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Sorry about support delays

Some of our customers now have to face a delayed support service. We apologize for the waiting. Half of our technical staff is now on vacation and those in the office are doing their best to keep up with the load.

We are already recalling some of the techs from vacation early and will fully restore proper response time by the end of next week. We do understand that delays may be unacceptable for some, so we try to address most urgent inquiries first.

In short... again, sorry about delays, and if you can/would wait - thank you.

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johnnyh
i bought this last friday - your marketing guy finally sorted out my license today but I STILL HAVE NO SOFTWARE - I only have the free version and no link to the ad-free version - am getting really pissed off with this. Take a look at your automation/scripts guys. The link in my purchase history just goes to a 404 error. ARGGHHHHHHH!!!
sammie
you cant click products/downloads and download it yourself? you want a link sent to you?

what a moron
johnnyh
Why did you call me a moron? I bought this on Friday - it took the team at Boonex until today to get me a license and then when I entered the code into my install for Dolphin it still has ads - after some research i found that some people are saying that you have to get a different, full version before entering your code. so don't you think that you should retract that comment as I've been thru the mill just trying to get the thing to work and do not appreciate comments like that.
sammie
let me guess, you downloaded the free version from the same page as the ad free version, and you blame boonex because of your poor eye sight in not noticing that you already had the link to the download for the ad free version.
you downloaded the free version from the very same page.
you were to inept to work out you ad free link and bitched about it. and admit you tried to enter the ad free licenses into the free version what do i have to retract?

boonex posted an apology, you ranted on about see more how inept you were when they already admitted things are delayed due to holidays.
LyubovL
Hi johnnyh!

I'm that "guy" who replied you from marketing@boonex.com. The software should be downloaded at boonex.com/products/dolphin/download, note please, you need to download the free package there and once again, sorry that your license hasn't been generated right after the payment but you know, in most cases this happens due to connection errors or some people do not come back to BoonEx site when payment is completed.

Regards, Lyubov L.
Matth1
I don't think it's a problem of this period. I bought the licence in Juni. I contacted support for a problem which i wanted to solve (changing a code for the poll).
AFTER 3 WEEKS (!!!) the support replied me saying: "to solve your problem, install Firebug to see where your problem is. And change the code". And this was all!!!
Really unbelivable.
Joomla, I think, it's the best: free and really good supported.
LyubovL
Oops, sorry, but I was reported that your requests have been replied the same day in June. You wrote us on June 27 and has been replied the same day. Our support specialist has worked with you regularly and all the requests have been replied in time. There is a delay with the last one, on July :(
johnnyh
Thats fine but after entering the license I still see ads on my site
johnnyh
i have the Free version already installed - I added the license code to the advanced settings section yet still I have ads. Is there any sure way to just register this product - seems a bit scrappy to me that even though I have bought and entered the code I still have ads. Do you know why the license page does not show my domain name?
johnnyh
OK after reading the comment from sammie - screw it - I'll just pursue a refund.
DosDawg
there is no refund, it is stated when you make the purchase. there is no refund. good luck with it though.

later,
DosDawg
rrd257r
johnny h,

Despite the fact that the End User Agreement may state that there are no refunds, I'd thoroughly encourage you to pursue one anyway. They publicly posted a blog about how inept their support service is. I'd imagine, with all that said, that the law would side with as long as you're a US citizen. Good luck.
nuccca
"johnny" if you cannot be paitent enough to wait for a support response, what makes you think you can be patient enough to run/manage/create a Dolphin community?

Sounds like your just another get-rich-quick myspace webmaster.
JstAgame
"johnny" if you cannot be paitent enough to wait for a support response, what makes you think you can be patient enough to run/manage/create a Dolphin community?

Sounds like your just another get-rich-quick myspace webmaster.



nuccca,thats not the point he paid for the license he has a right to ask for help or refund his money if he thinks his support not good enough.I understand they are short of staff but he had been wait for 7 days without any answer untile 6 hrs ago.Nuccca see more have you read forum about the poor support for the licenses buyer had to deal with? it takes them three week or more to get the responded.About the get rich quck myspace webmaster trust me you will never get rich using this Dolphin community unless your Tom Anderson,which is you look like him.
sammie
JstAgame
he has only been a member for 3 days, thats Tuesday not 7 days ago, but 3 days ago. so how can you neg rep a respected member without checking your facts?

you can not call yourself a webmaster because you can copy n paste a myspace background to your profile. and trust me, lots of people here, think thats all they need to know to use dolphin.

i think you owe nuccca an apology frankly
sammie
johnnyh
what licenses did you buy last friday? you have only been a member since Tuesday.

let me try and explain once again, you say you have the free version installed. (that is the ad supported version) you have adfree licenses that you cant understand why you still get the ads showing, because you need to install the adfree version to use the adfree licenses.

after you do this, clear your browser cache as it will still hold the old files for the free version and the licenses for that. so see more will still display the ads.

you claim to be:
software developer
a programmer
no shit? another one that claims this and lies about shit.
JstAgame
i think you owe nuccca an apology frankly

Sammie,have you read some of your post of this forum?have you apologize to those people you called them so call programmer? or they cant followed their instructions, Anyway who cares if they only be a members for 1 days or 3 days they came to for help.After you done apolgoize to them let me know ill start.
sammie
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DosDawg
oops, whatcha think about all that now?

later,
DosDawg
amistaddotcom
I do not think it was a good idea to start a "Sorry about support delays" blog ... or maybe it was ...

I run Amistad.com (friendship.com in spanish) and I have to say that I gave up on Boonex support a while ago. It is sometimes there... most of the time not there. If I had a single word to describe Boonex support I would say it is "Bursty"... once in a while you get a burst of support then it goes away.

Needless to say, I am now using third-party paid support. And see more "yes" ... I bought the $999 all inclusive package .. I believe it was a mistake now.

The upgrade that Boonex did from 6.0 to 6.1 broke 1/2 of my site. I am still recovering from that mess. Seems like Boonex is more interested in adding new features instead of fixing problems and making this thing more stable.

Perhaps Johnnyh is not the most patient person out there, but I feel his pain. I been there Pal !!

One bug that is driving me nuts is the inefficient way Dolphin looks up friends in MySQL. Take a look ... it takes at least 35 secs to display this profile with 83 friends: www.amistad.com/cafealmediodia .. or the friends look up at http://www.amistad.com/viewFriends.php?iUser=66021 ... what do I get from support? "You have too many pictures, music and photos" .... well.. that is NOT IT !! Took me a while to figure it out but the culprit is an inefficient left join in a SQL query:

$friend_list_query = "SELECT `Profiles`.* FROM `FriendList` LEFT JOIN `Profiles` ON (`Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`Profile` AND `FriendList`.`ID` = '$id' OR `Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`ID` AND `FriendList`.`Profile` = '$id') WHERE (`FriendList`.`Profile` = '$id' OR `FriendList`.`ID` = '$id') AND `FriendList`.`Check` = '1' ORDER BY `Profiles`.`Picture` DESC LIMIT 12";

It is located in inc/profiles.inc.php, function ShowFriendList( $id, $aMutualFriends = 0 )

Maybe you can fix this before version 6.2 ?????

The server ... an 8 core (dual 4-core) Xeon dedicated server with 4 gigs of ram. Should be enough for this application .. right?

And think about it ... Cafe al Mediodia has around 9000 friends in MySpace ( www.myspace.com/cafealmediodia ) ... There is no way I could get close to that using Dolphin... it would take a week to get the profile up in the browser !!!!

Ahh... I feel better already.
bizshrink
"You have too many pictures, music and photos"

What kind of social networking platform are you able to run if you CAN'T have a ton of pictures, music and photos?!?? These guys blow. Every entry I read brings back the horrible memories of working with them earlier this year. It was a literal nightmare. I eventually gave up on them. They suck that bad. It was like a wave of apathy showed me the light. And when I moved on, it was like leaving a bad marriage or an abusive girlfriend. So see more liberating.
amistaddotcom
I do not think it was a good idea to start a "Sorry about support delays" blog ... or maybe it was ...

I run Amistad.com (friendship.com in spanish) and I have to say that I gave up on Boonex support a while ago. It is sometimes there... most of the time not there. If I had a single word to describe Boonex support I would say it is "Bursty"... once in a while you get a burst of support then it goes away.

Needless to say, I am now using third-party paid support. And see more "yes" ... I bought the $999 all inclusive package .. I believe it was a mistake now.

The upgrade that Boonex did from 6.0 to 6.1 broke 1/2 of my site. I am still recovering from that mess. Seems like Boonex is more interested in adding new features instead of fixing problems and making this thing more stable.

Perhaps Johnnyh is not the most patient person out there, but I feel his pain. I been there Pal !!

One bug that is driving me nuts is the inefficient way Dolphin looks up friends in MySQL. Take a look ... it takes at least 35 secs to display this profile with 83 friends: www.amistad.com/cafealmediodia .. or the friends look up at http://www.amistad.com/viewFriends.php?iUser=66021 ... what do I get from support? "You have too many pictures, music and photos" .... well.. that is NOT IT !! Took me a while to figure it out but the culprit is an inefficient left join in a SQL query:

$friend_list_query = "SELECT `Profiles`.* FROM `FriendList` LEFT JOIN `Profiles` ON (`Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`Profile` AND `FriendList`.`ID` = '$id' OR `Profiles`.`ID` = `FriendList`.`ID` AND `FriendList`.`Profile` = '$id') WHERE (`FriendList`.`Profile` = '$id' OR `FriendList`.`ID` = '$id') AND `FriendList`.`Check` = '1' ORDER BY `Profiles`.`Picture` DESC LIMIT 12";

It is located in inc/profiles.inc.php, function ShowFriendList( $id, $aMutualFriends = 0 )

Maybe you can fix this before version 6.2 ?????

The server ... an 8 core (dual 4-core) Xeon dedicated server with 4 gigs of ram. Should be enough for this application .. right?

And think about it ... Cafe al Mediodia has around 9000 friends in MySpace ( www.myspace.com/cafealmediodia ) ... There is no way I could get close to that using Dolphin... it would take a week to get the profile up in the browser !!!!

Ahh... I feel better already.

If you care to reply... richarddib (at) Mac . com
goodguyndfw
This brings up an interesting thought about the scalability of Dolphin in general. Before purchasing I asked this question and was told it would handle thousands although I never really got an example site. It seems like someone (can't remember if it was Boonex sales) said Penthouse was using it. Now that could be another package I was reviewing before I purchased SmartPro. One would think that a site like that would have a rather large membership following.

For all the seasoned Dolphin site see more users, can someone tell me the average number of members you may have at any given time? 100, 1000, 10k? And can I take a look at your site?
Matth1
Hi, totally agree with SQL friends problem.
I hope they can fix it!

Bye!
johnnyh
I bought the software on Friday there was a glitch or something - I can prove it my bloody paypal receipt says so - I have also installed both copies of the software available on the download page and both give me ads. Please do not be rude - I have been writing software for about 20 years and know what I'm doing - there ARE some usability faults with these processes.
johnnyh
You got to ask yourself Sammie - do you think it helps by being so rude - what if your wrong, what if I have been a programmer for 20 years? The fact is this - you pay for something you expect to get something that is fit for purpose - so far, Dolphin has not fulfilled that brief.
johnnyh
I guess 1 useful thing to come from all this ranting and rudeness is the identification of a usability problem with one or more processes. The main being the purchasing process. The process should follow on from a successful transaction with a page that tells the consumer exactly what to do next - a link to the software that is most relevant to the transaction and the license. Given that we now expect instant results in a digital world, most of the above should be instant. There is no reason as to see more why the license generation and contextual software links should not be instant unless there are problems database side.

Perhaps a suggestion might be that Boonex conduct controlled testing with their processes to identify these little hiccups in the system. As it is - it's a great set of products and it seems that most of the questions in support are there needlessly as most of them could be removed through effective usability study.
johnnyh
am doing a detailed and documented step by step re-install for the benefit of all.
johnnyh
Installation of Dolphin – test conducted by Unity user johnnyh using:

Hardware
Mac Pro Quad core (4x2.66Ghz cores)
2GB memory

Software:
Os - OS X 10.4.11(Tiger)
FTP – SecureFTP
Host – Dreamhost.com
MySQL – V5
PHP – V5
Openoffice.org (notes)

Network:
8mb ADSL connection via x2 bridged Airport extreme base stations
8mb>
2mb<

License type:
Dolphin Unlimited - $99 Australian Dollars

Process steps:

1.Check MySQL setup
2.Opened FTP connection to domain
3.downloaded see more - Dolphin 6.1 + Free Ray 3.5 + Orca 2.0 (10 Mb) as per support email instructions. (Lyubov L.)
4.Unzipped file (unzipped files are:25.2MB or 20,381,239 bytes on disk)
5.Begin upload of files to site
6.completed upload
7.follow installation procedure
8.change file permissions
9.go to domain
10.login as admin
11.no request for license so far
12.go to [settings>advanced settings>]
13.enter license
14.save changes
15.logout
16.still ads on the page
17.log back in
18.license is still present but so are the ads
19.what am I doing wrong?
dolphindeveloper
hi johnnyh,

Just a thought, but your step #3 says that you are using the free version. Unless it's changed, you need to use the ad-free version of Dolphin and then your licenses should work.

If you want the Orca links out you need to buy a license for that too.
johnnyh
Hi dolphindeveloper

I was told to use that version by the Boonex support. I have looked on the download page and cannot see an ad-free dolphin version.
Synergy
Hello johnnyh,

You download SmartPro Ad-Free from your Unity account.

1.) Sign into http://www.boonex.com/unity/
2.) Click SmartPro.
3.) You will see the Ad-Free downloads.
gameutopia
You will still see the ray, orca, icons on the footer after entering your license. What will go away or should go away is the boonex links above them. The icons in the footer will remain for orca and ray as you do not have them licensed...so the icons/images for ray and orca will exist. The dolphin one should be gone and the boonex links above them.


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should be gone as well as the dolphin icon see more if you entered your licensing and it took it correctly
If you so desire to register orca and ray then these icons will also go away.

You can check my site which is 100% Ads, all dolphin ray and orca links and logos exist to compare to what you see.

Basically you paid for dolphin removal only not ray or orca.

Otherwise post your site so we can check it and verify it as well.
gameutopia
gameutopia
Sorry the timer ran out. But you should then register the free orca license and free ray licenses for your site and enter them. This should make the ray icon go away even with the free bee. As far as I know of only 1 ray needs to be registered. Orca I can't say for sure I really haven't messed with the licensing on it much.
johnnyh
my site is www.iamthedude.com - dunno if it's ad free or not but I still see references to Boonex on there.
johnnyh
OK am now seeing an ad-free version of Dolphin on your site for download - this is very confusing as the version I installed as instructed was the Dolphin 6.1 + Free Ray 3.5 + Orca 2.0. I'll try that version. Cheers
sammie
i did say way up there, first and second post to down load the adfree version.
1st post where to find it,
2nd post what version to download.
for a programmer, you dont seem to read instructions very well
amistaddotcom
I think he is frustrated. When you are frustrated you don't think well. It happens to most of us, including me.

Johnnyh is still here so he has not given up. I give him credit for that. Let's try to welcome him. We all have our bad moments :-)
johnnyh
Have you read this comment - you did not mention smartpro anywhere in your posts. So please check your posts/instructions. Cheers

Hello johnnyh,

You download SmartPro Ad-Free from your Unity account.

1.) Sign into http://www.boonex.com/unity/
2.) Click SmartPro.
3.) You will see the Ad-Free downloads.
 
 
 
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