[Updated 2023-02-10] Migration complete

For starters the reply buttons are not intuitive, there is reply on the bottom and reply on each post. But it does not quote the post you hit reply on.

The replies show up as a separate click under who it was replied to and on the bottom, its confusing duplication.

Each post is not boxed from other posts, makes the view very busy.

The lack of recent posts, just an all posts. Recent posts was very concise and straightforward
No subscriptions page.

The confusing new posts, i get notifications but they vanish and i have to hunt each one down manually which is not as clearly marked as it was in the old software

The having to click on the top twice to get to the homepage is very confusing.

There are features i do like, the vast new collection of smilies, the auto refresh on new posts, the upvotes (i have a love hate relationship with the upvote feature).

The ability to upload pics is also a good new feature.

This new forum software is very web 2.0. I know @ToyKeeper will have a few thoughts on that as we had a conversation about it in an old BLF thread years ago :upside_down_face:

I’m also not a fan of the upscrolling to seek old replies and they load a few at a time. Pages is easier to mentally follow.

Finally i would like a go to last post button, it was surprisingly useful on the old forum. The new software seems o default to newest post but i don’t always need that, i then need to upscroll as it loads older posts a few at a time to get to where i want.

Please get rid of suggested topics (or make it optional).

I like signatures but they are not required, they are perhaps the feature i can most live without (even though given a choice i would want them back).

If you select text in a comment and hit repply it will quote the selected text.
Then when writing you can select more text, a pop up ”quote” appears for quoting the selection.

Clicking on the time since last comment on the right will get you to the last comment.

That is actually a feature i like about the new software, though at times a one click quote entire post is what i am going for. I did find it but the design is suboptimal

You can try, but it will call the auto moderator which removes the full quote again. :wink: Yes, happened to me :sweat_smile:

Another great feature: Submit a post with Ctrl+Enter. On the left site is a small button with a keyboard icon. It will show you all available hotkeys.

Try again please, I just changed a setting.

Same replying issue.

Also there is a button for quoting the whole post that you hit the Reply button on:

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Sorry, which issue exactly?

I did find that and i will get used to it, i just still impulsively do it the old way.

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The big advantage now is that it allows for easier partial quotes and multiple quotes, which the old forum didn’t support at all. On the old forum I would always quote several posts in a new tab and then copy/paste them all into a single post. That part at least is super easy here.

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That is true, to multiquote or partial quote it had to be done manually before.
I guess if you could make the reply on the bottom right of each person be a full quote that would fix my old reflexive attempt to work it that way.

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Same, now this is is much better IMO.

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When you start by selecting text and click on “quote”, the post editor will start a reply to that user. If you then quote another post, it will be added to that reply. Would be great if it would automatically switch to a thread-reply mode or add the reply to all quoted posts. But that’s a Discourse issue.

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Thanks, I’m a bit swamped ATM but I’ll try to reply in detail to these points.

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Is there a way to include a URL in a post as just a “clickable text link” without it becoming a hyperlink that displays a preview of the URL’s contents?

I occasionally include “clickable text links” in my posts (for reference to other BLF posts or to Amazon products, etc.) and for both “brevity and clarity” I would prefer they remain as just a “clickable text link” instead of displaying a preview of the URL’s contents.

@sb56637
We’ve got a problem! Old URLs with page parameter are not redirected!

https://budgetlightforum.com/node/81113?page=2

In regards to scrolling in large threads, you can drag the little brown scrollbar on the upper right side and it’ll quickly take you to any point in the thread. It shows the post # and the date.

The forum looks much better without user signatures.

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Hmm unfortunately I don’t think it would have been possible to create compatibility links for those. But I can look into simply removing the ?page=N parameter from links. We do have link redirection set up for all of individual threads and posts however.

Really happy with the new forum capabilities!

My old iMac is actually able to use the option to mute a thread, or hide posts by username… Everything works!

Thank You!

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Great to hear, thanks @jon_slider and welcome again!