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Linky times

[Arryn]

It appears that no Posts made prior to the upgrade may be edited by Users, so any of our postings that have bad URLs are going to be stuck that way.

[Mindi]

Hey guys,

I fixed the editing problem, you should be able to go back and edit any Posts you made in the Dom 2 forum. Richard is going to try to find a solution this week to convert the links from the old board into the new board format but this may take several days and we can't give any guarantees that it will work. For now though, you can edit the links to your hearts content!

[Arryn]

Hey guys,

I fixed the editing problem, you should be able to go back and edit any Posts you made in the Dom 2 forum. For now though, you can edit the links to your hearts content!

Thanks, Mindi!

However, the in-post HTML/UBB code is broken:

Bold
Large

This line should be centered, but isn't.
This line should be small, but isn't.
This line should be blue, but isn't.

The odd thing is that the Posts that were imported when the forum was upgraded display fine (example: post #252172), yet any that I edit get ruined (example: post #252184).

[Arryn]

As my next suggestion, you might want to significantly raise the number of post views that a thread needs to qualify as a "hot topic". Pretty much most/every thread in the Dom 2 area is now "hot". Personally, IMO, "hot topics" should be based strictly on replies and not how many times they're viewed. Tracking only replies more accurately reflects forum activity, and not just what threads the lurkers are looking at.


Sincerely,

Arryn

[Arryn]

Do one of the admins have a rough guesstimate as to when support for embedded HTML/UBBCODE in Posts will be fixed? Reason I ask is that (at some point) I need to edit all the now-invalid links in my AAR thread and I cannot do that until it's fixed else I'll corrupt each post I edit. I understand Richard et. al. have been real busy thus far fixing the more important DB-related and font issues. I'm just curious (and bumping the issue so it's not overlooked). Thanks.

[rabelais]

Oh my. This is ... surprising.

Dammit, I *liked* the reverse post order... and the new interface is beyond hideous.

Oh well, maybe there is a silver lining. I'm sure the shrapnel admins wouldn't go to such trouble, merely to afflict the regulars.

Hope so, otherwise I suspect we are going to lose major traffic on the Boards. Is there an old-board skin I can apply?


Rabe, in HIDing

[Boron]

hm i don't like the changes so far . i have to fully agree with rabe . the old forum had flair . this looks really like a step backwards .

shrapnel could have done a poll if we want this . the old forum had a kinda unique look this looks so far not good .

[Karacan]

Me likes it. Just add a few edit options, like choosing the fontsize, which is way too big.

Otherwise, it's going to be some pain in remembering to start reading from the top again, but it is a good thing all in all.

[Kel]

Me likey. Third the opinion on font size but if it can't be helped, reading Posts in order is still worth it

- Kel