Christmas Forum Upgrade/complaint/compliments/whatever thread!

[Grammarhero]

Can you expand the list of members with the most messages, reactions, and points? I actually liked that I was close to being on the list for reactions, but of course I am no longer even close.

 

[Eric B]

Can you expand the list of members with the most messages, reactions, and points? I actually liked that I was close to being on the list for reactions, but of course I am no longer even close.

Just figured I'd try out one of the other "reactions"...!

 

[clifffaith]

ACK!!! Breakfast without TUG! No keyboard comes up on my 2012 vintage iPad. If I haven't mentioned it before, I hate change!

 

[DaveNV]

Another ask: Is there a way to have a sub forum visible on the main forum list? WorldMark is a sub forum of Wyndham. On the old software there was a link to it under the Wyndham header. With this new software you have to open the Wyndham forum to find the WorldMark link. Or is it time to make WorldMark its own forum, with a link back to the Wyndham parent? There are lots of people like me who own WorldMark, but we don’t own Wyndham. The parent company is more in name only. If someone doesn’t know WorldMark is owned by Wyndham, they might not see the WorldMark forum.

Dave

 

[VacationForever]

I also cannot find "Unread posts". Is it still a feature of this new upgrade? If so, where can I find it? Thank you, @TUGBrian !

Ah... maybe it is now called "New posts"? I found it.

 

[dioxide45]

Another ask: Is there a way to have a sub forum visible on the main forum list? WorldMark is a sub forum of Wyndham. On the old software there was a link to it under the Wyndham header. With this new software you have to open the Wyndham forum to find the WorldMark link. Or is it time to make WorldMark its own forum, with a link back to the Wyndham parent? There are lots of people like me who own WorldMark, but we don’t own Wyndham. The parent company is more in name only. If someone doesn’t know WorldMark is owned by Wyndham, they might not see the WorldMark forum.

Dave

I don't see this problem. When I view the list of forums, the sub forums are also shown.

 

[dioxide45]

I also cannot find "Unread posts". Is it still a feature of this new upgrade? If so, where can I find it? Thank you, @TUGBrian !

Ah... maybe it is now called "New posts"? I found it.

I don't think there is an Unread Posts. I think the old forum was the same. There was a Recent Posts or something like that, but it showed read and unread.

 

[Makai Guy]

The links to the Help posts in the Help sticky thread in About TUG BBS have been broken by the update. I'm in the process of repairing them, but it may take a while. As they are repaired, I'm marking them with an * for now, until they are all repaired.

 

[dioxide45]

I also don't like that "Watched Threads" shows all watched threads, read and unread. In the old software, you only saw watched threads that were still unread.

 

[dioxide45]

The links to the Help posts in the Help sticky thread in About TUG BBS have been broken by the update. I'm in the process of repairing them, but it may take a while. As they are repaired, I'm marking them with an * for now, until they are all repaired.

It looks like other sticky links are broken. Looking at some of the FAQ, Marriott Weeks FAQ specifically. The links all look to be broken.

ETA: It looks like it is legacy links that were from the older vBulletin software. It looks like links in FAQs that were created after the upgrade to Xenforo work, but those old vBulletin originated paths are the crux of the issue.

 

[DaveNV]

I don't see this problem. When I view the list of forums, the sub forums are also shown.
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I just checked on my laptop, and it’s there. Cool. But on my phone, (which is where I noticed it), it’s not there. See screen cap.

Dave

 

[dioxide45]

I just checked on my laptop, and it’s there. Cool. But on my phone, (which is where I noticed it), it’s not there. See screen cap.

Dave

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Perhaps some limitation on the mobile version of the site. Perhaps configurable and Brian or Doug can fix it.

 

[TUGBrian]

ok...just checking back on this..looks like we have some work to do...ill see what i can do to address the comments in the thread sofar and reply/quote when I have an answer or solution!

 

[TUGBrian]

update: unread posts/threads should now be back to bold...vs "unbold" for what you have read.

 

[TUGBrian]

update 2: per alot of comments on "unread posts" this entire feature has changed in 2.0 but the functionality is still there and hopefully makes it easier (once you get used to it ha!)

if you click on the NEW POSTS link from the WHATS NEW drop down at the very top left you will then be provided with a new button on that page called "filters"

from there you can check or uncheck boxes to setup your new post filter any way you like! hopefully this will return the functionality most were looking for in the previous version! if not please let me know what you are trying to view and Ill work to getting it back!

 

[TUGBrian]

Nice surprise this morning! Yesterday was a computer free day.

It looks nice. All my info is correct. The only thing that I can't figure out is how to edit the forums list to not see the ones that I never look at. I had several set to not show before.

and the first casualty comes to light!

this was an add on in xenforo 1.5 called "ignoremore", and upon research now it does not appear the developer chose to replicate it for xenforo 2.0 and thus it wont be functional. I will continue to look for a replacement.

 

[TUGBrian]

Hi Brian,
Very successful upgrade .

my only - “whatever “ (so far) is the background colour of the stickies . The old colour was. (as best I remember) very close to the colour of the “view ad “ box in Marketplace listings . The new colour is “muddier” and (so far) I find it a bit jarring .

In general the forum colours transferred well - everyone’s avatar is cleanly replicated and thread colours are clean and crisp for easy reading . Marketplace seems to have transferred 100% intact .

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.

 

[TUGBrian]

After using the new forum for a bit, one of the features I used a lot was marking forums as read after I browsed through the topics. This was helpful as I could easily see which forums had new posts from the main menu. Now when I tried to mark a single forum as read, it changed the “entire” forum as read and I lost the highlights of which sections I had not yet browsed through. Am I missing how to do this or has the function gone away with this upgrade?
Thanks

this feature still exists, but you can indeed "mark all forums" read from the main page.

from within any specific forum you can click the link at the top right to mark just that forum read:

 

[TUGBrian]

The update looks good. I noticed that there are a number of options besides "likes" to react to a posting. Are you planning on keeping the others? It's probably worth making a conscious decision on that rather than just accepting the software's default; the options include faces with some fairly negative looking reactions.

great question! ill see if its something easy to adjust...although ive not yet tried to "dislike" something yet. as far as i can tell its still a LIKE...even if you choose the little angry facey guy.

 

[TUGBrian]

It also looks like there may be some moderation setting issue with the SIghtings/Distressed forum. WHen viewing the list of posts in the forum and also for posts to this forum in my New Posts list, there is a little box that when you hover over it, it says "Select for Moderation."

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Then when checked, a blue bar appears at the bottom. It doesn't look like I can actually do anything since I am not a moderator. The drop down is empty.

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this is rather bizarre...im betting something likely to do with the fact that that forum is restricted to TUG members etc. I dont see the ability to check the edit button anywhere else when im not logged in or with a regular user.

 

[dioxide45]

update 2: per alot of comments on "unread posts" this entire feature has changed in 2.0 but the functionality is still there and hopefully makes it easier (once you get used to it ha!)

if you click on the NEW POSTS link from the WHATS NEW drop down at the very top left you will then be provided with a new button on that page called "filters"

from there you can check or uncheck boxes to setup your new post filter any way you like! hopefully this will return the functionality most were looking for in the previous version! if not please let me know what you are trying to view and Ill work to getting it back!

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Thanks. It doesn't look like the same functionality exists for "Watched Threads"

 

[TUGBrian]

Can you expand the list of members with the most messages, reactions, and points? I actually liked that I was close to being on the list for reactions, but of course I am no longer even close.

this isnt something ive discovered an easy fix for, but will keep looking into it.

 

[dioxide45]

great question! ill see if its something easy to adjust...although ive not yet tried to "dislike" something yet. as far as i can tell its still a LIKE...even if you choose the little angry facey guy.

Yeah, it seems to just change the little emoji/icon that appears beside your name in the Like section.

 

[TUGBrian]

ACK!!! Breakfast without TUG! No keyboard comes up on my 2012 vintage iPad. If I haven't mentioned it before, I hate change!

hmm...what browser are you using on the ipad? i dont have an ipad here to test out, but are there multiple options other than safari for an ipad browser to check out?

 

[TUGBrian]

Another ask: Is there a way to have a sub forum visible on the main forum list? WorldMark is a sub forum of Wyndham. On the old software there was a link to it under the Wyndham header. With this new software you have to open the Wyndham forum to find the WorldMark link. Or is it time to make WorldMark its own forum, with a link back to the Wyndham parent? There are lots of people like me who own WorldMark, but we don’t own Wyndham. The parent company is more in name only. If someone doesn’t know WorldMark is owned by Wyndham, they might not see the WorldMark forum.

Dave

this should def be displayed, although i have to imagine this issue has to do with the size/resolution of your screen on your phone/mobile device.

as the screen width shrinks, the forum will change its display properties on its own (you can see this by slowly closing your browser window on your pc or mobile device).

this was about as small as i could make it and still retain the subforums on the main page. any narrower and it would disappear.