New Meatgistics Features!

[Jonathon]

Hi guys, we rolled out som changes to Meatgistics yesterday. So, if you were running into 503 errors yesterday it was probably us doing that and not excessive load. First, we have taken out the list of waltonsinc.com categories at the top. At this point we think most everyone associates meatgistics with Walton’s and we wanted to use that for something else, so we removed it. The full list of categories from waltonsinc.com are still available, they are a drop-down menu on the Walton’s W Logo up near the home button.

We then added some preview panes for recent posts at the top to make it easier for people to see what is currently happening on the site. We played with it above the posts and below and both have their advantages so @Power-User and everyone else, let us know if this is something you like/don’t like at the top.

We also added the subscribe to category button back. So, if you click on a subcategory like Meat Processing (https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/category/6/meat-processing) you will see a subscribe button next to it. You can unsubscribe from categories you don’t want emails on and subscribe to one you do!

[Chef]

preview planes look good. all in all, the changes make sense

[Kmucker]

Jonathon for some reason I have not been getting emails related to the community since the first part of November. I have checked my trash and spam and they are not there either. Do you have any idea why they have stopped? I miss being part of the community.

[Tex_77]

Kmucker The daily emails were turned off because they were crashing the system.

[Jonathon]

Kmucker It was making it so we were down for 45 minutes every day and I just couldn’t have that. We will get them turned back on at some point!

[Austin]

Kmucker Jonathon Tex_77
I have something new to try on the emails. I have all the settings applied and I am going to have it run soon. Fingers crossed it works right…

[Austin]

Jonathon Kmucker Tex_77
Emails are attempting to be sent now.
It is slowing things way down, but I’m not seeing any 503 errors yet.
We’ll see how it ends…

[Tex_77]

Austin wow I was able to access the site while the emails are running, good work!

[Kmucker]

Tex_77 ok, thank you

[gus4416]

This is good I am finally getting the emails again I like being part of this

[Austin]

Jonathon Tex_77 Kmucker gus4416
It looks like things worked. I never had any 503 errors, but things got slow. We can probably work on the slowness a bit, but we are at least improving!

If anyone notices any issues aroun 1-2pm when Digest emails send, please respond here, or get a hold of Jonathon or myself.

[PapaSop]

Austin
All looks great! Like it.

[PapaSop]

Hadn’t checked out “maps” in awhile. Wow! Keeps growing!

[Austin]

PapaSop I wish we could convince more people to put a location on there. A lot are coming around to it though!

[craigrice]

speaking of maps I feel like an orphaned red headed step child in maine I know there is more than just me up here

[Jonathon]

craigrice Well you get the awesome consolation prize of living in one of the most beautiful places on earth. God I loved going to Maine!

[NDKoze]

When are we going to get the Wishlist option back, now that you have updated the site?

[gus4416]

I have never made a ham can I make it out of a boneless pork butt

[Tex_77]

Austin Had the 503 message tonight from 7:15 to about 7:55.

[Austin]

Tex_77 yeah, that’s me… got a little too crazy working on email stuff again. didn’t realize the problem was that long though. thanks for the info!