Forum Update!

[BFM_Booyah]

Also to note. i had to take a screen shot to be sure of myself. when you first come to the forums under announcements i notice a very quick change in the side or whatever you call it. it has 3 things that are all together.

it goes something like this.
 the welcome message, then underneath that is the interesting in joining message and then underneath that is the For ventrilo access message/thing. i can post a screen shot if you like but it was a real quick change b4 it showed the actual starting. it shows when refreshed for me

We are aware of this one.  It is something that needs to be fixed in SMF.  They are working on it and say it will be fixed in the next release.

[Fraggle]

It isn't a bug but... I miss the many colours to choose from. For the text in a post. I'm sorry if that was not appropriate to post here.
Oh... apparently you could still use them, though they aren't in the list "Change Color".

Here Elk... JANE gave me this a while ago and i kept a copy. You may find it useful.

[BFM_Zakk]

Probably not a forum changeover issue, but the Announcement box flashes the message below before doing smooth animations like it normally does.

Also, for whatever reason, in the drop-down menu of Attachments and other options that is below the text box when posting a reply, "Stick this topic." was selected at default. Might have just been me as this is my first post after the update.

[BFM_Kiwi]

The "RealName" in field_list is a database issue I'll take care of.

[Dusaro]

I can't say for sure, but is it normal that we have around 30 guests at any given time looking at different things on "whos online?"

Edit:  They are all looking at seemingly random posts from years ago...


Those are Google and Bing mostly, and a few Chineses web crawlers.  We want them to index the site, but we need to figure out how to just hide them from Who's Online ~Kiwi

To Kiwi.
I have looked at my own SMF forum I made a while ago when messing round and found:
In admin area go to:
Members -> Search Engines -> Settings.
Under "Show spiders in the online list".
Select "Not at all".

Hope this helps you guys.
If you need any more help with this just send me or Effect a pm

--FM

[BFM_dStruct]

Hi Guys!

Hopefully you're starting to see the small changes and fixes appearing on the forums. We are aware that it was quite a big difference when we first unlocked the forum after the update. Please be mindful that there are still little bugs that we are working on and I assure you that I am striving to fix all these bugs as quickly as possible.

I would also like to thank Kiwi for putting the borders back on the forums main page, as it was something that I just couldn't fix

Also, there will be a couple of more updates tomorrow including:

 - The 119 Colours (I think) will be coming back to the forums.
 - The autofil on certain boards will be returning
 - The Polls will be fixed
 - The Board Index borders will be fixed (Already Done)
 - The Bottom of the bored index will have its border to complete it.

And much more little things

Sergeant
BFM_dStruct

I can't say for sure, but is it normal that we have around 30 guests at any given time looking at different things on "whos online?"

Edit:  They are all looking at seemingly random posts from years ago...


Those are Google and Bing mostly, and a few Chineses web crawlers.  We want them to index the site, but we need to figure out how to just hide them from Who's Online ~Kiwi

To Kiwi.
I have looked at my own SMF forum I made a while ago when messing round and found:
In admin area go to:
Members -> Search Engines -> Settings.
Under "Show spiders in the online list".
Select "Not at all".

Hope this helps you guys.
If you need any more help with this just send me or Effect a pm

--FM

@{Ĥß}§U}FM I believe that this is already set to what you're saying as it is one of the things we tried last night.

It isn't a bug but... I miss the many colours to choose from. For the text in a post. I'm sorry if that was not appropriate to post here.
Oh... apparently you could still use them, though they aren't in the list "Change Color".

Here Elk... JANE gave me this a while ago and i kept a copy. You may find it useful.

@BFM_Fraggle and @BFM_Elkric, I have added the Colour list back into the forums and will re-appear when the next update is uploaded.

[BFM_DarkFyr]

I guess this can also go here

[Fraggle]

@BFM_Fraggle and @BFM_Elkric, I have added the Colour list back into the forums and will re-appear when the next update is uploaded.

Many thanks d3... And a huge thanks to everyone who was involved in the update.

[Lucky]

Ooh the lines are back!  It feels more like home already.

[MrMxyzptlk]

Ooh the lines are back!  It feels more like home already.

[nitpick] Topic separator lines missing in child boards.


...And did the "Mark As Read" button move from the first spot or something?  'Cause I keep clicking the "Reply"/"New Topic" button now.... (And being a creature of habit....)

[BFM_Elkric]

@BFM_Fraggle and @BFM_Elkric, I have added the Colour list back into the forums and will re-appear when the next update is uploaded.

Many thanks d3... And a huge thanks to everyone who was involved in the update.

Yes, thank you all.


In Recent Unread Topics, for all topics in the forum as well as locally in a board, there is a button to the lower right, next to the "mark as read" button, which isn't showing an icon.

http://www.bfmracing.net/forums/index.php?action=unread;start=0

[Dusaro]

Hmm, okay then. I guess it would be possible to do through the ftp, I am not 100% sure so keep a backup.

Open:
/Path/To/Forums/Sources/Who.php

Find:
$spiderContext = array();
Comment out from above this to above $url_data = determineActions($url_data);


Find:
// Are we showing spiders?
Comment out from under this to above    $url_data = determineActions($url_data);

I am not 100% sure.

[BFM_dStruct]

I'll do some testing.

Thanks

Hmm, okay then. I guess it would be possible to do through the ftp, I am not 100% sure so keep a backup.

Open:
/Path/To/Forums/Sources/Who.php

Find:
$spiderContext = array();
Comment out from above this to above $url_data = determineActions($url_data);


Find:
// Are we showing spiders?
Comment out from under this to above    $url_data = determineActions($url_data);

I am not 100% sure.

[MrMxyzptlk]

Ooh the lines are back!  It feels more like home already.

[nitpick] Topic separator lines missing in child boards.


...And did the "Mark As Read" button move from the first spot or something?  'Cause I keep clicking the "Reply"/"New Topic" button now.... (And being a creature of habit....)

Now I KNOW that it was moved, because it's driving me CRAZY openning a new post/thread every time I go to clear a board's updates! 

(Or is this just and "old horse, new tricks" experiment you're trying on Old Man Mxy?...    )

[BFM_dStruct]

Are you talking about the 'New Topic', 'New Poll', 'Notify' and 'Mark Read' buttons being in different order?

Ooh the lines are back!  It feels more like home already.

[nitpick] Topic separator lines missing in child boards.


...And did the "Mark As Read" button move from the first spot or something?  'Cause I keep clicking the "Reply"/"New Topic" button now.... (And being a creature of habit....)

Now I KNOW that it was moved, because it's driving me CRAZY openning a new post/thread every time I go to clear a board's updates! 

(Or is this just and "old horse, new tricks" experiment you're trying on Old Man Mxy?...    )