[Philipp]

A new forum upgrade is coming. I replace phpBB shortly with my own message board application.

Here two screenshots:




The new forum is fully integrated in the main site and have some new features like the possibility to mark a post as answer. However, some features such as who's online are missing in the current version.

[Dapper Dan]

Will we still be able to filter where we can see just new posts etc.?

[Philipp]

This is way different in the new forums. There is now a "current topics" option which will display the last 10 topics of each single forum.

The folder for each topic is marked in 4 different colors, depend on the age of each post:
Posts of the last 6 hours
Posts of the last 7-12 hours
Posts of the last 12-24 hours
24 hours+

This was necessary because the new forum is using a caching system like the rest of the website.

[Philipp]

Just a quick note that the search function is currently not working because the search index is missing. I will reindex the search index tomorrow morning.

[jimf43]

Not bad but you really need to make/change the icons in the header template to be more identifiable... those just don't work. You really can't tell what the functions are???

Also, we lost a bunch of neat emoticons ! and I notice that this doesn't accept html ;-).

[danleff]

Very nice, thank you! I agree with jimf43, the edit..icons need an identifier to clue newer users as to what they are. I had to look at the bottom of my browser screen to id them. Most suers will not get this.

[Philipp]

Originally posted by jimf43:

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You really can't tell what the functions are???

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I will put up a small forum FAQ/guide later

[Maillion]

Quote:

This is way different in the new forums. There is now a "current topics" option which will display the last 10 topics of each single forum.

The folder for each topic is marked in 4 different colors, depend on the age of each post:
Posts of the last 6 hours
Posts of the last 7-12 hours
Posts of the last 12-24 hours
24 hours+

This was necessary because the new forum is using a caching system like the rest of the website.

There needs to be something at the bottom or top of the forum index window to explain these.

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Very nice, thank you! I agree with jimf43, the edit..icons need an identifier to clue newer users as to what they are. I had to look at the bottom of my browser screen to id them. Most suers will not get this.

That is true! The status line works, sort of, but not all of the new stuff can be understood from there. What is "sub text"? What is "tt text"? What is "s text"? I know what a "marquee" is in some programs, but what is it here? And so forth. I, and probably many others do not use all these functions often, but some of them are used occasionally. Without something to identify them on the edit page, the occasional ones will be forgotten, especially since the status line info is unclear on a lot of them...

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These icons 'bleed' into the background, making some of them difficult to differentiate from one another, leaving only the left-to-right position to identify them, and their meaning is unknown, unless you jump to the post I coppied the above from, or the faq to be produced. (It would be nice if the delete function was available to the post's 'owner' as well as 'admin'. 8)

[Maillion]

It won't allow me to edit my post! "Not allowed" error! This is bad! really bad! (In addition, the "Include my profile signature" is not fixed, it needs to be turned on for each post...:o

[Maillion]

Did you notice that in one of my posts above that the icons I was speaking of were not there, just the text explanations? I wanted to quote text from several other posts, so I copied and pasted, using the "Quote" icon in the "Quick Code" icon bar to differentiate them. The icons, though highlighted, did not get pasted in! (Will the "Quick Code" icon allow us to add the name of the poster who is quoted? :x

[Philipp]

Originally posted by maillion:

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What is "sub text"? What is "tt text"? What is "s text"? I know what a "marquee" is in some programs, but what is it here? And so forth. I, and probably many others do not use all these functions often, but some of them are used occasionally. Without something to identify them on the edit page, the occasional ones will be forgotten, especially since the status line info is unclear on a lot of them...

bold text

right text

italic text

Using different font (here arial)

underlined text

[size:20]Using different font size (here 20)[/color]

sup text

sub text

Using different color (here red)

Quote:

quoted text

[tt]tt text[/tt]

URL: http://www.linuxcompatible.org

URL with description: Linux Compatible

[marquee]marquee text[/marquee]

Email: myemail@provider (not recommended *)

Email with description: [email:email@provider]My Email[/email] (not recommended *)

center text

left text

URL to image

* Posting emails in the public are not recommended because of Spam harvesters. I would use private messages instead.

Originally posted by maillion:

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It won't allow me to edit my post! "Not allowed" error! This is bad! really bad! (In addition, the "Include my profile signature" is not fixed, it needs to be turned on for each post...:o

Is this an older post? There is an edit limit of 2 hours.

Originally posted by maillion:

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In addition, the "Include my profile signature" is not fixed, it needs to be turned on for each post...:o

Added to my do list. Should be done in the next 2 days

Originally posted by maillion:

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Will the "Quick Code" icon allow us to add the name of the poster who is quoted? :x

No, you need to click on the quote with reply icon (images/quote.png) to do this.

[jimf43]

Originally posted by Philipp:

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Originally posted by jimf43:

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You really can't tell what the functions are???

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I will put up a small forum FAQ/guide later

I figures that out ... No offense Philipp, but, those are the least legable/descriptive icons that I've seen in a long while. Give me the format and I'll make you some good ones .

A temporary solution might be to have pop-up labels on each of the functions; if your program allows it.
[Edited by jimf43 on 2004-03-20 12:44:36]

[Maillion]

Originally posted by Philipp:

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Originally posted by maillion:

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It won't allow me to edit my post! "Not allowed" error! This is bad! really bad! (In addition, the "Include my profile signature" is not fixed, it needs to be turned on for each post...:o

Is this an older post? There is an edit limit of 2 hours.

Originally posted by maillion:

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In addition, the "Include my profile signature" is not fixed, it needs to be turned on for each post...:o

Added to my do list. Should be done in the next 2 days

Originally posted by maillion:

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Will the "Quick Code" icon allow us to add the name of the poster who is quoted? :x

No, you need to click on the quote with reply icon () to do this.

No, as usual, the moment I could see my message, I saw a typo, and tried to fix it - it told me I was not allowed. Thanks for the explanation and examples of the edit buttons. there are are some that look cool!
8)

[Maillion]

I still cannot edit my own posts. This is the error I get:

"Error: Can't open template forum_error_notallowed"

Please help. :x

[Philipp]

Originally posted by maillion:

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I still cannot edit my own posts. This is the error I get:

"Error: Can't open template forum_error_notallowed"

Please help. :x

Please send me a PM with your login. I need to take a look.

[jimf43]

Title lables on the functions help a lot.

Thanks Philipp

[Maillion]

Test

Edit

[Philipp]

Originally posted by maillion:

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I still cannot edit my own posts.

Fixed.

[Maillion]

Originally posted by Philipp:

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Originally posted by maillion:

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I still cannot edit my own posts.

Fixed.

Trial

Ahhh! That's better!
8)

[SoulNothing]

good job the only thing i gotta say is i cant tell when new posts are posted because im color blind

none the less good job