At least that "bug" that caused the toolbar to appear in the middle of the reply box appears to be gone. Even with Internet Explorer 7. (For some reason, the problem didn't occur with Firefox or IE8.)
We just turned off the negative reputation points. Although they were fun, especially in the Politics forum, they proved useless (and actually made some upset). Disagreement with a post now will have to be done via a non-vote.
The forums will highlight anything that gets 10 positive points. So if you think something someone wrote is good, +1 it so others will find it more easily.
Okay, now what happened? The whole "look" of the cafe has changed. Has it had a sudden re-paint since I called by this morning? Am I in the same Cafe? Have I fallen through the looking glass?
I made a tweak in the CSS. Let me know if IE7 works correctly again (although IE8 should be used, IE7 is getting old like IE6 and was non-standards compliant from day 1).
Apparently the tweak I put in caused all the poster information on the left of each post to be hidden in IE.
May take me a few to track down exactly how to get IE to behave. In the mean time, there are 4 other free browsers out there that work perfectly (Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera)
Also, switching back to the old look should correct the issue also. You can do so at anytime using the drop-down list on the lower left of any page in the forums. Select "IP.Board" for the old one, "Light" for the new one.
Apparently the tweak I put in caused all the poster information on the left of each post to be hidden in IE.
May take me a few to track down exactly how to get IE to behave. In the mean time, there are 4 other free browsers out there that work perfectly (Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera)
Also, switching back to the old look should correct the issue also. You can do so at anytime using the drop-down list on the lower left of any page in the forums. Select "IP.Board" for the old one, "Light" for the new one.
OK. That got rid of the "toolbar in the middle" bug again, but you're right: I can't see posters' names or avatars. (Though it's fun to guess who they are by gender, number of posts, etc!)
The display issue affecting being able to see the author's information of a post only affected IE7 (and probably IE6 but I didn't even bother with that antique). Something was triggering a bug in that browser. After spending a few hours trying to track it down I gave up. It's not worth it. IE7 is outdated anyway and if you're using IE6 there are a whole host of other sites that aren't going to work for you also.
So as a work-around, if the forums see that you're using IE7 it will default you to the old look and display properly.
If you want to use the new look, you need to update your browser to IE8 or use any of the, IMHO, better browsers out there.
I see under Paw's and the moderators they are listed under the group "adminisrators". Is this a misspell? Shouldn't it be "administrators" or did you do spell it differently for some reason?
I see under Paw's and the moderators they are listed under the group "adminisrators". Is this a misspell? Shouldn't it be "administrators" or did you do spell it differently for some reason?
I see its spelled "administrators" now. Maybe the t got stuck in a packet somewhere in cyber space for a while..
So where did the little green plus "reputation" button go in my own posts? Does this mean someone can't give me a little green thingie anymore if they like my post?
I can see it in other people's posts, but not mine :(
As I mentioned somewhere else, we also deleted all the negative reputation votes and everyone's reputation total as displayed on their profile page now represents only the plus votes.
And since we disabled being able to up-vote your own post, all past self-up-votes have just been deleted.
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pawtucket
This is from my phone. I can post to GS now while I'm driving!!!!
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I like having Shout at the top again.
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Do drive safe . . . I could see this site splintering without its unifying leader . . . ^_^
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OMG - then we would have our own brand of offshoots. GreaseSpot, GreaseStain, De-GreasedSpot and on it would spiral!!
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This doesn't have anything to do with new features, but what does it mean when someone makes you their friend, or you make them your friend?
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It works pretty well on my Droid phone. Thanks GT!
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At least that "bug" that caused the toolbar to appear in the middle of the reply box appears to be gone. Even with Internet Explorer 7. (For some reason, the problem didn't occur with Firefox or IE8.)
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We just turned off the negative reputation points. Although they were fun, especially in the Politics forum, they proved useless (and actually made some upset). Disagreement with a post now will have to be done via a non-vote.
The forums will highlight anything that gets 10 positive points. So if you think something someone wrote is good, +1 it so others will find it more easily.
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Okay, now what happened? The whole "look" of the cafe has changed. Has it had a sudden re-paint since I called by this morning? Am I in the same Cafe? Have I fallen through the looking glass?
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pawtucket
We brought a crew in this morning with code; html; php; color charts; and internet access and they did the whole thing over.
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GeorgeStGeorge
And now the "bug" is back. I guess I'll just have to stick with Firefox for GSC.
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Ah, Now I see what JavaJane was talking about.
I made a tweak in the CSS. Let me know if IE7 works correctly again (although IE8 should be used, IE7 is getting old like IE6 and was non-standards compliant from day 1).
Don't get me started about IE6 :wacko:
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Apparently the tweak I put in caused all the poster information on the left of each post to be hidden in IE.
May take me a few to track down exactly how to get IE to behave. In the mean time, there are 4 other free browsers out there that work perfectly (Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera)
Also, switching back to the old look should correct the issue also. You can do so at anytime using the drop-down list on the lower left of any page in the forums. Select "IP.Board" for the old one, "Light" for the new one.
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OK. That got rid of the "toolbar in the middle" bug again, but you're right: I can't see posters' names or avatars. (Though it's fun to guess who they are by gender, number of posts, etc!)
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The display issue affecting being able to see the author's information of a post only affected IE7 (and probably IE6 but I didn't even bother with that antique). Something was triggering a bug in that browser. After spending a few hours trying to track it down I gave up. It's not worth it. IE7 is outdated anyway and if you're using IE6 there are a whole host of other sites that aren't going to work for you also.
So as a work-around, if the forums see that you're using IE7 it will default you to the old look and display properly.
If you want to use the new look, you need to update your browser to IE8 or use any of the, IMHO, better browsers out there.
For anyone looking to upgrade IE: Download IE8
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Nottawayfer
FYI: If you are still running Windows XP like I am (gasp!), you won't be able to download IE 8. You are better off downloading Mozilla Firefox.
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I see under Paw's and the moderators they are listed under the group "adminisrators". Is this a misspell? Shouldn't it be "administrators" or did you do spell it differently for some reason?
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WordWolf
You ARE better off downloading Firefoz, but I've run IE8 on XP in more than one place...
In those cases, the PCs were running XP Pro. I don't know about XP Home.
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I see its spelled "administrators" now. Maybe the t got stuck in a packet somewhere in cyber space for a while..
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Sunesis
So where did the little green plus "reputation" button go in my own posts? Does this mean someone can't give me a little green thingie anymore if they like my post?
I can see it in other people's posts, but not mine :(
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WordWolf
I can see yours, but not mine.
I think that prevents people from boosting their own posts.
I've wondered if a few people did that to their own posts in the past...
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Sunesis
Cool - it wasn't just me. I thought maybe I was being punished or something :(
I just gave you a boost Wordwolf!
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Yes, we did turn off being able to up-vote a user's own posts. Doesn't make sense to have that and some people were getting a bit zealous doing it.
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As I mentioned somewhere else, we also deleted all the negative reputation votes and everyone's reputation total as displayed on their profile page now represents only the plus votes.
And since we disabled being able to up-vote your own post, all past self-up-votes have just been deleted.
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