New software...

[Xyzzy]

Please list bugs here... Some of them are pretty obvious... Also, if you discover a new feature that you like say something about it here so others can learn...

Bugs known so far:

Old quote tags are broken...
Some old text formatting comes out super big...
Links to threads in old forum are broken...
The default color scheme is a bit weird...
The smilies are really broken...

Finally, if you should happen to discover a security bug please let me know without posting about it...

Thanks!

[ET_]

When I read all the new posts in the forum and then "reload" the page, the "new post" icons in the main page keep turned on

Luigi

[Wacky]

I noticed this in the PMs, but it probably applies elsewhere also.

The default setting for displaying entries gives an empty list even though I have been sent messages within the past hour. Raising the threshold to 2 days makes them visible.

[dswanson]

Not a bug, but an annoying change: The "Go to <select forum>" pull-down menu and button at the bottom of each thread has changed to a "Rate this thread" option instead. I much preferred the old way.

[dsouza123]

The forum is much quicker, the latency is much lower.

[tom11784]

and we have a much cruddier group of emoticons

[pro]

There's something wrong with the time. At the bottom of the page it says:

All times are GMT. The time now is 5:56pm.

but the time is 4:56 pm GMT. Has somebody forgotten about summer/daylight-saving time?

[ColdFury]

The old forum looked nicer. :(

[Xyzzy]

Some of the stuff you all mentioned is fixable...

I plan to fix the forum colors and smilies this week...

I could have done it all at one time, but I wanted to minimise the forum down time...

As for the forum jump pull down menu, that is an option I have turned off at this time, but if enough people want it I will turn it back on... The reason it is turned off is because it adds a lot of queries to each page...

The time thing confuses me too... I'll try to figure it out...

BTW, posts are limited to 10,000 characters and private messages are limited to 2500 characters... You can edit posts up to 5 minutes after you submit them...

I was very happy with the old forum but the way it dealt with editing posts was unacceptable...

[ixfd64]

Maybe add BBCode for subscripts and superscripts?

Just an idea.

[dsouza123]

Ah, the left most column is blank if I've posted in the thread.

Getting used to this new software.

It provides some useful additions, display threads with new posts saves time, don't have to keep drilling down into the various forums.

The cookies option for staying logged in, yes.
Just need to remember to logout.

A five minute windows to edit a reply, yes.

[Xyzzy]

Originally posted by ixfd64
Maybe add BBCode for subscripts and superscripts?

Just an idea.

Added...

2^P-1

H₂O

[Xyzzy]

Note to moderators:

I can subscribe you to your forum if you want... That means you would get an email alert for new posts and/or new topics... I'm not sure if you get the actual message text or not...

[Xyzzy]

Here is the manual for our software... Feel free to read it and make suggestions!

http://www.vbulletin.com/manual/

[nomadicus]

Originally posted by ET_
When I read all the new posts in the forum and then "reload" the page, the "new post" icons in the main page keep turned on

Luigi

Agreed, and I'd like to add annoying: Can't tell if someone has added to a thread while I've been reading other threads.

Nice job so far. I know this wasn't (and stil isn't) an easy task.
Thank you.

[ixfd64]

Originally posted by Xyzzy
Added...

2^P-1

H₂O

Testing:

2^13,466,917-1

W00t! Thanks, Mr. Admin! :D

[kwstone]

No avatars

[Xyzzy]

Avatars are on the to do list...

[E_tron]

Don't Panic ... Don't Panic ...

I miss the old forum... It's not the same . I know that we were using the default PHP interface, but that was what i like.

I have the edit button for everyone's post. I can change history.

When i go to put an Emoticon, it places it at the end of my text and not were i place the blinkky thinggy.

The Emoticon limit is set too low. When i go to post i can't hit back, because the page has, "EXPIRED". I hate reloading pages. Bandwidth out here is a sacred commodity.

We need the Avatars back online ASAP. I can't hardly stand not having my solar "E".

HEY! about the only thing original to the forum now is the !

[Xyzzy]

Avatars are now enabled...

- They are limited to 50x50 pixels...
- No larger than 5000 bytes...
- You have to upload the avatar from your computer to the server...
- You have to have more than 25 posts...

[E_tron]

only 50x50 ? why can't it be 100x100 ?

[Xyzzy]

They are stored in the database itself so we need to conserve space...

The good news is since they are serverd up with the page there won't be any more dead avatars slowing things down...

If you play around with your avatar in Photoshop or whatever you can probably make it look pretty nice...

[tom11784]

also .... the old forum would update which threads have been read by you if you hit refresh, or clicked the "mersenne.org" link to go back to the main forum page

here you have to leave the entire site then come back to see which threads you haven't read this time

[Xyzzy]

I've been informed via email that 64x64 is the "standard" avatar/icon size everyone uses, so I've upped the limit to that...

[NickGlover]

Originally posted by dsouza123
It provides some useful additions, display threads with new posts saves time, don't have to keep drilling down into the various forums.

The old forum did this too. I used the option all the time. Actually I like the way the old forum did this a little bit better because it would display a [1, 2, 3, ..., N-1, N] for multi-paged threads so it was easier to tell when you wanted to just skip to last or second to last page of the thread to see the new posts.