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Title: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 05, 2010, 10:45AM
Switching hosts and upgrading forum software.  Feel free to keep posting but know that any posts you make from now on won't be carried over to the updated forum.

I could shut the site down until it's updated to preserve consistency, but then you guys wouldn't have a place to play. :P
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: BLaw on February 05, 2010, 11:26AM
How thoughtful of you^^. Are you also removing the main site?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 05, 2010, 02:03PM
Yea, it's sort of in an inactive state.

Forum upgrade complete, still have the fun task of moving to a different server...
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on February 05, 2010, 02:37PM
Quote from: THX on February 05, 2010, 10:45AM
Feel free to keep posting but know that any posts you make from now on won't be carried over to the updated forum.

Thanks for the heads up on this, i'll try not to post anything important then.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on February 05, 2010, 04:30PM
I don't know if it's some problem with the upgrade or if I'll have to wait till we move to the different server, but I can't access my PMs.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Shauny7488 on February 05, 2010, 09:53PM
Just wated to point out an error on the main page,

"Users active in past %1$d minutes:"

I copy and pasted that as is. I'm pretty sure i can tell the time correctly, but i have no idea how long %1$d minutes is. :P
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on February 05, 2010, 10:43PM
part of the updateness, i guess. personal messages also apear at the bottom, the "new topic" or "reply" are different and quotes look different aswell.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 06, 2010, 01:22PM
And we're back...
:magik:
Will be making some style tweaks over the next few days, but maintenance is complete.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: BLaw on February 06, 2010, 01:44PM
Great to hear! Or read XD

It's different, but pretty ^^
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: piutebob on February 06, 2010, 01:49PM
Wow, very different. But, you know, I was just thinking how boring the old one looked.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on February 06, 2010, 02:19PM
it's looking great, much better than b4! everything's working fine so far, though I don't know if I'm the only one who has this problem, the forum is much wider now and doesn't fit my screen.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: BLaw on February 06, 2010, 02:23PM
it fits my screen but it can't handle wide images like the one I just posted in one of my workbenchtopics (recent one). But that ain't a problem for me though. I like the new look; it's modern^^
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on February 06, 2010, 02:32PM
Quote from: Nowhere Man on February 06, 2010, 02:19PM
it's looking great, much better than b4! everything's working fine so far, though I don't know if I'm the only one who has this problem, the forum is much wider now and doesn't fit my screen.

same here, i like the look but the screen is really wide
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: piutebob on February 06, 2010, 02:55PM
Not too wide for me, but I have a wide screen moniter
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on February 06, 2010, 02:59PM
only a bit wide for my laptop, but i like the new look.
and the wideness isn't that big of a problem.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 06, 2010, 03:17PM
Thanks for the feedback.  I'll work to make it a fluid layout when I have time over the next few days.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on February 06, 2010, 03:58PM
The forum display is also way too wide for my screen as well.

Another thing is that the first line of each new message has an indentation about halfway across the page.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: whiteking on February 06, 2010, 05:30PM
Quote from: Mr. Law^^ on February 06, 2010, 01:44PM
It's different, but pretty ^^

Agree, I like the new look :)
And not too wide on my screen.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: мaгvel wатcheг on February 06, 2010, 05:43PM
I agree with everyone, the new look is great! ^^
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Venom on February 06, 2010, 05:48PM
I like the new look but its going to take a while to adjust from the old Marvelmods look.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on February 06, 2010, 05:50PM
Quote from: Venom on February 06, 2010, 05:48PM
I like the new look but its going to take a while to adjust from the old Marvelmods look.

yeah same here
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Pooltastic on February 06, 2010, 08:48PM
so if new replies are not saved at all... how come this topic is fine?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on February 06, 2010, 11:52PM
emoticons don't work in "preview"! thought someone might like to know.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 08, 2010, 11:35PM
Addressed the width and images size issues.

Deedwooo when I click Preview I see all the smileys. Can you clear your cache and cookies?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on February 09, 2010, 12:03AM
The width is perfect for me now :)
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 03:54AM
The width is about this much too wide for me, but it is better:    ____  <-----  the length of that underscore

Also, there is still the huge indentation for the first line of everyone's message.  Each message starts in the middle of the page and then the second line goes to the left margin.

NOTE:  As I was typing the above sentence, I noticed that the sentence kept on going way off the screen and I couldn't see what I was typing at all.  I wouldn't be able to edit the words that are off the screen unless I just erase them all and start over.  That could be a problem with posting tables, etc.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on February 09, 2010, 04:19AM
Quote from: nodoubt_jr on February 09, 2010, 12:03AM
The width is perfect for me now :)

same here, thanks THX!
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 09, 2010, 07:58AM
Quote from: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 03:54AM
The width is about this much too wide for me, but it is better:    ____  <-----  the length of that underscore

Also, there is still the huge indentation for the first line of everyone's message.  Each message starts in the middle of the page and then the second line goes to the left margin.

NOTE:  As I was typing the above sentence, I noticed that the sentence kept on going way off the screen and I couldn't see what I was typing at all.  I wouldn't be able to edit the words that are off the screen unless I just erase them all and start over.  That could be a problem with posting tables, etc.
Eeenteresting... Which browser and its version # are you using?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on February 09, 2010, 09:34AM
nice new icon thing by the search. i like it.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on February 09, 2010, 02:57PM
Quote from: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 03:54AM
The width is about this much too wide for me, but it is better:    ____  <-----  the length of that underscore

Also, there is still the huge indentation for the first line of everyone's message.  Each message starts in the middle of the page and then the second line goes to the left margin.

NOTE:  As I was typing the above sentence, I noticed that the sentence kept on going way off the screen and I couldn't see what I was typing at all.  I wouldn't be able to edit the words that are off the screen unless I just erase them all and start over.  That could be a problem with posting tables, etc.

if you are using the latest version of internet explorer try the Compatibility View, that helped me avoid the typing issue you mentioned. The rest of the stuff you mentioned im not getting either way.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 07:56PM
I'm using Internet Explorer, 6.0.  LOL!  I thought it was at least 7.0.  Could that be the problem?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 09, 2010, 08:34PM
Quote from: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 07:56PM
I'm using Internet Explorer, 6.0.  LOL!  I thought it was at least 7.0.  Could that be the problem?
hah, sorry out of pure principle I will not support decade-old software ;)

https://www.microsoft.com/nz/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on February 09, 2010, 09:52PM
LOL!  Glad to know that it was IE 6 that is most likely causing the problem at least.  I'm glad you thought of that too, because I've never had this problem viewing other sites.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: piutebob on February 19, 2010, 08:39PM
My only problem I just noticed is that I can't really see/use the search bar.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on February 24, 2010, 12:21AM
Either upgrade to Google Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) or IE8
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on February 24, 2010, 04:17AM
Even with IE 6.0, I'm able to search the forum.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: piutebob on February 24, 2010, 07:03PM
Quote from: THX on February 24, 2010, 12:21AM
Either upgrade to Google Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) or IE8

Ok, thanks.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Shauny7488 on February 25, 2010, 01:41AM
Quote from: piutebob on February 24, 2010, 07:03PM
Ok, thanks.

Firefox is good too
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on March 10, 2010, 08:25PM
Sorry for the changes... upgraded to the latest version and our old theme wasn't compatible.  Learned my lesson for next update ;P
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on March 10, 2010, 08:26PM
looks great to me, even better than b4 :D
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: whiteking on March 10, 2010, 08:46PM
Quote from: Nowhere Man on March 10, 2010, 08:26PM
looks great to me, even better than b4 :D

Agree. Looks much better now.
Thanks :)
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Dihan on March 11, 2010, 02:31AM
I actually preferred the other one. Orange is my least favourite colour. :P
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on March 11, 2010, 02:33AM
Yeah i preferred the old one too, but whatever works is good for me
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Gevth on March 11, 2010, 04:47AM
The only thing I'm not liking is the way search results are shown. Is there any way to change it to how they looked before?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on March 11, 2010, 07:59AM
i too liked the one we had yesterday morning the best. just sayin'.

post script: why can't i see the xml2 knowledge base?
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: THX on March 11, 2010, 10:34AM
^ thanks for the heads up, fixed and checked the rest of the boards too.  For some reason that one was set wrong.

Sorry about the theme, you should be able to change it back by going to Profile > Modify Profile > Look & Layout

From what I remember the new version of the board farks it up...  Will look into theming when I have the time
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Quentin Hex on March 11, 2010, 10:49AM
when i switch themes back to "reference" there are no icons on the front page.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on March 11, 2010, 03:49PM
Well, I updated to Internet Explorer 8.0, just so I could work with this forum better.  A minute ago, I was trying to edit a long post and the text in the edit screen will jump around so you can't read the area where the cursor is once you get so far down into the body of the text.  It's very tedious to edit.  Is anyone else experiencing this problem?  If you haven't tried to edit a long post, try it and see how it works.  The post will need to be about 17 lines long to have these difficulties....
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: nodoubt_jr on March 11, 2010, 03:54PM
i havent tried it with this new forum version, but with the old one i had that issue. to fix it whenever i needed to edit a post i would just click Compatibility View in IE and i could edit normally. try that and see if it works for you too.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: whiteking on March 11, 2010, 03:59PM
Quote from: fox456 on March 11, 2010, 03:49PM
Well, I updated to Internet Explorer 8.0, just so I could work with this forum better.  A minute ago, I was trying to edit a long post and the text in the edit screen will jump around so you can't read the area where the cursor is once you get so far down into the body of the text.  It's very tedious to edit.  Is anyone else experiencing this problem?  If you haven't tried to edit a long post, try it and see how it works.  The post will need to be about 17 lines long to have these difficulties....

IE never worked well for me, I use Firefox, is FAR better than Internet Explorer...
That would be my suggestion to you :)
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on March 11, 2010, 08:08PM
Quote from: THX on March 11, 2010, 10:34AM
Sorry about the theme, you should be able to change it back by going to Profile > Modify Profile > Look & Layout

cool, there are some great choices there. great tip :D

@fox - try using the "core theme". it's the best looking one IMO and doesn't have any config problems to search or edit posts.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: fox456 on March 11, 2010, 09:05PM
@ nodoubt_jr, whiteking, and Nowhere Man,

Thanks for the suggestions.  I've actually tried all three of them now!  I think the combination is working.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Shauny7488 on March 12, 2010, 05:24AM
ever since the Forum Maintenance, ive noticed that large pics are no longer being auto-scaled down, my sig is like over-the-top big now lol :P
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: Nowhere Man on March 13, 2010, 10:58AM
you could just make it smaller in paintbrush and reupload it to your signature.
Title: Re: NOTICE: Forum Maintenance
Post by: ShadowJax04 on April 15, 2010, 10:48AM
thx for the headsup :)