Does vB3 suck?

[TheHolo.Net]

Lets post a poll to see how they work.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Discussing the poll from the sidebar. Hey it works!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Wow. So how does this work, having it here and on the sidebar?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You can still only vote once. Per name. ;)

[Arya Ravenwing]

*browses*

Ooh the quick reply won't let you reply if your reply is too short!

*says reply a few more times for fun*

Reply reply reply!

[TheHolo.Net]

Wow. So how does this work, having it here and on the sidebar?
They are the same poll. The sidebar just pulls from and adds its info to this thread.


*browses*

Ooh the quick reply won't let you reply if your reply is too short!

*says reply a few more times for fun*

Reply reply reply!
I currently have the minimum post text set to 10 characters.

[Dasquian Belargic]

They are the same poll. The sidebar just pulls from and adds its info to this thread.

Is there some option in the admin control panel to select which poll appears there?

[TheHolo.Net]

Is there some option in the admin control panel to select which poll appears there?It just pulls the most recent poll. I do believe there are some options for forum IDs to exclude from the sidebar though. So polls posted in specified forums will never show on the sidebar.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I had to revote ;)

[Kelly Perris]

Liam just messaged me and informed me that for some reason he's getting a message that says he's banned indefinately. Odd, no?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah we had to get rid of some of the dead weight around here.

j/k

I have no idea why he'd get that message. :uhoh

[TheHolo.Net]

It should be fixed now. It was my mistake, something I left unfinished.

[Kelly Perris]

Dead weight...haha. Oh, lil. You crack me up sometimes.

[Liam Jinn]

Yeah, she's a real hoot. :\

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:hug

I was only joking, you big goof.

[TheHolo.Net]

Ahhh man, kittys lost the lead.

[Kelly Perris]

Chris, go eat something. It's easier to take a joke when your stomach's happy. :p

[Liam Jinn]

:hug

I was only joking, you big goof.


I know :p

I realise I'm basically priceless 'round these parts :D

And I'm really not all that hungry

[TheHolo.Net]

Chris, go eat something. It's easier to take a joke when your stomach's happy. :pCalling people Chris around here can be confusing. I am one and know there are several others. ^_^;

[Kelly Perris]

I only call Liam Chris when he's complaining that he's hungry. :p

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah my name is Chris too.

Ok, its not, but I didn't want to be left out. :(

[Liam Jinn]

*pats LD on the head*

It's alright, not everyone can be perfect.

:)

[Kelly Perris]

I know for a fact i'm not perfect. In fact, I have an anti-perfection complex.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

My name has 'Chris' in it, and a few people I know call me Chris - does that count?

[Park Kraken]

I'm not sure if I like this or not. I kept getting re-directed for a 404 error page when I logged in. I pressed back about twenty five times before it stopped.

[TheHolo.Net]

Login issues aren't really unexpected. Cookies are kinda messy with the old board and this one being on the same domain. Once the site gets over to the main URL things should improve.

And for now, I think its best to use the www.sw-fans.net URL instead of www.swforums.net.

[Yog]

Liam just messaged me and informed me that for some reason he's getting a message that says he's banned indefinately. Odd, no?

It happened to me as well. It seems to be fixed now :)

[Dalamar DeSang]

oh wise and might board. I can only read my titles in my private messages. Am I supposed to click on something to read the actual message?

[TheHolo.Net]

I think PMs are hit or miss. Looks like the import messed them up. You'll have to delete them.

[Terran Starek]

I like it, but I miss the old styles. It's back to old blue for now! :D

[Father Barton]

I'm undecided it is much like swrpg where I also hang out and there is only one major delike I have there. It may be because I'm stupid or just don't under stand it. The one thing I liked best about the old board was the fact that the buddy list was right on the side of your control panel where it is not anymore.

Also the buddy list does not have the option to pm anymore wich kind of sucks cause now I have copy there name into the header which takes longer. If there is a quicker way I just haven't figured it out yet.

[TheHolo.Net]

I will look into the PM options for buddies. I know there is one. As for the buddy list, if enough people want it, I can put it in the leftside bar that you see on the forum index and in threadlist pages.

[Jude]

I will look into the PM options for buddies. I know there is one. As for the buddy list, if enough people want it, I can put it in the leftside bar that you see on the forum index and in threadlist pages.

I'd definitely like to have that.

Also, I just noticed that the emoticons don't appear on the 'Reply to Thread' page :huh

[Kelly Perris]

My name has 'Chris' in it, and a few people I know call me Chris - does that count?

I dunno...Are you hungry? ;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Those of you who are voting 'Yes', please tell us why, so that we can fix whatever is sucking.

[TheHolo.Net]

I'd definitely like to have that.

Also, I just noticed that the emoticons don't appear on the 'Reply to Thread' page :huhSwitch to the enhanced or the WISIWYG posting interface to see the smilies/emoticons. Its done via

UserCP - options

And then near the bottom.

[Sen Oisel]

Its going to take some getting used to, because I liked the old styles.

[TheHolo.Net]

Many of the old styles will be ported over, but it will take some time.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

We thank you for your patience in advance. :)

[Nathanial K'cansce]

No love for monkeys. :(

[Yog]

Yeah, she's a real hoot. :\


I only call Liam Chris when he's complaining that he's hungry. :p


No love for monkeys. :(

Trying this multi quote feature..

Oh, I really like how this new interface looks and all the new functions. It just takes some getting used. Learning through experimenting.

I love in particular:

* Buttons to collapse sections
* Post icons
* Reputation system
* Multi quote
* Usernotes

+ tons of other features that I keep discovering

[TheHolo.Net]

We have a rss feed I believe, a pda compatible style, and lots 'o other stuff too with the new version.

[TheHolo.Net]

Also the buddy list does not have the option to pm anymore wich kind of sucks cause now I have copy there name into the header which takes longer. If there is a quicker way I just haven't figured it out yet.I've added the buddy list module to the left column. It has a PM link to buddies in it for Registered users.

I can also add that left column to the usercp if deemed as wanted but it would be the entire left column.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:thumbup It looks great to me.

[Estelle Russard]

I like the new set up too. Lots of bells and whistles to look over.

[Estelle Russard]

Btw, where are these usernotes?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Look at your public profile.

[Estelle Russard]

Thank you, found them.

What are they for? (I cant seem to figure how to do anything to them)

edit: Nevermind - I found further answers in this thread:
http://www.sw-fans.net/vb3root/forum/showthread.php?t=15311

[Aurelias Kazaar]

One thing I do like is the fact when we get our email notifications (whether they be regarding PMs or Subscribed threads) the text of the post (or pm) is in the email.

I like that feature

[Mandy with an I]

This really reminds me of all the other SW messages boards; there's a lot of bells and whistles that I don't think I will ever use. :-/

And I'll be happier once I can stop typing in my user names to login :mad

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You don't have to use all the new features. Its not required. Most of them can simply be ignored if you wish.

Do also keep in mind that everything is still being tweaked by the Master of the Boards, Ogre.

[Mandy with an I]

You don't have to use all the new features. Its not required. Most of them can simply be ignored if you wish.

Do also keep in mind that everything is still being tweaked by the Master of the Boards, Ogre.

I know things are still being tweaked, but it is annoying having to login when you're used to using a password manager :)

[Crowley]

Are you using Firefox, Mandy? I only had to log in once on each of my names, then after that just double-click the 'user name' field and a little list of my accounts came up, passwords stored.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I can usually do that too with firefox, Crows, but for some reason I haven't been able to since we switched. Maybe something in my preferences got toggled that I'm not aware of.

[Mandy with an I]

I use Mozilla, and usually it pops right up anytime I log into any site - I think it might be because we're "sharing" a domain or something? o_O Also, having my sig in my post because I forget to unclick the box = lame.

[TheHolo.Net]

I use Mozilla, and usually it pops right up anytime I log into any site - I think it might be because we're "sharing" a domain or something? o_O Also, having my sig in my post because I forget to unclick the box = lame.Such issues should go away after things are more complete and we remove the "vb3root" part from the URL.

[Liam Jinn]

Hey can you put the index page in that quicklink deally at the top of the page? My finger is getting tired from scrolling down.

[Estelle Russard]

Do we still have "view new threads" "view new posts" links someplace?

[TheHolo.Net]

Hey can you put the index page in that quicklink deally at the top of the page? My finger is getting tired from scrolling down.Probably so. I'll look into that and have it there fairly soon.


Do we still have "view new threads" "view new posts" links someplace?Near the top of the page is the 'navbar'. A colored bar with text links and menus on it. On the nevabar, close to the middle is the 'New Posts' link. :)

[Hera]

Near the top of the page is the 'navbar'. A colored bar with text links and menus on it. On the nevabar, close to the middle is the 'New Posts' link. :)

Well, yes its in a very obvious place :o

Thanks!

The only trouble with new fancy changes is it takes me so long to find my way aboot :mischief

[Crystal]

As long as I can have my simple Blues style set any upgrades or fancy repuation features are just fine with me.


Edit: Am I retarded or is there no way to make the sidebar go away on the forum pages? I don't think I like it. I see that you can minimize the sections.

[TheHolo.Net]

Making it optional is on my to do list.

[Ryan Pode]

It feels very cluttered. The side bars, the message icons, just all feels crammed.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

That's a style set thing, which eventually will probably be fixed to your liking in a new style.

The way that vB3 implements styles and our old vB2 software inplemented them is very different, however, and we are having to re-learn how to create styles. So just because we had a paticular style before we upgraded doesn't mean its simple and easy to move it over to the 'new' board. It'll take time.

[TheHolo.Net]

The sidebar(s) are now colapsable via clicking little icons near the top of the respective sidebar.

[Crystal]

Who changed my blues style banner? :cry


YAY sidebars gone! I didn't mind one but two just made the forum too narrow. I also like the fact that I can get them back any time if I want to, without changing an option in my profile or something.

[Morgan Evanar]

I don't like it because I haven't figured out how to edit stylesets yet.

[TheHolo.Net]

We are now back on our original URL. If you are having any account issues like logging in, delete any cookies for sw-fans.net and swforums.net and then try again.

For multiple URL/character per addy users: There are still some links on pages that will force you to go to www.sw-fans.net. Be wary of this so you don't accidentally post with the wrong character.

[Ramoth Ocran]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but I hope they did and I'm just being redundant. I'm only pointing this out because I've fallen into it several times already. With the Sith Order theme, the main banner is supposed to have hotspots I assume, but if you click on it, it just sends you to the main forums page. I checked and none of the other themes have places on the main banner for hotspots like TSO does.

[TheHolo.Net]

Currently that banner is an exact copy of the one we had on the old vB2 forums. The image mapped links have been purposely removed as they are mostly redundant and/or incompatible with vB3.

It will be remade at some point in the future to be up-to-date with the new forum software.

As a note; Pretty much all of the styles we currently have are incomplete conversions from our old board. There are bound to be anomolies and unmatching items.

[Shawn]

We have a rss feed I believe, a pda compatible style, and lots 'o other stuff too with the new version.Which one is pda compatible?

[TheHolo.Net]

I don't think you can post via PDA with it though.

http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/archive/index.php?pda=1