Forum Software Upgraded! Options

[Coomer]

The forum software has been upgraded and is now in a usable state, so it's back online. I'm still working on it, and may have it down later tonight for a little while, but for now, let me know what you think.

By the way, expect most of the old features (reputation system, etc.) to be coming back very soon.

I'm back to work. Enjoy! And let me know if you find problems.

[Rusty]

congrats

[Havok1997GT]

very nice.


Once the Rep section is back i will believe it to be perfect.

This post has been edited by Havok1997GT: May 8, 2008 - 8:26 PM

[6GenCelicaST]

working great. no complaints.

[dabazied]

I definitely like it so far and it's running pretty smooth.

[CelicaST_CALI]

ooooo coomer i like this .i love the offline/offline in dif colors

[Batman722]

if it's not too much trouble to add the topic preview when you move your mouse over a link on the forum index pages, it would be great to have that back

in the searches too if you can

[lazarpaul]

Congrats Coomer for a great forum thats always open on my desktop and thanks for everything you're doing for us. But as much as I love it I'd love it even more if it'd have a chat section. I'm just throwing this out there as an idea for future upgrades. Great upgrades BTW and keep up the great work.

[808celica]

much alohas

[bccentaur3]

I love it thanks a lot. You know how you click on a users name and theres a box for a picture? Can we add a pic for that box?

[purplegt4]

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

[Rusty]

might not be a problem but an advancement I like

when posting pics says the pics have been reduced down to 600* by 800* with a little frame around it.
but that might be a good thing, no overly large pics taking a long time to load up the page

note: photobucket has tools to easily resize down to size without putting it out of preportion (which will remove the above frame)

This post has been edited by Rusty: May 9, 2008 - 1:12 AM

[Coomer]

if it's not too much trouble to add the topic preview when you move your mouse over a link on the forum index pages, it would be great to have that back

in the searches too if you can

Oh yes, I almost overlooked that. Noted, and I'll work on it this weekend.

Congrats Coomer for a great forum thats always open on my desktop and thanks for everything you're doing for us. But as much as I love it I'd love it even more if it'd have a chat section. I'm just throwing this out there as an idea for future upgrades. Great upgrades BTW and keep up the great work.

I'm working to integrate some sort of chat stuff.

I love it thanks a lot. You know how you click on a users name and theres a box for a picture? Can we add a pic for that box?

That pic will turn into the user's default Celica photo.

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

Which drop down menus? Everything seems to be working well for me on both Firefox on Windows and on Mac.

might not be a problem but an advancement I like

when posting pics says the pics have been reduced down to 600* by 800* with a little frame around it.
but that might be a good thing, no overly large pics taking a long time to load up the page

note: photobucket has tools to easily resize down to size without putting it out of preportion (which will remove the above frame)

Haven't even noticed...I'll have to take a look.

[Hanyo]

great work. i love the new look.

but something i would really really want integrated on the forums in a smarter search function. Maybe allow users to TAG certain post with key words like a blog.

[darkstar]

thanks!
awesome!
software update likes just installed new brand stuff into the car

[manphibian]

Superb! At last we don't have to resize photos down to 800*600


no new smilies though

[Coomer]

great work. i love the new look.

but something i would really really want integrated on the forums in a smarter search function. Maybe allow users to TAG certain post with key words like a blog.

I'll think about it, but I'd imagine that tagging wouldn't be nearly as accurate as a keyword search. Care to elaborate though?

no new smilies though

Also noted, and added to my work item list.

[purplegt4]

well now they work.

probably my browser being weird.

gj! we'll continue being testers for u.

[malpaso]

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

CONFIRMED

might not be a problem but an advancement I like

when posting pics says the pics have been reduced down to 600* by 800* with a little frame around it.
but that might be a good thing, no overly large pics taking a long time to load up the page

note: photobucket has tools to easily resize down to size without putting it out of preportion (which will remove the above frame)

works only for IE, in Firefox are pics shown as posted...

and btw.: that reduction is to 640x480 not 800x600. So if anyone wants get around this feature just use 640x480 pics only...

This post has been edited by malpaso: May 9, 2008 - 4:47 AM

[malpaso]

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

Which drop down menus? Everything seems to be working well for me on both Firefox on Windows and on Mac.

see screenshot Christian...



I have been using Firefox version 2.0.0.14 and nothing drops down when I click on those drop downs (any of them). But using IE everything works fine...



This post has been edited by malpaso: May 9, 2008 - 3:38 AM

[njccmd2002]

love the new look......

[Supersprynt]

LOL says I have 10,100 posts, from my calculations it's 9,725.

Drop down menus don't work for me in FF 2.0.0.14 either.

And "Forums" is listed twice on the homepage.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: May 9, 2008 - 9:04 AM

[D-Man]

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

Which drop down menus? Everything seems to be working well for me on both Firefox on Windows and on Mac.

see screenshot Christian...



I have been using Firefox version 2.0.0.14 and nothing drops down when I click on those drop downs (any of them). But using IE everything works fine...

EDIT: i'm running Mozilla/5.0 @ Firefox/2.0.0.14

UPGRADE YOUR JAVA!!

I'm running FireFox right now and it all works. It's just because the forum is a java application. and the different browsers hae different settings. It's easiest to upgrade by taking firefox to this place and it should run smoothly.

If not then you'll have to open your firefox options and allow java to run at it's full capacity.

This post has been edited by D-Man: May 9, 2008 - 9:07 AM

[Supersprynt]

Verified Java Version
Congratulations!
You have the recommended Java installed (Version 6 Update 5).

Seems as though I have the latest and it doesn't work for me.

Java is enabled.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: May 9, 2008 - 9:10 AM

[stetsonaw]

works great for me, FF 2.0.0.14, newest java. lookin great coomer, thanks man.

[Coomer]

Interesting. No Java is used whatsoever though, so don't worry about updating your Java. I'll investigate further.

[GriffGirl]

After fewer than 5 minutes on the board this morning, I can already see the improvements. Very nice upgrade, Coomer! Thanks for keeping the site top-notch. You do some quality work, and I'm sure everyone on here really appreciates it. I know I sure do!
-Michelle

[GriffGirl]

I'm running Firefox Beta 3.0b5 on OSX 10.4.11 and it appears that the dropdown menus work fine for me. In fact, I'm using this post to test them!

[95CelicaST]

I noticed I can no longer highlight someone's post and copy it right into the fast reply. I have to now copy it, open up a set of quote brackets, and paste it.


Sad panda...

[Coomer]

I noticed I can no longer highlight someone's post and copy it right into the fast reply. I have to now copy it, open up a set of quote brackets, and paste it.


Sad panda...

Before, when you highlighted text, it automatically quoted it in the fast reply box? I remember using this feature but can't remember exactly how it worked.

[spolski07]

did anyone else notice that you can change the skins of the forum page?
i effn love it!

[Coomer]

did anyone else notice that you can change the skins of the forum page?
i effn love it!

That was an error that has now been fixed. Currently, only the current skin should be used due to some weird backend issues, but once I resolve those, I hope to have multiple skins that members can choose from.

[95CelicaST]

I noticed I can no longer highlight someone's post and copy it right into the fast reply. I have to now copy it, open up a set of quote brackets, and paste it.


Sad panda...

Before, when you highlighted text, it automatically quoted it in the fast reply box? I remember using this feature but can't remember exactly how it worked.

Yeah, for example, I could highlight someone's post and click fast reply. Once my mouse was in the reply box another button popped up across the bottom. When you would click the button it would paste in the highlighted text and wrap it in

[Supersprynt]

IDK what you did but it's working now.

[SeverX13]

I love the upgrades. i keep on goin about my buisness on here and ill run into something new haha i love it.

Props Coomer!!


btw, where is the skin change option?

This post has been edited by SeverX13: May 9, 2008 - 4:10 PM

[Rusty]

I noticed I can no longer highlight someone's post and copy it right into the fast reply. I have to now copy it, open up a set of quote brackets, and paste it.

yeah but theres an icon up top fast reply which you can use (and what I just used plus bold etc)

love the drop down next to name (a good idea)

[GriffGirl]

nvm

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: May 9, 2008 - 6:00 PM

[lagos]

Whats the deal with the image resizer?
I like the idea, but i think the image size should be changed to 800x600. Its a prefect size to show detail while not being too big. Resizing everything to 640x480 just cause a lot of aisling in the image.

[Daftboy]

LOL says I have 10,100 posts, from my calculations it's 9,725.

Where do you find how many post you have?

[dustin15brown]

In the PM's it used to have a red dot to PM's that I have replied to.... I get so many that I lose track of who I replied to without the dot... Anyway to get that back???

In the PM's it used to have a red dot to PM's that I have replied to.... I get so many that I lose track of who I replied to without the dot... Anyway to get that back???

[malpaso]

firefox issue: drop down menus do not work while replying.

btw: hope all is well. gj

Which drop down menus? Everything seems to be working well for me on both Firefox on Windows and on Mac.

see screenshot Christian...



I have been using Firefox version 2.0.0.14 and nothing drops down when I click on those drop downs (any of them). But using IE everything works fine...

EDIT: i'm running Mozilla/5.0 @ Firefox/2.0.0.14

UPGRADE YOUR JAVA!!

I'm running FireFox right now and it all works. It's just because the forum is a java application. and the different browsers hae different settings. It's easiest to upgrade by taking firefox to this place and it should run smoothly.

If not then you'll have to open your firefox options and allow java to run at it's full capacity.

I'm not sure if java was the issue because it started working w/o any upgrade...

[shaunrichard]

I like what I see. Nice job. Much more visually appealing and I enjoy the new features. I didn't notice anything out of sorts with Firefox on my Mac at home, but that seems to have been resolved, from what I've been reading.

I, too, am awaiting the return of the subject on mouseover, but I do like the origination date that's on there now. I also like that if I visit a forum I've read before, it comes up to the new posts.

I frequent Car Talk quite a bit and I was sorely disappointed with the last upgrade they made. It seemed like it was the opposite of progress. But you have done a great job and made an actual upgrade here. Thanks for all you do.

[Coomer]

Whats the deal with the image resizer?
I like the idea, but i think the image size should be changed to 800x600. Its a prefect size to show detail while not being too big. Resizing everything to 640x480 just cause a lot of aisling in the image.

This should be fixed now. And for images that are too big, instead of showing them in a new pop-up, the image size is just reverted back to the original size inline.

[Coomer]

How badly do you guys want the hover post preview back? It's a reasonably expensive query to grab the previews for all of the topics on a page. Aka it will tax the server more and make things slower and potentially less reliable.

[Coomer]

Also, reply notices to PMs should be working now, so if you reply to a PM, a dot should appear letting you know you've replied to it.

[D-Man]

Also, reply notices to PMs should be working now, so if you reply to a PM, a dot should appear letting you know you've replied to it.

HEY!! that also applies to the forum page! you can see what topics your .02 cents is in!

lol!

[Coomer]

Also, reply notices to PMs should be working now, so if you reply to a PM, a dot should appear letting you know you've replied to it.

HEY!! that also applies to the forum page! you can see what topics your .02 cents is in!

lol!

Yep, that's done by default with the forum software. I had to custom code the reply stuff for messaging though.

[D-Man]

Coomer... Are you some kind of Genus?

This post has been edited by D-Man: May 13, 2008 - 1:18 PM

[Coomer]

Coomer... Are you some kind of Genus?

Nah, I just spend a lot of time building websites and web applications.

[lagos]

Whats the deal with the image resizer?
I like the idea, but i think the image size should be changed to 800x600. Its a prefect size to show detail while not being too big. Resizing everything to 640x480 just cause a lot of aisling in the image.

This should be fixed now. And for images that are too big, instead of showing them in a new pop-up, the image size is just reverted back to the original size inline.

Now they are a little bit too big. They look like they are showing up as 1024x768ish. 800x600 would be perfect, if you could do that.
Having them resize without the pop up window is nice btw!

[D-Man]

Yeah, that's what i do for a living... Why do you think i'm here all day

But still, it's just too much thinking to rescript protocols and re-wright java during personal time... well that's IMO at least...

[Coomer]

Whats the deal with the image resizer?
I like the idea, but i think the image size should be changed to 800x600. Its a prefect size to show detail while not being too big. Resizing everything to 640x480 just cause a lot of aisling in the image.

This should be fixed now. And for images that are too big, instead of showing them in a new pop-up, the image size is just reverted back to the original size inline.

Now they are a little bit too big. They look like they are showing up as 1024x768ish. 800x600 would be perfect, if you could do that.
Having them resize without the pop up window is nice btw!

Are they breaking the layout for you Art? Or are they wider than the screen? I set it up so that they should be a max size of 75% of your screen width before they resize. This way, users with large monitors don't have to suffer with small photos (since the full size version is loaded anyway.)

[lagos]

Wider then the browsers window causing the horizontal scroll bar to come up.
Keep in mind that most people dont have their browser set to full screen at all times.

Here is a screen shot of what i mean. Click the thumbnail for full version.

[manphibian]

Pics are perfect on mine.

I think most people have browsers full screen?

[D-Man]

Pics are perfect on mine.

I think most people have browsers full screen?

x2 & yes.

[Coomer]

Ah yes, I didn't take that into account. By default the forum software uses the screen width, not browser width, probably for cross-browser compatibility of some sort. I'll have to play with it later.

[goferris]

any idea when we will be getting the post preview feature back?

[malpaso]

So what is biggest non resised resolution of picture? It's not still 640x480 right?

[BloodyStupidDave...]

So what is biggest non resi[z]ed resolution of picture? It's not still 640x480 right?

Edit: It appears to depend only on the resolutution of your screen and size of your browser now.


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: May 19, 2008 - 5:33 AM

[Coomer]

The hover post preview feature should be back and working now. Still needs some tweaking that I'll maybe do tonight.

[goferris]

The hover post preview feature should be back and working now. Still needs some tweaking that I'll maybe do tonight.

thanks coomer!

[Batman722]

The hover post preview feature should be back and working now. Still needs some tweaking that I'll maybe do tonight.

thanks coomer!

x2
one of my fav features about this forum

[stephen_lee]

idk if this is a new feature, but im pretty sure it is.
we can now select what time zone we are in
much, much better than using GMT where the middle of the day here is midnight on the forum...

[GriffGirl]

Hey, how do you leave member feedback now? I seem to be missing it (and seem to lack the patience to figure it out for myself today, as I am CRAZY MAD busy at work!)

Thx!

[goferris]

that feature hasn't been restored yet.

i would also like to see a larger variety of smilies if possible thanks

[CelicaST_CALI]

the hover is back!!!

[Penkka]

I hate this new feature, where only list of posts appear.

[96bluevert]

^^^ change you're "display mode" under "options" at the top to standard. Should do the trick.

[Penkka]

dänks

[D-Man]

that feature hasn't been restored yet.

i would also like to see a larger variety of smilies if possible thanks

I like to gyank smilies from Http://www.freesmileys.org

Second option down, "Free Smiley Index" = http://www.freesmileys.org/free-animated-smileys.php

copy and paste, but it'll insert a url to the website when you paste it. See the code-Breakdown:

[ url=http://Blah-blah-Blah.com] [img]http://link-to-your-pic.com[ /img ] [ /url ]

So delete everything in red. Keep everything in green.

also works when you want to make a link, like to Yahoo.com

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jun 17, 2008 - 3:51 PM

[CelicaST_CALI]

he he he

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Jun 18, 2008 - 2:39 PM

[95CelicaST]

Coomer, your mailbox is full. You need to empty it!

[96bluevert]

^^^ his mailbox is always full.

[manphibian]

Lot of scammers about recently, any news on getting the feedback system up and running?

[Coomer]

Working on it tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it up.

[Batman722]

it's a coomer sighting !!

coomer is cool !

thanks cc.

[Coomer]

No problem. I made good progress on the feedback stuff, but didn't get it finished completely and I need sleep. I'll finish it up by Thursday night.

[manphibian]

No problem. I made good progress on the feedback stuff, but didn't get it finished completely and I need sleep. I'll finish it up by Thursday night.

Cheers

[malpaso]

What I really miss is "friends list". After upgrade it's gone