LQ Code Upgrades

I'm using firefox 3.xx. In the link look at the 3rd post. There is a code block with a long line starting 'smtpd_recipient_restrictions ='

This line causes horizontal scroll bars in the main firefox window because it is so long. It also causes all subsequent quote and code blocks to be stretched across the page. This can be easily fixed with an edit of course, but it would be good if there were only scrollbars in the code block rather thn the main window.

Originally Posted by dive I'm using firefox 3.xx. In the link look at the 3rd post. There is a code block with a long line starting 'smtpd_recipient_restrictions =' This line causes horizontal scroll bars in the main firefox window because it is so long. It also causes all subsequent quote and code blocks to be stretched across the page. This can be easily fixed with an edit of course, but it would be good if there were only scrollbars in the code block rather thn the main window.

So do I in fact, but the page is still wider than my screen, so I have scroll bars in firefox and a token effort on the code section.

He means the 3rd post in the link I provided btw. Took me a while to work that one out.

hello jeremy. thank u for ur support. i have some linux programming knowledge but im not an expert. i hope finding solutions to my problems and also to help to others if i can. success u all unix/linux prorammers & users.

Originally Posted by GlennsPref Hi, I second Jonathanius' good idea. If I may add something... Version control. Being it is always good practice to keep the originals, just in case a mistake is made.

Thanks Glenn, I think Version control is always a good idea, each revision should link to it's source. I had always thought it would implemented that way, but neglected to mention it.
-Jonathanius

Some responses:

* syg00, glad to hear the speed has improved for you. As mentioned, we take performance *very* seriously here at LQ. We spend considerable time and money to make sure things run as smoothly as possible for our members. If you ever have a performance issue, please bring it to my attention ASAP. We can't fix a problem if we don't know one exists. It's a bit disconcerting to read things like "LQ is almost unusable for me lately" and have had no idea about it the whole time.
* On the performance note, we recently switched CDN's to what should be a much better product. Are many people seeing issues with cdnlayer being slow? Did those same members have issues with cachefly? I'd be happy to re-evaluate the decision to change if this is the case.
* texas.chef94, addressed your blog question in a different thread.
* billymayday, looking into the blog issue now.
* Is anyone else having an issue with the quick links menu? amani, have you recently disabled javascript?
* We'll look into the horizontal scrolling issue.
* On the version control note: the recent code upgrade actually address this. We save each version of a post when you edit, which allows for a history to be shown for edited posts.
* To address the post by Jonathanius. We have no plans to lock "solved" threads. Much of what you suggest can be done now actually, but would largely be a manual effort. We are interested in better integration between LQ Wiki content and the forums. It's something on our TODO, but I'd certainly be open to further suggestions on that aspect.

Keep the feedback coming!

--jeremy

Update: the blog paging issue reported by billymayday has been fixed. Thanks.

--jeremy

The horizontal scrolling issue should be fixed. It was actually a browser bug, but david found a suitable workaround.

--jeremy

Originally Posted by jeremy Update: the blog paging issue reported by billymayday has been fixed. Thanks. --jeremy

That was quick.

Rds

BM

Originally Posted by jeremy Are many people seeing issues with cdnlayer being slow? Did those same members have issues with cachefly? I'd be happy to re-evaluate the decision to change if this is the case.

Yes I had issues with both - based merely on watching the status line for the window, nothing "concrete" in the way of actual numbers. My (latest) issues appear to have been with a clash of the products - no point in reverting IMHO.
Jeremy, there is a lot of traffic going back to cdnlayer.com - any prospect of (better) caching those gifs ?. At the time of my initial post on this thread I blocked the site, and the number of hits quickly headed past 600. The final page looked a bit different, but the response time was significantly better.

As others have said thanks for your time and input.
(BTW, I did try to open a bug, but gave up in frustration. Just tried again up to the point of actual submission - response time on all pages seems fine now).

Thanks Jeremy!

THE CDN's serve all our images, but everything should be cached quite aggressively.

--jeremy

syg00 I am not experiencing any problems with the link either.
Check the browser and noscript settings if using firefox. Those site you referenced do not show in my noscript tab...I only see:

yahooapis.com
googleadservices.com
linuxquestions.org

Try Jeremy's advice.

mossy

Originally Posted by jeremy The horizontal scrolling issue should be fixed. It was actually a browser bug, but david found a suitable workaround. --jeremy

Thank you very much Jeremy and David!

Originally Posted by amani Drop down of menu items in 'Quick Links Menu' does not happen...since today

It is working now.

Well I'm sorry Jeremy, but I don't see it.
On a reasonably clean system FF 3.0.4, no ad-block, no "no-script", no nuthin ...

Cleared the cache (again), then ran this session for a while to ensure all the common "eye candy" gifs were loaded, then blocked outbound connections to cdnlayer at the firewall.
Refresh of the page came back with NONE of the gifs - in fact this page I'm "quick replying" to looks decidedly dull.
This traffic is an issue for those of us that have connection difficulties.

Later: Hmmm - same machine, different distro, running Epiphany doesn't show the behaviour I described above. In fact it behaves as Jeremy describes, and we would all hope.
Wonder what's different about Ubuntu ...

Will continue to investigate - in the meantime apologies to all, especially Jeremy.