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Title: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Bill 3 on March 24, 2011, 09:22:52 AM
Forum upgrade in process.

Checking for errors.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Justin on March 24, 2011, 11:02:38 AM
Any functionality change or is it all aesthetics? It looks great btw!!  :)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Marpat Pippi on March 24, 2011, 11:24:14 AM
Ditto. It looks sharp & crisp!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Broomhead on March 24, 2011, 11:29:38 AM
Any chance the Babylon II (dark gray) theme will be coming back? Bright themes like the default hurt my eyes.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: fprintf on March 24, 2011, 11:43:43 AM
Looks pretty good, now I have to play with it see what else it can do!   >:D
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Bill 3 on March 24, 2011, 11:59:57 AM
Looking at a few options.

Quote from: Broomhead on March 24, 2011, 11:29:38 AM
Any chance the Babylon II (dark gray) theme will be coming back? Bright themes like the default hurt my eyes.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: The Wolfhound on March 24, 2011, 12:15:43 PM
WOW! Pretty colors...............

a little startling at first but it is growing on me.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Blue Five on March 24, 2011, 02:24:15 PM
Looks great!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Cooper on March 24, 2011, 03:27:59 PM
Having only the forum visitors of the last 10 minutes sure shrinks the attendance numbers!!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: 2 clicks low on March 24, 2011, 03:53:23 PM
Thanks for all your hard work n keeping this up.  :bow:  :bow:  :bow:
I know what it takes to keep a forum this large going this smooth and appriciate the effort.

2cl
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Justin on March 24, 2011, 04:04:33 PM
I may be overlooking it, but how do I view my outbox in the "My Messages" area?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Cooper on March 24, 2011, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: Justin on March 24, 2011, 04:04:33 PM
I may be overlooking it, but how do I view my outbox in the "My Messages" area?

Hover the cursor over the orange Messages top left and a drop down box shows Sent Items
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: desertrat144 on March 24, 2011, 05:03:35 PM
Bill & Techs,

PM sent, but I'd like to say WOW!! a job well done.

Thanks to all for their efforts, this bit of techno wiz is great.  O0 O0 :bow: :bow: :bow:

Thank you all!

Tom
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: eaglescouter on March 24, 2011, 06:45:27 PM
The private messaging system no longer assists with finding the correct user name for addressing messages.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Justin on March 24, 2011, 07:21:24 PM
Type the first few letters of the name and a drop down appears with possible matches, sometimes, it could be my connection....
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: TaosGlock on March 24, 2011, 07:21:58 PM
Looking good!
Thanks for the effort!
TG
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: AuntieBellum on March 24, 2011, 08:41:52 PM
You tech-people rock!!!  I just sent a PM and it was beautiful!  I had a list of forum names to choose from as I started typing and I can see the entire list of people it's going to - awesome!  And...wait for it...the labels function works, so we have folders to sort our PMs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^
I will be spending my evening organizing now.   ;D

P.S. If I'm wrong and the label function actually worked before, just let me think that it was all the forum upgrade and I'll never know any better.   ;)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Puff-TMD on March 24, 2011, 09:34:03 PM
Quote from: AuntieBellum on March 24, 2011, 08:41:52 PM
You tech-people rock!!!  I just sent a PM and it was beautiful!  I had a list of forum names to choose from as I started typing and I can see the entire list of people it's going to - awesome!  And...wait for it...the labels function works, so we have folders to sort our PMs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^
I will be spending my evening organizing now.   ;D

P.S. If I'm wrong and the label function actually worked before, just let me think that it was all the forum upgrade and I'll never know any better.   ;)

Thank you.  I am in the same boat!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: RunnFree on March 24, 2011, 10:47:53 PM
It will not allow me to enter the TIPS, keeps failing and telling me invalid login.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Bill 3 on March 24, 2011, 10:53:06 PM
Quote from: RunnFree on March 24, 2011, 10:47:53 PM
It will not allow me to enter the TIPS, keeps failing and telling me invalid login.

scuzzy is working to fix the TIPS integration.  Was a case where it worked in testing but not on go live.  Should be fixed in short order.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: RunnFree on March 24, 2011, 10:54:10 PM
Outsanding, I do like the new look.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: scuzzy on March 24, 2011, 10:57:19 PM
Quote from: RunnFree on March 24, 2011, 10:47:53 PM
It will not allow me to enter the TIPS, keeps failing and telling me invalid login.

I've got somewhat of a fix for TIPS but I'm not sure I like it. I'm listening to Scout on blogtalk right now. Yeah, I know, I should be working on TIPS. I'll get 'er done though.

Dang internet here has been up and down all day long so it's put a wrench in things.

Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Evenstar on March 24, 2011, 11:47:27 PM
I think I'm liking the new look. A lot. I used labels in the 'my messages' section all the time on the old forum, but it's much easier with how it's set up now. Thanks to everyone for their hard work in getting this up and running!!!!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Two Wolves on March 25, 2011, 01:09:23 AM
Will we be getting the signature thing back?  ???I sure liked reading everyones quotes.
Pretty fancy.~Two Wolves
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: scuzzy on March 25, 2011, 09:26:00 AM
Fix for TIPS is in.

I'll probably work on making TIPS more secure during the day so there may be intermittent problems. If you have a problem PM me.


Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: azmule on March 25, 2011, 08:26:35 PM
This is odd.  When I type in a post that's longer than the edit window, the text keeps scrolling back up to the top after every letter (jumps back down as I type a new character, then immediately back up), so that I can't see what I'm typing.  When I try to drag the edit window longer so as to see the whole thing, it snaps all the way back to minimum length, so that it shows only one line at a time.  I can drag it back open from there, but it usually takes a bunch of tries to get it to "stick."
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: TN_Dadx5 on March 25, 2011, 09:10:40 PM
I have the same problem with the window jumping.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Bill 3 on March 25, 2011, 11:01:09 PM
Was gone all day getting checked out on range operations at Atterbury...

1 - Signatures will be back.

2 - Window jumping:  This is specific to IE(Internet Explorer).  The fix is as follows:

Select Compatibility View settings from the "tools" menu.  At the bottom of the dialog box, check "Display all websites in Compatibility View".  Problem should be gone.  This seems to only be IE 8.

Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Old Dog on March 25, 2011, 11:08:40 PM
The signature line (for me anyway) is gone.

It's there in my profile, but not in my posts.

And being comfortable (Old Dog, remember) with the way things were the new colors/shapes/layout will take some getting used to. 
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: scuzzy on March 26, 2011, 07:21:43 PM
spitstickler just informed me of another problem in TIPS. The 'My Info' has a bug. You'll get dragit's info up. Heck, and I know him personally.

I'm about to fix that right now.

Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: scuzzy on March 26, 2011, 08:30:55 PM
Quote from: scuzzy on March 26, 2011, 07:21:43 PM
spitstickler just informed me of another problem in TIPS. The 'My Info' has a bug. You'll get dragit's info up. Heck, and I know him personally.

I'm about to fix that right now.

Fixed.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: ashrn03 on March 26, 2011, 10:20:12 PM
Quote from: Bill 3 on March 25, 2011, 11:01:09 PM

2 - Window jumping:  This is specific to IE(Internet Explorer).  The fix is as follows:

Select Compatibility View settings from the "tools" menu.  At the bottom of the dialog box, check "Display all websites in Compatibility View".  Problem should be gone.  This seems to only be IE 8.

I've been struggling with the 'window jumping' for months and this fixed it!!!! I can't be the only sufferer; would this fix be worth it's own topic?   Anyway, bless you and keep up the good work!   O0

edit for spelling error.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: cswhitfield on March 29, 2011, 10:33:07 AM
Quote from: Old Dog on March 25, 2011, 11:08:40 PM
And being comfortable (Old Dog, remember) with the way things were the new colors/shapes/layout will take some getting used to.

I'm with you O.D.O0.  Not complaining but I have reach the point in life where change does take some effort to get used to.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade
Post by: Patriot Gal on March 29, 2011, 12:10:25 PM
Looks very nice!

Thanks Bill 3 and Scuzzy and everyone else who added to the finished product.
Your time and efforts are very appreciated!  O0

Thanks for all you ALL do for Appleseed!
Patriot Gal