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How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:02 pm
by MVer
Hi Folks,

Maybe a daft question but how does one get the v6 beta to test, I've been happily testing version since 4.x but didn't see a link for this one ?

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:54 pm
by dexter
For some reason, you were not in the "Registered Users" group that gives you access to the beta forums. I just added you. You should now see the Registered Users Area and the forum for the beta discussion.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:12 pm
by MVer
Hi Dxter,

OK, many thanks, much appreciated...

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:24 am
by zim2323
I'm having the same problem.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:09 am
by dexter
I'm looking into a blanket fix for everyone with this problem. It is affecting 10% of registered users and I can't get a handle on exactly why.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:15 pm
by dexter
Ok, everyone who actually entered their newsbin key into their forum profile should have access to the registered users area of the forums now.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:06 am
by zim2323
dexter wrote:Ok, everyone who actually entered their newsbin key into their forum profile should have access to the registered users area of the forums now.


I looked but still don't see a registered users forum. Got a link?

I reconfirmed that my key is entered in my profile.

Thanks!

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:33 am
by dexter
I just tested your account and it does work. The forum is here.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:54 pm
by zim2323
dexter wrote:I just tested your account and it does work. The forum is here.


I get this error when I follow that link:

"You are not authorised to read this forum."

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:29 pm
by Scott3vil
zim2323 wrote:
dexter wrote:I just tested your account and it does work. The forum is here.


I get this error when I follow that link:

"You are not authorised to read this forum."


Same for me as well.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:30 pm
by dexter
Everything looks fine here. Did you log out and back in? That might be required to reset permissions.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:11 pm
by Parsifal25
I have the same problem. I can't view the group :(

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:18 pm
by richy99
doesnt look like you have entered your key into the forum

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:30 pm
by dexter
Parsifal25 wrote:I have the same problem. I can't view the group :(


You have to enter your Newsbin key in your forum profile to gain access to the registered users section of the forums.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:03 am
by Parsifal25
I tried to enter my key, but it seems as if it´s not accepted. It´s a V4 key.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:30 am
by itimpi
Keys are the same for v4. v5 and v6 so that is surprising?

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:16 am
by dexter
Parsifal25 wrote:I tried to enter my key, but it seems as if it´s not accepted. It´s a V4 key.


Are you including the dashes? It's best to copy and paste it from either our original email or from Newsbin's Help/About screen.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:31 am
by Parsifal25
I tried both with and without dashes. Without dashes my key is not accepted but with dashes it seems to be accepted. However the field is cleared the next time I enter the configuration page. The key is copied from the "about" info page.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:44 am
by dexter
Parsifal25 wrote:I tried both with and without dashes. Without dashes my key is not accepted but with dashes it seems to be accepted. However the field is cleared the next time I enter the configuration page. The key is copied from the "about" info page.


Your key is in use by another forum account you had created. I should pop up an error message when this happens. Thought it was. I'll PM you to resolve your specific issue.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:02 am
by td911
I'm in the same boat.
Entered my key went to USERGROUPS on my CONTROL PANEL and it will not let me select REGISTERED USERS group.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:36 am
by dexter
Did you just enter your key recently? I fixed everyone who had already entered their keys.

I have added you to the registered users group, you should have access now.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:14 am
by 5aboy
Hi,

I am not on the registered users list, but have a registered version of v5 - can i be put on the list so i can try v6

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:36 am
by dexter
Done. Looks like something is still wrong if so many people are still having problems.

5aboy and td911, at what point did you enter your key in your forum profile? Was it at the same time you signed up for the forums or after you had your login and then came back later to fill it in your profile? Did you get any errors when you entered your key into your profile? Did anything otherwise strange happen?

I've tested with entering a key with a new account and it worked for me. I'm wondering what I'm missing.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:53 am
by daguenet
dexter wrote:Done. Looks like something is still wrong if so many people are still having problems.

5aboy and td911, at what point did you enter your key in your forum profile? Was it at the same time you signed up for the forums or after you had your login and then came back later to fill it in your profile? Did you get any errors when you entered your key into your profile? Did anything otherwise strange happen?

I've tested with entering a key with a new account and it worked for me. I'm wondering what I'm missing.



When I signed up for the forum I entered my registration key and there are many forums that I can not view as of now. I just thought you had to sign up for each individually and I'm to lazy to do it. :wink:

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:57 am
by richy99
which ones cant you view?

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:21 am
by daguenet
richy99 wrote:which ones cant you view?


I checked and I can get to all of them now, I did not try to view may of the topics in the forums just got to the topic list. There was a topic on this forum where someone listed a discussion on a different forum that when I clicked on the link it said I had to be a registered user to view it. It did not mean enough to me at the time to care about it.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:41 am
by dexter
Yours must've gotten fixed with the blanket fix I applied last week.

I'm more concerned about people still reporting the issue after I performed the fix.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:52 pm
by Scott3vil
dexter wrote:Yours must've gotten fixed with the blanket fix I applied last week.

I'm more concerned about people still reporting the issue after I performed the fix.


I added my key to the profile after i had verified the email and returned to the user panel.I still dont have access to that link displayed at the beginning of this topic

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:43 pm
by dexter
Now you do. I must've broken something. I'll add it to my list of things to do.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:47 pm
by Magoo
zim2323 wrote:
dexter wrote:I just tested your account and it does work. The forum is Links not allowed for unregistered users.


I get this error when I follow that link:

"You are not authorised to read this forum."



Same Problem here Image link not allowed for unregistered users

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:43 pm
by dexter
Nope, your problem is different. Your key is in use by another account you had created.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:10 pm
by pipboy_3000
Hi,

I am also not able to view the forums for registered users. I have verified that my key has been entered under my profile and the user group shows registered.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:23 pm
by dexter
pipboy_3000 wrote:Hi,

I am also not able to view the forums for registered users. I have verified that my key has been entered under my profile and the user group shows registered.


Fixed.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:23 pm
by pixman
I'm having the same problem - not showing me as registered, but I have enteed he key.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:35 pm
by dexter
Fixed. Something seems to be broken but I haven't been able to recreate it yet. It's fairly high on my list of things to do now.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:29 pm
by SCSI
Just registered in the forum although I've been using Newsbin for many years now. Running v6b4 now but I am not seeing the "Registered Users Only" area.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:07 pm
by dexter
SCSI wrote:Just registered in the forum although I've been using Newsbin for many years now. Running v6b4 now but I am not seeing the "Registered Users Only" area.


Fixed

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:11 am
by EnerX
Hello,

I am having the same problem "You are not authorised to read this forum".

Thank you for your help!

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:58 am
by ilkar
Hello
I registered and added my key and it shows me as a registered user but i cannot see the registered section either.

Thanks for looking into it.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:43 am
by dexter
Fixed you both. Will look into a permanent fix this week.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:10 pm
by cabbage
Hiya, another one... registered and added my key and it shows me as a registered user but i cannot see the registered section either.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:09 am
by dexter
Fixed

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:19 am
by lonelon2000
I'm having the same problem also, I just got around to entering in my V4 reg key today, and was hoping to get access to the hotness that is V6. Yes, I did see the YouTube clips :D :D :D I am unable to access the registered users forum.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:30 am
by dexter
You guys know you don't have to have access to the Registered Users area to download the beta. There is a link on the main site to the beta page. We encourage discussion and bug reports for the Newsbin Beta in the Registered Users area but you don't need access to try the beta out.

lonelon2000: I fixed your account.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:39 am
by lonelon2000
Thanks!!!

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:02 am
by andywil
Hello,

I am having the same problem "You are not authorised to read this forum".

Thank you for your help!

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:55 am
by dexter
Fixed

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:15 pm
by andywil
hi there i still cant access that part of the forum could you please fix this for me thanks in advance for all your help

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:23 pm
by dexter
Everything looks fine on this end. Try logging out and back in.

Re: How to get the v6 beta please

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:49 am
by slamdunk
Same problem here - pasted in my reg key to the profile section and it dissappears after entering

Jerry