Bottlehead Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Doc B. on January 31, 2013, 10:48:21 AM
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Please be patient folks, we're upgrading the forum to increase functionality.
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Oh the pain of generic powder blue!
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Wow, I hope we don't lose some of the old functions such as recent replies and posts.
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Hoooo Weeeeee! I just reloaded it and it is very different. It will take getting used to. I suppose that the look can be customized, yes?
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Doc,
A monumental task! Thank you for staying on top of the forum technology!
Cheers,
Geary
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Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.
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Wow! This MUCH better! I can read it easily and the format makes more sense to me. I thought the old format was fine, but this has my vote now. Thanks
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awesome, much easier on the eyes i love it!
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Being newer software, then things will just get better.
It does jump out at you, seems to have more functionality, and as stated above...it is much easier to read.
I am certain that things will get nicer once all of the admin stuff is completed and the forum is fully in place. A lot of behind the scene stuff goes on in building a secure forum, stuff that I no longer even like to think about.
Good work BH!
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I thought that Dan was going to do an update of the old software, but this is obviously all new. All the old functions seem to be there just presented a little differently. It kind of wakes you up in the morning!
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As others have noted, I find it much easier to read. I wonder if that is because we are used to black on white or is there some other reason.
ray
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Don't know if you are finished with the forum changes, but I miss the link that brought you back to the Bottlehead web site
Deb
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Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.
Too late. Pants are off.
I like the black font on while background better.
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ray, i am not sure why it was so hard to read. the dark, or better mostly black background and the white font looked really cool but my eyes always got kind of freaked out after a while. switching to any other site with a regular color scheme made you see these 'after pictures' from the white font that i was just reading before. i always helped myself with 'inverting' the colors on the screen. there is a keyboard shortcut on my mac: control+option+command+8 reverses every color on the screen. hitting the same combination again brings you back to normal. also when you have a total white background and black font can be hard too, in particular late at night when everything around you is dark already. for that situation i always use a little app called f.lux. it is free for mac and pc and it takes out all the blue color on the screen. that way everything looks yellowish. needs some time getting used to but it is much easier on the eye and you can sleep better.
anyways, thanks doc for putting in all this extra time and sweat to make the forum better.
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Would you guys keep your pants on, please? This stuff takes some time to fine tune.
Too late. Pants are off.
I like the black font on while background better.
Hmm, maybe we'll wait a while on that video chatroom feature...
This is not completely new software, it is the latest rev of the same simple machines forum software that we have been using the past few years. Our web host makes setting up some features tricky. But as I sort it out there should be more features showing up.
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ray, i am not sure why it was so hard to read. the dark, or better mostly black background and the white font looked really cool but my eyes always got kind of freaked out after a while.
Certain colors combos "vibrate" and white on black does to some extent. There are some color combinations that actually seen to move they vibrate so much--pink on green comes to mind.
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Hmm, maybe we'll wait a while on that video chatroom feature...
Thank you, thank you, thank you! ! !
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Hopefully the search functions will work better. I think the look and format is fine. You do get used to a particular 'feel' to a family site/forum. Its all good in the long run.
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Don't know if you are finished with the forum changes, but I miss the link that brought you back to the Bottlehead web site
Deb
+1
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I really liked the black with white text - I actually thought it was much easier to read than other forums. I realize that this is still a work in progress!
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I really liked the black with white text - I actually thought it was much easier to read than other forums. I realize that this is still a work in progress!
+1
Plus.. it freaks my wife out... she thinks i'm viewing a "different" sort of website! lol ;)
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Dan,
Looks good from my perspective. Only real difference in terms of the navigation for me is that what used to be contained in table containers is now in headings, which are just as easy to navigate through quickly. Actually, in terms of getting around, it now looks nearly identical to audiocircle, which I've been using for years and am very used to.
-- Jim
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I really liked the black with white text - I actually thought it was much easier to read than other forums. I realize that this is still a work in progress!
+1 if it still an option.
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+1 - I also preferred white text on black background, but I can live with this.
+1 - I miss the link back to the Bottlehead main website, from which you could get to the products.
And one new issue: when the change to the new forum happened, I initially still had access to the links that showed new replies to my posts, and new posts since my last visit. Those now both seem to be missing.
Best regards,
Adam
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At the top left when you log on it says Hello Adamct. The links are still there just below the bolded text.
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At the top left when you log on it says Hello Adamct. The links are still there just below the bolded text.
Well, it used to. Now it doesn't. To be clear, I neither see "Hello Adamct", nor do I see the links. This is true on multiple computers/devices. And it was working when the system was first upgraded, but now it isn't.
Best,
Adam
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Nevermind! I figured it out. In the upper right hand corner there is a white arrow that is a bit hard to see. That apparently expands or shrinks the header. No idea how it got switched, but it was in the "shink header" position, so the "Hello adamct" and links were invisible. I switch it back, and now I can see them.
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I much prefer the black text on a light background...John
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There is a very easy compromise: gray text on a gray background. Problem solved. :P
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I much prefer the black text on a light background...John
I have to concur. I like this text scheme so much better than the old one.
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It's like switching from green or amber text on black background CRT for an IBM PC back in the day to a Mac SE with all white background and black text. Late 80s/early 90s
This new color scheme is much better.
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Anyone having trouble with viewing large pictures in the Gallery? 50% of the time when I click to enlarge the picture I get an error saying the photo cannot be found/downloaded. I'll try a few more and see if this continues.
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Here's what I got when I went to the CEEGAR BOX II thread:
Unable to download index.php from www.bottlehead.com
Unable to open this internet site. The requested site blah, blah, blah.
This never occurred before the upgrade. Is it the bottlehead site or my browser?
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Seems to work OK for me. I will check a few different computers. I hope to be able to upgrade the image hosting setup with this new version of the forum software. Upgrades are going to be appearing slowly due to the necessity of loading each mod manually rather than thru the usual automated script. Seems to have something to do with how owners and permissions are set up on our server. We sacrifice a little bit of bells and whistles for better security.
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Alonzo,
I went to that thread. The first picture loaded on the page. The second one had to open in a program to display the picture.
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Argh, registration is busted for the time being. If you would like to register, contact me and I will set your user account up.
Fixed 2/6/13 13:33
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Maybe I'm missing it but could you put a link on the forum header that goes back to the main bottlehead website?
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Yes, that is on my list.
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Not sure if they existed before, but I do enjoy looking at the extensive stats at the bottom of the forum's main page. Pretty impressive.
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Thanks Ron. Yeah, those stats were available on the old format, but I don't know if everyone could see them or not. Page views have really been picking up lately. Maybe the updated forum is getting into the search engines better. We've been slamming at getting kits out and parts ordered today, but I hope to get back to tweaking this new setup next week.