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December 27, 2013 at 11:27 pm #112372Chris ShaulKeymaster
Hi all,
I have successfully moved the site to a new, more powerful server. It should run faster than before.
Additionally, after 10 years on our old forum system, we have updated to the new forums you see here. We are still ironing out the bugs, and there are a few things to consider. First is that we need to re-grant all the permissions to people, so if you don’t see your forums, please give us a week or so to iron things out. I will grant access first to active online students, followed by graduates.
Second, I deleted over 200,000 spam users, that were created over the last few years by automated “bots” that registered on our old forum. Unfortunately, I didn’t do this one-by-one, so I set some broad parameters, such as not having posted and having a spammy website on the profile. As such, some of the keywords may have also picked up some innocent profiles. That is why you may see some members shown as “Anonymous”. If you were one of these people whose profile got deleted, please re-register. We can grant you access to the graduate forums, etc. Just let us know.
Another thing to keep in mind is that some of the links on the forums and on the site may have changed. If you think it is important, please let me know and I can update it.
Lastly, I am working on upgrading our shopping cart, so purchasing online classes, books, luopans, and the like will be the next priority. You should see that come online in the next couple days.
Thank you for your patience. This has been a long, but necessary upgrade.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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December 31, 2013 at 3:59 am #113015DianaBPParticipant
Broken Link…
maybe it’s because you’re still working on access for graduates, but when I go to the Forums drop down menu and then graduate forums, the link does not work and gives me an error message.
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January 5, 2014 at 11:43 am #113629miguelfloresParticipant
Still can’t shop. Error asks to use alternate form of Payment. Tried using 2 diff credit cards. Where is the Paypal link? Looked for that couldn’t find.
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January 6, 2014 at 9:19 am #113640Chris ShaulKeymaster
Hi Miguel,
I see the purchase attempts. Other transactions from other people went through, so I don’t think it is the gateway. I can’t see the actual transaction (approval/declines) until tomorrow (after the weekend and today’s batch settles).
Please check with your card issuer to see if they can help explain why it did not complete.
As to Paypal, we are not using paypal at this time.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
Read my blog here.
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December 31, 2013 at 9:04 am #113016Chris ShaulKeymaster
Thanks Diana – It is fixed now!
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 1, 2014 at 4:14 am #113456DianaBPParticipant
Chris, I’m still seeing this error:
404 Error
It appears the website you are trying to visit is having technical difficulties or is no longer available.Please go back and try your request again or try searching Google to find another website with what you’re looking for!
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January 2, 2014 at 11:33 am #113508Chris ShaulKeymaster
Where are you looking? Can you send me the URL?
Thanks,
ChrisSr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 4, 2014 at 9:33 am #113586debrablagdenParticipant
Hi Chris: looks like I have been deleted except you still knew my email address to redo my password. address and past courses and completed all gone, as well as no link to forums
thanks
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January 4, 2014 at 6:52 pm #113612Chris ShaulKeymaster
Hi Debra,
Yes, we had to delete over 200,000 spam accounts and unfortunately a few legitimate users got caught in the mass delete. The course history did not come over for users, so that is not an issue. Since you registered and are in the forums, you are set. You may still need Graduate forum access. I can add that later tonight.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 6, 2014 at 9:39 am #113642Chris ShaulKeymaster
You should now have access to the graduate forums.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
Read my blog here.
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January 6, 2014 at 9:19 am #113641miguelfloresParticipant
Content not found. Perhaps you don’t have permissions or the link has moved. Please search below if you think you should have access.
Trying to access forums. That’s the error I get.
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January 6, 2014 at 9:41 am #113643Chris ShaulKeymaster
Miguel, is that on a specific forum or topic? Do you have the URL?
Thanks,
ChrisSr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 6, 2014 at 9:43 am #113645Chris ShaulKeymaster
I just added you to the graduates forums, so you should be okay now.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
Read my blog here.
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January 21, 2014 at 9:32 am #115417DianaBPParticipant
Hi Chris,
I’m sorry to just be getting back to you…I was traveling then down with the flu.
Which I click graduate forums, I still see the error message I pasted above. Here is the URL
I can’t get to the graduate forum because of this
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January 21, 2014 at 9:41 am #115418Chris ShaulKeymaster
Okay, I double checked and you were not part of the graduate group. I added you back in. You should be fine now. Please confirm.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 21, 2014 at 9:46 am #115426DianaBPParticipant
Or maybe this is because I haven’t been granted access to the graduate forum?
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January 21, 2014 at 9:51 am #115427Chris ShaulKeymaster
try again, I have given you access to the graduate forums.
Chris
Sr. Instructor and Webmaster at the AFSI
Co-founder of 168 Feng Shui Advisors
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January 21, 2014 at 1:03 pm #115479DianaBPParticipant
That did it Chris, thank you!
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