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TheMusicMan
05.07.2008, 17:42
http://www.themouthpiece.com/images/tmp_news_icon.gifHiya All
Well, we're back...!! and we managed to get a fair amount of the upgrade stuff completed, but there is a lot more that we need to finish. So, can I ask everyone to pop a post in here if you spot anything you feel is missing from what used to be there, and I can then set about sorting it out for you - in pretty much the same manner as we have during previous upgrades.
Hope you like the new fresh style, it will make things much easier for me to manage going forward.
I appreciate there's a lot still to do, such as banners, adverts, home page layout etc, but we've been at it for 6 hours and we're all done for today. I am away tomorrow and can look to complete any outstanding items during the week. We also thought that we should re-open tMP despite not having everything finished or as ready as I would have liked, the site though is fully functional.
Thanks for your patience, and hope you enjoy the new look. Keep an eye out for new features and functions over the coming days.
John and the Team.
MightyForester
05.07.2008, 18:35
Grand job on the update folks and hope you all had a good day.
My only query is the new brightness of the site.
I used to like the dark blue surrounding of the site.
Perhaps I need to get a pair of sunglasses now!?!?!?!
Well done anyway!!!
errr...john...theres a gay video in random chat you might wanna get rid of...:-S
brassneck
05.07.2008, 19:17
errr...john...theres a gay video in random chat you might wanna get rid of...:-S
- ssshh! (... that might have escaped from the mod boards during the upgrade! :tongue:).
Well done, John. It looks like the upgrade was successful. One question ... will there be any options to customize/change the display?
I actually quite like the 'graph paper' new look John.
brassneck
05.07.2008, 19:28
I see that the PM facilities have changed as well ...
errr...john...theres a gay video in random chat you might wanna get rid of...:-S
Not any longer! Thanks. A whole day off line, come back on, start "test driving" and as soon as John walks out the door to drive home, that's what I find on the board.
Very sorry folks anyone who came across that.
Not any longer! Thanks. A whole day off line, come back on, start "test driving" and as soon as John walks out the door to drive home, that's what I find on the board.
Very sorry folks anyone who came across that.
Its ok...ive just finished scrubbing out my eyes with soap :-S
Mike Saville
05.07.2008, 19:42
Nice work - I didn't really like the old front page to tMP - it is after all predominantly a forum and I was confused by some of the 'extra' bits'n'piece on the old front page. This new one is much cleaner and easier and makes it very clear what tMP is. Thanks for the update.
brassneck
05.07.2008, 22:57
Quite a lot of tMPers' avatars are not displaying.
Quite a lot of tMPers' avatars are not displaying.
Thanks. Another one for the list. :wink:
Ipswich trom
05.07.2008, 23:09
My tMP supporter badge is missing. :(
Ipswich trom
05.07.2008, 23:10
Several smilies not working either.;)
My tMP supporter badge is missing. :(
I'm not sure whether this is a case of the group isn't reset yet or whether you just need to redo your profile. Can you please have a go at this and let me know what happens?
http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16651
Ta. :)
Several smilies not working either.;)
Yup, thanks. They're definitely on the list. :)
TheMusicMan
05.07.2008, 23:25
Quite a lot of tMPers' avatars are not displaying.
I haven't updated the avatars yet - will do so when at home tomorrow evening rather than from wi-fi in caravan!!! :) it takes a long while and didn't want to time-out.
My tMP supporter badge is missing. :(
Will be sorted tomorrow too!
Sorry for the glitches...
One thing I do like is the sub-forums being at the top of the screen
The only 'Log Out' button I can see is at the bottom of the main forums page whereas it used to be in the blue bar at the top of every page. Is this intentional?
The only 'Log Out' button I can see is at the bottom of the main forums page whereas it used to be in the blue bar at the top of every page. Is this intentional?
No, it's not intentional, but again I'm afraid time ran away with us and left us. We're aware we're a few tabs missing and should be getting around to adding them in shortly. :)
No, it's not intentional, but again I'm afraid time ran away with us and left us. We're aware we're a few tabs missing and should be getting around to adding them in shortly. :)Cool. No probs.
I must say it all looks very clean and still pleasing to the eye although, I too, preferred the wide-screen version but I could quite easily get used to this.
Good work. (Insert thumbs up smilie - that isn't quite ready yet :)!!!!!)
Can I just ask - will an 'idiots guide' to the new/changed features/enhancements be available or will we just explore by ourselves not knowing what some things do?
John Brooks
06.07.2008, 02:56
So far looks good from here, other than the few little things previously mentioned. Good job.
Sonny Barker
06.07.2008, 06:40
I'm still a rubbish drummer with no girlfriend...
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 06:41
Can I just ask - will an 'idiots guide' to the new/changed features/enhancements be available or will we just explore by ourselves not knowing what some things do?
Hi Matt
The version of the software that we are now on is new to me too and there's loads of stuff here that I am not familiar with myself, however as we discover these new features and functions I'd be more than happy to come up with an 'idiots guide'. If you see something that looks cool though, please let us know yeah...:)
Ta.
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 07:01
My tMP supporter badge is missing. :(
All sorted... I had the directory containing the images pointed to incorrectly! This item should be sorted now and you should now see your supporter badge again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 07:42
How does the new friends thing work, John? Where does the list you are presented with in the control panel come from and will it be possible to recollect all your old friends?
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 08:05
How does the new friends thing work, John? Where does the list you are presented with in the control panel come from and will it be possible to recollect all your old friends?
Hi Mike
Not 100% sure to be honest Mike as this version of the software is also new to me! I shall look into it at some point though.
ronnie_the_lizard
06.07.2008, 17:20
My only query is the new brightness of the site.
I used to like the dark blue surrounding of the site.
Perhaps I need to get a pair of sunglasses now!?!?!?!!
Yeah - a bit bright for me - but the black text is a little less straining.
The site looks great, lots of time and effort which I am sure all tmp-ers appreciate. Well done to all in TMP management!
Yeah - a bit bright for me - but the black text is a little less straining.
Yup - another vote for the black text, plus it's wide, which I like.
Well done to all concerned, these things are always nerve-wracking to get done (I know, because I'm holding off doing a similar upgrade to our bands website!).
Andy
emziesonic
06.07.2008, 17:47
Well done, this looks great, I prefer this new graph paper background!
Just one thing, is the whos online box gone forever, or is it just not been sorted yet?
emziesonic
06.07.2008, 17:54
Oh and is there going to be a 'home' button in the navigation bar?
Woops just found it!
Quite surprised by the new look, but I'll get used to it....
One thing I've noticed is that the "today's posts" when NOT logged on as a user generates a 404 error.
On thing I don't know if you have an option for is what gets displayed when you hover over a thread title. Currently you get the first post in the thread. I've always thought when I've seen it on other BBSs that it would be better to see the last post of the thread!
Neil.
steve butler
06.07.2008, 18:03
:cool: nice and bright :clap: I like it :biggrin:
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 18:28
I definitely like the black text style. It works much better on my laptop. I also like the full width.
I defo don't like the orange and blue! Yeuk!
brassneck
06.07.2008, 18:31
I definitely like the black text style. It works much better on my laptop. I also like the full width.
I defo don't like the orange and blue! Yeuk!
Same here ... contrast makes it easier to read. The friends facility seems to be okay, although I was expecting a pop-up confirmation of accepting any invitation.
There used to be a 'Go To Top' button at the bottom right of every post - will that be coming back?? It was very useful.
I'm also not allowed to post new threads - am I not loved any more?!?!?! :-(
Same here ... contrast makes it easier to read. The friends facility seems to be okay, although I was expecting a pop-up confirmation of accepting any invitation.
My vote goes to the black text too :-) that maybe because I like things centred rather than to one side though ;-) The new look seems pretty good though, nice and pared down which should make it even more user freindly. Well done guys!!
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 18:43
There used to be a 'Go To Top' button at the bottom right of every post - will that be coming back?? It was very useful.Certainly will be Matt... need to make a button and add to the code. It's on my list.
My vote goes to the black text too :-) that maybe because I like things centred rather than to one side though ;-) The new look seems pretty good though, nice and pared down which should make it even more user freindly. Well done guys!!Don't forget though that I will be adding the adverts and sponsor banners to the black text template too... need to try to get some £ back to at least cover costs.
There will soon be an option to subscribe to tMP which will then turn off most of the banners. Interested...?
brassneck
06.07.2008, 18:44
What does everybody think of the new feature in your user profile ... that of being able to know who has been viewing it recently? (it's on the bottom right side). If you click on someone's user profile it will publicly log you as a visitor to that page for all to see.
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 18:47
John,
As a subscriber already will I have to resubscribe to lose the ads?
Can someone explain the difference between quote and multiquote?
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 18:48
Some people like to know who has been looking at their profile.
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 18:48
Not tried that yet. However, I quite like the friends thing - as long as I don't have to go through and add everybody all over again!
Will there be notifications of friedns who might want to add you and of when you are accepted by someone as a friend?
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 18:50
John,
As a subscriber already will I have to resubscribe to lose the ads?
Can someone explain the difference between quote and multiquote?
1 - possibly Mike... not too sure. It's a new feature you see, and one that isn't implemented as yet and as such you haven't really paid for it. However, I do understand that you are a regular subscriber and as such, for people such as yourself it is likely to get added to the current list of benefits of subscribing :tup
2 - quote = quote just a single post, whereas multiquote = quote from multiple posts. If you want to try multiquote, click on the multiquote button on say two or three posts, then click the quote button on the final post you want to quote, and all the items you quoted from each of the individual threads get quoted in your new reply. Make sense...?
Sorry - I edited my post above (#37) to say:-
"I'm also not allowed to post new threads - am I not loved any more?!?!?! :-("
but I'm not sure if anybody spotted it.
Is there something I need to change to allow me this privilege?
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 18:55
Sorry - I edited my post above (#37) to say:-
"I'm also not allowed to post new threads - am I not loved any more?!?!?! :-("
but I'm not sure if anybody spotted it.
Is there something I need to change to allow me this privilege?No reason why you're not able to do this Matt... which area are you trying to post a new thread in? and what happens when you try to do this?
No reason why you're not able to do this Matt... which area are you trying to post a new thread in? and what happens when you try to do this?Oops - I was trying to start a new thread in the 'tmp News and Announcements" Forum - which I assume is reserved only for important people :oops: - Sorry
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 19:31
I did get cut off out of the land of the living for a while and it was a very uncomfortable place to be. I thought the pope had benned limbo!
brassneck
06.07.2008, 19:41
I thought the pope had benned limbo!
- I hope it didn't hurt ... :oops: (... 'benned' must be a Southern thing!)
mikelyons
06.07.2008, 19:52
OK Smarty pants. Too much red wine! :-)
Just a thought for everybody. A suggestion, really. Don't have your date of birth on display publicly on this or any other website. That is one of the most common items used by fraudsters to steal your identity. I think it might be displayed by default. Mine shouldn't be displayed now, but it was.
Aardvark
06.07.2008, 19:55
Thanks tMP team for your work on this - obviously a lot of time and effort has been put in and it seems (from this side) to have gone very smoothly :clap:
If you get the chance could you add the 'Previous thread/Next thread' to the top of the page again, as well as at the bottom.
ps I like the blue/orange !
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 19:55
OK Smarty pants. Too much red wine! :-)
Just a thought for everybody. A suggestion, really. Don't have your date of birth on display publicly on this or any other website. That is one of the most common items used by fraudsters to steal your identity. I think it might be displayed by default. Mine shouldn't be displayed now, but it was.
Too much white wine for me Mike... :wink:
Good idea re the DoB though, that's a fair point and should be heeded.
TheMusicMan
06.07.2008, 19:56
Thanks tMP team for your work on this - obviously a lot of time and effort has been put in and it seems (from this side) to have gone very smoothly :clap:
If you get the chance could you add the 'Previous thread/Next thread' to the top of the page again, as well as at the bottom.
ps I like the blue/orange !
Hi Elspeth - of course, no probs with doing that. I'll put it on my list. :tup
flugtastic
06.07.2008, 22:51
Thanks for the upgrade guys! i like it a lot better than the old 1! just a quick question, on the old Tmp you could see who was online at the bottom of the front page, is there any way of doing this now or am i just havng a blonde moment and cant see it?? thanks xxx
Anno Draconis
06.07.2008, 23:06
Is the "Your Notifications" thing in the top RH new, or has it alwasy been there and I'm just too thick to have noticed?
Also, what's a "Friend Request"? Is this a new feature? What does it do? Again, it's possible it's been there all the time it took a new colour scheme for me to spot it :oops:
brassneck
06.07.2008, 23:22
I've noticed that the 'report offensive post' is back where it used to be ... on the bottom left side of the post (the red triangle). Not that there's anything that shouldn't be on this family forum at this moment in time (already reported!!) :rolleyes:
Is the "Your Notifications" thing in the top RH new, or has it alwasy been there and I'm just too thick to have noticed?
I think this is new. It notifies you of incoming "friend" requests, and possibly (I don't know because I don't use it) of posts in subscribed threads.
Also, what's a "Friend Request"? Is this a new feature? What does it do? Again, it's possible it's been there all the time it took a new colour scheme for me to spot it :oops: Similar to the old "my mates" list, you can add someone to your contacts/friends list.
ian perks
06.07.2008, 23:55
its look's ok to me;But ive been with one of the best cornet players to play in a brass band today and phew what a player he is.:woo
brassneck
07.07.2008, 00:01
its look's ok to me;But ive been with one of the best cornet players to play in a brass band today and phew what a player he is.:woo
It must have been quite an homour to meet up with Chris Jaudes :rolleyes:
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 07:55
Thanks tMP team for your work on this - obviously a lot of time and effort has been put in and it seems (from this side) to have gone very smoothly :clap:
If you get the chance could you add the 'Previous thread/Next thread' to the top of the page again, as well as at the bottom.
ps I like the blue/orange ! Will do.
its look's ok to me;But ive been with one of the best cornet players to play in a brass band today and phew what a player he is.:woo... and this has, errm... what exactly... to do with the original post...?
steve butler
07.07.2008, 08:15
I really like the new look player profiles, the friends pictures (yes even I have some) brighten it up.
I will have to try and be nice to more people so I can have as many friends as Mike Lyons :wink:
My next project must be to create an album, may take a while :D
Hells Bones
07.07.2008, 08:39
Just to let you know....
The Subscribed Threads link took me to an error page this morning.
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 09:20
Just to let you know....
The Subscribed Threads link took me to an error page this morning.Hi HB - can you explain exactly what you did please so I can try to replicate this.
Thanks... :tup
Hells Bones
07.07.2008, 09:22
Seems to be working fine now.
At the time I clicked on the "Quick Links" drop down menu and then clicked on "Subscribed Threads" and got an error page.
Hasn't done it since though.
steve butler
07.07.2008, 09:22
I've just used quick links drop down menu for todays posts and also got error message.
I've been getting this occasionaly and put it down to teething probs.
Accidental
07.07.2008, 09:23
Looking good!
I haven't found any big glitches or error messages browsing round the site, which is good news. The only anomalies I've noticed is that several avatars aren't showing (presumably will be fixed as the upgrades complete) and the tabs across the top blue bars go weird if you change window size - something to do with the word wrap? eg. at the moment it looks like this:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm181/alex-vicary/random%20stuff/screenshot.jpg
The new user functions, multiple quotes etc seem to be the same as the other forum I spend way too much time on (!) - if I could figure out how to use them they must be pretty intuitive and user-friendly :)
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 09:27
Hi Alex - Di has reported that wrap-around error to me too, and I thought it was to do with having a small resolution selected on your monitor as I don't see this on my Mac... see screenshot.
I will look to tidy up the Navigation Bar then (sorry Di :) )
1656
John
Hi,
Just having a click through and the members list button just gives an error page
Hope this helps
Sam
Doh! It does now!!
Ah well!!
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 10:55
Hi,
Just having a click through and the members list button just gives an error page
Hope this helps
Sam
Hi Sam
It didn't work when you tried this from the Home page, but did work when you tried it from the Forum page... that right? I've corrected this now and it should work from whichever page you select it from.
Thanks for reporting this. :tup
Hi Sam
It didn't work when you tried this from the Home page, but did work when you tried it from the Forum page... that right? I've corrected this now and it should work from whichever page you select it from.
Thanks for reporting this. :tup
Ah yes, that must of been the problem :). Glad to help!
Liamhorn
07.07.2008, 18:16
Great transformation guys, looks excellent.
LeDragon
07.07.2008, 21:27
I think the new features are very good. When using tMP black text though there seems to be no link to the predictions, tMP fun etc. Is there a reason for this?
emziesonic
07.07.2008, 21:33
Hiya,
Is there going to be a whos online box at the bottom of the homepage or is this gone?
Well done to everyone in the team involved in the upgrade!
LeDragon
07.07.2008, 21:53
I think the new features are very good. When using tMP black text though there seems to be no link to the predictions, tMP fun etc. Is there a reason for this?
Also, will the hover facility to view playing history be returning?
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 22:02
Also, will the hover facility to view playing history be returning?It should Gaz, as long as I can stay off the wine and figure out how to code it for the new templates... :):biggrin:
LeDragon
07.07.2008, 22:04
It should Gaz, as long as I can stay off the wine and figure out how to code it for the new templates... :):biggrin:
Nice one, cheers John :tup
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 22:04
Hiya,
Is there going to be a whos online box at the bottom of the homepage or is this gone?
Well done to everyone in the team involved in the upgrade!
Do you not see it Emm? I have added a screenshot of what I see.
The 'Who's online' box appears if you click on 'Forums', but not if you click on 'Home'...
TheMusicMan
07.07.2008, 22:23
Ahhhh... but Home is the tMP Home page, and is not the forum. The who's online is only available from the forum pages.
LeDragon
07.07.2008, 22:39
There doesn't appear to be a link to 'Home' on tMP black text btw
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 06:42
There doesn't appear to be a link to 'Home' on tMP black text btwI know, thanks.
I want tMP_2008 to be the main style for the site, and as such I am considering options for how I enable black text - but that I only have to apply all the edits and customisations made (which I have yet to complete) to the single style and not have to repeat the process for both styles.
Watch this space...!
HI,
I don't think this has been mentioned yet.
he IBEW forum doesn't seem to have the new template configured. Is this deliberate. On my PC it comes up with an orange background and very basic font. no avatars or header image on the page.
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 20:37
Correct, I need to sort this one. I had a designer code that for me, I must ask her if she can update the CSS etc for me. Thanks for the heads-up.
John - will we be getting the 'Go to Top' button in the 'Black Text' style, please?
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 22:06
John - will we be getting the 'Go to Top' button in the 'Black Text' style, please?
Hi Matt
The current Black_Text style will be going shortly, and will be replaced by a black_text version of the current style - in which case all amendments that have been made to the new style will also apply to the new new style... :)
Hope that's clear...:):):confused:
KMJ Recordings
08.07.2008, 22:06
I want tMP_2008 to be the main style for the site
:eek:
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 22:07
:eek:
Huh Keith...? :confused:
KMJ Recordings
08.07.2008, 22:11
Huh Keith...? :confused:
Honest answer - I find it 'offensively' bright ;)
I keep getting logged out as well....but that could be Microsoft's fault on this Vista travesty of a laptop.
Edit: But I've just seen the reply to Matt.....will the orange be gone in the 'new' black text version?
The current Black_Text style will be going shortly, and will be replaced by a black_text version of the current style - in which case all amendments that have been made to the new style will also apply to the new new style... :)
Hope that's clear...:):):confused:Explicitly John, thanks.
will the orange be gone in the 'new' black text version?I hope so too. I really do not like it.
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 22:29
'Fraid not folks, it's because I need to have just the one style so I can carry out the software updates and upgrades, and not rely on paying a coder to do this for me. When we had several styles, all the amendments I have spent the majority of the last few days applying to the new style - needed to be applied to each of the styles - which was an extraordinary amount of work, and took way too much of my time to complete - and to be honest, I can't continue to manage the site this way in the future. It's just not practical.
Very sorry about this, but for me, having a single style makes life so much easier; it is also cheaper too as I now don't need to pay a coder to carry out any upgrades. There are so many amendments to the code on tMP that simply 'upgrading' according to the vB procedure isn't possible.
Hope that explains why I am proceding with just the one style.
'Fraid not folks, it's because I need to have just the one style so I can carry out the software updates and upgrades, and not rely on paying a coder to do this for me. When we had several styles, all the amendments I have spent the majority of the last few days applying to the new style - needed to be applied to each of the styles - which was an extraordinary amount of work, and took way too much of my time to complete - and to be honest, I can't continue to manage the site this way in the future. It's just not practical.
Very sorry about this, but for me, having a single style makes life so much easier; it is also cheaper too as I now don't need to pay a coder to carry out any upgrades. There are so many amendments to the code on tMP that simply 'upgrading' according to the vB procedure isn't possible.
Hope that explains why I am proceeding with just the one style.That makes absolute sense, John, and I don't think anybody would (or should) argue with you on that.
Just one clarification though if you wouldn't mind. You said:
The current Black_Text style will be going shortly, and will be replaced by a black_text version of the current styleDoes this mean the ONLY style available will be the 'tmp_2008 Black Text'? Or will there be 'tmp_2008' AND 'tmp_2008 Black Text'?
I don't often get as confused as this? :confused:
TheMusicMan
08.07.2008, 22:43
Hey Matt
No probs... there will be two styles;
tMP_2008 and tMP_2008_text_black
... they will both look the same i.e. with colours and images and banners etc, but the text within threads will be black instead of blue...
Anno Draconis
10.07.2008, 19:10
John, in the original thread (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showpost.php?p=608493&postcount=1)announcing these changes you mentioned that the meeting on Saturday would discuss, among other things, ways to move tMP forward. We can all see and appreciate how much work has gone into the techy side of that process :clap:, but I'm interested to know if there were any discussions about the more "touchy feely" aspects of the discussions that took place on this thread (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?t=32000) - stuff like moderating style, content of threads and posts, the family friendly policy, how to approach some of the more "contentious" discussions, what to do about what some people see as the increase in trolling, etc. ? And if there were, what conclusions did you reach, if any? :D
John are you going to change the way search results are listed when you click on "New Posts" to exclude totally random, thread games and sports etc (or whatever was excluded before) like on the previous version?
alangiff3
11.07.2008, 00:39
Brilliant improvement :D well done guys :clap:
TheMusicMan
11.07.2008, 12:47
John, in the original thread (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showpost.php?p=608493&postcount=1)announcing these changes you mentioned that the meeting on Saturday would discuss, among other things, ways to move tMP forward. We can all see and appreciate how much work has gone into the techy side of that process :clap:, but I'm interested to know if there were any discussions about the more "touchy feely" aspects of the discussions that took place on this thread (http://www.themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?t=32000) - stuff like moderating style, content of threads and posts, the family friendly policy, how to approach some of the more "contentious" discussions, what to do about what some people see as the increase in trolling, etc. ? And if there were, what conclusions did you reach, if any? :D
Hi Andy - what we planned on getting accomplished on Saturday was mostly completed - but I have to say the upgrade was not without its complications and errors. We ran in to several failure notices, and were at one point totally stumped as to how we recover - panic mode was verging on starting!! Together with my mate Chris, Steve and Di we managed to get things recovered - though not fully, hence making significant effort over the previous few days to catch up and complete all we wanted to complete. I did have to contact the coder I have used previously (in Switzerland) to help, thank goodness he was at an airport - which is where he managed to sort out many of our issues. Believe it or not we're still not completed on the technical aspects even now, just now enough hours in the day to fully complete all tasks.
As for the more 'touch feely' aspects - we are still having discussions backstage regarding moderating style et al; and to be totally honest - although we have quite a comprehensive set of Rules and Giudelines - there is no way we can implement these on tMP in a hard and fast manner - to a certain extent, each circumstance warrants its own method and process. The rules and guielines are there in an attempt to maintain control and pragmatism, but where there are contentious issues we do have to look at these individually and deal with them accordingly.
Having said that, we acknowledged a little while back that there was room for improvement - I guess there always is, and we are constantly discussing how best to deal with issues. We will be releasing a sumamrised version of the rules and guidelines, and will be reiterating our stance regarding trolls, spam and infractions. One thing is for certain, that we will certainly be maintaining our family friendly forum policy - so there's no change re any items related to that!
It's a difficult one, but we will continue to do our best to manage the site in the most pragmatic manner. We can never please everyone all the time, but we will strive to please most people most of the time :)
John are you going to change the way search results are listed when you click on "New Posts" to exclude totally random, thread games and sports etc (or whatever was excluded before) like on the previous version? Hey Bill - yes, I will be doing that, but can you elaborate on which page you feel this needs to be done on please, thanks.
Brilliant improvement :D well done guys :clap:
Cheers - thanks for the feedback.
Good work John and Team. Very nice, although I prefer the black text version. Must be my age.
brassbandmaestro
11.07.2008, 13:13
Good work John and Team. Very nice, although I prefer the black text version. Must be my age.
Fully concur with that! A much better all round design. I think it's clearer as well.
One thing, though, I see that the National Areas are not inlcuded now, or am I seeing things?
Fully concur with that! A much better all round design. I think it's clearer as well.
One thing, though, I see that the National Areas are not inlcuded now, or am I seeing things?
You should still be able to see this area under the Adjudicators comments.
1662
brassbandmaestro
11.07.2008, 13:44
You should still be able to see this area under the Adjudicators comments.
1662
Actually, Di. sorry, thats not what I meant. Where you see the person's details in any given post on these forums, yeah?
Actually, Di. sorry, thats not what I meant. Where you see the person's details in any given post on these forums, yeah?
Ah, is this what you mean?
Also, will the hover facility to view playing history be returning?
It should Gaz, as long as I can stay off the wine and figure out how to code it for the new templates... :):biggrin:
If so, yes, it's on Johns "to do" list isn't it John. :) *nudge* ;)
TheMusicMan
11.07.2008, 14:51
Ah, is this what you mean?
If so, yes, it's on Johns "to do" list isn't it John. :) *nudge* ;)
I do believe it's all done now... :):biggrin:
I do believe it's all done now... :):biggrin:
:tup:)
brassbandmaestro
11.07.2008, 18:39
[quote=Di;611700]Ah, is this what you mean?
Yes thanks Di. Cheeers for that!:clap:
KMJ Recordings
11.07.2008, 21:18
Did I or did I not just get a centre screen popup advertising a movie from here (or was it a fluke from another tab?)?
If I did, that'll have to go :eek:
I haven't seen any pop-ups from here. Have you tried visiting the other site again to see if it happens again?
I haven't seen any pop-ups from here.
Me neither. Has to be another site you had open KMJ.
KMJ Recordings
11.07.2008, 22:01
Didn't think it would be - it must've come from another tab even though this was the active window ;)
KMJ Recordings
11.07.2008, 22:01
I haven't seen any pop-ups from here. Have you tried visiting the other site again to see if it happens again?
they're all still 'open' in tabbed browsing Di....I'll have just brushed passed something probably....not seen it since....
TheMusicMan
11.07.2008, 22:37
Nope, no popup ads from tMP...
KMJ Recordings
11.07.2008, 22:48
Nope, no popup ads from tMP...
Huzzah :clap:
It's probably this laptop has got something nasty.
It keeps logging me out as well :rolleyes: (which doesn't happen from other machines)
John are you going to change the way search results are listed when you click on "New Posts" to exclude totally random, thread games and sports etc (or whatever was excluded before) like on the previous version?
Hey Bill - yes, I will be doing that, but can you elaborate on which page you feel this needs to be done on please, thanks.
I think its just on the black txt version, all the recent posts come up when I click on "New Posts" button at the top.
Also on the home page snippets of some recent posts are displaced even tho I click the tab every time to make them smaller, tho when I come back theyre there again. Dont know if that makes sense!
I think its just on the black txt version, all the recent posts come up when I click on "New Posts" button at the top.
I think (reading this quote from John), that he'll be doing away with that version shortly and a black text version of the main style, tMP-2008 will be implemented.
Hey Matt
No probs... there will be two styles;
tMP_2008 and tMP_2008_text_black
... they will both look the same i.e. with colours and images and banners etc, but the text within threads will be black instead of blue...
Also on the home page snippets of some recent posts are displaced even tho I click the tab every time to make them smaller, tho when I come back theyre there again. Dont know if that makes sense!
I know what you mean, you're clicking on the arrow to close the box so it doesn't show the contents?
We're currently in discussions as to the content of the front page. It does look like we have some duplication at the moment.
Shame, I quite like this Black txt version, nice and simple, widescreen and easy on the eyes! (and no ads too, ooops!!) ;)
Aardvark
18.07.2008, 18:05
What does everybody think of the new feature in your user profile ... that of being able to know who has been viewing it recently? (it's on the bottom right side). If you click on someone's user profile it will publicly log you as a visitor to that page for all to see.
Has this changed now as although I can see I've had visits to my profile, I can't see who. Or am I missing something ?
I don't think anything has been changed. It says "recent" visitors. I'm not sure what the timescale is on that. Yours shows "7 views" but only two recent visitors. I'll have to ask the boss on this one what the timescale is .;)
TheMusicMan
20.07.2008, 20:28
... and besides, it's a public profile - always has been.
steve butler
20.07.2008, 21:07
I like it, if your having a peep, people should be aware :D
Aardvark
20.07.2008, 22:05
... and besides, it's a public profile - always has been.
Exactly - which is why I don't really see the need for logging who has visited. But now the facility is there, I want to know !!
brassbandmaestro
23.07.2008, 08:34
In any case, Aardvark, its always part of human nature to be nosey!!(ha ha!!)
mikelyons
29.07.2008, 07:41
Hi Guys, John in partic.
I'm using firefox for a bit and I've noticed something strange. I prefer the black text style, as I said previously, and what I'm noticing is that every time I access a new page, it reverts to the ghastly orange with ads. In fact it happens every time I move pages - even if I move back to an already visited page. This does not happen in IE.
Just thought you ought to know.
llewellynd
29.07.2008, 12:20
My post count doesnt seem to change despite having a few sausage moments, Im stuck on 53!
TheMusicMan
29.07.2008, 20:49
Post count doesn't get incremented when posting in the Random categories. You will see that it is now 54 though, and not 53 as you suggest :) That's because you posted in this category.
Hope that helps explain.
mikelyons
30.07.2008, 13:41
That's going to cramp my style a bit - take longer to get to 10000! ;-)
Hi Guys, John in partic.
I'm using firefox for a bit and I've noticed something strange. I prefer the black text style, as I said previously, and what I'm noticing is that every time I access a new page, it reverts to the ghastly orange with ads. In fact it happens every time I move pages - even if I move back to an already visited page. This does not happen in IE.
Just thought you ought to know.
Same for me too.
brassbandmaestro
30.07.2008, 17:05
TheMusicman, I was only thinking about that yesterday!! Seems fair enough. Random Off Topic posts not to be counted.
TheMusicMan
30.07.2008, 20:39
Hi Guys, John in partic.
I'm using firefox for a bit and I've noticed something strange. I prefer the black text style, as I said previously, and what I'm noticing is that every time I access a new page, it reverts to the ghastly orange with ads. In fact it happens every time I move pages - even if I move back to an already visited page. This does not happen in IE.
Just thought you ought to know.Hey Mike
I have my Mac permanently on now, and as I am out of work at the moment (between contracts) I don't have my PC/Laptop out or set up. I'll have a test of this sometime soon for you though.
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