[07-MAR-2016] Current status of BLF upgrade process

How can we see our previous posts in the new system? It used to be under “My Account” before, but now I don’t see it.

We can’t at the moment.
The new system is a work in progress.

Nice, thank you Halo!

Could you give a bit more detail here please?

Added to the TODO list in the first post on this page.

Thanks a lot ToyKeeper. Let’s try this other Textile code markup:

Inline code, surrounded by @@@ chars: <a href="http://some.site.com/foo/bar/baz">The Foo Bar Baz site</a> Followed by normal Textile-rendered text.



Code block, start with “bc… ” and a newline:

<a href="http://some.site.com/foo/bar/baz">The Foo Bar Baz site</a>

http://example.com

<img src="http://example.com/example.jpg">

-dashes- should not cause strike through

_underscores_ should not be underlined

And close the code block with "p. "

Hint: this is the only known way to type @_the_@'s username. :)

again thanks for all the work

A tiny simple thing I would like to see returned…(I know these are mostly the worst questions sorry) the locations under the users.

I've always wondered how to write @_the_@'s username. Now I know! :) 
...except I'll prolly forget anyway. :(

Hey SB. I know this has to be a ridiculous amount of work tuning out all the little bugs and I don’t envy you right now.
Great job overall but I suppose I may as well throw my complaints and suggestions out there too.

  • User rank (star system) is gone. Not a huge deal I guess but I liked it. I was so proud when I got my fourth star! :smiley:
  • I know it’s on the list already but location is really important in a global forum like this. It helped me a lot with how to respond to certain questions.
  • White space… There is SO much of it now mostly at the bottom of each post. For those who don’t have a signature line on my 24” monitor I’m looking at 2 1/2 inches of blank space at the bottom of each post. I’m wearing out the scroll button on my mouse. One place at least 1/4 inch could be saved would be shrinking the height of the “Top…Quote…Reply” line under each post. It seems overly large now. It looks like the “Send PM” button is half the height of those bottom buttons and that is more than large enough IMO.
  • I never thought I could hate emoticons… These new cross-eyed, dopey looking dorks with a sprout of hair are driving me bonkers! :open_mouth: Ok I like the new crazy eyed one but I actually get mad looking at the winking one. Ok maybe I have some anger issues to work out. LOL I miss the old ones though. Perhaps you’re working on them already because now I only have 5 to choose from…

Ending on a happy note the new beer mug has increased capacity! :beer:

Yup… Adding a photo without any other content doesn’t work. It needs a space or other input in the text field, otherwise the Save/Preview buttons remain grayed out.

Things I’m missing:

1. I liked having the member location listed; this was helpful when assisting with locating sources for hardware. (eg., are you in the US? Buy from Mtn! Are you overseas? get free shipping from FastTech.)

2. A searchable list of threads participated in by each member. This was very helpful… (I recall Djozz started a thread yesterday but I didn’t subscribe, now I want to find that again… Also, this is extremely helpful in identifying Giveaway Spammers who aren’t contributing members and only join to get free stuff.)

3. The automatic subscription to threads I participate in of course… :slight_smile:

4. The full list of Smileys in the drop-down box from the text editor… :slight_smile:

Hey there, thanks for the comments!

Ah, I was wondering if anybody would notice. :slight_smile: I believe I can put it back, but I was kind of thinking that it didn’t make a lot of sense to equate number of posts with “quality” or “reputation” of the user. Take me for example, I had 5 stars and yet I can barely insert a battery into a flashlight! :stuck_out_tongue: (And let’s not even talk about threading lanyards into the little holes on the tailcap…)

Meanwhile don’t forget that you can just click on the user’s name and see their location if it’s filled in.

Hmm, I don’t really see it any different than the way it was before. I think it’s pretty much unavoidable given the author’s details that require a certain amount of vertical space for every post. But I wonder if you’re running into some kind of browser incompatibility. Here’s what it looks like for me on Firefox in fullscreen (15.4” hi-dpi):
http://s18.postimg.org/mtr8qkgs9/Screenshot_from_2016_02_12_10_47_05.png

Yep, I think I’ll just put back the old ones.

Hi there keltex78,

I’m not sure if I can work around this one unfortunately.

All on the TODO list. :slight_smile:

Thank You SB, for ALL the hard work you do !
I like the new layout and UI.

:beer:

Actually I take that back. I found a fix, which is now implemented.

Hey! It works!

I noticed instantly! You had the special user rank of == The Administrator == iirc.
Is there any interesting user rank plugins perhaps? Attach rank to posts-per-day and we could have a rank based on lack of life outside of BLF!

I like the crazy eyed one too! Can we keep that one?
You know someone is going to miss all the dopey ones too.

It is now working correctly :slight_smile:

Perhaps a ranking system that is based on “helpful votes”. That might pull the future in the direction we want.

Hmmm… yeah… maybe…