MK5 Golf GTI
General => Testing and Forum Suggestion Box => Topic started by: rich83 on March 29, 2014, 02:51:58 pm
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OK.... so we have a testing forum up and running. Its taken me bloooooooody ages to sort it out. Its nearly there... but it needs a few things fixing and tweaking before we make the switch over.
Have a look and let us know what you think. Bare in mind it will run slowly as its on a crappy server. The next reincarnation of the test forum will reside on our (this) server, so performance will be much better.
If theres anything that immediately sticks out as wrong/horrible/crap/worse/better/etc please tell us. We want this to be a positive move. :happy2:
NB. tapatalk might not work as ive not installed the plugin.
You can login with your current username. Please note that its a testing forum so anything posted on there will be removed as of the 3rd April (when my hosting runs out)
www.6paconline.com/test
Thanks
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/admin.jpg)
TODO
*white background for board background
*For Sale board Archiving?
*Thank you statistics. DONE
*Youtube plugin DONE
*Tapatalk plugin
*Thread started by in a separate column? http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2625 DONE
*Preview on hover over http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2115
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Layout looks alot better!
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Can't see PMs but don't know if this is down to temp forum or not
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What does it say? Gives an error?
http://6paconline.com/test/index.php?action=pm
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Nope. Just expected to see a link under username.
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Ahh yes... is now ONLY on the menu bar. :happy2:
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Just been on and looks good. The only thing I couldn't see in my profile or on the posts was the thanks given/recieved
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
Im not sure that going to be something that we can change, its probably very much embedded in tons of code.
The white background might be do-able... will put it on the list of things to do/try.
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
I dont think so no. I will look into it.
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
Im not sure that going to be something that we can change, its probably very much embedded in tons of code.
The white background might be do-able... will put it on the list of things to do/try.
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
I dont think so no. I will look into it.
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Just been on and looks good. The only thing I couldn't see in my profile or on the posts was the thanks given/recieved
I need to look into whether the statistics are carried over when the database is converted. I have added it to the list. Thanks :happy2:
We might end up losing this feature.
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I like the forum just the way it is now, a few tweaks and it would be perfect... It's easy read, easy on the eyes, things can be found handy enough too. It has worked well for years :party:
Would also like to see the started by in a separate column :notworthy: makes finding threads easier!
keep up the good work!
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I like the forum just the way it is now, a few tweaks and it would be perfect... It's easy read, easy on the eyes, things can be found handy enough too. It has worked well for years :party:
Would also like to see the started by in a separate column :notworthy: makes finding threads easier!
keep up the good work!
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Hopefully thats what we will achieve. But upgrading does mean that it will change. We cant keep running on software that is over 7 years out of date. We must move it on to keep up with security and also for forum performance.
I dont think the thread starter topic is possible. I will look into it.
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OK... looks like the "started by" column is available via adding a load of code. Its on the list to try when we do the 2nd phase of the testing. :happy2:
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I do like the grey background - reduces the strain on the eyes.
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
just been looking into this, and its not possible without a lot of extra code editing which is beyond me. So it will be light grey, which IMO is easier to read, as opposed to black/white contrast.
I have edited it to give a clear line break between posts now. :happy2:
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looks great, can't wait for you guys to get it up and running
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I already miss the old "new" buttons. The orange clashes IMO.
I don't mind not having a "started by" column but having independent views/replies made it easier to find certain threads by sorting. Not essential.
Also miss the colour themes eg usernames in red.
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I already miss the old "new" buttons. The orange clashes IMO.
The orange "new" icon on the new forum will be changed. I agree.... its a bad clash
I don't mind not having a "started by" column but having independent views/replies made it easier to find certain threads by sorting. Not essential.
There is an independent 'views' and 'replies' sorting... but its merged into one column. Have another look and let me know.
Also miss the colour themes eg usernames in red.
Im sure you can cope with that. (unless I can find how to change them.... theres so many reference files you wouldnt believe) :grin:
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Stealth... how are those for you?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F6paconline.com%2Ftest%2FThemes%2Fflagrant%2Fimages%2Fenglish%2Fnew.gif&hash=3fdb667cd365b07c4428b525b84949e0f524c6d9)
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They look awesome. Marked improvement.
The replies/views can be arranged only in forum views rather than a view of all unread posts which is how I normally use this forum.
No worries about the layouts and themes. Lets just get things working first.
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Ahh i see what you mean.... I think... :fighting2:
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Edited the menu bar so that the items are static rather than skipping around all over the place
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bump
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I see your managed to get a thanks system going, any chance of adding to the user profile to see posts you've been thanked on like we have now?
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I see your managed to get a thanks system going, any chance of adding to the user profile to see posts you've been thanked on like we have now?
No. :signLOL:
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The thankyou feature should now be working. Still needs testing fully!
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ill go and have a play :happy2:
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Could someone like a couple of my posts? In the profile section the messages/topics (given) it shows up who I've thanked but at the moment the topics/messages (Become) are the same as they are on here but it says 0 members like this (even tho they are my thanked posts) so just want to check to see if its because its a lthank you from the back up or if it affects new likes
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Looking good so far Rich..
If you click on an inserted image which has been downsized, it appears to zoom up to its original size. Seems to happen both to ones which have links to a new window (Flickr for example) as well as others. Hope that makes sense!
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Looking good so far Rich..
If you click on an inserted image which has been downsized, it appears to zoom up to its original size. Seems to happen both to ones which have links to a new window (Flickr for example) as well as others. Hope that makes sense!
Thanks mate.
I had not noticed that. It must be a feature of the new software :happy2:
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broken (on purpose).. for the time being!
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http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forumtest
Not upgraded yet but thats our test platform :happy2:
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WOHEY.....got all the forum graphics back today for first time since switch over :happy2: :happy2:
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Can't get on the test forum
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F04%2F02%2Fupasajyz.jpg&hash=f2b37a4c533d4349c1c1b2609600165147d3db3e)
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Yeah its ok mate... i keep breaking it whilst trying to upgrade the test forum it also is interfering with the normal forum. Thats why there has been 2 outages recently.
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Ah right, hopefully you crack it soon.
I did notice something else the other day, if you click on a post that someone has thanked to see who has thanked it, it says "follow members..." Instead of "fellow members..."
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Ah right, hopefully you crack it soon.
I did notice something else the other day, if you click on a post that someone has thanked to see who has thanked it, it says "follow members..." Instead of "fellow members..."
One the existing forum or the new one?
Thanks for your help :happy2:
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Follow members gave a thank to your post:
richwig83 *
For this post, 1 member gave a thank you!
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Ohh yeah.... never noticed that. Ill have to do some digging in the coding to find where that typo exists.
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Seems like its the same in the new version of the thankyou mod...
$txt['followgiveathank'] = 'Follow members gave a thank to your post:';
bad english isnt it!
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Lol it is ain't it...
I didn't know it was like it on the old version, only spotted it on the new one
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:stupid:
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Test forum will be down now until I can find out why it keeps breaking the actual forum. :fighting: :fighting:
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I think the clocks need put forward? :P
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http://6paconline.com/test/
OK... back online now. This will remain the testing forum (and hopefully It wont break)
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
http://6paconline.com/test/index.php?board=3.0
Hows is that for you mate?? And yes, I agree it looks clearer.
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Emoticons don't seem to be working
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F04%2F05%2Fgabyta6u.jpg&hash=6b6f950f1c5128becc3ca0ddc011ab23adc0899b)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F04%2F05%2Fy8y3u8y5.jpg&hash=e7e0973dffea43a6dbd44758520162b01c42d089)
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It's ok. I had to reinstall a fresh forum as it was throwing out errors due to a failed tapatalk install. Forgot to re upload the smiley folder. Will do it tomorrow. Thanks mate.
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Ah right nothing major then. Is the tapatalk plug in being a pain to get working?
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Ah right nothing major then. Is the tapatalk plug in being a pain to get working?
It's a package that should automatically install itself. But it messed up.
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Smilies fixed.
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Looks great!
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Looks great!
Thanks... hopefully it will work great too. :happy2:
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personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now
also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"
http://6paconline.com/test/index.php?board=3.0
Hows is that for you mate?? And yes, I agree it looks clearer.
Spacing is much better. Still don't like the colours :grin: