As a result of the upgrade I lost the ability to tell which post is new and which aren't

Anybody else encountered this problem ?

Wouter

Yea Me - and my smilies won't work.

Read the legend at the bottom right of the forum. It says that to the left of each thread topic there is an icon that is yellow when there are new posts and white if not.

Hi Mary,

(Don't you ever sleep?)

I've got yellow folders on two threads in the general forum, but there are no new posts??

Even tried viewing them using the ALL link, and then going back to index but they stay yellow.........

BTW none of the instant UBB code works either, so you can't include an image or a quote or a URL or.........

You guys in other parts of the world have a several-hour head start on us at seeing this new forum in action, so please let us know any other problems you see.

I'm sure we will get the smilies fixed so they work.

I'm not sure what that little flame icon means, but it appears that it means this is a "hot" topic because it has over X number of views. I don't really see any reason for that; do you? Maybe that should be disabled.

Also, note that this forum upgrade has restored a feature that was lost during the last upgrade: Now your reply will again include the name of the user you are replying to. Therefore, now it is important to do your reply directly to the post you are specifically replying to. That will also help to keep the threads more orderly for people who read in threaded mode, as well as more understandable for those who read in flat mode (which I think is most people).

I know Mary, I do alot of checking before I report an error and I saw the legend. However all the post, both new and old, had a white folder icon in front of it.

I just logged on and now ONLY in this thread I see that new posts have a yellow folder in front of it. Maybe the administrator has just corrected this feature because it really wasn't this way in the morning (Europe) ?

And as John Alani writes. None of the scripting works. So no search functionality and you can't ask for the display of all the post of the last 25 hours for example, no UBB codes. It just shows this message as a response :




Wouter

No smilies!:(

testing the Graimlins
<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

Okay, now I am showing that NOBODY is on the forum. Is anybody out there, or have we lost everybody? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

im here <--These still dont work.

It's a pretty neat trick to be viewing the forum and at the same time be told that you're not there...
If I try Who's Online I see only me, checking who's online.

But at the same time I'm told on the forum that there are 6 registered and 2 anonymous users online <confused>

I found out that if you use the UBB code that shows up over a Graemlin and type that into your post you get the corresponding Graemlin. Not ideal but it's a workaround:

<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> etc.

I assume therefore that by using the usual place markers we can enhance our posts?

[quote] this is a quote

yep!<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well, it will probably be a while before you get your smilies back. Rick is down at the hospital standing in line to get a blood test. And Chad probably isn't up yet this morning. Some of the smilies you can do manually, for now, using the key-in codes attached to them.

Meanwhile, I am most concerned about whether people are able to access the forum at all right now.

This whole thing is like getting new running rigging on your boat and trying to get used to the changes and working out the bugs. I'm sure it will take a few days. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Now I'll try uploading an image

Nope , no way to browse to add an image <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

No problem getting on and the speed is certainly improved. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Speed is excellent...Thanks for the improvements *)smile

Any way to get the unread function to appear on the Main Index? Was convenient to look there at my favorite forums for new posts/threads. Is this feature still available and I need to activate?

If not, I'm not complaining, you had me spoiled, speed outweighs convenience.

You are right, no way to attach an image. That is VERY SERIOUS! Totally unacceptable.

To use the old cliche:

PICS, OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


How will we ever cope?? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

No cope. This WILL NOT STAND. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />