Popular Post roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 05:48 PM Popular Post Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 05:48 PM Ok, that appears to have gone quite smoothly... there are still some background tasks running, so search might not work (oooh, Google search, need to see if I can put that back) and old posts might look funny, etc. Changes you may or may not have noticed... Hitting return now creates a new paragraph. If you just want a new line, SHIFT+Return Like that Select some text and you (should) get a 'quote this' pop-up. You can do this multiple times to create attributed and linked quotes. So there's is no excuse for quoting entire posts using the quote button I'm going to leave in place for now. If previously you had a different username and display name (not many did) you now only have a display name. Use it, or your email address, to log in. Whole new range of notification options. You can get notifications if you're quoted, given reputation, or followed (which replaces 'friends', and means you get a notification if the person you follow posts). Can we still use bbcode to link? We'll see. Edit - we can! Where's Imron! I miss Imron. Let's summon him. @imron! (depends on his notification settings what actually happens) Reputation system is now likes rather than upvotes, and is no longer anonymous. No more downvotes (it didn't get used that much, as we're all awesome. If someone's not being awesome, tell 'em) You can enable browser notifications so you get told about new content even if you don't have this tab open (you've probably seen this on other sites. You control this via your browser, not settings on here. Feels faster to me, but that might just be because I'm the only one in here at the moment (waiting for a bunch of post rebuilding to finish before I let you all in). Will also upgrade to PHP7 shortly which should also help. We don't have the same homepage we used to yet - I'll be putting that back together in the next day or two, hopefully, or at least once the core posting stuff is going ok. There's no longer a post preview, on the basis that we're not meant to be using BBCode anymore and you can use CTRL+B shortcuts for formatting. I'm not overly keen on this, but these are the times. Oh, admins can see a log of edits now - no more deleting your post and taking your ball home... Anything else? Stick a question in here or start a new topic in this forum (also, note the new 'create' button up top). 7 Quote
imron Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:10 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:10 PM 1 hour ago, roddy said: Let's summon him. @imron! (depends on his notification settings what actually happens) This will be one of the first notifications I turn off. Nothing worse than being constantly beeped at. Quote on the basis that we're not meant to be using BBCode anymore Still wish it had markdown support > Maybe it does? Edit: nope.. 2 Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:14 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:14 PM Constantly? I think you misoverestimate how often it'll happen. Might be useful for when folk want a double post quickly deleted. I think things are running a bit sluggishly at the moment, but there's a lot of background stuff going on while caches and indexes get rebuilt. Quote
Apollys Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:16 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 07:16 PM 非常感谢！ (Yeah it's feeling slow to me too, but I'm sure now is not the right time to be assessing performance.) Still no delete post option, right? Guess that's just not in style these days. 1 Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:43 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:43 PM 1 hour ago, Apollys said: Yeah it's feeling slow to me too Ooh "quote this"! Quote
Angelina Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:48 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:48 PM 4 minutes ago, realmayo said: Ooh "quote this"! heh @realmayo 1 Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:51 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:51 PM erm pop-ups .... Always nice to keep up to date with @Angelina of course! Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:53 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:53 PM I've slowed the background processes down so that the site isn't quite so sluggish. Might be a few days before it's all done though - it needs to rebuild all the post content (create HTML out of the BBCODE / smilies), rebuild the search index, other stuff. We basically won't have a search engine until it's done. Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:54 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:54 PM Those browser pop-ups can be turned off via the cog icon - it's a browser setting rather than a site one, you may have them turned on by default or have allowed them in a fit of enthusiasm. Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:56 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:56 PM I did indeed allow them in a fit of enthusiasm! I shall see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off. Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:57 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:57 PM Attaching certainly images seems much easier ... now how can I find that topic on second tones.... Quote
Apollys Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:57 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 08:57 PM Signatures are gone now, right? (I can't find them.) Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:06 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:06 PM Turned them on - they'd got turned off in the upgrade for some reason. Quote
Apollys Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:07 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:07 PM A wild signature appeared! Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:08 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:08 PM Hang on, @realmayo, let me experiment with moving your post... Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:10 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:10 PM I don't know if I'm unusual in this, but the page I tended to go to was the 'show unread content' or 'recent activity' or something like that. The new equivalent page, even in 'condensed' view, shows also each instance of someone liking a topic and I wonder whether giving a line for each such notification there might end up clogging the page up once the forums are back up to full speed? Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:10 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:10 PM What's going on? It just said my previous content has been restored. Keep your grubby hands off my stuff, admin! Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:14 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:14 PM Go here for discussion on Activity Streams. Quote
Guest realmayo Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:16 PM Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:16 PM OK it was odd, I clicked in the reply box and that previous post appeared as text. Quote
roddy Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:20 PM Author Report Posted January 16, 2017 at 09:20 PM Looks like it automatically saves anything you type in the editor if you don't post it. 1 Quote
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