Site Questions, Problems, and Updates

Our Web host decided to reboot the database server, knocking the site out for 10 minutes or so. :( We're back up now.

I've noticed that after I post a certain number of IMs in the chatbox, I don't get timed out. If I log in and just post one or two messages then go idle, I'll get timed out. But if I post a lot of messages and then I'm idle for a while, I don't time out, even after a long time.

Sorry about the timeout inconvenience. It's a problem in the phpFreeChat module itself - not something I can fix.

I like the printer-friendly format for original posts. But when I use it (mostly for articles like the Time Bingeing one) COmments don't come with it. I sometimes like to print stuff out and put in a reading stack for when I'm not at the computer. Is there a way to print out comments (other than straight from the browser, which tends to squeeze columns very narrow)?

i can't get it to run today... Have reloaded the page 3x.

I'm using large fonts on my computer (just installed), and the site doesn't look quite right. The sidebars float up too high. Is anybody else seeing this?

I added a button to the chatbox (on the far right, looks like a door) that allows you to set your status as "away". Click the button again and you'll be back.

The purpose is to let people know when you are logged into the chatbox but not at the computer.

This isn't bullet-proof, but it seems to work. Let me know if you encounter problems with it.

We had enough content in the forums that it was getting very hard to find things. I also realized that we had a need for a new type of check-in board for special projects - major, multi-day projects like back tax returns or a thesis. The new board is also a good place for master to-do lists (e.g. a list for the week or the month), New Year's resolutions (that don't get lost), and other things that span more than one day.

I've also added separate forums for online meetings, phone meetings, and face-to-face meetings, and a new forum on therapy and coaching.

I'm thinking about upgrading the software that runs this site - not only for the chat, but so I can install modules that enhance the forum administration features, which are dreadful. I really want to be able to split and merge threads.

On the other hand, I don't want to break what's already here. For example, the themes in this forum I wrote myself, and I don't know if the format breaks with an upgrade. I'm looking into all this.

I added a new "Resources" section to the Web site - one for books, and one for coaching. I hope you like it!

Our Web host upgraded the server version of PHP, and this broke Drupal (the piece-of-crap content management system that powers our site - wish I hadn't chosen it). If you tried to log in today (or the last couple days), you would have found that as soon as you switched to a new page, you would be logged off again. This is fixed now.

If you experienced the "can't stay logged in" bug, could you tell me when it started?