The forums are now upgraded. I'm nowhere near finished though, so it's quite likely there are little niggles here and there. Plus a lot of the special little hacks CJ put in are missing. I'm planning to put most of them back in (and more!), but upgrading took ages, and I'm too tired to do more today!
All the text is now centered in a post.
First one :-)
Darn, too late.
Good work, I really like it. Looks nice and cleaned up. But one thing that's still bothering me: Would you please consider turning off the wait time between the logins? I tend to forget my password and waiting to log in again is somewhat annoying and not quite common anymore.
The map is back!
To celebrate, I put my pin exactly where I am now. Don't you identity theft me.
Edit: Though, weirdly, the pin points to Scotland until you zoom all the way in. I guess that's Google's fault though?
Thanks for doing the upgrade, AGA!
Yep the text centring needs to be fixed, also the "AGS Forums >> AGS Development >> Bug Reports" bit is no longer clickable, you used to be able to click one of the bits to take you to that part of the forum.
Other than that, looking good -- nice job!
I did inspect the centered text bug, maybe you save some time this way.
The problem comes from the first div inside #main_content_section . It has an old attribute (align="center") that should be replaced by 'style="margin:auto"' (or nothing at all, seems to work pretty well without for me).
Is all the text supposed to be centred?
Looks nice and fancy.
Now of course the vertical size is even larger now. I only get the Community and AGS Support at the top. Everything else is beyond my vertical resolution of 900. I hate scrolling. ;)
Looks good, but....
Does the new board software include alternate layout options? There's a huge amount of dead space at the moment.
Yeah, everything seems really BIG, there's quite a bit of whitespace.
Good job though! Everything looks so clean and shiny!
I like that the 'recent posts' link is now at the top since i'm always on that page. I also like the map and i've added my pin :D
This centered text is killing me! D:
And yeah, everything is big, and too much white, the side bar grain is too... Grain.
Site reminds me of this now. :P
(http://www.listphile.com/asseenontv/EZ_Eyes_Keyboard/image/ezeyes.gif)
Well it looks nice indeedy! Not quite sure about the centered text, but apart from that, great job!
Join me in shouting Yipiie, lemmings style!
*Yippie!"
Quote from: Ali on Wed 25/04/2012 23:59:04Edit: Though, weirdly, the pin points to Scotland until you zoom all the way in. I guess that's Google's fault though?
I believe it must be, as it shows me being Canadian until the map is zoomed in.
Good job with the forum upgrade!
I love it!
It seems that the
Spoiler
spoiler
tag has stopped working.
Yippiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie*
*yelling yippie while falling of a cliff
p.s. read the topics at the bottom, to find out that the text will be sorted out, because poor AGA was too tired today. There is more stuff, like the links back don't work etc., but it'll be dealt with in time.
The AGS Awards voting page (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/awards.php?action=dovote) is broken.
I like it, i like it a lot.
Great work dudes.
Look what I can do? ;D
Nice work AGA. I like the colours. Apart from the centered text and dead space I haven't got a problem. Can't wait for the new smilies to be introduced though. The old ones look so out of place. I may have dreamed this, but did I read that we'll be able to have larger avatars? That would be cool. Although saying that, it would force even more dead space into the posts.
[edit]
Oh, about the new smilies. It seems they are appearing in the posts, but not all of them have been updated in the bit where I can choose which one I want.
Looks great. Although I can't help but think that the
Quotequote-box
should look as if it went into the panel instead of coming out of it (or have no graphical effect on it at all). Now it looks like a button and I'm constantly trying to click it :D
I'd favour another theme where the width of the board is yet smaller.
EDIT: Right on top of the "mark all topics as read"-button there is an empty button doing nothing.
I'm not so sure yet, but I'll get around to liking it eventually :)
The centered text can't be intentional, surely that's just an erroneous stylesheet rule somewhere.
It would also be nice if I could actually view my own profile rather than be forced to look at it in edit mode.
I have already mentioned the centered text. CJ says it will have to be fixed. I will get used to this eventually. :-)
It seems that when you click the "new" button of a thread the first unread post of the thread is not displayed in another colour like before. I actually rely on this to determine which posts are new to me. (I know that upon clicking "new" the thread will be positioned such that such post would be the first on screen, but for some reasons I don't pay attention to this most of the time.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Thu 26/04/2012 01:14:58Nice work AGA. I like the colours. Apart from the centered text and dead space I haven't got a problem. Can't wait for the new smilies to be introduced though. The old ones look so out of place. I may have dreamed this, but did I read that we'll be able to have larger avatars? That would be cool. Although saying that, it would force even more dead space into the posts.
1) Can somebody take a screenshot and show me what you mean by "dead space"? I tried to keep it to a minimum! Are you referring to all the white-space up near the 'news' announcements? When there aren't news announcements that area is MUCH more condensed!
2) You weren't dreaming! The avatar sizes will be increased to 120x120 (double the current size). It really doesn't add more spacing to the side though so don't worry about that!
Quote from: nihilyst on Thu 26/04/2012 01:21:12Looks great. Although I can't help but think that the Quotequote-box
should look as if it went into the panel instead of coming out of it (or have no graphical effect on it at all). Now it looks like a button and I'm constantly trying to click it :D
Yeah, it actually is the same CSS as the buttons! I did it quickly, liked how it looked, so didn't change it! But it's an easy fix/change.
Quote from: nihilyst on Thu 26/04/2012 01:21:12I'd favour another theme where the width of the board is yet smaller.
There are BIG ideas in the works for themes... stay tuned :)
There are several things that will be changing in the days to come as we fine-tune the new layout.
There is also no quick link to the wiki atm. (I think we should have this in the new AGS main page too.)
Also, my forum time is messed up initially, making my time 1 hour ahead of what should be. My Time Zone is GMT +8 but we don't have daylight saving here, which is possibly the cause. After clicking "auto detect" in profile setting it's changed to 7, which shows the correct time now. I think it will be incorrect again some time later.
Quick list of missing/wrong things I've come across:
- all text appears to be centered (board headings, titles, posts, etc)
- the 'new' image (for new threads) isn't updated (I think this is because the language isn't selected the same as on your server)
- avatars sizes are 60x60
- forum width appears to be 95% (was set at 98% on the test server)
- forum links (right above posts) are acting very strange (I think an anchor tag was left unclosed or something)
- categories/boards order is way off
- footer CSS is off (the blocks are being covered by a white box)
- normal_post_locked.gif isn't updated like the rest (yabb/themes/ags/images/topic/normal_post_locked.gif) - should be in the .zip I sent!
- news area CSS is different from what we had on the test server (might be intentional?)
I'll keep looking! But for the most part the upgrade appears to have gone extremely well! Great job and thanks for the hard work!!
One suggestion, since you guys are about to be editing a few things, is to hide the version number of SMF that's running. It's been my experience that few people care about versions of CMS/forum/webapps unless they're looking for exploits.
The centered text is throwing me for a loop. But mostly I miss all the little Rogers. :-\
It's a nice bouncy kind of look, yet I hope you return the banners that show off the range of AGS game graphics, or else make new ones in that theme.
Hmm, no blue mug either?
There seems to be a big influx of spam lately.
Possibly the registration quiz part isn't ready yet.
Woooooaaahhh, there's a rating system now. :( That's no fun...
There are some serious issues with the few divs showing up as a link with the finger cursor and all. For instance, the whole Search div lights up all the text within that div as your mouse is over it. Very overkill and confusing for no reason at all - making me think it was all a link. Also all the board divs on the forum index show up as a link as well, but don't change any text or the background nor act as a link to enter that board. (edit: I've discovered it highlights the AGS Forums text at the top of the index. Also the graphics and text indicating what a new post, read post, etc look like highlight as well. Also a blank button appears above the "Mark all messages as read" button)
I'm using Firefox 12.
I also don't overly like the font used in the code display. Mostly just when it's bold. It's too horizontally squished together, grouping characters making it hard to read. But also happens when it's not bold as well, it just isn't as bad.
Also is there any chance the Smilies Alt text could show the text format along with the name? eg: Wink ;)
Edit: I like these being at the top:
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.
Could it be possible to add a: Show threads created by you.
It's a feature I've always wanted.
I also like how you've incorporated the "by user" search feature (which could be used as the way to find your own threads, but I'd still prefer hard linking).
Quote from: Iceboty V7000a on Thu 26/04/2012 05:29:00
Possibly the registration quiz part isn't ready yet.
You're just jealous you didn't think of the game DATE SINGLE RUSSIAN WOMEN first.
Woah, a new tide of modernity is storming AGS.
-Alan
Sorry about all the problems. There were some difficulties when I was upgrading the forums yesterday, which ate into my time, and stopped me having time to actually sort a lot of things out (like the registration quiz, and CAPTCHAs).
Avatar links are shown through the post: example (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45877.0)
Haha, centered text! := := := - and at least Larry is still here!
But the design looks great, clean and stylish. Hello, new forum!
Not sure if this is my browser (Mozilla 11) or the forums, but the category path links have stopped working (as in AGS Forums » AGS Development » Bug Reports & Site / Forum Reports)
Yeah, everything looks so clean and bright now :) I don't mind the centered text (for now), but the AGS Games section being near the bottom of the page still looks weird. But what's really creepy is the influx of spammers. "Cause of Whitney Huston's death" in Completed Games? Really? We should have some adventure games related question in the registration form. I saw this idea implemented in a fun way on some math/science forum - they had the new users solve some equation and give the solution in the box. That sort of thing would maybe keep Russian marital services and things like that away from this board.
The forum had a good questionnaire for joining before, but apparently it has not been implemented for the new one yet. I dont wonder, since it's a "special feature", but I hope they implement it soon to control the spambots.
The breadcrumb links, (at the top of the page e.g. "AGS Forums >> AGS Development >> Bug Reports & Site / Forum Reports") don't work because they're running into eachother.
EDIT: Nevermind, should have read the other post first.
My test forum was basically a 1:1 copy of the old forums, with all the little hacks and features transferred. However I had a last minute problem yesterday which meant that all that stuff was lost. I will rebuild ASAP. Also, please use the thread linked in the header (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615530#new) for feedback on the new forums!
Quote from: kaputtnik on Thu 26/04/2012 08:58:53
Not sure if this is my browser (Mozilla 11) or the forums, but the category path links have stopped working (as in AGS Forums » AGS Development » Bug Reports & Site / Forum Reports)
Same with FF12 and IE9, seems like the category path links haven't been 'connected'.
What does the Buddy List do?
Okay, a CAPTCHA has been installed, so hopefully the bot problem will decrease. I'll get to the other stuff as I get the chance, just thought this was a priority.
Quote from: cat on Thu 26/04/2012 09:59:43
What does the Buddy List do?
The only thing I can see is that in the member list at the bottom of the page, your buddies are shown in bold font.
I've also installed a bot screening thing on registration, and have deleted all the members registered since the forums went live again. Apologies if I deleted someone's genuine account, but all the names looked like random nonsense to me.
And now the registration quiz is back in. It's completely out of date of course, but that's something for another day.
Let's just merge the threads!
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Thu 26/04/2012 02:33:19
forum links (right above posts) are acting very strange (I think an anchor tag was left unclosed or something)
I believe this might be caused by the link in the news above it not being closed properly "so please report any problems here<a/>"
the <a/> should obviously be (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615530#new).
Whoops! Fixed that now, thanks.
Also fixed the centre align. That was caused by an unclosed div.
In the main forum view, the name of the most recent poster appears above the thread link.
Was it always like that? I keep accidentally clicking people's profiles in stead of opening threads.
The best thing about this upgrade is I now have the option to view the forum properly from my mobile rather than being forced to view it in wap mode. Weirdly, the text is left-aligned when viewing from mobile :-)
The center align has been fixed. ;)
Two suggestions regarding the stylesheet:
blockquotes have a font-size of 11px, which is a good deal larger than the old style, which I really liked. Maybe 10px instead, or even 9px?
The .post class has a min-height of 120px, which blows up short posts unnecessarily. Maybe a margin-bottom: 1em; instead?
Edit: Also, I just noticed that clicking a link doesn't open it in a new window/tab by default.
What's with this new fangled forum design? I DO NOT COPE WELL WITH CHANGE!
seriously tho, it does look quite nice, altho it's quite a bit bigger then the old one.
I know that quite a few people have mentioned it, but seriously not having the breadcrumb links working is making the forums nearly unbrowsable for me (I either have to go "Home" or "Jump to" the forum...ugh ;)). Please fix it! :=
Beyond that, it's certainly different. Seems less stylistic than the old forums, but certainly has a more modern feeling to it.
The breadcrumbs now work.
Updates so far:
- Updated the over-all forum width to 95% (was 90%)
- Updated the number displays to x,xxx.xx
- Updated avatars to 120x120
- Updated breadcrumb to be links now
Important note; your current avatars will be automatically resized to 120x120 (though the header avatar display will remain at 60x60 for space considerations). You'll need to update accordingly if you no longer like how it looks! You can also just take the existing image and add the spacing around it to make the file 120x120 (but keeping the image 60x60 as you're used to it). Or take advantage of the FREEDOM that double-size grants you :)
Thanks for getting the breadcrumbs fixed. I also noticed the Facebook and Twitter buttons have been implemented. Let the social networking begin! ;D Oh...and ONE of the smileys has been replaced? Interesting... ;)
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Thu 26/04/2012 16:13:27
Important note; your current avatars will be automatically resized to 120x120 (though the header avatar display will remain at 60x60 for space considerations). You'll need to update accordingly if you no longer like how it looks! You can also just take the existing image and add the spacing around it to make the file 120x120 (but keeping the image 60x60 as you're used to it). Or take advantage of the FREEDOM that double-size grants you :)
Why is that? :/ It's a probably a relatively good thing that you can use avatars bigger than 120x120 and they get scaled down to fit (though most often they don't look good that way), but I never liked that avatars smaller than the allowed size got upscaled. Wouldn't it be better to not resize the avatars unless they're too big, or to never resize them and just not allow any avatars bigger than 120x120?
Looks really good! I'm glad the overall flavour of the old forums has been retained.
However I'm not too sure about the gradient behind the board titles, and at the bottom. I find it looks better if it's just a uniform colour. Or maybe make them a bit lighter? The colour seems quite harsh compared to the rest of the forum colours which are softer. The text in the posts/topics column seems a bit crowded.
Some minor bug things:
• Collapsing forum sections causes the title text to align at the top of the cell
• The "Warning - while you were typing" box, and the 'mark all messages as read' button, has no padding at the top
Quote from: TomatoesInTheHead on Thu 26/04/2012 17:07:03
Why is that? :/ It's a probably a relatively good thing that you can use avatars bigger than 120x120 and they get scaled down to fit (though most often they don't look good that way), but I never liked that avatars smaller than the allowed size got upscaled. Wouldn't it be better to not resize the avatars unless they're too big, or to never resize them and just not allow any avatars bigger than 120x120?
This can be achieved by using CSS using the max-height and max-width options.
We have some really diligent members doing a real good job! Such a lot of new things are to be explored!
Also repairs and changings have been done already after the new forum went online. Very impressing!
Thank you for spending such a lot of time in this to make it cosy and comfortable!
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/liebe12.gif)
Quote from: Ponch on Thu 26/04/2012 03:08:35
... But mostly I miss all the little Rogers. :-\
So do I (http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120426/s9ooxxmr.gif) - I cant help it (http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/120426/og2a85y8.gif)
I simply love the facial expressions of Roger (http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/120426/2o2kolpq.gif)
But I am also eager for using the lovely small big blue cups soon (http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/smiley16_laugh.gif) and all the other things that are still in progress and to be implemented or installed ...
As will be obvious from the rest of my post:
- Updated the quote CSS
- Updated the news section/area to better separate it
Quote from: TomatoesInTheHead on Thu 26/04/2012 17:07:03Why is that? :/ It's a probably a relatively good thing that you can use avatars bigger than 120x120 and they get scaled down to fit (though most often they don't look good that way), but I never liked that avatars smaller than the allowed size got upscaled. Wouldn't it be better to not resize the avatars unless they're too big, or to never resize them and just not allow any avatars bigger than 120x120?
This is, sadly, something the forum software does automatically (seems an oversight to me). I have been toying around with...
Quote from: Peder Johnsen+ on Thu 26/04/2012 17:59:05This can be achieved by using CSS using the max-height and max-width options.
... for awhile but there are so many places where the avatars are displayed and, to be honest, the CSS that comes with the software is a mess! One big problem with the max- attributes is that there are some older versions of browsers that don't support these attributes and anybody viewing the forums [with those older browsers) might end up seeing some HUGE avatars!
Quote from: Atelier on Thu 26/04/2012 17:22:34However I'm not too sure about the gradient behind the board titles, and at the bottom. I find it looks better if it's just a uniform colour. Or maybe make them a bit lighter? The colour seems quite harsh compared to the rest of the forum colours which are softer. The text in the posts/topics column seems a bit crowded.
We really went 'round and 'round with this (well I did) ... in the end we decided this "fit" better. I really like the contrast personally (and think it looks great) but if the forum consensus is that it should change it can be updated.
Quote from: Atelier on Thu 26/04/2012 17:22:34• Collapsing forum sections causes the title text to align at the top of the cell
• The "Warning - while you were typing" box, and the 'mark all messages as read' button, has no padding at the top
The collapsing issue I noticed during testing and no matter what I've tried it just doesn't seem to want to align itself properly... I'm thinking it might be some kind of internal bug in the software. I just couldn't track that sucker down! It only does it on initial collapse; once you navigate/refresh it aligns properly (and stays aligned properly) so I considered it low priority :)
The padding issue on the "mark all as read" button is fixed/updated. The other one will take a little more doing... but I'm on it :)
It's looking really good, I'm impressed how fast it was done! Good job guys :)
You had asked what people meant by it being "bloated". Here's some of the things I'd like to point out on the index alone (home).
Here's where a lot of padding is located. It's quite useless and I'd rather see more of the forum vertically than have all of this padding everywhere.
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/website/forum_adjustments_highlights.png)Click to enlarge (http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/website/forum_adjustments_highlights.png)
Here's a quick adjustment of the AGS Games section only. How it could be improved to better fit on everyone's screens without scrolling a ton.
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/website/forum_adjustments.png)Click to enlarge (http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/website/forum_adjustments.png)
That's one thing I've always noticed about your websites is that you add a lot of padding around everything. I'm not saying I don't like your websites, I definitely do. I just know you could tone down on the padding quite a bit. I might have gone to the extreme, but I wouldn't add much more than 2 pixels on each of these boards.
If you want, I could also show an edit from within a thread as well. I also don't like the new large avatars, mainly because there is a TON of useless space whenever you have someone like AGA with all his:
Adventure Game Aficionado
Mittician
Administrator
Member
Then his Post count. Then his quote. Then where he's willing to help people. Then his social connections. All of which take up their own row.
Like this post: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615529#msg615529
With the current Voting system and such, and all that padding, I can only see the top line in Domino's next post. I don't believe my resolution is overly small for a laptop either, being 1600x900.
Edit: I've noticed that once you click on these images above, it then makes the image full size in the post? Odd.
All of the empty space you circled is because of the width of your browser window. It wouldn't work to put the Moderator information where you suggest because it would get messed up for people with smaller resolutions.
EDIT: The tweet button at the top of the page, (does everyone see that? Or just people who have entered their twitter username?) looks really out of place, and the "share" link next to it doesn't do anything.
Obviously. But even with my edits, it's still roughly 350 pixels to spare in width, not including the 30 pixels on each side of the forum (which would be even smaller for someone with a smaller resolution, since the forum width is 95%). Then once you start going into that, things like the board description ends up taking multiple rows.
I don't quite know why the moderator 'needs' to be part of the main page, but it is nice to see it there so it can direct PM's and such in the right direction if someone didn't see it at the top of the board itself.
Edit: But if you really wanted, you could also change the right column to this instead of splitting up the column into two:
Last post: Today at 09:34:11 am by moonkid
in Re: Purgatorio, built fo...
Then you could actually increase the thread title more.
Oh no, Tweet and Facebook Share buttons, is there no escape?
Did we use to show post counts before? I thought we only showed post counts up to 10 posts or so, then hide them.
Edit: My avatar is now a spiffy 120x120, and I'm glad my Larry Vales smiley survived the move. It is my greatest accomplishment :=
To get the coloured post indicators again use this CSS, works for both the New post link for threads and direct links to a specific post:
a#new + div.windowbg,
a#new + div.windowbg span.topslice,
a#new + div.windowbg span.topslice span,
a#new + div.windowbg span.botslice,
a#new + div.windowbg span.botslice span {
background: lime !important;
}
a#new + div.windowbg2,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.topslice,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.topslice span,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.botslice,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.botslice span {
background: pink !important;
}
I'll leave the choice of colours to someone else.
Edit: Minor fix required due to insane markup. <span class="topslice"><span></span></span>? Good heavens.
Ryan - valid points (and thanks for the screenshots). Yes, I'm a "padding" guy (nod)!! We are discussing it in the "moderators" forum but I'd also love to hear other people's opinions on the padding.
I, too, suggested just removing the moderators line from the board index page. That was one of the things that was on there when we upgraded to the new version and I just didn't pull it off. (Also discussing in the mod forum!).
Quote from: Esseb on Thu 26/04/2012 20:01:22
Oh no, Tweet and Facebook Share buttons, is there no escape?
Did we use to show post counts before? I thought we only showed post counts up to 10 posts or so, then hide them.
Edit: My avatar is now a spiffy 120x120, and I'm glad my Larry Vales smiley survived the move. It is my greatest accomplishment :=
Personally I'd like to remove the tweet/facebook links... I don't much care for them!
We didn't show post-count before.
Of course Larry stuck around! I didn't want to get lynched by removing him :=
Speaking of the smileys:
- I have updated the set and added some of the animated ones as well
- I created a second row for Larry (and other non-blue-cup smileys) which will be added as we go.
And of course... there's the hidden ones too!!!!!1!!
'fraid I'm with Ryan on this, it just feels empty for the sake of style rather than being functional. It's particularly noticeable on threads with short answers, which can leave you with 3.X 1 line posts to page once the giant avatars and member info are packed in. I've never understood the need for giant avatars, it's like the sig;- Once it gets larger than your average post, it's just a hassle.
Although, I suspect the new style looks awesome on tablet or phone, so it could be just the grumpy desktop\laptop monkeys.
I also vote for removing some of the vertical padding and clutter to give the site more content in the same browser size.
Two other suggestions concerning what could be (re)moved apart from padding:
- On the board index site, the column "post/topic count" is rather useless, as I understand it's to show off the activity of the forums to people who see the forums for the first time and wonder if it's a real forum or just one of these dead forums floating around in the web since creating forums has become so easy. The column could be used instead to show the moderators, this would free vertical space as suggested without taking horizontal space. Probably again like the avatar scaling not so easy to do without diving deep into the SMF code :/
- The moderator/administrator rank "stars" ((http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGS/images/staradmin.gif)(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGS/images/staradmin.gif)(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGS/images/staradmin.gif)(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGS/images/staradmin.gif)(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGS/images/staradmin.gif)) are pretty big with their 17x17 pixels per block, I think an unobstrusive 4x4 or 6x6 pixel block/dot/star would work better (and less than five of them would do, too). I'd also move them directly below (or better yet, behind) the user name, above the usergroup membership labels.
We are addressing the padding issue... hang in there.
TomatoesInTheHead - I'm working on adjusting the side-bar (with the avatars, member info) as well.
The Twitter and Facebook links have been much debated. We'll see how many people actually use them before we decide.
I removed the 'Member' title from my test version, and I'll do that again here as some point. Post counts are also a bit pointless - aside from moderator / admin status (and Mittens and the occasional custom title of course), I don't think anything else is really relevant. If someone really cares what a user's post count is, they can check the user's profile.
It just looks weird:
(http://i.imgur.com/ExGLR.png)
And the "Share" link does nothing anyway.
Works for me (http://www.agagames.com/Sharers.png) in Firefox 12, IE 9, Opera 11, Safari 5 and Seamonkey 2. It won't work if you have Facebook blocked for whatever reason though, given the images is actually hosted on the Facebook servers.
Quote from: AGA on Thu 26/04/2012 22:37:39
It won't work if you have Facebook blocked for whatever reason though
That hadn't occurred to me, but that's probably the case.
Is there any link to the database on the main forum page? Seems like that'd be nice.
I find I have troubles with the sticky threads at the top. They look more like regular threads and I find I'm constantly reading them. Especially the beginners' technical thread.
Would something like this be better?
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/website/forum_adjustments_sticky.png)
Lighter background color than regular posts, not all one solid color. Also moved that icon to the left side of the thread title instead of on the right. I probably should have gone a tad bit lighter.
Link the logo at the top to either the main page or the front page of the forum? I keep trying to click it to no avail.
I added an 'AGS Community' navbar item. It currently has the main page, games page and wiki. Is there anything else people would like to be included?
What happened to the translation icon ? And why can't why put more details in all these (proofreading, scripting, etc.) ?
Quote from: AGA on Fri 27/04/2012 00:06:16
I added an 'AGS Community' navbar item. It currently has the main page, games page and wiki. Is there anything else people would like to be included?
I would prefer these links to work like “normalâ€.
I can't choose by myself to open them in a new window/register (via rightclick). It always changes the actual window I am in :(
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 26/04/2012 22:59:32
I find I have troubles with the sticky threads at the top. They look more like regular threads and I find I'm constantly reading them. Especially the beginners' technical thread.
How about changing the fonts color of the sticky threads to make them more obvious (only for the headlines to be seen at the shown page)?
Quote from: Tabata on Fri 27/04/2012 02:10:07
I would prefer these links to work like “normalâ€.
I can't choose by myself to open them in a new window/register (via rightclick). It always changes the actual window I am in :(
Hm, strange. I can right-click them (on Firefox 12) without any problems.
Quote from: nihilyst on Fri 27/04/2012 02:20:47
Quote from: Tabata on Fri 27/04/2012 02:10:07
I would prefer these links to work like “normalâ€.
I can't choose by myself to open them in a new window/register (via rightclick). It always changes the actual window I am in :(
Hm, strange. I can right-click them (on Firefox 12) without any problems.
Using IE it works for me with all the other links in the forum/threads, but not from the navibar above (Home, Help, Search, Profile ...).
Edit:
I'd like to have a link to the MAGS site and the AGS Archives in there, too.
Not sure whether this is mentioned yet, but it seems that upon browsing a member's profile page we can no longer see the member's login name but only the in-game nick (unless I missed something and had been looking at wrong places). If this is done on purpose and is privacy-related I'm fine with it, but the reason I want to know one's login name is because we can then identify members easier, as nicks could be changed any time. One use is in the Hall of Fame (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=22522.0) thread, in which I used to reference members by their login names, for obvious reasons.
Would it be possible to add a rep system for each member? I don't know how it works but I still think it looks cool.
As Eric mentions...This is minor, but on the top right I feel like clicking on "Adventure Game Studio" should take you back to the main "adventuregamestudio.co.uk" page.
The new board and topic organization looks great so far!
Yes, I should add that most of the things I've mentioned have been minor. I hope we're not piling too much on. I figured while you had the hood open, we might as well suggest a few things. I think the new board looks spectacular (and, as I browse the site mostly on a big-screen TV on which I've zoomed in the site, and on my phone, I don't mind the padding that everyone else seems up in arms about).
Looks like you have enough to fix already :wink:, but there's no CAPTCHA when you try to send a PM. So unless you get lucky or your psychic powers are in tune, you can't send any messages.
Quote from: Iceboty V7000a on Thu 26/04/2012 02:18:39
It seems that when you click the "new" button of a thread the first unread post of the thread is not displayed in another colour like before.
Actually I would prefer to see a new posts bar indicating that everything below the bar is new.
Quote from: CoinCollector on Fri 27/04/2012 04:40:13
Looks like you have enough to fix already :wink:, but there's no CAPTCHA when you try to send a PM. So unless you get lucky or your psychic powers are in tune, you can't send any messages.
There isn't meant to be... I've had regular users send me messages just fine since the upgrade, so I'm not sure what's wrong for you?
I can't log in from the main page on my phone, because the login button ends up behind the logo. I can login by going to the specific login page though so its not a life threatening issue. :)
when clicking on the "Advanture Game Studio" banner on the forum, the user should be redirected to the main AGS website.
ATM I don't see any obvious link.
Sorry to repeat myself, but I really think the "Latest Topic" link on the main page should be above the member who posted in it.
I keep clicking on Monsieur OUXX's profile instead of this thread. Don't make me learn new things! In-by not by-in!
EDIT: Yay!
In the upper bar the item "My messages
- " does the same as the menu item "Read your messages".
Only "Send a message" would be needed as menu item.
There was a way to see my own last posts (listed) but I can't find that option anymore...
It's under the Profile menu, choose Summary, and then on the left under your avatar, Show posts.
Why does the forum look totally different when you're logged out?
Quote from: nihilyst on Fri 27/04/2012 17:40:56Why does the forum look totally different when you're logged out?
I am working on a new theme and when I created the theme it changed the "default" back to the original SMF theme (not sure why it did that).
I have switched it back to the AGS theme now so that issue should be sorted.
UPDATE!!Okay... I have created the "compact" version of this layout:
- Click on Profile (top nav)
- Hover on "Modify Profile" and click "Look and Layout"
- Top option is "Current Theme" and select "Change" (over to the right)
- Find "AGS (compact)" in the list of available themes
- Click on "use this theme"
This is a
much more compacted version (hence the name). I don't like it nearly as much but I think it will appease those that felt the default AGS theme had too much "dead" space. For the most part it's identical to the default AGS theme, I just tucked in most of the padding.
Some of the changes/updates made include:
- Headers are 24px (instead of 31px)
- Removed the moderator labels from the board index
- Post/topic counts width are 12%
- Post/topic counts are font-size 11px
- Last Post boxes width are 28%
- Last post font size shifted to 10px
There's also another way to fit the forum layout to your own taste, as least if you're using Firefox:
-Find the file called userContent.css. For XP, it's in [Username]/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx/chrome/
(If it's not there, create it in Notepad, don't save it as .txt though, switch to "all files" before saving)
Now paste this into the file:
tr.windowbg2 td {
padding: 0.2em 0.6em !important;
line-height: 95% !important;
}
Restart firefox and BAM! :-D
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 27/04/2012 18:11:19
Okay... I have created the "compact" version of this layout:
Although I mentioned the whitespace, it didn't bother me really, however having tried the compact theme I do prefer it so thank you very much for providing this :)
I was a bit confused at first as I didn't notice (admittedly big) button to Modify my profile. It seemed odd floating above everything else like that and I started waffling about an alternative way to show that menu but i've just now discovered the toggle button on the right hand side.. much nicer ;-D
Really, you guys are wonderful, the forums are evolving into something something fantastic more and more each time I look! 8-0
Quote from: Snarky on Fri 27/04/2012 16:55:33
It's under the Profile menu, choose Summary, and then on the left under your avatar, Show posts.
Alright, you're going to have to provide screenshots to demonstrate this because what you're saying doesn't match what I'm seeing.
Same here.
Clicking on 'profile', as well as hovering over 'profile' and clicking on both 'summary' and 'account settings' all leads me to the same page. I'm sure one of them is supposed to give me a view of my profile page.
Yeah, the summary page seems not to have been implemented? It takes me to Account Settings too. Looking at the SMF manual (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Profile#Show_Posts) and at other sites it seems should be at http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary;u=userid where userid is the number you see when you hover over one of the modify profile options.
I see the colour highlighting css for directly linked posts were added. Unfortunately the markup for when a linked post is the first post of a page is different (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615898#msg615898), so those posts won't get highlighted. Fixed CSS below, using the sibling combinator selector:
/* Linked post */
a#new + div.windowbg,
a#new + div.windowbg span.topslice,
a#new + div.windowbg span.topslice span,
a#new + div.windowbg span.botslice,
a#new + div.windowbg span.botslice span {
background: lime !important;
}
a#new + div.windowbg2,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.topslice,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.topslice span,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.botslice,
a#new + div.windowbg2 span.botslice span {
background: pink !important;
}
/* Linked post when first post in a thread */
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg:first-child,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg:first-child span.topslice,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg:first-child span.topslice span,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg:first-child span.botslice,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg:first-child span.botslice span {
background: lime !important;
}
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg2:first-child,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg2:first-child span.topslice,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg2:first-child span.topslice span,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg2:first-child span.botslice,
a#new ~ div#forumposts div.windowbg2:first-child span.botslice span {
background: pink !important;
}
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 27/04/2012 21:59:10
Same here.
Clicking on 'profile', as well as hovering over 'profile' and clicking on both 'summary' and 'account settings' all leads me to the same page. I'm sure one of them is supposed to give me a view of my profile page.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary and http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary&userid=6554 both work for me (first link is own profile, second is whichever user's). However, I'm not a normal user, and nor is DarthMandarb, so it's probably worth knowing if this is affecting multiple normal users?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary&u=6554
or
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;u=6554;area=summary
both take me to Stupot's summary page and I can see the show posts link etc. Same with yours AGA.
However substituting my own id in either address dumps me at the Account Settings page, even though the url remains unchanged.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile is your own profile. You don't need the summary or u variables... This should be what the profile link at the top of each page links to?
You cannot see your own profile without the account settings options. It will look basically identical to how other people see it though, just with more options.
Quote from: AGA on Fri 27/04/2012 23:26:58
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile is your own profile. You don't need the summary or u variables... This should be what the profile link at the top of each page links to?
You cannot see your own profile without the account settings options. It will look basically identical to how other people see it though, just with more options.
What we're getting at is that
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile
and
EDIT: I meant http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile&area=summary
are identical. They both go to the "account settings" page.
Ah, so I created a test account to see what you people see. This isn't what I see at all. I'll take a look at the code tomorrow to see if I can change fix this.
Quote from: Hudders on Fri 27/04/2012 23:34:07What we're getting at is that
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile
and
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=summary
are identical. They both go to the "account settings" page.
For me, the first link sends me to my profile summary and the second link takes me to the main board index... just as (from the links' appearances) they should? I'm very confused ???
OK, sorry. What I mean is that if I click on "Profile", "Summary" or "Account Settings" I get exactly the same page.
Summary actually goes to http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile I don't know where "action=summary" came from in my previous post. In my defence I am quite tired...
Great work so far! The dusty old forums now look very tidy.
I noticed that there is very little (maybe zero?) spacing between characters on the board information box. It becomes fairly hard to read on higher resolutions:
(http://i.imgur.com/9GidE.png)
Might just be me, Chrome on Mac.
Everything else is ace (nod) My avatar is now a little slower with twice the pixels!
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 27/04/2012 23:56:28
Quote from: Hudders on Fri 27/04/2012 23:34:07What we're getting at is that
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile
and
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=summary
are identical. They both go to the "account settings" page.
For me, the first link sends me to my profile summary and the second link takes me to the main board index... just as (from the links' appearances) they should? I'm very confused ???
That's because you're an admin. I created a normal user account and it looked different...
I am not dealing with the site upgrade, this is the forum upgrade thread. I will move these posts to the correct thread (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45897.0).
Quote from: AGA on Sat 28/04/2012 00:34:14
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 27/04/2012 23:56:28
Quote from: Hudders on Fri 27/04/2012 23:34:07What we're getting at is that
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile
and
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=summary
are identical. They both go to the "account settings" page.
For me, the first link sends me to my profile summary and the second link takes me to the main board index... just as (from the links' appearances) they should? I'm very confused ???
That's because you're an admin. I created a normal user account and it looked different...
Uh, am I an admin? Because it has that same behavior for me...
Dunno if anyone has reported this one yet (not noticed it), but I can't find any way to view my own profile.
Aye, I reported it earlier (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615559#msg615559). Pretty sure these two problems are connected.
Quote from: pcj on Sat 28/04/2012 14:21:20
Quote from: AGA on Sat 28/04/2012 00:34:14
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 27/04/2012 23:56:28
Quote from: Hudders on Fri 27/04/2012 23:34:07What we're getting at is that
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile
and
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=summary
are identical. They both go to the "account settings" page.
For me, the first link sends me to my profile summary and the second link takes me to the main board index... just as (from the links' appearances) they should? I'm very confused ???
That's because you're an admin. I created a normal user account and it looked different...
Uh, am I an admin? Because it has that same behavior for me...
The link to the summary I put down was wrong. It should be http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary
So just to confirm, this is what things look like for me:
Own profile (admin) (http://www.agagames.com/AGA_AGA.png)
Other user's profile (admin) (http://www.agagames.com/AGA_pcj.png)
Own profile (normal user) (http://www.agagames.com/agagames_agagames.png)
Other user's profile (normal user) (http://www.agagames.com/agagames_pcj.png)
Is this what you guys as normal users are all seeing? Just want to know what I'm dealing with.
Yes, that's what I'm seeing.
http://i.imgur.com/TwvvY.png
Quote from: Hudders on Sat 28/04/2012 15:27:27
http://i.imgur.com/TwvvY.png
Which is what I posted in the 'normal user' images above, correct?
Quote from: AGA on Sat 28/04/2012 15:30:07
Quote from: Hudders on Sat 28/04/2012 15:27:27
http://i.imgur.com/TwvvY.png
Which is what I posted in the 'normal user' images above, correct?
It is, and that's what I'm getting too.
I have a profile info to be seen in my forums profile and I think, that's how it should look like:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120428/ckx6llnj.png
edit:
this version is more obvious
http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/120428/p8jjsolp.png
so as a normal user AGA's example and hudders are missing the Profile Info and the Aktivity
Quote from: AGA on Sat 28/04/2012 15:30:07
Quote from: Hudders on Sat 28/04/2012 15:27:27
http://i.imgur.com/TwvvY.png
Which is what I posted in the 'normal user' images above, correct?
I think so. But you must be using a different theme, I guess.
I'm using the AGS compact theme. It's more the content of the pages I care about.
Quote from: Tabata on Sat 28/04/2012 15:41:13
I have a profile info to be seen in my forums profile and I think, that's how it should look like:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120428/ckx6llnj.png
edit:
this version is more obvious
http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/120428/p8jjsolp.png
so as a normal user AGA's example and hudders are missing the Profile Info and the Aktivity
Sorry, but I really don't understand what you mean...
Tabata means that the "Profile Info" and the "Actions" menus are missing from the normal user's profile, (on the left-hand side).
It's less obvious in the compact theme.
EDIT: I'm also getting a frame with "Database Error" at the bottom of other peoples profiles.
Quote from: AGA on Sat 28/04/2012 16:41:08
I'm using the AGS compact theme. It's more the content of the pages I care about.
Quote from: Tabata on Sat 28/04/2012 15:41:13
I have a profile info to be seen in my forums profile and I think, that's how it should look like:
http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120428/ckx6llnj.png
edit:
this version is more obvious
http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/120428/p8jjsolp.png
so as a normal user AGA's example and hudders are missing the Profile Info and the Aktivity
Sorry, but I really don't understand what you mean...
Like Hudders said.
In your example and in Hudders version is something missing
but I tried it again make it more obvious: http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/120428/qnlzbh6l.png
It means that the content of the pages are different (Hudders and mine should have the same) and I think it should be like mine :sealed:
Sorry for my bad explanation but without knowing the special terms and bad English it is a bit complicated. Hope it is understandable now?
Quote from: AGA on Fri 27/04/2012 22:48:51
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 27/04/2012 21:59:10
Same here.
Clicking on 'profile', as well as hovering over 'profile' and clicking on both 'summary' and 'account settings' all leads me to the same page. I'm sure one of them is supposed to give me a view of my profile page.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary and http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary&userid=6554 both work for me (first link is own profile, second is whichever user's). However, I'm not a normal user, and nor is DarthMandarb, so it's probably worth knowing if this is affecting multiple normal users?
What we mean is that there is no way for us to see our OWN profile
as others would see it. No matter where we click, we can only see the page that lets us edit our profile information, but not our actual profile page. Both of your links quoted above go to my 'account settings' page even though one of them contains my user number.
Just make everyone an admin, that should fix the problem. ;)
There's a real issue with using the drop down menus on a mobile phone. Since half of them have a direct link when you click on the drop down title. The only way around it is by holding down on it for a bit until it drops down. But in the process I get the "Open link in a new window" etc etc pop up on my mobile browser. So yes, I can technically get to anything within a drop down, but only if I knew that these were more than just menu links - and if I was a person smart enough to hold down on it, then press away to have the browser actions disappear.
If you're wondering what phone I'm using, I'm embarrassed to admit it's a Windows Phone 7. But not for long, I have plans to buy an Android phone within the next couple weeks. ;)
As for this profile viewing issue, I have full access to everything in my profile and viewing it. I'm not limited like the screenshots I'm seeing.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Sat 28/04/2012 17:48:39
Quote from: AGA on Fri 27/04/2012 22:48:51
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 27/04/2012 21:59:10
Same here.
Clicking on 'profile', as well as hovering over 'profile' and clicking on both 'summary' and 'account settings' all leads me to the same page. I'm sure one of them is supposed to give me a view of my profile page.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary and http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary&userid=6554 both work for me (first link is own profile, second is whichever user's). However, I'm not a normal user, and nor is DarthMandarb, so it's probably worth knowing if this is affecting multiple normal users?
What we mean is that there is no way for us to see our OWN profile as others would see it. No matter where we click, we can only see the page that lets us edit our profile information, but not our actual profile page. Both of your links quoted above go to my 'account settings' page even though one of them contains my user number.
Well I can see my own profile, but I have the Profile Info, that I was talking about/showing and that is needed for all normal users. It is missing in AGA's example version and Hudders don't have it, too.
You should check, if you are also missing it, then we know the reason.
Here's what I'm on about:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bxi4Vvjmz7Bqbkx3ZklRNHBKOU0
Quote from: Stupot+ on Sat 28/04/2012 18:07:24
Here's what I'm on about:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/WnpUpmEltQXTrPx_dxjGLT5uFI8P8S5W19KDrgMrZpoyyrIMg7IBAUxfcvva0m0-0nsiNbW74OU)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bxi4Vvjmz7Bqbkx3ZklRNHBKOU0
so you are missing, what I am talking about
watch this one of mine: http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/120428/h2pxaa6h.png
@Tabata - Oh I see... how random.
I wonder why it would mess up for some users but not others. Not that I spend much time admiring my own profile, but still :tongue:
Yes, mine is just like that. I do not have the sidebar like AGA's, it's all on the top like Tabata's with 3 drop down options for your profile.
Profile Info
-Summary
-Show Stats
-Show Posts..
Modify Profile
-Account Settings
-Forum Profile
-Look and Layout
-Notifications
-Personal Messaging
-Buddies/Ignore List
Actions
-Delete this Account
This is probably a long shot, but those of you who are having problems, try pressing Ctrl+F5 to do a complete refresh of the page including the CSS stuff. I doubt this is the case, but who knows.
Something new (with SMF 2.0) is the option between the drop-down stuff or the side-panel stuff. If you have the drop-downs (like Tabata) and want the side-panel stuff look all the way over to the right you should see two little arrows << ... click those and it will swap to the side-panel layout. Not sure if this was unclear to anybody. It's horribly designed and not very obvious what it is for.
But the toggle bar is only about the design
I showed both versions earlier
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg616086#msg616086
and some don't have the needed links to be shown
Yeah, I found the thing where I can toggle between tabs/sidebars, but as Tabby says, I only have 'modify profile' (tab/sidebar section), and I am missing the 'profile info' and 'actions' tabs/sections. And I still have no option to view my own profile...
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 27/04/2012 18:11:19
This is a much more compacted version (hence the name). I don't like it nearly as much but I think it will appease those that felt the default AGS theme had too much "dead" space. For the most part it's identical to the default AGS theme, I just tucked in most of the padding.
Your efforts are appreciated Darth. Is there any way the compact theme could also effect the way the posts are displayed as well - i.e. min post size, since switching off avatars doesn't do a lot?
Could the Recruitment thread be sorted like how the Competition thread is?
Sticky
Unlocked
Locked
It would be nice to have the locked threads not getting in the way of the threads that are still looking for help.
;) Thanks guys!
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Sat 28/04/2012 21:08:02
Could the Recruitment thread be sorted like how the Competition thread is?
Sticky
Unlocked
Locked
It would be nice to have the locked threads not getting in the way of the threads that are still looking for help.
;) Thanks guys!
Done and done.
Guess it didn't bother me, but I went ahead and switched to the compact theme. Didn't really recognize a difference. Anyway, the forum upgrade is starting to look a lot nicer I think. I've noticed various tidbits that work nicely.
Just to confirm, I also only have the Modify button and options. I do not have the Profile Info and Actions sections that Tabata has.
All I have is:
Profile (in the Nav Bar)
Summary (Profile menu subitem)
Account Settings (Profile menu subitem)
All three of which take me to Account Settings
The last subitem I have is Forum Profile which takes me to the page to edit my profile. I cannot see my public profile. The options are the same regardless of which way I have the options toggled (sidebar or above)
I can confirm this too, no 3 sections on the nav bar, just one, and no way to see my own profile like others do or have a way to see my last posts and my stats.
Also, just to be sure, I tested it in Firefox, Chrome and IE, and with AGS, AGS compact and board default theme, it makes no difference.
Really strange how only Tabata seems to have more buttons.
Same here, though I talked to Babar and he does not have this problem, so it confirms that only some users have this problem..
I wonder whether it's only people with custom titles, (e.g. Administrator, Moderator, Mittens Initiate etc), that can see their profiles properly? Difficult to check, since some of that information is no longer visible.
Test
Also Test (related to this: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45897.msg616185#msg616185 )
Posting works, editing works, too.
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6226/nochance.png)
.. and I am getting countless general database errors since the morning of 29th , when trying to post in the forum or try to sent a PM.
Strangely one post in an other thread could be done by me (but only once and without any chance to modify that post or do an other one in any thread). But I am still able to receive PM's ???
Just wanted to report that here to be known
... if I succeed with one of my countless attempts to send this.
(and there might be some others with the same prob)
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Also sending a very big thanks to Frodo, who cared about me and tried to help getting me out of my loneliness (http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/kiss.gif)
@Tabata - these posts and PM that won't send. Do they contain unusual characters, like the kind you might see in asian emoticons?
The reason I ask is I tried putting this [DELETED] as my bit of text underneath my avatar, but kept getting exactly the same Database Error you're talking of, but when I tried using normal alphanumeric text, it worked fine. So I think one or some of those characters were causing the problem... In fact, I wonder if this message sends... I'll find out in a second.
[EDIT] YES that's the problem. This very post brought up the same error, so I've deleted the emoticon I was trying to use as an example (it was this one (https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FX18JVlEX8o/T53eihYVoPI/AAAAAAAAAPk/LZfA7azE3R0/s131/tableflipguy.png)).
Yepp - that's it!
preview works, but not to sent it - the next problem is, that most of my posts changed to something like this - one part was the reason for to send it:
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/8820/nochanceb.png)
Yep, db error.
(test to see if its working)
Right, I'll look at getting UTF8 turned on. In the meantime, speak English, it is in the rules!
My buddie-list is gone :~(
Is it to be found somewhere else or gone forever?
I turned it off because I didn't think anyone was using it. It's back on now though.
YAY - its back :cheesy:
Cool!- You are incredibly fast - Thanks! :-D
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 30/04/2012 21:51:31
YAY - its back :cheesy:
Cool!- You are incredibly fast - Thanks! :-D
It was a matter of ticking one box - took seconds!
UTF-8 should also work now, so all strange foreign symbols (like in my custom text) should work.
Yes, all the Signs have been corrected now back to normal, also in some usernames.
But all the avatars in the PM's are invisible now.
When hoovering with the cursor over the aerea, the link to the users profile is still there, only the pic isn't to be seen.
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 30/04/2012 22:34:57
Yes, all the Signs have been corrected now back to normal, also in some usernames.
But all the avatars in the PM's are invisible now.
When hoovering with the cursor over the aerea, the link to the users profile is still there, only the pic isn't to be seen.
Works for me. Check again in case it was a temporary glitch? CTRL + SHIFT + R to completely refresh?
Sorry what's the purpose of the buddies list exactly? Does it have any advantages?
Quote from: AGA on Mon 30/04/2012 23:31:54
Works for me. Check again in case it was a temporary glitch? CTRL + SHIFT + R to completely refresh?
Nope, sorry:
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5848/noavatarpa.png)
... and only the pm's are affected (in- and out-box)
Edit:
btw. ~ Will we get those comfortable bbc buttons? I am still missing those, too.
Edit2:
The avatars are back in my pm's now! :cheesy:
What happened to the New graphics? It reverted back to the blue one.
I don't want to be alarmist, but could there be a fault with the ignore list system? Dualnames came up as 'ignored' in a thread just then and I'm certain I wouldn't have done that. In fact, took a quick look there and I have no idea how to even ignore anyone lol. Quite strange.
@Jared
The ignore list is the second register of your buddy list in “modify profileâ€.
If you place someone in there, his posts should be hidden for you.
Edit:
I tested it and it works for me.
Here's an example, how to be done:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9053/ignorel.png
Is the search function broken right now? Looks that way.
Also, the link to this thread in the forum header ("so please report any problems here (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615530#new).") still leads to the first page, not the latest post. I know it's temporary and stuff, but I end up in the middle of the page and have to scroll to get to the link to the last page.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Sat 28/04/2012 17:54:13
There's a real issue with using the drop down menus on a mobile phone. Since half of them have a direct link when you click on the drop down title. The only way around it is by holding down on it for a bit until it drops down. But in the process I get the "Open link in a new window" etc etc pop up on my mobile browser. So yes, I can technically get to anything within a drop down, but only if I knew that these were more than just menu links - and if I was a person smart enough to hold down on it, then press away to have the browser actions disappear.
If you're wondering what phone I'm using, I'm embarrassed to admit it's a Windows Phone 7. But not for long, I have plans to buy an Android phone within the next couple weeks. ;)
To come back to this a while later, unfortunately the first link currently always has to be clickable, and I can't work out how to make that not be true.
Quote from: Khris on Tue 01/05/2012 09:10:35
Is the search function broken right now? Looks that way.
Also, the link to this thread in the forum header ("so please report any problems here (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg615530#new).") still leads to the first page, not the latest post. I know it's temporary and stuff, but I end up in the middle of the page and have to scroll to get to the link to the last page.
Fixed.
Does anyone else have any bug reports / feature requests to make now? I've read back through this thread, and I think everything has been addressed now.
It's still not possible for me to see my profile information. As before, I can only see "Modify Profile".
Sadly AGA didn't answer my question whether he understood what I was trying to explain about that earlier.
But those missing links are the reason for some of us normal users can't see their own summary Profile
(and it has nothing to do with the themes/design chosen).
Okay, okay â€" I know, that I am a very “special kind of†user ;) , but I think my account settings are those of a normal user (mainly)
I showed pics “like hell†and you now know about some others who are missing the same sections
(Stupot and straydogstrut) and also about Ryan, who seems to have the sections/links like I do.
I really don't know how to tell it in other words/pics and it makes me mad not to be able to help â€" sorry guys. :~(
The only positive about it:
The community won't loose members because you are not able to delete your account as long as you are missing the link/section for that
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/muahahaha.gif)
~ sorry - I couldn't withstand to write this, too ~
I know you're trying to help, Tabata and I appreciate it but I think you may have accidentally given AGA the impression that it was fixed when in fact it's never been broken for you.
Sorry, I meant to say in the last email that I was going to look into the whole profile issue. I meant does anyone have any problems apart from that?
I'd very kindly like BB-Code buttons, too!
WYSIWYG is actually enabled by default, but it never seems to have worked for us. I'll keep tinkering, but I can't guarantee it'll ever work.
I don't really care about a true wysiwyg editor, just buttons/drop-downs to insert the bb-code tags into the message. The ones I don't use a lot (font, size, color, alignment, for example) I always have to look up (the link to the reference page is also gone, BTW), and even lists would be a lot easier with buttons. Just have a look at the Adventure Gamers forums to see what I'm talking about.
Oh, that reminds me: they also support keyboard shortcuts, so that you can select a piece of your text and just press Ctrl-B or Ctrl-I to bold or italicize it. That would be also be very nice to have.
Yeah, that all comes under the WYSIWYG heading on SMF. You can add or remove certain options, but if WYSIWYG ain't workin', none of it will. I'm trying to get to the bottom of why it's broken though.
That's annoying, 'cause buttons to insert tags are trivial to whip up in javascript. If you can't get it to work, at least it wouldn't be a ton of work to reimplement ourselves.
Chances are we just accidentally set some flag somewhere that disabled it. I'll see what I can see later tonight.
So, is there anything you (admins) can do about some of us not being able to see their own profile ?
Whichever header I click on under the "profile" drop-down menu, I land on the "modify profile" tab, and that's the only one available. One of them is different, though, but that's not much of a consolation.
I have already said I will look into it.
Sorry, I just skimmed over the previous posts and thought I'd read that you needed to know more.
Some of the codeblock CSS and the syntax highlighting are gone.
Codeblocks are still in a fixed-width, small font and selectable, but that's it.
No idea how that happened, perhaps it was when I was fiddling the other day. Could you take a look please, Darth?
Not sure if this is a bug or someone with a habit for deleting the subject line.
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7629/forumiu.png)
Maybe lock the subject line?
Don't think it's a bug. I'll look at forcing people to include a subject.
Now we have a beautiful new set of smiley's:
Will adventuregamestudio.co.uk get a new favicon too?
The current one looks a bit ugly.... :-X
Quote from: Victor6 on Wed 02/05/2012 10:17:38
Not sure if this is a bug or someone with a habit for deleting the subject line.
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7629/forumiu.png)
Maybe lock the subject line?
The subject line cannot be left blank. However, "Re: " is not technically a blank. I'll PM this person and ask them to stop being silly.
Quote from: »Arj0n« on Wed 02/05/2012 12:06:45
Now we have a beautiful new set of smiley's:
Will adventuregamestudio.co.uk get a new favicon too?
The current one looks a bit ugly.... :-X
If someone draws it, sure.
Deu2000's signature is cut in the middle (chrome):
(http://i.imgur.com/X0dG5.png)
That's probably because sigs have a height limit, which that bunny goes over.
Quote from: AGA on Wed 02/05/2012 08:29:17No idea how that happened, perhaps it was when I was fiddling the other day. Could you take a look please, Darth?
Just saw this. Will take a look.
Quote from: Khris on Wed 02/05/2012 08:25:33Some of the codeblock CSS and the syntax highlighting are gone.
Codeblocks are still in a fixed-width, small font and selectable, but that's it.
Can you give me some details on what it's supposed to look like? And what do you mean by syntax highlighting?
Syntax highlighting will definitely be different from 1.16, as I've installed this mod (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2925). It obviously doesn't support AGS, but someone could probably make it do so if they were willing to take the time.
Quote from: »Arj0n« on Wed 02/05/2012 12:06:45
Now we have a beautiful new set of smiley's:
Will adventuregamestudio.co.uk get a new favicon too?
The current one looks a bit ugly.... :-X
I am still in love with
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr218/ProgZmax/fatman.gif)
+ maybe animating the coat a bit for the coolness of it?
Also (http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/smiley16_sickup.gif) is still missing on the board.
Quote from: Tabata on Wed 02/05/2012 18:29:09Also (http://www.twin-design.com/ags/graphics/smiley16_sickup.gif) is still missing on the board.
No... it's not O0 **giggle** (puke)
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Wed 02/05/2012 17:28:10Quote from: Khris on Wed 02/05/2012 08:25:33Some of the codeblock CSS and the syntax highlighting are gone.
Codeblocks are still in a fixed-width, small font and selectable, but that's it.
Can you give me some details on what it's supposed to look like? And what do you mean by syntax highlighting?
Code used to have a light grey background IIRC, and lines at the top and bottom. And the syntax highlighting was already fine; not exactly the same as in AGS though.
The German Maniac-Mansion-Mania forum has AGS highlighting, and they use SMF too (example post (http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.de/forum/index.php?topic=2085.msg43773#msg43773)).
Maybe we could borrow that part of their custom config? I pretty sure Endres (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;u=11048) built it, I'll ask him.
Okay... the code CSS should be fixed (very strange issue; I have no idea how it was removed).
Code is cool!
As for the syntax formatting; somebody with more AGS coding experience than I will have to take a look at that (and which module to install/modify).
I'm happy to work with somebody on it though 8-)
Nitpicking.
I usually browse with javascript turned off.
This way, I can't check what's written inside "hide" tags.
Spoiler
This, for example, is unreadable without turning javascript on, as you can't select the hidden text.
Can't you define the forum as an exception in your browser's settings ?
Quote from: Narushima on Fri 04/05/2012 19:44:21
Can't you define the forum as an exception in your browser's settings ?
Yes using iceweasel (with the help of noscript); no using w3m.
In general, I am a little bit wary of javascript only functionalities which can break the content for a "js not enabled" browser.
I want to stress that I am probably one of only two forumers having this problem (the other being dasjoe). No simple fix means I will live with it.
I have JS disabled by default in Firefox, using NoScript. The only reason I used this one rather than doing it the way it used to be is that this way it's one click and the spoiler stays visible, whereas with the "highlight to see" method it used to use, that's not true.
Does anyone know where the Post a Cool Video thread went during the cultural revolution / forum upgrade?
Also, in looking for it I found that the Search function rejects searches including one-letter words. Couldn't it just ignore them instead of forcing me to delete "a"?
Quote from: Ali on Sat 05/05/2012 21:17:59
Does anyone know where the Post a Cool Video thread went during the cultural revolution / forum upgrade?
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?PHPSESSID=900k72565gegel9trmv8bgfq90opic=30502.0
Anything that was in "Popular Threads" is likely to be in "The Rumpus Room".
If you want to use single letters you need to enclose the search term in quote marks. I have just installed something that should make searches more effective though.
Thanks, somehow I couldn't find it in the Rumpus Room. Me forgetting what it was called may have been a factor...
The code tag is broken. :(
Fix me please.
Quote from: subspark on Sun 06/05/2012 10:19:46
The code tag is broken. :(
Fix me please.
It was broken overnight, because I was experimenting and got too tired to finish before bed.
Okay, so all users should be able to see their own profile summary now.
Nitpicking:
location in the summary, has the L in lowercase. Instead of Location, it's location.
The built-in script header is included in the source code at AGS.Editor\Resources\agsdefns.sh, so you'll need that, along with the info from the Script Language Keywords page in the manual. This should be it:
Quote#defines (macros), #ifdef, #ifndef, #ifver, #ifnver, #error (gray background) (couldn't figure out a better way of setting background-color)
comments (green)
numbers (dark red)
operators (dark green):
!
*
/
%
+
-
<<
>>
&
|
^
==
!=
>
<
>=
<=
&&
||
data types and misc keywords (blue):
attribute
bool
char
else
enum
export
false
float
function
if
import
int
noloopcheck
null
protected
short
static
struct
this
true
while
writeprotected
structs and enums (teal):
Alignment
AudioChannel
AudioClip
AudioFileType
AudioPriority
AudioType
BlockingStyle
Button
ChangeVolumeType
Character
ColorType
CursorMode
CutsceneSkipType
DateTime
Dialog
DialogOptionSayStyle
DialogOptionsRenderingInfo
DialogOptionState
Direction
DrawingSurface
DynamicSprite
eCDAudioFunction
eFlipDirection
eKeyCode
eOperatingSystem
eSpeechStyle
EventType
eVoiceMode
File
FileMode
FontType
Game
GameState
GUI
GUIControl
Hotspot
InventoryItem
InvWindow
Label
ListBox
LocationType
Maths
Mouse
MouseButton
Object
Overlay
Parser
Region
RepeatStyle
Room
RoundDirection
Slider
String
System
TextBox
TransitionStyle
VideoSkipStyle
ViewFrame
WalkWhere
As far as the SMF side of things I don't have any experience there, but if you can figure out how to create a custom lexer then this should get you started.
EDIT: Useless post. I didn't notice hwo old was the message I was commenting.
Quote from: AGA on Mon 07/05/2012 19:51:50
Okay, so all users should be able to see their own profile summary now.
While true, the "delete account" option is still missing.
(not that I want to delete my account, you understand...)
They don't trust in us anymore! :-\
I have had this option before and now lost it.
I've completely overhauled the user groups today. I removed the ability for users to delete their own accounts because I thought it was unneccesary. However, since it's apparently upset so many of you, I've reenabled it.
Quote from: AGA on Mon 07/05/2012 19:51:50
Okay, so all users should be able to see their own profile summary now.
Thank you very much.
Now will we soon be able to fill in some informations as before for the different 'offer your services' icons ?
We used to be able to browse games, with newest\most recent at the top. Is there any way to still do that? :confused:
Just click on the A-Z list on the right column and sort by date. I do agree this is a little difficult to find. It should be within the browse section.
Or sorted above the Browse on the right column.
I looked at the A-Z list, but there's no option to sort by date. :sad:
Quote from: Frodo on Tue 08/05/2012 22:34:40
I looked at the A-Z list, but there's no option to sort by date. :sad:
Clicky clicky where it says 'released' :wink:
Not that obvious, but all the columns on the A-Z page are sortable.
Quote from: straydogstrut on Tue 08/05/2012 22:42:26
Clicky clicky where it says 'released' :wink:
Not that obvious, but all the columns on the A-Z page are sortable.
Ahhhh, thankies. :cheesy:
I thought the A-Z list would just list the games alphabetically (hence being called A-Z list :tongue:)
I'd like to request that the link to browse games by date be added in the column on the right please. Either in the 'Browse' section, or above the 'Browse' section. :smiley:
And for anyone else looking for it, it's here
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/Games.aspx/Digest?pageNumber=1&sortBy=ReleaseDate&sortDesc=True
I've noticed it's still missing and was mentioned earlier. How are you supposed to get the forum name from someone? There's the visible name and the forum name. It's needed for the games page, unless you've changed how that works.
Yeah, as I mentioned before, this is very annoying as I used to use people's log-in handles instead of their (changeable) nicks in the Hall of Fame entries. This is essential for tracking whether several competitions are won by the same person. :tongue:
Also, don't know whether this is mentioned already, the highlighting of the first unread post of a thread still does not work as what it used to be. When the first unread post is the first post of a page (happens when well, that post is indeed the first one on a new page, or the whole thread is new) it won't be highlighted atm. This is very confusing.
From Icey's latest name-change, I realised you can no longer see a person's original forum name (what they signed up with) by moving the mouse over their name, and their original name doesn't show on their profile either.
I'll always know.
Babloyi.
Every page except the last one in a thread is missing the footer. There's a database error there instead.
Quote from: Babar on Wed 09/05/2012 08:21:18
From Icey's latest name-change, I realised you can no longer see a person's original forum name (what they signed up with) by moving the mouse over their name, and their original name doesn't show on their profile either.
It should do on their profile. If they have a changed name their original name will be in brackets after the current name.
Quote from: Hudders on Wed 09/05/2012 09:38:51
Every page except the last one in a thread is missing the footer. There's a database error there instead.
I've been working on a new feature today and yesterday, so there may be a few random errors like that from time to time. Shouldn't last too long though.
Quote from: AGA on Wed 09/05/2012 13:14:47
Quote from: Babar on Wed 09/05/2012 08:21:18
From Icey's latest name-change, I realised you can no longer see a person's original forum name (what they signed up with) by moving the mouse over their name, and their original name doesn't show on their profile either.
It should do on their profile. If they have a changed name their original name will be in brackets after the current name.
Probably only for moderators/admins?
If I look at Icey's profile here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=summary;u=9989 there is only the name "Noctis"
Okay, I see "Noctis (icey games)". I'll try to make sure it applies to all users soon then.
Rocco has uploaded the language file for AGS/SMF/GeSHi: clicky here (http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.de/downloads/AGS/agsbbcode2_smf_1_1_11.zip)
The readme does mention a second zip-file; I've already asked him about it and will post it too, if it is needed.
This is actually an SMF 1.1x package, not SMF 2. Plus as you said, another zip is missing - this one doesn't actually include the CSS used to style the tag, it just sets up the tag itself.
I just had a quick error when I tried to access the Forum Reports sub forum.
PHP Warning: require_once(C:\Web\AGS\yabb\Sources\Load.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\Web\AGS\yabb\index.php on line 53
PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'C:\Web\AGS\yabb\Sources/Load.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in C:\Web\AGS\yabb\index.php on line 53
It had no issues a second later when I tried again.
I've been fiddling with the forum source today, so it would have been throwing random errors at times. Should be fine now though. All users should be able to see users' original username now too.
I was seeing random PHP errors throughout the day today (bored at work so spending time here, I love it!). Seems ok now.
Next time you're playing around with the forum, could you change the area where you assign your avatar. Adding the size to the text that's currently there:
Specify your own avatar by URL (size: 120 x 120)
@AGA:
Here's the one with the keywords: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ft9apnf56vaysyy/ags_geshi.zip
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 10/05/2012 05:41:36
Next time you're playing around with the forum, could you change the area where you assign your avatar. Adding the size to the text that's currently there:
Specify your own avatar by URL (size: 120 x 120)
Done.
Somewhat related to the forum upgrade, albeit not a suggestion for the forum itself:
For those who want to see avatars in their original size if they're smaller than 120x120px (and have a browser capable of interpreting the max-width/max-height attribute), this seems to work fine in current versions of Firefox at least:
Search for the file userContent.css, and add the lines:
@-moz-document domain(adventuregamestudio.co.uk) {
li.avatar a img.avatar {width:auto !important; height:auto !important; max-height:120px; max-width:120px;}
div#basicinfo div div img.avatar {width:auto !important; height:auto !important;}
}
The second line overrides the mandatory scaling and replaces it with a maximum size (aspect ratio is kept automatically), the third line lets you display avatars in their original size on the profile pages if you wish that (e.g., Dualnames' Bladerunner scene shows up there in all its 500px wide glory). The first line ensures that these options only affect the AGS site.
While you're at it, if you haven't done it yet, you might also want to add the line
img.bbc_img[src$=".png"], img.bbc_img[src$=".gif"], img.bbc_img[src$=".PNG"], img.bbc_img[src$=".GIF"] {image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges;}
to remove the blurriness from upscaled screenshots or pixel-art in the Critics Lounge.
Edit: Oh, this second bit might as well work as a suggestion for the forums. Here (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=41150.0) it was suggested a while ago to make a new [pixelart][/pixelart] bbcode to post images that don't get blurry, since the above CSS is only a heuristic substitution that may affect also some photos where smooth interpolation is desired. Now is a good time to bring that up again. Is it doable? :)
If it is do-able, making it so that a [pixelart] object is presented twice: once at original size and again at 4x, would be perfect. :-D
Eh, 4x isn't always the right size for the upscaled version. :-\
I think a better idea would be to make the pixelart images dynamically rescalable, with little buttons for 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X.. (nod)
Hey, I see we have wysiwyg formatting buttons now! Excellent! Cheers, AGA! :-*
How about [pixel=3x]url_to_pic[/pixel]?
Currently, there seems to be a glitch in resizing images through the IMG tag. It's returning an error message: "IMAGE BLOCKED - http://www.bloodlustsoftware.com/kc1.png"
The board code has the following in it: img width=640 height=480
I'm pretty sure the issue is new this weekend, because I recall seeing the screens working a day or two ago. I verified that other GIP threads using resizing were having the same problem. If it's intentional, I'm happy to take the resize off.
If I were to bet, I'd say they are working on blocking BMP images from loading and somehow it's affecting yours.
It's probably them working on the pixel image enlarging.
I guess that images are blocked based on the size of the original image.
The two images in my signature are 50px high but apparently, that's too big for signatures.
This was me trying to block bmp images. Where exactly was it affecting you guys though? Because it didn't seem to be doing anything to me...
I changed size of a png and a gif in my signature and had the prob.
Quote from: Khris on Thu 10/05/2012 07:13:30
@AGA:
Here's the one with the keywords: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ft9apnf56vaysyy/ags_geshi.zip
Okay, so this is now installed. The tag is [ code=ags ] (or choose ags from the BBCode 'Code' selector at the top of the post area). Seems to be working fine.
However, this unfortunately removes the plain old [ code ] tag, which means that I'll have to at some point go through the database converting all the plain code tags to [ code=ags ]es.
Why does it remove the [code] tag? Wouldn't it be better to make the new style use that extension instead of making a new one that has more characters to type in? Confused.
It's not as easy as you might think. This uses a library called GeSHi, which provides highlighting for hundreds of languages. I may be able to hack the mod to make AGS the default, but I ain't promisin' nothin'.
Quote from: Khris on Sat 12/05/2012 16:15:33
How about [pixel=3x]url_to_pic[/pixel]?
I really don't want to write this myself, however I found a zoomy plugin (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=930) that does something along these lines. Check out [ imgzoom ] image url [ /imgzoom ]:
[imgzoom]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Smileys/AGS/lvsmiley.gif[/imgzoom]
(hover to zoom)
Cool, would it be possible to customize the factors? I was thinking x3 instead of x8.
The ags highlighting is almost perfect, it looks like "void" was omitted from the keywords list though.
Also, all Firefox/Chrome users, here's the fixed userContent.css (thanks to TomatoesInTheHead):
@-moz-document domain(adventuregamestudio.co.uk) {
li.avatar a img.avatar {
width:auto !important;
height:auto !important;
max-height:120px;
max-width:120px;
}
div.post img[src$=".png"], div.post img[src$=".gif"], div.post img[src$=".PNG"], div.post img[src$=".GIF"] {
image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges;
}
}
(No squashed/stretched avatars, nearest-neighbor scaling of images in posts.)
Quote from: Khris on Sun 13/05/2012 20:40:00
Cool, would it be possible to customize the factors? I was thinking x3 instead of x8.
It now does x1, x2, x3 and x4. Is that what you meant?
Quote from: Khris on Sun 13/05/2012 20:40:00
The ags highlighting is almost perfect, it looks like "void" was omitted from the keywords list though.
void a_variable;
Great, thanks!
Just noticed that "float" is missing, too:
float a_float;
#define TESTING 10 //this is a define
It's got a slight issue with the define and a following comment. ;)
Anyway I like it. Good work AGA and whoever else. It's definitely nice to look at script now.
Quote from: Khris on Sun 13/05/2012 20:40:00
@-moz-document domain(adventuregamestudio.co.uk) {
div.post img[src$=".png"], div.post img[src$=".gif"], div.post img[src$=".PNG"], div.post img[src$=".GIF"] {
image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges;
}
}
(nearest-neighbor scaling of images in posts.)
Is it possible to add this to the forum stylesheet (or even only to [imgzoom] images) so that people don't have to go in and hack their FF settings to view the forum properly? As long as most readers won't see the upscaled versions sharp, I feel like I'll still have to provide manually upscaled versions.
Bear in mind that this will only affect the browsers that support this Mozilla standard, rather than all.
I've done it now, but I'm not sure I agree with only showing avatars at their 'natural' size, as this makes it look a little weird as the avatar sizes change as you go through a thread. I've left the auto sizing bit out for now.
How is it handled in Chrome/Safari (WebKit), IE and Opera?
image-rendering:optimizeSpeed; /* Legal fallback */
image-rendering:-moz-crisp-edges; /* Firefox */
image-rendering:-o-crisp-edges; /* Opera */
image-rendering:-webkit-optimize-contrast; /* Chrome (and eventually Safari) */
image-rendering:optimize-contrast; /* CSS3 Proposed */
-ms-interpolation-mode:nearest-neighbor; /* IE8+ */
apparently. I have no idea how how decide which to use for each browser though. Can any web design people give advice.
Just put them all in, unsupported CSS is ignored.
Okay, done that. It looks good in Firefox at least; I'm at work, so I don't have access to my usual 15 browsers to test in those. It doesn't look good in IE 8 though, but I'm not too bothered since IE isn't a real browser.
I really like all the other forum enhancements (embedded videos, woohoo!), but I love this one! It's perfect! (The only thing that might make it better would be a way to set the default zoom level on [imgzoom] tags.) In Safari it still looks slightly blurry (but not as much as it used to in Firefox), and on my Android phone it looks blurry both in the default browser and Opera Mini. (You can't actually hover to resize in these, but when you pinch-zoom the page itself it still does some sort of bilinear or bicubic interpolation.) Nevertheless, it's great!
Oh, and would it be possible to enable keyboard shortcuts for at least the basic formatting tags (bold, italics, ...)?
I've taken a look at the zoom code, and I can't find an obvious way you making it zoom by default. However, JavaScript is really not a strength of mine, so if someone else wants to take a look (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=930), go ahead.
I'll take a look at the keyboard shortcuts later.
There, enhanced post box, with shortcuts and all.
great <3
YAY!
Here they are â€" at least!
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/weeeeheeeee.gif)
Just a little thing that's been bugging me, I keep clicking 'All' on the threads pages area thing. I believe it used to be last, or maybe nothing was there. I believe the number before all is one page behind the last, could be wrong. It would be great if you could change this. And also get a better grain texture for the sides. I could supply one if you want. :)
Quote from: Armageddon on Wed 16/05/2012 06:25:04
Just a little thing that's been bugging me, I keep clicking 'All' on the threads pages area thing. I believe it used to be last, or maybe nothing was there. I believe the number before all is one page behind the last, could be wrong. It would be great if you could change this. And also get a better grain texture for the sides. I could supply one if you want. :)
I have no idea what you mean. 'All' didn't used to show, and it only shows now when there are fewer than 250 posts in a thread (five pages). What do you mean by "the number before all is one page behind the last"? The posts per page has changed to 50 now, while it used to be 20 by default, maybe that's confusing you.
I'm being horrible and nit-picky, but the color for numbers in the AGS code boxes is off, and none of the operators are being highlighted, they should appear as dark green. :P
Tell me the HTML colour code they should be and I'll fix it. I'm far too lazy to actually open AGS and take screenshots! As for the operators, I tried to get those working, but couldn't manage it. I'll have another look later.
When there are new messages in the pm list, there is a "new" icon, but it doesn't link anywhere, you have to click on the subject instead. This is inconsistent with the rest of the forum, where you can click "new" next to the thread title. Is it possible to extend the link to include the image? I always try to click it but it doesn't work :P
Quote from: cat on Wed 16/05/2012 18:58:02
When there are new messages in the pm list, there is a "new" icon, but it doesn't link anywhere, you have to click on the subject instead. This is inconsistent with the rest of the forum, where you can click "new" next to the thread title. Is it possible to extend the link to include the image? I always try to click it but it doesn't work :P
Done.
Thanks! :-D
Okay, so I've done some work on the profiles:
- the games list has been tidied up, and will now show a little yellow icon (this is a placeholder) for every AGS Award the game has won. Hover over this to see detail.
- near the top of the page there will be a little blurb if someone has won a Lifetime Achievement Award.
- people's 'offer your services' info will now show, along with a bit giving detail. This accesses the info used by the old system, which means that any changes you've made to this info since the forum redesign may be lost. Sorry!
On every post made by a user:
- A little red icon will show if they have received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Hover over this to see the year.
- The 'offer your services' icons will show. I'm planning to make these link to the relevant part of the user's profile.
ProgZmax (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;u=147) is a very good example - he has all of these things.
Oh, and the icons are due to change soon, as tabata has very kindly drawn some shiny new ones.
Hovering over the help icons below the avatar doesn't show the custom text but always "I can help with x"
Quote from: Khris on Thu 17/05/2012 13:15:26
Hovering over the help icons below the avatar doesn't show the custom text but always "I can help with x"
Yeah, that's a limitation of the way the default custom fields (default custom, that's probably not a thing) work in SMF. I'm doing some haxxing to work around it.
Those icons have gone wrong in Chrome, (looks fine in Firefox).
(http://i.imgur.com/fRZgV.png)
In my Firefox 12.0 it looks also messed up like in the screenshot. Works fine in IE 9 for me.
Getting lots of strange bullet points everywhere (by those little icons by peoples posts), in firefox, on multiple computers.
Also the offer your services icons, for me, are centered and have a big line break under each one.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/o0cle1.jpg)
also, now apparently I can help with music and translating ... i certainly couldn't last time I looked but thanks for giving me these extra talents :P
It's your fault for having such an easily rememberable user ID, CJ!
These bugs will be sorted tomorrow, I'm too busy tonight!
Oh, CJ is up for work, someone should get him.
I removed his offerings, since apparently he's too good to do music for us commoners. Then again, given his taste in early 00s girl pop, that might be a good thing.
Perhaps we should do something about the old-ass favicon the site and/or forums have right now. The default blue mug icon would work.
Quote from: Sslaxx on Fri 18/05/2012 16:19:09
Perhaps we should do something about the old-ass favicon the site and/or forums have right now. The default blue mug icon would work.
Done, with my added amateurish pixel art 'AGS'. If someone wants to design a more fancy one, they're welcome to.
Which graphic was the favicon?
The default post category icon next to the topic of each post: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/Themes/AGSCompact/images/post/xx.gif
Regarding the AGS code color for number values, I haven't checked the exact RGB values, but CSS "maroon" is closer to what's actually in AGS than the current value.
Also, I've noticed a couple of other issues with the syntax highlighting:
- If something is immediately preceded by a period, it should not be highlighted (numbers are an exception of course). Specifically this wrong for the Character.Room property, where 'Room' shouldn't be colored.
- The syntax highlighting isn't case sensitive. Seeing as AGS is, it would be useful if the highlighting were too.
- It's already been noted, but if a macro or preprocessor directive is followed by a comment "//" or "/*" then the rest of that line should be green.
If any/all of these aren't very easy to fix, it's a minor quirk. ;)
Is it just me or are the buttons to collapse/expand forum categories switched? Just like clicking on a plus expands a folder structure I'd expect clicking in an arrow pointing down to expand the category and the arrow pointing up to minimizi the category.
selmiak: That's the old "button shows what it does vs. shows current state" chestnut. Basically, this is still a matter of discussion, and there are lots of people in both camps (in general, not here in the forums).
Some minor stuff, but I guess AGA is still working on that anyway:
-award icons have gone
-hovering over the profile's email link puts "Array" in front of it.
Quote from: selmiak on Sat 19/05/2012 02:13:27
Is it just me or are the buttons to collapse/expand forum categories switched? Just like clicking on a plus expands a folder structure I'd expect clicking in an arrow pointing down to expand the category and the arrow pointing up to minimizi the category.
I discussed this with Darth. To him it makes sense the way it is, to me they seem obviously switched (and are opposite to all other forums I read that use arrows).
I've noticed there seems to be a glitch with the code coloring. This post (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46070.msg618499#msg618499) has the code commenting after the apostrophe. I tried to do it in here but it doesn't seem to show the issue.
I believe it's using the C# style commenting. Unless this is some kind of one time glitch. Not sure.
Edit: I'm an idiot and didn't notice it was registering all the lines below that accidental quote issue as strings. So it is doing what it's supposed to. Just gets all weirded out once it hits the apostrophe.
Quote from: AGA on Fri 18/05/2012 09:12:09
I removed his offerings, since apparently he's too good to do music for us commoners. Then again, given his taste in early 00s girl pop, that might be a good thing.
His offerings are still there, I'm sooooo booking him for music! ;-D
Quote from: Dualnames on Sun 20/05/2012 11:36:51
His offerings are still there, I'm sooooo booking him for music! ;-D
Weird. I did already remove them once, but apparently it didn't take.
They are gone now. No biggie. ;)
- Shouldn't the Members Map be inside the "Members" menu?
- Shouldn't the "BB code" be inside the "Help" menu?
Code tags without a specified highlighting scheme are now drawn like regular text. I think it would make sense to have them either default to the AGS syntax or to no highlighting.
JJS, this is the official response to exactly that:
Quote from: AGA on Sun 13/05/2012 19:13:31
It's not as easy as you might think. This uses a library called GeSHi, which provides highlighting for hundreds of languages. I may be able to hack the mod to make AGS the default, but I ain't promisin' nothin'.
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 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();
Could you change the page count back to 20? :confused:
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".)
Yeah, I reset the default to 20, but it's still 50 for me, since that's what I have my personal settings as.
I've just noticed that the link to the PM outbox seems to be gone.
On my screen it's called "sent items" now... but it is still there.
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.
Right, my bad. It wasn't in the main menu so I missed it.
Quote from: AGA on Tue 22/05/2012 11:35:50
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 :-D
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Tue 22/05/2012 22:23:23
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.
AGS Forums » Profile of $user » Personal Messaging (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?action=profile;area=pmprefs). "Save a copy of each personal message in my Sent Items by default."
I've also just reset everyone to have it enabled.
Sorry but 'Search' doesnt work very well for me.Sometimes doesnt work at all and sometimes is very very slow.Anyone have this problem?
Quote from: AGA on Wed 16/05/2012 00:59:53
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 (http://forums.thedigitalfix.co.uk/forums/) (the old adventuregamers forums (http://archive.adventuregamers.com/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.
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...
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.
Dammit SMF! Why do you have to suck so much? >:(
But thanks, Stupot+ and AGA! It works now!
Only a small thing: The icons "Insert Table Row" and "Insert Table Column" look switched to me. Also, the [glow] and [shadow] buttons should probably give codes that work, using gray or something, like [glow=gray,2][/glow] and [shadow=gray,bottom][/shadow]
And a bigger thing: Thanks AGA for doing all this work on the forums!
So the forums were down for a while earlier (no idea how long) due to a database error. Should be okay now though.
As a bonus though, the forums' previous slowness seems to be gone.
Quick replies and easier formatting ^___^
Quote from: AGA on Sun 27/05/2012 11:14:28
As a bonus though, the forums' previous slowness seems to be gone.
Affirmative; that was a major nuiseance and, at least for me, is now no longer one! Good job!
The Forum upgrade is getting better... I like the text editor functions.
My only gripe at the moment is that the quote symbol overlaps the change color selector. if you try to select the color RED, it overlaps.
You may already know but it's always worth a mention.
EDIT Aghhhhhhhhhh you've moved it......
Good job SO far AGA ;)
You know, I need those little ones to survive (http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/fahne.gif)
So I want to report about some probs with the commands in the reply.
The first line of smilies appears over the second line of other commands and therefor these are veeery difficoult to “catchâ€.
Here you can see, how it comes up for me:
[imgzoom]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3332/smilieprobs.png[/imgzoom]
Can I correct it by changing some settings?
Could we get youtube tags or some other way to embed youtube videos into forum posts? That would be really useful!
Quote from: Tabata on Sat 02/06/2012 13:42:14
You know, I need those little ones to survive (http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/fahne.gif)
So I want to report about some probs with the commands in the reply.
The first line of smilies appears over the second line of other commands and therefor these are veeery difficoult to "catch".
Here you can see, how it comes up for me:
[imgzoom]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3332/smilieprobs.png[/imgzoom]
Can I correct it by changing some settings?
This doesn't happen to me on Firefox 12 on the AGS Compact theme. What is your setup?
Quote from: dkh on Sat 02/06/2012 15:48:41
Could we get youtube tags or some other way to embed youtube videos into forum posts? That would be really useful!
Already exists. [embed]
AGA, it seems to only happen when the window width isn't as large as the quick buttons. (Firefox 12 here)
Quote from: AGA on Sat 02/06/2012 19:27:05
Quote from: dkh on Sat 02/06/2012 15:48:41
Could we get youtube tags or some other way to embed youtube videos into forum posts? That would be really useful!
Already exists. [embed]
I tried using embed but couldn't get it to work. What does it want me to paste there? The youtube link doesn't work, the embed code on the youtube video doesn't work either..?
Quote from: AGA on Sat 02/06/2012 19:27:05
This doesn't happen to me on Firefox 12 on the AGS Compact theme. What is your setup?
I am not sure what you mean by this, sorry.
... but I am using a laptop with windows vista and IE
and the forum settings are:
Current Theme: AGS
Quik Reply is set to WYSIWYG (with bbc buttons and smilies) ~ which has the same result
edit:
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Sat 02/06/2012 19:40:43
AGA, it seems to only happen when the window width isn't as large as the quick buttons. (Firefox 12 here)
If I reduce the window to get only one line of bbc buttons, it works of course )but is very small ;)
so it might have to do with it.
[embed=425,349]<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLr2DN2KHdc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/embed]
Doesn't work on my end, not when I do it and not in your post. :) Just shows up as raw text!
Yeah, it worked at one point, and I'm trying to work out why it stopped now.
There we go. You have to specify a video size (which it now does by default - didn't used to). Bear in mind you also need to put the embed info provided by YouTube / other site (<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLr2DN2KHdc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> type link) rather than just the page URL.
Thanks, works like a charm now! :)
When I try to do a search for a game with a number after the title, the forum won't let me saying, "The Minimum Characters in a Search Word Are" That's it. I can't find anything with that.
Whenever I post, the site sends me back to the forum. Usually I'd like to see the thread I just posted in. I can't find a setting to control this, either.
Quote from: Snarky on Thu 14/06/2012 11:45:09
Whenever I post, the site sends me back to the forum. Usually I'd like to see the thread I just posted in. I can't find a setting to control this, either.
Should be under "Look & Layout" -> "Return to topics after posting by default."
Quote from: Renodox on Thu 14/06/2012 11:22:11
When I try to do a search for a game with a number after the title, the forum won't let me saying, "The Minimum Characters in a Search Word Are" That's it. I can't find anything with that.
Can you tell me the exact search terms you're using? Then I can look into the exact problem.
Quote from: AGA on Thu 14/06/2012 14:13:10
Quote from: Renodox on Thu 14/06/2012 11:22:11
When I try to do a search for a game with a number after the title, the forum won't let me saying, "The Minimum Characters in a Search Word Are" That's it. I can't find anything with that.
Can you tell me the exact search terms you're using? Then I can look into the exact problem.
Anything with a single digit number.
Test 1
Shiny 2
Stuff like that.
Unfortunately there is a minimum of two characters per word for searches; searching for 'a' for instance would return billions of results. If you want to search for test 1, you need to type "test 1", and it will search for the exact phrase (rather than any post that happens to contain the two words in any position) and work fine.
I don't know if it was directly based on my list (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg617165#msg617165) but I've noticed that a few more keywords are missing from the highlighting (which I didn't actually include in my listing):
managed
readonly
extends
All of these should appear highlighted in blue same as int or void.
Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Mon 18/06/2012 05:37:35
I don't know if it was directly based on my list (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=45853.msg617165#msg617165) but I've noticed that a few more keywords are missing from the highlighting (which I didn't actually include in my listing):
managed
readonly
extends
All of these should appear highlighted in blue same as int or void.
Can't remember what source I ended up using in the end. Added those anyway.
Any plans to implement tapatalk?
This would make me a happy Stee ;)
SMF has a mobile version (WAP2 link at the bottom of every page). What are the benefits of tapatalk?
Quote from: AGA on Wed 20/06/2012 21:26:25
SMF has a mobile version (WAP2 link at the bottom of every page). What are the benefits of tapatalk?
http://www.tapatalk.com/activate_tapatalk.php?plugin=smf
Surely the FAQ (http://www.tapatalk.com/faq.php) would have been a better link to provide, though that is just one additional click away.
QuoteQ: What's the point of this app if my members can access my site with mobile skin at no cost?
A: Most users are content with the mobile skin or a standard web browser but some of them would appreciate a full-on native app forum experience on their phone. For example Tapatalk app allows user to upload photo directly from their phone to your forum as an image attachment. All these will drive more engagement to your forum at no cost to you.
I've never used Tapatalk, but from what I've read and what I understand, it's just an integrated forum browser that users can access their favorite forums with instead of having to use the mobile (or full web) version. I honestly don't see what the real benefit would be, beyond just a matter of user preference.
Edit: Also, what was the point in breaking the forum rules just to quote the entire post immediately before yours?
Yeah, I read the site. I just wanted to know what Stee, as someone who clearly recommends using it, thinks the benefits are.
Not sure where to put this. I think it would make more sense to have the "I've worked on the following games" above the google map, seeing as people are more likely to look at a profile for their games. Plus it is sort of annoying scrolling down. Would a switcheroo be possible and am I the only one who thinks this?
+1
+ 1
What's going on with the highlighting of text and pressing a quick formatting button? It applies it to all the lines instead of just at the beginning and end of the selection.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 05/07/2012 20:45:47
What's going on with the highlighting of text and pressing a quick formatting button? It applies it to all the lines instead of just at the beginning and end of the selection.
Not for me on Firefox 13...
As for the profile page layout, I'll sort that tomorrow. Too wiped for today.
Please to can has? (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=406883.0)
Thanks! :D
Quote from: AGA on Thu 05/07/2012 22:02:05
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 05/07/2012 20:45:47
What's going on with the highlighting of text and pressing a quick formatting button? It applies it to all the lines instead of just at the beginning and end of the selection.
Not for me on Firefox 13...
[b]I'm using 13.0.1 and it does that to me.[/b][b]Testing.[/b]^ Two lines highlighted, both now have a code tag and bold tag.
WYSIWYG (with bbc buttons and smilies)
Quick Reply: show (on by default)
Edit: Oh and what Monkey wants! That'd be awesome shit. ;)
Ryan, I don't understand what you're even saying.
I think what you're saying is that if you highlight some text that you've already typed and then click the WYSIWYG button that the tags are being applied to the entire post instead of only the highlighted bit? Coz if that's what you're saying then 1) it wasn't clear at all from your "example" you just posted and 2) it's not working that way for me on Google Chrome.
(Formatting tags were added by the WYSIWYG buttons after the post was typed out...)
Edit: I think I was actually able to replicate what you're saying. IFF (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if) the selected text spans multiple lines then the WYSIWYG buttons are wrapping each line in separate tags instead of wrapping the entire block in one set of tags. Is this what you meant?
Lovely job upgrading the forums, thanks!
One thing I'd like would be "View the most posts on the forum" at the top rather than the bottom as that's the only way I read the forums and I have to scroll down to the bottom of the page every time I visit.
Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Fri 06/07/2012 05:54:42
Ryan, I don't understand what you're even saying.
I'll guide you through this. ;)
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 05/07/2012 20:45:47
What's going on with the highlighting of text and pressing a quick formatting button? It applies it to all the lines instead of just at the beginning and end of the selection.
I guess I could've said "applies it to all the selected lines". Also my last post made it more confusing by not explaining that I actually pressed the code and bold buttons while those two lines were highlighted altogether.
Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Fri 06/07/2012 05:54:42
I think I was actually able to replicate what you're saying. IFF (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if) the selected text spans multiple lines then the WYSIWYG buttons are wrapping each line in separate tags instead of wrapping the entire block in one set of tags. Is this what you meant?
Yes. That's what I meant.
Edit: The main reason I find it a terrible feature of the SMF WYSIWYG because I often select multiple lines after I've typed something and press the button. Mostly with quote or code tags. I could've sworn when these were first added they didn't have this issue. Let me check if the quick reply is the reason for this.
Edit: Yup. That's what I thought. I knew it used to work the way it should before AGA swapped the default to quick reply.
(http://www.bryvis.com/entertainment/other/agsf/wysiwyg.png)
Funny thing is the quick reply has some better features, but the non quick reply still has the old Code tags. Both the drop down and the code button output the code tags.
I still want to see how the code highlighting was implemented and why it was easy to get the [
code=ags] to work but not the single [
code]. (not that I'm insulting you or anything)
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 06/07/2012 07:09:40Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Fri 06/07/2012 05:54:42Ryan, I don't understand what you're even saying.
I'll guide you through this. ;)
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 05/07/2012 20:45:47What's going on with the highlighting of text and pressing a quick formatting button? It applies it to all the lines instead of just at the beginning and end of the selection.
I guess I could've said "applies it to all the selected lines". Also my last post made it more confusing by not explaining that I actually pressed the code and bold buttons while those two lines were highlighted altogether.
Patronizing much? :P What you said was entirely ambiguous. You'd have to read into it quite a bit to arrive at your actual meaning.
In any case, I don't know what kind of a worthless slob you'd have to be to be too lazy to type your own BBcode tags. (roll)
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Fri 06/07/2012 07:09:40
I still want to see how the code highlighting was implemented and why it was easy to get the [code=ags] to work but not the single [code]. (not that I'm insulting you or anything)
It was implemented the way cb|GeSHi-mod (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3070) works by default. The reason it was easy to add the AGS tag is that it's designed to let you drop in additional languages (plus some friend of... Khris? did the GeSHi script for AGS, not me!) easily, but in order to make [
code] tags work I'd have to completely rewrite the parsing code. SMF coding is surprisingly complex, since every script seems to include a billion other scripts. It you want to take a look yourself, it's the code tag stuff in Subs.php that needs to change.
As for the Googling it for you mod, I'll take a look later.
Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Fri 06/07/2012 07:38:54
Patronizing much?
I said to myself "What can I do to bug Monkey today?". ;)
I was laughing while I was doing it. Good times. Apologies if my patronizing humor has offended you. ;)
AGA, I won't be looking into the defaulting of the orig code tags and AGS code tags right now, but maybe in a couple days. I'm in no rush. ;)
Months ago I've dug through some of the PHP scripts for the SMF forum and it's definitely a tangled mess. We'll see what I discover.
I did take a quick look and I think that inserting
if (empty($lang))
$lang = "ags";
before the line
$geshi = new Geshi($data[0], $lang);
in subs.php should do the trick.
I figured it would be exactly like that. As I had somewhat said a few pages back. Good stuff. Hopefully that works.
Now [code=] works, but not [code]. The parser expects the code tag to have a parameter, rather than being empty.
Oh, I did have another look and there are two code tags defined in Subs.php. One is for code (type=unparsed_content) and one for code= (type=unparsed_equals_content).
So the "code=" version has to be copied over to "code". I don't know if it will work though if it expects parameters.
Hey guys, the past week or so it seems like email alerts have stopped coming for threads I was previously receiving them. Any tips? It is an AOL address but I checked SPAM and nothing....
I have an AOL address, too and my notifications work, so it seems to be something else.
Oh just got that one! I went in and changed my email address and then BACK to AOL...maybe that fixed it....
It's not a big prob for me, but I thought I'll mention it here, because for all serious developer it's not that nice
and for normal users/guests who watch the profiles (coming from the database) it is very irritating.
The lines about what work you did on the named games are not correct.
What you (really) did is to be seen one line upwards (and for the last one you did nothing)
example to make it more clear:
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3268/linesy.png)
EDIT
Watching the same profiles by using an other laptop (in same settings) â€" everything is okay. :shocked:
I don't know, what it is, but my laptop is going to die shortly anyway. :cry:
I am confused now, but that's my “normal status†most of the time. :undecided:
So if noone else has this â€" please forget about my post.
SORRY! :kiss:
Two very small issues:
If you hover over the email icons beneath the avatar, the tooltip still says "Array[email address]".
The signature in the profile has the same max height as the one beneath each post, but it also says "Signature:" at the top and thus more is cut off (which is inconvenient for preview purposes while editing it).
Somehow there Mittens titles are mixed up, as in this thread for example http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46238.0 (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46238.0) but only in later posts, not at the beginning.
Could you make the board search options expand when you uncheck the Check all box? It doesn't make any sense to have it uncheck and have it stay collapsed (searching through zero boards).
Hi
I don't know if its been mentioned but the Top Forum link goes to home page, should it not go to forums?
Sorry, what does "Top Forum link" mean? I can't see any incorrect links on the forums...
Something is going wrong with user titles, but it doesn't happen in all threads. Look here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=46040.msg628828#msg628828 for an example. There are additional titles compared to this post that don't belong there.
Yeah, I've known about it for months. Started happening when the new "AGS Project Admins" title was added. I've tried to fix it, but can't find the time / inclination to properly track down what's causing it.
Quote from: LTGiants2000 on Fri 06/07/2012 19:56:19
Hey guys, the past week or so it seems like email alerts have stopped coming for threads I was previously receiving them. Any tips? It is an AOL address but I checked SPAM and nothing....
Email alerts have stopped coming for PMs now, as well. I noticed this yesterday. :sad:
That has been the case since we moved to the new server a few weeks. Waiting for CJ to come and sort out the SMTP server.
I just noticed, is this ok that locked threads are positioned not in the order of the last post's date, but beyond all the non-locked threads?
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Sat 06/10/2012 19:04:33
I just noticed, is this ok that locked threads are positioned not in the order of the last post's date, but beyond all the non-locked threads?
Only in Competitions & Activities, and it's been like that for a long time, deliberately. It's to make it clear which competitions are still ongoing, and which are closed.
BTW, before the upgrade, there are texts mentioning something like "This activity has ended, bla bla bla..." (I forget the exact wordings) when you locked a thread in the Activities & Competitions forum, but they are gone now. Is it possible to restore that?
Quote from: AGA on Thu 04/10/2012 17:52:29
That has been the case since we moved to the new server a few weeks. Waiting for CJ to come and sort out the SMTP server.
Hope you don't mind me asking for this, but can you give some news about the current state of affairs?
... in other words:
Do you think we have a little chance getting the notifications to run again these days?
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/pc_prob.gif)
I know you all are very busy and I don't want to jostle - but waiting would be much easier
if we knew a bit about when CJ might have the time to look into this ...
After voting for a game on the games page, I get redirected a page with the old layout (the one that lists the games). Actually, the voting page itself is in the old layout.
Most of the addition or update pages on the games page use the old layout, because CJ couldn't be bothered to update them. The games page is several thousand lines of code long, so I don't blame him. It'll be changed eventually!