FORUMS UPGRADED (v2.0.3)

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 06:12

we have upgraded the forums to version 2.0.3 of vBulletin

the first phase of the upgrade took around 10 minutes, during which the forums had to be closed

in the second several edits must be made in the forum templates that control the layout and part of the functionality of the forums. if you see any problems, please post them here

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 06:27

the first change you might notice is that the "Currently Active Users" text on the front page is now clickable....

still, i dont know if we're going to keep it cause my first test on it took some time to load....

Buck Birdseed · September 6, 2001, 06:42

Okay, so what changes are there? A new announcement Icon and a better system for forum page counts were the first things I noticed....

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 06:51

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Originally posted by Snapcase
Okay, so what changes are there?

there are mainly small fixes, bugs, and admin-side improvements

for the first "user thing" that you can see right now see above

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A new announcement Icon

huh? announcements always had an icon

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and a better system for forum page counts were the first things I noticed....

if you mean the page navigation in threads, yes, the links are more clear now

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 07:00

in
- forum summary pages (only on default styles)
- search results (all styles)
- subcribed threads listings (only on default styles)

the number of replies links to a small pop-up window that show the people who have posted in the thread. the window contains a link that closes it sends you to the thread

this will not be fully functional on the light styles cause the reply count is linked to the last post in those styles...

Buck Birdseed · September 6, 2001, 07:01

Both in threads and on large forums.

Oh, and I meant the icon is a different one- didn't it use to be a triangle before?

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 07:22

ok, the second phase of the upgrade is done as well

<B>
List of changes for users:
<LI> "Currently Active Users" on forum home page links to a page showing where each user is
<LI> Ignored users are now shown in threads with a clickable place holder that will bring up their posts when clicked
<LI> Improved navigation links for forum and thread pages
<LI> In the forum summary pages and the subcribed threads listings (only on default styles) as well as the search results (all styles), the number of replies links to a small pop-up window that show the people who have posted in the thread. The window contains a link that closes it sends you to the thread. This is not fully functional on the light styles because the reply count is linked to the last post in those styles
</b>

There are also many other small fixes or administration-side changes....

Fiera · September 6, 2001, 09:00

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
<LI> "Currently Active Users" on forum home page links to a page showing where each user is

Great! I missed this feature... but unfortunately it's taking too much time to load...

Is it working alright for everybody else?

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 09:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Fiera
Great! I missed this feature... but unfortunately it's taking too much time to load...

Is it working alright for everybody else?

no, it's pretty slow due to the extreme number of queries it must make in order to "locate" everyone

i have limited it to show only the last 20 people and might take it off it loads up the server on peak hours

Gramphos · September 6, 2001, 09:32

That color of the links at the pages has changed in Civ3 styles. They must be black (or a color that look good on the border)

OneFootInTheGrave · September 6, 2001, 09:57

It wqs quick and the site is still fast

Actually i get some script error message when I post, but pressing yes moves me forward so I don't care...

Fiera · September 6, 2001, 11:49

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
no, it's pretty slow due to the extreme number of queries it must make in order to "locate" everyone

i have limited it to show only the last 20 people and might take it off it loads up the server on peak hours

I see. Thanks, Markos!

Gramphos · September 6, 2001, 12:37

I just noticed that you have changed the maximum Poll options to 16. Was that with the upgrade, or did you do it before?

Gramphos · September 6, 2001, 13:15

Do you know if there was a bug with sorting after rating before the upgrade?
(While selecting sort after rating from the beginning it sowed up as sorting after last post from the beginning, but now it sows up as sorting after rating from the beginning.)

(I will not know unless you put that limit of 5 votes back (Don't do it) or answers this.)

Buck Birdseed · September 6, 2001, 13:25

Small bug: Gramphos's personal "Color={linkcolor}" has turned into one of the background colours. Standard CtP2.

Buck Birdseed · September 6, 2001, 13:27

Er, no, that was not what I meant. You mean that when you type "(linkcolor)" but in Set Brackets it converts it to a Hexadecimal number?

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 13:31

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
I just noticed that you have changed the maximum Poll options to 16. Was that with the upgrade, or did you do it before?

it's just a one of the settings. it existed before the upgrade as well. i was just checking a the coupld new admin settings and saw that, thought we'll surely need to make a "best civ in civ3" poll, so.... 16

Gramphos · September 6, 2001, 13:31

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Originally posted by Snapcase
Er, no, that was not what I meant. You mean that when you type "(linkcolor)" but in Set Brackets it converts it to a Hexadecimal number?

I don't understand that sentence. Can you take it in Swedish?

*
What about {linkcolor#125; turning into {linkcolor}? Has that to do with me?

Gramphos · September 6, 2001, 13:36

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
we'll surely need to make a "best civ in civ3" poll, so.... 16

We had the Most Deserving civ, and a mod Edited that to contain 16 options before. (But editing polls as fast they are about what civ is that must get boring. It was a good change. (Now I only need to find a good poll-topic for 16 options

))

Martin Gühmann · September 6, 2001, 16:29

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
no, it's pretty slow due to the extreme number of queries it must make in order to "locate" everyone

i have limited it to show only the last 20 people and might take it off it loads up the server on peak hours

I guess that's not the reason why it is pritty slow since the upgrade to vBulletin Version 2.0.0 Apolyton is pretty slow. OK for now it is OK. And before the upgrade to vBulletin Version 2.0.0 there was also such a feature without any limitations and any speed problems. For me it is not much worth if it can show all current users in an acceptable time.

A second issure: As I try to post here I saw this line under the post reply page:

This thread has more than 15 replies. Click here to review to review the whole thread.

Where should I click??? Unfortunatly the "here" has the same color as the rest of the text in CTP2 default style in Netscape 4.5. So far as I know it was blue.

But here is the really important matter:

Instead of a forum update I expected a Apolyton CTP2 DataBase Update, because you ask what is missing from the DataBase and you got some answers
, so now we expect a reply from you: A CTP2 DataBase Update

I know I am impatient, but that is no miracle, as I am waiting to see this update four three or four month. Or should we put tha name Apolyton in our mods to get them posted here? And why we didn't get a new DataBase manager here although there are voluntiers?

-Martin

MarkG · September 6, 2001, 16:42

a refund for the rest of your subscription has just been mailed martin....

*End Is Forever* · September 6, 2001, 20:04

Limiting the number of people showing up on the "Who's Online" feature doesn't work. It shows the whereabouts of the first twenty people alphabetically... at least it does on mine.

Hence no-one with a username starting with "E" or below appears...

MarkG · September 7, 2001, 02:23

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Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Hence no-one with a username starting with "E" or below appears...

yeah i know...
the limit was added quickly to avoid the worse and see how things go
well, the server is still up

i'll be adding some code so that you're able to see the rest(separated in pages)

Martin Gühmann · September 7, 2001, 06:45

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a refund for the rest of your subscription has just been mailed martin....

???? Explain

Is it as fast as the Apolyton CS Forums Mailer? I can't remember that I disabled the email notification about new posts in threads in that I allready posted. Fact is that since my last visit three new posts are in this thread and I gottn't any email notification about it.

-Martin

Mercator · September 7, 2001, 08:20

I´m not sure if this has anything to do with the forum upgrade, but anyway... I just tried to change my avatar, and I couldn´t pick a custom one! Have the rules for custom avatars changed? In the info about avatars I see I must have at least 500 posts... I thought you could also have a custom avatar if you were registered for more than x months or so??? Or at least, that must have been the case, otherwise I wouldn´t have been able to have a custom avatar at all.
I am near the 500 post mark, but considering that I´ve been registered here for something close to 3 years, it may take a while before I get there (

unless I can get the 30-something posts back that mysteriously vanished somewhere in my first Apolyton year

)

Gramphos · September 7, 2001, 08:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Martin Gühmann

???? Explain

Is it as fast as the Apolyton CS Forums Mailer? I can't remember that I disabled the email notification about new posts in threads in that I allready posted. Fact is that since my last visit three new posts are in this thread and I gottn't any email notification about it.

-Martin

There is currently an error in the send mail program (Shown in the top when you post in a thread that someone subscribes for)

Sirotnikov · September 7, 2001, 17:41

Does this has something to do with the speed change?

I noticed that the forums are quicker to respond, and much quicker to build .

DarkCloud · September 9, 2001, 12:19

What if, for the "Where are you" feature... we enter the page and then can select what number of people we want to see, or if we can click on someone's name then observe exactly where that poster is, and no other?

MarkG · September 9, 2001, 15:12

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
What if, for the "Where are you" feature... we enter the page and then can select what number of people we want to see, or if we can click on someone's name then observe exactly where that poster is, and no other?

i was actually thinking of being able to see only the people in your buddy list....

Gramphos · September 10, 2001, 14:01

Still no sight of black page numbers. Can I have them back?