A new look forum... nice

[Rockas]

OK... I know I must be completely blind but... where the hell can I change the "Registered User" stuff... under the Nick name?

[ukb008]

Hi, Rockas.

Quote:
Why do I need to press a "Start" button to shutdown my computer?

Because every doom has a beginning. There may be other pressinbg reasons, too.

Regards.

[vhelp]

@ Swede

First, sorry for the strange response here. Then..

I couldn't help notice the change. I hate change.., specially when you
become so comfortible with the (now old) ways. But, that's progress for
you and as such, I've learned to adjust, though sometimes, slowly. But,
I adjust.

I can get over the old look, since there really wasn't too much to begin
with other than it just being what it was, old blue. I'm glad you all
agreed to keep it.. because (like vcdhelp) its original, and has a sort
of return-beecon effect. Those of you that come back here often, know
what I mean.. you just keep coming back.

Now that I have gotten past the older habbits and moved onward, I thought
I would post what I find to be revisable, when you get the time to do so.
I think that you've been swamped with many requests to fix this and that,
and so on, and so forth.., so when you get the chance, below are what I
found to catch my eye's attention..

-- - -- - --

Here are a couple of things I noticed.., if you could find the time to
look into it in your busy schedule.

* main page, at bottom. All users are non-alphabetized, and (I miss the
bold type for mods. Can you sort these, and bold the mods,
please. (in the old, they used to be)

* Quick Reply does not seem to being working for me. It says to press
one of the buttons to activate it, but they act as if they are grayed out
or disabled.

* At work, in IE v6, the pop-ups (yellow balloon) to new topics are
readable, but here at home, in my Opera browsers, they do no show up, and
only the URL address does. My Netscape v7.1 works fine, but only in one
line (instead of the blocks size, of 1 to 10 lines of text) Also, in
Netscape, the line-feeds are seen as double black bars ::
However, at vcdhelp forum, they're balloon pop-ups work with every new
topic. Yes, I throught strange too.

If you could look into these when you get the chance.

Last.. thank you (all) for your hard work in maintaining the forums.

-vhelp

[SiXXGuNNZ]

good job updating to vb3 :)

[2COOL]

How do we get a specific post number if we want to setup a link to that in another post?

Update: I think I found a minor workaround. Each post in a thread holds a # in right corner. This is the post count #. If you click on it, you'll get the post address. The only thing is that what if the user wants to continue to peruse through the rest of the thread?

[vhelp]

@ 2cool

Just point your mouse over the #nnn, (it will highlight to yellow) giving you
the URL address to any given post.

Example:

--> 2COOL (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=662653&postcount=105)

-vhelp

[2COOL]

@ 2cool

Just point your mouse over the #nnn, (it will highlight to yellow) giving you
the URL address to any given post.This is for viewing single posts though. :( The old forum jumped you to the post within it's thread.

[jeanl]

This type of link still works...

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=617345#post617345

but you have to enter it manually. That's the way I've always done it. How were you able to link to a post before?
jeanl

[eb]

Right mouse on post > Properties - copy
example (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662662#post662662post662662)

eb

[vhelp]

.
.
>> but you have to enter it manually. That's the way I've always done it.
>> How were you able to link to a post before? jeanl

You see the orange square icon above/left to you, you would right-click it
and select copy short-cut/link. that doesn't seem to be avaliable now.

-vhelp

[vhelp]

Ok. I think I got it.

--> my favorite movie (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662650#post662650) is (see left icon avator)

--> I'm not MPEG expert (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662654#post662654)

--> fwiw; percent; and ..vhs (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662616#post662616)

--> ..another idea. (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662607#post662607)

-vhelp

[jeanl]

me not get it!
jeanl

[2COOL]

This type of link still works...

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=617345#post617345

but you have to enter it manually. That's the way I've always done it. How were you able to link to a post before?
jeanlTo get the postid# in your example, you can just run your cursor over the Post # top right of post.

I wish there was an easy and automated way of providing links to posts in thread.

[eb]

Tired with excessive avatars, signatures ...

User CP > SettingS @ Options - Edit Options

uncheck options if dislike

http://img177.echo.cx/img177/3876/doom921ie.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

eb

[jeanl]

To get the postid# in your example, you can just run your cursor over the Post # top right of post.

I wish there was an easy and automated way of providing links to posts in thread.
oh, yes I get that! But I mean, there's no easy way to compose the link now, other than entering it by hand (as I always did, dummy me!).
jeanl

[2COOL]

oh, yes I get that! But I mean, there's no easy way to compose the link now, other than entering it by hand (as I always did, dummy me!).
jeanl Well, I never did entered it by hand "keystrokes" but I did right-click copy the post # and pasted. So, technically, it didn't use my hand, just the mouse. ;) But either way, it's not a easy to go about it. There should be a work-around guide on doing this if Swede doesn't have a hack. :p

[vhelp]

You didn't get it ??

Ok. Here it is then..

* Hover your mouse over the Quick Reply icon (bottom right, to your post,
or other post in question)

* remembering the last 6 digit numbers and copy the url link

* delete everything after org/ and replace with the following new
text (and your number) like this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662665#post662665 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=662665#post662665)

Note the showthread.php?p=; underline; and the #post; and your
number, nnnnnn

Anytime you need to refer to another post elsewheres, just remember
this layout, and the number to the post (right click the #nnn)
(Some browsers will show a balloon tip w/ the url addr while others will
show only on status line (look below) and while others might not display
it at all, and you have to copy/paste it.

Until a fix can be made, this is the best alternative, if you need to
point to another post, but have other posts (top/bottom) continue it.

After a while, it will be second nature and less combersome.. at least
till it can be revised in our favor.

-vhelp

[Nematocyst]

I had to reset my password to login after the update, no idea why really.

Anyway, I'm indifferent about the look of it. Haven't tried searching yet, but obviously that is very important. I must be old school for disliking all the font/color/size options. But then maybe that was all in the previous version only I never noticed. I chose my browser font, size, and color for a reason-- readability. I'm all for allowing people to emphasize a point, but how many ways do we need for doing that? I guess that isn't the fault of the forum, but rather the poster who thinks being "different" is a good thing. I for one, tend to tune out such posts.

[ppuschelp]

Is under the Thread tools in each thread. I don't know what you mean by "Show all Pages". If you mean that a thread should be shown on one page.. you can configure the number of posts to be shown per page in your user control panel.. but the number is limited for performance and bandwidth reasons (it makes no sense to load a MB worth of data if you're only going to read 3 posts).

Thanks !
:-)

[vhelp]

But, its not always convenient to view one post, (even when a user
points or references it) in another post. Why ? Because sometimes
(though usually in most cases) the refrence requires *full* reading.
This usually starts from the point of reference, and downward. In most
cases, the user who references/points to another place in a forum area,
might expect that the user read from *that* point onward to get to a
point of understanding the conversation or topic at that time. There
may be a ton of missed reading and the user might miss out, if only to
be referenced to one post, and then jumps back to the original post.
Its sort of a step backwards, IMO.

I'm sorry if I can't put it in cleaner words :(

Well, I'm tire, good night.

-vhelp

[Swede]

* main page, at bottom. All users are non-alphabetized, and (I miss the
bold type for mods. Can you sort these, and bold the mods,
please. (in the old, they used to be)

* Quick Reply does not seem to being working for me. It says to press
one of the buttons to activate it, but they act as if they are grayed out
or disabled.

* At work, in IE v6, the pop-ups (yellow balloon) to new topics are
readable, but here at home, in my Opera browsers, they do no show up, and
only the URL address does. My Netscape v7.1 works fine, but only in one
line (instead of the blocks size, of 1 to 10 lines of text) Also, in
Netscape, the line-feeds are seen as double black bars ::
However, at vcdhelp forum, they're balloon pop-ups work with every new
topic. Yes, I throught strange too.
#1: It's not alphabetized due to server-resources. But I'm keeping an eye on the server loads and if the new version doesn't drain the memory or CPU I might turn it back on. But you won't get the bold mods back, it's just too many queries as it is and the indexpage is the most viewed.

#2: You have to press the button next to 'Quote', that's the 'quick'-button.

#3: I agree, strange... I'll keep it in mind.

How do we get a specific post number if we want to setup a link to that in another post?
Update: I think I found a minor workaround. Each post in a thread holds a # in right corner. This is the post count #. If you click on it, you'll get the post address. The only thing is that what if the user wants to continue to peruse through the rest of the thread?I've added a small 'Link' -button next to the # that opens up another window using the threaded view instead. :cool:

[communist]

I've added a small 'Link' -button next to the # that opens up another window using the threaded view instead. :cool:
Yeah nice!
I was about to post why the hassle with postid etc. when there is super easy and convenient way to do it ;)

:thanks:

[Rockas]

OK... I know I must be completely blind but... where the hell can I change the "Registered User" stuff... under the Nick name?

OK... ok... but what about my question? :)
I search the whole "User CP" section and I just can't find that option... and don't tell me to :readfaq: ... I've done it already... no help.

I'm probably blind 8)... I know... but can you give me a hand here? :p

[SeeMoreDigital]

OK... ok... but what about my question? :)
I search the whole "User CP" section and I just can't find that option... I'm probably blind 8)... I know... but can you give me a hand here? :pYou mean this bit????????

http://img26.echo.cx/img26/3378/thisbit1aj.png

Dunno where you can change it... I couldn't find out how to do it over on the AVS forum either :(


Cheers

[Swede]

Oh, sorry missed that one. It's now in you User CP / Edit profile (That feature was turned off for 'Registered users')

[ukb008]

Oh, sorry missed that one. It's now in you User CP / Edit profile (That feature was turned off for 'Registered users')

What's the significance of being a 'Registered User' rather than 'Junior Member' or 'Senior member' ?

Regards.

[Rockas]

@Swede
Solved ... Thanks

[Swede]

What's the significance of being a 'Registered User' rather than 'Junior Member' or 'Senior member' ?
None. Those are just automated titles based on number of posts. In my opinion pretty useless.

[2COOL]

:thanks: for the new "link". So much better!

"I shot the Sheriff...but I did not shoot the Deputy..."

Bob Marley

[2COOL]

All I did was just quoted my own thread and when I clicked on preview post, I got this error. Why? I might problems down the road when I have to quote another thread of another user. :(

http://img250.echo.cx/img250/142/screenhunter0092dq.th.gif (http://img250.echo.cx/my.php?image=screenhunter0092dq.gif)

[Swede]

There's a new feature in vBulletin 3.x that allows us admins to state a MINIMUM of characters in a post (excluding the quote). If you don't have more to say than 'Yes', 'No' or 'Yup', then you might consider not posting at all ;)

Currently I've set that minimum to 5 chars but this might change in the future.

[masken]

Let me make one thing clear: This 'look-and-feel' is nothing that we've been aiming for... It's just that we *really* needed to upgrade the forum software. The visual 'enhancements' are mearly a bi-product.. When things have calmed down we might/will change it. :)
Yeah, nice work m8! :)

All: Please remember that this is only one style/skin. The major news is that it's a new forum code with shitloads of more functions and possibilities, among them, easy installation of skin-packages.

I suggest that the Crew selects a few skins that they like, and install them so that the users can select their own preference... maybe one that looks more like the 2.xx style to quiet some mouths ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Let me make one thing clear: This 'look-and-feel' is nothing that we've been aiming for... It's just that we *really* needed to upgrade the forum software. The visual 'enhancements' are mearly a bi-product.. When things have calmed down we might/will change it. :)I think it might be kinda nice to have a "Doom9" background.....

.....I quite like all those little "D9's" you moderators have in your icons: -

http://img238.echo.cx/img238/4367/d9background7qz.png


Cheers

[hyperenrgy]

yeah forum looks nice

[SeeMoreDigital]

Hi Swede,

Is this web page resizing in the left hand column (highlighted yellow) supposed to do reduce in width as much as this: -

http://img12.echo.cx/img12/9176/doom9webpage2tl.gif


Cheers

[neo75903]

Hey nice update guys.
Keep up the good work :)

[sysKin]

My personal biggest problem is that there is no space between text and signature. Even for very short post, there is post + signature + space after them.
I was trying different things and I don't seem to be able to find css that would align the lower div to the bottom....

Anyway, I partially solved that by adding this to my userContent.css:

td.alt1 > div + div {
margin-top: 3em;
}


This, unfortunately, makes large posts even longer. The code would be easier if some "proper" markup was used, of course (how about putting titles into <h6> rather than <div>.......) ;)

Radek

[dragongodz]

i nearly thought i had come to the wrong board initially. :)

thanks Swede for all your hard work.

EDIT:
wow, look at the space below my sig. BIG EMPTY. :eek:

EDIT2:
hmm after first EDIT big empty gone. now thats weird. :confused:
you can see it with neo75903's post and his sig though.

[MaXiMuS]

:D:D:D I L i K E I T :D:D:D

[Doom9]

wow, look at the space below my sig. BIG EMPTY.Actually.. look at the left side of each post.. you have username, title, avatar, join date, location, number of posts, and a bunch of icons.. they all use space. So, a one liner post, by a user having no signature but an avatar, the "user info" part of the post determines the vertical length of the post, the post will look empty but that's because avatar and co take up all the vertical space.. we can't just make the avatar disappear just to reduce the vertical space used...

And then there's the 3 buttons at the bottom right.. they cannot be at the same position as the signature, so they are placed below. Put that all together and you'll understand why each post looks the way it looks.

[unmei]

noo, i can't operate it while asleep anymore :O
Anyway, at some time some update is probably always due. I'm thankful it doesn't change every few days tho. The quick search pulldown is a nice feature tho.

[cofferscuffs]

i think its nice, apart from the already stated "every other post" shade change :)

[IgorC]

did anybody check how doom9's forum look like on opera 8.01 browser. Some problem with background color (it's white) and fonts problem.

[708145]

did anybody check how doom9's forum look like on opera 8.01 browser. Some problem with background color (it's white) and fonts problem.

I don't have Opera 8 but if you're interested if some website is only looking bad for you or others too you can use www.browsershots.org (http://www.browsershots.org).
I'm sure the author will add Opera 8 soon.

BTW, you can have a look how the doom9 forum looks like on a bunch of browsers here (http://www.browsershots.org/website/52595/).

bis besser,
Tobias