Topic: New version of board is up (Read 4849 times)

JimH · « **on:** October 09, 2003, 12:15:45 pm »

We've updated the YABB software (not YADB), so the look you see is a little different.

You may need to edit your profile to change the time adjustment. In Minneapolis, it's a 6 there, meaning 6 hours after Greenwich time.

You may also need to save your bookmarks again.

Please report any problems you see.

Thanks.

sraymond · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2003, 12:43:45 pm »

JimH,

I hate to sound "nit-picky", but is there an option to put the "new" tag *before* the thread name? I get dizzy with all the eye-movements when first looking for the new tags and then reading the thread title. I suppose it's great for languages that read right to left, though (Herbrew? Farsi?)

Scott-

JimH · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm »

I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

markp99 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:16:30 pm »

Jim,

New format looks great!! I truly was thinking just yesterday that I did not like the old format...racing stripe thing. Just did not fit the product "coolness".

Nice to see the MC Icon...

lee269 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:29:12 pm »

New format is really nice.

Seeing as I always forget about PMs anyway its not a big deal, but the 'hey, lee269 you have x messages' text for me at least is sort of squashed up at the top. Im even more likely to miss it now. Can it go somewhere else?

And - who is bob?

[EDIT - OK scratch that - its changing with every page refresh - obviously still being worked on. I still want to know who bob is though

]

sraymond · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:48:04 pm »

Quote from: JimH on October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm

I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

It's still a great new look! JRiver's "glamour factor" continues to rise... first a new skin (thanks to Knick) and now this. What's next?

Scott-

matshif · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:51:13 pm »

So much is new. Marvelous work from the JRiver Boys. Many thanks to all of you.
One problem though with the 24-hours setting. In the Last Post colum you see the 24 hour setting only with older message, that is older than Today
But somebody said that you are still working on the new version of board.

/Mats

RhinoBanga · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:56:31 pm »

Is there a way to change the colours?

The black text on the blue is hurting my eyes and I can hardly read the blue on blue text!

bvm · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2003, 01:57:12 pm »

Yeah, there's something screwy with the time. I used to be -2 (I'm in California), but to follow the profile instructions about the "current time", I changed to -8 (I'm guessing that's the non-daylight-time offset). So now the time is correct for me at the top of the forum page, but the times displayed in the table of contents and in individual posts is way too early.

matshif · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2003, 02:15:01 pm »

Well I see a correct time but it's this am/pm stuff. The time is correct for me at the top of the forum page, but the times displayed in the table of contents and in individual posts are in am/pm mode.

/Mats

TimB · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2003, 02:20:58 pm »

Quote from: JimH on October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm

I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

If its a voting kinda thing I'd definitely vote for "New" before the actual topic.

-=Tim=-

Robert Taylor · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2003, 04:06:11 pm »

Very slick and very sexy!

Love the new look of the board guys.

It looks almost as slick as MC itself...

Phil Lee · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2003, 05:36:57 pm »

I am an admin for a very large (38000 members) vBulletin forum so have lots of experience with forum software. If YABB works in a similar way to vBulletin there will be a template that can be edited to move the location of the new icon back to where it was.

Charlemagne 8 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2003, 05:57:10 pm »

Bob.
http://www.qbjnet.com/bio.html
Still don't know very much.
CVIII

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2003, 06:19:46 pm »

I just wondering who Bob was myself

Are we gonna get the old descriptions back?? Citizen Kane sounded much better than "YABB God" I struggled for months to get to Citizen Kane status and now its all gone

Adam

Charlemagne 8 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 09, 2003, 06:25:51 pm »

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You may need to edit your profile to change the time adjustment

First of all, it tells me my avatar is too big. (And yet, they still send me those E-mails.) Then I can't change anything due to the error. I would rather have an oversized avatar than the correct time.

I do, however, appreciate the change from "Citizen Kane" to "YABB God". Immortality is way cool.

CVIII

MachineHead · « **Reply #16 on:** October 09, 2003, 06:53:51 pm »

I like the 'report to moderator' at the bottom of everyones posts. Now when I get smug it'll take less time to get it 'bleeped'.

Anyway, this one loads pages much faster then the old one. Still would like to be able to set my own limits on how many posts per page. 50 is an awful lot when trying to find something. Can you reset it to 25 per page?

Sauzee · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2003, 11:43:53 pm »

I'm having to log in on each visit whilst on the old board I didn't - presumably because of the cookie.

I haven't deleted any cookies so why am I not recognised when I visit the new forum without having to sign in?

jleerigby · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2003, 03:08:10 am »

Quote from: NoCodeUK on October 09, 2003, 06:19:46 pm

I just wondering who Bob was myself Are we gonna get the old descriptions back?? Citizen Kane sounded much better than "YABB God" I struggled for months to get to Citizen Kane status and now its all gone

Adam

I've never been a god before. Quite like it actually. Maybe we can start to work miracles. Any ideas what the first one should be?

jleerigby · « **Reply #19 on:** October 10, 2003, 03:12:59 am »

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You may need to edit your profile to change the time adjustment. In Minneapolis, it's a 6 there, meaning 6 hours after Greenwich time.

That's not how it's working. It's currently working to the time in the UK rather than Greenwich mean time. UK time time is currently 1 hour ahead (british summer time - GMT+1) so I should set my profile to 1 for it to read correctly but I have to set it to 0.

kiwi · « **Reply #20 on:** October 10, 2003, 03:44:43 am »

Just wanted to express that I'd like to see "New" before the topic, if it's possible. It's much easier to scan down and see the new messages.

kiwi

AndyCircuit · « **Reply #21 on:** October 10, 2003, 08:42:55 am »

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UK time time is currently 1 hour ahead (british summer time - GMT+1) so I should set my profile to 1 for it to read correctly but I have to set it to 0.

It seems to be that the forum time is summertime already. We will see on Oct. 26th
Count my vote for "next" before topic
Since I'm not very good in English: What the heck is the meaning of "Bull Goose Looney" and why I'm lost in space if I post more than 250 times?
AC

bob · « **Reply #22 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:34:30 am »

Quote from: Sauzee on October 09, 2003, 11:43:53 pm

I'm having to log in on each visit whilst on the old board I didn't - presumably because of the cookie.

I haven't deleted any cookies so why am I not recognised when I visit the new forum without having to sign in?

Try deleting the cookies for yabb.jriver.com and log in again.

If it applies to your setup, you may have to disable automatic cookie handling for yabb.jriver.com or make it a trusted site.

Wile E. One · « **Reply #23 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:35:58 am »

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Since I'm not very good in English: What the heck is the meaning of "Bull Goose Looney" and why I'm lost in space if I post more than 250 times?

I don't think it's your english skills that make those terms confusing.

Maybe it's a way to make new (or infrequent) posters feel better about themselves. I mean, I think I'm much happier as a woodchuck than to be lost or looney.

Then again, it's just a silly description on an internet bulletin board. I guess there are probably bigger things to worry about.

bob · « **Reply #24 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:40:31 am »

Quote from: Charlemagne 8 on October 09, 2003, 05:57:10 pm

Bob.
http://www.qbjnet.com/bio.html
Still don't know very much.
CVIII

Amongst other things, I install and maintain the software on the servers at JRiver. I'm not actually moderating any boards, that was just for testing purposes.

Bob

AndyCircuit · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2003, 10:02:25 am »

Wile E. One wrote

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it's just a silly description on an internet bulletin board

Thanks for the info

AC
(on the way to become a "world citizen".....but....aren't we all since birth?....or, are any aliens here? Maybe I should worry about this? Oh no, headaches again...

)

bob · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2003, 11:41:01 am »

Quote from: AndyCircuit on October 10, 2003, 10:02:25 am

Wile E. One wrote
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it's just a silly description on an internet bulletin board
Thanks for the info

AC
(on the way to become a "world citizen".....but....aren't we all since birth?....or, are any aliens here? Maybe I should worry about this? Oh no, headaches again... )

Just changed it to expand on the "Citizen" theme.

Bob

bob · « **Reply #27 on:** October 10, 2003, 11:41:58 am »

Quote from: TimB on October 09, 2003, 02:20:58 pm

Quote from: JimH on October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm
I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

If its a voting kinda thing I'd definitely vote for "New" before the actual topic.

-=Tim=-

Changed, hope it looks ok.

Bob

phelt · « **Reply #28 on:** October 10, 2003, 12:48:35 pm »

Two minor quibbles:
When I mark all threads as having been read, I liked the redirect to the Interact > General page listing the other forums. When I click "mark as read" I'm done with that forum and I'm ready to read another.

When I post a reply, I liked the refresh of the thread to which I posted. I'm neither a fast typist nor an exceptionally quick thinker, so there are often interesting replies by the time I click "Post". Plus it gives me one more chance beyond Preview to scan for mis-spelling, incorrect URL's, etc.

But on the whole, it's a nice skin. Reminds me slightly of PixOS.

sraymond · « **Reply #29 on:** October 10, 2003, 01:51:39 pm »

Quote from: bob on October 10, 2003, 11:41:58 am

Quote from: TimB on October 09, 2003, 02:20:58 pm
Quote from: JimH on October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm
I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

If its a voting kinda thing I'd definitely vote for "New" before the actual topic.

-=Tim=-

Changed, hope it looks ok.

Bob

Bob's your uncle!

Sauzee · « **Reply #30 on:** October 10, 2003, 02:26:52 pm »

Quote from: bob on October 10, 2003, 09:34:30 am

Quote from: Sauzee on October 09, 2003, 11:43:53 pm
I'm having to log in on each visit whilst on the old board I didn't - presumably because of the cookie.

I haven't deleted any cookies so why am I not recognised when I visit the new forum without having to sign in?

Try deleting the cookies for yabb.jriver.com and log in again.

If it applies to your setup, you may have to disable automatic cookie handling for yabb.jriver.com or make it a trusted site.

Thanks Bob - it's actually working now without me having done anything

wickesy · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:18:08 pm »

Quote from: phelt on October 10, 2003, 12:48:35 pm

Two minor quibbles:
When I mark all threads as having been read, I liked the redirect to the Interact > General page listing the other forums. When I click "mark as read" I'm done with that forum and I'm ready to read another.

I second that request.

Quote

But on the whole, it's a nice skin. Reminds me slightly of PixOS.

I was thinking the same thing.

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:42:19 pm »

There are a couple of little things regarding the board...with the old board in IE if you read a topic then used the back button the topic as no longer marked as new but in Firebird this didn't happen. Now this has been reversed, it works in FB but not in IE...

Secondly there is a rendering error in the tree at the top on FB. If you hover over one item it underlines all of them...I thin this is a css glitch as I have seen this on other sites with fb but it can be remedied.

Cheers

Adam

Deivit · « **Reply #33 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:47:36 pm »

Quote from: NoCodeUK on October 10, 2003, 05:42:19 pm

There are a couple of little things regarding the board...with the old board in IE if you read a topic then used the back button the topic as no longer marked as new but in Firebird this didn't happen. Now this has been reversed, it works in FB but not in IE...

It works for me in IE, Adam.

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TimB · « **Reply #34 on:** October 10, 2003, 07:54:09 pm »

Quote from: bob on October 10, 2003, 11:41:58 am

Quote from: TimB on October 09, 2003, 02:20:58 pm
Quote from: JimH on October 09, 2003, 12:53:56 pm
I'll look, but I don't think it's an option.

If its a voting kinda thing I'd definitely vote for "New" before the actual topic.

-=Tim=-

Changed, hope it looks ok.

Bob

Looks GREAT!

Thanks!

-=Tim=-

Charlemagne 8 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:07:14 pm »

Glad to meet you, Bob.
CVIII

LisaRCT · « **Reply #36 on:** October 11, 2003, 11:02:10 am »

The site looks great!
Much improved!
. . . but can we have a bit more contrast between the blue background and the blue text of the subject?
some of us 'old folks' have trouble seein ya know

kiwi · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2003, 07:27:03 pm »

Just logged on... and was looking at it... saying to myself, something looks different... something looks very good. It's the News being shifted back to the front.

thanks...

kiwi

bob · « **Reply #38 on:** November 22, 2003, 11:05:09 pm »

I had to update the web server that interact is on tonite. Sorry if I bounced anyone off.

Bob

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