Chris

I am pleased to say I have improved the behaviour of two high-demanding resources that slowed down certain pages by 25-30%. However, it did come at the cost of a bug which didn't happen on my local dev or live dev online. It's quite weird how it happened, but once we re-add the display images things will be much smoother. My plan is to fix the social publisher app, due to API changes, and re-focus on publishing content. I will be able to make the most of the 'featured' page, which I may enhance in time. https://prideofnottingham.co.uk/featured/ If you happen to know a local business which might be interested in working with PON, please let them know about our new partnership scheme. I have always wanted to work with local companies, and my hope is that they can help cover some costs here - whilst we proudly showcase and promote them as our partner. I have put a lot of time into this, and I am rather proud of the onboarding process as it's hassle-free but very informative. https://prideofnottingham.co.uk/partners/ The site will continue to see optimised performance where possible with resources. I am actively fixing bugs and would encourage members to always let me know if they spot something by posting in the questions, feedback and site issues forum. https://prideofnottingham.co.uk/community/forum/34-questions-feedback-and-site-issues/ I have also improved the status page, which if PON goes down will be updated. Suggestions can also be made here; members can safely connect to it by using their account and it will be synced via API without transfer of any information. Ensuring that login is both secure and quick. https://status.prideofnottingham.co.uk/ Just click continue as... I haven't updated it recently, as the most recent issue affected far more members than I would have hoped and instead I made an effort to bring awareness on site. The status page will stay online if PON has issues, so it's a very convenient means of knowing if something is wrong and what is being done. You may have seen the new footer widget. This was rewritten from scratch and improved for this version. I have also added transparancy to the donation page: https://prideofnottingham.co.uk/donate/ I will be focusing on the member subscriptions, but I do hope that the partner system and my plan to introduce areas for local adverts will be beneficial towards maintaining the upkeep. @BigNCFC has kindly started fundraising, and he's doing an amazing job. All funds go towards various parts of the site. We are a non-profit site and I am proud of all the amazing support. My continued efforts to bring the best experience for members are firmly in motion. Lastly, I do apologise once again for all the members who have lost their display image. You might not have read about it, but please do know that I am sorry for the inconvenience. You PIES!!! Chris

I fixed the issue in the early hours, and can confirm that I have successfully patched the issue that caused it. I am checking the most recent backup that I have and will manually re-upload every members choice that I can identify. If I miss yours, I apologise but I either don't recall what you had as your display image or I don't have it. Unfortunately, I am struggling to pin-point most due to how expansive the uploads are. 😥 Feel free to re-upload; I will backup display images in the future directly but I will continue to try and funnel through what I have + from the dev site. Thanks for understanding. 🫶🏻

I put yours back for testing purposes. 😉

It's being a bit persistent but I believe I am close to having it resolved, unfortunately, I am getting tired and will wrap up trying. I have disabled the application, but its still not safe to upload new display images or your old one. I'm really sorry about this, everyone. I appreciate your patience. 👍

Okay, I know what is causing it and at first it didn't make sense. I won't speak jargon, but basically I created a better widget to show the members who had been online in 24 hours. Whilst this is clean, it does clash with another application and this is where the issue lies. I am patching both, just to prevent this, or at least that is the plan. I will make mistakes at times, but I will do my best to act fast to prevent interuption. I will post back to this once I am certain the issue has been resolved.

I am aware of what the issue is, I am trying to detect how I have re-introduced the issue. I am tracing an error log but there are several apps which could be causing this. I thought at first it was related to a task manager I have built, but it seems more related to a different situation since I have disabled that. Please give me a few hours, I will patch the issue and learn from it. Unfortunately, it is widespread and many members have been affected. I have a backup, which I will use to manually re-add what I can. Until then, please do not re-upload one and wait for my green light. I am sincerely sorry for the issue, and I very much appreciate your understanding. It's very frustrating, but I will get to the bottom of it. PS. Feel free to comment below, by all means tell me off. 🤣 I would post this on the status page, but since it's effecting so many it's best served here.

If you haven't noticed the announcement, but somehow notice this. Please don't try to re-add your display image until I can fix the issue causing it. I have a backup of most recent members choices and will re-add what I can. I do apologise the issue, it's frustrating but I do know you will understand. I am working on this right now.

@Michael D Pie.: Congratulations on your retirement. I have the feeling it is very well deserved and I hope you find plenty of things to enjoy that keep you occupied. I am sure the world will be your oaster, and that you will be kept busy. Again, congrats my friend. @Fan of Big Tone: Congratulations to you also for reaching the walking milestone. I hope it doesn't count your jogs/runs because I would consider that cheating but in all seriousness that's a great achievement and reminds me to focus on a similar thing for myself. The last time I enjoyed having the goal, even though I struggled at times. Well done, Tone! I haven't been as active this week. I spent Tuesday with my day and again today, I did try to assign him to updating this but I think he tends to forget/easily distracted. Tuesday was one of the nicest days I have had in years, and it was lovely to spend it with Super. We had a walk to the post box, as he needed to post some cards he had forgotten to send. I would have done it myself for him, but he wanted a walk which is encouraging. Mostly because he doesn't get out much, and hasn't been all that well in spells. Today, he had his blood taken and I walked with him to the doctors to keep him company. The days I have had, it's trying to code things and prepare for next season. Every time I feel I can step back up, something crops up but it's closer than it isn't. I thought yesterday would have seen new content, but the social publisher I have built needed fixing. In the process of that, and other things, I nuked my dev install. I installed it again last night with no success but it's up now. I have fixed the issue, but the previous install was damaged beyond repair. Frustrating, but a learning curve.

I know quite a few jet flying and travellng Notts fans, so I will put a feel out to them and see if there's any who plan to visit Turkey. Hopefully something can get sorted for you, as it would be nice to think in this day and age two people can connect via such a special request. In fact, I had to do something similar by asking @Dripsey3 to allow my son's grandparents to pay for a hoodie that featured his favourite game on and due to the UK being out of the E.U it meant the game studio wouldn't post to the UK, but they would Ireland. Whilst different, it does show that there is a considerable amount of kindness out there.

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I assume a large portion is transfer fees, but it shows you how mad football can be that a team can lose that amount of money and still exist of their owners without being told to tighten their coffers. I wish I knew more about how expenses like this affected the financial fair play rules. Though I suspect many Championship teams will be spending quite freely and not comparable to most Premier League teams. It's quite scary...

I thought Jacob Bedaeu and Tom Iorpenda were quite poor with their passing and decision making, especially at times during the first half when they seemed indecisive as to what they were going to do. The ball was loose for a while, and only one of them stood still. I realise they pay attention to more things than I do, so their reactions will be different. However, I didn't include either of them in my top five. James Belshaw performed well, he really deserved the clean sheet. I though Jodi Jones had a better game, though I would have liked to see a bit more of an attacking threat from him. Keanan Bennetts looks like the most promising signing that we have made this season. There's more I could highlight, but I think Alassana Jatta deserves my vote. Not because of his goals, but because he always worked hard, got involved, defended, and fought to help Notts win against a fairly physical team.

@theAnticlough: It's great that the results were in our favor yesterday. This makes the losses I mentioned seem less worrying. Isn't this shaping up to be an exciting showdown with so many realistic chances for automatic promotion? Had the teams above us done better, it could have pushed the reach we require to be somewhat more of a challenge. Notts are firmly back in the mix, being 3rd or 2nd with 3-4 games remaining would re-assert my confidence in automatics. You just know it's going to go down to the final game for it to be decided, that's a very 'Notts' thing.

Yes!! Now we need to manage these final minutes of the game, and just hold onto the ball without doing anything silly. I am not sure how Jatta scores goals like his second, when he seems to have easier chances that he misses, but it's pure brilliance.

Stall is now agreeing that we could do with a second goal, it would ease things but provided we cut out the relapses at the back 1-0 should do the job. Either team does seem capable of creating a goal scoring chance, so it might not be all over. I think Conor Grant has been coping well with their physicality.