bgk Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Hi All, I'll be upgrading the forum s/w later today. The forum will be offline for a while. You have been warned!! WagboaraRak and wreckofthehope 1 1
waddle Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=65
bgk Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Still work in progress ... but I don't see any harm in turning it back on whilst I do some tweaks.
rising_star Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Hmmm... I'm intrigued by this new software. Not sure how I feel about it... Questions: - We can only vote posts up and not down? - What's with the symbol that appears with the tab in Firefox? Can you change that? It reminds me of Transformers for some reason...
bgk Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Hmmm... I'm intrigued by this new software. Not sure how I feel about it... Same here. But I like to live on the edge Questions: - We can only vote posts up and not down? - What's with the symbol that appears with the tab in Firefox? Can you change that? It reminds me of Transformers for some reason... You can "like" and dislike (but only if you have previously liked). I've fixed the favicon. Any other requests/comments?
Strangefox Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 You can "like" and dislike (but only if you have previously liked). So I can't dislike without previously liking something? It's a pity! I liked that feature! Oh, also, where are the emoticons? I don't see them. The last thing - avatars look a bit "squeezed" - don't know how to put it correctly, but you know what I mean. Could you fix that?
bgk Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Oh, also, where are the emoticons? I don't see them. The last thing - avatars look a bit "squeezed" - don't know how to put it correctly, but you know what I mean. Could you fix that? Emoticons should be there. You may have to re-crop your avatar to make it look right.
qbtacoma Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Ooh, lots of great changes here - I like the new subforums, and the ability to organize threads by things other than recently updated. However, is it possible to add back the little button by the thread title which brings you straight to the posts you haven't read yet? That was a useful feature. repatriate 1
Two Espressos Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I like the new layout, but it will take me some time to get accustomed to it.
bgk Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Ooh, lots of great changes here - I like the new subforums, and the ability to organize threads by things other than recently updated. However, is it possible to add back the little button by the thread title which brings you straight to the posts you haven't read yet? That was a useful feature. Use the blue(?) dot/circle next to (left of) the topic title. qbtacoma 1
Strangefox Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Emoticons should be there. You may have to re-crop your avatar to make it look right. Oh, I found the emoticons and recropped the photo! Cool!!!
newms Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) The new look will take some time to get used to, but it's growing on me Congratulations on the successful upgrade! Edited July 20, 2011 by newms
Strangefox Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 The new look will take some time to get used to, but it's growing on me Same here
ZeeMore21 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Am I assuming correctly that posters can no longer vote posts down?
ZeeMore21 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Oh, an no, I don't vote posts down a lot, but I find it helpful to attract administrators' attention to online trolls.
newms Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I noticed that the blogs section seems to be down. I'm getting a PHP error when I visit it.
Strangefox Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Oh, an no, I don't vote posts down a lot, but I find it helpful to attract administrators' attention to online trolls. I believe for attraction attention to trolls the "Report" feature is much more effective.
qbtacoma Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Also, I like that we can see now who pushed the like button for each post. newms, ZeeMore21 and Argonaute 3
rising_star Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Also, I like that we can see now who pushed the like button for each post. Agreed. But I miss the ability to give posts a "-1".
natsteel Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I'm with rising_star. I think being able to give a post a "-1" or "dislike" is just as important, if not more so, than "liking" a post. Other than that, the new look is great. Good work!!!
ZeeMore21 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I wonder if posters would mind not being anonymous if they do vote a post down.
Argonaute Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I was surprised to see the site's new look and I'm starting to like it. Congrats on the upgrade!
newms Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I wonder if posters would mind not being anonymous if they do vote a post down. That would probably be best - then we would cut down on a lot of the unnecessary down posts. ZeeMore21 1
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