UPGRADE to the FORUM engine

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but there seems to be a problem with the appearance of most recent threads.  After the original post, the left margin (containing the avatar and other info) of subsequent posts gets smaller or larger.  Also, an empty box appears underneath the original post.  Here are some examples:

Too small:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45085

Too large:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45075

I use Firefox, and just to make sure, I checked Internet Explorer and the same thing happened. 

why am I against bring back the top 10 posts....  stupid sh*t like this..... come on people...  do we work here just so a visitor to this site come come here... and find this stuff as recent topics...

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26653

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45071

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45030

hahahha.. could post more I'm sure.. but lunch is ready

tell me I have a stick up my ass... maybe so... I won't be the first here to have one I guess hahahha

if M@X is to bring it back... how about remembering this a dammed prog site... and we want prog fans here..   make the recent 10 that the kids seems to want back.. for prog 'section' posts only.  Call it a compromise... a compromise of the leverage-less hahahhah.  M@X will do what he thinks best.... but this at least makes sense...  we have an active topics means to find the latest posts already.. but if you have to bring back to 10 latest to satisfy those who can't get past it's elimination... just make it for prog topics.  Seems reasonable enough to me.


Edited by micky - January 06 2008 at 12:31

Another bug: The quick search isn't working ... there's always a timeout error when I try to search. I guess M@x should limit the search to topics / exclude search in posts, as he did in the previous forum version. Also, if at all possible, the search display should be set to "topics" by default.

Bob, here is a general summary-- some or most of these things may have been solved, are in the process of being solved, or presumably remain as they are... and I'm no techie, so forgive the simplicity of the list regarding tech issues


 - 10 Latest Posts missing

 - member's reviews link in Member Profile missing

 - problem with diacritics

 - bug in Active Posts (from Rico's post)

 - errors with the Search Feature bringing members to a Server Error in Forum Application page (from     ManWithHat's post)

 - Email Notification Subject line too long for some (from Darqdean's post)

 - more contrast in color settings; i.e. locks, etc. (from Angelo's post)

 - font should be changed back to Aerial (from MikeEnRegalia's post)

 - 'Hover' feature missing from last posts

 - problem with hyperlink toolbar button when replying to posts (from ClemOfNazareth's post)

 - new Thread page numbers not turning purple as before (from Geck0's post)

 - adds appearing right under first page posts rather than at bottom

...and KingCrimson776 mentions a problem with the Edit Post bar, reporting that the options bar goes behind the quote box




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Edited by Atavachron - January 05 2008 at 05:38

King Crimson776 wrote: Also, you can't get to someone's reviews by clicking on their name in the forum.

Can I suggest M@X looks into the Active Posts system, I feel there's a bug in it.

Usually if I last visited PA one hour ago, and I access Active Topics when logging again, it shows me the posts made in the last hour. But, all of sudden, a glitch happens and the active posts are reset completely (bringing the active posts to the exact time --> also meaning there are no new posts).

This is not a serious bug and it doesn't mean one can not adjust his last Active Posts down the interval he desires (15 minutes, one hour, a day...etc.), but seeing recent posts at a certain time after, as you change the page, it jumps to T minus zero...sounds glitchy.

Hey, when you click post options on a comment with a quote box at the top the options bar goes behind the quote box, making it impossible to click edit or reply etc.

Also, you can't get to someone's reviews by clicking on their name in the forum.

Erm, I am having trouble viewing some letters again, particularly diacritics.  This had been solved, but now it's broken again.

Example from the above:

ClemOfNazareth wrote: Has anyone else reported problems using the 'hyperlink' toolbar button when replying to posts?  I'm using Opera v9.01 and every time I try to insert a  hyperlink the entire page I'm trying to link to gets inserted into the message and I can't post it.  This wasn't happening before the forum upgrade.  I get the same problem when trying to add hyperlinks to PMs.

Bring the boys... back home!!!

I prefer when the ads appeared in the first person's post at the bottom. Now that it is seperated it makes the page too wide and I can't read an entire post without scrolling over (just on the first page of a thread).