Forum Software Upgrade

[Art S.]

Ah,

I discovered what is missing: a temporary edit option! I was going to try smilies but forgot

[josh]

Great picture!

[mikewegener]

I thought I would try out the avitar section by using the image that some consider degrading but which I enjoy, I'll see if the image upload thing works as well:

Regards,

Art S.

Gold, Pure Gold!

[330GT]

One new feature of this update is the ability to have the posts in a thread listed from newest to oldest down the page. This mean that you don't have to open the last page and then page down to see the latest entries. The lastest ones are at the top of the first page. It particularly helpful when there are lots of pictures in the thread and as you page down to get to the new postings, everything keeps jumping around as the pictures get loaded and change the page as their sizes are figured out. Now you won't have to go to the bottom of the page, thus eliminating the picture load issue.

To enable this feature, go to your profile, Select the Board Preferences tab, then the Edit Display Options (on the left) and select Descending for the Display post order direction field.

BTW, this is also an option on FerrariChat which is why I knew to look for this feature.

[josh]

I've also noticed that there's a "first unread message" link on the first page of posts for each topic, which I think I actually prefer.

[sam231]

Nice upgrade..thank you.

[Tom Wilson]

The new photo attachment system is quite a bit easier than the one we were using before, but it is a smaller size. The one I have been using gives a 500 pixel wide photo that can be clicked on and increased to 1028 pixels wide. Is anybody actually clicking on them? If not, I will make my life easier and switch to Tom & Josh's way.

[Tom Wilson]

The new software has the ability to Bookmark a thread. There is a button at the bottom of every page of each thread that will allow you to use that feature. You can then go to the User Control Panel to view them. This will be handy for threads that address a concern that I need to address in the future.

Under he heading of "Not much use, but kind of cool", it appears that the circles with the lines inside to the left of the thread name actually have a function. I believe that if it has a red star in it, then it is a thread that you have started or responded to. Also, from time to time, these lines start scrolling, which seems to be when someone is viewing that thread. I do not know how that would be of use, because you cannot contact that person, but it's cool anyway. When I was just looking, the lines were scrolling on two threads and the only other users on line were google [bot] and yahoo [bot]...

[davidoloan]

The one I have been using gives a 500 pixel wide photo that can be clicked on and increased to 1028 pixels wide. Is anybody actually clicking on them? If not, I will make my life easier and switch to Tom & Josh's way.

Tom, The detail in your large photos is great and very much worth the effort. I'm clicking !

[JAV]

I must be getting old since change scares me. But, I do like the new format! Great job! An edit function would nice to have for we spelling challenged.

[jcwconsult]

The new format looks GREAT.

[klv]

Looks smart! Thanks to Josh and Tom for their efforts. At this rate of updates he'll have EFI on the 330 America soon!

[klv]

Forgot to add a smilie!

[enio45]

Great upgrade to the site - thank you