Using the New Forums (In Progress) - Please Post Questions and Issues Here !

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,245
    edited July 2015
    CypherFOX said:

    Greetings,

    kyoto kid said:

    ..and still wondering where my Flutterbys went to (I see them down there but they don't show in the forum)

    Your flutterby's are in a data block, instead of an image file.  The data block gets 'denied:' inserted before it, when it shows up on the forum, because data blocks have various potentially unpleasant aspects and are very hard to whitelist.  You need to save them off as an image, attach them to a thread or something, and then link to them.  (Or if you have your own image hosting, or can abscond with some public image hosting, put them there and reference them.)

    --  Morgan

     

    ...umm, they are an image (.gif), and can only be opened in an image editor. That's how they were added to the sig and how they display in the edit window (with the standard "image" border).  . This whole Idea of uploading to a site and then bringing them in via a URL is ridiculous as I was easily able to embed them in my sig with a single click in the former forum software.

    Again I ask the question, how is this update an improvement to the "user experience"?

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • DAZ_ann0314DAZ_ann0314 Posts: 2,861

    The previous forums were the same when they first released I do believe (had to hot link in the Banner Ads. It was eventually changed. I would guess it may in this case as well.

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited July 2015

    I've never understood why forums waste so much screen space, and why each 'improvement' wastes more.

    What I want to read when I look at a forum is the text of the posts.

    About 50% of my screen space (1366x768 with full screen Firefox window) is now taken up with other stuff - mostly blank space, but people's signature lines are now massive (even though the individuals haven't changed anything*).

    Also when you quote a post (especially a post that quotes another post) the amount of wasted space is ridiculous.

    Scrolling through this current page (and the paging has now changed, so that's now mostly the previous page) the maximum number of posts I can actually see on my screen at any time is two (and not even two full posts - the end of one and the start of the next). And those are very short posts...

    (I would say that I really dislike this new forum... but that's pointless and unproductive, so I won't say it!  ;) )

    *Just realized that they have - they've had to redo their signatures. When you edit your signature it says "Use up to 2 images. Images will be scaled to a maximum height of 100px. Signatures can be up to 2000 characters long. "  The signature imnages I see are far bigger than 100px height, so something's screwed up there (I take that back - they're exactly 100px high) And 2000 characters for a signature? Overkill I think. But I'm tempted to try it...

    Also noticed that when you're editing your signature you have an option to never display anybodys signatures, or just not to display images in signatures, so I'll try that. And there's a quote folding option so only one quote is displayed (why not zero?). With signatures hidden and quotes folded I can now sometimes almost see three posts at a time!

    Post edited by 3dcheapskate on
  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,249
    edited July 2015

    Well that sucks. I got my WolffBlink background fixed so most of the time it matches the Dark theme... but I lost the animation... it works fine for me on my desktop but uploaded here it's now static!  crying

    Post edited by RAMWolff on
  • DAZ_ann0314DAZ_ann0314 Posts: 2,861
    edited July 2015

    The upload is not on the CK editor because it is on the bottom of the text window here:

    Granted I can't sort how to get that inline yet but I am guessing there is some way or can be...I'll have to check on that. Also of note, you could add a sig tag to one of the posts, then get the URL and then add it to your sig as a way to part a sig tag for now :) Just RT Click on the image and select Copy Link Location and then paste it in the sig tag.

     

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  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited July 2015

    FYI you can upload a attachemnt then drag it to the the message box as a URL picture to enlarge the graphic view. kind of a thumbnail and the  full view

    I added example , this was taken from one of my Karate girl animation story boards too get the idea .. I think that is a cool feature will we be able to embed videos?

    .image

    Post edited by Ivy on
  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    RAMWolff said:

    Well that sucks. I got my WolffBlink background fixed so most of the time it matches the Dark theme... but I lost the animation... it works fine for me on my desktop but uploaded here it's now static!  crying

    How do you get the dark theme?

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263

    A friend asked about some things that adblocker is blocking.  she wants to know which ones she must allow here in order to post and send private messages.

    adroll.com
    newrelic.com
    mediaforge.com
    google-analytics.com
    googleadservice.com
    and googleapis.com

    By the way, that's an awful lot of things going on here.  Why? 

    Anyway, which ones are preventing her from being able to post and send private messages?

    Dana

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited July 2015

    well code snipit does not allow us to embed HTM tags..lol

    Post edited by Ivy on
  • almahiedraalmahiedra Posts: 1,353
    edited July 2015

    @Mec4D that is a useful temporary fix. The web designers should style things better on their end however so hopefully they will one day...

    Am I the only one who suffers from the infinite loop where it keeps trying to log me in even though I am logged in? My guess is other people with the same problem just give up and aren't here because I could see how many would not figure out how to get it to stop. But each time I go to a new page the infinite logging in resumes and is a chore.

    nope, I am suffering of the same issue. 

    and...a ton of email notifications???...this is almost spam, please find a way to fix it!!

     

     

    Change your username. It stop it. At least it  works for me. When I try to return to username gilikshe or simply GiGi, loop return.

    Post edited by almahiedra on
  • Chohole said:

    For those with existing bookmarks  Take the URL and swap 'discussion' for 'viewthread' and it should 'fix' the broken link.

    While I do apriciate the info, for thoes like me and Novica, there is way to many posts that need to be fixed with updated links. And not all thoes posts are by the Op, and thus it is up to some one else to fix them. For something as simple as a change of one folder-name in the link, That is something much better suited to a script on the server side of things.

    P.S. dont steem-roal me like my username is steemroling my post text. I still can't copy text to spell and gramer check it.

  • MBuschMBusch Posts: 547
    edited July 2015

    The upload is not on the CK editor because it is on the bottom of the text window here:

    Granted I can't sort how to get that inline yet but I am guessing there is some way or can be...I'll have to check on that. Also of note, you could add a sig tag to one of the posts, then get the URL and then add it to your sig as a way to part a sig tag for now :) Just RT Click on the image and select Copy Link Location and then paste it in the sig tag.

     

    "Attach a file" does not work in the same way that the upload tab on Insert Image widget . In CKEditor Toolbar when you click in the Insert Image button and upload an image using the Upload tab you get the URL to the full image inserted automatically in the image tab. There you can set the size, alignment, border and spacing adjusting it to fit your layout. That is the beauty of CKEditor, you can really format and layout your post which is very useful to make tutorials and presentations. Actually to put an image inline I need host it at an external site. It is ridiculous.

    Not seems difficult to implement the feature. I just read the documentation at:

    http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_file_browse_upload

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  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232

    Just wondering, has anything been actually fixed yet? Especially the "urgency: fix yesterday" stuff we've all noticed by now? I don't think I see any differences anywhere.

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    Threads are now returning you to where you left off reading rather than jumping you to the end I think.
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,583

    It is funny, I changed my username as heart was no longer allowed so wendyluvcatz ended up with the z on the next line and my youtube character JaguarElla is my avatar anyway. but I am seening so many odd names on the forum I do not know who half these people were and odd avatars with ones I do know because of the gallery thing, it is really quite confuzzling.

  • MBuschMBusch Posts: 547
    Ivy said:

    FYI you can upload a attachemnt then drag it to the the message box as a URL picture to enlarge the graphic view. kind of a thumbnail and the  full view

    I added example , this was taken from one of my Karate girl animation story boards too get the idea .. I think that is a cool feature will we be able to embed videos?

    Now that is nice!  I prefer the Upload tab in the Insert Image dialog box, but can use this as workaround. Thanks!

  • Is there any whay to change the font (type and size) used at one site without it messing up the rest of the inter-web? I'm not kidding about the headaque the random bold letters mixed with random single-pixel letters has given me.

  • KatteyKattey Posts: 2,899

    How can I disable people's avatars? 

    Also, ignore doesn't seem to work. 

  • DAZ_ann0314DAZ_ann0314 Posts: 2,861
    Ivy said:
    RAMWolff said:

    Well that sucks. I got my WolffBlink background fixed so most of the time it matches the Dark theme... but I lost the animation... it works fine for me on my desktop but uploaded here it's now static!  crying

    How do you get the dark theme?

    If you go to the little guy (to go to your main store account), once you click on him, it says about My Account, Wishlist, etc. Switch Theme is where you can switch to the dark theme. I very confusedly sorted that out yesterday. I apparently had forgotten it was there all together DOH! *blush*

  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281

    So what's happening with notifications? 

    When I click on the "gear" icon up there, it says I have no notifications. And the ones that ARE there are the same ones that were there yesterday. So now that I've turned email notifications OFF so I my inbox doesn't explode, I'm not getting ANY notifications at all to threads that I have subscribed to. 

  • DAZ_ann0314DAZ_ann0314 Posts: 2,861

    Is there any whay to change the font (type and size) used at one site without it messing up the rest of the inter-web? I'm not kidding about the headaque the random bold letters mixed with random single-pixel letters has given me.

    Ivy said:

    FYI you can upload a attachemnt then drag it to the the message box as a URL picture to enlarge the graphic view. kind of a thumbnail and the  full view

    I added example , this was taken from one of my Karate girl animation story boards too get the idea .. I think that is a cool feature will we be able to embed videos?

    .image

    Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing! I'd not realized you could do that :)

  • XaatXuunXaatXuun Posts: 873

    It is funny, I changed my username as heart was no longer allowed so wendyluvcatz ended up with the z on the next line and my youtube character JaguarElla is my avatar anyway. but I am seening so many odd names on the forum I do not know who half these people were and odd avatars with ones I do know because of the gallery thing, it is really quite confuzzling.

    How did you get the quote button in the middle like that ? much easier for me

    if it wasn't for you mentioning you are wendyluvcatz, I would have never know this was you, I only recognized a couple avatars and sigs, I never pay much attention to them, It's a rarity I'm anywhere else then Art Studio anyway

  • MADMANMIKEMADMANMIKE Posts: 407

    BAH! Change Bad! And I told you kids before to GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

  • OrionPax09OrionPax09 Posts: 419

    Is there any way of searching the forums for a given topic? I used to be able to just Google a given problem and find a forum that dealt with said problem, quick and easy. But now, none of those forums are showing up anymore, and I really don't relish the idea of manuallly sifting through dozens of different forums, just to find one that covers my current problem!

  • SteveM17SteveM17 Posts: 985

    Just been looking at some pictures in Art Studio. On the old forum, when I clicked on a small picture I would then get the full size one, now nothing happens. How do I get to see the full size version of pictures people have posted?

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,720
    edited July 2015

    Quote folding in our forum options - any chance of a "0 levels deep" so quotes aren't shown (but with a little blue ">> show quote" to expand them)?

    Anyway I give up. I obviously picked a bad time to come back to the DAZ forum.

    Post edited by 3dcheapskate on
  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited July 2015

    Fyi DAZ_ann0314

    Is there any whay to change the font (type and size) used at one site without it messing up the rest of the inter-web? I'm not kidding about the headaque the random bold letters mixed with random single-pixel letters has given me.

    This is the only option I know of, unfornately it messes with the page layouts of every site out there, not just site spsfic. Oh, and that min font size thing dose nothing as well, with that "Allow Pages to Choose..." thing checked off.

    Post edited by ZarconDeeGrissom on
  • Cayman StudiosCayman Studios Posts: 1,136
    edited July 2015

    Some observations:

    1) In the forum menu page we can no longer see how long ago a thread was updated.  There is a time given, if you look closely, but then you have to work out if it is DAZ time or local time, and then do some arithmetic.  If I see that a thread was last updated "13 minutes ago" or "6 hours 27 minutes ago" as in the previous forums, I can gauge almost immediately if I am likely to have read it.

    2) What are all these K's all over the place for?  At first I thought it was a glitch.  For example, this thread currently has 5.9K views.  What is wrong with 5,900? Or 5,982?  The proper figure would be unambiguous, accurate and more informative.  And in any case "kilo" is a metric measurement and I thought you liked Imperial in America! 

    3) Why is there a link to "The Commons" against every thread in ... The Commons?

    4) The smileys aren't as varied and expressive as previously.  angry

    Post edited by Cayman Studios on
  • A test, and neither work for my eyes. One has random bold letters, the other one has out-of-focus blurr text.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,479
    edited July 2015
    kyoto kid said:

    ...but why should we the users have to struggle at all with rubbish like this? What happened to thorough Beta Testing?

    Crikey, at the development company I used to work for, we would beat up the software something silly before ever releasing it to the public.

     

    This - I really can't be bothered to fix your forum so that I can read it, and if I don't visit the forum I don't visit the store. 

    Post edited by scorpio on
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