new forum software

with the new forum software running I'm missing a lot of functionalilty:

I loved the old way the forums were where I could look at the list of forums and see the # of new posts and replies which were colored differently.

before when I clicked on a message thread it would go to the newest message now it always starts at the beginning.

is there somehow to get these functionalities back? I could not find any settings to do this for my preferences.

at least the first functionality is there and working.

In fact it's the old forum software, just a new version. As with any change, it might look unfamiliar at a first glance, but I hope you'll soon get used to it. It's just like going to A7 from A6.

Of course, the new version has the same functionality as the old version. For going to the last post of a thread, click on the date.

The import of the old forum database went almost, but not 100% smoothly. There were two problems:

- a few recent threads were missing,
- and all PMs you've ever received are in your message box again. So the first thing for you to do is deleting them, otherwise you can't receive new PMs.

If you encounter any other problems please post here.

I like it Bout time for a change

Urrr, am I going crazy? The extra categories are back all of a sudden at the left, and I can't find the option anymore to turn them off...

Should I go find a doctor now?

My Stuff -> My Preferences -> Turn off the left (or right) column

I had bookmarked the old forum, and it still says "Sorry, our forums are temporarily closed while we perform some maintenance. Please try back later.".

Some people who did the same may not have found out that the new forum is now on another location. It would be nice if the old link redirected to the new forum, or at least tell the user that the forum has moved.

The old address is: http://www.coniserver.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=0&C=5

yep, had that problem also for a day xD
Just came here after Poison asked me about my oppion about the new forum

The old forum is redirected. You'll notice that when you click on a post.

But there aren't any post to click on, just the maintenance message? And every other link at the old forum page redirects to the same maintenance message...

I'd say, better make the whole link redirect to this forum. For those who have bookmarked the old forum may still wait for the maintenance to be fixed :P.

a quote:


a codeblock:


^
it is ok when it's a quote but, code blocks are a bit narrow and has a fixed width and a max height, maybe you can change width to something like 80% instead of 512px (css?). (this sliders makes it hard to read codes.)

and some text are missing:


But i like the new version. The stock(light) theme looks less messed up and more clean.

there is no use of it on this forum but i like this syntax colored php boxes


and yes, when you click on a link from old forum it rdirects but if you go directly to this (old forum home) : http://www.coniserver.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0/C/3
it says something about maintance.

actually, the old way would take you to the first new message and you could actually tell on the header of each message which were new.
unfortunately this version doesn't nicely make the header a different color nor does it go to the first new post but the last new post.

Proving quote from acknextown (myminicity) that not everyone has seen the new forum, and just waits for the mainenance to get over:



Ever wondered why Ello hasn't shown up yet? :P

Could you somehow adjust the font size? It's damn small compared to the old forum. Raising the font size in the browser is rather annoying as all other websites are than displayed much too large.

where can i see my address book.

Clear your cache, the old css file probably still is in your cache.

Cleared the cache, still the same. Quotes and code are in very well readable size, text of postings is still very small.

i think, only the blacj/red theme is modified (i mean font size.)

I had to switch to this ugly black/red theme now just to have bigger fonts q_q aweful.

Anyway, there is still something missing (dunno if mentioned yet), but the "all" link beside the page-links in a thread is not available anymore.

i guess you need glasses now

The other two themes are the default that comes with the forum software, and are meant to use small fonts. But maybe I can do big font versions of them.

yes, that'd be cool. 2Points more should be good

Would have been nice when the old forum link would mention that the old forum not longer exists. "Sorry, our forums are temporarily closed while we perform some maintenance. Please try back later" is not really a valid link to the new forum. And i am sure more than one still waits that the maintenance gets finished

Another thing i noticed is that the active topics link now opens all answers instead the threads with new answers. This is chaos. You will never ever find the answer to your own post that way. Too much postings. Could you please rethink this feature?

this red theme reminds me on root login in debian...

it hurts the eye. what happened to the SciFi-Theme? isn't it compatible any longer?

Well it did indeed take some time until I found out about these new forums too.
I was always getting the "Sorry, down for maintenance" message and was getting frustrated

However I think the new forums are pretty cool. Although the text is really a bit small (using the bright/light colored template).
But what I really like:
- Switch to Full Reply Screen Button at the Quick Reply window
- Reason for notifying a thread to a mod
- The Gallery (instead of Showcase II)

Might take some time but I guess everyone will get used to the new look
Thanks Conitec but maybe change the message on the old forums?

edit: Just noticed .. the stars are gone! .. well they had no meaning anyway

the new forum is awful, period.

Same here and as for this new stuff...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR !

i do not have posting permissins to the gallery. did that happen on purpose?

No, not on purpose. The Gallery is open for posting now.

thank you!

thanks for the bigfont theme

Bold all new posts and threads would be nice.

The big font theme is great. It feels much better now, thanks!

Much better to read now

the ubb_dark style still has tiny fonts.

some times the forum show only for the half

i can see then only litec question to subject past(< a5)
the stuff on the left show up alright

workaurond just log out then log in

Well, at least it's back online again!

Thanks for the bright scheme with bigger fonts - a lot better to read

please disable image support for signatures. or this will get ugly very soon.

Yes, unless we agree upon a maximum size. You know those micro-banner things? The ones that aren't bigger than one line of text? I'd like to be able to have that.... anything bigger will get messy indeed.

yes, microbanners is funny. still, i like text sigs better, less to load, better to read, less wasted space.

Absolutely agree otherwise you get something like this:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=120707&b=3

Often you cannot see what image is showcase and what is only signature. It looks messy, non-professional and makes reading way harder.

Yeah, I agree. Even though I have a very fast internet connection and don't mind a few extra images, I still wouldn't want the forum to become slow and unreadable either.

I vote text sigs, definately.

i disagree, i would rather just enable a size limit, something like 20-50 x 100-200. I believe you can tell a lot about a persons dedication by the work they put in they're sig, and am designing one right now specially for the this reason.

I believe you can see that too by the way you mark up your text sig. If it looks nice and clean, it is just as good, and often reads better and faster than a complex render.

Then again, putting in a simple and good logo is probably the best. It get's annoying tho when one person posts alot of posts in one thread. Try pressing 'all' in the 'fun thread reloaded', Firo's shield is enhancing loading time quite alot :P

I have a suggestion conserning the forum link list. By now there is no link to the acknex resources, it's only in the bottom line of the forum. Please add a link to the link list on the left

When I login to the forum, I see where there are new posts. After I have looked at a new post and return to start the page, by clicking on Forums (top of the screen), all the forums are marked as read (no new posts).
Do I something wrong?

Thanks for answering my question.
For me this forum is unworkable, every time I have read a post and return to the board index all the posts are marked read and then I don't have any clue wich post I should read.
It maybe the same software, but the functionality is completely different.

Frits: This is true. I experience the same. I have to re-load the page to get an updated list of unread posts.
The old forum software was able to recognize the back-button as well.

i only had that problem with the old software. that's weird.

julz

Why was the font of the bright scheme changed from Arial to sth more narrow?
I prefer Arial because it's better readable.

Yes. It is. Especially in my case: I use several browsers (IE, Safari, Firefox) on several computers. But the problem is always there.

The old one worked fine with back-buttons.

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