CMS Author David Himes Posted February 19, 2015 CMS Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Anyone know what's going on at Harmony Central? Word has it everyone there either quit or got the boot. Nobody seems to know what's going on, nobody knows any new contacts, nobody is replying. Is HC under new ownership? Is it folding? Alll I want to know is if my column ('The Gig Kahuna') will still have a home. Someone out there has to know something. Show me a sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 19, 2015 Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 Site is in Beta Testing Transition Phase 4.3. Or Season Six, Episode Nine, depending on how you like to count such things. Apparently there is still some attention being paid to the site by the ownership, so they must have some sort of future plan for it. But not sure if anyone really knows what those plans are at this point. Seems they are being tight-lipped about certain things, or maybe they just don't really know. They laid off everyone on the payroll who wasn't working In House, but someone In House must still be Your Boss. The attitude among the members is that the site will be here until it isn't. We're all hoping for the best but after 4 years of promises of a better future and seeing little more than a constant downward spiral (at least in forum participation), it is getting harder and harder to remain optimistic. The reports of GC's possible demise doesn't help to gender too much Good Feeling either. Don't talk about the site itself too much though. They'll delete your thread or move it the "Rants" section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members n9ne Posted February 19, 2015 Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 I don't know how long it's been going on...but for at least past couple weeks, the forums have been unreachable pretty much every morning until 7-8 AM Eastern time. The HC homepage still works, but the forums just time out. I assume they're implementing upgrades or doing some sort of daily maintenance....but it's unusual for the forums to be down entirely on such a consistent basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 19, 2015 Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nucleus claims it's a mystery. Big site goes off line daily to the hour and nobody knows why. You can read more in the Community voice section. You need to be logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author David Himes Posted February 20, 2015 Author CMS Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Site is in Beta Testing Transition Phase 4.3. Or Season Six, Episode Nine, depending on how you like to count such things. Apparently there is still some attention being paid to the site by the ownership, so they must have some sort of future plan for it. But not sure if anyone really knows what those plans are at this point. Seems they are being tight-lipped about certain things, or maybe they just don't really know. They laid off everyone on the payroll who wasn't working In House, but someone In House must still be Your Boss. The attitude among the members is that the site will be here until it isn't. We're all hoping for the best but after 4 years of promises of a better future and seeing little more than a constant downward spiral (at least in forum participation), it is getting harder and harder to remain optimistic. The reports of GC's possible demise doesn't help to gender too much Good Feeling either. Don't talk about the site itself too much though. They'll delete your thread or move it the "Rants" section. I'm not ranting. Like the other contributing writers, I don't see how it can be too much to ask for someone to at least let us know if we should start seeking a new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 20, 2015 Members Share Posted February 20, 2015 Although Dendy has gone I e mailed him and he replied quickly. He is still a mod on drum forum, or was last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 20, 2015 Members Share Posted February 20, 2015 GC is under uh, heavy scrutiny so it dun surprise me things went mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted February 20, 2015 Members Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'm not ranting. Like the other contributing writers, I don't see how it can be too much to ask for someone to at least let us know if we should start seeking a new home. I agree. Just letting you know that the Powers That Be have made it clear that they don't want any negative comments about the forum in the forum. They think WE'RE the reason there are no newbies hanging around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MickeyKeys Posted February 20, 2015 Members Share Posted February 20, 2015 We intend to discover them... Who are the prisoners, and who the warders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted February 22, 2015 Members Share Posted February 22, 2015 Move to "rants" in 3..2..1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 22, 2015 Members Share Posted February 22, 2015 Move to "rants" in 3..2..1.. no wait... Although Dendy has gone I e mailed him and he replied quickly. He is still a mod on drum forum' date=' or was last week.[/quote'] No. That's gone too. OK now. Move to "rants" in 3..2..1.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 I agree. Just letting you know that the Powers That Be have made it clear that they don't want any negative comments about the forum in the forum. They think WE'RE the reason there are no newbies hanging around... "The powers that be" destroyed this forum. It's soooooooooooo beyond repair it needs to just be obliterated and a fresh install of "whatever will work, giving basic functionality with little to no maintenance" versus "the flavor of the week" software/technology. This is not hard! If the history can be saved, great, save it in an archive, if it can't then screw it, nuke it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't think there's really anything to "fix" in the forums anymore. Everything works. Pages refresh quickly, posts go up quickly. If people want to talk I think this forum works just fine now. Not sure why everyone is holding such a grudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't think there's really anything to "fix" in the forums anymore. Everything works. Pages refresh quickly' date=' posts go up quickly. If people want to talk I think this forum works just fine now. Not sure why everyone is holding such a grudge.[/quote'] Sure, except for the two most important things a forum needs: 1 - You can't edit in the box you're typing in the majority of the time. If you try and go back into text you've typed, nearly always it pops the cursor to the end of your entry instead of where you put it. This means you have to copy what you've typed, paste it into an email or word processing program then paste it back here when you're done 2 - Alerting you when someone has posted a response to a thread you've participated in. Unless you are the originator of the thread you get no notice. This absolutely KILLS participation and is the nail in this dysfunctional coffin. You have to track yourself what threads you're participating in and manually check the forum for replies. This is "beyond words" ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hadn't noticed this. Tried both the Advanced editor and the Write Something box. Erases, rewrites just fine. What are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hadn't noticed this. Tried both the Advanced editor and the Write Something box. Erases' date=' rewrites just fine. What are you using?[/quote'] 2 different windows 8 PC's and 2 different macs. It's a well documented issue. The other work around is to submit your entry then go back in and edit. Usually this works. It's doing it right now as I type this. I went back and tried to change "windows 8" to "windows 8.1" and it wouldn't let me type the .1 where I wanted to. - I'm using Chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted February 23, 2015 Members Share Posted February 23, 2015 1 - You can't edit in the box you're typing in the majority of the time. If you try and go back into text you've typed, nearly always it pops the cursor to the end of your entry instead of where you put it. This means you have to copy what you've typed, paste it into an email or word processing program then paste it back here when you're done Oh yeah. You're right about that. That's been frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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