October 2019 - Forum Upgrade Issues

Mike I’m far from a tech guy . But everything to me works great. So thanks! As with anything new it takes time to figure it all out. Now my only problem and I think it began before the change. Is can we get back the op marker for the thread starter. With the just colored avatars I never know who in talking to. Thanks
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I'm not Mike, obviously, but I found where it is now. Look up to the top right of the OP's posts. Instead of saying OP it now says thread starter.
 

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Agree. I can see people calling me "smart" if I am disagreeing with them over something. Doesn't even have to be about bad advise, even when people don't like what they hear, even if true. I don't see it happening often though. Most people here are quite respectful. I do like the idea of a sad reaction as I could never react to sad news. Maybe the new hug option could take the place for that.

I will say that I definitely miss agree. I have to like most posts now to say I agree which is kinda bland. Informative was a nice one too.
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I miss the "winner icon" it was a great way to show the post or information was right on. Personally I find the love eye's on a smiley sort of childish, would rather just see a heart symbol.
 

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I'm not Mike, obviously, but I found where it is now. Look up to the top right of the OP's posts. Instead of saying OP it now says thread starter.
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Can you share a screen shot?? I found this little blue circle on myself in my own thread. So I assume the blue circle is meaning I started the thread. BUT that circle only shows up in the blue format. I don't see it on the dark or light formats. And I don't see the words "thread starter" anywhere. Mobile or desktop.
 
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Can you share a screen shot?? I found this little blue circle on myself in my own thread. So I assume the blue circle is meaning I started the thread. BUT that circle only shows up in the blue format. I don't see it on the dark or light formats. And I don't see the words "thread starter" anywhere. Mobile or desktop.
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Here you go
 
Hi, on the black bar on the right at the top of the post, in a box it says Thread Starter
 
Here is the scoop guys...

"Thread starter" ONLY shows up in DEFAULT STYLE. and ONLY when using the desktop site.

The blue circle indicating thread starter (in the screenshot I posted) only shows up in BLUE mode.

So if you are accessing the site on your mobile phone (not the app) you can't see who started the thread unless in blue mode. And you only see it in default style when viewing in desktop mode. I just tested every viewing option to confirm.

So at this point in time....if you are viewing the website on your mobile phone web browser (again not the app) you can only see who the OP is by having it in blue mode.
 

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I’m using Fishlore light style on an iPad using the web version & I can see it.
 
Ooh I think i'm gonna like the dark mode. Easy on the eyes. I miss all the rating options though like 'agree', 'creative', that was a fun feature here, but I guess a trivial one.

What I also miss is the OP banner in the avatar of the person who made the thread using mobile phone Chome. I have to go back often to see who started the thread and who to respond to.
 
Here is the scoop guys...

"Thread starter" ONLY shows up in DEFAULT STYLE. and ONLY when using the desktop site.

The blue circle indicating thread starter (in the screenshot I posted) only shows up in BLUE mode.

So if you are accessing the site on your mobile phone (not the app) you can't see who started the thread unless in blue mode. And you only see it in default style when viewing in desktop mode. I just tested every viewing option to confirm.

So at this point in time....if you are viewing the website on your mobile phone web browser (again not the app) you can only see who the OP is by having it in blue mode.
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I am not sure the blue circle indicates thread starter. Before the upgrade it actually said "OP" over there on our avatars. Now it says "Thread Starter" and it is now on the right side of the colored bar at the top of each post.
 
I am not sure the blue circle indicates thread starter. Before the upgrade it actually said "OP" over there on our avatars. Now it says "Thread Starter" and it is now on the right side of the colored bar at the top of each post.
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Well...the blue circle is not by my name in this thread. But it is by my name in my thread. So I assume it had to do with me being the OP in that thread. Maybe not?
 
Yes just saw that blue circle with the waving guy . For me it’s right below the avatar circle . Thought that was for new members. Great and I guess each color has it somewhere else. Thanks all!!
 

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This is a thread I just started. As you can see it says "Thread Starter" up there in the black strip just above the text. I don't see the blue circle on any of my threads so hopefully Mike will be able to tell us what that means.

This is the thread I just started. Can you see the words "Thread Starter" on it. If not then I guess Mike still has work to do

I just went to fishlore blue and see exactly what you are talking about. Thread starter is gone and the blue circle is there. Very strange indeed.
 
Yes your in the white mode. In the blue mode there’s a waving guy. Not sure what’s in the black mode. I’m happy with the blue kind of looks like the old way .
 
I just enabled that on mobile views.
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Thanks Mike!
I went to re-run my tests only to find "thread starter" everywhere and thought I was losing my mind. I figured you must be actively working on it!

I also see the OP banner on the avatars

I remember when you first added that feature. It was such a great addition because it was so easy to lose touch of who the thread "belonged" to. I'm glad you got it back up and running!

In fact...."thread starter" is even better because many people don't know what "OP" means. lol
 
Well I now have a waving guy under the circle and op on the top of the circle. Thanks Mike!!!
 
HI Fishloreans - wow, that was a huge upgrade! Took literally all day today and I'm still rebuilding indexes and tweaking things... Gonna be a long night and weekend.

Please post any issues in this thread and I'll try and tackle them as soon as I can. Some things have changed a lot, but much has stayed the same.

Thanks for your patience!
Mike
[EDIT] - Added by ryanr

To all, if you need to report an issue, to help speed things up, please state how you're viewing the forum. E.g. are you using the app, or via browser on mobile device, and state the browser you're using,
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I have been having an issue, I thought there was a page by an admin with a purple username and a c icon in the purple who made a forum to say stuff about the update. If so let me know. I think my comments are not being seen I have tried this on multiple devices I was chatting with someone then midway through they stopped responding and so did other people to my posts as far as I know. I posed a new thread yesterday I believe and still haven't gotten replies it usually takes 4 hours at most.
 
I have been having an issue, I thought there was a page by an admin with a purple username and a c icon in the purple who made a forum to say stuff about the update. If so let me know. I think my comments are not being seen I have tried this on multiple devices I was chatting with someone then midway through they stopped responding and so did other people to my posts as far as I know. I posed a new thread yesterday I believe and still haven't gotten replies it usually takes 4 hours at most.
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HI Ethan
I don't think this has to do with the forum upgrade.
If you're referring to this thread:
It's rather vague so that could be the issue.

We can talk further in private so we don't go off topic here. Send me the links to your other threads. I'll take a look.
 
HI Ethan
I don't think this has to do with the forum upgrade.
If you're referring to this thread:
It's rather vague so that could be the issue.

We can talk further in private so we don't go off topic here. Send me the links to your other threads. I'll take a look.
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I fixed the tile I will see if that works, also here is the other link
 
Smilies are larger now.

Looks like xenforo made some improvements to the notifications too! Lucy let me know if you get a notification from this post edit.
 

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The site is evolving nicely.. I'm getting more used to it. Thanks Mike!
 
So, any outstanding issues still?

Thanks for all the feedback thus far!
Mike
 
Mike Wish list. Would like to have back the mouse hover over Alerts instead of a mouse click. Hyperlinks should be in the color blue instead of aqua. Would like to have back the notation that if you replied in a thread the double shade of your avatar showed to signify that you already replied instead of reading the thread again just to find out you did reply days ago. Any notation would be good.
 
So, any outstanding issues still?

Thanks for all the feedback thus far!
Mike
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Yes. When I click on this link...



...I get this.



I also wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all your hard work on this upgrade. I'm new here, but not to forums in general. I'm a long-time active member of a forum related to the software I use at work. It's very active, but it's on the Jive platform, which seems to be dying a slow lingering death.
 
So, any outstanding issues still?

Thanks for all the feedback thus far!
Mike
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I may have one, unless I've done something wrong.

When I try to do the advanced search for something by date, the newest posts are all from 2017. No recent posts. When I select "newer than" it says that there is no results found, even though I know for a fact there has been posts recently.
 
Yes. When I click on this link...

...I get this.

I also wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all your hard work on this upgrade. I'm new here, but not to forums in general. I'm a long-time active member of a forum related to the software I use at work. It's very active, but it's on the Jive platform, which seems to be dying a slow lingering death.
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thanks, that is fixed now. They changed the path to that page.

I may have one, unless I've done something wrong.

When I try to do the advanced search for something by date, the newest posts are all from 2017. No recent posts. When I select "newer than" it says that there is no results found, even though I know for a fact there has been posts recently.
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That would be because the search engine index failed on rebuild. It is rebuilding now and should be done soon.
 
Thank you for giving us our agree icon back. Can we possibly have our winner icon back? Sometimes something is said that is so spot on nothing but "winner" is the appropriate reaction.

The hover over for alerts and conversations would be nice along with a way to tell which threads we have commented on. Before, our avatar was superimposed over the OP's avatar and that worked well. We could tell at a glance that we had commented on that thread.

So far I've not come across anything that isn't working as it should so it looks like you can finally take a deep breath and relax a bit. There are always going to be glitches when doing a major upgrade like this. Thank you for all you do to keep this forum up and running so well
 

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Ok, so that is the main "what's new" page and when you click the more button it just takes you to the new posts tab. Not much I can do with how that works.
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I realized that getting the partial page only happens when I click on the little lightning bolt near the top right. When I select New Posts from the drop-down near the top left it doesn't happen, so I'll remember to keep using that option.
 
Trader ratings should be fully functional now for the BSTF section.
 
I've noticed that pics on some threads seem to have broken. This thread for instance. Not all thread seem to have been affected, but I've checked a few that I've been part of and it seems its happened to quite a few of them.
 
I've noticed that pics on some threads seem to have broken. This thread for instance. Not all thread seem to have been affected, but I've checked a few that I've been part of and it seems its happened to quite a few of them.
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Grrr, ok. Not sure what happened there. Will try to get it fixed.
 
I am unable to use Smileys. Screen freezes right here, every time:
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Is there a way I can fix this? I'm using an android/Chrome.
Also, why doesn't colored text translate to posts? I was hoping (excited actually) that would be an option we could use to highlight stuff like NitrITES and NitrATES without having to shout so much....lol!
 
I was seeing pictures earlier now I'm not anymore. I signed out and back in and still nothing.

I was seeing pictures earlier now I'm not anymore. I signed out and back in and still nothing.
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Nevermind........
 
I am unable to use Smileys. Screen freezes right here, every time:
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Is there a way I can fix this? I'm using an android/Chrome.
Also, why doesn't colored text translate to posts? I was hoping (excited actually) that would be an option we could use to highlight stuff like NitrITES and NitrATES without having to shout so much....lol!
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There are a lot of smilies and emojis that load as you scroll. I'll have to research if there are any android/chrome issues with that.

The colors are disabled because it can make the text unreadable in dark mode. For example if you picked purple the dark screen mode made it nearly unreadable. You can still use the "B" or bold tag though. Like so: NitrAte, NitrIte

Also, an update on the photo issue. I think it was caused by one of the add-ons we are using which I've since disabled but I have to try and restore those missing s from backup which is taking a looooong time to download. Probably won't get those restored til after work tomorrow night.
 
Probably won't get those restored til after work tomorrow night.
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You mean you have a REAL job, besides taking care of this forum? Do you ever sleep?
 
You mean you have a REAL job, besides taking care of this forum? Do you ever sleep?
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Yeah unfortunately I do have a real job outside of FL. What is this "sleep" thing you speak of?? Haha!
 

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There are a lot of smilies and emojis that load as you scroll. I'll have to research if there are any android/chrome issues with that.

The colors are disabled because it can make the text unreadable in dark mode. For example if you picked purple the dark screen mode made it nearly unreadable. You can still use the "B" or bold tag though. Like so: NitrAte, NitrIte

Also, an update on the photo issue. I think it was caused by one of the add-ons we are using which I've since disabled but I have to try and restore those missing s from backup which is taking a looooong time to download. Probably won't get those restored til after work tomorrow night.
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Thanks for the fixes. But the problem with the smileys is that when I try to use them the screen freezes. I can't do anything. I can't refresh the screen etc. I have to shut down my browser and restart it. I guess maybe smileys are broken on androids using chrome.
Update: I switched to Firefox focus and I'm having a whole different issue with the screen jumping around while i'm entering messages! The smileys work now though. Maybe it's not a Android using Chrome issue then. Maybe it's an Android using Anything issue?
 
How do I find a list of MY THREADS ??
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Good to your profile. Click "find" beside trader history and then click threads by user
 
How do I find a list of MY THREADS ??
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At the top of the page just click on the ‘Find threads’ tab, you should see threads you started & an option to see threads where you posted in & others. This is in the full version I have no clue about the App sorry.
 
Thanks for the fixes. But the problem with the smileys is that when I try to use them the screen freezes. I can't do anything. I can't refresh the screen etc. I have to shut down my browser and restart it. I guess maybe smileys are broken on androids using chrome.
Update: I switched to Firefox focus and I'm having a whole different issue with the screen jumping around while i'm entering messages! The smileys work now though. Maybe it's not a Android using Chrome issue then. Maybe it's an Android using Anything issue?
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Momgoose,

I'm using Firefox on an android phone and not having any issues currently.
 
After trying for several days now, I am unable to restore some of those broken attachments from last week. So you may need to re-attach them in some of your threads or in the gallery. Looks like it affected about 1% of the total attachments. I'm going to keep trying to get them restored but I'm kinda losing hope at this point because the developer for the add-on that caused the issue isn't responding.
 
HI Mike. It seems that recently a few people I talk to haven't been getting notifications for a thread we're on. Only recently apparently. They didn't realize the thread was still active for days. Its happened to me once since this started - that was because I didn't click the notification when I saw it though. I did experience that a bit in the past, but not at this rate.

A feature that has been suggested there is an option to make specific threads "high priority". Or just make it so that a thread will still send notifications a few more times after you don't click on the notification before it stops sending them entirely? Not sure if anyone else besides us has been getting this.
 

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