Forum Upgrade - May 9, 2013

We did an upgrade on this forum. You shouldn't notice any major changes. The hopes are that this will help clean up some of the speed and other issues that people had reported.

If you see any issues, please report them in this thread.

Thanks!

Brad!

So far so good, I noticed you guys added Latest Reputation Given to user settings, neat! :thumb:
EDIT: OK, only 48 reps Received are now shown(was 50), and the reps Given shows last 50?


Keep up the good work! :)

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Originally Posted by brad jones

If you see any issues, please report them in this thread.
Thanks!
Brad!

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Who is this Array fellow?, he's taking over the forums! ;)

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Originally Posted by Edgemeal

Who is this Array fellow?, he's taking over the forums! ;)

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Yeah, me too see him in Today's Birthday section. Anyway, happy birthday "Array" :D

Maybe its an easter egg :)

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Originally Posted by Niya

Maybe its an easter egg :)

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:lol:

Hey guys, have you checked your profile page? There is a new section called MyActivity. Check it out!

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

:lol:

Hey guys, have you checked your profile page? There is a new section called MyActivity. Check it out!

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Oh yea....Its like that "Whats new" in the top bar on the forums.

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Originally Posted by Edgemeal

Who is this Array fellow?, he's taking over the forums! ;)

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Mr PHP Array gone wrong has been fixed. Please let us know if you see him hiding in other spots:afrog:

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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Mr PHP Array gone wrong has been fixed. Please let us know if you seen him hiding in other spots:afrog:

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I haven't seen you here. Where did you came from? What happened to Brad? Did you kicked him out? :D

BTW, I really love to see a better top portion for the whole site. I mean, the top portion of the page where the logo, the ads, the menu bar that holds the links Logout, My Profile, etc.
If it doesn't take much time, please polish it too. :)

:wave:

There are several Administrators ;)

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Originally Posted by Niya

Oh yea....Its like that "Whats new" in the top bar on the forums.

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ok.. thanks.. :)

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

There are several Administrators

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I was just kidding. :)

BTW, it looks like there is a spacing in between some rep gems! Is that done to distinguish the various levels or am I the only one seeing that spacing?

Attachment 99945

I'm the main administrator for the site as far as changes to the overall site and what we do with the site. Heidi is our tech genius that is here when we need her (but her time is valuable, so we try not to need her). We now have a couple of other folks that help across all of QuinStreet Enterprises' forums. They hadn't been hanging around VBForums so much because I was here. I didn't feel I have been responsive enough to the moderators and forum, so I asked them to step in and help do some of the things that need done on a regular basis.

For things like site changes (such as the request to clean up the top), that comes to me. Specific to that.... I can clean up the top; however, the alternative is what we have on *all of my other key forums*, which is to push that stuff to the right side of the page. At the request of many members here on this forum, I've fought hard to keep the right rail on this forum clean. It would make my life a lot easier to make this forum consistent and shift the stuff at the top over to the right. If that is what you - the members - are wanting now. That's different from everything that the vocal people have said up to this point...... ;) :)

Brad!

I wanted to add....

At the end of they day.... the admins are working to try to help support the fantastic moderation crew we have here. I might help screw in a light bulb every now and then, but it is the mods that keep the lights on and the forum functioning at an unbelievable level!

Brad!

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

BTW, it looks like there is a spacing in between some rep gems! Is that done to distinguish the various levels or am I the only one seeing that spacing?

Attachment 99945

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@Akhi: No I don't see that space..

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Originally Posted by brad jones

For things like site changes (such as the request to clean up the top), that comes to me. Specific to that.... I can clean up the top; however, the alternative is what we have on *all of my other key forums*, which is to push that stuff to the right side of the page. At the request of many members here on this forum, I've fought hard to keep the right rail on this forum clean. It would make my life a lot easier to make this forum consistent and shift the stuff at the top over to the right. If that is what you - the members - are wanting now. That's different from everything that the vocal people have said up to this point...... ;) :)

Brad!

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No, please do not; keep it as is. Thank you Brad!

@Brad: good job :thumb:

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Originally Posted by koolsid

@Akhi: No I don't see that space..

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hmm.. That's odd! Am using the latest version of Chrome! I just tested in Firefox and it is showing differently!

In Chrome(Version 26.0.1410.64 m):

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In Firefox(20.0.1):

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Does anyone using Google Chrome, experiences this? :confused:

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

No, please do not; keep it as is. Thank you Brad!

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+1 :thumb:

Sorry I am a FF guy. No Chrome here. Let's wait for someone who has chrome...

I see no gaps now. I've looked on Chrome and FF. I've not checked IE yet.

I used to see gaps between each gem before the update.

I just want to say that if the biggest issue after the upgrade is spacing between rep gems, then this has been a smooth update! ;) :)

Brad!

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Originally Posted by brad jones

I'm the main administrator for the site as far as changes to the overall site and what we do with the site. Heidi is our tech genius that is here when we need her (but her time is valuable, so we try not to need her). We now have a couple of other folks that help across all of QuinStreet Enterprises' forums. They hadn't been hanging around VBForums so much because I was here. I didn't feel I have been responsive enough to the moderators and forum, so I asked them to step in and help do some of the things that need done on a regular basis.

For things like site changes (such as the request to clean up the top), that comes to me. Specific to that.... I can clean up the top; however, the alternative is what we have on *all of my other key forums*, which is to push that stuff to the right side of the page. At the request of many members here on this forum, I've fought hard to keep the right rail on this forum clean. It would make my life a lot easier to make this forum consistent and shift the stuff at the top over to the right. If that is what you - the members - are wanting now. That's different from everything that the vocal people have said up to this point...... ;) :)

Brad!

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Thanks for explaining that. After Stephen R chimed in I was having a hard time keeping up with the Joneses.

This was a very smooth upgrade. I don't even see Mr. Array around (I believe he wasn't actually a person, but was just a collective acting as a single person).

You are correct.... Mr. Array was a collective acting as a person! We've moved Mr. Array out of the way so the members can all be seen individually!

said different... small php/template issue, but nothing Heidi couldn't whack away quickly!

Brad!

OMG! Search works! :)

My Activity tab + Rep Notifications - very impressive...
Any chance of adding [Code], [VBCode] buttons to the Quick Reply message editor?

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Originally Posted by dunfiddlin

OMG! Search works! :)

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OMG! You have an avatar! :)

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Originally Posted by brad jones

Specific to that.... I can clean up the top; however, the alternative is what we have on *all of my other key forums*, which is to push that stuff to the right side of the page.

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Top Top Top!!! :)

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

No, please do not; keep it as is. Thank you Brad!

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I second the motion.

Yea....the ads on the side is what makes CodeGuru's layout horrible.

Just noticed that My Activities section lists posts in threads you have replied to. However, the posts may be by other people.

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

I haven't seen you here. Where did you came from? What happened to Brad? Did you kicked him out? :D

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I think Steve maybe Brad's twin! Although, I'm not sure how the evil one is. :lol:

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Originally Posted by .paul.

My Activity tab + Rep Notifications - very impressive...
Any chance of adding [Code], [VBCode] buttons to the Quick Reply message editor?

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I'd also like to see those buttons on the Quick Reply.

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Originally Posted by Niya

OMG! You have an avatar! :)

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Edvard Munch I believe.

It's a total scream.

Add one more vote to keep the ads out of the side bar. I like the width that is currently available for code in replies, even though I'm on a wide format monitor. Width doesn't matter so much for the text of replies, but it is VERY nice for posted code. The more width the better for that item.

One more vote for the Code tags in quick reply. Frankly, it makes little sense to me, but it seems like since the earlier upgrade there have been a LOT more posts from first time, and infrequent, members who don't use code tags. They were always a bit slower to go there, which is understandable, but the problem appears to have gotten worse. Much as the words made a HUGE difference in the utilization (I hate that word) of the rep button, I think that having the tags on quick reply would make a difference for code in posts. I'd be surprised if the difference was as great as the words in the rep button, but I also wouldn't mind being surprised on this one.

I looked into adding the code buttons to the quick reply box before. Either I wasn't figuring it out right, or it wasn't as simple as it seemed it should be. As such, I never added it. We might look into it again when time allows, but right now I know I don't have the time to dig into that issue relative to others..... :)

I hear you on the request though.

Brad!

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Originally Posted by brad jones

I looked into adding the code buttons to the quick reply box before. Either I wasn't figuring it out right, or it wasn't as simple as it seemed it should be. As such, I never added it. We might look into it again when time allows, but right now I know I don't have the time to dig into that issue relative to others..... :)

I hear you on the request though.

Brad!

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I don't know how hard it is, but I would gladly sacrifice the wrap quote tags button for code tags.
I wouldn't think it would be hard. Easy for me to say :bigyello:

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Originally Posted by Edgemeal

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vbnet Code:

Yea, and they also removed any padding it had before so it fits the code exact.

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Not working when the line numbers are of 3 digits or more!

Also, in the Preview Post page(in Advanced Reply), it is not showing with the correct padding, even for single digit line numbers!

:wave:

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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Mr PHP Array gone wrong has been fixed. Please let us know if you see him hiding in other spots:afrog:

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OK, Thanks!
Here is another one for you...
What happened to the "users viewing this thread" near the bottom of a thread?
It used to show how many guests and the members names who were viewing the thread, I found that useful!

It works up to 999 for me.....No one posts that much code anyway.

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Originally Posted by Edgemeal

OK, Thanks!
Here is another one for you...
What happened to the "users viewing this thread" near the bottom of a thread?
It used to show how many guests and the members names who were viewing the thread, I found that useful!

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It and another similar option were disabled this morning. Both "adds queries to the thread display" and can have an impact on forum performance.

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Originally Posted by brad jones

We might look into it again when time allows, but right now I know I don't have the time to dig into that issue relative to others..... :)

Brad!

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You should be spending your time partying after the relative smoothness of this upgrade.

Ooo....you can rep in chit-chat now.....Same thing happened in the last upgrade.

So, you limited the number of video tags that can be inserted to a post ? Why did you guys put a restriction on it? It doesn't consume your server's disk space because what I used are links of my youtube videos! Not a direct upload to your servers!! Please remove that restriction.

I tried to edit the first post of my thread, but after I made the changes and tried to save, it was throwing an error saying that I should remove one video from that!

Also, I am not able to see the toolbar icons in Quick Reply Box sometimes!

:wave:

Turn off repping in chit-chat. That's the LAST thing the forum needs.

I had to add this site to safe email for the first time since I joined (post replies were going to junk). I don't know if it has to do with the upgrade or not.

I miss the Members/Guests viewing notifications already.
It's useful to know if the OP is still viewing the thread + which members are viewing too.
knowing that you can guess whether there will be useful answers or snidey caustic answers

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Originally Posted by .paul.

I miss the Members/Guests viewing notifications already.
It's useful to know if the OP is still viewing the thread + which members are viewing too.
knowing that you can guess whether there will be useful answers or snidey caustic answers

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Yea, I was thinking the same thing believe it or not. Its not a deal-breaker to lose it but I miss it all the same.

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Originally Posted by .paul.

I miss the Members/Guests viewing notifications already.
It's useful to know if the OP is still viewing the thread + which members are viewing too.
knowing that you can guess whether there will be useful answers or snidey caustic answers

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Originally Posted by Niya

Yea, I was thinking the same thing believe it or not. Its not a deal-breaker to lose it but I miss it all the same.

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Brilliant:D It's back...

Thread Information - was turned back on mid day yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Thread Information - was turned back on mid day yesterday.

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What about changing the limit on the number of video tags that can be used on each post ?

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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Thread Information - was turned back on mid day yesterday.

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Thanks.

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Originally Posted by .paul.

Brilliant:D It's back...

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See... we do listen ;) :)

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Turn off repping in chit-chat. That's the LAST thing the forum needs.

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Should be off at this point.

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

So, you limited the number of video tags that can be inserted to a post ? Why did you guys put a restriction on it? It doesn't consume your server's disk space because what I used are links of my youtube videos! Not a direct upload to your servers!! Please remove that restriction.

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Increased to 3

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Originally Posted by brad jones

Increased to 3

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Thanks :thumb:

:wave: