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

[gammadust 12]

For a moment there I tought I was stepping out of the line and was being reminded of forum rules...

[Dwarden 1125]

For a moment there I tought I was stepping out of the line and was being reminded of forum rules...

You will be if You receive infraction :) that's new bonus

[ProfTournesol 956]

I can't stop staring at the green Forum Rules. It draws me in with false promises and absorbs my soul. It's also making me want to preorder Carrier Command.

True, and moreover they appear twice in the upper part, once normal and once in green, leading to two slightly different rules pages :confused:

[Dwarden 1125]

True, and moreover they appear twice in the upper part, once normal and once in green, leading to two slightly different rules pages :confused:

that duplicity is because of the module added recently ...

[PuFu 4600]

if someone is looking into the groups, can that someone have a look over why i can't delete my own created groups? It returns that i have insufficient privileges...

[kylania 568]

Would it be possible to add in a way to cycle the banner ads? I just glimpsed the A2CO $14 sale one as I clicked onto a new page and it took me 15 reloads to get back to it. :)

[Dwarden 1125]

if someone is looking into the groups, can that someone have a look over why i can't delete my own created groups? It returns that i have insufficient privileges...

what group You want to erase?

and yes, users can't erase own Groups ...

that's for sake of preventing wipe of something valuable

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The image size restriction module or plugin or whatever seems to be misbehaving rather badly.

fixed

[PuFu 4600]

IC-arma one, since the groups has collapsed a long time ago...

[Dwarden 1125]

I got a blinking notification about groups, but i can't figure why.

Yep, me too but for 2 groups. And like you I have no idea what is where :)

still happening or already fixed (might need set all to read)

[ProfTournesol 956]

still happening or already fixed (might need set all to read)

Fixed when all set to read (together with unread messages).

[Dwarden 1125]

IC-arma one, since the groups has collapsed a long time ago...

it's not empty (content and members wise) so i will not erase it, also it's from old forums so better not touch it

and i don't see any way how close the group anyway

[max power 21]

@Pufu

I think the next best thing would be to close it down and shore up the door. You can set it to viewable to members only, all posts premoderated, invite only. Then it's effectively shut down.

edit: apparently users are no longer allowed to set groups to premoderated.

Edited February 17, 2012 by Max Power

[PuFu 4600]

it's not empty (content and members wise) so i will not erase it, also it's from old forums so better not touch it

and i don't see any way how close the group anyway

it doesn't matter if it has members or not, does it now? Especially since creating a group one would expect ppl to join it. There is hardly any point having a group for your own self. Now i am curious, is it really that hard to do it?

@max: yeah well, i wouldn't care about it being available if i could leave it, or close it...kind of stupid if you ask me...not that it matters a lot, just that i find it kind of awkward

[Dwarden 1125]

the whole group system in vB is limited and missing lot of features ... it's better now with the ability list and track theirs messages but still far from usable enough

[[frl]myke 14]

In addition of the "Notifications: groups" topic. I also have 2 Notifications which tells me "2 | Groups" when clicking on it. When i then click on "Groups" there, i get here:

http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?searchid=23295

Please note that i'm not member of any group listed there.

No rant, just a bug report.

Edited February 18, 2012 by [FRL]Myke

[dm 9]

Search still isnt re-indexed?

Results are only returning 2006 or older and from the switch to the new forum version and newer. Highly frustrating...

Also, the search results only work for the first page, if you try to click on any subsequent page you get "sorry, no results, please try again" or some such...

Edit to clarify: this is only for "advanced search"

Edit to add: also, you cant choose to return posts or threads in advanced anymore?

[Dwarden 1125]

Search still isnt re-indexed?

Results are only returning 2006 or older and from the switch to the new forum version and newer. Highly frustrating...

Also, the search results only work for the first page, if you try to click on any subsequent page you get "sorry, no results, please try again" or some such...

Edit to clarify: this is only for "advanced search"

Edit to add: also, you cant choose to return posts or threads in advanced anymore?

i think You need look closer on the advanced search

first there are 2 types of advanced search (each has own tab you can switch inbetween)

second make sure You use sorting by date and no relevance

as i have no problem see results from 2011 to 200x

or give me 1:1 case to repro it (make screenshot of search page)

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Myke;2108294']In addition of the "Notifications: groups" topic. I also have 2 Notifications which tells me "2 | Groups" when clicking on it. When i then click on "Groups" there' date=' i get here:

[url']http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?searchid=23295[/url]

Please note that i'm not member of any group listed there.

No rant, just a bug report.

well you member of http://forums.bistudio.com/group.php?groupid=127 group

which mean the message is from that group most likely, hence it should be listed in group messages

the URL i forwarding You to from notifications is New Mesages > New Group Messages

i have only 3 options where the notification can bring user

to group list page: http://forums.bistudio.com/group.php

to control panel page: http://forums.bistudio.com/usercp.php

to unread groups messages: http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_SocialGroupMessage

neither is perfect and from what i gathered this is limitation of vB4's social group system

it seems it's not even possible to show just "My groups" (there is no such page)

also http://forums.bistudio.com/groupsubscription.php is useless as it covers only subscribed groups

Edited February 18, 2012 by Dwarden

[katipo66 94]

Is it possible to view the full site and not mobile version (when mobile detected) or have the option stay in full site version.. if i choose to view 'New Post' for example it automatically jumps into mobile version, the mobile version is buggy (for me on iphone) for example it doesnt scroll through list properly... always seems to catch?

[[frl]myke 14]

Sorry Dwarden, just realised that the link copy/pasted in the Thread gives another result than i get when clicking on the notifications. Please take a look what i get when i want to see the Notifications:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9367994/bi_forums_notifications.JPG >100kb

I can't seem to find any option anywhere to mark those Notifications as "read". Also already checked the groups i am in to see if reading any possibly unread message/post would get rid of that "Notifications: 2" to no avail.

[Dwarden 1125]

Myke;2108541']Sorry Dwarden' date=' just realised that the link copy/pasted in the Thread gives another result than i get when clicking on the notifications. Please take a look what i get when i want to see the Notifications:

[url']http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9367994/bi_forums_notifications.JPG[/url] >100kb

I can't seem to find any option anywhere to mark those Notifications as "read". Also already checked the groups i am in to see if reading any possibly unread message/post would get rid of that "Notifications: 2" to no avail.

if You use "Mark Forums As Read" (on top) then it will clean the 'social group notification'

please realize this mark as read EVERY single post anywhere (both forums and groups) as read

i think the notifications will clear up, if You read all messages in groups You

- member of

- subscribed to

but it's not sure if it does (please do report), like i said this is limitation of the vB4 system

it might be improved in future vB4 builds

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Is it possible to view the full site and not mobile version (when mobile detected) or have the option stay in full site version.. if i choose to view 'New Post' for example it automatically jumps into mobile version, the mobile version is buggy (for me on iphone) for example it doesnt scroll through list properly... always seems to catch?

mobile version design is 'sort of beta' state ...

upcoming version of vB 4.1.11 has major improvements coming for the mobile design

[Colossus 2]

first there are 2 types of advanced search (each has own tab you can switch inbetween)

Not sure if this is by intention or simply a bug, but there seem to be more then two.

When you use the quick search feature on the top-right side of the page, you get sent to http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php. In that page it looks like you have selected "Search Single Content Type". But when you click on "Search Single Content Type" again, you get sent to http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?search_type=1. This to me looks like the more suitable advanced search then the one ending with .../search.php

EDIT: There are also two Forum Rules links on the top. Both when logged in and out, and after agreeing on the terms. It's good to get reminded of it though :D

[Dwarden 1125]

Not sure if this is by intention or simply a bug, but there seem to be more then two.

When you use the quick search feature on the top-right side of the page, you get sent to http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php. In that page it looks like you have selected "Search Single Content Type". But when you click on "Search Single Content Type" again, you get sent to http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?search_type=1. This to me looks like the more suitable advanced search then the one ending with .../search.php

EDIT: There are also two Forum Rules links on the top. Both when logged in and out, and after agreeing on the terms. It's good to get reminded of it though :D

erm that's what i speak about, alongside normal quicksearch

there are two types of advanced search

1. Search Single Content Type http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php?search_type=1

2. Search Multiple Content Types http://forums.bistudio.com/search.php

number 1 is the old search you were used to in vB3

... double entry about forum rules i already explained some posts back, that will be fixed later

[Colossus 2]

My mistake there, Dwarden. I misinterpreted the selected search as the darkest coloured one.

[PuFu 4600]

if You use "Mark Forums As Read" (on top) then it will clean the 'social group notification'

please realize this mark as read EVERY single post anywhere (both forums and groups) as read

no, it doesn't work that way

[Dwarden 1125]

no, it doesn't work that way

explain as it so far works this way for everyone including myself