Guest Posted December 28, 2011 Here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=74039 To be used to request new addons as well as when searching for (a) specific addon(s)/wondering if a certain addon was ever made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniperwolf572 758 Posted December 28, 2011 If you're looking for someone to make such an addon for you, I'd go with addon request. But if you want help on fixing it yourself, I'd go with the Editing subforum since I believe more people that can help you will visit there rather than the addon request thread, which might not be an obvious place.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JdB 151 Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=2085766&postcount=32 http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=2085998&postcount=36 I'd like to say something about the way the moderation of politics, military and economy related threads is being handled in the Off-topic section, the thread linked to above is merely the latest example. I've been following quite a number of these threads, and most seem to be evolving in the same pattern: - Thread starts of as any other thread; - Someone brings up the wars for oil, genocide in [insert random country] by NATO, purposely bombing things like hospitals or some other subject barely (if at all) related to the thread; - People responding to such posts with argumentative posts, are responded to with posts full of conspiracy rants and other claims that are not backed up by even the slightest shred of evidence that completely disregard the points brought up by other members. Not posts with an opinion that is the polar opposite of what most people think (which is fine as long as it is done in a respectful manner), but an attempt to insult other members and illicit an angry response, a yelling match because the content of someone else's posts doesn't suit their agenda or political views; - Thread is closed. I've been looking at who is doing this, and it's almost constantly the same people that are ruining these threads, less than a handful of individuals. Their behavior has nothing to do with normal discussion or respect for the (opinion of) other members. Either agree with me or I rant. Wouldn't it be much better to deal with these people by post restricting/banning them and removing the off-topic post(s) than to ruin the thread for everyone, and continuing to enable these people to ruin the next thread that comes along? It's either you deal with it once, or you end up dealing with it over and over again, even if it's as simple as closing a thread. Cleaning up after members costs time, getting members to walk in line saves time (or gets rid of them). In the end the small investment in time starts saving time in the long run. It's not about silencing people that voice contrary opinions, it's a simple matter of enforcing respect for other members. Edited January 8, 2012 by JdB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Messiah 2 Posted January 11, 2012 Perhaps the Kim Jong Il thread should be renamed to reflect it's evolution into a 'The Future of North Korea' type affair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W0lle 1050 Posted January 11, 2012 Good idea, done. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 7, 2012 I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this issue, all I know is that I experience it on this forum and not on others. The "Go to new post" feature is very slow. When I use that feature in a thread I've been following, I get to stare at the top post for about 20-30 seconds before the first new post is automatically displayed. This means that I usually start scrolling down to manually find the first unread post, which I often do before the auto feature kicks in. It has the effect that I sometimes am several posts down when it does kick in, and it flicks me back up to the first new post :) When this happens all day, it becomes tedious :) but, on fast-moving threads where perhaps a few pages of posts are generated, it's a feature I need to make sure I am following the thread properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankbuster 1746 Posted February 7, 2012 It's working fine for me. Same speed as it was before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 7, 2012 It's working fine for me. Same speed as it was before. This prompted me to try different browsers, it seems fine under Firefix, but Google Chrome has the issue. So I guess it might a a browser-specific problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankbuster 1746 Posted February 7, 2012 This prompted me to try different browsers, it seems fine under Firefix, but Google Chrome has the issue. So I guess it might a a browser-specific problem. Hmm, dunno mate. I'm using Chrome here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniperwolf572 758 Posted February 7, 2012 This prompted me to try different browsers, it seems fine under Firefix, but Google Chrome has the issue. So I guess it might a a browser-specific problem. It should be a case of some resource on the page being slow to load/not being cached properly and delaying the firing of the event which scrolls your page down to the post. Since you're using Chrome, you can check yourself by opening the dev tools with F12, going to the Network tab and using the go to new post link, it should show you all resources being loaded. Check the timeline and you should see your culprit. Vertical blue line should be the point where the scroll happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 8, 2012 It should be a case of some resource on the page being slow to load/not being cached properly and delaying the firing of the event which scrolls your page down to the post.Since you're using Chrome, you can check yourself by opening the dev tools with F12, going to the Network tab and using the go to new post link, it should show you all resources being loaded. Check the timeline and you should see your culprit. Vertical blue line should be the point where the scroll happens. Looking at the timeline reveals..... FACEBOOK. Delaying the display by anything from 17 to 32 seconds, on the few tests I did. Request URL:https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.jsRequest Headersview parsed GET https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.77 Safari/535.7 Accept: */* Referer: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?72059-The-all-new-Ask-a-moderator-about-the-forum-amp-rules&p=2103006 So... is my machine reporting to Facebook or has the web page got a Facebook link that Chrome is not handling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max power 21 Posted February 8, 2012 Looking at my noscript dialogue, this website is running scripts from facebook.com and facebook.net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniperwolf572 758 Posted February 8, 2012 Looking at the timeline reveals..... FACEBOOK. Delaying the display by anything from 17 to 32 seconds, on the few tests I did.So... is my machine reporting to Facebook or has the web page got a Facebook link that Chrome is not handling? It's a usual Facebook script that handles their JavaScript API. It's embedded in the forums, to power things like the very unnecessary like button below the thread title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1125 Posted February 8, 2012 it powers way more ... post to facebook, facebook connect, login and who knows what yet i agree, the whole thing could be faster, lets hope future updates improve that part of vB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.kju 3245 Posted February 9, 2012 Just block facebook domains via hosts file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmarkwick 261 Posted February 9, 2012 As an update: my delayed display problems were solved by rebooting my router.:confused_o: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfire257 3 Posted February 9, 2012 Could you please unlock this thread? http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?131012-Funny-embarrasing-best-moments-in-school I understand that it is a bit too offtopic but I thought there was scope for a good discussion and quite a few funny moments to be told! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeMeSiS 11 Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Could you please unlock this thread? http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?131012-Funny-embarrasing-best-moments-in-school I understand that it is a bit too offtopic but I thought there was scope for a good discussion and quite a few funny moments to be told! Or in a broader sense: Can we have a 'too offtopic for offtopic' forum wich would be a hard to find subforum like the current game subforum is? I know this isnt a playground but i dont see why i would have to go to another website for this, and the funny video's thread and stuff like that would fit there perfectly. I think that a place on these forums for some 'community bonding' would be a positive development. Edited February 9, 2012 by NeMeSiS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfire257 3 Posted February 9, 2012 I agree! I'm sure we all have some stories to tell in that thread! I know I certainly do... ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dm 9 Posted February 10, 2012 Or in a broader sense: Can we have a 'too offtopic for offtopic' forum wich would be a hard to find subforum like the current game subforum is? Personally I think the gaming subforum should be the main offtopic forum, and the current "any and all" stuff should be the sub-forum. That or they should be side by side on the main forum page. But thats just me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeMeSiS 11 Posted February 10, 2012 Personally I think the gaming subforum should be the main offtopic forum, and the current "any and all" stuff should be the sub-forum. That or they should be side by side on the main forum page. But thats just me... Well yeah, but i thought we already fought and lost that battle. :p (I would just like to be able to see the game subforum from the main page) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abs 2 Posted February 10, 2012 Personally I think the gaming subforum should be the main offtopic forum, and the current "any and all" stuff should be the sub-forum. That or they should be side by side on the main forum page. But thats just me... Not just you. I barely visit the gaming forum because of how inconvenient it is in comparison. [/FIRSTWORLDPROBLEMS] Abs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted February 10, 2012 Not just you. I barely visit the gaming forum because of how inconvenient it is in comparison. [/FIRSTWORLDPROBLEMS]Abs True, same for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fraczek 4 Posted February 12, 2012 Hi, I have a question about account activation process and the forums. 1) Is there some sort of posting rank on the forums? In all the (few) threads I have replied, my post always needed to be approved by the moderator. Is that normal and set in the thread, or is that just because I am new here and have low post count? (ie even in offtopic thread like this. 2) When I try to edit my profile, most settings on the Settings page are inaccessible, giving me this error: you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. Well, I have activated. Right according to the link in the first email. I even tried activating again, it says I have already activated. What's the problem? Thank you for looking into this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1125 Posted February 12, 2012 all of the fresh members are moderated, then there is special anti-spam auto-moderation based on predefined rules access to profile and some other stuff like signatures is when pass the 'newbie' status into 'registered' regular user :) You may think it's too strict, but it helped to get rid of 99.9% spam reaching public users of this forum so there is no problem, just keep posting normally until it works ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
