts.

Lately, it seems to have stopped performing its job. There have been numerous posts in blogs that I track and I have received no notifications for them.

Could someone please check it out?

Thanks
BeaStKid

P.S
Edit: This blog isn't letting me view itself... http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/index.php...blogid=164&

It's moonwolf's blog, btw


Moderator Note: This topic is marked as 'Closed' rather than 'Resolved' due to an inability to fix the situation. When a patch is released, the topic will be marked Resolved. Thank you.

For that one, it's simple, his blog is simply "outta order" lol, Jason did sent a help message to Myr and he's doing his best to make it back to normal,, But on the last news that I heard, is that it's going to take a few days..

I thinks that it's problem from the blog server/provider

Bk it's simple, Myr worked on it and couldn't fix it for some reason so he contacted the tech support and they opened a ticket so it could take a few days or a few weeks... I'll send my blog to you by pm in the meantime everything is fixed

Good luck on getting the blog fixed, wolfy.

Oh, okies... Thanks..

But what about the tracker?

I'm working on it. I need you to make a blog post though so I can check it out.

coming right through...

I received the email notification of your blog post so it appears to be working for me.

Are there any specific blogs you're having an issue with, or is it overall?

Overall... I'll ask one of the members whose blog I track to post something as a test...

Okay, I just asked TL the Writing Tiger to post something in his blog. I didn't receive any notification of it.

Does being online on the board affect the tracker?

Joe, I track BK's blog and did not receive notification of an update.

Double check your block trackings in your Control Panel. They might have been deleted somehow. If they're still in there, then it's another issue that we'll have to work out.

I ran across another serious issue with the blogs that I need to take care of before this so please be patient.

Joe

BK's is still there Joe. I wish I could help you out with the blog issue. If there is anything I can do please let me know.

You know, I'm not sure if it's mentioned enough. Overall you do an amazing job of keeping this place running. I wish I had a sysadmin that's as good as you are.

I'm running a ReSynch on the blogs to see if that fixes the issue. Check your email here in a bit and see if you receive a notification. If not, subscribe to my blog and let me know and I'll post another entry to see if it will force it.

I receive notifications of posts made in the forums, but not blogs.

Joe, I'm tracking your blog..

You DID receive notifications of the posts?

No...I am receiving notification of the posts made in the Forums... just like I received notification of this post you made here...

You should have received an email notification about the blog I just posted. Let me know if you did or didn't.

Same here. I'm now tracking BK and you, Joe. So far no notifications have been received.

I posted it probably a minute before you wrote that. Can you double check your email for me and look in the Spam/Junk filter to see if for some reason it's getting caught?

Nope, Nada...Nothing in my mail...

Thanks. I'll keep working on it, but I think it's an issue on IPBs end. They've been having some issues with their blog software recently so this might be another bug.

I'm using a gmail account instead of my own mail server for GA. I just checked gmail and there's nothing in my spam folder.

If indeed this is a bug that's beyond your control how about adding an announcement-only forum where bloggers can announce their latest entries? Seems like a reasonable workaround to me for now.

I received notification on my end Joe.

I don't think a forum for Blog posts is necessary. All you have to do it click the Blogs link, and if the blogs are sorted by most recent post, then you'll see right at the top if someone has posted.

However, if you really need to be notified of a blog post without actually checking, I would suggest using the RSS feature on the individual blogs.

I agree an announcement forum for blogs is... excessive.

There is the favorite feature as well (which I use) just click on the little heart and the blog is kept at the top of the list regardless of posts are not.

It's amazing what someone can miss even when it's in plain sight. I agree with you completely Joe. Thanks.

Gary and/or BK please check your email and tell me if you see the notification from my blog. I may have found the issue.

Still nothing but forum post notifications Joe. Is it possible the notices are getting stuck in the mail server spool?

Other users are getting the blog notifications. I thought I had the problem narrowed down to a mask that both you and BK have that's given me problems before, but apparently even after I removed it, it didn't work. Unless the blogs only send out the emails when you're not online. I'm having Steve do a test for me if he's still lurking on here as invisible.

I'll go offline for awhile. Let me know via PM when you've made a blog post and I'll let you know if I receive notification.

Logging-off...

Alright, well as I've been told, the subscription settings are global and carry over to the blogs as well. So a few tips:

Make sure you're set to receive notifications. Go to My Controls>> Email Settings>> Privacy Settings and make sure the following box is checked:

Send me any updates sent by the board administrator
Enabling this option will add your email address to the administrators mail list and you will receive any updates sent.

Also, be aware of which subscription you picked when you subscribed to previous topics on the forum.

No Email Notification
This option will not send out any email notification but will retain the topic or forum in your subscriptions panel.
Delayed Emailed Notification
This option will send out a notification if a new topic or reply has been made and you're not active on the board.
Immediate Email Notification
This option will send out a notification immediately after a new topic or reply has been made regardless of your activity.
Daily Email Digest
This option will send out a daily digest showing all new replies or topics for that day
Weekly Email Digest
This option will send out a weekly digest showing all new replies or topics for that week

Please note the underlined part if that's what you selected.

If you have the correct settings and you're still unable to receive email notifications, then you're going to have to wait for IPB to release a patch because I'm out of ideas.

Send me any updates sent by the board administrator
Enabled

Immediate Email Notification
Enabled

Still no notices. I'll wait on a patch from IPB. The Blogs link at the top of each page will be a helpful workaround in the interim. Thanks for trying Joe.

Yup...same settings for me and Gary... and still no notification

Anyway, thanks Joe.

Here's a possibility. It is possible that your internet provider is blocking and preventing you from receiving the email notifications. It's seen as spam and may not even make it into your spam folder.

I've just discovered that Comcast is blocking any email notification for The Talon House, including my house email account. They see it as Spam and it doesn't even get to my Spam folder. I'm working to get them to unblock it.

Hi Jan,

In my case I use gmail for GA. If the mail didn't make it to my InBox it would show up in my spam folder.

If gmail does somehow turn out to be the culprit I can always use my own mail server.

I don't think that is the case, Jan. The e-mail comes from the same address--> admin@gayauthors.org. Since I am receiving updates for the Boards, from the same address, the Blog notifications should also reach.

Also, I am using Yahoo! for GA. Two major mail servers wouldn't block the address simultaneously now, would they?

They wouldn't block based solely on the same address, however they can and do block based on different content from the same address.

Okay... I just received a notification about Moonwoldf's blog...

Is that a problem?

no...it is not...I just wanted to inform that the system is working again...

Thanks...

BeaStKid