Forums Upgraded
Well, we've finally made the move to vB3.
I've tried to port our old vB2 Skin (aka TWF Classic), but I know there are some ruff edges. Give me a week or so to work out the wrinkles. After that, you can start posting in this thread or emailing me about things you find.
Things to note:
attachments are now enabled
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to post them in this thread. What do you hate? What do you want added? What limits need changed? etc.. etc..
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Mark Hensler posted this at 04:14 — 25th October 2003.
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BTW, I just started on rebuilding the search index. Looks like it'll be done in about 4 hours. So, searches in the mean time will have limited results.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:03 — 25th October 2003.
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Search index is finished rebuilding. Looks like this server is faster than the one I was using on my LAN.
The Webmistress posted this at 08:27 — 25th October 2003.
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Just to let you know Mark that I'm getting an error on every page:
Line: 237
Char: 24
Error: 'null' is null or not an object
Mark Hensler posted this at 15:05 — 25th October 2003.
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*moan* Outa the box and already JS errors.
m3rajk posted this at 17:05 — 25th October 2003.
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i'm only getting it on pages after posting a response.
i actually like the changes i see so far, the quick reply change and such... only thing i could even think of complaining about was that it lost my cookie so i actually had to remember my password
POSIX. because a stable os that doesn't have memory leaks and isn't buggy is always good.
Suzanne posted this at 17:50 — 25th October 2003.
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Ha! Me, too! I got all the way to the fifth attempt before I got it straight, too...
Mark Hensler posted this at 22:11 — 25th October 2003.
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Also of note... I've been moving documents to the FAQ: About TWF, Community Banner System, and the Rules.
[edit]After posting this via Quick Reply, I still don't have JS errors[/edit]
[edit2]But after editing this post, I do get JS errors. Odd[/edit2]
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
The Webmistress posted this at 00:39 — 26th October 2003.
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Now I have looked again I'm only getting the error on threads that I've posted on!
When I go to the 'View Today's Active Topics' it isn't listing them with the newest posting to a thread first like it used to??
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Mark Hensler posted this at 07:57 — 28th October 2003.
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Can you repeat that? It looks like the listing is sorting by "Date" descending, so that the topics last replied to are on the top of the list. Of course, the list I'm looking at right now only has two threads listed.
"Mark All Forums Read" has been re-added to the Forum Home template.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
KeithMcL posted this at 15:54 — 26th October 2003.
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Congrats on the upgrade!
In regards to the js errors, double check that the body tag of your SHOWTHREAD template reads
<body onload="$onload">' and not<body $onload>'By the way, some of the clickable smilies links are broken.
KeithMcL posted this at 16:01 — 26th October 2003.
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OK, is it just me or is there no link to "Mark All Forums Read" anymore?
Mark Hensler posted this at 04:24 — 27th October 2003.
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Correct, I haven't added that to the templates yet.
Just checked, and the SHOWTHREAD template does contain
Any other suggestions are welcome.
Busy posted this at 06:11 — 27th October 2003.
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That was freaky, this afternoon I came here, only I was taken to the same page that has the old .com addy, thought we'd lost this one too.
That extra 'quick reply' icon on the persons list (profile, pm, www, search, buddy ...) is creating a horz scroll at 800x600
Mark Hensler posted this at 09:11 — 27th October 2003.
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Alrighty... We've had a bump in the carpet (or whatever the saying is).
Saturday night, Chad sent me an email that he was moving TWF to a new server. I took the forums offline, performed a DB dump, moved the files to the new server, imported the data, and turned the forums back on. The site was down for maybe 30 minutes.
Today, I got an email from Chad that he was changing the IP for TWF. So, Busy, you are the first one who has recieved the new IP. I am only here now becuase I put the new IP in my DNS server on my LAN. My ISP still has not picked up the new IP. Things should get back to normal within the next 24 hours.
*whew*
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Suzanne posted this at 04:24 — 30th October 2003.
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WE'RE BACK! *phew*
Busy posted this at 04:41 — 30th October 2003.
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Just noticed the page links aren't at the bottom anymore. (page 1 2 )
We back for good this time?
The Webmistress posted this at 08:15 — 30th October 2003.
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Yay, we are back
All looks somewhat different though! Is it staying like this now?
I used to have the link to 'Today's Active Threads' as my home page, but now when I go there it isn't listing them in newest one first, unless I actually go to the 'home' page and then click on the link from there.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Mark Hensler posted this at 08:47 — 30th October 2003.
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Julia, the link has changed from vB2 to vB3. If you set your homepage to the new page, all should work fine.
Yes, I forgot the page links. I'll try to stick them back in there next time I work on the styles.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
The Webmistress posted this at 08:56 — 30th October 2003.
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Nope, I did change the link as my home page and it doesn't work properly. I'll just have to change it to being the home page and click on the link each time!
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
JeevesBond posted this at 09:41 — 30th October 2003.
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Whaaa, this is a bit different!
Still can't pick an Avatar though
Megan posted this at 14:14 — 30th October 2003.
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Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work, Mark! I really like the formatting buttons in the quick reply, and being able to delete messages from edit rather than going through admin options will surely come in handy.
Thanks again!
Megan
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Mark Hensler posted this at 18:42 — 30th October 2003.
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I put the pagelinks back now.
Julia, did you try "search.php?do=getdaily" ?
The Webmistress posted this at 18:46 — 30th October 2003.
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No, I'll try that then
Mark Hensler posted this at 19:29 — 30th October 2003.
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I just re-enabled custom user titles for members. I enabled file attachments. And I *think* the avatar thingy is fixed now.
JeevesBond posted this at 19:57 — 30th October 2003.
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Oh yeah! Mark you are the man...Even if you do smell of cheese
But seriously, it's obvious you've spent a lot of time for the benefit of the forums...So for what it's worth: Thanks!
a Padded Cell our articles site!
The Webmistress posted this at 21:12 — 30th October 2003.
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So you want to be called Baldrick now then do you Laim??
Mark Hensler posted this at 01:44 — 31st October 2003.
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Alright, I think I fixed the JS errors (in threads you've replied to).
JeevesBond posted this at 12:47 — 31st October 2003.
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Hmmm, I don't think I'm anything like Baldrick (Webmistress might disagree at this point
) and I don't really want to be named after him either!
Blackadder is just such a great TV programme, I guess that's about as deep as the answer gets
a Padded Cell our articles site!
JeevesBond posted this at 13:42 — 31st October 2003.
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Oh, one more thing...the images for the emoticons are broken. I just get the broken link image
The Webmistress posted this at 14:53 — 31st October 2003.
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Can the 'Mark all forums read' be added to the bottom of the "search.php?do=getdaily" page like it used to be?
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:40 — 31st October 2003.
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Smilies should be fixed, and "Mark all forums read" is back on the search results page.
JeevesBond posted this at 19:56 — 2nd November 2003.
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Yep. Works for me too...Didn't know it was there before though - how handy!
Is it possible that it's a browser incompatibility thing? I know the methods for 'internal links' were standardised years ago, but you never know.
a Padded Cell our articles site!
Suzanne posted this at 20:07 — 2nd November 2003.
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<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&p=139912"onclick="return qr(139912);"
title="Jump to Quick Reply">
<img src="images/twf_exp-buttons/quickreply.gif"
alt=""
title="Quick reply to this message"
border="0" /></a>
Looks like it! It fails in Safari, probably some funky JavaScript.
However, I can't seem to find that function at all! Doh!
There are some things that apparently don't work in Safari that are cancelled out in the global JavaScript file, but I can't see the function.
I wish that there was just a link to the bottom of the page, lol.
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:48 — 31st October 2003.
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Can I get someone to test the avatar and let me know if works or not?
Also, current avatar dimensions are restricted to 50x50 pixels. I've thought about enlarging the size, but there needs to be a balance for 56k users.
Speaking of 56k users... Can any 56k users tell me how the new site loads? (and maybe what options you have turned on - wysiwig, etc.)
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
druagord posted this at 21:21 — 31st October 2003.
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I added my avatar without any probleme. Sorry can't test for speed from here i'm on a large band
The Webmistress posted this at 12:21 — 2nd November 2003.
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It works for me - if you mean that when you click on the quick reply icon it takes you to the bottom where the quick reply box is.
Busy posted this at 21:21 — 31st October 2003.
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I'm on 56k and have what ever the default options are set, site loads good (as good as or better than before)
A bit had to judge the load speed yet as things keep changing, maybe once the banners are introduced (if they are) it might slow it down a bit. I'll let you know if it gets slow
avatar works ok, uploaded from pc - no problems
Mark Hensler posted this at 21:48 — 31st October 2003.
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Yes, banners will be back up as soon as I have time.
Suzanne posted this at 20:31 — 1st November 2003.
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oh! the quick reply internal target doesn't work...
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:42 — 2nd November 2003.
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"internal target" ?
JeevesBond posted this at 22:35 — 2nd November 2003.
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Yeah, what's wrong with '#quickreply'
Any ideas Mark?
Mark Hensler posted this at 07:03 — 3rd November 2003.
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I'm a bit lost after reading the above, sorry.
The Quick Reply button in each postbit is new to vB3. It is not a simple link to the quick reply form at the bottom. It is actually used to identify which post you are replying to. This is then used in the Threaded and Hybrid display modes (which I currently have disabled).
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Renegade posted this at 03:44 — 3rd November 2003.
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Well its probably obvious but I'll point it out anyway...the "Quick reply to this message" icon isn't done
Renegade posted this at 09:16 — 3rd November 2003.
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oh, oops, my fault. Well I was just pointing out the image is done
Timewell posted this at 14:58 — 8th November 2003.
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Phew...I nearly had a heart attack when I came on and saw some adverts in place of the forums, I've known.
Phew! Now don't go anywhere again!
no1golfpro.co.uk - High quality golf equipment at competitive prices.
Busy posted this at 09:27 — 10th November 2003.
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I just noticed the favicon (in mozilla firebird), did we have this before or am I loosing it?
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:54 — 10th November 2003.
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No, we didn't always have a favicon. And I just removed it (don't want a vB icon).
KeithMcL posted this at 22:52 — 13th November 2003.
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Is there any chance you could turn on the hover text for the threads? You know ... when you hover your mouse over the thread title for a few seconds it displays the first few lines of the first post. I know it uses up extra resources but it's a really really good feature.
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:23 — 14th November 2003.
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I turned it off for fear of further slowing down site access time for dialup users.
Busy posted this at 09:06 — 14th November 2003.
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Mark, when you have nothing else to do
there is an extra ')' on the last listed by thing on the first layer (go in one layer from index),
Today 08:05 PM
last post by person)
KeithMcL posted this at 00:22 — 15th November 2003.
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Well Mark, I'm on dialup and the site loads pretty fast so I doubt this would slow it down that much. Other forums I visit including vbulletin.com, sitepointforums.com have it enabled and it's fine there.
It would be nice to see it enabled. Maybe post a poll asking dialup users?
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:00 — 15th November 2003.
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Busy, should be fixed now.
Keith, I'm attempting a compromise. I've added an option in the UserCP > Options called "Thread Preview". Theoretically, that should enable/disable it per person. Unfortunately, my browser isn't working right and I can't change the value of the checkbox. I've tested on another machine, and it seems to work fine.
Default is disabled. I have set the preview to 150 chars. I don't know what vB3 ships with, so I just guessed. Let me know if that works for you.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
KeithMcL posted this at 21:22 — 15th November 2003.
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Excellent Mark. I have turned it on and it seems to be working. Cheers
The Webmistress posted this at 10:21 — 16th November 2003.
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It seems to be on whether you tick the 'yes' box or not! I don't like it so can it be optional again please?
Mark Hensler posted this at 21:11 — 16th November 2003.
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It is still optional. I just dissabled it in my browser (as it's decided to work today), and I no longer see the tooltips. Maybe your browser is on the fritz now too?
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Mark Hensler posted this at 08:02 — 20th November 2003.
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I just enabled the "Similar Threads" feature. I have another machine crunching the data to create the links. It's on thread 3,000 right now. It may be another 30 minutes for it to finish the job.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
dhotchin posted this at 09:53 — 20th November 2003.
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Looks good, is that why the site seem 2 b a bit slow at the mo???
Mark Hensler posted this at 09:57 — 20th November 2003.
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It may have been. And it looks like my guess was a bit off. The update just finished. (2 hours, ouch)
So... at the bottom of every thread you should now see a "Similar Threads" box thingy.
Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
dhotchin posted this at 09:58 — 20th November 2003.
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Good idea!!!! How long did that take ya to do??? another all nighter?
Mark Hensler posted this at 18:38 — 20th November 2003.
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hehe, not quite. Maybe 2.5-3 hours for that. But I was working on some other things at the same time, so it was not time wasted.
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 11:13 — 20th November 2003.
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Now that'll come in handy.
Looks like a missed a lot of the action. I didn't get a chance to say this earlier: you're doing a good job, Mark, thanks.
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