Welcome to the NEW Dreamsville Forum!

Nov 18, 2019

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How does one embed YouTube videos within the body of the post, the way Tourist does, rather than just a URL the way I do?

Nov 18, 2019

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So glad my ISP increased the speed a few weeks back. Absolutely no problems viewing Dreamsville now. :)

May 17, 2019

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The chat function only works when you’re logged in. So if your password isn’t working, then you won’t see the chat function.

May 17, 2019

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Password’s working, all logged in and all that ... but no chat function on the old pasokon. It’s just one of those mysterious things. I’m sure it’ll reappear again sometime. Have not chatted all that much anyway. It’s just strange when something like that vanishes.

May 16, 2019

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Can’t log in on my computer. Doesn’t recognise any passwords no matter what I choose nor how long I wait after I’ve created a new password when I try to access via computer. No chat function on computer ever since I started using WiX on my phone. Am able to stay logged in on iPhone via WiX app and use the chat function via WiX but I cannot add text to accompany photographs I post via WiX nor is there an add-captions function on WiX.

wadcorp

May 10, 2019

There in the upper left hand corner of the page, is an alert from Safari that has been popping up on a regular basis. Using OS 12.6 on a MacBook Pro 15-in.

May 06, 2019

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*waves* https://youtu.be/ZzSGWmz-CAE

Felix T 1

May 01, 2019

Hello everyone.

Been a while...…

This is my first visit to the new forum and first visit to Dreamsville, itself, for quite some time. I hope all the usual suspects are present and correct.

So, have I missed anything in the passed year...…? :)

Ps. Good job on the new forum - I guess once we've all got used to it ;)

mondojohnny

May 01, 2019

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Good to see you man! Hope things are going well. Make sure you check out the new shirts and hooded sweatshirts!

I've already been laying not so subtle hints about wanting one with H.

Felix T 1

May 01, 2019

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@mondojohnny Johnny! So very good to hear from you :)

sauropod

May 02, 2019

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*waves*

Apr 29, 2019

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Everything is running so smoothly this morning! Whatever you've done, thank you very much for it. :)

Robbot

Apr 26, 2019

I have successfully interwebbed over to the new forum.

Apr 23, 2019

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Only seem to be "allowed" to log in at the Journal section.

Mar 28, 2019

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I should point out that billnelson.com, itself, the front page, the interface, is not problematic. The problems start when clicking over to Forum and Journal.

David

Apr 07, 2019

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Having a few problems with the forum loading, image alignment etc. Tried different browsers etc. I'll persevere.

Mar 28, 2019

I should add that the journal loaded very quickly just now (but didn't load at all yesterday) so it's not a consistent problem...

Mar 28, 2019

Maybe a clue - yesterday while waiting for the forum to load (it never loaded) I noticed a brief but repeated message in the lower left corner that said 'Waiting for forum.wixapp.net'. It comes and goes so fast that I had to stare at the spot on the screen for several flashes to finally see everything it said. Hope this helps, Jim

Westdeep

Mar 28, 2019

Hi Jon,

Sorry about this but...the forum and journal are painfully slow on PC, iPhone and iPad. I regularly use 3 different PC's using different browsers. It is slow on all. It is so slow that I've virtually given up looking at the forum - something I used to do regularly. You click on something and nothing happens for what seems an eternity. Sometimes, nothing happens at all. I'm never sure whether a click has worked and it is beyond frustrating. I'm sorry to be so negative as I know a lot of hard work has gone into it. It's a real shame as I really like the look/layout. Dreamsville is the only website I have problems with. I sincerely hope this issue can be resolved. Perhaps the problem lies with the hosting?

Steve

Mar 28, 2019

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Thanks for the feedback. The journal and forum run slightly differently from the Dreamsville website as a whole, as they are an additional embedded software programs. These could potentially be replaced if necessary (if there is a better, free to use, alternative that can be found). But the main Dreamsville website is here to stay due to the gazillion hours that has been devoted to it by the team so far. I am still a little perplexed as to why there are no particular loading issues when I personally access the website, forum or journal? If it works as it should on my iPhone and computer, using either Chrome or Safari browsers, then surely this points to the individuals’(admittedly a lot of individuals’) system and set-up. Nobody has commented on whether clearing a computer’s cache has made any difference? I’m replying to this message on my iPhone using the Wix App and on 4G and it loads in an instant. All very confusing and an issue that I would really like to get to the bottom of! 🤔🤦🏻‍♂️

wadcorp

Mar 27, 2019

I have it slow for me as well. On a MacBook Pro, running 10.12.6 & using Safari.

Forum & Journal both take a noticeable time to load. I get the occasional alert that the website is using significant power. Not getting that on any other website.

Mar 27, 2019

For me, any access to the site is slow. It is the only slow site I frequent so don't see how it can be my computer/internet speed. This has been the case since before the new forum was added so I don't think it's forum related. It doesn't impede me from frequenting the site as I'm pretty much used to it but thought I'd mention it since Alec found a fix for firefox (say that fast 10 times)... No worries, Jim

Mar 25, 2019

Has anyone come across a Chrome fix for the slow performance similar to what Alec posted on Firefox above? This is by far my slowest web site and really the only one that I would call slow. Thanks, Jim

Mar 27, 2019

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@Alec is it just the 'forum' and 'journal' that is problematic, or the Dreamsville website as a whole?

Have you tried emptying the 'cache' of your computer - this can get very full after a while and can use a lot of your computer's RAM looking for pages which have been superseded.

If you are accessing the forum & journal a lot from a mobile phone - I highly recommend using the Wix App.

Mar 27, 2019

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@Jon yes both Forum and Journal are problematic but run smoothly after I select the "Stop It" box as opposed to the "Wait" box from the warning "A website is slowing down your browser. What would you like to do?"

Will try the Wix app on the old iPhone. Thanks for the tip.

Wix reminds me of someone, a keyboard player who has played/performed with both John Foxx and Paul McCartney so I'm assuming everyone else between those two extremes or am I thinking of someone else?

mondojohnny

Mar 27, 2019

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@Jon it could be my device or set up Jon. It's so hard to isolate with tech. I'm on android 8 and I use chrome. Wish I was more help.

It works ok on my work computer which is windows 10 with chrome browser. I'd send my Dxdiag but not sure it would help here as it sounds like a software compatibility thing?

TheMikeN

Mar 24, 2019

Hey, someone just had the ten thousandth view of the William's World forum! There should be a prize or something...

Mar 18, 2019

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Solved my silly problem of 'A website is slowing down your browser. Stop it or wait?' I'm on Firefox for my web browser and I've changed from block trackers only in private windows to block all trackers, thanks to the information provided in this forum ...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1241649

... and so now, since making that adjustment in settings, this website is now as fast as it should be.

Mar 24, 2019

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@Jon funnily enough, the same problem occurred again earlier but went away again more recently ... and so maybe it is a time-of-day thing. Is it time for me to move on to Chrome? I've been avoiding Chrome for a now long-forgotten reason as to why. What browser do you use?

Mar 24, 2019

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I use Safari...I’m an Apple man for my sins. I have tried Chrome, whilst I quite like a lot of Chrome’s features, the one thing I DON’T like is the fact that they change the format of any images, so you can’t click on an album cover for example, to add it to your music library. 🤪