I want reply notifications as emails.

I want my attachments back.

WTF - WTF - WTF ?

"World Total Freedom" is not gonna help bring the site back.

I contacted everybody I could dream of, and NO GO.

"We are looking into it". "We are working on it". "Thank you for the info, we will pass it on".

Simple => I will NOT upload any freestuff till the free stuff section is repaired.

Perhaps that is what they want? No free stuff? So? When you need something? You"ll HAVE to pay? => Yep, on every uneven blue Monday with a yellow ty.

tonyvilters posted at 11:34PM Sat, 09 January 2016 - #4248175

"World Total Freedom" is not gonna help bring the site back.

I contacted everybody I could dream of, and NO GO.

"We are looking into it". "We are working on it". "Thank you for the info, we will pass it on".

Simple => I will NOT upload any freestuff till the free stuff section is repaired.

Perhaps that is what they want? No free stuff? So? When you need something? You"ll HAVE to pay? => Yep, on every uneven blue Monday with a yellow ty.

Yep, but we heard all the same responses in the Prime forum when Prime was trashed, so it is not just a plan to stop free stuff, more a plan to stop people downloading anything, free or paid for.

For reasons I don't understand attachments were having security issues. As for notifications, I have been talking to the admins about this for a while ... I don't have any answers yet, but will remind them that this is still a major concern.

think that admin needs fixing I do

It's really hard to understand that things could not be fixed up to now.

Additionally, as a computer professional, I would really like it lf someone would explain to me what the security reasons are that does not allow us to post shaders or pose files here.

Just add a simple image upload to the forum and be done with it.

<?php 
function uploader($num_of_uploads=1, $file_types_array=array("txt"), $max_file_size=1048576, $upload_dir=""){ 
  if(!is_numeric($max_file_size)){ 
    $max_file_size = 1048576; 
  } 
  if(!isset($_POST["submitted"])){ 
    $form = "<form action='".$PHP_SELF."' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data'>Upload files:<br /><input type='hidden' name='submitted' value='TRUE' id='".time()."'><input type='hidden' name='MAX_FILE_SIZE' value='".$max_file_size."'>"; 
    for($x=0;$x<$num_of_uploads;$x++){ 
      $form .= "<input type='file' name='file[]'><font color='red'>*</font><br />"; 
    } 
    $form .= "<input type='submit' value='Upload'><br /><font color='red'>*</font>Maximum file length (minus extension) is 15 characters. Anything over that will be cut to only 15 characters. Valid file type(s): "; 
    for($x=0;$x<count($file_types_array);$x++){ 
      if($x<count($file_types_array)-1){ 
        $form .= $file_types_array[$x].", "; 
      }else{ 
        $form .= $file_types_array[$x]."."; 
      } 
    } 
    $form .= "</form>"; 
    echo($form); 
  }else{ 
    foreach($_FILES["file"]["error"] as $key => $value){ 
      if($_FILES["file"]["name"][$key]!=""){ 
        if($value==UPLOAD_ERR_OK){ 
          $origfilename = $_FILES["file"]["name"][$key]; 
          $filename = explode(".", $_FILES["file"]["name"][$key]); 
          $filenameext = $filename[count($filename)-1]; 
          unset($filename[count($filename)-1]); 
          $filename = implode(".", $filename); 
          $filename = substr($filename, 0, 15).".".$filenameext; 
          $file_ext_allow = FALSE; 
          for($x=0;$x<count($file_types_array);$x++){ 
            if($filenameext==$file_types_array[$x]){ 
              $file_ext_allow = TRUE; 
            } 
          } 
          if($file_ext_allow){ 
            if($_FILES["file"]["size"][$key]<$max_file_size){ 
              if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"][$key], $upload_dir.$filename)){ 
                echo("File uploaded successfully. - <a href='".$upload_dir.$filename."' target='_blank'>".$filename."</a><br />"); 
              }else{ 
                echo($origfilename." was not successfully uploaded<br />"); 
              } 
            }else{ 
              echo($origfilename." was too big, not uploaded<br />"); 
            } 
          }else{ 
            echo($origfilename." had an invalid file extension, not uploaded<br />"); 
          } 
        }else{ 
          echo($origfilename." was not successfully uploaded<br />"); 
        } 
      } 
    } 
  } 
} 
?> 

uploader([int num_uploads [, arr file_types [, int file_size [, str upload_dir ]]]]); 

num_uploads = Number of uploads to handle at once. 

file_types = An array of all the file types you wish to use. The default is txt only. 

file_size = The maximum file size of EACH file. A non-number will results in using the default 1mb filesize. 

upload_dir = The directory to upload to, make sure this ends with a / 

It isn't rocket science.....

No idea what to tell you on the notif..wtf.... issue... I don't get them much either.

If I didn't come here at least a couple times per day I would never know if anyone posted to my threads either. I only get notifications if someone uploads an image in the gallery. And since I only have a couple people I follow there, I don't get many of those.

Fix it until it's broken is getting pretty old. There was nothing wrong with the site when I joined in 2010, but it's been fixed several times since then. There was a point where I actually dreaded coming here because things were so screwed up it was borderline painful to navigate around here.

But I can also tell that there is no use in complaining. Anyone who can do something about it isn't doing anything about it.

Haven't you all realized yet that this disaster is not an accident but deliberate action? Renderosity management simply does not have the guts to openly announce that they are closing the forums and galleries and therefore resort to a harassing campaign.

If you want to discuss issues, move to RDNA.

Chaecuna: This is on the edge of harassment ... but still I'll answer. Your theory makes NO sense. Without the galleries and forums, Renderosity wouldn't be able to sell product because a simple storefront for products such as ours just doesn't work. Not with our history foundation as a forum based site.

Shverdavid: it's not images that bb is talking about, it's mat files, props, and other attachments that makes his tutorials work best for the users. Unless I missunderstand.

Please guys, I know this is an important issue, so let's keep this civil, I know it's frustrating.

Boni posted at 8:25AM Mon, 11 January 2016 - #4248407

Chaecuna: This is on the edge of harassment ... but still I'll answer. Your theory makes NO sense. Without the galleries and forums, Renderosity wouldn't be able to sell product because a simple storefront for products such as ours just doesn't work. Not with our history foundation as a forum based site.

I'd have to agree; look what happened to Content Paradise after they closed their Forums...

Black__Days posted at 8:43AM Mon, 11 January 2016 - #4248415

If the technical issues with the site are not deliberate, then they are incompetence of an inexcusable level. If this were my business, and someone was alienating my user base as much as the web developer(s) here are, I would fire them. This is a business, and these technical issues make it look like amateurish. It really is no wonder that DAZ is taking Renderosity's lunch money.

ROFL, they can't "fire" the web developer(s) - they OWN Renderosity.

Look up Bondware (the web developer here).

CrystalGames posted at 10:34AM Mon, 11 January 2016 - #4248416

Black__Days posted at 8:43AM Mon, 11 January 2016 - #4248415

If the technical issues with the site are not deliberate, then they are incompetence of an inexcusable level. If this were my business, and someone was alienating my user base as much as the web developer(s) here are, I would fire them. This is a business, and these technical issues make it look like amateurish. It really is no wonder that DAZ is taking Renderosity's lunch money.

ROFL, they can't "fire" the web developer(s) - they OWN Renderosity.

Look up Bondware (the web developer here).

Interesting

Hi

I don't know if other people are having this, but several times lately when I've received an email saying that there was a response on a post and when clicked on the link, I've ended up at a screen saying "Sorry we can't find this thread in our records."

It happened to my today.

So if you can't find any post like that why did I get a notice?

Mike

Boni posted at 6:12PM Mon, 11 January 2016 - #4248407

This is on the edge of harassments

No harassment intended, you are not that important to be worth me investing time into harassing you .

I, as J2EE web developer, with experience in consulting for outfits like Leroy Merlin, was just giving my professional opinion on the state of this website. If it is not malice then, using Hanlon's Razor, we have to conclude that it is utter incompetence.

Whatever the cause, I think that the only remain applicable comment is this Youtube video.

It's not like the site is growing. There are much fewer threads as there used to be. Still, not much has changed over the last year. I just don't get it. Bondware is supposed to be a provider of professional web solutions. I don't think that Renderosity is something to show off right now. I don't get it.

The email notification isn't just nice to have. It brings people back to the forum. That it's not working for more than a year is bad for the site and for the users. Really, I don't understand this at all.

Lets think business.

Go in to a MickyD's and get a $1.00 cheese burger.

How much did MickyD's spend to sell you that $1.00 cheese burger ?

MickyD's had to pay.

Farmers for the lettuce tomato.

Rancher for the burger meat.

the plants for the mayonnaise and bun.

Truck Driver to deliver to that MickyD's.

Now where at your MickyD's.

MickyD's has to pay for the building and all the equipment and the maintenance person to keep it running.

Add the utilities electricity ,water ,heating n cooling and the music.

MickyD's has to pay the employees and managers.

Now how many $1.00 cheese burger does MickyD's half to sell per hour to stay in bussness ?

If they do not sell there quota then what happens ?

@Rorr, I think you need to look at the concept of loss leader.

Do you want fries with that?

Razor42 posted at 1:56AM Tue, 12 January 2016 - #4248634

@Rorr, I think you need to look at the concept of loss leader.

Do you want fries with that?

Razor Your really going to half to stop posting these post that's as long as a book ;)

No fries but onion rings are cool ;)

Are you volunteering to be are new leader ?

RorrKonn posted at 12:49PM Tue, 12 January 2016 - #4248557

If they do not sell there quota then what happens ?

well, that's the problem, you need **GOOD **cheese burgers to fulfill your quota :

I'm getting notifications for various threads including this one, just so you know.

Probably shouldn't have mentioned it before someone notices me and effs it up.

I have not been getting any notifications for this thread - which is my own damn thread.

Look - if you shoot a gun at somebody and they don't die, it still is possible that guns kill people.

Similarly, if you get a random e-bot from a thread it still may be that Ted is not getting any e-bots from that thread.

It's not 100% of e-bots missing and it's not 0% of e-bots missing. So saying that you got one means nothing. I get a random collection of them too.

false1 posted at 5:22PM Tue, 12 January 2016 - #4248716

I'm getting notifications for various threads including this one, just so you know.

Probably shouldn't have mentioned it before someone notices me and effs it up.

Do you get all the ebots like you alt to ? If YES what OS ,Pone ,Magic Tablet or what ever are you using ?

The forum has been a mess for many, many months. The MarketPlace is insane! I have to bookmark a product when I see it or add it to my Wishlist, because I am not likely to turn up the product if I do I search at a later time. The catagories in the Store were created obviously by someone who does not work with any of the programs that people here use so they do not know how to create catagories so that a customer can quickly search for something they want and make that all important purchase. Too much emphasis has been placed in making the whole site smart phone friendly. I am about to get a huge gasp from people here---I do NOT have a smart phone and don't intent on getting one (I have a simple flip style cell phone). The Freestuff section has been modeled like the Store without items clearly marked (and searchable) by Software. As has been said before many times, you have to click on each thing to read the description to see if the free item is for Poser, DS, Bryce, ect. A Most Wanted Catagory is okay, but a Trending Now Catagory???? I'm not a teenager eager to be one of the sheep so I look for what's 'trending'. When I come to Freestuff I want to see What's New and I want to know if it is compatible with the software that I use, and I want to be able to easily search by Figure (V4, M4, G2F, ect), or by Type (like typing in "Bottle"). You've got a web designer who knows nothing about the needs of a 3D community and the software that they use.

Latexluv posted at 6:17PM Tue, 12 January 2016 - #4248796

The forum has been a mess for many, many months. The MarketPlace is insane! I have to bookmark a product when I see it or add it to my Wishlist, because I am not likely to turn up the product if I do I search at a later time. The catagories in the Store were created obviously by someone who does not work with any of the programs that people here use so they do not know how to create catagories so that a customer can quickly search for something they want and make that all important purchase. Too much emphasis has been placed in making the whole site smart phone friendly. I am about to get a huge gasp from people here---I do NOT have a smart phone and don't intent on getting one (I have a simple flip style cell phone). The Freestuff section has been modeled like the Store without items clearly marked (and searchable) by Software. As has been said before many times, you have to click on each thing to read the description to see if the free item is for Poser, DS, Bryce, ect. A Most Wanted Catagory is okay, but a Trending Now Catagory???? I'm not a teenager eager to be one of the sheep so I look for what's 'trending'. When I come to Freestuff I want to see What's New and I want to know if it is compatible with the software that I use, and I want to be able to easily search by Figure (V4, M4, G2F, ect), or by Type (like typing in "Bottle"). You've got a web designer who knows nothing about the needs of a 3D community and the software that they use.

Don't feel left out, there are things that still don't work right on a smart phone or tablet. Unfortunately there are sooo many things wrong/borked with the site compared to 5 years ago, it's no wonder the traffic has dropped off. The marketplace is not user friendly now, the forums aren't user friendly now, the front/home page is just a bunch of visual noise, and IMHO the galleries aren't as good now either (some things are better, some aren't).

I could go on, but won't because it's obviously a case of those in charge know better than the users (from my own experience, this is actually often true, but given the loss in visitors, the many many complaints, I think there is overwhelming evidence that there are real problems here). Honestly, just compare this sites visual appeal, ease of navigation, and usability (marketplace, forums, and galleries) with RDNA and DAZ. This site looks like it was modeled after a crazy disorganized Facebook page, while the others are quite organized and intuitive. The forum is a huge step back in time in soooo many ways.

OK, enough complaining and wasting my time ....... maybe some day things will be better again.

Boni posted at 12:34PM Wed, 13 January 2016 - #4248407

Shverdavid: it's not images that bb is talking about, it's mat files, props, and other attachments that makes his tutorials work best for the users. Unless I missunderstand.

The first line of the code allows for definable file extensions. You can use that code base for any file type you wish simply by defining allowable types. There are hundreds of examples that you could use as well. PHP is not rocket science, and is actually fairly easy to set up. Which way you go about it depends on a few factors server side.

The only reason I can come up with the defines why attachments are not allowed here, is because someone doesn't want to add it. That is the bottom line. As far as the notifications go, it is hard to guess without seeing some of the setup files on the server side. It is very apparent that something is amuck thou.

As long as it has been amuck, it is also apparent that correcting it is not going to happen tomorrow or anytime soon either. Sorry for being blunt, I have been on the admin team on more than a few PHP and Perl sites. With far greater security than would ever be needed here. Someone either doesn't have a clue, or it is the way it is on purpose.

What gets fixed is up to the admins, and as long as this has been the case we already have the answers without asking any questions. Again, sorry for being blunt, and feel free to delete oe edit whatever you see fit. I am used to that now....