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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 4, 2013 19:37:21 GMT
Sorry about the new look guys, it was forced on us as an "upgrade" and a BETA upgrade at that..... It seems a little bit buggy and I'm trying my best to sort things out so please bear with me.
Any comments welcomed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 20:02:43 GMT
Must be like starting from scratch Mike. Seems they've banged out a basic standard and left it you sort out their mess! Should have issued an upgrade package that would take on most of the parameters you had in place before. I can confrim Wills comment on admin. access, can I press this button..................oops, sorry The screen shot below shows I'm in and I also entered the sub-menus. Er, can't attach anything, " Error: This forum has exceeded its attachment space limit. Your file cannot be uploaded." off to photobucket, back in a mo..... OK, yertiz,
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 4, 2013 20:14:31 GMT
Yes Chris, You will have access to those features..... that's a stripped down admin panel for the "been here a while" members who have limited access to stuff. The main control panel is a lot more involved and has a "are you sure you want to delete this forum" button You're right, I HAVE been thrown in at the fekkin' deep end! I don't even recognise the place.... this is not a seamless integration this is a FEKK YOU! All new / singing and dancing wankfest of a thing..... I can't see ONE new feature that I either need OR want.... it's slower to load, it's buggy and I feel like it's somebody else's forum I've stumbled across. This is going to take WEEKS to fine tune. I think we can all now navigate around the joint again though? Easy enough to post? The new search engine is a lot better? Thank god everything's still here, for one moment last night I thought the entire joint was being wiped out.... it took about 3 HOURS to "upgrade" from a perfectly good forum to a bomb site of a joint with added "Oprah Winfrey" and "Beyonce" news feeds..... What a fekkin' rum do!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 4, 2013 20:30:03 GMT
OK..... no point whining about it... we have been dealt "V5" and we either let "V5" defeat us or we pick up the pieces and show "V5" that we are strong and it won't divide us We will fight V5 on the beaches, on the pavements, in the supermarkets, on the sofa...... V5 will NOT weaken us, we will grow stronger, we will adapt and we will conquer. This is STILL Rock Grotto..... the colours may have changed, "Beyonce" may be in an unwanted news feed, Oprah Winfrey may be having trouble with her piles BUT we are the same people who made this forum great! It may seem like a bomb zone at the moment but we will work together and overcome V5....... Altogether now....... Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile smile...... Let me hear you! Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves! All the ladies in the house say "Wayooooooo" All the men in the house shout "oi oi!" I really need to get a life
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 21:14:32 GMT
Hi Mike, can you insert a non standard background? When I look at the source code I can't see an entry for background but then I'm no html guru. The gif. under when tiled across a page is to my liking but probably not to others here. Sorry but I don't like web pages with dark colours. Regards, Alan
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Post by gommer on Feb 4, 2013 21:31:02 GMT
Hehe, the background reminds me of 70's wallpaper, that seems to be trendy these days. /edit: it's turned white with a speckled background now. Think Mike's experimenting
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 4, 2013 21:37:06 GMT
Hehe, the background reminds me of 70's wallpaper, that seems to be trendy these days. /edit: it's turned white with a speckled background now. Think Mike's experimenting I'll happily let you into the engine room if you can help. Mike.
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Post by gommer on Feb 4, 2013 21:51:54 GMT
Hehe, the background reminds me of 70's wallpaper, that seems to be trendy these days. /edit: it's turned white with a speckled background now. Think Mike's experimenting I'll happily let you into the engine room if you can help. Mike. Sorry Mike, I'm not a design guru I'm afraid. My sympathy is with you for this dreaded job ahead.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 4, 2013 21:54:18 GMT
No worries Marc.
It's looking a bit better now.
Mike.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 23:19:36 GMT
No worries Marc. It's looking a bit better now. Mike. Mike You've worked wonders compared to the wilderness I entered last night, big improvement even on earlier today. Just need to get used to the new look now Syd
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Post by Seamus on Feb 4, 2013 23:28:37 GMT
Totally agree with this, it looks better every time I come back compared to last nights abortion
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 5, 2013 16:05:32 GMT
Aha! I'm getting the hang of this now The forum should now appear "wider" on all screens?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 5, 2013 17:16:00 GMT
I think I'm starting to prefer this I like the new "quote" look where the person's avatar appears in the quote.... looking better too now I stretched it a bit That narrow look was just awful! Mike.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 5, 2013 17:16:41 GMT
I think I'm starting to prefer this I like the new "quote" look where the person's avatar appears in the quote.... looking better too now I stretched it a bit That narrow look was just awful! Mike. Yeh.... that's cool
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2013 18:39:07 GMT
I think I'm starting to prefer this I like the new "quote" look where the person's avatar appears in the quote.... looking better too now I stretched it a bit That narrow look was just awful! Mike. Yeh.... that's cool That reminds me of when RG first started up. I wondered what the hell was going on!! It looks a lot better now, Mike and I must admit there are some nice features. I like the bookmarking. We have lost the 'last 25 posts' tab which is a shame but it seems to be ok. Can the 'shout' area self clean or does it just roll on and get bigger and bigger?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2013 18:44:57 GMT
Yeah, it's more like the older version with benefits now. Bookmarking is good and the "last 25 posts" has been replaced by a superior "Recent Posts" or "Recent Threads".
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 5, 2013 19:28:55 GMT
Yeh.... that's cool That reminds me of when RG first started up. I wondered what the hell was going on!! Yeh, so did I! That was back in 2003, amazing how time flies eh? Only seems like yesterday since I was saying "hello" to myself Right at the bottom you'll find a "recent posts" button.... try it The "shout" area can be cleaned by admin and "been here a while" members.... shall I reinstate it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2013 19:45:50 GMT
Do you think we should wait to see how big it gets before it's a pain in the ares to scroll through? I also noticed this 'following' business. Makes me think of perverts so I followed you too!!! Ninja Rabbit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2013 20:50:17 GMT
Hi Mike Have you made the shitbox members only ? I tried it yesterday after logging out and I cpuld still read it. Kind Regards Alex
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 5, 2013 20:51:47 GMT
Hi Mike Have you made the shitbox members only ? I tried it yesterday after logging out and I cpuld still read it. Kind Regards Alex Try it again Alex, It should be members only now? All the best, Mike.
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Post by rassama on Feb 5, 2013 22:19:25 GMT
Mike and Ian are now trapped in an infinite following loop Other than that everything looks pretty good.
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Post by jonclancy on Feb 5, 2013 22:37:16 GMT
Looking MUCH better now!
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Post by chris1967 on Feb 6, 2013 7:11:23 GMT
Wow!! Fantastic new look!! Like the description you gave me Mike!!! Thanks!!
I am getting to know this still... i haven't stumbled into any problems!!
Oh... where is the new posts button?
Great work!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2013 10:16:25 GMT
Its really well sorted Mike, in record time I think we've lost the 'Preview' facility when making new posts though? Syd
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Post by mrarroyo on Feb 6, 2013 10:54:44 GMT
I though the forum was compromised and did not log in for two days! Sent an email to Alex and then had to reset my password. All seems to be good now.
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