VBulletin Upgrade - Opinions Needed.

[Cheetah]

It seems the upgrade is new to me, I felt like the "Subscribed Threads" are not there for me to take a shortcut to my subscribed threads.

EDIT : Never mind, "My Recent Post" can do that too, although I find the old shortcuts in the old forum layout is much better because it felt like WWOEC. But now, it's not.

The old forum necessitated that we run a VERY old version of PHP to keep it up and running, and it made no seance financially to pay them to do the upgrade and not go to the most revised and secure version of the software. I do apologize that it's a bit unfamiliar, but it time, we'll get it straightened out. Also, I know some people requested TABLES, I do believe this is a STOCK thing on this version of the forum, as it's an option for me.

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[thatguywiththefaceOG]

How do we tag our threads now?

[thatguywiththefaceOG]

never mind figured it out.

[Lennox]

I must admit that I wasn't expecting this upgrade to resemble the Palcomix forums, as I haven't really gotten used to them yet. I'm sure I'll figure it out.

But it's great that Tables were included. I'll be making extensive use of those once I get my thread up and running. I'm currently waiting on my newest stories to be proofread and edited, so I'll post them when they're done. Thanks Cheetah!

[FairySlayer]

First off Cheetah, again, thanks for everything. Hopefully the following two things won't be a problem.

A couple of issues:

Threads are not being marked as read. This affects all posts within about the last week (but since the time is relative I can't pin it down more than that). Even after clearing all cookies and cache, etc., and hitting "Mark Channels Read" many times over the past few days, no luck. In the forums listings the icon will be light or dark depending on whether or not there are new posts, but the thread listing within each forum shows the "Contains unread posts" and "Go to first new post" icons for everything about a week old or younger.

Smilies don't work. It's weird that the upgrade didn't just install a new set if the old ones were in an unexpected directory (like the old control panel icons were).

Annoyances we probably can't do much about:

All "Friends" became "Subscriptions." Since I only want actual thread subscriptions to show up in my list, that means I have to "un-friend" everyone. I'm guessing there's nothing else we can do about this one.

Relative time is kind of annoying. Perhaps it's more of a personal preference, but when you can't help but pay attention to details the real time is very useful. As one example, finding conflicting information in posts both marked "two weeks ago" from different threads may mean that you have to then post the question again to see which of the two is correct.

There's no direct way to translate old posts' links, but there is a workaround: Go into any thread and enter [POST={old post number}]ikflarb[/POST] in the Reply box, then click on Preview. From there you can right-click on ikflarb to get the "node" link or just open it in a new tab; Once you bring up the old post, save the link on the post's new #nn so that you don't have to go through all this again. Of course, after all that the new link has the nerve to end in ?p={old post number}#post{old post number} anyway. Good grief!

P.S. I did spend a few hours searching for details about all of these things but found nothing very helpful for v5, so I'm not just bitching about stuff without being willing to do something about it.

Also, I know some people requested TABLES, I do believe this is a STOCK thing on this version of the forum, as it's an option for me.

That will work.

All right, I'll start seeing about posting more replies plus my own stuff.

[FairySlayer]

Wow! Gorgeous work on Jo, Blargsnarf! Anyway, she's absolutely a delight, especially with that big playful smile and sexy, athletic pose. And both of you, the color scheme and visual impact is quite terrific too.

Thanks for the time thing too, Cheetah. (If it helps, the newest marked-read thread I can find shows up as 03-09-2016, 10:04 PM EDT now.; first "unread" thread after that is 03-10-2016, 01:05 PM.)

[Cheetah]

Wow! Gorgeous work on Jo! (Uhh, Banshee Bandit? I could have sworn Cheetah mentioned the artist within the past day or so but now I can't find that post.) Anyway, she's absolutely a delight, especially with that big playful smile and sexy, athletic pose. And both of you, the color scheme and visual impact is quite terrific too.

Thanks for the time thing too, Cheetah. (If it helps, the newest marked-read thread I can find shows up as 03-09-2016, 10:04 PM EDT now.; first "unread" thread after that is 03-10-2016, 01:05 PM.)

I had mentioned it on twitter :P Thanks to Blargsnarf There's another one of Alexia, but I need to figure out a rotation script or what not. As for the "Posts Unread" I'm not actually having that issue, I know a couple users are having issues, but I can't specifically nail down as to why, nor do I know why in the world the smileys still don't work. Tis very odd. I'll keep working on it

[cm0002]

I had mentioned it on twitter :P Thanks to Blargsnarf There's another one of Alexia, but I need to figure out a rotation script or what not. As for the &quotosts Unread" I'm not actually having that issue, I know a couple users are having issues, but I can't specifically nail down as to why, nor do I know why in the world the smileys still don't work. Tis very odd. I'll keep working on it

I might have an answer for the Smiley's, somewhere in the config its probably got the wrong directory or if the forum is run on a Linux system that directory could have the wrong permissions. I went through something similar just today while I was setting up a forum for my clan In my game I play.

[IIHTARW]

All in all, I like the new look. Glad you kept the comments system off this forum, as I will agree that it can get confusing over on Pal.

I only really have a couple of things that would make me 100% satisfied.

All "Friends" became "Subscriptions." Since I only want actual thread subscriptions to show up in my list, that means I have to "un-friend" everyone. I'm guessing there's nothing else we can do about this one.

This! I liked the friends list much better as that was simply what it was, a list. it was easy enough check up on my friends and see what they've been posting lately by simply clicking the "view Users posts tab in their profile, this system makes it easier still, in that the newest posts already appear on their profile page.
And, as FS remarked, it's going to really clutter up my profile page. Especially since many of my friends were some very prolific posters over on WWOEC, some with a post count of over 10,000.
If there's anyway to switch back to the friends list, it would be awesome.

My other request is pretty simple. Can we have our location displayed in the post header (don't know if this is the correct word anymore as it's now located on the side) along with our avy and title?
a lot of us would make up funny locations and a popular forum game revolved around this. with it now stashed away in the user profile page, it eliminates bringing that game here, as well as making it not as fun to have the humorous locations altogether, as less people are going to see them.

Also, one last thing, and its not really a big deal but in the upgrade, it seems my inbox was emptied. Again, no real damage done as I only had one message in it. just wanted to make you aware that it happened so you could make a note of it.

[Cheetah]

I will do my best to figure out the friends snafu.. Where is it you where wanting your location displayed? Dunno how much room we can take up in the post header but I can look into it.

[IIHTARW]

I will do my best to figure out the friends snafu.. Where is it you where wanting your location displayed? Dunno how much room we can take up in the post header but I can look into it.

Maybe between the Join date and the posts counter, if that's possible.
Thanks again for all your time!

[blargsnarf]

lookit dat banner tho

[FairySlayer]

lookit dat banner tho

Again, pretty awesome. Alexia has a really nice form, and both ladies really know how to show off (thanks to a certain artist ).


Anyway, one thing that I and perhaps about 1% of the males may have noticed: the link-text color is indistinguishable from the regular black for people with protanomaly. Instead of changing it though perhaps a medium dotted underline would enhance the aesthetic (assuming it's a CSS setting).

Also, did the padding for the vertical elements increase when the donation bar was added?

[George Glass]

Just checking: Reputation is gone now, right? I don't see any way to give or receive it anymore.

It's not a big deal if it's gone; I just want to make sure that it's not just me who doesn't have it.

[Cheetah]

Just checking: Reputation is gone now, right? I don't see any way to give or receive it anymore.

It's not a big deal if it's gone; I just want to make sure that it's not just me who doesn't have it.

Still trying to figure that out, as there ARE settings for it.. So yeah.. new stuff is new... blaaaa!