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could you give me an example so we are on the same page? im not quite sure what you are describing.

This is a thread that I commented on the old board. Note no avatar for me, but I had commented.

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Now on new board, I have commented.
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So it appears to have LOST the knowledge of previous posts that were made on the other board. I guess it is only a short term issue and not a long term one.
 

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added more items to the top navigation bars to the other sections of TUG...please let me know if there is a common link/etc you would like added to the drop down menus!
 

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This is a thread that I commented on the old board. Note no avatar for me, but I had commented.

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Now on new board, I have commented.
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So it appears to have LOST the knowledge of previous posts that were made on the other board. I guess it is only a short term issue and not a long term one.
hmm...shall look into this. i would gander its a caching issue and will likely rectify itself during the forums usual maintenance cycles (Whenever that particular task runs again)
 

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This is a thread that I commented on the old board. Note no avatar for me, but I had commented.

View attachment 15770

Now on new board, I have commented.
View attachment 15772

So it appears to have LOST the knowledge of previous posts that were made on the other board. I guess it is only a short term issue and not a long term one.
That Blender Recommendations thread is a thread where you replied in the old vBulletin BBS software, not the previous Xenforo software. Perhaps that has something to do with it.
 

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sorry if the board was super slow the past few min, i was updating something behind the scenes and it required alot of tempate rebuilding etc.
 

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That Blender Recommendations thread is a thread where you replied in the old vBulletin BBS software, not the previous Xenforo software. Perhaps that has something to do with it.

I realize that. It is like it forgot past post data. That is what I pointed out to Brian.
 

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could you give me an example so we are on the same page? im not quite sure what you are describing.
See this post from XF1 when avatars were square:

This is a feature of posts entered in XenForo. It's not present for old posts entered via vBulletin.

[Edit] Whoops. I see you figured this out.
 

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The Last minute rentals used to give the outside date for posting, I don't see that now. The pages do look nice.
 

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The Last minute rentals used to give the outside date for posting, I don't see that now.
We're still trying to figure out how to implement this in the new software.
 

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thank you
 

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After reading the last post in a thread I click on the link at the bottom to return to the forum level listing all messages, e.g., “About TUG BBS” below.
Can you increase the font size below as I would think it’s a much more frequent activity than the Share: line of icons.
I think it was a pretty prominent button previously.
 

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After reading the last post in a thread I click on the link at the bottom to return to the forum level listing all messages, e.g., “About TUG BBS” below.
Can you increase the font size below as I would think it’s a much more frequent activity than the Share: line of icons.
I think it was a pretty prominent button previously.
Perhaps the font size of the same that is at the top should be increased also.
 

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I do not see any easy way to increase the size of the breadcrumbs at the top/bottom...but I will keep looking.
 

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actually did locate a way to do this, bumped it up a notch to make it easier for you guys to read!
 

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I have confirmed the font SIZE at least hasnt changed from the previous version...but it is possible that the different color combination makes it looks different for some folks. I do recall we did change the background color of the posts themselves, but not the font size.

this is of course something we can tinker with to try to make better if more folks have the same issue! maybe bumping up the font size one notch might improve things!
It's reading a bit better to me today, as I have my glasses on instead of contacts with reading glasses that I was wearing late in the day when I made the comment. I'll go through it some more and see if I get more adjusted to it. Overall the contrast seems a bit lower to me, but maybe in time I'll adjust better.
 

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This is a thread that I commented on the old board. Note no avatar for me, but I had commented.

View attachment 15770

Now on new board, I have commented.
View attachment 15772

So it appears to have LOST the knowledge of previous posts that were made on the other board. I guess it is only a short term issue and not a long term one.


I see you fixed this Brian. Thanks.......
 

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I am still seeing ads at the bottom of the "Watched threads" list. Oddly, I also see them at the bottom of page 1 of this thread, but not the bottom of the other pages.
 

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I also see the ads at bottom. Went back to top of page to confirm I am logged in -- before noticing I can see my avatar from here.
 

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I am actually seeing them at the bottom of a lot of pages now.
 

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*sigh..im not sure whats going on with the ads at the moment. members saying ads are showing up....and im logged in as a non member account in another browser and I dont see any ads.

working on it. something definately changed with the upgrade with the ads, as the number of clicks from the forums was pretty standard since the installation of xen...and since the upgrade to 2.x its plummeted down to nothing.
 

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yea I was tinkering with this...ive changed it now to light blue..see if thats more pleasing.

note this is a SUPER easy change...so if someone discovers the actual color, or thinks thats too light/dark/etc...its very easy to switch it around.
Brian,

If you need to see the old pages, they are archived at https://www.archive.org. Enter www.tugbbs.com. You will see a timeline. Click one of the bars. Then find a date-in-a-circle below. Click the date and you will see TUG BBS pages as of that date.

Larry
 

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*sigh..im not sure whats going on with the ads at the moment. members saying ads are showing up....and im logged in as a non member account in another browser and I dont see any ads.

working on it. something definately changed with the upgrade with the ads, as the number of clicks from the forums was pretty standard since the installation of xen...and since the upgrade to 2.x its plummeted down to nothing.
Weren't the ads previously not shown for BBS registered users? Now I notice it mentions that ads are disabled for TUG Members. Have ads always only been disabled for just TUG Members or was it for BBS registered users?
 

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*sigh..im not sure whats going on with the ads at the moment. members saying ads are showing up....and im logged in as a non member account in another browser and I dont see any ads.

working on it. something definately changed with the upgrade with the ads, as the number of clicks from the forums was pretty standard since the installation of xen...and since the upgrade to 2.x its plummeted down to nothing.
I noticed where before I would stay logged in, even with it marked now, at time I have to sign in again. With the avatar icon not predominant on the page as before perhaps others are getting logged off and aren’t noticing and thus seeing ads. I have seen none when I am logged in.
 

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ok, think i have it sorted now. members should not see any more ads.

guess there is a fun feature with most modern versions of firefox called "Enhanced tracking protection" which essentially enables it to block google ads and the like by default without any need to implement or configure an additional popup blocker.
 

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I noticed where before I would stay logged in, even with it marked now, at time I have to sign in again. With the avatar icon not predominant on the page as before perhaps others are getting logged off and aren’t noticing and thus seeing ads. I have seen none when I am logged in.

this sounds like a cookie problem, might have to completely delete the tugbbs forum cookie and recreate it to allow you to stay logged in over and over if it keeps asking you to log in every time you visit.
 
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