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Title: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 22, 2005, 11:57:34 AM
Today I upgraded the message forum to the latest version.

Some of the most notable changes from the previous version are:
  • A rewritten search engine to further optimize search performance, including separate subject caching.
  • Sorting and better pagination is now supported in unread/unreadreplies.
  • Increased usage of caching abilities of eAccelerator and similar packages for optimized speed.
  • A new [time]-tag, allowing to show a time that's dynamically adjusted to everyone's timezone.
  • Added support for previewing a post without reloading the page for Opera 8.01+.
  • The repair boards and topics function now uses steps to prevent timeouts.
  • Receiving 'report to moderator' notifications is now linked to a permission (moderate board).
  • Many, many bug fixes, tweaks, optimizations, improvements, etc.

Let me know if you find any bugs. Thanks!


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: Da_Mtg_Man on September 22, 2005, 02:15:54 PM
Why are all of the pics so much smaller?


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 22, 2005, 02:25:38 PM
Hmm..it looks like they are automatically thumbnailed. You have to click em to enlarge them. I don't know if that is better or not.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: Moose on September 22, 2005, 02:33:16 PM
Page seems to load faster that way.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 22, 2005, 02:33:59 PM
Dial-up users might appreciate that.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: Moose on September 22, 2005, 02:35:01 PM
Dial-up users might appreciate that.

I was just thinking that.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 22, 2005, 03:07:47 PM
If anyone is getting a cookie error when trying to logon, try the following:

Internet Explorer:
Try deleting cookies altogether by going to Internet Options, General, Delete Cookies. Although, this will affect other sites you browse, too.

Firefox:
Delete the cookie for this site by goinig to Tools, Options, Privacy, Clear. Although, this will affect other sites you browse, too.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: SwampRat on September 22, 2005, 04:18:07 PM
If anyone is getting a cookie error when trying to logon, try the following:
Thank you. 


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: Magnum330 on September 22, 2005, 10:57:16 PM
I like the thumbnailed better saves scrolling lft and rt :ThumbsUp.gif


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: RL400 on September 26, 2005, 04:44:41 PM
is it possible to have a profile setting option to make it auto thumbnail or not?  because i personally dont like it, but dial up users will like it.

if not, thats fine.

rl.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: johnnygun on September 26, 2005, 05:16:54 PM
karma?

what up?


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 27, 2005, 11:09:18 AM
Karma is a feature that shows the popularity of a member. Members can 'applaud' or 'smite' other members, which is how their popularity is calculated. Min 250 posts to give Karma. You can only 'applaud' or 'smite' as many users as you want, but only one per user per 24 hours.

So, if someone posts very negative threads on a regular basis, they most likely will end up with a negative karma. Vice-versa, too.


Title: Re: Upgrade to message board.
Post by: mrbones on September 27, 2005, 11:10:21 AM
is it possible to have a profile setting option to make it auto thumbnail or not?  because i personally dont like it, but dial up users will like it.

if not, thats fine.

rl.

No sorry. It's only a user wide server option. (As far as I know, this is a new upgrade to the forum).