V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Just to let folks know... Scot installed some updates to the board's software. You may notice some odd things here and there. Please post about it here so I can see if I can correct/adjust, etc. One thing I'm noticing right now is that the custom theme I had running is NOT appearing now. I'll check on that in a moment. Anyway, carry on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 If you run into an error, simply reload the page. I tried to post an image and got an error as I was posting to the old software until the page reload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Well, so far... all I'm seeing that's out-of-whack is that the custom theme I had designed and implemented was wiped off the server during the update. No great loss. When I have some time tomorrow (maybe), I'll try to recreate that theme. In the meantime, we have the default theme. YAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Well, that was easy. I found the "default" theme that I had already modified and chose it. The only thing I had to fix was the board header and the width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 That neat little "shield" icon just below Admins' and Mods' avatar pic is new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Also, if you go to the Funniest feed, you will notice some thumbnails on the righthand side. Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 One change for the better - most sites when you want to mark the forum as read have Yes or OK on the left. This forum previously had it on the right. It was the only one that did it that way. Now it is the same as all the others so less thinking on my part. Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I seem to have lost the ability to edit my posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, abarbarian said: I seem to have lost the ability to edit my posts. Explain/elaborate please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 16 hours ago, securitybreach said: Also, if you go to the Funniest feed, you will notice some thumbnails on the righthand side. Neat. Yeah... that's something new and useful, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Explain/elaborate please? As you can see in my screenshot of a recent post there is no, edit,delete,etc stuff at the bottom. Ah ha right some fool moved the edit delete function to those three dumb dots on the left. Ha ha I mean on the right. Edited January 7, 2021 by abarbarian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete! Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Test Edited January 7, 2021 by Pete! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Invision Power Services made LOTS user interface changes that we have no control over in v4.5. I suspect there are more to come in v5. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, abarbarian said: Ah ha right some fool moved the edit delete function to those three dumb dots on the left. Yes.... you've figured it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, Scot said: Invision Power Services made LOTS user interface changes So far, nothing too ugly that we can't deal with. The little odds and ends things we're noticing are helpful for the most part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 5 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Yes.... you've figured it out. Only just. It takes me a while to figure stuff out. Good job you guys are handling things if it was left to me we would all be using blankets and smoke signals and using the net for catching fish for supper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 18 hours ago, abarbarian said: using blankets and smoke signals and using the net for catching fish for supper. Doesn't sound like a bad thing at all to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 One thing I've noticed about the upgrades... the board is FAST to respond to requests. Before, when I'd click the "Unread Content" link, the browser would take a while to load the next page; now, though, it's instantaneous. I like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I've noticed the same thing. It's often faster after an upgrade. Since they completely redid the default skin and fixed a ton of bugs, they probably streamlined a lot of processes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Whatever they did... it's working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Thanks to Scot and admins for the upgrade! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, ebrke said: and admins for the upgrade! Meh... we (the Admins) didn't do much, 'cept nag and complain to Scot. ;) Seriously, though... thank you! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) lot more white space and a thinner font. The 'preview' function doesn't always show the message till you click on one of the display options. Are all the emoji's from the old version still available? i seem to be 'missing' a couple that were custom made. Edited January 10, 2021 by crp any my avatar doesn't look good anymore :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 3:31 PM, abarbarian said: Only just. It takes me a while to figure stuff out. Good job you guys are handling things if it was left to me we would all be using blankets and smoke signals and using the net for catching fish for supper. i have the 3 buttons on the right, not the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 In the old version, wasn't there a way to skip to the first unread post in a forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, crp said: lot more white space and a thinner font. The 'preview' function doesn't always show the message till you click on one of the display options. Are all the emoji's from the old version still available? i seem to be 'missing' a couple that were custom made. Yeah... I think you're right about it being too white around here. I seem to remember modifying that when everyone complained originally. I'll check it out. Preview works as it always did for me. The fonts look the same to me, but that's probably because my browser is set to show MY FONTs, not the webpage's choice. I use Montserrat (Sans) and Bitter (Serif). I find them more visible to my old eyes. 55 minutes ago, crp said: In the old version, wasn't there a way to skip to the first unread post in a forum? I don't remember. I use the Notifications Bell to alert me to threads I've participated in. When I click the alert, it automatically goes to the first unread post in the thread. You can also use the Unread Content link on the top and bottom of the pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I think it's fine the way it is but that's just me. I do think that the font needs to be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Looks very carpy (the font) in Seamonkey, but I don't have font preferences set in that browser. Looks OK in Chromium, though. Ah... but there again, I have custom fonts set up in FF and Chromium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Goin' into the Admin CP to check things out. If the board blows up, you know what happened... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Previous versions did have a way to jump to the first unread post, a feature i use all the time. I bet they hid it. Or it may be an option we have to turn back on. Most modern forum software has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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