Planned forum upgrade/downtime Thursday 11/17

[GrayFal]

It is there, right under the post title, with the OP, the last update, and the Forum. It is just in a really small font, and that is not a clickable item.

Thanks Sandy. Now that you pointed it out, I do see it. Small font and a light color, at least on my screen.

 

[Sandy VDH]

Thanks Sandy. Now that you pointed it out, I do see it. Small font and a light color, at least on my screen.

Pat, I had to go looking for it too. I would like it to be clickable to navigate to the forum that it is from, and I agree size could improve. Or do we have control over sizing of fonts?

 

[GetawaysRus]

How do we get to the reviews section, or is that something else you have to custom build?

Good question. I'm wondering that too, and I don't see that anyone has answered yet. That's a very useful section.

 

[davidvel]

It is there, right under the post title, with the OP, the last update, and the Forum. It is just in a really small font, and that is not a clickable item.

The great thing about this format is that you can see what forum it is on a tablet, without turning it to landscape orientation.

 

[clifffaith]

Well I see people have been posting since last night. I got an error message until this morning, but I clicked on a photo/ancient topic on the error page and it took me into the old topic. Then I could see the new posts button and that brought me in. This is on my iPad. Also had to make up a new password to reply.

 

[DeniseM]

Reviews, Marketplace, etc. are still in the same location - they are not part of the Bulletin Board: http://tug2.com/Home.aspx

 

[clifffaith]

Well I see people have been posting since last night. I got an error message until this morning, but I clicked on a photo/ancient topic on the error page and it took me into the old topic. Then I could see the new posts button and that brought me in. This is on my iPad. Also had to make up a new password to reply.

I get the same thing on the big computer -- a big error message with boxes below it. So I suspect some people may still think the site is down.

 

[MULTIZ321]

I get the same thing on the big computer -- a big error message with boxes below it. So I suspect some people may still think the site is down.

I get the same error message on my PC
But I Click on the "Forums Tab" underneath the error message and the site becomes active

Richard

 

[Sandy VDH]

Reviews, Marketplace, etc. are still in the same location - they are not part of the Bulletin Board: http://tug2.com/Home.aspx

Ok then at some point is the plan to add a link going to be added to the top of this board so you can traverse back and forth between boards. I assume so, but its on the to do list. I remember the BBS site web address only and then go to reviews and marketplace from there.

 

[SueDonJ]

I miss the pop-up box for PM's (now Conversations) and will have to get used to looking for the little red box at Inbox.

 

[DeniseM]

Ok then at some point is the plan to add a link going to be added to the top of this board so you can traverse back and forth between boards. I assume so, but its on the to do list. I remember the BBS site web address only and then go to reviews and marketplace from there.

Yes - per Brian's posts, he and Doug are still working on a lot of the features, and the best thing to do now is just hang tight and be patient for a few days.

 

[Sandy VDH]

Not a rush, just adding to the wish list.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Hi Dioxide45,

Thank you so much for locating the MH370 thread. Yes, I should have said 40,000+ views.

Thanks Doug and Brian. I'll be patient while the indexing percolates.

Best regards,

Richard

The Search Function is now working for me on my PC - very quick responses. I haven't tried it yet on my tablet or smartphone.


Richard

 

[TUGBrian]

yes, most of the big indexes finished rebuilding early this morning, search should give you an error.

although i do still have about a dozen to finish...I believe they all relate to user specific items...vs posts/threads.

 

[dioxide45]

I get the same thing on the big computer -- a big error message with boxes below it. So I suspect some people may still think the site is down.

It may be the favorite or bookmark you have saved is pointing to an invalid path now. People may need to update favorites or bookmarks.

 

[TUGBrian]

could you post the links that you show arent working?

all existing forum topics/threads/posts/etc were migrated and all the previous links should still work.

 

[dioxide45]

My old bookmark pointed to the UserCP on the old forum. I had to update it to a new page that exists in the new forum.

http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/usercp.php

 

[dioxide45]

I am seeing something odd in this thread. I posted a reply to it last night, but when I went in to it today the post looks like it is just pending. I see what I posted last night, but it appears to be in the reply box, not a submitted post.

 

[TUGBrian]

we dont have anything in place for "pending" posts on the forum.

 

[dioxide45]

we dont have anything in place for "pending" posts on the forum.

It does seem that XenForo has a built in Drafts function. There is a little floppy disk icon in the New Post box that you can use for drafts. Though I don't think that is what I clicked when I had the issue, but it is possible I did it by accident and didn't realize it.

 

[TUGBrian]

i do see settings for auto-saving posts as they are typed, so perhaps its some new feature that im not yet familiar with.

 

[Makai Guy]

I am seeing something odd in this thread. I posted a reply to it last night, but when I went in to it today the post looks like it is just pending. I see what I posted last night, but it appears to be in the reply box, not a submitted post.

I assume your post #6 in that thread is the one you're talking about? If so, it is definitely an active post now.

I ran into something similar last night, where I left a post I was editing in one window and went away to do other stuff for a while, thinking I had posted the first message. Next time I attempted to enter a different post, my composition window came up with that previous edit I had left hanging. Clicking the little disk "Drafts" icon at the top of the composition window brought up a submenu with "Save draft" and "Delete draft" options -- neither of which seemed to do anything.

Finally, I just copy/pasted the original draft text from the composition window to an external editor then deleted the text from the composition window, went ahead and typed in the message I wanted and saved it. Then I went back to the first message I was attempting to edit, replaced the text in that window with text copy/pasted from my external editor into that window, finished my edit, and saved it.

I'm sure the Drafts function is going to be useful, as I've been impressed with how well XenForo's back end seems to be thought out on everything else I've explored, but I'm going to have to learn the proper way to use it.

 

[dioxide45]

I assume your post #6 in that thread is the one you're talking about? If so, it is definitely an active post now.

Yes, I did go in and actually post that from the saved draft.

Something else I really like so far is being able to highlight a section of text and either quote it or reply to it. No longer have to chop text out of a post in the reply box!

 

[TUGBrian]

It is there, right under the post title, with the OP, the last update, and the Forum. It is just in a really small font, and that is not a clickable item.

it should be about 10pt font, and the links are clickable.

 

[TUGBrian]

Good question. I'm wondering that too, and I don't see that anyone has answered yet. That's a very useful section.

top of the page, link titled "resort reviews"