I had to do a deep rebuild to the forum database. This was a very comprehensive rebuild. Please expect some of your numbers to change a bit, such as post counts and 'Reputation' (aka Karma).

Questions? Please reply in this discussion thread.

As long as it goes up, that's fine!:lol:

Marc, that stuff is just window dressing, and not really that important to me. I greatly, truly appreciate the hours and effort you give to the site. :yes:

If you can keep that stuff, fine. If not, no big deal. Just let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Essentially I baselined everything. By that I mean, for example, if someone posted and that post was deleted for what ever reason (such as posts in an old thread that was deleted as obsolete or such), it wasn't 'deducted' from the person's post count - Until now. Reputations (aka Karma) were also recalculated.

I've gotten several inqueries already this morning so I'm bumping this thread.

This issue has come up again, so for a reminder:

Karma numbers and 'Thanks' counts *should* have stayed the same.

All post counts went down because everyone had posts in purged threads and such. There is also the factor of posts in the Coffee Break forum. This was discussed last month, if I remember correctly. Posts in the Coffee Break and Joke forum do not count towards post count. But.... This has been set differently over the years. At one time posts in the Coffee Break forum did count. When numbers were recalculated, they were calculated on current 'rule sets'. Note that for moderators, posts in the moderator's forum don't 'count' either, but as with Coffee Break forum post count 'rule set', this has changed a couple of times over the years, so moderators may be more affected than everyone else.

This is all about my having done a deep database rebuild and recalculation of all the numbers. As you all know, I recently migrated the server. A lot of things changed as things like Apache, php, perl and MySQL are now running the latest stable versions. This has caused a few problems, most of which I have solved, but server stability has been improved significantly.

What I am relatively sure most of you don't know is that there is a significant vBulletin software upgrade (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249460) which is near release. When the official stable version 3.7 software is released I will be upgrading this server. The deep rebuild was to ensure the database is ready for the transition.

If any of you have any question(s), please don't hesitate to ask.

Since January, I seem to have received a number of thanks and associated 'Karma' as per my post header. The problem is my user CP does not give details of who has thanked me for what post.

Karma per say is immaterial but knowing who agrees with what post is as important as knowing who disagrees. The disagreement normally reaches you in a reply post. The agreement?

Since January, I seem to have received a number of thanks and associated 'Karma' as per my post header. The problem is my user CP does not give details of who has thanked me for what post.

Karma per say is immaterial but knowing who agrees with what post is as important as knowing who disagrees. The disagreement normally reaches you in a reply post. The agreement?

If you open your own user profile, there's a link on the left that says something like, "Find all thanked posts..." You can click on that see who's thanking you.

Since January, I seem to have received a number of thanks and associated 'Karma' as per my post header. The problem is my user CP does not give details of who has thanked me for what post.

Karma per say is immaterial but knowing who agrees with what post is as important as knowing who disagrees. The disagreement normally reaches you in a reply post. The agreement? If everyone will agree, I can 're-link' them and make it something like 1 Karma point for a thanks to make the 'Thanks' show up in the Karma list like they did before.

To me it's not a big deal one way or the other.

Your comments?

I would vote for visibility with or without Karma.

If you open your own user profile, there's a link on the left that says something like, "Find all thanked posts..." You can click on that see who's thanking you.

Under search the option 'find all thanked posts' is available. This gives all posts posted on the forum thanked by everybody. I am specifically interested in my posts that have been thaked by other covers.

Under search the option 'find all thanked posts' is available. This gives all posts posted on the forum thanked by everybody. I am specifically interested in my posts that have been thaked by other covers.

This gives all posts posted on the forum thanked by everybody

Click on the figure (in blue) and it will lead you to the list.

Click on the figure (in blue) and it will lead you to the list.

Sorry. I am blank. Which figure in blue are we talking about? I dont see any.

In your profile (http://elsmar.com/Forums/member.php?u=29432) page, look for the link that says Find all thanked posts by potdar (http://elsmar.com/Forums/post_thanks.php?do=findthanks&u=29432) , just below "Thanked xx times in yy posts".

In your profile (http://elsmar.com/Forums/member.php?u=29432) page, look for the link that says Find all thanked posts by potdar (http://elsmar.com/Forums/post_thanks.php?do=findthanks&u=29432) , just below "Thanked xx times in yy posts".

Whoops. Thanks! All this while I was looking in the Uer CP page and the Top Line Menu:o

Still Marc, like me I think most of the people would still be getting this info in the User CP page. Having it there is still desirable.

Your decision.

If everyone will agree, I can 're-link' them and make it something like 1 Karma point for a thanks to make the 'Thanks' show up in the Karma list like they did before.

To me it's not a big deal one way or the other.

Your comments?

Marc,

I like the way it used to be. If I receive thanks for an older post, I have no idea from whom unless I physically go through each of them.....

Stijloor.

Marc,

I like the way it used to be. If I receive thanks for an older post, I have no idea from whom unless I physically go through each of them.....

Stijloor.

Whoops. Thanks! All this while I was looking in the Uer CP page and the Top Line Menu:o

Still Marc, like me I think most of the people would still be getting this info in the User CP page. Having it there is still desirable.

Your decision.

I agree with both of you.

Why navigate through the maze of options,if the information can be made available at one touch.Personally,I am in agreement with Marc & Brad,that a show/no show of Karma is immaterial.But it is human nature to show a good work,and get appreciation in return .It motivates them further(8th of the 8-D),and believe me,majority here will be more satisfied with the earlier option of showing the Karma.In the wider interest of covers I will vote for its revival.

/Umang :cool:

I've noticed that actual post numbers doesn't reflect with their described posts under their name. ie under my name it describes 'shy poster 6 to 9' posts. But in the righthand corner it shows that I have made 11 or so posts. This seems to be common with many new members.

Is there a reason for this?

Cheers

It takes an hour or so for the cron to update the user title ater you pass the post threshold, which, by the way, you can change to anything you want.