What just happened?

Not much, but on the back end, we switched over to a new platform for handling the posts. Some things are in different places, but most of the functionality remains the same.

If you've got a question, click the New Topic button and start a thread!

Ewww!! Can't even preview posts any more?

Can't wait to hear the hordes of complaints tomorrow. No more # of posts listed under each user?

JR_in_NYC wrote:

Ewww!! Can't even preview posts any more?

You can now.

JR_in_NYC wrote:

Can't wait to hear the hordes of complaints tomorrow.

Yes, bring it on! :!:

No more # of posts listed under each user?

I think this could be done, but can I ask why it's important? Not saying it's not worth adding - I just want to get a sense for what you like about it.

I can't see why the # of posts is important, unless it's a contest

I think people have used it as a "measuring stick". Kind of helps in determining if someone just created an account here to bad mouth an establishment or a shill.

If not # of posts, maybe how long a person has been a member?

post count is useful on the mod side, for dealing with spammers. it's nice to have a quick look at how many things will need finding and deleting.

for follow up posts the text keeps getting indented further to the right with each post, so after a few responses there is only enough room for one or two words per line

This is weird. Gonna take some getting use to. :-k

I kinda miss the little orange thing that told me people posted wince I was last in a particular thread.

how do I get to my profile setting? ....if I want to change my signature or my avatar?

That functionality is there, just subtle at the moment.

If you look at http://brooklynian.com/forum/ or any other forum/board main page...

The titles of threads with new posts since your last visit are shown in a different color blue. We've experimented with different colors and bold type instead and it gets really messy.

We can look into similar (still subtle, hopefully) status icons as you suggest since those were very helpful at a glance on the old site. Good suggestion.

Also...

whynot_31 wrote:

how do I get to my profile setting? ....if I want to change my signature or my avatar?

Up at the top of any page you can click on your name ("Welcome, [username]") to access and edit your profile settings.

I like the multi-color-edness of the new look....

got it. I like how the site now shows everyone who visited today, not just people who are on at the moment.

If you can, please make this section show even those people who prefer to have their status hidden. It presently shows the hidden people in (xxx), but I predict you are working on this.

I.E. Folks should be able to hide that they are online presently, but it is good to show potential advertisers (and businesses who suck or are great) how many (or how few...) people visit this thing on a given day.

Members Online

now : (whynot_31), patsy miele kirk, sweet tea, jeffrey, (stacey), scarlett, testiculon, juan carlos sauceda

today : (whynot_31), patsy miele kirk, sweet tea, jeffrey, (stacey), scarlett, testiculon, juan carlos sauceda, mha, threecee, camilleloveseating, puckbrooklyn, bricktop, sadarami, anthonycm, admin, (mamacita), boygabriel, (carnivore), (pitu), (pinto), attilathefun, saram, reggi, chekhovian, dannysanchez, perplexed, booklaw, mougar, samuelcole, ben, jr_in_nyc, ntfool, em26, piano, rogersma, ljnd, flexichick, ridonkulous, doc j, patos blancos, boogieknight, elgoats, carolann06, sheiman, joncane, canyontothesky, old time brooklyn, amcarpentry, mg, dw438, magneto, cyn707, veets, illig, apophis36, krowonhill, witch-king, carmen, laura marsella, whyfi, freewill, nostrandpark

I am getting used to it but I notice that now when I type in the address in my address bar it connects me to here but I also get a new tab opening about hard drive errors (I use Firefox with pop ups blocked). Is this only happening to me?

Also what is the Alert me when topic is updated mean on the bottom. Every time I look at a post it shows up on the bottom checked. Does that mean I will get an email whenever anyone posts on this subject? If so is there a way to turn it off completely?

ETA - when I was notified of a reply I kept getting this message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/brooklyn/public_html/forum/bb-plugins/subscribe-to-topic/subscribe-to-topic.php on line 215

I was able to hit refresh 2-3 times and I was then connected.

I assume that the frame problems are among the things you are working on. They are whacky.

whynot_31 wrote:

I assume that the frame problems are among the things you are working on. They are whacky.

I'm guessing you are referring to cases where large images posted overflow underneath the layout of the site?

We'll check into an automatic resize (on page load) plug-in for images to make sure ones that are too big are resized to fit, perhaps a solution where people can click the resized-to-fit image to expand it to full size if they care to.

Or we can just add something like the following to the CSS file:

thread .post img {max-width:450px;}

mamacita wrote: I can't see why the # of posts is important, unless it's a contest

By not showing that I have 7000 posts, I could appear briefly normal to new users. I like this.

the one other forum i post in also did a major revamp, at the end of october, and today is my last day in the office i've worked in since i moved to new york. i am being assaulted by change. i feel so lost.

brokechick wrote:

the one other forum i post in also did a major revamp, at the end of october, and today is my last day in the office i've worked in since i moved to new york. i am being assaulted by change. i feel so lost.

stay strong brokechick. The quote feature is back

HEY THERE

YES ITS GOIMG TO TAKE TIME TO GET USED TO

ME I DONT LIKE IT

BUT I AM SURE YOU GUYS GOT YOUR RESONES

1 THING I WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE IS OUR PHOTOS UNDER OUR NAMES

whynot_31 wrote 21 minutes ago »

brokechick wrote:

the one other forum i post in also did a major revamp, at the end of october, and today is my last day in the office i've worked in since i moved to new york. i am being assaulted by change. i feel so lost.

stay strong brokechick. The quote feature is back

Quote works now!

I do like how when I click on the last post, it takes me there ....I do not have to scroll down to the dribble I want.

HOW DO I POST FROM YOUTUBE

I WANT TO POST MUSIC AND I CANT

There's a new way to handle it for the moment. We can probably add the old functionality (pasting the HTML code from YouTube etc...) back as well.

The video below is displayed by using the following:

[video*]link[/video*]

[video*]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP_tfVGKxd[/video*]

NOTE: remove * asterisks in examples above

[video]

anthony umbria wrote 26 minutes ago »

HOW DO I POST FROM YOUTUBE

I WANT TO POST MUSIC AND I CANT

I just added a VIDEO button to the post form:

[video]

mamacita wrote 7 hours ago »

I can't see why the # of posts is important, unless it's a contest

But don't you want to see who's the mayor of this board? :lame:

stacey wrote 4 hours ago »

I am getting used to it but I notice that now when I type in the address in my address bar it connects me to here but I also get a new tab opening about hard drive errors (I use Firefox with pop ups blocked). Is this only happening to me?

Also what is the Alert me when topic is updated mean on the bottom. Every time I look at a post it shows up on the bottom checked. Does that mean I will get an email whenever anyone posts on this subject? If so is there a way to turn it off completely?

ETA - when I was notified of a reply I kept getting this message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/brooklyn/public_html/forum/bb-plugins/subscribe-to-topic/subscribe-to-topic.php on line 215

I was able to hit refresh 2-3 times and I was then connected.

When we noticed it was happening earlier today we made sure that was turned off by default but it may still be in effect on an individual thread basis for anyone that posted to threads before it was turned off.

The best way to get rid of it in each thread where it's still happening is as follows:

Near the top of the page in any thread, just below the thread title is a pull-down menu that says "Subscribe To Topic."

In that pull-down menu select "Don't Subscribe."

That should prevent any further notifications and will also permanently un-check the "Alert-me" box that was automatically being selected at the bottom of the page.

But just for that thread. You'll need to do the same for any other threads you posted in before it was spotted and fixed this afternoon.

Hope that helps.