New forum software is live - report any errors, bugs, or issues here.

rick

Mountain Don said:

I will say I am pretty happy with the PC (larger screen) version. And it is good to see a mobile friendly version. I simply wish it was more similar to the PC version. 

If you prefer the PC version of the site, you can always tell your mobile browser to request the desktop version of the site. You can do this by tapping on the 3 dots in the address bar on the right hand side. That's where it is on my Android Chrome browser. It may be different for Apple or Firefox mobile browsers. But when I do that on my phone, it loads the PC version of the page. I hope that helps.

rick

westbranch said:

So what do all these badge things do... can they be deleted?

They are just something that members get for earning different achievements. I don't know if we will keep using them or not. If the members decide they don't like them, I can disable them. But I don't think it can be disabled on a single user. They are either enabled for everyone or disabled for everyone.

rick

Aguarancher said:

There is no link to the online store. Clicking on the "wind&sun" at the top of the page goes no where?

This is something we will add in the near future. I want to get the forum operating smoothly for everyone first and then I'll start adding stuff like links to the store.

inetdog

On the other board I frequent which uses badges, they are a somewhat useful indicator of who has made a lot of posts that have been acknowledged as a solution.
For them to be useful on this board would take user acceptance of the feedback mechanisms the new software has.

rick

inetdog said:

When using the Quote feature on a post with an existing quote, I got a data entry box in which it was not possible to move the insert point out of the nested quote structure. I had to switch to HTML view to complete my post.
Also, there was not Delete or Cancel button for the attempted post to allow me to start over. Using the browser back button just took me back to the list when i reeentered that thread the partial post in progress was still there.

I think it doesn't have a cancel or delete button because you can just use the backspace key and delete any text or formatting that was in the comment post box. I tried this by clicking on the "Quote" button for someone's post. It added the quote to my comment box. Then I just backspaced over everything and then my comment box was clear.

rick

I think I've got the signature permissions fixed. Let me know if anyone is still  having trouble editing their signature.

vtmaps

rick said:

I think I've got the signature permissions fixed. Let me know if anyone is still  having trouble editing their signature.

I still do not have permission to add a signature.  --vtMaps

rick

vtmaps said:

rick said:

I think I've got the signature permissions fixed. Let me know if anyone is still  having trouble editing their signature.

I still do not have permission to add a signature.  --vtMaps

Ok, I think I see what I did wrong. Try it now and see if it works.

Mountain Don

Signature access worked for me

vtmaps

rick said:

Ok, I think I see what I did wrong. Try it now and see if it works.

It works.  Not only that, it added the signature to all my previous posts... I'm not sure I like that... have to think about it.

--vtMaps

inetdog

vtmaps said:

rick said:

Ok, I think I see what I did wrong. Try it now and see if it works.

It works.  Not only that, it added the signature to all my previous posts... I'm not sure I like that... have to think about it.

--vtMaps

It has to work that way. It builds the display of each post by fetching your current signature. Otherwise the signature would be taking up database space for each post.
Just like your oldest post reflects your current membership category rather than what you were when you made the post.

BTW, signature works for me now too.

vtmaps

inetdog said:

It has to work that way. It builds the display of each post by fetching your current signature. Otherwise the signature would be taking up database space for each post.
Just like your oldest post reflects your current membership category rather than what you were when you made the post.

I doesn't HAVE to work that way... it didn't work that way on the vbulletin software.  --vtMaps

Mountain Don

All forum signatures work the same way on any forum I've been on, to the best of my recollection. . Change at any time and it changes on all past, present and future posts.

It's nice that we can also select where or not to show signature images and to select to not show any signature on a mobile device or to never display any signatures ever. 

Aguarancher

Rick,
Thanks for all your help, support and attention to the forum. Minus a few bells and whistles from the old software, this new package is already far superior. I'm sure you guys will have most issues ironed out soon.
Gary

inetdog

vtmaps said:

I doesn't HAVE to work that way... it didn't work that way on the vbulletin software.  --vtMaps

Odd, I seem to remember it working that way in vBulletin too.
Signatures, "titles" and images all seem to be added at display time. I guess I need to do some experimenting....

Vic

Tried to Edit a Post,  but could not seem to make it work.

Tried adding a Link,  and  it seems to take a bit of gear-shifting,  and Right-Click/Paste does not seem to work well (this is always the way I've done it forever)  With right click,  seems that the Link gets embedded into text above the cursor.  Ctrl V  seems to work OK for pasting,  though.

Thanks rick,  and BB Bill for all the efforts getting this new software running well.

And Thank You BB Bill for being SO Moderate.  You do a lot of work behind the scenes,  and we cannot imagine the amount of effort that this requires.  Thanks!   Vic

westbranch

I finally found the  "Mark /All Read" option in the little gear symbol up in the upper corner with MY PROFILE options.  Is it possible to move it to the main page?

Mountain Don

having trouble posting an image.....   there I think this will work....  it is at the the top of every page bewteen the logo and the search field

Mountain Don

FWIW, that image is hosted on photobucket and rather than use the usual IMG tag  as I would on most forums I had to use the "Direct" tag that photobucket has. Other hosts may vary

inetdog

inetdog said:

vtmaps said:

I doesn't HAVE to work that way... it didn't work that way on the vbulletin software.  --vtMaps

Odd, I seem to remember it working that way in vBulletin too.
Signatures, "titles" and images all seem to be added at display time. I guess I need to do some experimenting....

I just ran a test on another vBulletin board and any change to signature immediately affects the display of old posts.
Perhaps threads which are old enough to be auto-archived are handled differently. I did not test that.

westbranch

I may have found a bug in the "mark all as read".  used that option went another site using same page, came back here a few hours later and there were 2 "NEW" posts but I had already read one , the other  really was a new updated post...

mike95490

No .sigs ?  that's not a good thing.

mike95490

View latest posts (old board) is Not Equal to New Discussion and Mark All Viewed does not empty the list of New Discussion

inetdog

mike95490 said:

View latest posts (old board) is Not Equal to New Discussion and Mark All Viewed does not empty the list of New Discussion

Yes, because New Discussion (just clicking the Discussion button) shows all new posts whether read or not.
This is a serious lack of functionality.
The New Discussion does not seem to be equivalent to the old Today's Posts either in that it goes back far more than one day.
If you have read a page full of latest posts you have to go to an earlier page to see other unread posts.

PS: That should  be Recent Discussion. New Discussion is the action button to create a new thread.

PPS: I am not sure I understand the distinction between New Discussion and Ask A Question. (The two choices in the New Discussion dropdown.)

Wheelman55

Where do I find the members list?

littleharbor2

Trying to fix my signature line, Had to enter info as  It seemed to have disappeared. Still cant seem to figure out how to get it to show up anywhere in my postings. The signature settings have choices to hide , but not show. Also I noticed the forum site seems to think I am a solar expert. Cant figure out how to change that as I don't consider myself an expert.

 Bottom line here, after fumbling around on this new forum, I really don't like this new format. The older format was WAYYY more user friendly.

littleharbor2

And what do you know?? my signature line has appeared.

Aguarancher

More of an observation than a question, but looking at users online shows visitors in the single digits. On the old forum that count was always in the hundreds. Is the website still blocked in some areas?

rick

Wheelman55 said:

Where do I find the members list?

I don't think there's a way to see the members list.

rick

Aguarancher said:

More of an observation than a question, but looking at users online shows visitors in the single digits. On the old forum that count was always in the hundreds. Is the website still blocked in some areas?

I've noticed this as well. I'm not sure what the reason is. The new forum has been online for a couple of days now, so if it's due to the DNS settings, we should see an increase sometime today in the number of guests. It normally doesn't take more than 48 hours for DNS changes to propagate around the globe. Otherwise, I'm not sure why there are so few guests unless Vanilla just doesn't show them all for some reason, which I find unlikely, or maybe the numbers that vBulletin was showing us were incorrect. It's hard to say why, but I'm going to keep and eye on it and see if it improves.