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Post by allyk on Aug 8, 2013 20:04:56 GMT 1
Well I'm not what features it adds, but it looks more . . . modernish. I do miss the Reading Ponies at the top, although presumably that can be added back in. It does seem to be missing the karma and location for each person. If you want a reminder of how the main board used to look, click here. You can use google cache to get the old in-thread view (for at least a little while).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2013 20:12:46 GMT 1
There's been a lot of teething problems with the proboard upgrade, I'm not over keen on it. I dare say I'll get use to it. I think the smileys are rubbish!
Hopefully Claire will be able to put some of the things back as they use to be. You can now post more attachments than before and upload your own avatars.
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Post by Claire on Aug 8, 2013 23:07:42 GMT 1
Hi folks, I didn't upgrade manually. Its done it automatically - without even emailing me to tell me when it would do it!!! Just got in to find everything different. Personally I don't like it and I dont like this change for change's sake attitude which seems to be prevalent nowadays. Hopefully I can find all my headers and footers data (Trixiepony's reading ponies, etc) I think I saved it somewhere but now to find it! I wish proboards had sent me a bloomin message telling me when it was going to automatically upgrade then I could have had it all sorted. Must think we've got nowt else to do than tinker with forums all day. Pah - rant over PS dont like new smilies either rosie - may be able to load in the old ones hopefully.
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Post by Claire on Aug 8, 2013 23:14:05 GMT 1
Forgot to say - had a giggle at the default avatar pic - looks like some sort of alien!
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Post by allyk on Aug 8, 2013 23:22:13 GMT 1
Hopefully I can find all my headers and footers data (Trixiepony's reading ponies, etc) I think I saved it somewhere but now to find it! Maybe you can salvage them from the archive.org link? Forgot to say - had a giggle at the default avatar pic - looks like some sort of alien! It's not very flattering. I guess they want to 'encourage' you to provide an avatar.
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Post by rallycairn on Aug 9, 2013 5:38:35 GMT 1
Is there a button for "Latest Posts" or "Today's Posts" like there used to be? I can't find it if there is.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2013 6:51:35 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2013 6:57:13 GMT 1
Is there a button for "Latest Posts" or "Today's Posts" like there used to be? I can't find it if there is. There is Rally, at the bottom under Forum Information and Statistics. First place I go to as well.
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Post by trixiepony on Aug 9, 2013 10:11:25 GMT 1
Forgot to say - had a giggle at the default avatar pic - looks like some sort of alien! Yes it's funny lolling thing.
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Post by Claire on Aug 9, 2013 12:32:45 GMT 1
I'll have a fiddle at the weekend when I have a bit of free time and see if I can get it looking a bit more like it used to. Also will look into changes re. karma, smilies and the like.
Is there anything missing/different that people really would like back? I'll try and address those issues first - tho of course it may be impossible to change some things.
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Post by rallycairn on Aug 9, 2013 13:12:31 GMT 1
Well, as usual my avatar attempt on this forum was unsuccessful, but I would rather have 'rallycairn avatar' than the bald alien by my posts, so I am quite happy.
Thanks rosie re recent threads. Like you I go right to it! but I couldn't find it at all in the new format without your help.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2013 18:20:42 GMT 1
lol rally I agree, awful alien things!
Claire the only things I miss are the trixiepony drawings and the smileys.
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Post by kunuma on Aug 9, 2013 20:50:02 GMT 1
Aaargh - whose flippin' idea is it to keep changing all the b******y forums so if you have dodgy eyes you can't read them any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Claire on Aug 10, 2013 11:13:43 GMT 1
Claire the only things I miss are the trixiepony drawings and the smileys. I should be able to get Trixiepony's drawings and my own title without too much trouble. Not sure about the smilies. Maybe you can revert back to the old ones but I doubt it. You used to be able to load your own smilies in so if thats the same I might be able to change them. I think its easier to click on a particular page of a thread now - it used to be a bit fiddly. Apart from that I can't see any benefits the upgrade really has as yet! Kunuma - what do you find hard to read about it - I should be able to change some of the settings which could make it easier.
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Post by garej on Aug 10, 2013 18:35:18 GMT 1
I think I have managed to change the forum's avatar which is a lot better than the default if it works!
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Post by Claire on Aug 10, 2013 21:38:09 GMT 1
I've noticed that the number of folk on the forum has gone down dramatically since the upgrade. I know at least 2 people who haven't been able to log in since it changed. Hope there aren't any others - if you can't log in and you are reading this as a guest please drop me an email to let me know. Had a quick look at the admin section and that has all changed too so not only do you have to faff about trying to get all your settings back you have to work out how to use the new admin section first! Agghhh!!!
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Post by Claire on Aug 10, 2013 22:52:31 GMT 1
Hi folks, well I've tried to get it as near to what it was before as poss. (Not an easy task as the admin section is not as easy to use as it used to be.) Needs a bit more tweaking but hopefully its a bit easier to read and more familiar now! Can't find anything to change the smilies as yet but at least we've got Trixiepony's ponies back in pride of place
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Post by allyk on Aug 11, 2013 5:32:26 GMT 1
The hover color for links is white which makes them practically invisible when you move your mouse over them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 6:53:19 GMT 1
It looks much better now Claire thanks, glad the ponies are back! Just hope you can sort those B**** awful smileys out! Logging in has been a bit of an issue. I had troubles on another proboard forum which was upgraded recently. I had to use my email address rather than user name to start off with, if I remember correctly. I didn't have that trouble here though.
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Post by Claire on Aug 11, 2013 10:32:15 GMT 1
Karma does appear to have disappeared completely. It can be re-instated by a plug in so if people really want it I can have a try at adding it back.
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Post by trixiepony on Aug 11, 2013 11:12:48 GMT 1
I like the avatars you can make up on proboard and it's grate your sorting out the outher problames good to see the reading ponie back.
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Post by kunuma on Aug 11, 2013 13:36:33 GMT 1
The purple helps a bit Claire, thanks, what they have done is make the whole thing PALER - a lot of people find reading computer screens hard anyway - so thanks Proboards, you are making life much harder for those people! Even the writing that I am typing now is so pale that I can hardly read it - and as for that really light blue they are so fond of, as a background it makes all the writing really hard to pick out. Plus don't get me started on white writing! I managed to log in once, then couldn't now have managed again - going to try not to log off in case I can't get back! Nearly finished my course - last essay week this week!
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Post by Claire on Aug 11, 2013 14:17:17 GMT 1
Kunuma I've tried to change all the text back to either black or dark blue. I am not sure why the titles of the boards are not in bold any more, there doesn't seem to be an option for changing them to bold either - but I'll keep tinkering.
The fact that it displays all the sub-boards below each board title on the home page is annoying as it looks cluttered and anyway I don't want sub-boards in the members only section displayed for all and sundry. I have tried to remove this but all I succeeded in doing was removing the list of sub-boards from the board pages! (wasn't easy to get 'em back either) I'll keep tinkering and try to get things back to normal. Talk about running to stand still....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 18:29:04 GMT 1
Karma does appear to have disappeared completely. It can be re-instated by a plug in so if people really want it I can have a try at adding it back. I'm not fussed either way with the Karma thing Claire.
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Post by rallycairn on Aug 11, 2013 20:40:53 GMT 1
I don't think the karma is that helpful. I much prefer a "thanks" or "like" button for individual posts -- but nothing at all is perfectly fine.
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Post by haffyfan on Aug 11, 2013 20:46:01 GMT 1
The signing in thing is definatly easier using your email - if you use other proboards forums, it links them - you can log in one and (providing you don't log out) you then just click log in on any other and it connects you. Mind you took me ages to work out the email logging in and i couldn't log in another forum at all for a while.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2013 7:15:48 GMT 1
I didn't realise you could do that haffy, just tried it and it works. Thanks for that.
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Post by Claire on Aug 12, 2013 19:19:51 GMT 1
The admin functions are hopeless on the new version. Before to remove an announcement, move a thread or whatever you just clicked on one button, now you have to go through about 3 different links to do it. In fact I'm still not 100% sure how to move a thread. I want to move Ally's scan thread to the 'how to' section but scared I'll muck it up I think I'll have a try with a dummy thread first! Call me an old fuddy duddy but I hate change!
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Post by allyk on Aug 12, 2013 20:00:05 GMT 1
I want to move Ally's scan thread to the 'how to' section but scared I'll muck it up I think I'll have a try with a dummy thread first! Just go for it I have the posts saved so if worst comes to worst I can repost them easily enough. Call me an old fuddy duddy but I hate change! The older we get, the less we like change. Unfortunately the world doesn't seem to care what we think
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Post by rallycairn on Aug 13, 2013 15:41:18 GMT 1
The problem is, I have objectively found that few changes are actually worthwhile improvements. If they were, I would be all for them!
Like, my newest Nook I was sorry to get == but turned out to love it. My favorite cell phone was about two phones ago but I accidentally gathered it up in my bed linens and sent it through the washing machine (ouch!). Didn't find one I liked as well until we got our Android smartphones this year. Though I miss my slide out keyboards from previous phones, I have to admit the apps and web browsing make the smartphone worth it for me, though I wasn't enthusiastic at first.
But most changes make things worse for most rather than better, IME. So I don't think we're old so much as WISE! I really do think that.
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