gapertimmy Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 (edited) OK, so the board migration went fairly well. I know of a few things that didn't come over at all, namely private messages sent to or from scot'teryx didn't get imported because the ' in his user name [censored] up my pm import script, damned cougars. Anyhow, a few tips that might fix some problems: Logging In Issues if you had a public and a private username on the last board, eg I was privately registered as tim but my public name is gapertimmy, try logging in with your old public name, and your old private name if you are having issues getting on. Old ubb code The old bb code still works here, but old image tags [image ] [/ image] won't show up properly, but will work on future posts. Sorry about that, but its just one of those things! Posting Issues/Firewalls There is some built in features to the board to prevent spam bots from posting batches of messages. Trask and I discovered this was preventing users with personal firewall software from posting new threads. This has since been fixed. I'll add on more common mishaps as they become present. If you can't post a bug on this thread cuz you can't log in, please email me at ... and be patient for my reply. Thanks. Tim Edited May 28, 2004 by gapertimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 Here's another bit of info for those having a hard time logging in: the new software doesn't recognize spaces in your login name. Mine used to be Off White but now has to be Off_White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted November 28, 2002 Author Share Posted November 28, 2002 WORD, thanks for that Off White (thats with a _) special charachters don't go well with the software, thus the spaces in names are now replaced by "_" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted November 29, 2002 Author Share Posted November 29, 2002 another note, you have to LOGIN to post or reply to messages. the board has new cookies, so your old auto login won't work. though when you login the first time, you can set your cookie to REMEMBER ME, so you don't have to do it everytime. for those of you that have multiple avatars, these cookies can become a hassle on this new software. but i guess thats a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted November 29, 2002 Share Posted November 29, 2002 I can't speak for anyone else, but I like the new software. The star rating system blows though. I think it's distracting in the avatar box, and doesn't make sense anyway. I'd lose the stars, but then what do I know. Great job guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 what do the stars mean any way??? that some one likes you??/ or is it conected to how many posts you have??/ whats the deal? besides I'M a 10 not a 5 ( i'm so joking in case you missed that ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icegirl Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 I second trasks approval nice job!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Looks good! One slight glitch that I've had in the past, that continues with the new board, is that since I installed ZoneAlarm, I get no movement (graemlins, alpine kitty, etc.). I miss seeing the movement. Anybody got an idea how to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 I get text running off the right side of the screen, farther than the R/L scrollbar lets me scroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 re: anybody got an idea how to fix this? Yeah don't use crappy Windows software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 since I installed ZoneAlarm, I get no movement (graemlins, alpine kitty, etc.). I miss seeing the movement. Anybody got an idea how to fix this? yeah quit using crappy windows software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 i've picked at least two threads as "favorite" but nothing shows up on my home page under "favorite forums" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 duh. never mind. i was looking under "forums" instead of "threads". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 clearly you are not the forumgoddess lawgoddess. Nice work on the lion's jaw this weekend. didn't know you climbed trad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowell_Skoog Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 It appears that the "Today's topics" and "Last 48 hours" pages display each message individually, rather than showing each topic just once. Is that correct or am I missing something? Anyway, if that is the case, I'd like to complain. I find that interface unusable for somebody who wants to catch up on recent TOPICS, not individual MESSAGES. I don't want to scan through pages and pages of messages to find interesting topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted December 7, 2002 Author Share Posted December 7, 2002 We're currently in the process of making a recent topics or today's active topics page like the old board had. Sorry to rock your bbs experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 I'm having trouble submitting new avatars. I keep getting the message saying I have an improper image type. I'm only using .gifs and I don't know why they won't take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjay Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 i'm also havin' the problem of having the posts running further off the right side of my screen than i can scroll over to... any easy way to fix this? (btw, i use Netscape) thanks- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I cant reply to someone's thread and quote their comments using my browser - MSN8-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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