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DooMer
One Man Army

Joined: 23 Dec 1999
Posts: 10568

Posted: 08-05-2007 01:08 AM

The forums have been upgraded. Old school topic icons make a return along with an ignore feature. To enable the classic q3w theme, visit your profile. While you're there you can set your birthday, Xbox live gamer tag, and Quake Wars name to allow others to view your stats. There are some other features I won't go into, but the majority of the changes benefit the moderators.

If there are any suggestions, or weird happenings going down, post them here. I'll probably still be tweaking things over the next few weeks.

If you can't get into your account, or are having trouble, email wyddoomer@gmail.com

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Foo
Timed Out

Joined: 02 Aug 2000
Posts: 38064

Posted: 08-05-2007 02:15 AM

I seem to have lost the ability to 'mark all forums read' at the bottom of the forum summary page.

The line below each post for user actions (report post, edit, delete) breaks the flow up a bit much. I'll get used to it, but it's a step backwards IMO.
Aside from that, nice. Was this a PHPBB upgrade or some code changes?

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Survivor
XXXG-00W0

Joined: 27 Dec 2002
Posts: 2891

Posted: 08-05-2007 02:27 AM

Mark all forums read is topright now.

Agreed on the line beneath posts. And the posts start so far to the left and end so early to the right.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Dr ... phpbb3.jpg

PHPBB2 -> PHPBB3

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Foo
Timed Out

Joined: 02 Aug 2000
Posts: 38064

Posted: 08-05-2007 02:53 AM

aha!

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plained
plained

Joined: 12 Jun 2002
Posts: 18772

Posted: 08-05-2007 04:20 AM

sounds neat man!

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plained
plained

Joined: 12 Jun 2002
Posts: 18772

Posted: 08-05-2007 04:21 AM

the fonts freakin me out tho !

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it is about time!

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Magnus
It starts. I win. The end!

Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 528

Posted: 08-05-2007 05:27 AM

I like the Color selection to the side of the post box and that all of the emote icons are there to the side instead of needing to bring them up in a seperate mini-window.

But the topics lists in each forum seem to be smashed from left to right making it so that way fewer topics can be viewed on a page at a time if you have your favorites/search/history side window open and if you close that side window the topics go back to normal hight, but there is a load of unused space at the end of the last post and poster area. Looks like quite a bit of wasted space.

Also not all forums have the same options available when posting. Though this may be on purpose.

I noticed that some members have lost their avatars. First one I noticed was Dave.

Just noticed one more thing. Announcements Image at the top of the page seems to just be a black area.

Nice job and nice changes for the most part though. ;)

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Hannibal
Rationalis

Joined: 26 Nov 2000
Posts: 5946

Posted: 08-05-2007 08:00 AM

1) Just fyi, vomiting is the new bukkake.

2) when I view a thread in GD, the Void, etc. I can't actually go back to the forum's main page...I have to first go to the big forum index page, then click back to the individual forum's main page to see the forum's complete topic list. It's evil.

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R00k
straight at you

Joined: 18 Dec 2000
Posts: 27931

Posted: 08-05-2007 08:03 AM

Posted links no longer have a new window as their target. Not sure if that's intentional or not.

Thanks for getting it back up DooMer. :up:

Question: In the profile area, what's up with attachments? Are we able to use that for anything?

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DooMer
One Man Army

Joined: 23 Dec 1999
Posts: 10568

Posted: 08-05-2007 08:12 AM

You can't get back to the forum's main page by using the jumpbox or clicking the forum image?

attachments are disabled.

I'll try to work on maximizing screen real estate.

Looks like qtracker went down, so qw links won't be working until the official stats page comes online. Bummer.

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DooMer
One Man Army

Joined: 23 Dec 1999
Posts: 10568

Posted: 08-05-2007 08:30 AM

fixed the link thing. phpbb didn't support it for some reason... something to do with web standards.

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Captain
Legend

Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 16499

Posted: 08-05-2007 09:07 AM

Looks spiffy, good job Doom.

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PieceMaker
piecemaker

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 886

Posted: 08-05-2007 09:11 AM

Nice upgrade.

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o'dium
Eh?

Joined: 25 Mar 2001
Posts: 32049

Posted: 08-05-2007 09:54 AM

apart from the odd lines between posts, good job.

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saturn
oldskool

Joined: 06 Mar 2000
Posts: 40788

Posted: 08-05-2007 10:15 AM

the topic titles column is too small, the rest looks great

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Kills On Site
I'm advanced

Joined: 22 Jul 2003
Posts: 4390

Posted: 08-05-2007 11:35 AM

My only complaint, and it is somewhat big, is that links don't open in new windows, otherwise things look nice.

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Scourge
Pestilence

Joined: 25 Mar 2002
Posts: 15822

Posted: 08-05-2007 12:17 PM

Can't find the option to turn off quote nesting again.

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menkent
menkent

Joined: 22 Jul 2000
Posts: 4758

Posted: 08-05-2007 12:42 PM

has there always been an ignore feature (friends/foes)?

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Scourge
Pestilence

Joined: 25 Mar 2002
Posts: 15822

Posted: 08-05-2007 01:17 PM

No, that's new.

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SOAPboy
Soccer Practice!

Joined: 12 Apr 2003
Posts: 15667

Posted: 08-05-2007 02:07 PM

General disc link while in threads dont work.

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Captain
Legend

Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 16499

Posted: 08-06-2007 01:10 AM

Turbine's rank needs to be fixed/temporarily reset. I don't think this board identifies Japanese.

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seremtan
Etile

Joined: 19 Nov 2003
Posts: 34899

Posted: 08-06-2007 01:45 PM

BBCode is off in the icon request thread. this seems... odd

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DooMer
One Man Army

Joined: 23 Dec 1999
Posts: 10568

Posted: 08-06-2007 02:09 PM

should be fixed

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Dr_Watson
Black Magic

Joined: 23 Feb 2000
Posts: 22853

Posted: 08-06-2007 03:04 PM

[]the bar below each post seems pointless.
[]"who's online" at the top vs the bottom is a bit irritating.
[]i seem to have lost the list-box for forum jumping at the bottom.
[]the name/rank over the icon being center rather than left justified looks messy.
[]off-site links don't spawn new windows

other than those style issues i'm down with it.

edit: [] doesn't work anymore for a bullet?

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DooMer
One Man Army

Joined: 23 Dec 1999
Posts: 10568

Posted: 08-06-2007 03:19 PM

what browser are you using? other than the drop down, and the bar below the posts, i'm not seeing the issues you mentioned.

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ForM
Always Watching

Joined: 19 Nov 2002
Posts: 1049

Posted: 08-06-2007 03:49 PM

Mark Forums Read no longer happens.

Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.

Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)

Edit: Sorted.

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Dr_Watson
Black Magic

Joined: 23 Feb 2000
Posts: 22853

Posted: 08-07-2007 12:00 PM

DooMer wrote:
what browser are you using? other than the drop down, and the bar below the posts, i'm not seeing the issues you mentioned.

opera 9.2

i checked IE7 and firefox and yes that seems to be fine
apparently the style is so broken in opera that the quick-reply box is even gone.

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Berserker
berserker

Joined: 05 Feb 2000
Posts: 481

Posted: 08-12-2007 10:52 PM

ForM wrote:
Mark Forums Read no longer happens.

Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.

Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)

Edit: Sorted.

Where did you fix this? It's not working for me either.

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ForM
Always Watching

Joined: 19 Nov 2002
Posts: 1049

Posted: 08-13-2007 01:21 PM

Sadly I have to manually click mark forums read.

Fix it Doomer!

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Mark all forums read is topright now.Agreed on the line beneath posts. And the posts start so far to the left and end so early to the right.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Dr ... phpbb3.jpgPHPBB2 -> PHPBB3

aha!

sounds neat man!

the fonts freakin me out tho !

1) Just fyi, vomiting is the new bukkake.2) when I view a thread in GD, the Void, etc. I can't actually go back to the forum's main page...I have to first go to the big forum index page, then click back to the individual forum's main page to see the forum's complete topic list. It's evil.

Posted links no longer have a new window as their target. Not sure if that's intentional or not.Thanks for getting it back up DooMer. :up:Question: In the profile area, what's up with attachments? Are we able to use that for anything?

You can't get back to the forum's main page by using the jumpbox or clicking the forum image?attachments are disabled.I'll try to work on maximizing screen real estate.Looks like qtracker went down, so qw links won't be working until the official stats page comes online. Bummer.

fixed the link thing. phpbb didn't support it for some reason... something to do with web standards.

Looks spiffy, good job Doom.

Nice upgrade.

apart from the odd lines between posts, good job.

the topic titles column is too small, the rest looks great

My only complaint, and it is somewhat big, is that links don't open in new windows, otherwise things look nice.

Can't find the option to turn off quote nesting again.

has there always been an ignore feature (friends/foes)?

No, that's new.

General disc link while in threads dont work.

Turbine's rank needs to be fixed/temporarily reset. I don't think this board identifies Japanese.

BBCode is off in the icon request thread. this seems... odd

should be fixed

what browser are you using? other than the drop down, and the bar below the posts, i'm not seeing the issues you mentioned.

Mark Forums Read no longer happens.Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)Edit: Sorted.

DooMer wrote:what browser are you using? other than the drop down, and the bar below the posts, i'm not seeing the issues you mentioned.opera 9.2i checked IE7 and firefox and yes that seems to be fineapparently the style is so broken in opera that the quick-reply box is even gone.

ForM wrote:Mark Forums Read no longer happens.Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)Edit: Sorted.Where did you fix this? It's not working for me either.

Sadly I have to manually click mark forums read. Fix it Doomer!

Mark all forums read is topright now.

Agreed on the line beneath posts. And the posts start so far to the left and end so early to the right.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Dr ... phpbb3.jpg

PHPBB2 -> PHPBB3

1) Just fyi, vomiting is the new bukkake.

2) when I view a thread in GD, the Void, etc. I can't actually go back to the forum's main page...I have to first go to the big forum index page, then click back to the individual forum's main page to see the forum's complete topic list. It's evil.

Posted links no longer have a new window as their target. Not sure if that's intentional or not.

Thanks for getting it back up DooMer. :up:

Question: In the profile area, what's up with attachments? Are we able to use that for anything?

You can't get back to the forum's main page by using the jumpbox or clicking the forum image?

attachments are disabled.

I'll try to work on maximizing screen real estate.

Looks like qtracker went down, so qw links won't be working until the official stats page comes online. Bummer.

Mark Forums Read no longer happens.

Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.

Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)

Edit: Sorted.

DooMer wrote:
what browser are you using? other than the drop down, and the bar below the posts, i'm not seeing the issues you mentioned.

opera 9.2

i checked IE7 and firefox and yes that seems to be fine
apparently the style is so broken in opera that the quick-reply box is even gone.

ForM wrote:
Mark Forums Read no longer happens.

Before if I left and came back later, unless a topic was replied to, it was read.

Annoyance. (unless I missed it in the preferences)

Edit: Sorted.

Where did you fix this? It's not working for me either.

Sadly I have to manually click mark forums read.

Fix it Doomer!