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vanderaj - June 28th, 2005 at 08:14 PM

This is the new version of the forum software. I was hoping to test it for a bit longer before promoting it into production, but losing all the files for our forum didn't help.

It has many new features.

* U2U interface is simpler and no longer pops up
* Member Control Panel is much better
- You can choose from a bunch of preset Avatars
- You can change your own custom title now
* Lots of small tweaks - you can now sort the posts to display in reverse order - think of DasDubber's 48 page monster - now you can see the latest posts on page 1 instead of page n. Just choose "Descending" order in the thread
* Multiple attachments per post (click "add attachment" on the left). Up to three attachments per post. the 50 kb limit is still in place. The forum is development, so it will not warn you if any of them do not make the limit, so if it doesn't post the image, make it less than 50 kb.
* More smilies and post icons.
* Fewer bugs and a bit faster

thanks,
Andrew


bajachris88 - June 28th, 2005 at 08:19 PM

Is the avd chat still available? I don't seem to see a button, and i lurved the chat room.


pod - June 28th, 2005 at 08:24 PM

any more colour themes or is it to early to ask;)


winerot - June 28th, 2005 at 08:26 PM

red & green coming soon


VW-MAD - June 28th, 2005 at 08:34 PM

:tu: HOPE I CAN WORK IT CHEERS LOOKS AND SEEMS BETTER.
CHEERS MANDY
HERE STARTS THE THE FUN VOOM OFF I GO WISH ME LUCK


57kombi - June 28th, 2005 at 08:50 PM

As you said I hope there are fewer bugs aswell, more buses is what we are after.

Cheers
Mr No Van


winerot - June 28th, 2005 at 08:54 PM

says the man who has neither:o


57kombi - June 28th, 2005 at 09:03 PM

Go one rub it in why dont you.

Cheers
Mr I dont care now, Im taking my ball and going home


seagull - June 28th, 2005 at 09:13 PM

well done Adrew


warb - June 28th, 2005 at 09:20 PM

lookin good...


StenGuns - June 28th, 2005 at 09:35 PM

Bug Report
I have deleted all outbound U2U's but still get an "over quota" message when trying to reply.. My inbox is about 355 msgs..


Alex Holzl - June 28th, 2005 at 09:37 PM

i really got used to the old one! will take abit of gettin used to... its feels like ive just joined a new forum, and i feel like i look like this > :punk:


vanderaj - June 28th, 2005 at 10:14 PM

That's because the U2U quota was set to 100. I've set it back to 999.

Andrew


VWFOOL - June 28th, 2005 at 10:15 PM

make sure u hit EMPTY in the trash folder


vanderaj - June 28th, 2005 at 10:36 PM

U2U's have a new feature as well. Try it out :)

Andrew


zac_smits - June 28th, 2005 at 10:42 PM

nice..

i really like it andrew. seems to work well with my higher resolution screen!!


vanderaj - June 28th, 2005 at 10:49 PM

Maybe because I use a 1280x864 widescreen? On a Mac? :)

Andrew


phatrat - June 28th, 2005 at 10:59 PM

xcellent work..:thumb


vanderaj - June 28th, 2005 at 11:13 PM

You found our new avatars! :)

Andrew


zac_smits - June 28th, 2005 at 11:14 PM

i'm using 1280 x 800 on a laptop!


Midlife crisis - June 28th, 2005 at 11:15 PM

Yes their not bad

Marc


Anthiron - June 29th, 2005 at 02:02 AM

i like it.


a few threads seem to be missing though....my thread on the new herbie movie has dispeared into cyber space. a

any chance of getting the lost threads back?

its not a huge issue.

i dont see really how screen resolution affects it. im running 1280 * 1024 and had no problems with the old forum style or this one.

Nick


vanderaj - June 29th, 2005 at 02:09 AM

WE lost everything between Sunday morning around 2 am and 4.30 pm. Someone "helped" by pressing install when I was trying to upgrade the forum and deleted our database. The backup held by our hoster is the same age.

Andrew


Anthiron - June 29th, 2005 at 02:11 AM

ahhh that would explain it. bugger aye.


General_Failure - June 29th, 2005 at 04:15 AM

What on earth?
I was somewhat confused when I came here and was greeted by a different beast.

I never knew there were any noticable bugs in XMB.

Still, I like it. Very nice new look. :yes:


jenz58 - June 29th, 2005 at 10:00 AM

It looks good....some of the Avatars look great against the new colour :kiss:


Purple Martin - June 29th, 2005 at 10:30 AM

Request: Can you upload the standard SubSilver theme please? Thanks very much!


Che Castro - June 29th, 2005 at 11:18 AM

Good work.

Can you please please change the text justification to Top left rather than Centre??? It is giving me the shits


vanderaj - June 29th, 2005 at 12:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Purple Martin
Request: Can you upload the standard SubSilver theme please? Thanks very much!


This forum is not phpBB. subSilver is not allowed to be used with forums other than phpBB.

So... no.

Andrew


vanderaj - June 29th, 2005 at 12:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Che Castro
Good work.

Can you please please change the text justification to Top left rather than Centre??? It is giving me the shits


It is already?

Code:


Andrew