Hi,

Getting there on the beta. Currently setting up the forums and starting to accumulate a mailing list of those who have expressed interest.

To see the Beta Forums for a book (here) you need to join the ITN Beta Demon Group via a link

There was an old bug in this system where the overall site and the forum weren't syncing group/role memberships properly.

Consequently, when you clicked on the link to join the Beta Demon, it took a while for the forums to sign up. Not sure how I fixed that before, I think I said, "wait 24 hours' to see it due to a scheduling thing.

However, I now think its a weird cookie thing.

If you click on the link (while logged in) then logout and back in, with a new browser window, the content shows up.

So here's the link, try it out, you'll be ahead of the game as I iron out the kinks, get Betabooks ready etc.

Beta Demon me Into The Night

Then either wait a day to see it, or logout/close your brower/restart/login and you should see the forums.

Not much to see, yet, but...slowly but slowly

T-A-G

Hmm

I don't see you in either the site group or the forum group (they are two things that are supposed to sync up)

When you click on the link below, while signed in, it puts you in the "site" group which at some point syncs with the forum (hence the browser fiddling)

This is the "Beta Demon me Into The Night" link below
https://astlan.world/Default.aspx?rsvp=Empire&portalid=9

So I tried another pure test user that had no real memberships.

Clicking the link, logging out, closing out and then back in and I was able to see it.

Going to narrow it down some more.

But for whatever reason, I think you didn't get the link clicked quite right because you weren't in the main site group.

Hold down Shift and click on the reload button for the main forum page whilst logged in. This will clear the cache and force it to load a new copy which includes the proper links.

What browser are you using? PC or Mac, I can test on a Mac, really should.

I still don't see you in the Site Group either so whatever is logging you out is causing the core problem.

I had really hoped to be gone from this ancient rickety site well before any beta, but it came down to "write" or "screw with website" and I chose "write"

I see the process worked for Lume, the forum shows ITN Beta Demons as a group.

At the end of the day, I can just check a box for you to force it. I am just trying to 'debug' the thing before a wide announcement.

T-A-G

Yeah, clicking the link just logs me out. I'm on a mac and on chrome. Logging back in and clicking on it again, makes me not log out again. But then I only see the homepage, and not any additional download or forum access.

edit: Nvm, after doing it multiple times. The beta tab of the forums finally popped up.

Edited by user Sunday, August 22, 2021 12:48:17 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I used the microsoft edge explorer. On my second try it worked. Guess it could be a google chrome thing.

the links send me to the "Oak Orks of the Antilles" side (description of the book), is that correct?

the "Beta Demons Only" area is the new part?

Lodrik, yours was a bit iffy, there are two of you with different emails but both from the same country, so guessing both you, Lodrik and Lodrik0, but I think I have the correct you added to the correct groups.

You should be able to see the OOA: Into the Night Beta forum now.