New Software

[Phil2360]

Hey John, FYI,

 

Just clicked on this thread:-

 

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Could only scroll down & see about 8 or 9 messages of the 36 & didn't seem to get any "Next Page" options at the bottom

of the screen.

 

Cheers

 

Phil

 

PS. Same on the "Namo" Thread. Only seeing the first 7 posts & no Next page.

 

 

[skibug]

I had the same issue on the "How long to you use the same rope?" thread. Popped up only one page and couldn't readily find a "next page" or "previous page" option.

[kona]

I could see them all,I am using chrome also.

[skibug]

Google Chrome seems to make it work correctly; but, not in IE. I haven't tried FireFox

[MattP]

Safari works

[Bud Man]

John,

I like the look. You must have been working long and hard. Good job.

 

I do get a “Done, but with errors on page.” With Explorer 8, but I don’t see the errors.

 

I don’t see icons for adding pictures and videos, am I just overlooking them.

 

[MattP]

Bud

 

If you look under the comment box it says Attach a file to upload a picture

[Horton]

yea there are some bugs. When that happens. Close your browser all the way down and reopen.

It will take some time to work all this out. Thanks

[Bud Man]

MattP,

 

Mine just says "Attach a file"; are you saying that it will insert a picture? And do I just paste to embed You Tube?

[MattP]

Lets do a test. I attached a file then clicked Insert Image

/vanilla2/uploads/FileUpload/6/606.jpg

 

Clicking insert image will put in the code that will embed the image. As for video you can get the code from youtube. I will see if it is possible to up load a video using the attach a file.

[Bud Man]

 

I'll try inserting a picture and embeding a video.

 

[MattP]

@Horton I try to delete a attachment and get the error "Code":401,"Exception":"You don't have permission to do that."}

[Bud Man]

Video works great but when I went to preview picture it was not mine nor had I ever seen it that I can recall.

[Bud Man]

I'll try picture again.

 

[MattP]

I would try it again and see if the problem continues to happen or if it was a one time thing

[Bud Man]

It worked that time but a bit large though.

 

MattP, I notice a trash can by my thumbnail. Must be to delete upload.

Ill try to delete the one I just posted.

[Horton]

There are some bugs... going to take a few days. Just stick with me.

 

There will be instructions for videos and images.

 

I have been screwing with this for so long that I just got mad and pulled the trigger last night.

[Bud Man]

Nope, trash can did not delete upload. I'll try editing post.

[dleenhouts]

To get a topic to become marked as read (by actually reading it, not using the "mark all viewed" link), you need to click the "discussions" link, not your browser's back button. Something to toss on the back burner while images/videos get straightened out.

 

And I thought my days of software QA were over...

[Bud Man]

I like it John.

 

Don’t let it frustrate you too much.

 

Just take a break and go do something easier than building a Website, you know, like running -41.

 

[Horton]

thanks guys. Need to do the real job rest of day. Like I said it may take a few days..

[Bud Man]

John, I don’t know if automatic post numbering a hard or easy thing to add. It might be neat to be able to refer to number when replying to a certain post. Just a thought.

[Bulldog]

I have to hit the back button twice everytime with Safari, I like the look John. Great Job!

[Bud Man]

John, I have really been enjoying the modification to your Website today. Job well done, and thank you for your hard work.

[ski6jones]

I don't by default see the bottom of the forum page in IE if the topic is to long.

 

The scroll bar on the browser doesn't resize to allow scrolling to the bottom of the forum page.

 

If I select the forum text as if to "Copy" and drag down to the bottom then the forum frame (not the browser page) scrolls down to the bottom of the forum. There is no scroll bar visible on the forum frame (not sure there should be).

 

Chrome works fine, the browser page is sized to show the entire forum frame.

 

This just an observation I stumbled across that I thought be useful in debuging.

[Horton]

Yea I think that is caused by an old version of IE. What version are you running?

 

Not sure yet. Thanks.

 

I am slowly working out the bugs. Believe it or not I have been tinkering since December.

[ski6jones]

IE7. IT haven't moved us to IE8 yet.

[Horton]

Upgrade to Chrome or Firefox is faster and easier than IE

[JC McCavit]

How do you change your name on the site?

[ski6jones]

I'll wait till your done with most of your tweaking, then see how thing work.

 

Many of my work apps don't behave in Firefox (last I checked).

 

Don't worry, I'll get my BOS fix one way or the other.

[Horton]

JC.... I will have to look. Gimmie a few days.... remind me

[Horton]

Ski6

Would it kill u to work w/ ie and read BOS with FireFox

[Phil2360]

"Would it kill u to work w/ ie and read BOS with FireFox "

 

Probably not, what I had to do here. Interestingly; I support & install hardware & software for small business clients with networks consisting of 6 to 12 PC's. The size & annual revenue of these sites seems to dictated that their IT equipment must last roughly 5 years. They also hate spending money on IT for some reason, maybe it's a parallel to "Cutting into their Skiing Budgets".

Anyway that means life's dictated by what runs consistently over a variety of older systems & needs to be a bit of a constant quantity.

 

 

Cheers

 

Phil

[Horton]

I do understand....

[Phil2360]

John,

 

Presume you've done something in the last hour? Issue seems fixed. remainder of page loads as you scroll down now.

 

IE still reports an error;

 

Line: 8

Char: 5250

Error: Permission Denied

Code: 0

URL: http://www.ballofspray.com/vanilla2/index.php?p=/discussion/2764/new-software

 

Phil

 

 

[ski6jones]

John,

 

No, it woudn't kill me.

 

I was on firefox a couple of years ago. We got a bought by a larger company and started using their IT and Web based business apps. Firefox (not sure which version) didn't work well with the new apps, so I was constantly bouncing between firefox and IE.

 

Finally got tired of it and just started using IE.

 

I'll probably check out your recommended versions of Chrome and Firefox on my business apps. Maybe one of them will work better for that than IE7 does for BOS forum.

 

Either way it's not a big deal to me. I'll take a look after you settle in on the new forum software.

 

It's all good, ski season is here!!

[Jim Neely]

IE8 seems to work fine. I probably haven't tried every feature though.

[Horton]

I just made the edits so new users can register. There is some extra security now. Good thing.

[Horton]

JC Looks like I will have to do it for you. It also looks like you already have two accounts. Email me and let me know how you want your account. horton@ballofspray.com

[eleeski]

John, can you get a feature to go to the last post from the discussions page? I use lots of different computers and I don't always sign in so I end up paging through lots of posts I have read to get to the latest relevant posts. If my internet is slow or phone based this is a pain.

Eric

[Horton]

just sign in....

 

I think I can reverse the display order but that will blow too many minds.

[eleeski]

Skifly lets me click on the last page to open a discussion. Epicski default opens to the last comment. CRB is reverse display. In the old version I could click on "last comment" to go to the last page. There does not seem to be a standard but your old version was the most user friendly. Scrolling through many pages (including the sign in page) is really tough where the internet is slow - everywhere I travel.

The new site seems to load faster than the old site - very nice. Also it doesn't drop (and erase) my posts without warning. But I lost my banner.

Eric

[MattP]

The only complaint that I have about the new software is that when you click on the thread it does not take you to the most current post like the old software did.

[PBD]

What MattP said.

 

The Last Comment feature on old version was great any way to get that on this version?

[Horton]

Yea I see that. Gimmie time to work out the bugs.

[JC McCavit]

More of the same, can the post be listed in reverse order, newest post first instead of last?

[MattP]

I feel like that makes it hard to catch up if you are reading the thread for the first time.

[Phil2360]

Personally don't like posts in reverse unless it's a user option.

It's a bit un-natural to read a complete tread you've not been following from bottom to top.

 

But to have the option to switch the order would be fine.

[Horton]

For now the way it is... is how it is. There are other options but I do not like any of them

[Roger]

Is there (or will there be) some way to quote a post for response? This is a feature I really like in other forums I participate in.