Forum Upgrade 2020-09-23

[Shawn]

Big upgrade for the forums tonight, we are running the latest now.
I've tried to make things work as they did before, but if you encounter bugs/issues please let me know and I'll address them as time permits.

Thank you!
Shawn

[Convectuoso]

Hi, @Shawn

I'm still trying to figure out how to setup a Stream that takes me to the first unread post of each topic, instead of the first post.

My old stream used to work like that

 Any ideas on jow should I set the stream for that?

 

[electric indigo]

I notice that the like button beneath each post is kinda hovering on the right side of the window (on Safari).

The new look is nice btw!

[Shawn]

I believe if you add the params 'new comment' to the end of a thread, it will take you to the last one that your account had read (not sure if it uses a local cookie on your decive, or if it stores it within your user profile in the db)....I think

For example to see the last comment in the huge 1/48 thread
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/45206-bandai-dx-chogokin-148-vf-1/?do=getNewComment

Something like that?

 

[Shawn]

Safari on mobile or on desktop?

[David Hingtgen]

The site is absolutely unusable on IE now.  Worked fine before.  (had to switch to my phone to say so!)

On safari, "alignment of elements" seems off.  Like there's a big white dot to the right of everyone's avatar that covers some words.  

And whatever the "white shield on a small blue dot" icon is, seems to randomly appear in the background of posts.  ::edit::  Right now, it appears right above the word "safari" in my post.  At least, when viewing site on phone in Safari.  

[MKT]

24 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:

The site is absolutely unusable on IE now.  Worked fine before.  (had to switch to my phone to say so!)

On safari, "alignment of elements" seems off.  Like there's a big white dot to the right of everyone's avatar that covers some words.  

 

Ditto on both points above..

[azrael]

38 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:

The site is absolutely unusable on IE now. 

There’s your problem. You’re using IE. USE A MODERN BROWSER. 

[sketchley]

Not a fault per se:

(Activity > Unread Content)  Is it possible to enlarge the (relatively) small circle to the left of the topic title that takes us to the first unread post?  Perhaps changing to a rectangular shape (if possible) will improve things?

(using the Default_IPV theme on Firefox on desktop Win10.  Circles are same [small] size in the Carbon theme.)

 

Also, the Edit Post function is... hidden under the hamburger icon.  Is it possible to restore that to a more visible location?  (E.g.: next to "Quote" at the bottom of the post).

Edited September 24, 2020 by sketchley

[Convectuoso]

2 hours ago, Shawn said:

I believe if you add the params 'new comment' to the end of a thread, it will take you to the last one that your account had read (not sure if it uses a local cookie on your decive, or if it stores it within your user profile in the db)....I think

For example to see the last comment in the huge 1/48 thread
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/45206-bandai-dx-chogokin-148-vf-1/?do=getNewComment

Something like that?

 

Not so user friendly as the previous version, where clicking on a topic would just take you to the first unread post if the stream was setup property

[Shawn]

At the top there is a little switch icon-could you click that and choose the 'light' option...could try that and see if the CSS issues remain?

 

When you say IE, you mean Internet Explorer or Edge?
I'm using the latest CARBON skin from here:

https://www.ipsfocus.com/themes/carbon/

If you click the DEMO button are the issues the same there as here?

 

to switch back to dark theme go to the bottom under theme

[Shawn]

There are a lot of new settings in their 4.5.x release that I've not looked deep into yet

https://invisioncommunity.com/release-notes/

we are on 4.5.3 right now

There is a mobile app under beta release, but I need to add the site to their 'list' first

 

Regarding first unread-I see the forum does put an 'unread posts' marker where I leave off, so I assumed that is what the new comments param did-guess not

[Shawn]

If there is a another darker theme that has better options (like why are we now hiding edit in the hamburger) I'm open to recommendations, I just needed something darker for my old man eyes.

 

https://www.ipsfocus.com/

or whoever else does invision power board themes

[Shawn]

there are additional 'views' in the upper right corner, and there is an 'unread content' link that shows all new posts

[Convectuoso]

But the way it worked before, if I clicked on any topic, it would take me straight to the first unread post. Now it takes me to the first post of that topic. Using the "Unread Content" stream shows all unread post from all topics, from newest to first, but doesn't group them by Topic.

 

I tried the clear mode, but there's an issue with the location of the user's avatar. I'm using my phone ton navigate the site, btw

Edited September 24, 2020 by Convectuoso

[Shawn]

is that on mobile or desktop/browser?
(doh..skipped " I'm using my phone ton navigate the site, btw")

in windows/chrome I get this

I guess there will be a 4.5.4 coming soon LOL

[Shawn]

Here are the Unread Stream settings...I've never changed anything here from 'stock'....if something pops out at you that would help let me know

[Shawn]

saw this in their support helpdesk and have rebuilt the search index...let me know if it worked

[Convectuoso]

Indexing is still in process.

Did you see anything on their support forum about going to the first unread post?

I was so used to that, specially when there are many new posts and you have to scroll through several pages to find where the new content starts

[Shawn]

might take a bit, I think it is 1.4 million posts to index  :P

 

[mikeszekely]

@Convectuoso

Have you tried clicking your name at the top, then clicking "account settings"?  At the bottom there's a an option for "content view behavior."  Change it to "take me to comments I haven't read."

[Convectuoso]

That did the trick. Thanks, @mikeszekely

[mikeszekely]

Glad to help!

[Shawn]

THANK YOU!

Why would that not be the default for any post? 

[Shawn]

Ah-because this is all new 4.5 behavior and they gave put it in the admin page, which I did not know about

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/45-user-interface-improvements-r1182/

I've made it the default now, and now you can override if it bugs..

[Chronocidal]

So, I don't know if this is just a weird syntax thing, but when viewing posts that hide images, instead of showing something like "Show Content" it does this:

I figure it's just a raw "true/false" tag on whether to show it, but it just looked awkward when I first saw it.  I haven't looked at any spoiler tags to see if it does a similar thing with those.

[Shawn]

It appears to be when you are quoting someone who posted pictures, I think.

Remember how before, if you posted 5 pictures in an original thread, then someone quoted it, you'd have to scoll past the 5 pictures again, and everytime someone quoted.
Looks like they condense the long pic thread into a smaller window with the 'true'...which is probably just missing a label called 'expand' or something

Let me know if you think this is an accurate assessment

[Chronocidal]

Oh, it definitely is useful for that, it's condensing down larger quotes, which is a great feature.  I just don't know if there's somewhere to edit that "true" tag, and thought it was amusing.

Really nothing needs to be changed, since it functions just fine, but yes, it's probably a missing label somewhere.

[sketchley]

I think it is doing that for any long post.

Perhaps "true" = view the full post.

 

Thanks for switching the link takes to "last post viewed" thing.  New software version can be a major pain.  On the other hand, as I only use the white version (old man eyes, light on black leaves "sunspots"), I really appreciate that the new version has added a bunch of colours to highlight things.

[David Hingtgen]

Just gonna put up a screen cap for the "shield" and "white spot" thing.   Just updated my iphone to ios14, no change. 

::edit::  And now there's a shield over the "e" in "change"   

[EastwindS2k]

Hi Shawn,

My question is why the newly attached pictures are smaller than before? Is it because of the upgrade and is it going to be this way?

[azrael]

14 hours ago, EastwindS2k said:

Hi Shawn,

My question is why the newly attached pictures are smaller than before? Is it because of the upgrade and is it going to be this way?

 

It's a thumbnail'd pic. Click on the pic to see the larger pic.

[EastwindS2k]

49 minutes ago, azrael said:

It's a thumbnail'd pic. Click on the pic to see the larger pic.

I see. The old pics were in their original size so I was just wondering. 

[Mog]

So, just noticing this now.  But the old BB codes don't seem to working anymore.

Tried to input spoilers using the [spoiler] text [/spoiler] code, but doesn't work anymore.

Not a problem when working on a PC or laptop (since the spoiler button is up there in the menu).

But sucks when accessing the mobile version using a cell phone (since that option or button isn't there).

[MechTech]

@Shawn Thank you very much for the upgrades and everyday maintenance!!! I'm just getting used to some of the new bells and whistles, but the newer format is great. The threads look better without people re-posting the same text and photos over and over which was taking up lots of space. Thanks again! - MT