There will be tweaking!

[Bukfan]

I don't get you.
On my screen it shows the same as the old lay-out.

Or- I just don't see any differences... It's all good, give it a chance and some time.

Well, I just clicked on "New Posts" and up popped 8 threads, but I know there's over 40 threads which contains new posts I have'nt read. This was the case yesterday before the forum was upgraded. Maybe I only get 8 threads now because with the new upgrade we've started a fresh? That's certainly a possibility! It's no biggie though, I was just wondering. I'm sure we'll all get used to the new layout in time...and then we'll get a new upgrade. :)

 

[Purple Stickpin]

This falls into the "aesthetic-only" category, but I think it would improve the look a bit. On the forums home page, there are designations of (for example):

Threads:
36
Posts:
97

Having the number on the same row as the noun would remove a fair bit of white space (it looks to me that there is sufficient room to make this happen). Note that in the individual forums, the format is:

Replies: 36
Views: 97

There are, however, some examples of hard returns on the individual forum pages also.

Just a thought.

Purple "aesthetics over functionality" Stickpin

 

[mjp]

I had a look at my profile, and on top of the message box it says, "Visitor Messages - About Me - Friends", but you can only see the upper 1/3 of the letters.

Ugh. I didn't touch the layout on that page, so it's going to take a bit to figure out how to fix it.

When I click on "New Posts", and it says there are'nt any, I can get to see the posts from the last 24 hours if I click on the link, but in the old forum I got to see a list of all the threads I had'nt read since new posts were made in them.

That's still how it works. When you read a post a database entry is made marking it "read." Wait a day or two and see if you still aren't seeing all the new posts. You should be.

Maybe I only get 8 threads now because with the new upgrade we've started a fresh? That's certainly a possibility!

No, there is no limit to the number of "new posts."

Threads:
36
Posts:
97

Having the number on the same row as the noun would remove a fair bit of white space (it looks to me that there is sufficient room to make this happen). Note that in the individual forums, the format is:

Replies: 36
Views: 97

The lines are wrapping because of your browser size. Make the window bigger - they are on the same line.

There are, however, some examples of hard returns on the individual forum pages also.

Yeah, so I've noticed. Must be a bug. So far I see it only in the first post of an old (pre-upgrade) thread.

 

[Black Swan]

Good job Michael!

 

[Purple Stickpin]

The lines are wrapping because of your browser size. Make the window bigger - they are on the same line.

My window was full-size. But I solved the problem by ctrl [scroll down] on my mouse. The rows shifted to one, but my font size is about 9. Too old for that!

Anyway, not a big deal.

 

[Bukfan]

What does it mean when the "envelope" at the left of a thread is red?

 

[chronic]

I could be wrong but I think it means that it's a "hot" thread with a lot of replies.

 

[Bukfan]

Great! Thanks, chronic...

 

[Stavrogin]

Will the emoticons be fixed? I'm having Commodore 64 flashbacks.

 

[mjp]

What's broken? :):(:confused::p:mad::D

 

[Stavrogin]

I just replaced my Jon Cryer posters with John Cusack. Too much to ask for a little hip swag around here?

 

[Ponder]

I hope from now on members think twice before they add useless smileys.
HAHAHAhahahaha

 

[Stavrogin]

Thanks, Ponder!! :D

 

[Ponder]

What does it mean when the "envelope" at the left of a thread is red?

It means that you've posted in the thread?

 

[d gray]

the "special needs" section of the FAQ is a riot!

 

[Rob.]

Why do quotes show up lower on the space than regular posts?

Also, short posts have a small white bar at the botrtom. It makes me think there's a glitch.

 

[mjp]

I don't see a white bar under a short post...

But the signature move was something they did intentionally. I think I'd have to alter a file to change that, and I won't do that. Template and CSS changes are saved in the database, so they're easy to manage. File changes are impossible to manage. For me.

 

[Bukfan]

It means that you've posted in the thread?

No, if you've posted in the thread, it's marked by a small green circle with a white arrow in it, placed on top of the envelope icon.

 

[mjp]

Go here. Scroll all the way down to the bottom. The icons are explained there.

50,000+ views or 50+ posts qualifies as "hot" around here.

 

[Bukfan]

Great! Thanks, mjp...

 

[mjp]

And this wiiiiide screen minus the menu to the left. How will we tell newbies about the poem-database now?

I added tabs up top that point to the database, timeline and manuscripts. That should be enough for the most requested/suggested links.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I like that very much.

 

[bospress.net]

Buk would hate that you are messing with my free speech, brah!

 

[mjp]

I had a look at my profile, and on top of the message box it says, "Visitor Messages - About Me - Friends", but you can only see the upper 1/3 of the letters.

Fixed:

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks, mjp! And you got rid of the ugly black color around the box too. Very nice.

 

[Rob.]

Maybe it is my computor getting all glitchy then, but this is what happens.

 

[mjp]

Well, shit. What version of IE is that? I checked everything in the latest IE, but if that's an old version it may be an IE CSS problem. IE has never done CSS properly.

 

[Stavrogin]

Rob has an older version of IE - 6.0 being used here at work and it does the same.

 

[mjp]

"Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 27, 2001" - and it hasn't been substantially updated since 2002. Need I say more?

The internet can't sit around and wait for Microsoft to get their shit together.

Rob, for fuck's sake, man! Do yourself a favor.

 

[Stavrogin]

"Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 27, 2001" - and it hasn't been substantially updated since 2002.

Music to the employer's ear.