Major forum software update.
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Major forum software update.
Updated from phpBB version 3.0.x to 3.1.x, naturally for a forum of this size it took a considerable time to process all the updates. Keep an eye out for glitches. Additionally, although very few people used them, most of the extra themes were not compatible with phpBB 3.1 and are no longer available. A few additional settings/areas will have to be updated or replaced due to me also cleaning up a huge amount of old/insecure/no longer relevant files.
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A note on embedding. A whole bunch more stuff will automatically embed in posts if you just paste a link to it. The usual suspects like youtube videos for one, but also links to products on amazon, facebook posts/videos/images, soundcloud, tweets, cnn videos, reddit permalinks, etc. Basically don't be surprised if you post a link to something and that something just automatically shows up embedded directly in your post. To disable it in a post, check the "Do not automatically parse URLs" checkbox in posting options.
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Awesome. Thanks for doing it, Krom.
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It seems that the forum becomes almost a social network. And it seems we are in danger to be equated with the media, with appropriate censorship.
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Gold Star for you, Krom!
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sigma, this forum is hosted in the US. There's no danger of censorship.sigma wrote:It seems that the forum becomes almost a social network. And it seems we are in danger to be equated with the media, with appropriate censorship.
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maybe from OUR end of the transmission line......Foil wrote:sigma, this forum is hosted in the US. There's no danger of censorship.sigma wrote:It seems that the forum becomes almost a social network. And it seems we are in danger to be equated with the media, with appropriate censorship.
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I hate to throw water on Krom's new toys, but I'm having trouble with the emoticons and all the special actions like underlining, italics and quoting. Nothing happens when I try to add them to the body of the messages. I can add them manually by using BBC code, but not automatically from the forum selections. I'm using Firefox by the way.
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Works fine on firefox here... But I'm not using the default theme. So probably something wrong with the ancient default theme that has been ported around to different forum software a half dozen times. I'll look in to it.
Edit: Should be working now.
Edit: Should be working now.
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Krom, on the default theme at least, here are a few things I've noticed:
[*] In a thread, there are no page number links to view different pages of posts
[*] The second post of each thread seems to have a different background color than the others
[*] When you click on a forum, there are no page number links to view threads older than the ones on the first page
[*] In a thread, there are no page number links to view different pages of posts
[*] The second post of each thread seems to have a different background color than the others
[*] When you click on a forum, there are no page number links to view threads older than the ones on the first page
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Extremely minor issue:
[*] After logging in with the "Hide my online status this session", the "who is online" list on the front page still shows me.
[*] After logging in with the "Hide my online status this session", the "who is online" list on the front page still shows me.
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Basic pagination functionality restored in default theme (whole system was overhauled/changed, old template wouldn't work).Jeff250 wrote:
- In a thread, there are no page number links to view different pages of posts
- When you click on a forum, there are no page number links to view threads older than the ones on the first page
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Yep, working fine now.Krom wrote:Works fine on firefox here... But I'm not using the default theme. So probably something wrong with the ancient default theme that has been ported around to different forum software a half dozen times. I'll look in to it.
Edit: Should be working now.
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Board style set to "Black" from "DescentBB" to check for pagination, and now I can't change it back (actually shows "DescentBB" whenever I go back to the settings page, no matter what I do. What are we paying you for?! ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
EDIT: Closed the browser and re-opened, and now the style is back to good ol' DescentBB.
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EDIT: Closed the browser and re-opened, and now the style is back to good ol' DescentBB.
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Thanks!Krom wrote:Basic pagination functionality restored in default theme (whole system was overhauled/changed, old template wouldn't work).Jeff250 wrote:
- In a thread, there are no page number links to view different pages of posts
- When you click on a forum, there are no page number links to view threads older than the ones on the first page
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I’m seeing vision as the last poster in this thread (see image), and I’m also seeing some dots that I’m sure don’t belong, I think they appeared after the page search was added, but not positive.
Yea….it’s IE
Also the little thread and forum icons are not updating on that broken thread, and I see some other issues with the thread and forum animations.
Yea….it’s IE
Also the little thread and forum icons are not updating on that broken thread, and I see some other issues with the thread and forum animations.
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Only thing that still looks a bit off to me is that one of the unread posts icons is a...well, I'm not sure exactly what it is. Almost looks like a roller coaster car or something.
Everything else looks fine!
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I was wondering that too, and then realized that it's a sliver of a pyro icon.Top Gun wrote:Only thing that still looks a bit off to me is that one of the unread posts icons is a...well, I'm not sure exactly what it is. Almost looks like a roller coaster car or something.Everything else looks fine!
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Krom, one more thing: in each forum's list of threads, there used to be page numbers next to each thread so that you could jump to (e.g.) the last page of the thread without having to first go to the first page. Can we bring these back too? Thanks.
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Oh hey, you're right. I never would have figured that out looking at it myself.Ferno wrote:I was wondering that too, and then realized that it's a sliver of a pyro icon.Top Gun wrote:Only thing that still looks a bit off to me is that one of the unread posts icons is a...well, I'm not sure exactly what it is. Almost looks like a roller coaster car or something.Everything else looks fine!
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Should be there now under applicable threads.Jeff250 wrote:Krom, one more thing: in each forum's list of threads, there used to be page numbers next to each thread so that you could jump to (e.g.) the last page of the thread without having to first go to the first page. Can we bring these back too? Thanks.
New post icons should shrink to fit, but for some reason it is unreliable. I'll keep an eye on it.
Honestly the default theme is a horrible hack job of ancient and very non-standard html that is kind of a miracle it works at all.
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That might be a good idea for the next upgrade. I just noticed that the page numbers are missing from the threads listed under the "Unread posts"/"Your posts"/etc. links at the top too. Hopefully these can be all fixed in the same spot. ![Neutral :|](./images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
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Got it.
Additionally: Agent Ransack to the rescue, went through the entire template and corrected all the instances of pagination. Should work everywhere it is supposed to now.
Additionally: Agent Ransack to the rescue, went through the entire template and corrected all the instances of pagination. Should work everywhere it is supposed to now.
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Krom, almost posted about not being able to color the text...then I saw the font color box. Sorry I can't give you more work to do ![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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Heheh, it was actually broken/missing at first, but we fixed it along with the bbcode buttons.woodchip wrote:Krom, almost posted about not being able to color the text...then I saw the font color box. Sorry I can't give you more work to do