Topic: Forum upgrade

[Ryan Timothy]

I've never dabbled in the SMF forum code for too long (downloaded it to see if I could be of help), but if the code structure is already working, isn't it as simple as checking for the [code] then changing the language to match? And yes, the forum code is quite scrambled in their own php scripts, so I understand how difficult it could be.


$geshi = new GeSHi($source, $language, $path);

echo $geshi->parse_code();[/code]

[Armageddon]

Could you change the page count back to 20?

[Khris]

Seems like the default setting was indeed reset to 20 posts per page, but you could have changed this in your profile's Look and Layout settings anyway.
(If that's what you meant by "page count".)

[AGA]

Yeah, I reset the default to 20, but it's still 50 for me, since that's what I have my personal settings as.

[Khris]

I've just noticed that the link to the PM outbox seems to be gone.

[Darth Mandarb]

On my screen it's called "sent items" now... but it is still there.

[Ryan Timothy]

Yeah it's there, you have to be in the Messages section.

Speaking of the PM outbox, not that I'm saying you should work needlessly at this, I've never understood why your sent messages aren't always auto stored unless you specifically delete them. Just like any email service. Instead of manually needing to check the store message in Sent messages check box.

I've also hated how the search was, with the check box, is defaulted to everything, and the sub-forum list is always hidden. Then after you expand the section, if you hadn't clicked the search all check box, it's now located at the bottom. It's only 2 extra clicks, but still annoying.

As for the arrow pointing in which direction is expanded or not, I agree it does look confusing and backwards. Overall I'd prefer to see a plus and minus.

[Khris]

Right, my bad. It wasn't in the main menu so I missed it.

[Armageddon]

Yeah, I reset the default to 20, but it's still 50 for me, since that's what I have my personal settings as.

Hey thanks

[AGA]

Speaking of the PM outbox, not that I'm saying you should work needlessly at this, I've never understood why your sent messages aren't always auto stored unless you specifically delete them. Just like any email service. Instead of manually needing to check the store message in Sent messages check box.

.  "Save a copy of each personal message in my Sent Items by default."

I've also just reset everyone to have it enabled.

[Mehrdad]

Sorry but 'Search' doesnt work very well for me.Sometimes doesnt work at all and sometimes is very very slow.Anyone have this problem?

[Snarky]

There, enhanced post box, with shortcuts and all.

It's great, but the shortcuts aren't working for me (in Firefox on two separate computers). I'm not sure if they did before, I seem to remember that they did, but they're broken now.

Also the forums have been slow the last couple of days, and I did get a timeout one of the last posts I made.

[AGA]

They work fine for me in Firefox 12, on both the AGS theme and AGS compact.  I've also just tested in Opera, Safari, IE 9 (x86 and x64) and SeaMonkey.  So I dunno why it's not working for you...

As for the slow forums, I'll look into it.

[Ryan Timothy]

What are the shortcuts? Ctrl+B for bold, etc? When I try any of the obvious shortcuts like that I get the bookmarks window opening and such. Firefox 12.

Edit: There's a post by someone claiming the forums don't work in Chrome but didn't explain the issues.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46062.msg619115#msg619115

[AGA]

Yeah, same basic stuff as any WYSIWYG text editor. 

Sorry guys, don't know what to tell you; since it works for some people it's presumably a user side problem, not server side.

[Eric]

I only get WYSIWYG options if I set my theme to AGS Compact, and not AGS. Maybe this is the issue some are having?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see above where you say it should work for both. Still, curious.

[Snarky]

I mean, I've tested it on two different computers (Mac and Win7), seven different browsers (Safari, FF 12.0 Mac, FF 12.0 Win, IE 9 64-bit, Tor Browser/FF 3.6.13, Opera 11.64, Chrome 19.0), and it does not work on any of them. My Firefoxes have a bunch of add-ons that could potentially interfere, but all the other browsers should be clean.

For vBulletin forums I tested, e.g. The Digital Fix (the old adventuregamers forums having been locked), the shortcuts work in most of the browsers listed above (though not Chrome). It's not working on any SMF or phpBB forums I tested, though I'm unclear on whether any of them in fact support it.

[Stupot+]

The WYSIWYG options only appear if you turn on 'Quick Reply' first.

Under Look and Layout you have to have Show 'Quick Reply' on topic display set as 'Show' (on or off by default doesn't matter).
You don't have to actually be using the 'Quick Reply' to use the WYSIWIG functions, they appear on the normal 'Reply' page, but you have to have turned on the 'Quick Reply' option for this to happen.

That's at least how things are working for me (Chrome w/ Windows Vista).

EDIT:
Probably unrelated, but despite my having posted this at 17:32, the main forum page still thinks that Snarky's post at 13:20 was the last post in tis thread...  I wonder if anyone else can even see this post...

[AGA]

Weirdly, it seems what Stupot says is true.  I've reset everyone to use quick reply.  If people don't want it they can turn it off, but it should hopefully work by default for everyone now.

[Snarky]

Dammit SMF! Why do you have to suck so much? 

But thanks, Stupot+ and AGA! It works now!