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Title: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 11, 2011, 04:57:42 PM
At 6pm Eastern today (5/11), the forum will be going down to facilitate an upgrade.  Every attempt will be made to minimize the downtime, and hopefully we'll be rocking the new version in very short order.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 12:38:24 PM
IT LIVES!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: TechnoEthicist on May 12, 2011, 12:38:57 PM
well done! I like the new look!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 12:40:43 PM
Forum now upgraded and reopened.  This thread is now a place to post feedback, including any issues you may have found that need to be addressed.

Among the new features, you can post a status to your profile - helpful perhaps for people LFG, though I will tinker with this more in the days to come.

Member map.  You can tag your location in your profile.  Use with care, especially if you're worried a creepy old man may try to track you down.

Links.  I'll be populating this soon.

Instant feedback when someone replies to your topics.

Warning system is now folded into the board, but only mods and warned users will see it, unless we decide it needs to become a scarlet letter again.

You can set your region in your profile.  Recommend that those who are not actually in the East Central Region go change that now.

I'm also developing some theme variants, so keep an eye out for those.

Post up/downing is coming back soon.

You'll also find a lot of the URL addresses will be much cleaner and easier to read than ?action=x&topic=y&post=#1468486146168146.  You're welcome.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 12:54:42 PM
HEYYYY, it's actually wide on my widescreen monitor now!

I noticed i got a little in-window popup message about a reply to my post when I logged in. Does this happen live or only when you "update the page" by clicking a link or refreshing?

I also have to agree, I like the look as well.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 12, 2011, 01:03:40 PM
That happens live from what I've seen.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 01:11:39 PM
One minor glitch I just noticed...

RR's name runs into his post titles.  ;D

add new smileys to the list of updates as well.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 01:17:10 PM
Glitch?  RR paid off Schaef so that everyone could see his name in all it's glory.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 01:18:48 PM
Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 12:54:42 PM
HEYYYY, it's actually wide on my widescreen monitor now!

I thought you ("you" meaning widescreen users) would appreciate the flexibility of the new theme.

A lot of old themes got trashed but we'll see what we can work out for that.  I prefer to stay away from graphics-heavy themes that result in the message "waaah, I can't see teh menu optionz0rz for teh articles" or whatever.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 01:23:06 PM
Are profile statuses only visible within a persons profile?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Deck Metrics on May 12, 2011, 01:30:13 PM
what happened to Chess?  I can't find it, I was in the middle of a game....  :(
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 01:36:53 PM
I'm still feeling out the whole thing with profile status.  I'm also trying to implement a trader rating system but we'll see if that works or not.

Chess is currently down; I will see what I can do about getting it back.  It was my impression that hardly anyone played any more.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: browarod on May 12, 2011, 01:41:20 PM
Other than the sluggishness of page loading, I like the changes overall.

I did notice that Chess is missing from the menu row at the top. Will that be added back soon? Also, when viewing any specific forum post or thread or "recent new posts", etc., there's an awkward yellow box at the right end of the menu row that has the same URL as where you're currently visiting. It's nothing big, slightly annoying perhaps, but not important. Just figured I'd mention it jic.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SirNobody on May 12, 2011, 02:04:17 PM
Hey,

It seems that pages never finish loading.  They load but then continue "waiting for www.cactusgamedesign.com..." indefinitely.  Which has the annoying side effect that if I ask it to load multiple pages at once, my browser can't do it.

The "Forum" Link is missing from the options at the top of the page.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Red Dragon Thorn on May 12, 2011, 02:06:34 PM
Also, the ignore user feature is back - So I'mma ignore you all now ;) I'm pretty sure that had disastrous results last time it got implemented
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Noah on May 12, 2011, 02:07:25 PM
It's alot slower then the old one and it's going to take some getting used to. I also couldn't find Trumpet Blast.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 02:14:58 PM
It still exists, I have no trouble using it
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 02:20:30 PM
I believe Schaef disabled the home screen with the Tblast etc in an attempt to figure out what is making it run slowly / crash on occasion.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: ACe on May 12, 2011, 02:26:47 PM
looks good!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 02:32:34 PM
There we go, working a lot faster now. Good going Schaef.  :)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on May 12, 2011, 03:19:33 PM
What's the buddy list do? I'm going to add everyone but Lambo and Ring Wraith to mine.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 03:55:15 PM
Most of the avatars look washed out to me...
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Carl deuty on May 12, 2011, 04:00:46 PM
My Freddy Prinze Junior looks awesome. Also, maybe I'm a dork but I loved manually finding my street on the map for my profile. Now, everyone can see where I live.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 04:04:47 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 03:55:15 PM
Most of the avatars look washed out to me...

They are partially transparentemized when the user is offline.  This same effect was in place under the previous version.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: JonathanW on May 12, 2011, 04:44:27 PM
It's way to slow
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 04:55:09 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 04:04:47 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 03:55:15 PM
Most of the avatars look washed out to me...

They are partially transparentemized when the user is offline.  This same effect was in place under the previous version.
Huh.  I never noticed it before.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: crustpope on May 12, 2011, 04:55:32 PM
I am having speed problems as well.  IT is running really slow
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 05:05:21 PM
I'm working on pruning out the things that might be loading down the server.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: TheHobbit13 on May 12, 2011, 05:07:10 PM
I really like the player map, thanks shaef this is cool. Some of the avatars, the ones loaded from a site, are coming in fuzzy.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 05:52:20 PM
As mentioned above, people offline are lighter and people online are at full resolution.  Also, images get squeezed to 65x65 so if it's larger than that, you pay for what you get.

Another note to people: you can now set calendar events to send you notifications up to a week in advance of the date of the tournament.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: browarod on May 12, 2011, 05:56:24 PM
I don't want to jinx anything, but it's much faster for me recently (like right now, lol). ^_^
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 04:04:47 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 03:55:15 PM
Most of the avatars look washed out to me...

They are partially transparentemized when the user is offline.  This same effect was in place under the previous version.

I never saw that before...
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
Out: status in profile
In: Custom profile field for people LFG.

Just check the box and it appears alongside your posts.  Just don't forget to turn it off when you're no longer LFG.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: browarod on May 12, 2011, 06:31:30 PM
Speaking of regions, I don't actually know what region I'm in (because I'm dumb, lol). >_<

Is there a map or listing somewhere?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Red Dragon Thorn on May 12, 2011, 06:34:42 PM
You're in the Midwest region technically. The map is somewhere on the Cactus main site.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 06:35:24 PM
http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/redemption_tournament_map.php

If your listed location in WI is correct, you are in the Midwest Region.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: browarod on May 12, 2011, 06:46:46 PM
Thanks guys! ^_^
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 12, 2011, 07:35:52 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 12, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
Out: status in profile
In: Custom profile field for people LFG.

Just check the box and it appears alongside your posts.  Just don't forget to turn it off when you're no longer LFG.

I have no clue how the software works, but would it be possible to make an additional page that just lists people who have the LFG status checked?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Ironica on May 12, 2011, 09:05:28 PM
Whoohoo!!! I can finally edit my posts from my phone ;D

Edit: See See :p
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Warrior on May 12, 2011, 09:32:49 PM
And After all this the  :sleepy: still doesn't work
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Warrior on May 12, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
so nice shiny duke nukeemforumever :kenobi:
Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on May 12, 2011, 09:58:06 PM
Quote from: The Warrior on May 12, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
so nice shiny duke nukeemforumever :kenobi:
Spoiler (hover to show)

if duke nuken forever came out before your game, you're doin it wrong
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 12, 2011, 10:26:53 PM
I can't give that a +1, so *clapclapclap*.

At least we hear stuff from lp670sv.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: browarod on May 12, 2011, 10:39:17 PM
So, more than just Karazy's username, it seems anything in the box to the left of each post (with user information) that is wider than the width but doesn't have spaces just continues on into the post content, and it makes it kinda hard to read posts a lot of times.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lightningninja on May 12, 2011, 10:58:06 PM
I like it as well as the new smiley look!  8)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Alex_Olijar on May 13, 2011, 12:39:23 AM
This upgrade stinks. Why? Because I am an online forumer, and I can't do anything but criticize.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Warrior_Monk on May 13, 2011, 01:38:05 AM
Quote from: Alex_Olijar on May 13, 2011, 12:39:23 AM
This upgrade stinks. Why? Because I am an online forumer, and I can't do anything but criticize.
I would +1 you, but the upgrade won't allow me to because of how bad it is.

On a serious note, I love the upgrade. I was having so many issues with how slow it was running, and now it's great. Tolkien is a misfortune, and once we get the +1/-1 system back, I'll be okay.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Sadness on May 13, 2011, 09:51:40 AM
From what I have seen,it looks great. I really like the color blue(mom's favorite color :laugh:)

Thanks schaef,you did a great job! :thumbup:
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 12:30:52 PM
Looks like I'm going to have to retool the theming, though, because people aren't picking up on the variants buried in the multicolor theme.  Kind of a shame, really, I liked having one theme for what is essentially the same layout rather than eight or nine.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: JonathanW on May 13, 2011, 02:34:13 PM
It's faster now great job. ;)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Noah on May 13, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I can't find my bookmarks.  :'(
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: BubbleBoy on May 13, 2011, 04:15:21 PM
Really love the new format overall. One thing I miss is the auto-completion of member names while sending a new PM.(Sorry, poor wording.) Is this just an option I have toggled off now?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Nameless on May 13, 2011, 04:17:31 PM
Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on May 13, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I can't find my bookmarks.  :'(
search for them
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 04:50:46 PM
Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on May 13, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I can't find my bookmarks.  :'(

Huh.  Didn't realize anyone actually used the function.  I have installed it, and the old data is still intact so you still have your bookmarks.

Quote from: BubbleBoy on May 13, 2011, 04:15:21 PM
Really love the new format overall. One thing I miss is the auto-completion of member names while sending a new PM.(Sorry, poor wording.) Is this just an option I have toggled off now?

Odd.  I just tried it and it works.  It may take a second longer, is all.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Nameless on May 13, 2011, 04:52:36 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 04:50:46 PM
Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on May 13, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I can't find my bookmarks.  :'(

Huh.  Didn't realize anyone actually used the function.  I have installed it, and the old data is still intact so you still have your bookmarks.

Quote from: BubbleBoy on May 13, 2011, 04:15:21 PM
Really love the new format overall. One thing I miss is the auto-completion of member names while sending a new PM.(Sorry, poor wording.) Is this just an option I have toggled off now?
i still con't see the bookmark tab

Odd.  I just tried it and it works.  It may take a second longer, is all.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on May 13, 2011, 04:59:05 PM
something that may have been on the old site and I just didn't know it but its on this one and its cool, the ebay style feedback system. lets people know if the guy they're trading with is legit
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 05:03:21 PM
That's new.  It's one of the reasons I had been wanting to move to this version for several months.

Unfortunately, one of the other reasons, the improved thumb-up system, isn't working properly (it was one of the two things killing the server yesterday).  so that's on my short list.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on May 13, 2011, 05:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 05:03:21 PM
That's new.  It's one of the reasons I had been wanting to move to this version for several months.

Unfortunately, one of the other reasons, the improved thumb-up system, isn't working properly (it was one of the two things killing the server yesterday).  so that's on my short list.

so there will be a +/- good that was one of things that I was going to miss, if thats in gonna be on here eventually then im all good with this upgrade. As soon as I remember the password for my mysql database I can get a test smf up on my server to make themes on too. now if only i could remember the password
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Noah on May 13, 2011, 05:32:55 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 04:50:46 PM
Quote from: tripleplayNo3 on May 13, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I can't find my bookmarks.  :'(

Huh.  Didn't realize anyone actually used the function.  I have installed it, and the old data is still intact so you still have your bookmarks.


Thanks. I use it to bookmark my decks and deals I'm looking at.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: redemption99 on May 13, 2011, 05:34:18 PM
New forums look great!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: JonathanW on May 13, 2011, 06:13:20 PM
Quote from: redemption99 on May 13, 2011, 05:34:18 PM
New forums look great!

I agree looks great.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 13, 2011, 09:11:26 PM
Quote from: lp670sv on May 13, 2011, 05:06:15 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 13, 2011, 05:03:21 PM
That's new.  It's one of the reasons I had been wanting to move to this version for several months.

Unfortunately, one of the other reasons, the improved thumb-up system, isn't working properly (it was one of the two things killing the server yesterday).  so that's on my short list.

so there will be a +/- good that was one of things that I was going to miss, if thats in gonna be on here eventually then im all good with this upgrade. As soon as I remember the password for my mysql database I can get a test smf up on my server to make themes on too. now if only i could remember the password
It was "12345"
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on May 13, 2011, 09:19:46 PM
ha. ha. ha.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on May 13, 2011, 09:46:51 PM
I can't find the button to bookmark a page, I may just be missing it though
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Ken4Christ4ever on May 14, 2011, 10:21:25 AM
I noticed that two of the links have ratings while the others don't. Where can ratings be given?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 14, 2011, 12:20:36 PM
Quote from: Ken4Christ4ever on May 14, 2011, 10:21:25 AM
I noticed that two of the links have ratings while the others don't. Where can ratings be given?
There should be thumbs on the listings within each category.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Ken4Christ4ever on May 14, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
That's weird because some people must be able to see them, but I don't... I had the default theme set and then tried a couple others to see if that made a difference, but I still don't see thumbs anywhere.  :-[
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: COUNTER_SNIPER on May 14, 2011, 04:44:49 PM
--INCOMING TRANSMISSION--

So far I'm liking it... the thing about the chess game that delarosajon mentioned is that Particular game has been going on since just before I left for Coast Guard bootcamp 9 months ago... yeah, a little nostalgia there lol. (Personally, I'm bad at chess, thus it's not one of my favorite games... Weird, I always fancied myself as a tactician o_O ).

<END STATUS REPORT>

Very well, Carry On,

-C_S
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 14, 2011, 06:05:28 PM
Quote from: Ken4Christ4ever on May 14, 2011, 01:52:50 PM
That's weird because some people must be able to see them, but I don't... I had the default theme set and then tried a couple others to see if that made a difference, but I still don't see thumbs anywhere.  :-[

Permission headaches continue to pop up. I'm ready to throw them out a window.  Should work now.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Ken4Christ4ever on May 14, 2011, 08:26:03 PM
Thank you! I see how it is... You have to grant me specific permission to do these things since I'm in a group by myself. ;) I appreciate all your work on this!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 14, 2011, 08:37:51 PM
Why don't you just let everyone do everything?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 14, 2011, 09:11:17 PM
Yes, it sounds like a wonderful idea to let other people delete members from the system on a whim.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 14, 2011, 11:51:24 PM
On a more serious note, where are the "next" and "back" buttons?  (also: Improved PM system FTW)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 01:40:28 PM
Post-upping is back, and doesn't seem to be killing the server this time.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 03:09:47 PM
I see a zero, but no up or down buttons.  Is anyone else having this problem?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: drb1200 on May 15, 2011, 03:11:45 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 03:09:47 PM
I see a zero, but no up or down buttons.  Is anyone else having this problem?
Me.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 03:24:50 PM
Try it now.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: drb1200 on May 15, 2011, 03:27:36 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 03:24:50 PM
Try it now.
I see the plus sign but when I push it nothing happens.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 04:08:18 PM
Quote from: Daniel on May 15, 2011, 03:27:36 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 03:24:50 PM
Try it now.
I see the plus sign but when I push it nothing happens.
plus one'd.  Wait....
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
Also fixed.  Database error, the price paid for retaining all our old pluses.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 05:42:57 PM
It works!  Also: ETA to minus?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 06:19:42 PM
I disabled minus.  I'll consider reinstating it but I never really felt it was something the forums should have had in the first place.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 07:13:05 PM
Hmm.  I would support it, however, you're the one in charge.  I'd like to have one because I can express disapproval of a post easily.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on May 15, 2011, 07:33:18 PM
You can express disapproval of a post by reporting it.  If it's not something that warrants the intervention of a moderator, then the only thing that minusing it will do is tear the poster down for an otherwise valid post.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on May 15, 2011, 08:22:41 PM
If a post qualifies for reporting, I report it.  It's not often that this happens.  When a post falls into the continuum better than reporting, but isn't useful, that's when -1 has a point for me.  If a post is spammy, disrespectful, or otherwise useless, I'll -1 one it.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 14, 2011, 01:45:11 PM
NEW UPDATES

Coinciding with the beta launch of the new Google+, users may now find a Google Plus icon on the FIRST post of a topic.  I don't see a point right away in allowing users to G+ any post on any thread, but this might be a good way to hotlink threads as a whole.

Also, mobile users with Tapatalk may now find that the boards can run natively on their iPhone, Android or Crackberry.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 14, 2011, 11:16:48 PM
Sorry, forgot to uncheck the "idiot" button.

Was wondering why no one posted for eight hours...
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on July 14, 2011, 11:36:40 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 14, 2011, 11:16:48 PM
Sorry, forgot to uncheck the "idiot" button.

Was wondering why no one posted for eight hours...
We have an idiot button!?!

Quote from: The Schaef on July 14, 2011, 01:45:11 PM
Also, mobile users with Tapatalk may now find that the boards can run natively on their iPhone, Android or Crackberry.
YES!  Very much like.

Also: using the quote seems to mess with they system.  And we still don't have "next" and "back" buttons next to the page numbers.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Warrior on July 15, 2011, 02:36:08 PM
Quote from: SomeKittens on July 14, 2011, 11:36:40 PM
And we still don't have "next" and "back" buttons next to the page numbers.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Bobbert on July 15, 2011, 02:39:15 PM
And when you post something long (a card description from the REG, for example; or a long sentence like this one), it doesn't automatically fit it into a line, it just keeps going off the side. In fact, it is doing this as I type. If you get too far away, you actually lose everything except the text box.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Warrior on July 15, 2011, 02:45:54 PM
Quote from: Thomas Hunter on July 15, 2011, 02:39:15 PM
And when you post something long (a card description from the REG, for example; or a long sentence like this one), it doesn't automatically fit it into a line, it just keeps going off the side. In fact, it is doing this as I type. If you get too far away, you actually lose everything except the text box.
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seems ok for me  :dunno:

Edit: Scratch that. its one line.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Alex_Olijar on July 15, 2011, 02:49:17 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 14, 2011, 01:45:11 PM
NEW UPDATES

Coinciding with the beta launch of the new Google+, users may now find a Google Plus icon on the FIRST post of a topic.  I don't see a point right away in allowing users to G+ any post on any thread, but this might be a good way to hotlink threads as a whole.

Also, mobile users with Tapatalk may now find that the boards can run natively on their iPhone, Android or Crackberry.

It's super annoying that everytime I try to view a new page of the boards I get a pop up about tapatalk and the page stops loading. every single new page.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 15, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
Quote from: Thomas Hunter on July 15, 2011, 02:39:15 PM
And when you post something long (a card description from the REG, for example; or a long sentence like this one), it doesn't automatically fit it into a line, it just keeps going off the side. In fact, it is doing this as I type. If you get too far away, you actually lose everything except the text box.

I'm not sure whether you mean in a regular browser or in Tapatalk, but I have not experienced that problem in either format.

Quote from: Alex_Olijar on July 15, 2011, 02:49:17 PM
It's super annoying that everytime I try to view a new page of the boards I get a pop up about tapatalk and the page stops loading. every single new page.

I have never seen that happen on any forum I've visited that uses Tapatalk, beyond the very first time I visited the site.  I even just now cleared my cache and history from my phone, restarted my browser and went to the Cactus page and it still did not give me the popup any more.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: YourMathTeacher on July 15, 2011, 04:30:58 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 15, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
Quote from: Thomas Hunter on July 15, 2011, 02:39:15 PM
And when you post something long (a card description from the REG, for example; or a long sentence like this one), it doesn't automatically fit it into a line, it just keeps going off the side. In fact, it is doing this as I type. If you get too far away, you actually lose everything except the text box.

I'm not sure whether you mean in a regular browser or in Tapatalk, but I have not experienced that problem in either format.

I am using IE and it is happening to me. It is very annoying (like me!).
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on July 15, 2011, 04:34:57 PM
Happens in Chrome too. some of the posts have scroll bars so you can read the whole thing, some don't. Probably a chrome bug. To the guy using IE still lolwhy??
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Warrior on July 15, 2011, 04:37:47 PM
Quote from: YourMathTeacher on July 15, 2011, 04:30:58 PM
I am using IE
I think i found the problem!
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Professoralstad on July 15, 2011, 05:00:25 PM
Quote from: The Warrior on July 15, 2011, 04:37:47 PM
Quote from: YourMathTeacher on July 15, 2011, 04:30:58 PM
I am using IE
I think i found the problem!

I'm using IE as well (it's the only default browser on my work computer and I can't install anything else on this computer) but I have experienced no such problems.

I did see the tapatalk ad come up on my android though...anyone willing to explain what it is, and if it's worth the $3 to download it?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on July 15, 2011, 05:37:25 PM
My text bar when posting is like, hyper stretched out to the right now.... kinda annoying when quoting big amounts of text.

I use Chrome if it helps.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on July 15, 2011, 08:19:25 PM
Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on July 15, 2011, 05:37:25 PM
My text bar when posting is like, hyper stretched out to the right now.... kinda annoying when quoting big amounts of text.

I use Chrome if it helps.
Same problem here, under Chrome.  Thanks for fixing the quote boxes so I could actually read them.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lightningninja on July 16, 2011, 12:45:20 AM
What did that most recent update do? I don't see anything different...
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Alex_Olijar on July 16, 2011, 12:46:38 AM
Quote from: lightningninja on July 16, 2011, 12:45:20 AM
What did that most recent update do? I don't see anything different...

Quote boxes got changed. Other noticeable updates seem to have been redanted for now due to complaints and issues.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Master KChief on July 16, 2011, 06:08:17 AM
can someone explain the advantages of tapatalk over, say, just visiting the forums on the phones browser?

i am also getting the tapatalk message everytime i get on the boards on my iphone.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 16, 2011, 09:14:17 AM
Native interface browsing instead of tangling with navigating the site on the tiny viewport.

Am I the only one that clicked OK when that message came up, or something?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on July 16, 2011, 11:17:34 AM
Yeah I clicked "Ok" and then didn't buy the app and it only came up the once.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Master KChief on July 16, 2011, 12:11:38 PM
still comes up for me, despite clicking ok. It did stop popping up a couple times after hitting ok, but trust me...it will return.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 16, 2011, 02:21:30 PM
The one line thing has been fixed, but the hyper stretched reply box has not.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Minister Polarius on July 16, 2011, 02:25:44 PM
I'm using Firefox, and I also have the problem where if I type further than here_________________________________________________________I can't see what I'm typing anymore.

I do like that it auto-corrects all ellipsis longer than three periods to three.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 18, 2011, 06:54:29 PM
For people who have the super-wide reply bar:

There is a new formatting button in the WYSIWYG controls, that looks like a cursor arrow in brackets.  Toggling that button on or off will "auto-wrap" your reply box back down to the width of the forum layout.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: YourMathTeacher on July 18, 2011, 06:58:03 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 18, 2011, 06:54:29 PM
There is a new formatting button in the WYSIWYG controls, ...

I'm sorry but could you say that in English for Dummies. I don't speak Acronymese.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: lp670sv on July 18, 2011, 07:03:32 PM
What You See Is What You Get
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on July 18, 2011, 07:07:29 PM
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get.
Though usually, it's WYSIWTF(hqwgads).
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 18, 2011, 07:14:29 PM
Those button things that make your words look pretty.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: YourMathTeacher on July 18, 2011, 07:25:07 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 18, 2011, 07:14:29 PM
Those button things that make your words look pretty.

Ohhhhh......  those things. I see it now. Thanks!  ;D
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: SomeKittens on July 19, 2011, 02:24:52 AM
Also: What happened to keyboard shortcuts?  I used to be able to ctl+b to bold, etc.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 19, 2011, 07:14:28 AM
Quote from: SomeKittens on July 19, 2011, 02:24:52 AM
Also: What happened to keyboard shortcuts?  I used to be able to ctl+b to bold, etc.

I still can, so I don't know what you're talking about.  Nothing "happened" to them.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Nameless on July 19, 2011, 12:03:35 PM
is there anyway to add new bookmarks to your old ones?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: The Schaef on July 19, 2011, 12:35:06 PM
Bookmarks are still TBD.  I started a new job last week so I don't have the hours to dedicate to addressing the various pieces of the forum, but I do want to get themes and bookmarks working again soon.
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Prof Underwood on July 19, 2011, 01:33:15 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 19, 2011, 12:35:06 PM
I started a new job last week
Congrats, man!  That's great :)
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on July 19, 2011, 02:37:53 PM
One (hopefully small) request while you're working on the themes, would it be possible to have one that just shares the colors of the old Metallistic theme?
Title: Re: Forum Upgrade at 6pm Eastern
Post by: soul seeker on July 19, 2011, 04:13:33 PM
Quote from: The Schaef on July 18, 2011, 07:14:29 PM
Those button things that make your words look pretty.

Is there a way to permanently toggle that button?

Oh, and congrats on the job Schaef!
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