Discovered Upgrade Issues

[Brandon Martus]

I just did a major upgrade (skipped a lot of versions, had to re-write a lot).

Things may be missing, broken, or work differently. Some of them shouldn't work differently. If you see something not working like it used to, let me know and I'll fix it .. or tell you why it works that way.

Known Issues:
1) Spell check is gone. It may come back. Then again .. newer browsers / operating systems have spell check built in, so it may not come back.

2) the 'new posts' menu up top -- the subscribed forums searches aren't implemented yet.

3) The UFH and WFA images that show up by peoples avatar aren't working yet.

4) The list of reputation you've given is missing -- it will return.

Let me know if you find any others.

[Cory]

Is there a reason the page is fixed width?

If so, will the option to have it be fullscreen be added?

I remember there was a debate about this a year or two ago. It seems time has not changed anything, and I'm still resistant to change, because it looks quite weird to me. :p

[Brandon Martus]

Is there a reason the page is fixed width?

If so, will the option to have it be fullscreen be added?
Option exists just isn't being taken into account -- it's just a bug. I'll fix.

[Mark McLeod]

I'm seeing some restricted forum threads on the portal that I shouldn't be seeing, e.g., the Moderator Forum.

[Brandon Martus]

I'm seeing some restricted forum threads on the portal that I shouldn't be seeing, e.g., the Moderator Forum.
This should be fixed now.

[Beth Sweet]

All of the whoami's are gone! Brandon, did I break CD again? ;)

[raymaniac]

Yay! CD is alive again!

The team, team name, team role, and AKA are gone.

[Brandon Martus]

All of the whoami's are gone! Brandon, did I break CD again? ;)
Should be good.

[Dan Zollman]

Before I signed on, the thread display mode defaulted to Threaded Mode. I think outside visitors may not be familiar with that and won't realize how to read the thread...one of the other modes would be better for default.

[RoboMom]

Ok, I can live without my WAI picture, but I do miss the birthday cake;)

[artdutra04]

When I was in CD Media and clicked on the "Private Messages" link in the top right box in the page header, it brought me to this [nonexistent] page:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/private.php

[Brandon Martus]

Ok, I can live without my WAI picture, but I do miss the birthday cake;)
Birthday cake: check.

[Brandon Martus]

The team, team name, team role, and AKA are gone.check.

[Michelle Celio]

Sort of minuscule but I don't have the rep bars on the same line as the post count.


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Events attending is missing

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Sorting members by team role, team number and competition.

[RoboMom]

Birthday cake: check.

there it is! (minus 50 candles :) )

[raymaniac]

When I went to "New activity sense last visit, it showed stuff from last week, even though I was on last night. Also when I tried it when I first logged on this thread was on the list, but when I tried it a minute ago it wasn't.

[Brandon Martus]

Sort of minuscule but I don't have the rep bars on the same line as the post count.


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Events attending is missing
huh?

[Billfred]

Another thing I've noticed is missing: Rookie years.

(And I still don't see WAIs.) Now I just see it for everyone but me!

And the events listing below the signature aren't showing up for me

[Brandon Martus]

When I went to "New activity sense last visit, it showed stuff from last week, even though I was on last night. Also when I tried it when I first logged on this thread was on the list, but when I tried it a minute ago it wasn't.
There were major updates to the way vBulletin keeps track of what posts you've seen or not.

Before -- you had 15 minutes of inactivity and then it figured you read them all.

Now -- you have to read them all (or mark them read) before they'll fall off the 'new posts' lists. I think it is great because during the season, I can come on .. read 2-3 posts .. come back 3 hours later .. and not miss 400 threads.

The first time you come to this new version, it may look weird. Once you view all posts or a day or two goes by, it should all start to look good again.

[Pat Fairbank]

The post times are all showing as relative (e.g. "4 minutes ago") instead of showing the actual time.

[Madison]

We've misplaced "View reputation given" in the UserCP or I can't find it.

[Michelle Celio]

We've misplaced "View reputation given" in the UserCP or I can't find it.

Brandon already mentioned it:


4) The list of reputation you've given is missing -- it will return.

[Billfred]

They'll return--it was earlier in the thread.

Two more things I'm noticing:

1) On rep clicks I've received, some of the thread names are truncated while others aren't.

2) Not so much a bug as a feature, but is there a way to sort of enable the way threads used to show in new post searches, where recently-read threads would stay in the list?

3) I tried to quote Madison's post in mine, and clicked the quote button that turned orange. I don't see the quote.

4) Maybe I'm blind, but I can't seem to find the "Shush forums, I really did read those 256 threads so take them off my new posts" button.

[Michelle Celio]

3) I tried to quote Madison's post in mine, and clicked the quote button that turned orange. I don't see the quote.


Its for quoteig multiple posts like I did in reply to M.Krass about her comment about the reputation. If you click multiple of them and then click Post Reply at the bottom it will quote all posts. It works the same way with just one.

[dez250]

I still don't see the WAI pics in the threads.

But for something thats cool, i like the new goto page option in the lower right.

[Brandon Martus]

1) On rep clicks I've received, some of the thread names are truncated while others aren't.Probably a feature in the new vb .. it'll be addressed when i add the reputation list enhancements back in.

2) Not so much a bug as a feature, but is there a way to sort of enable the way threads used to show in new post searches, where recently-read threads would stay in the list?they should .. and if not, you can go to 'new posts' menu and go to the past 24 hours lists ..

3) I tried to quote Madison's post in mine, and clicked the quote button that turned orange. I don't see the quote. as michelle said .. you can quote multiple posts now. click the ' " ' icons, then hit 'quote' on one of em, i think. i havent quite mastered that new feature yet, either. ;)

4) Maybe I'm blind, but I can't seem to find the "Shush forums, I really did read those 256 threads so take them off my new posts" button.'quick links' -> 'mark forums read'

[raymaniac]

Any chance of you adding some "issues" such as forcing dave to explain all of his posts:D

[Mark McLeod]

Who's Online shows all the recent spiders as well as humans.

[Michelle Celio]

Who's Online shows all the recent spiders as well as humans.
I'm pretty sure that it has always done that.
Update: (This (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27292) is a thread that shows that it has).
Any chance of you adding some "issues" such as forcing dave to explain all of his posts:D
But not knowing is half the fun. :D

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I think there is something wrong with the birthdays, because there was more than 3 this morning and now it is only displaying 3 but when you click the birthday cake next to where it lists them, you can view all of them.

About the multi-quote when you click the quote buttons, it will arrange the quotes in the order that you click them, not in chronological order. Just thought I'd explain that before someone asked.

[Brandon Martus]

Who's Online shows all the recent spiders as well as humans.
Didn't it always do that?

[Billfred]

One more quirk: I can't list the members of hidden forums (like NEMO). The list of hidden groups is there, I can see the groups, but nothing happens when I click the name.

[Brandon Martus]

I'm pretty sure that it has always done that.

But not knowing is half the fun. :D

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I think there is something wrong with the birthdays, because there was more than 3 this morning and now it is only displaying 3 but when you click the birthday cake next to where it lists them, you can view all of them.
Feature -

Birthdays and # of users, and such, will now only show people who have been active.

I've set it to 182 days (approx 6 mo ..)

[Steve W]

After reading a thread or posting in that thread it still shows unread.

[Brandon Martus]

One more quirk: I can't list the members of hidden forums (like NEMO). The list of hidden groups is there, I can see the groups, but nothing happens when I click the name.
Ah, forgot to upgrade that page .. should be ok now.

[Brandon Martus]

After reading a thread or posting in that thread it still shows unread.
Clear your cookies, log out, log in, (when you're ready) 'mark forums read'.

It may be a stale cookie / upgrade issue.

[Brandon Martus]

The post times are all showing as relative (e.g. "4 minutes ago") instead of showing the actual time.
Yeah, I was just testing that new feature out.
It isn't very useful, so I put it back.

[Brandon Martus]

Ok, after spending 6 hours upgrading .. I need a break.

Here is the issue list .. anything else I don't know about.
Please re-post any I have missed, and be as detailed as possible.
I'll get to the rest of these tomorrow morning.

1) Spell check is gone. It may come back. Then again .. newer browsers / operating systems have spell check built in, so it may not come back.

2) the 'new posts' menu up top -- the subscribed forums searches aren't implemented yet.

3) The UFH and WFA images that show up by peoples avatar aren't working yet.

4) The list of reputation you've given in the user cp is missing -- it will return.

5) Who Am I and CD-Event attendance listings on everybodies posts are being 'weird'.

[Michelle Celio]

Brandon,

I'll keep a running list in this post of things that people post after me, just to try and keep it all in one place. Hope that helps.


Sorting members by team role, team number and competition.
Maybe it's personal preference, but I don't like how on the members list you can see the avatars, from asking around I understand that it used to be like that, and that it was changed to exclude them. Just my opinion.

Also, the edited post information appears above the Attending: information



Sorting in Spotlights doesn't work

[Steve W]

Nothing worse than stale cookies. Yes Firefox 2.0 does have built in spell checker. Thanks

[Billfred]

I've been logging in on machines other than my iBook, and I'm finding that I'm getting logged out quicker. Like just a couple of minutes of inactivity instead of the fifteenish of the olden days.

[Corey Balint]

The actual Posts dont say today anymore, they just read 12-9-06

[SamC]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet (Yes, I did search the thread) but, it apears that the "reply" button in the reputation area (in user CP) is gone.

[JohnBoucher]

Thanks for all the hard work Brandon

[SamC]

Thanks for all the hard work Brandon
Agreed!

[lukevanoort]

Who's Online shows all the recent spiders as well as humans.

Didn't it always do that?

I think what he means is that it used to say something like
Currently Active Users: 296 (47 members, 70 guests... and 179 spiders)
Now it says something like
Currently Active Users: 306 (111 users and 195 guests)

[raymaniac]

Thanks for all the hard work Brandon
I agree.
Keep it up Brandon.

[raymaniac]

Also, why do I keep on getting randomly logged out of CD? This happened before the upgrade, but it has always annoyed me, especialy when I try to post and it asks me to log in again. Is it something I'm doing that I don't know about, or is it some sort of error? Any chance of it stopping?

[Michelle Celio]

Also, why do I keep on getting randomly logged out of CD? This happened before the upgrade, but it has always annoyed me, especialy when I try to post and it asks me to log in again. Is it something I'm doing that I don't know about, or is it some sort of error? Any chance of it stopping?

Try checking your browsers setting for cache. Also, there is an edit button on each of your posts (that is there for about a 24 hours after the post is created) which may come in handy, and help control the amount of posts on Chief Delphi.

[raymaniac]

Try checking your browsers setting for cache.
Thanks.
Also, there is an edit button on each of your posts (that is there for about a 24 hours after the post is created) which may come in handy, and help control the amount of posts on Chief Delphi.
Oh Yeah, forgot about that :D
Sorry.

[Rohith Surampudi]

Brandon...you are amazing... You need a looooooong vacation...to somewhere with no computers and code...somewhere where you can just laze around for a few days.

[Mike Schroeder]

Brandon the Button i used to press that shouted BIG MIKE ROCKS is gone... I think that it should be brought back

[Cody Carey]

I don't know if this is on purpose... but you can no longer upload an animated GIF as an avatar. If this is on purpose, would you like me to change mine to a non-animated image?

[Brandon Martus]

The actual Posts dont say today anymore, they just read 12-9-06When I changed it back from the super-general "2 weeks ago, 1 day ago, etc." I went too far. "today / yesterday" is back now.

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet (Yes, I did search the thread) but, it apears that the "reply" button in the reputation area (in user CP) is gone.Thats part of the whole usercp reputation fix that has yet to happen.

I think what he means is that it used to say something like
Currently Active Users: 296 (47 members, 70 guests... and 179 spiders)
Now it says something like
Currently Active Users: 306 (111 users and 195 guests)Ah yes -- I'll have to see how easy that is to write a plugin to accomplish it.

Also, why do I keep on getting randomly logged out of CD? This happened before the upgrade, but it has always annoyed me, especialy when I try to post and it asks me to log in again. Is it something I'm doing that I don't know about, or is it some sort of error? Any chance of it stopping?Weird. 15 minutes is the normal logout if you don't click 'Remember me' when logging in. Try clearing your cookies & cache .. see if that helps anything.

I don't know if this is on purpose... but you can no longer upload an animated GIF as an avatar. If this is on purpose, would you like me to change mine to a non-animated image?It wasn't intentional. Are you sure it isn't just the image you're trying to upload? If you can't get it .. e-mail it to me and I'll give it a shot (or fix whats wrong with it ..).

[Brandon Martus]

I've installed a plugin that shows the last reputation given in your user cp. It is a temporary fix until I write a plugin that works like it used to (multi-paged, with an option to PM them).

-Brandon

[GaryVoshol]

Brandon...you are amazing... You need a looooooong vacation...to somewhere with no computers and code...somewhere where you can just laze around for a few days.

I thought working on CD was a vacation for Brandon. :cool:

Keep up the good work.

[Katie Reynolds]

Great work, Brandon!

The only thing I've noticed is the 200 pixel limiter on signatures isn't working.

[Billfred]

One quirk I've discovered: When you have a new posts search (and possibly other searches) that have no results, you get the header (which is an awesome addition), but neither Spotlights nor the event countdowns show at the top. The place exists for them (the [more] links show), but the actual data doesn't show.

[Rob2713g]

One thing that I noticed: if I'm not logged in, when I click search and type in my querry, it directs me to advanced search and makes me type in the letters and numbers in a box for verification. Not sure if this is on purpose or not.

Nitpicky: When I try to give reputation it automatically selects the "neutral" and "I approve" buttons.

Thanks for all the hard work!

[Ricky Q.]

Links don't open in a new window.

[Brandon Martus]

One quirk I've discovered: When you have a new posts search (and possibly other searches) that have no results, you get the header (which is an awesome addition), but neither Spotlights nor the event countdowns show at the top. The place exists for them (the [more] links show), but the actual data doesn't show.Yeah, I'll have to see how I can detect when it's an error and not show those things. It doesn't run the data to put in that stuff until it starts composing a page.

The only thing I've noticed is the 200 pixel limiter on signatures isn't working.Hmm .. the CSS is there. I'll have to play with it and figure out why its not working.

One thing that I noticed: if I'm not logged in, when I click search and type in my querry, it directs me to advanced search and makes me type in the letters and numbers in a box for verification. Not sure if this is on purpose or not.Yeah, this is to prevent bad things from happening by automated bots. People can really kill a server by automating an attack by searching a whole bunch of times. The captcha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha), although not completely effective, will slow it down a bit.

Nitpicky: When I try to give reputation it automatically selects the "neutral" and "I approve" buttons.Typo -- should be fixed.

[Billfred]

And one more I noticed: Threads get marked as read on the new posts search, but then come back as unread on the recent threads part of the portal.

Edit: Also, when I suggest a spotlight, it takes me back to the spotlight nomination page instead of back to the post.

[raymaniac]

It's not that important, but when you click the "Preview Post" button, there is no longer a "Submit Reply" button under the preview. It's still down where you type, so it's not a big problem.

[SamC]

It's not that important, but when you click the "Preview Post" button, there is no longer a "Submit Reply" button under the preview. It's still down where you type, so it's not a big problem.

That could be an "anti-spam" feature that helps to keep what little spam bots roaming CD from posting in every thread that is listed as "previous".

[Beth Sweet]

Brandon,

It's not an issue... but the fortune cookie thing that you get when you give someone rep is a little creepy...

[Gabe]

It's not an issue... but the fortune cookie thing that you get when you give someone rep is a little creepy...

You know, I tried this and I have to agree that it's a little odd. Is it supposed to be sarcasm or something else? :confused:

[Alex Burman]

some times peoples signitures get cut off
I reference this post (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=540386&postcount=7)

[Madison]

some times peoples signitures get cut off
I reference this post (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=540386&postcount=7)

That's done purposefully. Signatures are limited to no taller than 200px.

[Steve Howland]

Not too important, but the "Rookie Year" that used to be next to Join Date for each person has disappeared.

[Greg Marra]

Replies to continuing discussion of photographs appears to be moderated.

[Cory]

when inserting a hyperlink it no longer gives you the prompt for "text to be formatted"

[Tom Bottiglieri]

The upgrade seems to be preventing Dave Lavery from dropping any more hints. Might be a database problem?

[Gabe]

Large images seem to overflow the usual margins on the side, making one post wider than the rest. This is hard for me describe exactly in words, so please look at the difference in width of post number 4 is compared to post number 5.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=50318

[Cory]

Large images seem to overflow the usual margins on the side, making one post wider than the rest. This is hard for me describe exactly in words, so please look at the difference in width of post number 4 is compared to post number 5.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=50318

They look identical to me.

[Gabe]

They look identical to me.

My computer has a wide window; I might be the only one to see it. Can anyone verify this?

[Cory]

My computer has a wide window; I might be the only one to see it. Can anyone verify this?

Are you using 100% page width? No clue if it makes a difference, but that's what I'm using. could be that the image defaults to the native size, which would be larger than the width of the page if you're not using 100% width.

[edit] I just changed my setting to 980px and I see what you describe. Works fine at 100%.

[Beth Sweet]

My computer has a wide window; I might be the only one to see it. Can anyone verify this?

It's way bigger to me too. I think it was like that before though...

[Brandon Martus]

when inserting a hyperlink it no longer gives you the prompt for "text to be formatted"Hmm. One way that does work is to type the text, highlight it, and then click the hyperlink icon.

Replies to continuing discussion of photographs appears to be moderated.Dang, I had hoped I fixed that.

Large images seem to overflow the usual margins on the side, making one post wider than the rest. This is hard for me describe exactly in words, so please look at the difference in width of post number 4 is compared to post number 5.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=50318
There's nothing much i can do other than say .. "dont upload huge pictures!" ;)

[Alex Burman]

When viewing a topic that has stemmed from an image that that was uploaded to CD Media: If you click on the image it doesn't bring you to the picture as it was uploaded to CD media but just the CD media main page. Or maybe its just this one picture. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=424697#post424697)

I still haven't figured out how to get the new spotlighting to work. To test if it was a glitch I went back to one of the old 1999 archived posts and took a random blurb and tried to spot light it. It said its already been done and to check the list.

[lukevanoort]

When viewing pictures in CD-Media the little arrow next to "new posts", "search" and "quick links" buttons disappears.

[Brandon Martus]

When viewing pictures in CD-Media the little arrow next to "new posts", "search" and "quick links" buttons disappears.Should be fixed now.

When viewing a topic that has stemmed from an image that that was uploaded to CD Media: If you click on the image it doesn't bring you to the picture as it was uploaded to CD media but just the CD media main page. Or maybe its just this one picture. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=424697#post424697)The issue was with old pre-CD-Media pictures being redirected from the old system to CD-Media. Should be fixed.

I still haven't figured out how to get the new spotlighting to work. To test if it was a glitch I went back to one of the old 1999 archived posts and took a random blurb and tried to spot light it. It said its already been done and to check the list.Hm. It should be working now. Try a brand spankin' new post and see if that works. Don't worry -- we can always delete it after you've tested.

[Brandon Martus]

Replies to continuing discussion of photographs appears to be moderated.This should be fixed now.
(thanks to Michelle Celio for help testing)

[Schnabel]

This may not be too major, but when I read some PMs it didn't ask to send a read receipt.

[sanddrag]

I think I just broke the whitepapers.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

The "new posts" list never gets any smaller. (approx 285 new threads for me this morning.)

[Alex Burman]

I had just click on the CD media button and the page was loading and the pop up message telling me I had a private message appeared. I said I wanted to view the message in a new window. The new window came up but instead of being my private message inbox, CD Media came up. I thought maybe someone gave me CD media for my Birthday but I saw up at the top it said one unread message.

[Brandon Martus]

The "new posts" list never gets any smaller. (approx 285 new threads for me this morning.)
Hrm. Are you reading the threads, or are you not viewing them?

They won't go away until you either read them, or mark forums as read.

(BTW, you can mark individual forums read on their individual forum listing page, under 'Forum Tools')

[Brandon Martus]

I had just click on the CD media button and the page was loading and the pop up message telling me I had a private message appeared. I said I wanted to view the message in a new window. The new window came up but instead of being my private message inbox, CD Media came up. I thought maybe someone gave me CD media for my Birthday but I saw up at the top it said one unread message.
Should be fixed now.

[Elgin Clock]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob2713g http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=540446#post540446)
One thing that I noticed: if I'm not logged in, when I click search and type in my querry, it directs me to advanced search and makes me type in the letters and numbers in a box for verification. Not sure if this is on purpose or not.

Yeah, this is to prevent bad things from happening by automated bots. People can really kill a server by automating an attack by searching a whole bunch of times. The captcha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha), although not completely effective, will slow it down a bit.

That would be fine and dandy (not really), but the entering of the 6 digits/characters does not even work.

Search-pwnd.. :(

I'm glad I'm not the only one with the problem.

Also, searching CD-Media still returns doubles of the same pictures many times. What's up with that?
I know that was an issue before the upgrade btw.

The "new posts" list never gets any smaller. (approx 285 new threads for me this morning.)

Al, scroll through the pages. You should see a huge banner saying "The threads below have not been updated since your last visit but still contain unread posts."

They still show up when u log in, and don't dissapear like before.
idk if I like that yet.

Also, is there an override feature to disable MultiQuote?
(Hopefully it will disable if I log out and then back in)

I hit the button to do it.. not knowing how it works..and now everytime I go to do a regular quote on this thread, it brings up the one I hit multiquote on.. (one of Brandon's) as well as the normal quote. (Al's in this case).
And I have nooooo idea what page that is on to go back and turn it off.

I can see it being a cool feature. no doubt, but it just needs an override.
Edit: It cancels out and goes back to normal when you log out of CD and back in.. but who wants to do that?!?!? lol

[Brandon Martus]

That would be fine and dandy (not really), but the entering of the 6 digits/characters does not even work.

Search-pwnd.. :(

I'm glad I'm not the only one with the problem.Works for me. It's case sensitive -- hit 'refresh image' if you can't read the one you're given.

Also, searching CD-Media still returns doubles of the same pictures many times. What's up with that?
I know that was an issue before the upgrade btw.yeah. it was an existing issue -- itll be fixed eventually.



Al, scroll through the pages. You should see a huge banner saying "The threads below have not been updated since your last visit but still contain unread posts."

They still show up when u log in, and don't dissapear like before.
idk if I like that yet.The 'mark as read' will make them disappear.

Also, is there an override feature to disable MultiQuote?
(Hopefully it will disable if I log out and then back in)

I hit the button to do it.. not knowing how it works..and now everytime I go to do a regular quote on this thread, it brings up the one I hit multiquote on.. (one of Brandon's) as well as the normal quote. (Al's in this case).
And I have nooooo idea what page that is on to go back and turn it off.

I can see it being a cool feature. no doubt, but it just needs an override.
Edit: It cancels out and goes back to normal when you log out of CD and back in.. but who wants to do that?!?!? lolThis feature gives you the ability to quote anything on the site -- different threads, posts, etc. There probably is a way to clear them out ... I'm not sure, exactly. It's not required, however, if you want to just quote one thing, and once you do reply, it should clear out. So worst case, reply .. clear out the unwanted multi-quotes, and then type your reply.

[Michelle Celio]

Works for me. It's case sensitive -- hit 'refresh image' if you can't read the one you're given.

I tried searching today while I was not logged in from the drop down box, and it didn't give me the option to do the image thing (not that it would fit in there..), but once I searched it brought me to the advanced page where I had to enter it. Is the image entering really necessary? It sort of makes finding information quickly a little more difficult. (We're not so posted to use forums in school, so it's got to be an on and off real quick thing)

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Maybe this has been discussed, but:
After I view (read?) a thread, its still shown as as new (bold face) in the portal.

[sanddrag]

The "new posts" list never gets any smaller. (approx 285 new threads for me this morning.)Yeah, same here. I do see the "these threads have not been updated but contain unread posts" bar thing, and if I "mark forums read" the new post list clears out just fine. But the thing is, I never had to do this before the upgrade. The new posts list would clear out on its own, by cookies or something. I never had to "mark forums read." Is there some way we can have an option to go back to that?

[JBotAlan]

I tried to give someone rep, clicked the rep icon, and in the window that popped up, I clicked positive, then decided I'd rather give neutral rep and neutral wouldn't select. I clicked it, but it kept deselecting itself, so none of the option buttons were checked.

JBot

[Brandon Martus]

Yeah, same here. I do see the "these threads have not been updated but contain unread posts" bar thing, and if I "mark forums read" the new post list clears out just fine. But the thing is, I never had to do this before the upgrade. The new posts list would clear out on its own, by cookies or something. I never had to "mark forums read." Is there some way we can have an option to go back to that?
I (and many people I've talked to) prefer this way, because if you don't have time to read everything, you can come back and the unread posts still are unread.

It's either the old way or this way -- there won't be a per-user setting.

This way .. "uses the database to store thread and forum read times. This allows accurate read markers to be kept indefinitely. The forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read."

Would it make it easier if there were a button right on the portal that marked them read (save a click?). I could add that when I add in the proper handling of this new method of read vs unread. I will be adding in that bold 'These posts are not new, but still contain unread ...' line on the portal, too.

[Brandon Martus]

I tried to give someone rep, clicked the rep icon, and in the window that popped up, I clicked positive, then decided I'd rather give neutral rep and neutral wouldn't select. I clicked it, but it kept deselecting itself, so none of the option buttons were checked.

JBot
Interesting. What browser were you using?

I've fixed a minor issue with the neutral box -- test it out and see if it works now.

[Billfred]

Would it make it easier if there were a button right on the portal that marked them read (save a click?). I could add that when I add in the proper handling of this new method of read vs unread.

Not so much for the saved click as the obviousness (I wouldn't have thought to look under quick links), but I could go for that.

Alternatively, what about under the Private Message line in the upper-right corner of the page? There seems to be plenty of real estate there (although some javascript "Are you sure?" box might be in order if it's that accessible).

[Bill_Hancoc]

Yeah, same here. I do see the "these threads have not been updated but contain unread posts" bar thing, and if I "mark forums read" the new post list clears out just fine. But the thing is, I never had to do this before the upgrade. The new posts list would clear out on its own, by cookies or something. I never had to "mark forums read." Is there some way we can have an option to go back to that?
i liked the old way too, if i had been gone for a few days i could see all activity since i last logged in and i would read the ones that i wanted to read and that was it and they would stay there for a little while to i liked that. i dont like having to mark them all read cause i cant go back to ones that i want to as easily

[Brandon Martus]

what about under the Private Message line in the upper-right corner of the page? There seems to be plenty of real estate thereThat space has other things in it that the normal user can't see (CD-Media, Spotlight, and other pending approvals). It also has some kind of warning about full PM box, and other things.

[GaryVoshol]

I (and many people I've talked to) prefer this way, because if you don't have time to read everything, you can come back and the unread posts still are unread.Here's a vote for the new system. I don't always have time to read all the way through the new posts in CD when I get on. If I got called away for more than just a few minutes, under the old way it would say, "You've been logged in, so you must have read everything. Here's a new 'last visited' time." No, I really only got to read 5 threads, and I wanted to know which other threads had new stuff.

[Katie Reynolds]

Am I the only one who doesn't get the whole CD-saves-posts-you-haven't-read-as-new-til-forever thing? Every time I leave and come back, all the posts I haven't read are marked as read (just like it used to be). I've cleared my cache and cookies, logged out and back in, and I still don't see this.

[Mark McLeod]

This is talking about the list you get from the "new posts" link on the menu bar, rather than the highlighting of unread posts on the main portal page.
Am I the only one who doesn't get the whole CD-saves-posts-you-haven't-read-as-new-til-forever thing?

[Conor Ryan]

Brandon is awesome
I've been dieing for a multi-quote feature
It's been worth the wait
I agree with KatieAm I the only one who doesn't get the whole CD-saves-posts-you-haven't-read-as-new-til-forever thing? Every time I leave and come back, all the posts I haven't read are marked as read (just like it used to be). I've cleared my cache and cookies, logged out and back in, and I still don't see this.
Sometimes when I refresh the portal page threads I literally just read come up as unread, maybe people editing their posts are the root of all this chaos?


EDIT
I tested my idea out that editing the post marks the portal as new, so that might be it. Now if there was a way to see what post was edited (without an invasion of privacy, or other touchy thing) Maybe a way to signify a major (adding something like this) vs minor (spelling) edit?

[Elgin Clock]

Is there a reason the page is fixed width?

If so, will the option to have it be fullscreen be added?

I remember there was a debate about this a year or two ago. It seems time has not changed anything, and I'm still resistant to change, because it looks quite weird to me. :p

Go into User CP, Then Edit Options. The last one is:
Page Width
How wide do you want the page to be? (980px is suggested)


The 100% option works fine for me.

Kind of looks weird on some pages, but finally lets me take advantage of my whole screen width. :D

[JBotAlan]

Interesting. What browser were you using?

I've fixed a minor issue with the neutral box -- test it out and see if it works now.

I am using Firefox 2.0. It works fine now.

JBot

[Karthik]

Sometimes when I refresh the portal page threads I literally just read come up as unread, maybe people editing their posts are the root of all this chaos?


I'm having the same problem. Threads that I read are not being marked as read. The only way I can get them marked is to use "Mark Forums Read" link. I've cleared my cache and cookies.

[Cory]

I'm having the same problem. Threads that I read are not being marked as read. The only way I can get them marked is to use "Mark Forums Read" link. I've cleared my cache and cookies.

Same problem here.

[lukevanoort]

When I'm in CD-Media and try to click on "Advanced Search," instead of getting the advanced search page I'm sent back to the CD-Media main page.

[JackN]

This may not be too major, but when I read some PMs it didn't ask to send a read receipt.

I know that this is a annoying little feature but it was very helpful, is it coming back?

[Michelle Celio]

This may not be too major, but when I read some PMs it didn't ask to send a read receipt.

I know that this is a annoying little feature but it was very helpful, is it coming back?


The option is available under additional options for sending a PM. When it comes to other people sending you them, it's up to them to check the box to request a read receipt.

[Gabe]

Clicking on the advertisement banners floating at the top of the forum pages no longer takes you directly to the manufacturer but instead links you to the ChiefDelphi Advertisers page. It would be nice to be able to simply click on the advertisements to take yourself straight to their webpage to view their products.

[efoote868]

Sorry if I'm not the first who posted this... but its because of my problem.

My settings are so that it displays 100 posts per thread... and i don't seem to get past a certain length. For instance, on this thread, i can only view up to 56, and on the game hints, i can only see to 64.

I'm using FireFox 2.0 if that helps...

[Madison]

Sorry if I'm not the first who posted this... but its because of my problem.

My settings are so that it displays 100 posts per thread... and i don't seem to get past a certain length. For instance, on this thread, i can only view up to 56, and on the game hints, i can only see to 64.

I'm using FireFox 2.0 if that helps...

I wasn't able to replicate this issue in Firefox 1.5, but when I changed the option in my UserCP, the site started displaying in a fixed width again.

Now that I've changed it back to what it was before (the forum default), the site remains at a fixed width.

[Brandon Martus]

When I'm in CD-Media and try to click on "Advanced Search," instead of getting the advanced search page I'm sent back to the CD-Media main page.Should be fixed now.

I know that this is a annoying little feature but it was very helpful, is it coming back?The PM Reciepts .. I'll have to see what I did.. I can't remember.
edit: on the options page (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions), there is a section to choose "When do you want to request a read reciept?" .. is this the functionality you're looking for? Whether or not to check that box by default when sending a PM? It originally wasn't checking this option when composing a PM. It should be now.

Sorry if I'm not the first who posted this... but its because of my problem.

My settings are so that it displays 100 posts per thread... and i don't seem to get past a certain length. For instance, on this thread, i can only view up to 56, and on the game hints, i can only see to 64.

I'm using FireFox 2.0 if that helps...Someone else had that problem, I couldn't recreate it in FireFox 2.0 on a Mac. I'll try a PC at work tomorrow.

I wasn't able to replicate this issue in Firefox 1.5, but when I changed the option in my UserCP, the site started displaying in a fixed width again.

Now that I've changed it back to what it was before (the forum default), the site remains at a fixed width.Hrm. Check the last setting in the options (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions) page, and make sure its at 100% and not 980px. I changed my # of posts displayed from 40 to 50 to 100 to 50 to 40 and it never changed to/from 100% in any case.


The Portal will be fixed either Thursday night or Saturday morning/afternoon. I'll let you know when I'm done, and then you can tell me whats wrong with it.


PS. I love multi-quote.

[Brandon Martus]

Clicking on the advertisement banners floating at the top of the forum pages no longer takes you directly to the manufacturer but instead links you to the ChiefDelphi Advertisers page. It would be nice to be able to simply click on the advertisements to take yourself straight to their webpage to view their products. Yep, forgot to convert that page over to the new vBulletin way -- it's all fixed now.

[Mike Schroeder]

Sorry if I'm not the first who posted this... but its because of my problem.

My settings are so that it displays 100 posts per thread... and i don't seem to get past a certain length. For instance, on this thread, i can only view up to 56, and on the game hints, i can only see to 64.

I'm using FireFox 2.0 if that helps...



I was having the same problem, i talked to Brandon......


Just change it to 10 or 20 posts a page instead, at least for the time being, something is goofy, but this is the type of thing that if we ignore it, it goes away :p

[Phalanx]

Yeah, same here. I do see the "these threads have not been updated but contain unread posts" bar thing, and if I "mark forums read" the new post list clears out just fine. But the thing is, I never had to do this before the upgrade. The new posts list would clear out on its own, by cookies or something. I never had to "mark forums read." Is there some way we can have an option to go back to that?

I (and many people I've talked to) prefer this way, because if you don't have time to read everything, you can come back and the unread posts still are unread.

It's either the old way or this way -- there won't be a per-user setting.

This way .. "uses the database to store thread and forum read times. This allows accurate read markers to be kept indefinitely. The forums are automatically marked as read when the last new thread is read."

Would it make it easier if there were a button right on the portal that marked them read (save a click?). I could add that when I add in the proper handling of this new method of read vs unread. I will be adding in that bold 'These posts are not new, but still contain unread ...' line on the portal, too.

I'm not fond of having posts that I have purposely choosen not read to keep showing up as unread posts. I've always liked seeing only the new posts since my last login feature.

So any method of then marking all posts read without having to visit every forum and mark it read, or have to select the last post from the selection list would be okay if your not going to revert back to the old method.

Better still would be a user setting to automatically mark all posts read at logoff.

[Ricky Q.]

I'm not fond of having posts that I have purposely choosen not read to keep showing up as unread posts. I've always liked seeing only the new posts since my last login feature.

So any method of then marking all posts read without having to visit every forum and mark it read, or have to select the last post from the selection list would be okay if your not going to revert back to the old method.

Better still would be a user setting to automatically mark all posts read at logoff.

Once you've read all you want to, you can just goto the top bar under quick links and hit "Mark Forums Read". This will mark everything read and reset your list until the next time you visit.

[jgannon]

I don't seem to be getting e-mail notification of private messages any more. I looked at my preferences, and the box was definitely checked.

[Brandon Martus]

I don't seem to be getting e-mail notification of private messages any more. I looked at my preferences, and the box was definitely checked.
Hmm .. works for me -- check your spam/trash folder .. it may have been interpreted as spam. Also add 'noreply@chiefdelphi.com' to your addressbook/contacts/whitelist/etc. That is who the messages will be coming from.

[Billfred]

One thing I found when I got a PM: There's a link to spotlight the PM (in about the same place as it is on a post). When you click it, it says an invalid thread was specified...which makes sense, since it wasn't a post in the first place.

[Richard Wallace]

I liked the Reputation PM (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29723) feature; would it be easy to put that back in?

[Brandon Martus]

One thing I found when I got a PM: There's a link to spotlight the PM (in about the same place as it is on a post). When you click it, it says an invalid thread was specified...which makes sense, since it wasn't a post in the first place.Fixed.

I liked the Reputation PM (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29723) feature; would it be easy to put that back in?
No, thats why it's not there yet. That's part of the things I've mentioned a few times in this thread that I'm fixing Saturday.

[Cody Carey]

I think I remember there being a link to "Edit Avatar" in the quick links drop-down, and I am missing it quite a bit :D

Unless there never was one... in which case, I'm going insane.

[Tristan Lall]

The "Increase Size"/"Decrease Size" links are gone from the reply page. (The ones that used to make it taller.) Since this can be changed, could it also become a per-user setting, applied by default to every reply?

Is it also possible to widen the reply window to fill the width of the page? It's always annoying typing in a box 1/12 the size of the screen.

[artdutra04]

The "Increase Size"/"Decrease Size" links are gone from the reply page. (The ones that used to make it taller.) Since this can be changed, could it also become a per-user setting, applied by default to every reply?Tristan,

Those features are still there, although they are no longer text links. To increase the size of the post box, click on the http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/images/editor/resize_1.gif button at the top right area of the post box. To decrease the size, click on the http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/images/editor/resize_0.gif button.

[Brandon Martus]

And one more I noticed: Threads get marked as read on the new posts search, but then come back as unread on the recent threads part of the portal.

Maybe this has been discussed, but:
After I view (read?) a thread, its still shown as as new (bold face) in the portal.

Sometimes when I refresh the portal page threads I literally just read come up as unread, maybe people editing their posts are the root of all this chaos?


EDIT
I tested my idea out that editing the post marks the portal as new, so that might be it. Now if there was a way to see what post was edited (without an invasion of privacy, or other touchy thing) Maybe a way to signify a major (adding something like this) vs minor (spelling) edit?

I'm having the same problem. Threads that I read are not being marked as read. The only way I can get them marked is to use "Mark Forums Read" link. I've cleared my cache and cookies.

Same problem here.

The portal should be following the same 'read/unread' scheme as the forum listings and search page(s) now.

I haven't added a 'mark all read' button on the portal yet.
I haven't added the PM reply and given/received things to the reputation area yet, either.

These two things will happen tomorrow, most likely.

[Conor Ryan]

The portal should be following the same 'read/unread' scheme as the forum listings and search page(s) now.

I haven't added a 'mark all read' button on the portal yet.
I haven't added the PM reply and given/received things to the reputation area yet, either.

These two things will happen tomorrow, most likely.
...gasp! The new system is even better than before, thanks Brandon! Santa won't be giving you coal this christmas

[dez250]

Brandon, i don't know if i have been blind for the past week or if it was just added in. Though the grey box on the portal that says "you last visited here at xx:xx on yy/yy/yyyy" which is at the post break from when you visted last is a great thing. Let's us see the "true" new posts since the last visit. Two thumbs up for that.

[JohnBoucher]

You last visited here.This Rocks. Very cool. Thanks Brandon

[Brandon Martus]

I haven't added a 'mark all read' button on the portal yet.This http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/images/checkcircle.gif button on the portal will mark all forums read. If anybody with any kind of graphic arts skills and free time wants to clean up the edges on that guy (or make a whole new one altogether) send me a PM or e-mail with the new one and I'll put it up.

[Brandon Martus]

I haven't added the PM reply and given/received things to the reputation area yet, either.
Ok, you can now reply to reputation.

[Tristan Lall]

Regarding the "mark all forums read" button, can it be set up so that if you click on it from the portal, it returns you to the portal, and not to the forum index?

[sanddrag]

Can we get the mousover tooltip on threads on the new posts page to contain more characters like it did before? Currently, I don't get enough of the first post to decide whether it is worth clicking or not.

[Brandon Martus]

Regarding the "mark all forums read" button, can it be set up so that if you click on it from the portal, it returns you to the portal, and not to the forum index?Not easily, so for now there's an extra click. I have to mimic what the real function does (or request a Hook to be put into the code).

Can we get the mousover tooltip on threads on the new posts page to contain more characters like it did before? Currently, I don't get enough of the first post to decide whether it is worth clicking or not.On the portal or the search results page (or both)?

[sanddrag]

On the portal or the search results page (or both)?Well, I don't think we ever had it on the portal page (but it would be nice), so I suppose I was just referring to cranking up the number of characters displayed on the mouseovers on the new posts or search results page.

[Brandon Martus]

Well, I don't think we ever had it on the portal page (but it would be nice), so I suppose I was just referring to cranking up the number of characters displayed on the mouseovers on the new posts or search results page.A lot of the post is there ..view source and see if you're seeing it all. If not, then it's a browser issue and I can't do much about that. I'm using FireFox 2.0 and only can see a small bit of it, even though there is more in the html source.

[lukevanoort]

A bit of a nitpick, but the new message popup after giving rep says something like "You're reputation has been added. Remember:They're just dots." It really should be Your, as You're means You are, and "You are reputation has been added" doesn't make any sense.

[Brandon Martus]

A bit of a nitpick, but the new message popup after giving rep says something like "You're reputation has been added. Remember:They're just dots." It really should be Your, as You're means You are, and "You are reputation has been added" doesn't make any sense.Eek, that's what I get for editing stuff when I'm tired. I'm usually the guy who pokes fun at people who do that.

"Your going to the store?"
"My what?"

[Katie Reynolds]

Hmmm anyone else having issues with the time being off? I've set my time to Eastern (GMT -5), yet at the bottom of each page it says "All times are GMT -4. The time now is [one hour later than it should be]" and the time on the portal is off by an hour too ("You last visited here. 12-18-2006 - 12:38 PM" when it was really 11:38 PM).

It seems this only happens with EST ... when I set the time to CST (GMT -6) it works fine. :confused:

EDIT: I played around with the rest of the times and here's what I found ...

GMT -12 shows up as GMT -11
GMT -11 shows up as GMT -10
GMT -10 shows up as GMT -9
GMT -9 shows up as GMT -8
GMT -8 shows up as GMT -8
GMT -7 shows up as GMT -6
GMT -6 shows up as GMT -6
GMT -5 shows up as GMT -4
GMT -4 shows up as GMT -3
GMT -3:30 shows up as GMT -2.5
GMT -3 shows up as GMT -2
GMT -2 shows up as GMT -1
GMT -1 shows up as GMT +0
GMT shows up as GMT +1
GMT +1 shows up as GMT +2
GMT +2 shows up as GMT +3
GMT +3 shows up as GMT +4
GMT +3:30 shows up as GMT +4.5
GMT +4 shows up as GMT +5
GMT +4:30 shows up as GMT +5.5
GMT +5 shows up as GMT +6
GMT +5:30 shows up as GMT +6.5
GMT +6 shows up as GMT +7
GMT +7 shows up as GMT +8
GMT +8 shows up as GMT +9
GMT +9 shows up as GMT +10
GMT +9:30 shows up as GMT +10.5
GMT +10 shows up as GMT +11
GMT +11 shows up as GMT +12
GMT +12 shows up as GMT +13

[Brandon Martus]

Weird .. try playing with the DST (Daylight Savings Time) options, too.

[Katie Reynolds]

Weird .. try playing with the DST (Daylight Savings Time) options, too. It displays the right time stamp with "DST corrections always off", only ... not with "Automatically Detect" or "Always On".

[Schnabel]

I like the new message that you get when you get reputation! Also, the mark all forums read button was a bit hard to find, but it was still very useful!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I just noticed the spell check is missing. Did I miss something in my old age? (or did someone mention this already?)

[Ricky Q.]

I just noticed the spell check is missing. Did I miss something in my old age? (or did someone mention this already?)

Already mentioned, it may or may not come back. Firefox 2.0 has built in spell check.

[Richard Wallace]

I just noticed the spell check is missing. Did I miss something in my old age? (or did someone mention this already?)Al, you and I are of an age that can recall writing before spell check.

I think Brandon has mentioned earlier that the upgrade eliminated spell check; something to do with it being a feature of certain popular browsers.

[Brandon Martus]

Al, you and I are of an age that can recall writing before spell check.

I think Brandon has mentioned earlier that the upgrade eliminated spell check; something to do with it being a feature of certain popular browsers.
It may come back .. just not until after kickoff.

[Mark McLeod]

I just noticed a new quirk.
When I post my signature appears normally (see post #101).
When I edit my post the "Attending events" at the bottom gets cut off.

I am NOT whining mind you...

P.S. edit (ignore that first "attending" that one's self generated.)

P.P.S. It got better and reappeared after a refresh.

[Schnabel]

Everything font wise got bigger all of a sudden. I didn't change anything, it just got bigger.

[artdutra04]

Everything font wise got bigger all of a sudden. I didn't change anything, it just got bigger.Check the settings of your browser, as this sounds like a browser issue. If you're using Firefox, go to View > Text Size > Normal and that should bring your text size back to normal. Or you can just hit [Ctrl]+[+] or [Ctrl]+[-] to adjust the font size manually. ;)

[ChrisH]

It might just be me, but there are still problems with CD-Events. Some of the events never seem to "load". The issue seems to only apply to certain events, including 2 of the 3 I plan to attend.

I know there was some discussion of this before and it wasn't working at all for a while. It looks like it got partly fixed so I figure these events maybe just didn't get whatever the fix was applied. If it makes any difference I'm running IE 6 on XP

The list pf non-working events at the moment seems to be:
Philadelphia Regional
West Michigan Regional
Israel Regional
San Diego Regional
Chesapeake Regional
San Jose Regional
Detroit Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
Bayou Regional
Great Lakes Regional
Los Angeles Regional
New Jersey Regional
Manchester Kickoff

Chris

[Mark McLeod]

Brandon's life got in the way of fixing that.
You can bypass the problem with those 13 events using a browser other than IE (or applying to the petek registration service).

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50430

[Adam Y.]

Why is there a captcha to perform a search?

[ChrisH]

Brandon's life got in the way of fixing that.
You can bypass the problem with those 13 events using a browser other than IE (or applying to the petek registration service).

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50430

Thanks, I got it taken care of. Hopefully it will be fixed for real sometime soon. But if there is such an easy workaround there are probably more pressing issues.

Chris

[Ricky Q.]

Why is there a captcha to perform a search?

Only happens if you aren't logged in. Helps prevent spam bots and so forth.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=540487&postcount=60

[SamC]

Could be noting... But when you click the "Spotlight Post" button. I keep getting a message that says, "post you are spotlighting already has spotlights. Please check the spotlight list to make sure your quote hasn't been suggested already. Thanks." I'm pretty sure it is a bug, because after it saying it was already suggested (on about 3 different quotes.) I tried it on some obscure quote and got the same message.

[Greg Needel]

I noticed today there is a problem with CD media and newly uploaded photos. When I come on to CD typically I want to check the new photos so I click the top one that shows up on the forums and it takes me to cd media. The issues comes in when i notice that there is a photo before and after in the "previous" and "next" preview boxes. It seems to me that the system just puts them out of order in some cases, it could be the portal or cd media, either way I thought I should let you know.

[dlavery]

Could be noting... But when you click the "Spotlight Post" button. I keep getting a message that says, "post you are spotlighting already has spotlights. Please check the spotlight list to make sure your quote hasn't been suggested already. Thanks." I'm pretty sure it is a bug, because after it saying it was already suggested (on about 3 different quotes.) I tried it on some obscure quote and got the same message.

I get the same thing. But I have noticed that it still seems to submit the spotlight quote if you just click the "submit" button anyway, even though it looks like it is just flagging the error.

-dave

[EricH]

I get the same thing. But I have noticed that it still seems to submit the spotlight quote if you just click the "submit" button anyway, even though it looks like it is just flagging the error.

-daveNot on the list yet. Not for Sam, anyways. I wonder if you are using the same browser he is.

[Tristan Lall]

It seems we've been getting a bit of spam in the forums lately. Is there a way to cause users with fewer than n posts to have to pass a Captcha test before the post goes through? (Actually, I'm not sure if those were real people behind the spam, this time...in that case the Captcha wouldn't really help.)

Also, the one post per 47 seconds appears to apply equally to making posts and reporting bad posts—I guess those go to a hidden forum somewhere, but it is a (small) annoyance to have to wait 47 s to reply with "reported" after you make the report. Or, is it possible to add a checkbox option to the report-a-post page to create a response to the OP with the text "reported"?

I realize that some of this stuff constitutes a pretty diminished return, for the amount of work it entails, so if it doesn't appear, I won't be that disappointed.

[artdutra04]

It seems we've been getting a bit of spam in the forums lately. Is there a way to cause users with fewer than n posts to have to pass a Captcha test before the post goes through? (Actually, I'm not sure if those were real people behind the spam, this time...in that case the Captcha wouldn't really help.)If you really want to see a ton of spam, just look at the FIRST Forums (http://forums.usfirst.org). In the past 24 hours there has been no less than 18 threads with the same spam. With the Kickoff only a day and a half away, I sure hope all the moderators there can keep up with all the spam (and endless Q&A posts...). :rolleyes:

[KathieK]

I clicked on the calendar link at the top of the page and switched it to Birthdays, Monthly View and cannot get any 2007 months to show... (am I doing something wrong?)

[Chris2]

I clicked on the calendar link at the top of the page and switched it to Birthdays, Monthly View and cannot get any 2007 months to show... (am I doing something wrong?)


Go down to the bottom right corner and jump to a month.

[KathieK]

Go down to the bottom right corner and jump to a month.It only allows you to choose up through December 2006. I can't pull up 2007 as a choice.

[Brandon Martus]

I get the same thing. But I have noticed that it still seems to submit the spotlight quote if you just click the "submit" button anyway, even though it looks like it is just flagging the error.

-daveIt will show that error if you're spotlighting a post that has one already spotlighted .. so you can see that you aren't duplicating anything.

It should be smarter. One day ..

[Brandon Martus]

It only allows you to choose up through December 2006. I can't pull up 2007 as a choice.Should get up to 2032 ... anybody else only get to 12/2006 ?

[KathieK]

Should get up to 2032 ... anybody else only get to 12/2006 ?I can get up to 2032 in FIRST Events Calendar, but not in Birthday Calendar view. I will e-mail you screenshots.

[JohnBoucher]

The selection box for the year only goes to 2006 in the birthday's.

[Brandon Martus]

The selection box for the year only goes to 2006 in the birthday's.
Yep, should be fixed now. I was looking on the FIRST calendar, not the birthdays.

And, as a side note .. the birthdays on the front forum page will only show the birthdays of people who are currently active on the forums.

[Schnabel]

It will show that error if you're spotlighting a post that has one already spotlighted .. so you can see that you aren't duplicating anything.

It should be smarter. One day ..

I just tried to submit the "It should be smarter. One day ..", but I got the same message. Then I tried a post that had been submitted only a few minutes before, and got the same thing.

[JaneYoung]

I just tried to submit the "It should be smarter. One day ..", but I got the same message. Then I tried a post that had been submitted only a few minutes before, and got the same thing.

I kind of like it, rather like a game with the spotlight and at the same time, makes me think twice about it.

[dubious elise]

There is something wrong with the vote percentages in this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=51563) thread. The current vote tabulation is 3 in favor (21.43%) and 13 against (92.86%) with 14 votes recorded.

I haven't noticed this on any of the other votes.

[Pavan Dave]

There is something wrong with the vote percentages in this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=51563) thread. The current vote tabulation is 3 in favor (21.43%) and 13 against (92.86%) with 14 votes recorded.

I haven't noticed this on any of the other votes.

Look at the number of people that voted.

25 people voted total, 24 yes, and 3 no. which means that 2 people voted both options which than makes it true because 3/25 = 12% and 24/25 is 96%

Pavan.

[dubious elise]

Can you choose both options on this poll?

<edit> I see now that it is multiple choice. Curious - nevermind my question then. </edit>

[Corey Balint]

Can you choose both options on this poll?

Yup

[Pavan Dave]

I just opened up my user cp after being being afk and I clicked on another link but before I saw a Negative rep and a Neutral rep on my CP but now I can not. I obviously see where my rep went down but I can not see the comments or anything. It is like someone just took away rep point randomly. I use FF so at first I thought my FF was laggy, but I opened up my IE6 and tried it and I am yet to be able to see my recent reputation comments and reasons. I'm not sure 100% what is wrong but something is glitchy.

Pavan.

[artdutra04]

I just opened up my user cp after being being afk and I clicked on another link but before I saw a Negative rep and a Neutral rep on my CP but now I can not. I obviously see where my rep went down but I can not see the comments or anything. It is like someone just took away rep point randomly. I use FF so at first I thought my FF was laggy, but I opened up my IE6 and tried it and I am yet to be able to see my recent reputation comments and reasons. I'm not sure 100% what is wrong but something is glitchy.

Pavan.Was that reputation near the bottom of the list? In the old VBulletin 3.0.x forums, Brandon had installed a mod into the forums to display all of your reputation, but after he upgraded the forums he has not had a chance to update this mode yet.

The reputation is not gone, just 'displaced' from the current page. ;)

[Brandon Martus]

Was that reputation near the bottom of the list? In the old VBulletin 3.0.x forums, Brandon had installed a mod into the forums to display all of your reputation, but after he upgraded the forums he has not had a chance to update this mode yet.

The reputation is not gone, just 'displaced' from the current page. ;)
I believe the issue was his post was deleted -- when that happens, the reputation goes away too (from that list .. not from your reputation score, I believe).

[jcatt]

Just letting you know. For some reason the forum keeps on forgeting who is loged in (logged in 10 time to send a message:confused: ), expecialy when searching for items on the forum.

[artdutra04]

Just letting you know. For some reason the forum keeps on forgeting who is loged in (logged in 10 time to send a message:confused: ), expecialy when searching for items on the forum.Do you have cookies disabled in your browser? All the user session login 'stuff' is temporarily stored in cookies in your browser. If you are browsing with cookies disabled and/or blocked, you will experience the exact same problems you describe.

If cookies are enabled in your browser, check to see that they have not been permanently blocked by Firewall/Internet Security software. :)

[Brandon Martus]

Do you have cookies disabled in your browser? All the user session login 'stuff' is temporarily stored in cookies in your browser. If you are browsing with cookies disabled and/or blocked, you will experience the exact same problems you describe.

If cookies are enabled in your browser, check to see that they have not been permanently blocked by Firewall/Internet Security software. :)
What Art said.

Also, Google Web Accelerator has been known to make things funky, as well as internet security software.

[Greg Marra]

What Art said.

Also, Google Web Accelerator has been known to make things funky, as well as internet security software.

I found a problem with the new forums. It keeps Brandon up too late. Maybe there is a patch for that?

Great work keeping CD up under the stress of build season. :)

[artdutra04]

Brandon, do you know if/when the UFH/WFA images will come back next to people's posts? I was just browsing the forums today and I totally remembered they were still gone.

...
3) The UFH and WFA images that show up by peoples avatar aren't working yet.
...

[Brandon Martus]

Brandon, do you know if/when the UFH/WFA images will come back next to people's posts? I was just browsing the forums today and I totally remembered they were still gone.
I remembered that this past weekend, while I was logged in as a guest. I'll see what I can do before I leave for my week 3 regional, Wednesday.

-Brandon

[Jeff Waegelin]

I was noticing that I was not receiving e-mails when I get a new PM. I got one yesterday and another today, and neither one gave me e-mail notification, even though I have the box checked in my User CP.

[Brandon Martus]

UFH and WFA icons are fixed. I should've not been so lazy and fixed that long ago -- it was literally a 30 second fix.

[JBotAlan]

I'm not sure if this would be classified as an upgrade issue, but just out of curiosity, why are things bolded on the portal? Also, nothing will automatically mark as Unread again. I can't tell if there's been new activity on the thread I'm looking at, or if I've already viewed it.

Thanks Brandon!

JBot

[Brandon Martus]

I'm not sure if this would be classified as an upgrade issue, but just out of curiosity, why are things bolded on the portal? Also, nothing will automatically mark as Unread again. I can't tell if there's been new activity on the thread I'm looking at, or if I've already viewed it.

Thanks Brandon!

JBotThe bolded '# replies' is discussed here. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55706) Nothing changed that would've affected things not being marked read -- I'd clear your cache and cookies and try to see if it continues to act weird.

[Greg Marra]

The "hover to see preview of thread" seems to not be escaping quotes inside of the thread. Or something.

[TubaMorg]

I have to be honest, I didn't look at every post in this thread, so I apologize ahead of time if this is a duplicate.

I found a link error in the site tree (at the top). From forum if I click an item in the CD swap, it takes me to the item. Then if I click CD swap in the tree it takes me to the "Unsung FIRST Heroes" front page instead of the CD swap front page.

CD rules!

[Brandon Martus]

I have to be honest, I didn't look at every post in this thread, so I apologize ahead of time if this is a duplicate.

I found a link error in the site tree (at the top). From forum if I click an item in the CD swap, it takes me to the item. Then if I click CD swap in the tree it takes me to the "Unsung FIRST Heroes" front page instead of the CD swap front page.

CD rules!
Good catch. I've updated the link(s).

-Brandon

[Brandon Martus]

The "hover to see preview of thread" seems to not be escaping quotes inside of the thread. Or something.
Yep. I'll get that fixed asap.

[Cody Carey]

The forums are now showing full signatures... With no 200 Pixel limit.

[Brandon Martus]

The forums are now showing full signatures... With no 200 Pixel limit.
Got an example?

[whytheheckme]

The forums are now showing full signatures... With no 200 Pixel limit.

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!

I still have yet to test it out, but I'm at my limit right now. BTW, vote for me :D

Jacob

[Cody Carey]

Try looking at the page with an Internet Explorer that isn't v.7. At school they have v.6, and when I check it here with the older version it does the same thing.

EDIT: The problem also shows up when using Avant, but it seems to be fixed in Opera and older versions of Firefox.

[artdutra04]

The forums are now showing full signatures... With no 200 Pixel limit.The 200px automagic cutoff still works just fine for me with Firefox 2.0. I just added ten new lines of just periods to my signature to purposely make it way over the 200px limit, and FF2 still chopped off everything after 200px as it should. (I've since changed it back.)

I assume this process uses the CSS max-height property, so any browser that does not properly support this feature, like IE6, will ignore it and display the entire signature. (This is also how I can usually tell who still uses Internet Explorer here, as they'll make long signatures that get cutoff in "real browsers". :p)

[Brandon Martus]

The 200px automagic cutoff still works just fine for me with Firefox 2.0. I just added ten new lines of just periods to my signature to purposely make it way over the 200px limit, and FF2 still chopped off everything after 200px as it should. (I've since changed it back.)

I assume this process uses the CSS max-height property, so any browser that does not properly support this feature, like IE6, will ignore it and display the entire signature. (This is also how I can usually tell who still uses Internet Explorer here, as they'll make long signatures that get cutoff in "real browsers". :p)
Yeah .. what Art said. ;)

[Greg Ross]

I just gave someone rep for a post, and as I was editing my text, I noticed the text box doing strange things: When the text entered is longer than fits in the box, the text will not scroll. (You CAN force it to scroll by highlighting text, by typing text, or by "mousing over" any of the controls on the form.) But if you simply use the left or right cursor key, then when the caret gets to the edge of the text box -- when the text should start scrolling -- the caret just jumps back about 16 characters.

[Brandon Martus]

I just gave someone rep for a post, and as I was editing my text, I noticed the text box doing strange things: When the text entered is longer than fits in the box, the text will not scroll. (You CAN force it to scroll by highlighting text, by typing text, or by "mousing over" any of the controls on the form.) But if you simply use the left or right cursor key, then when the caret gets to the edge of the text box -- when the text should start scrolling -- the caret just jumps back about 16 characters.
Wow, that's weird. I've reproduced it on IE.

I'm on the road right now -- hopefully I'll get a chance to look at that when I get back home. (probably Monday-ish)

[whytheheckme]

Not sure if this should go here but...

Was crusing around and noticed this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=428319&postcount=19

and traced it back to this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=565

Any thoughts? Is it just a one-time glitch?

Jacob

[Brandon Martus]

Not sure if this should go here but...

Was crusing around and noticed this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=428319&postcount=19

and traced it back to this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=565

Any thoughts? Is it just a one-time glitch?

Jacob
I'm not sure I know what you mean ..

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Not sure if this should go here but...

Was crusing around and noticed this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=428319&postcount=19

and traced it back to this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=565

Any thoughts? Is it just a one-time glitch?

Jacob

Is there something wrong with Gary Dillard? I'm with Brandon, I've switched back and forth between tabs in Firefox and can't find anything wrong. And I'm pretty good at those games in the newspaper where you have to find the differences.

[whytheheckme]

Huh. Must just be safari on Mac Os 10.3.9

See attached photo.

Jacob

[Brandon Martus]

Huh. Must just be safari on Mac Os 10.3.9

See attached photo.

Jacob
I just checked it on Safari (10.4.9) and don't see any problems.

Weird ..

[whytheheckme]

I just checked it on Safari (10.4.9) and don't see any problems.

Weird ..

Yeah... On my MacBookPro (10.4.9), I don't see the problem, but on this cheesy old iBook (10.3.9), I can replicate it every time.

Oh well.


EDIT: Just tried the page on windows mobile 5 (what im on now), and it displays correctly. It's just that one browser.