Hi everyone,
Well, that was fun. 
Sorry for the gross underestimation of the time it would take to come back online. I ran into a few fundamental problems, and after working around those I was confronted by a litany of small bugs and things I essentially had to reconfigure from scratch. But the worst is now over, and we are running on a new server with a new IP address and an upgraded major version of the site engine to ensure that everything remains secure here.
Things remaining to do:
Tweak the theme, text too smallEnable sending emails / re-enable new user registrations, which are currently disabledOptimize for performanceConfigure a quick temporary system for email notifications on new postsRe-create the BLF community moderated spam controlsGradually enable relevant smileys (one by oneâŚ)Add functionality to views lists (and search?) of a userâs postsFigure out how to add the âLocationâ field to post author detailsRe-create the BLF email notification system- Mouseover image button for Simple Post Editor
Important Note!
No worries, your private messages are not gone. Just look on the All Messages tab.
Please feel free to post your comments here, but please remember that itâs still a work-in-progress.
Thanks a lot for your patience! Have fun.
Update 10-FEB-2015:
Alright, I think I got the email configured as legit as I can make it in the eyes of the email providers. Even so, AOL, Yahoo, and Hotmail/Outlook/Live users may find some BLF messages in the SPAM folder until those providers get used to us. Please let me know how it works for you.
I also set up a interim system for getting email notifications on threads you really want to keep an eye on. This feature is only temporary until I have time to set up a better system. It includes a list of âWatchedâ threads, but please continue using the http://budgetlightforum.com/my-subscriptions page to keep track of important posts.
Update 11-FEB-2016:
- Fixed smileys integration in Simple Post Editor. :question:
Update: 23-FEB-2016:
- Fixed filtering subscribed posts by unread
- Added searchable lists of userâs posts
- User âLocationâ field restored
- Added search within thread feature
Update: 02-MAR-2016:
- Finally restored the BLF email notification system. Please note that the old option to disable receiving email notifications has been globally reset, and you will have to disable it again if you donât want to receive any email notifications for subscribed threads.
Update: 02-MAR-2016
- Iâm now testing another improvement to the email notification system so that it will only send notification emails to users that havenât been active during the past 10 minutes. (I can easily adjust the time if needed. Note that âactiveâ is defined as clicking links or posting, not just having a browser tab open.) I hope this will drastically reduce the amount of notification emails for heavy users during the hours that they are active.
Update: 03-MAR-2016
- Added a user account option under âSubscriptionsâ for âSend me new post notifications by email even while I am logged onâ to disable the 10 minute delay after last seen time before receiving new post notification emails. In other words, this option will restore the classic BLF email notifications behavior.
Update: 07-MAR-2016
- Added user account settings for âUse the Advanced Post Editor for new threadsâ and âUse the Advanced Post Editor in existing threadsâ. This preference is served by a janky Javascript call, so please let me know if you run into any oddities. As mentioned previously, I would strongly recommend using the Simple Post Editor for everything except highly complex posts that need a lot of formatting, so this option to use the Advanced Post Editor by default is not recommended.
Update: 04-APR-2016
- Fixed the smileys, some of which werenât working.
