New Forums: Feedback thread - Bugs/Suggestions here please.

[bravo 6]

yes, thanks.

It starting to look like the old forums aittle bit more, at least it starts to feel like the old ones. Merci!

Step by step it will be the ultimate generation forum



Edit: Some Suggestions:

• could the forum have more empty, open space on the left and right sides of the screen? (like the old forum)
  it gives a more organized and less complex feeling on the visual. I say this because for the extreme users of the forum could be less tiring if the central layer was more compact then it is. (like old forum)

• another thing that i believe it would help for visual simplicity: the topic font name's size could be a bit bigger to distinguish more from the rest (like the old forums)
  Example:
  BI NEWS,
  BI GENERAL,
  ARMA 2,
  ARMA: ARMED ASSAULT / COMBAT OPERATIONS, and so on should have bigger font size

• Thanks for adding the "Mark Forums Read" link in the bottom. Would be better is the link was positioned in the bottom of the page like old times. Would be easier "mechanically" to click it

• I also think the "Forum Contains New Posts" icon should be more distinguishable and more visible, so people wouldn't have to force their sight.

• One thing that i liked in the old forum was that if you would add several spaces, it would count them, in this new one if you add 10 spaces in order to align things, it won't add more then 1.

• Also the Moderators have the same color from the rest of us on the bottom list.. Would be good if the moderators and developers have different colors, but i guess this will be changed obviously.

[Sickboy]

Your forum is currently using the Fulltext search engine.

So one would assume that means it's using the "good one"



I'll look into that

Cheers for the reply Placebo. Sounds good!
Can't say thanks enough btw... WYSYWIG & Generally vBulletin

Ooh something just came to mind; How about "Custom User Titles" ? When enabled; might save you guys from requests and action of adding / modifying user titles?

[WhoCares]

The czech sub-forum is missing. It is still there, http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisplay.php?f=5, but it is not linked from the main menu.
Not that I'd speak/read a word of czech...

[bravo 6]

You mean as in the previous custom title you had on the old forums?

yup. It gives a different fun of things
edit: anyway, i never understood if users could change them as they want.. there were some users that had different text in it.

edit: removed text.

[Placebo]

Well if people remind me what their user title used to be in here I can certainly add them in again

[Messiah]

Avatars - my old avatar of 91kb is apparently too large? I assume the 100kb rule hasn't changed?

[Placebo]

Avatars - my old avatar of 91kb is apparently too large? I assume the 100kb rule hasn't changed?

Unfortunately until we can figure out Avatars being hosted externally (something Vbulletin does not allow itself) there is a limit of 10kb per avatar I believe, obviously we want it to be the same as the old forums, 100kb limit and uploaded to some other server like imageshack or such, so we have to track down a Vbulletin mod/hack which allows this to be set

[bravo 6]

I see.. ok thanks for the extra

I know its a nitpick small detail, but i was just curious what can be done about the starts that existed on old forum. Did we lose the stars?



edit: ok Placebo, feel free to delete this post

[Placebo]

I see.. ok thanks for the extra

I know its a nitpick small detail, but i was just curious what can be done about the starts that existed on old forum. Did we lose the stars?

They will be brought back most likely, along with the numerous other small fixes that need bring back, this is discussed in the other thread I linked to, please continue there as this thread is purely for name changing issues.

[SWAT_BigBear]

We use vBullentin also,
damned if I can find where/how to put a "back to top" link in, like the old forums here had.
Anyone?
I ask b/c I want it back here also.