The forum will be upgraded tomorrow and will be down for an unknown amount of time. This will be for the benefit of us all! :)
I'm not sure if the upgrade has taken place, but If this is the new layout, I'm finding it very hard to read, maybe its just my PC?
Paul
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the feedback. The upgrade is done, but a few things are left to be put back where they were.
I'm seeing something very similar to before... a few different colours but not any harder to read. What sort of thing do you mean? Smaller fonts?
Mark.
I agree, it's going to take a fair bit of getting used to :-\
Was the upgrade to enable more control/facilities/etc or just a "time for a change" thing? :)
Paul
It has a lot more functions, and is 'future proof' as they say!
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble reading it. Is it the colours? ???
Everything seems to be much brighter(I may have to wear sunglasses ;)), maybe too light a grey? but getting around the forum is no problem
The new layout is very refreshing, it looks good.
The only part I am not keen on is the advert that changes at the top as it moves the text down which can make you click on the wrong link.
John
Thanks John. I'm trying to get those adverts moved back to the right hand side, as they proved a right problem to sort out. They're definitely not staying there!!!
really like it keep up the good work :thumbsup:
All looking good only thing for me is the header, you can shrink to hide the add but it takes away the option to view last posts and unread posts..
i guess this will be fixed with the advert changes you said about!?
My only issue is I've had to shrink from 95% to 90% (not me personally :-[) so I can get to the smilies and the 'Post' button
I think the new setup is spot on Chris, I did have to increase the font size in my browser though :thumbsup:
i think it looks great, much clearer and looks more modern
Yep - seems neater and tidier in layout to me. :thumbsup:
Will wait until all the changes have been made before a final decision.
Like most things you will get used to it and before long forget what the old layout was like :computersmile:
Quote from: Avis1434 on December 06, 2011, 09:04:03 PM
Like most things you will get used to it and before long forget what the old layout was like :computersmile:
I'll never forget what my old layout was like - I still have night and daymares about how bad it was :-[ ::) :smiley-laughing:
New look is great - brighter and fresher :thumbsup:
Must choose my words more carefully with this bunch of enthusiasts especially you Newportbnobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: Avis1434 on December 06, 2011, 09:15:52 PM
Must choose my words more carefully with this bunch of enthusiasts especially you Newportbnobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
You can run but you can't hide :evil: :evil: :evil:
A very good, clearer and brighter layout.
Haven't noticed any problem re the advert myself.
Thanks for your good work Tank.
Thanks everyone. There is a member on here called Illori who did the hard work.....I just hard to send about 50 emails! :smiley-laughing:
The advert is sorted out now. :thumbsup: We're getting through all of the problems. If anyone finds anything then please let me know, as I can't check everything! It's been a long enough day as it is!!!! :D
Looks O.K to me :thumbsup:
No probs here in having to resize anything.
I am using Safari as a browser though, so may be thats why? ???
Wow that was a bit of a suprise! Thought I had the wrong link for a moment :smiley-laughing:
The new layout looks fine to me. It would seem the repaint project has gone a bit further than anticipated!
:smiley-laughing: Yes, we got carried away! Lots of new security functions to learn now. :)
Sorry Tank, I think I found something thats not as good as it was :( (sorry)
within a post, if someone posts an image that is wider than the screen resolution;
- The old forum would make the image scrollable, and the rest of the thread remained 'normal width'
- The new style displays the full image and makes the whole thread wide, meaning that we need to scroll left->right as well as up-> down
or is this just your way of telling me to get a widescreen monitor :P
I'm sure it was exactly the same on the old forum, as that hasn't been changed, and was spoken about before. ??? Could be wrong. One thing I could do is restrict the width of pictures that are posted, as I find it a bit annoying myself when I have to scroll. :) Let me know what everyone thinks.
Isnt there a way to specify dimensions in the IMG code?
I dont know how the code works but what about something like:
IF [image001 width =>800px THEN Change [IMG]:[IMG800x600]
or whatever the HTML for width restricted pix is
That would make sense, but most members won't be able to figure that out. It's either best if they restrict their pictures to 1000 pixels wide as I do, or I just change the settings to only allow 1000 pixels or less.
Quote from: Tank on December 07, 2011, 11:05:22 AM
That would make sense, but most members won't be able to figure that out. It's either best if they restrict their pictures to 1000 pixels wide as I do, or I just change the settings to only allow 1000 pixels or less.
1024 might be better thats an exact division of most camera sensors so has less artefacting ;)
I think there should be a global restriction setting on size. 1024 sounds good.
I limit mine to 800 or 1000 if I think the detail needs it.
Thanks for the input guys. :)
Quote from: Tank on December 06, 2011, 10:29:45 PM
Thanks everyone. There is a member on here called Illori who did the hard work.....I just hard to send about 50 emails! :smiley-laughing:
A very big thank you to Illori in that case :thumbsup: A big job well done
50 emails ::) who paid the postage? :smiley-laughing:
actually 51 emails and several pm's as well... and some posts here and pm's here to tie up the loose ends
;D
You've been a star, and lots of new features to learn. I just hope I get some time to work them all out soon. 8)
well the weekend is not too far away ;)
Hi Tank,
I've noticed on some links in posts they arent highlighted in blue as before clicking on them doesnt work you have to copy & paste them into a new browser window is this part of the new change in the forum layout
due to an issue with the youtube mod, i had to disable auto linking of url's. unless tank wants this changed [as i discussed in the pm] there is no other way to easily do this.
I'm not sure I understand. Does that mean we cat use the short address, but we can paste the full URL like any other link?
If so, that's not such a big deal.
right now if you want to use [youtube] tags other links will not work automatically like they did before without using [url] tags.
As Illori has said, there was a conflict with the codes whilst updating the forum. She gave me a choice of either keeping the YouTube button to show the YouTube video's on the forum (I think it's more inviting to the video's if people see it), but sadly the auto linking doesn't work. I assumed everyone used the URL Button above the smileys, but obviously not.
It looks like the URL's are used more ofter than the YouTube video's, so it may be worth changing them. But I just thought everyone used the URL Button! :) I'll ask Illori to change it.
Thanks Chris (sorry but the 'Thank You' button seems to have vanished) :thumbsup:
Really, I can see it? Let me check the Moderators permissions.
Quote from: newportnobby on December 09, 2011, 09:47:05 AM
Thanks Chris (sorry but the 'Thank You' button seems to have vanished) :thumbsup:
should be fixed now, everyone should see the extra button(s) now.
Quote from: Tank on December 09, 2011, 09:36:44 AM
It looks like the URL's are used more ofter than the YouTube video's, so it may be worth changing them. But I just thought everyone used the URL Button! :) I'll ask Illori to change it.
and youtube videos/auto linking of urls should be fixed now.
Many thanks Illori/Tank for settling the URL's direct links makes it a lot better reading of posts on the forum having the ability to go directly to sites reccomended etc :thumbsup:
Just noticed that most of the pre upgrade thank you's received on my posts have disappeared. :o
I say most, as the ones in the jokes board are there! ???
Not that I'm fussed, I just noticed it.
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed?
All post upgrade thank you's are showing.
it looks like some of the thanks may be missing and would be very difficult to restore to the messages. it could be the upgrade of the mod that caused the problem i dont know. i can try talking to some people and see if they can be restored but i dont promise.
Thank you Illori.
As I said, I'm not fussed if they can't be restored it was just incase it was a problem that might affect other things.
(You know, solve one problem and it creates another!)
Seems to be working o.k otherwise so will probably be best to leave it.
See what the other people say as they will know best I'm sure.
I'm not sure it's worth spending too much time restoring old thank yous. Just as long as it's working now is the main thing. :thumbsup:
i noticed a few issues related to thanks when examining the database, i ran 2 queries and hopefully things will look better now.
for those that care i ran
UPDATE smf_messages
SET thank_you_post_counter = (SELECT thank_you_post_counter from backup_smf_messages WHERE backup_smf_messages.id_msg = smf_messages.id_msg)
insert into smf_thank_you_post(id_msg,id_topic,id_board,id_member,member_name,thx_time)
select ID_MSG,ID_TOPIC,ID_BOARD,ID_MEMBER,memberName,thx_time from backup_smf_thank_you_post;
Thanks! Good work. :)
My Avatar won't work though? Seems to have vanished. I'll check on another computer.
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2011, 05:34:04 PM
Thanks! Good work. :)
My Avatar won't work though? Seems to have vanished. I'll check on another computer.
Hi Chris - seems to be nearly everyone's avatar - except Lawrence????? I suspect sabotage :smiley-laughing:
The Scots are invading?!?! :o :D
I seem to see everyone elses, but mine is a cross.
i can see yours just fine as well as the others
I've noticed about ten members with their avatars not loading. :-\
Many aren't working on mine.
As an example the only one I can see on this page is Moogle's
i think i found the problem and fixed it.
I refreshed a couple of times and only Moogle shows still.
Quote from: Mustermark on December 12, 2011, 06:11:07 PM
I refreshed a couple of times and only Moogle shows still.
Same here :(
And they are back. Good job!
Shame, was going to offer you all the use of mine or Scotsofts avatar :evil: :evil:
Quote from: Lawrence on December 12, 2011, 07:06:43 PM
Shame, was going to offer you all the use of mine or Scotsofts avatar :evil: :evil:
Thanks Lawrence, but I think you might need those flags to wrap up warm in the weather you're getting :angel: