***Forum Upgrade Testing***

[rich83]

OK.... so we have a testing forum up and running. Its taken me bloooooooody ages to sort it out. Its nearly there... but it needs a few things fixing and tweaking before we make the switch over.

Have a look and let us know what you think. Bare in mind it will run slowly as its on a crappy server. The next reincarnation of the test forum will reside on our (this) server, so performance will be much better.

If theres anything that immediately sticks out as wrong/horrible/crap/worse/better/etc please tell us. We want this to be a positive move.  

NB. tapatalk might not work as ive not installed the plugin.

You can login with your current username. Please note that its a testing forum so anything posted on there will be removed as of the 3rd April (when my hosting runs out)

www.6paconline.com/test



Thanks





TODO
*white background for board background
*For Sale board Archiving?
*Thank you statistics. DONE
*Youtube plugin DONE
*Tapatalk plugin
*Thread started by in a separate column? http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2625 DONE
*Preview on hover over http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2115

[Adam-golf]

Layout looks alot better!

[stealthwolf]

Can't see PMs but don't know if this is down to temp forum or not

[rich83]

What does it say? Gives an error?

http://6paconline.com/test/index.php?action=pm

[stealthwolf]

Nope. Just expected to see a link under username.

[rich83]

Ahh yes... is now ONLY on the menu bar.   

[Nodz]

Just been on and looks good. The only thing I couldn't see in my profile or on the posts was the thanks given/recieved

[edd666999]

personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now

also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"

[rich83]

personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now

Im not sure that going to be something that we can change, its probably very much embedded in tons of code.

The white background might be do-able... will put it on the list of things to do/try.

also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"

I dont think so no. I will look into it.

[edd666999]

personally prefer the started by in a separate column, spaces out the threads better. also a white background...like we have now

Im not sure that going to be something that we can change, its probably very much embedded in tons of code.

The white background might be do-able... will put it on the list of things to do/try.

also in regards to the for sale section, would it be possible to once sold have the option the "archive" the thread. This would move it to another section "archived"

I dont think so no. I will look into it.

 

[rich83]

Just been on and looks good. The only thing I couldn't see in my profile or on the posts was the thanks given/recieved

I need to look into whether the statistics are carried over when the database is converted. I have added it to the list. Thanks  

We might end up losing this feature.

[scopes]

I like the forum just the way it is now, a few tweaks and it would be perfect... It's easy read, easy on the eyes, things can be found handy enough too. It has worked well for years 

Would also like to see the started by in a separate column  makes finding threads easier!

keep up the good work!

 

[rich83]

I like the forum just the way it is now, a few tweaks and it would be perfect... It's easy read, easy on the eyes, things can be found handy enough too. It has worked well for years 

Would also like to see the started by in a separate column  makes finding threads easier!

keep up the good work!

 

Hopefully thats what we will achieve. But upgrading does mean that it will change. We cant keep running on software that is over 7 years out of date. We must move it on to keep up with security and also for forum performance.

I dont think the thread starter topic is possible. I will look into it.

[rich83]

OK... looks like the "started by" column is available via adding a load of code. Its on the list to try when we do the 2nd phase of the testing.  

[stealthwolf]

I do like the grey background - reduces the strain on the eyes.