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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Random Chit Chat => Topic started by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 07:42:06

Title: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 07:42:06: The new website is ready to "GO LIVE". Before we do this we want everyone
to try it out and test all the features to make sure it works fine. This way we can
sort out any bugs before we switch over.

http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/index.php (http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/index.php)

Please post any issues here

Your current passwords should work
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 09:43:58: Just a few things as I need to go shower then shop.

1. Intrasite links still point back to this board, as they would of course. They'll need looking at and I can fix those

3. Moderator edits show date & time of edit in the post. Would be better if there was an option to hide this

7. More later when I've played
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Dazzler on November 16, 2008, 10:12:46: Apart from the Avatars being a bit small and missing the brightly coloured ticks for unread posts all seems good to me.

The ever observant Shambles won't leave any stone unturned...I'm sure 8-)
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: r5e on November 16, 2008, 10:29:44: Quote from: "Shambles"
Just a few things as I need to go shower then shop.

1. Intrasite links still point back to this board, as they would of course. They'll need looking at and I can fix those

3. Moderator edits show date & time of edit in the post. Would be better if there was an option to hide this

4. Notifications of new replies to a post do not happen. No email received

5. Selecting a PM to read shows all other PMs attached to it, making it look like one huge PM

Shambles, excellent points and that is exactly why it is important to have real people look at these things prior to implementation.

1. When the site is moved to the new host, it will still have the same URL once it re-delegates... actually, no that is not quite true... i30Dave wants to have the forum sitting in /forum and a static site in the root folder. So, you are right, any links that are internal will need to have /forum in them. If you could find and edit these, that would be good, but it may be a large task...

3. There is probably an option - I've only really been working on all the backend server stuff and I have not really looked at the admin configuration yet, but I'm sure i30Dave will.

5. Yeah, that is a little strange. I guess it is a feature, by design, but it is not familar behaviour. Again, there may be an option for this in the admin config somewhere.

Keep 'em coming, it woud be good to get as many bugs ironed out as possible before it goes live.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 11:21:13: Can't find how to change 5. or 3.

Somebody's found the calender :lol:
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: r5e on November 16, 2008, 12:09:22: I too can't find any options to change 3 &5 in the default admin config. There may be a mod for it, but I'm not that familiar with SMF. Still, it's not a show-stopper at the moment. Any others?
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Hemmi on November 16, 2008, 12:15:05: Nice work

Ive noticed that avatars are automaticly scaled to 150x120 pixels.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: VFouR on November 16, 2008, 12:38:25: On mine the User/Password looks:-

(http://www.ausi70.dsl.pipex.com/login.jpg)
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 12:48:26: Quote from: "bill03"
On mine the User/Password looks:-

(http://www.ausi70.dsl.pipex.com/login.jpg)

What screen resolution are you using
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 13:06:08: As an aside, the main googlemap link has gone, although the secondary link (to google) is fine.

http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/in ... 183.0.html (http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/index.php/topic,183.0.html)

At last we can sticky topics like that too
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: r5e on November 16, 2008, 13:06:43: This is a good point. At 800x600 (the lowest common denominator of web design), the login box becomes invisible, completely covered by the logo. At 1024x768, it is visible, but with an edge trimmed off. I'd guess bill03 is some strange resolution between these 2, perhaps in a window that is not full sized to the screen. While these days most of us have high res screens, there are still a few that don't. It may be hard to mess with the theme to allow for these lower resolutions, but I'll leave that to i30dave.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 13:09:08: Quote from: "Shambles"
As an aside, the main googlemap link has gone, although the secondary link (to google) is fine.

http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/in ... 183.0.html (http://i30ownersclub.fyvie.org/forum/index.php/topic,183.0.html)

At last we can sticky topics like that too :D
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: VFouR on November 16, 2008, 13:11:11: I was using IE NOT at full screen though, hence the problem. I'm running at 1400*1050 and at FULL screen all is ok.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Hemmi on November 16, 2008, 13:13:17: Quote from: "i30Dave"
Quote from: "Hemmi"
Nice work :?
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 16, 2008, 13:14:24: Quote from: "Hemmi"
Quote from: "i30Dave"
Quote from: "Hemmi"
Nice work :?

The devil made me do it
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 13:22:45: You can upload a highly detailed pic from your PC/mac and the forum squeezes it to the optimum for viewing. I uploaded a 1270*1050 avatar and it got resized perfectly to 150*120
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Hemmi on November 16, 2008, 13:36:03: Quote from: "Shambles"
You can upload a highly detailed pic from your PC/mac and the forum squeezes it to the optimum for viewing. I uploaded a 1270*1050 avatar and it got resized perfectly to 150*120 :?
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/hermannh/Picture1-7.png)

How clever is this forum board? can it detect what side of the picture is the longest and only adjust that side to the minimum.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Hemmi on November 16, 2008, 13:46:23: also noticed that some older post's and replies are missing some text or pictures, but I guess thats normal

And another thing, how will the star and title system work?
Will the stars and title update along with posts ?
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/hermannh/Picture2-5.png)
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 13:54:45: Yes there has been loss of text, and not just on older posts.

Compare the banter Dazz and I were having in the ATTENTION thread, regarding the removal of attachments.

In response to him saying he doesn't post much, I said what a little liar he was. My text is not there. Later in the same thread Dazz said something which again, has been lost.

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ShamblesX/Various/16-11-200813-52-55.jpg)

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/ShamblesX/Various/16-11-200813-53-33.jpg)
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: eye30 on November 16, 2008, 15:21:21: I presume the green tick indicates unread posts. If so do I need to enter each and every one to show read?

Some of the writting is missing in top right.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 15:24:44: Quote from: "eye30"
I presume the green tick indicates unread posts. If so do I need to enter each and every one to show read?
Scroll right down to the bottom. At the right hand side is a link that says "Mark ALL messages as read"
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 16:29:12: Quote from: "i30Dave"
Can't find how to change 5. or 3.

Quote from the HELP pages

Quote
Note that most forums are likely to be configured to show the date and time of the last edit, but the administrator(s) may also allow a short period to elapse before this happens
Which suggests that it might be possible to turn off edit marks. Not that it matters that much
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: r5e on November 16, 2008, 22:35:49: Quote from: "Shambles"
3. Moderator edits show date & time of edit in the post. Would be better if there was an option to hide this

I think I found this under the theme settings. It should really be able to be changed in permissions per user group, but I guess while SMF is an improvement, it can't have everything (especially since it's free).

Oh - also BTW, all posts made in the new forum will be overwritten once it gets properly moved over.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: Shambles on November 16, 2008, 22:45:13: Quote from: "r5e"
Oh - also BTW, all posts made in the new forum will be overwritten once it gets properly moved over.
Understood
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 17, 2008, 00:06:56: Quote from: "eye30"
I presume the green tick indicates unread posts. If so do I need to enter each and every one to show read?

Some of the writting is missing in top right.

the green ticks are new posts. The first time you login to the new site
have a quick to see if there are any posts you haven't read and then
scroll down to the bottom and click on mark messages read.

The login area in the top right corner should be fixed. If any one is using
a screen resolution smaller than 1024 or are not viewing the site in full screen
then there is not much we can do.
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: eye30 on November 17, 2008, 12:46:03: Quote from: "i30Dave"
Quote from: "eye30"
I presume the green tick indicates unread posts. If so do I need to enter each and every one to show read?

Some of the writting is missing in top right.

The login area in the top right corner should be fixed. If any one is using
a screen resolution smaller than 1024 or are not viewing the site in full screen
then there is not much we can do.

My screen res is 1024 x 768. and viewing full screen.

Any further advice otherwise I'll just accept?
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: i30Dave on November 17, 2008, 12:56:00: Quote from: "eye30"
Quote from: "i30Dave"
Quote from: "eye30"
I presume the green tick indicates unread posts. If so do I need to enter each and every one to show read?

Some of the writting is missing in top right.

The login area in the top right corner should be fixed. If any one is using
a screen resolution smaller than 1024 or are not viewing the site in full screen
then there is not much we can do.

My screen res is 1024 x 768. and viewing full screen.

Any further advice otherwise I'll just accept?

It should look fine now i've tested at 1024
Title: Re: NEW SITE TESTING
Post by: eye30 on November 17, 2008, 13:09:38: Quote from: "i30Dave"
It should look fine now i've tested at 1024

Just looked.

Can see all now.
Great jopb being done by all.

Question:
In the log in screen you can tick a box to "Always stay logged in:"

I presume this to overide the "Minutes to stay logged in:"

Also, when you log out this is disabled as when you log in next time you need to retick.