With any change, there is a chance for issues. After we upgrade later today, feel free to post issues here in Feedback or to Email me.
Brad!
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With any change, there is a chance for issues. After we upgrade later today, feel free to post issues here in Feedback or to Email me.
Brad!
The upgrade has occurred and the search features are currently being reindexed. If you notice any issues, let us know here. Thanks for everyone's help in making this a smooth transition so far.
In the next few days we will post some additional information on the new features within the forums.
Brad!
Seems to have gone pretty smooth. Nothing seems to be messed up, but only time will tell for sure. Good work everyone :wave:
1) Right now, it only seems to be cosmetic issues, in that the envelope icons have changed, buttons and hyperlinks seem bigger than before...
2) Also, the "Acceptable Use Policy" link at the bottom of the page is in Times New Roman. Couldn't you make that the same font as the rest of the links?
3) The "Post Icons" appear below this textarea when replying or creating a new therad. Now, a lot of us have a habit of finishing the reply and then pressing tab to move to "submit reply" or "preview post". Is there a way to make the Post Icons appear above the textarea, or is this a new default?
Sup with the Titles?
"Registered User"
& some people have retained their custom title, whilst others have not :o
Can we get the "good old" letter icons back, they're much clearer than the new ones. I'm on other forum which recently upgraded to v3 and I still don't recognise the icons well... I think they went backwards with them.
Of course one solution would be to make custom icons that resemble the old icons, except that they'd look much neater :)
yeah..me too..
"Registered User"
Please check the invisible mode, it seems it is not working.
I also feel confused with the new icons as well... And I also would like if you could solve the old problem we had with the comments in the VBCode tags when you implement them, some coffee would be nice, and cookies, a gamecube, a new laptop... Oops, sorry... I got carried away with the season's spirit :p
The invisible mode is working, you do get to see yourself with a * next to the username.
Brad, dynamic images are not displaying.
Seems like even more of the top of the screen is being used. I couldn't see ANY posts using my laptop. Now, even the Reply testbox has to be scrolled to. Also, it seems that the font is bigger. I changed my text size to SMALLER, but it didn't help. Maybe its different on a regular monitor, I don't know. My screen is 1024x768.
Where have the vbcode tags gone?
Also, will the new version have better support for VB Keywords?
what about the themes, are they enabled somewhere?
You can still press tab and then the "cursour" will move to the No Icon radio button, and you can press enter on that one, and you will posts....;)...I did that a few times when I was new to vB3, and I found out that it actualy worked.Quote:
Originally Posted by mendhak
And I have to echo all the posts about the icons for new posts. I must admitt that I am not sure what icon is the right for when I have posted in a thread or not, even if I have used this version for a long time...and they are so BIG too.
Ohhhh and it looks like the indexing isn't finished is it? Because if I search for NoteMe, then I get ZERO,ZIP,NILL,Nothing, and i used to get about 3155 hits. So if it is finished, then it is wrong, if it isn't then I am just posting ZERO,ZIP,NILL,Nothing..:)
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Other cosmethic things. The posts should be outlined with a px thin black line, and the post reply button, should not be giving a huggto the post on the bottom.
If you don't see what I mean...take a look at this:
http://chitchatforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1971
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Originally Posted by NoteMe
Try getting to Preview Post like that. :)
will we be able to change the styles?Quote:
Originally Posted by brad jones
Will we be getting one of those really neat reply boxes, which works like a word processror. Allowing you to format your posts just by clicking on the buttons and to see the formatting before you reply?
It would also be nice to have a border around individual posts in a thread. They are just disappearing into cyberspace at the moment. Other than that, it looks good. :thumb:
The link colors are a little loud =/Quote:
Originally Posted by visualAd
In Threaded display mode, when you click in the listbox to nav to a new post, it sends you to the top of that page and you have to scroll down to read it. Just a small annoyance.
I noticed this while using IE 6
Is it just me or does the last post of each thread look like it's been clipped?
I keep thinking there should be more and the browser hasn't render the page properly.
The "Number of Posts to Show Per Page" option in the User CP has a maximum of 50 - in the 'old days' it was 100.
Is it possible to increases the new limit?
The maximum is now "Show posts per page" :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slaine
Is it possible to get the fast reply feature too? or is that a feature of the other software?
found a bug i think
i added 6 "g"'s infront of the quote tag at the top and it worked :eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pino
hmm silly me for some reason i included my message into the quote from the last post i think thats why :-p :blush: :blush:
As with another forum running on vbbulletin, the response after sending a post doesn't work (just goes to a page doesn't exist).
The other forum that used this had problems on the main pages linking to the individual threads (they were displayed on the main page but the linking was incorrect... Haven't checked that yet :)
Other than that, looks good :)
Vince :thumb:
Edit:
Checked that main page link and its wrong. So feed that back to vbBulletin... its their fault (the other forums run v3.0.1 and they have this problem too)
Edit 2:
Editting post is same as making post, getting an error page back after its posted
saw this at the bottom of a thread. Doesn't look too right to me...Quote:
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ditto - its sporadic though. Maybe its a buggy advertisment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wally Pipp
Brad's going to scream when he sees this thread first thing in the morning. :afrog:
Personally, I don't care much who's goint to scream and who's not.
New look does not impress me at all - old was more elegant and simpler.
Besides, what's the story with VBCODE tags ??? They don't seemed to work anymore. Also, I absolutely hate those large icons and links ... why can't they be of a normal size ???
Mendhak, what I meant is that even if you are in invisible mode if they go into your details they are able to know where you are (in which thread, forum, etc.)
At least I could see that... It seems they designed it for stalkers like NoteMe... :p
One more thing from me: is there way to suppress that tooltip while dragging mouse over a thread link in the grid - it's very annoying.
Although, if anybody can tell me why in the hell "Post Reply" button is on the left away from "Edit" ...
Thanks.
RhinoBull and all those who are wondering what happened with the VBCode tags, Brad already answered in this thread:
VBCode Gone?
Some good feedback: I just notcided in the code windows if the code it really big it adds a scroll bar so the pages height itsn't really big, I like that :D.
You asked for it! <ignore target="this">The biggest thing for me is the search being "Broken." The previous version had the capability to allow me to search for posts since my last visit. I used it all the time as a quick way to see what's up since my last visit, so that I didn't have to waste my time clicking into a forum, browse the threads, back out to the main, repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by brad jones
Now, it just takes me to the search screen, I select "posts since last visit" - and when I hit submit, it tells me I *have* to enter a user's name to search for?
Here's the link I used to use; http://vbforums.com/search.php?s=&action=getnew Man it was so handy.</ignore>
Ignore that.... I found it under the "Quick Links" menu..... I'm OK now..... *takes another chill pill followed by a coffee chaser.*
Eww ick! Glad it isn't just me after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadEyes
ACK! Tooltips! I hate those too. Especialy when it appears jsut as I click a link and it goes to that post, and then sticks around!Quote:
Originally Posted by RhinoBull
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Oh no!!! What happened to my "Fanatic Member" Title? :cry:
I had been working hard to get to the next Member Title...
(I noticed that when I saw techgnome had his "Registered User" Title... And I thought "techgnome Registered User? Come on!")
Just because of that we deserve custom titles and free therapy sessions for the following 10 years or so. :D
One more thing... Is there a way to change or at least make bigger the links to the Forums? It is hard for me to get used to this new way of browsing... Could you at least change the order of the Forum Browsing bar and the User CP, FAQ, Members List ... Bar?
Finally, would you please add the button we had in the threads that allowed us to create a new one? (And now that we are at it, could the alignment of "Post Reply" change to the right?)
Thanks :wave:
Someone mentioned the wierd Java script at the bottom, I just got that too:
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Originally Posted by mendhak
What are you previewing your posts for??? Just do as me....post the post, and forget about spell checking...;)
Well this annoys me...:)
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1. Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 30 seconds.
:lol: And then you wonder why people quote you in their signatures?Quote:
Originally Posted by NoteMe
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electroman
It came and went this night as the upgrade was going on...
BTW here is my blog from last night:
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23:30: The site goes down. There is a message from VBF
23:45: I get a database error
00:30: New theme is popping up, there is a message from VBF
00:44: VBWire links is up, and some ads
00:45: VBwire | VBForums logo is up
00:48: Error
00:49: Got redirected?????
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/resul...order=priceasc
00:50: the error is back
00:50: the error is gone
00:51: the error is back
00:53: the error is gone
00:56: More ads are popping up: FREE Whitepapers and Resources for IT Professionals:
00:57: The ads are gone...:)
00:58: The ads are back.
01:03: They changed one of the ads with a flash add, and have made room for one more...:)
01:05: the dark blue style has the wrong header
02:16: The adds are poping up and dissapears again. And there is no changes on the dark blue theme. But I am getting tired of waiting, and I have an exam tomorrow...so good night...:(
The error I got in stead of the add on the bottom:
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\n'); } if ( plugin ) { document.write(''); document.write(' '); document.write(' ');document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)) {document.write(''); } //-->
Leave me out of that...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tec-Nico
Ok, now that I've had a chance to use this thing a bit....
The Reply button has got to move back to the right.
It used to be nice to be able to type into the message area, hit tab to select the Post button and hit the space bar to click it..... now the post icons are in the way.... *sigh*
Too much change too fast....
Tg
Many of the issues raised about settings (max posts per page, number of seconds between posts, etc) are interesting to see. These setting are the same that they were in the previous version.
Some of the other things will be cleaned up per suggestions, but most of the clean up will start on Monday. I'll work with the mods to get a list and prioritize it. The things currently at the top of the list are the vbcode tag and the titles. (I'm going to look into the titles right now. A few settings were lost when the developers did the migration. I thought I caught most of them, but I hadn't looked at the titles. I'll do that now.
As to icon sizes and such, while many are bigger, the location that they are placed means that they making smaller versions wouldn't seem to save any screen space.
Keep the (valid) suggestions coming. I'm making a list and will put a lot of time next week into addressing them.
Brad!
Quote:
Originally Posted by brad jones
Myabe vB3 is actualy faster to register the post, and get the pages up in my browser...if so...then it is at least a good thing.
First one on the list.
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A setting got reset on the titles. I have fixed it and ran an update. Normal titles should now be showing.
Brad!
I don't know, Brad... But wouldn't you get the chills if I told you I know you are Replying to this thread and a minute before you were in the Admin Control Panel?
Yay! Thank you... At least now I know why you were in the Admin Control Panel :p
Is the upload quote going to be bigger....or do I have to start to delete old attachments?
Quote:
Manage Attachments
Upload Errors
cander.gif:
Exceeds your quota by 5.95 MB.
Is it at all possible to put the forum dispaly criteria back at the top of the thread list. It is very annoying having tto scroll all the way down to the bottom to see whos online and change how many posts are displayed.
I assume you meant quota -- I had just increased that to 5,000,000 bytes. That would be just under 5 mg per person. If this isn't enough, then I'd need to know what you are uploading.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoteMe
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Originally Posted by Tec-Nico
Okay, since you asked, I'll take that ability away ;)
After all, I want everyone to be happy, happy, happy!
Brad!
Mostly midget porn...no seriously...I just looked through the first attachments....the CP can let me do that now...and I have 267 attachments since I came here. Most of them are pictures to show game and graphics related topics like the last 15 attachments are basic polygon diffrenses between OpenGL and DirectX, and transformation matrixes. But I must admitt there is some funny attachments too.
So if the quota is not going up, then I have to start to delete things. And then the funny attachements have to go first. So sorry Marty, but the avatar I made for you have to go...:(
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Originally Posted by brad jones
I don't think he ment take the whole "What's Going On?" list away. But guys like Mendhak and other scared people have always been invisible (you too), so we can't see what thread you are replying too or what you are reading. Specialy if you mods are in the hidden areas. But now we can. Thats what he ment.
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You mean NoteMe cannot stalk other members anymore. I liked the Who's online page. I like being nosey and looking at what everyone does. But I guess there is a privacy issure there.Quote:
Originally Posted by brad jones
So are we going to get that WISIWYG reply box like code guru have, its a pleasure using that? ;)
I was just being a bit silly. (I need the rest of the day off... ;)). I agree that the cons of being able to see where people are outweigh the pros. Since we allow invisible mode, we needed to turn off the setting mentioned here. Makes sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoteMe
Brad!
Quote:
Originally Posted by brad jones
I just saw that I was not allowed to click the link for "who's online anymore" and freeked out...I think I am the one that needs the rest here...:)
Thank you, Brad. Maybe it could be optional... You know to let others know where you are.
Because there are good things about letting people know where you are... The issue is if you really want them to know and how much you are willing to let them know.
I am not sure... But wouldn't that apply to the status picture shown as well? People can know if you are invisible, on-line or off-line.
I am just trying to make this forums better... Sorry to all of those who were starting to like the new toy (I was starting to like it as well :lol: ) :wave:
The feedback is welcome. Over the next week or so I expect we will be tweaking and fixing things. This was a huge, huge change -- more than the standard 'upgrade'. While not all the changes are the best, I think overall this version give us a lot more to work with.
I think some of the new stuff outweigh the bad. For example, check out the User CP and look at the different editors for posting. WYSIWYG is now an option. I also like that you can now highlight and click a formatting option and have the hightlighted text formatted rather than the formatting going to the bottom of the post. There are lots of little things like these that I think you'll find better than before.
Once we work out the kinks of the upgrade, then I'll go to the next step, which will be to turn on one of the new features (reputations).
Brad!
It appears that you are now required to allow cookies in order to post. It probably doesn't bother most people, however, I don't allow cookies to be stored on my PC. To post, I have to allow the cookies, and then go in and delete them later, which is annoying.