A place to discuss the TCF upgrades

[fireman9302]

Didn't see the thread on it. So here it is....

For those who don't know see the announcement at the top of the forums...

[Gunnyman]

I wonder if current members will see those benefits.

[choccy]

The "TCF Club Upgrades" made me chuckle. Ooh.. 500 PMs :rolleyes:

I look forward to blocking even more ads.

[rentawebguy]

I use Norton Internet Security....it automatically blocks the ads. :)

[Combat Medic]

The "TCF Club Upgrades" made me chuckle. Ooh.. 500 PMs :rolleyes:

I look forward to blocking even more ads.
I agree. The only thing that I got out of that posting was "More Ads"

[choccy]

I use Norton Internet Security....it automatically blocks the ads. :)

Firefox+AdBlock+NoScript cuts out everything quite nicely :)

[JustAllie]

I definitely like the extra PM space. I think I only cleared out my PM box once this year. :D

I don't recall there ever being a TC Club-only discount in the TC Store, though. :( Or did I miss one?

[fireman9302]

Moved????
That sucks...

I have to ask why?

[appleye1]

I was really hoping for longer signatures or larger avatars. I don't really need any more PM space. :( No ads will be nice, but is it no ads at all including the existing banner ads, or just no new "side-column" ads?

I'm thinking there's not enough value-added so it still seems like charity to me. But I love this community so I don't mind giving back a bit. I'd like a few more benefits though.


Woah! How come I suddenly feel like I'm in a hole and somebody's shoveling dirt on me! I was in such a happy place! :D

[Agatha Mystery]

I don't think I ever saw a discount for the members club.

Considering that we purchased the club membership less than a year ago, and didn't get all of the benefits that we were promised, like discounts, or had any of our suggestions taken seriously, I'd like to think that the new owners would throw something towards those people who are already members. I somehow doubt it, though, since they mention people "renewing their membership before the end of the year".

[Turtleboy]

One of the initial promises of the super secret and special members only forum was a more open place to discuss things, with less moderation. This includes asking questions about moderation decisions and the way the bored is run.

Any nonmembers want to guess how long that lasted?

[DancnDude]

With the "new skins", I hope we will have the same skin we have now. I really like TCF's current look and hope we don't just get the default stuff that is on every other board. I'm worried that the upgrade will effectively lose the customizations we already have on this board like Quick Reply, spoiler tags, etc. I'd hope we have at least what we have now.

[justapixel]

This includes asking questions about moderation decisions and the way the bored is run.



No, it never included that. In your thread about what extra perks that section could provide, I went rogue and suggested it might work. However, since many users tried to take advantage of my openness, we decided it wasn't accomplishing what I had hoped.

It was never designed for that purpose, and wasn't supposed to be a part of that section.

The no moderation part has been though, and I haven't even read that section since then.

[Agatha Mystery]

The description of the forum says it will be "lightly moderated". That isn't the case.

[bsnelson]

Two words: Ignore. Thread.

I'll be thrilled if I can just have that.

Brad

[justapixel]

The description of the forum says it will be "lightly moderated". That isn't the case.

Sure it is.

Very lightly moderated.

You can talk politics, religion, you can complain about other members and their posts, you can fight with each other, you can post photos of hot men and woman.... and we mods aren't watching.

I would call that lightly moderated. You just want zero moderation and I think you all know how that works out. :)


If you would like to provide suggestions about what you would like to see in the forum upgrade, that would be helpful to the new owners,and that is the direction this thread should take. If you would like to make a suggestion that would benefit the club area, than that would likely be welcomed. If you have positive suggestions for change, then feel free to comment. Just being negative about the size of the PM box offered without saying what you would like to have just comes across as whining.

So, please, feel free to make positive suggestions about forum upgrades and club membership. I'm sure creativity will be appreciated.

[heySkippy]

My suggestion is make the "TC CLUB MEMBER" badge optional. I'll sign up the day I can do so without advertising it every time I post.

[fireman9302]

So, please, feel free to make positive suggestions about forum upgrades and club membership. I'm sure creativity will be appreciated.

I would like to know why this was moved from happy hour.

[Mike Lang]

I would like to know why this was moved from happy hour.

This is where you are to provide feedback on the forum and its software. However it is not to be used to discuss forum rules or to complain about forum actions.

[bsnelson]

Looks good so far, but can we get any official word on "ignore thread"? Will this be implemented at some point?

Brad

[heySkippy]

We lost our Forum Jump at the top and Quick Reply at the bottom. :(

Oh, and no more Dots. That's gonna piss off the WAYT crowd.

On the plus side, it's nice to see the Creme Theme toned down.

[appleye1]

Oh, and no more Dots. That's gonna piss off the WAYT crowd.There's a white crooked arrow thingy. Is that the new dot?

[jtlytle]

I noticed the changes here It looks nice. I noticed three problems here:

1. The Forum Jump feature is located on WAY bottom of the forum. The old version had it located on both top and bottom.

2. Spoiler tag isn't working. It shows.

3. "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." click on what?

[DevdogAZ]

I like the updated look. I was hoping they'd tone down the orange, but the black and other background colors help. However, the first thing that jumps out at me is there needs to be a link back to the parent forum at the bottom of a thread page. I generally will read to the bottom of a page then click the link there to go back to the forum, but that link appears to be gone, so now one has to scroll back to the top of the page.

[Lord_Skywalker]

Spoiler Tags are NOT working now.

[heySkippy]

OMG, the spoiler tag is broken? That is going to cause some havoc over in the TV Talk forum.

[Lord_Skywalker]

We lost our Forum Jump at the top and Quick Reply at the bottom. :(
You can still quick reply, but only by using the quote button. Not sure why the quick reply box is still at the bottom and unclickable.

[appleye1]

I don't like the "user is online" green light thing. Bring back the little sleeping/awake Tivo guy!

[heySkippy]

You can still quick reply, but only by using the quote button. Not sure why the quick reply box is still at the bottom and unclickable.

I see that at other VBulletin boards. It's like they've upgraded and just left the defaults on (no dots, no quick reply, no spoiler tag, etc). The only customization I see is the Forum Jump at the bottom.

Other than the color scheme, this is a big jump backward so far.

[DevdogAZ]

OMG, the spoiler tag is broken? That is going to cause some havoc over in the TV Talk forum.

No kidding. That could get really ugly.

As I noted in my thread on this same topic (two minutes too late), I'd like to see the
TiVo Community > Off Topic Areas (Non-TiVo) > Happy Hour - General Chit-Chat
link directly after the last post in a thread just like it is at the top. I always use that to go back to the main page when I'm done reading a thread. It's much easier than having to scroll back to the top.

BTW, what is the "G" in "TCG" in the thread title?

[appleye1]

The way I read it, Block said that it would take a few days to get everything in place.

Starting in the next few days, we will be making the following improvements to the community. Please pardon our dust while we get everything in place.

Maybe we have to just wait and see.

[pgogborn]

I see that at other VBulletin boards. It's like they've upgraded and just left the defaults on (no dots, no quick reply, no spoiler tag, etc). The only customization I see is the Forum Jump at the bottom.

Other than the color scheme, this is a big jump backward so far.
But they have 'improved' the logo at the top of the page.

[heySkippy]

No kidding. That could get really ugly.
BTW, what is the "G" in "TCG" in the thread title?
My guess is it's a fat-fingered "F". :)

I believe there needs to be an announcement in the TV Talk Forum about the spoiler tag before people wake up today and discover things like:

Rosebud is the sled and Vader is Luke's father.

Oh damn...

[getbak]

3. "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." click on what?
The icon on the right "http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/tivo/buttons/quickreply.gif" activates the Quick Reply box, which seems like a wasted effort. If I'm replying to a specific post, I'll quote the post, which takes me to the Quoted reply section. The whole point of posting a quick reply is that it's a quick reply. Hopefully that's changed soon.


Spoilers need to be fixed ASAP, otherwise Now Playing will explode.

I do like that multi-quoting is now available.

[jtlytle]

BTW, what is the "G" in "TCG" in the thread title?

Oops It should be "F" Yes, I have fat finger.

[jtlytle]

The icon on the right "http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/tivo/buttons/quickreply.gif" activates the Quick Reply box, which seems like a wasted effort. If I'm replying to a specific post, I'll quote the post, which takes me to the Quoted reply section. The whole point of posting a quick reply is that it's a quick reply. Hopefully that's changed soon.


What's the point for having this bottom reply box? It should be removed.

[appleye1]

What's the point for having this bottom reply box? It should be removed.No it should be made active by default.

[heySkippy]

No it should be made active by default.
Agreed.

[jtlytle]

No it should be made active by default.

Ah, you're right.

[getbak]

Quick Reply is good. Being required to click something to activate Quick Reply is bad.

The only thing worse would be if they required us to type in one of those garbled image text boxes every time we wanted to post.

[jtlytle]

If you want to use Spellcheck, you need to download the software to make it works.....

[heySkippy]

As I noted in my thread on this same topic (two minutes too late), I'd like to see the

link directly after the last post in a thread just like it is at the top. I always use that to go back to the main page when I'm done reading a thread. It's much easier than having to scroll back to the top.

You can click on the "GO" button at the bottom.
http://sarasotadetail.com/gallery2/d/9900-1/tcfgrab.jpg

[jtlytle]

You can click on the "GO" button at the bottom.
http://sarasotadetail.com/gallery2/d/9900-1/tcfgrab.jpg

The old version had that Forum Jump located at the top and bottom. Now it's at the bottom only- which means we are forced to scroll all the way bottom to use the feature.

[DevdogAZ]

You can click on the "GO" button at the bottom.
http://sarasotadetail.com/gallery2/d/9900-1/tcfgrab.jpg

Yes, I realize that. But it's just not as intuitive as where the old one used to be, right after the last post in the thread. It's just what I was used to.

[cheerdude]

No more dots! I know that there is another symbol to show the threads that we've posted in... but the dots were an easy way to see this. :(

[heySkippy]

Yes, I realize that. But it's just not as intuitive as where the old one used to be, right after the last post in the thread. It's just what I was used to.

Oh I agree. It was nice having both navigation options at both the top and bottom.

[Graymalkin]

No spoiler tags?
No forum jump box at the top?
No dots?
No Quick Edit box available by default?

No improvement.

Edited to add: Ah, dots are now represented by closed envelopes with arrows in them. That'll work, although I'll miss the bad D-O-T puns. :D

[dylanemcgregor]

The dot next to threads you have posted in seems to be missing as well. Not sure if this is just for threads that were posted in before the conversion or not. I'll find out in a second I guess.

Edit: Dots have changed to arrows it looks like.

[bicker]

We've lost the "Mark All Forums Read" option!

Instead, we can just bookmark http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?do=markread

However, it would be nice if we had the link back in the menu.

[blankme]

I miss the dancing TiVo guy telling who is on/offline. :(

[MikeMar]

WTF? so the bottle quick reply is not activated by default, you have to click on someones message???

This is how i post 99% of the time, this is very annoying.

is there NO new posts button??? I use that 99% of the time too!

I want an option to go back to how it ALLLLL was before! Dear god

[cheerdude]

I like the updated look. I was hoping they'd tone down the orange, but the black and other background colors help. However, the first thing that jumps out at me is there needs to be a link back to the parent forum at the bottom of a thread page. I generally will read to the bottom of a page then click the link there to go back to the forum, but that link appears to be gone, so now one has to scroll back to the top of the page.

There is a jump to the forum on the bottom lower-right of the page. Its a drop-down menu... but I believe that the forum listed is the one that you are currently in (Happy Hour, in this case).

[ronbo]

Not sure if it's just me or my settings, but the spoiler tags aren't hiding text for me anymore. Text within spoiler tags is black and shows up without highlighting.

[Graymalkin]

Was the forum jump box above the quick reply box before? It seems farther down toward the bottom of the page than before -- takes an extra page-down button press to get there.

[heySkippy]

FYI. More discussion here

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=373989

And here

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=373873

[MikeMar]

Is there an option to get rid of the black, this is horrible, all around.

no new posts button (KILLS ME) and quick reply is not activated by default

[davsherm]

I was hoping they'd tone down the orange, but the black and other background colors help...
Happy Halloween?...

[Graymalkin]

I don't mind the black -- the other missing features are more inconvenient.

[DevdogAZ]

Mods, please merge this with the other thread. Thanks.

[cheerdude]

Mike... calm down, it is not like the Pats lost or anything. :D

For new posts... the TCF extension for Firefox has New Posts as an option and still works. Of course, I will admit that having that at the top of each page was a plus.

[DevdogAZ]

WTF? so the bottle quick reply is not activated by default, you have to click on someones message???

This is how i post 99% of the time, this is very annoying.

is there NO new posts button??? I use that 99% of the time too!

I want an option to go back to how it ALLLLL was before! Dear god

I agree on the Quick Reply thing. That's how I do almost all my posting. However, I don't know what this New Posts button is. I use the "down arrow button" that appears at the beginning of the thread title to go to new posts in a thread.

[Gunnyman]

I thought members would see less ads.

[MikeMar]

I agree on the Quick Reply thing. That's how I do almost all my posting. However, I don't know what this New Posts button is. I use the "down arrow button" that appears at the beginning of the thread title to go to new posts in a thread.

it was a button that would show all the most recent threads across ALL forums! I like to read not just HH threads and this was a DAMN easy way of doing it.

Can't find it ANYWHERE now

[cheerdude]

New Posts was to have a list of all threads that had new posts within the whole Forum. This is how I usually navigated TCF ... while some will just look within each sub-Forum and refresh the page.

[heySkippy]

Is the "TC CLUB MEMBER" badge gone? :eek:

[cheerdude]

If you want to use Spellcheck, you need to download the software to make it works.....

Spell check works when you use the Advanced reply ... it doesn't seem to work with the Quick Reply box.

[SullyND]

Can't wait to see the other skins, as the current one is even worse than the old one.

I miss new posts as well, but am thankful the FF plugin still works.

[Mikkel_Knight]

interesting...

I, too, miss the "view new posts" link... we also need more smiles now...

[Mikkel_Knight]

Spoiler Tags are NOT working now.

this right nere is by far the worst part of the upgrade.

If you people think they've seen members get pissed before, that isn't ANYTHING compared to what'll happen if spoiler tags aren't fixed...

[MiakioAmy]

I really liked the forum jump at the top and the bottom of each page. Now it is only at the bottom and much further down. I hope we can get it back.

And having to find an icon to click just to type in the quick reply box took me a while.

[kaszeta]

Note that the View New Posts url still works. I bookmarked that for now...

[mbklein]

I'm guessing the admins will fix the quick reply thing soon enough, but just in case, I wrote a user script (http://michael.is.outoffoc.us/gm/quickreplyautoactivator.user.js) for GreaseMonkey (http://www.greasespot.net/) that enables the quick reply when the page is loaded by simulating a user clicking on the first "activate quick reply" link. :)

(Note: The script has a minor display aberration in that it skips down to the bottom of the page before jumping back to the position it should end up in. This is a side effect of virtually "clicking" the quick reply button.)

[newsposter]

having to click on a post to do a quick reply is...well.. not very quick. I hope this gets fixed.

Also can the 'menu bar' where user CP/home/search etc resides be moved down? I hated when the other board changed this earlier this year.

Or, and you can be honest here, is the purpose of putting it well above the ad to get us to look at the ad? If so , i understand but don't like it. But is there any chance then of enabling us to be able to change the order of the buttons? I prefer user cp on the left side of the menu and use it very heavily as I'm sure others do.

[bentleyml]

I noticed the changes here It looks nice. I noticed three problems here:

1. The Forum Jump feature is located on WAY bottom of the forum. The old version had it located on both top and bottom.

2. Spoiler tag isn't working. It shows.

3. "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." click on what?

Oops It should be "F" Yes, I have fat finger.

What's the point for having this bottom reply box? It should be removed.

It does have the ability to do multi-quotes. A neat little feature.

[MikeMar]

Note that the View New Posts url still works. I bookmarked that for now...

mind posting that link?

[jrm01]

I miss the Forum Jump at the top of the page big time.:(

[Gunnyman]

I like the new skin. That's alls I got for now

[Rob Helmerichs]

Oh, and no more Dots. That's gonna piss off the WAYT crowd.
Yeah, the arrows replace the dots. Works for me.

One thing that is lost, however, is the alternative text color for visited links. I make a LOT of use of that when the list of active threads since my last visit is especially long--I just page through quickly looking for purple thread titles and dots, and then worry about new threads on subsequent visits. I would REALLY miss the purple thread titles for visited links!

[heySkippy]

Ah, we've been merged and moved to the hinterland. The message seems to be we won't be discussing the New Way in the HH.

[pgogborn]

Ah, we've been merged and moved to the hinterland. The message seems to be we won't be discussing the New Way in the HH.I wonder if it would have been moved if everybody said how fantastic the new software is, that it showed every sign of being properly tested before going live, how grateful we all are to Capable Networks.

[dthmj]

I won't be able to enjoy this forum anymore until the problems are fixed... it's really freaking me out - my eyes and hands are so used to doing one thing, and now forced to do something else...

I need my dots back.

I need quick reply without clicking on something (I don't need to quote something by using quick reply, if I wanted to do that, I would just hit the quote button.)

I need a link back to the forum page right after the last post

I need a forum jump right above the first topic.

I need spoiler tags to work.

[slydog75]

Not sure if it's just me or my settings, but the spoiler tags aren't hiding text for me anymore. Text within spoiler tags is black and shows up without highlighting.

Smeeking is still alive and well!

whew!

[Sirius Black]

If you want to use Spellcheck, you need to download the software to make it works.....

Not necessarily true. Firefox and Safari both have built in spell checks that work just fine. No download required.

[newsposter]

I miss the Forum Jump at the top of the page big time.:(


avsforum has it, is tcf using the same software?. I need that too.

[Skittles]

Looks good so far, but can we get any official word on "ignore thread"? Will this be implemented at some point?Seconded. This would be a REALLY great feature for the board, it's a very simple install for vBulletin, and it's a feature with lots of positives that would help many of the users here.

Also, add another voice for "bring back the Dots"

[hefe]

The TCF Fiefox extension still works, so that's cool.

[slydog75]

My guess is it's a fat-fingered "F". :)

I believe there needs to be an announcement in the TV Talk Forum about the spoiler tag before people wake up today and discover things like:

Rosebud is the sled and Vader is Luke's father.

Oh damn...


OR

Keven Spacey is Kaiser Sosay!!!!

[heySkippy]

OR

Keven Spacey is Kaiser Sosay!!!!

Kaiser who? :)

[eddyj]

OK, this is a MAJOR problem for me. The firefox auto spellcheck feature does not work in the quick reply box any more (but does in the full reply and the edit ones). That means they are using something funky for that box that firefox does not recognize as a text entry box. This is VERY bad for me, given how I type.

[Turtleboy]

The spell check still works in Safari. But I can't get the quote in the auto reply box to work now, but I think it was working before.

[super dave]

Really, it seems to work for me.

[Turtleboy]

My guess is that a lot of the features that people have come to know and love were hacks that were added onto the last version (many by Doug, I'm assuming), and this is a clean install of the new software, that doesn't have the added hacks.

But I"m just guessing.

[ellinj]

OK, this is a MAJOR problem for me. The firefox auto spellcheck feature does not work in the quick reply box any more (but does in the full reply and the edit ones). That means they are using something funky for that box that firefox does not recognize as a text entry box. This is VERY bad for me, given how I type.

Not working for me automatically, but right click spell check this field is.

[tase2]

I need my "New Posts" button!!!

[eddyj]

Yeah, but having to remember to right click to check every time is a royal PITA. The automatic check is soooooooo much more convenient.

[scottjf8]

hacks that were added onto the last version (many by Doug, I'm assuming),


So I'm not the only one who thinks Doug is a hack?

And, man you people like to bitch! Give it a few days and things will get better.... sheesh!!

[newsposter]

Oh would also be nice if the bottom forum jump was moved up, right under the last posting. it's waaaay down too far now :)

[eddyj]

To talk about he positives...the speed seems to be GREATLY improved. At lease on Sunday morning. :)

[Maui]

Spoilers need to be fixed. This community, myself included, is very picky about that.

Just in brief usage this morning that is, in my opinion, the #1 thing that should be looked at because it is broken and not a design issue.

[eddyj]

Oh would also be nice if the bottom forum jump was moved up, right under the last posting. it's waaaay down too far now :)
If you "shrink" the "Posting Rules" box on the bottom left, the Forum Jump will end up higher. And this should be a setting that sticks, though I have not tried it.

[bicker]

I wonder if it would have been moved if everybody said how fantastic the new software is, that it showed every sign of being properly tested before going live, how grateful we all are to Capable Networks.:rolleyes:

Given that I actually came to the Forum Operations Center to find a thread within which to post my observation about this aspect of Forum Operations, I suspect it was moved because it pertained to Forum Operations.

[MickeS]

:rolleyes:

Given that I actually came to the Forum Operations Center to find a thread within which to post my observation about this aspect of Forum Operations, I suspect it was moved because it pertained to Forum Operations.

Same here. This was the first place I went to to look for it, so I would have been pretty annoyed if it HADN'T been in here.

I hope they'll fix the spoiler tag issue and some of the other things, but it's not like the forum is unusable.

[David Bott]

Hi All....I do not own the site any more, but give the guys time to work on the updates. A lot of them are hacks, of which Doug had nothing to do with, and need to be installed. They could not be until the site came on line with the new software.

I will get into the back end and fix some of the things now that I can. (Like spoilers and maybe th quick reply.) Give me a few. (Note I am over stepping here so I hope I do not get into trouble. :))

[eddyj]

Hi All....I do not own the site any more, but give the guys time to work on the updates. A lot of them are hacks, of which Doug had nothing to do with, and need to be installed. They could not be until the site came on line with the new software.

I will get into the back end and fix some of the things now that I can. (Like spoilers and maybe th quick reply.) Give me a few. (Note I am over stepping here so I hope I do not get into trouble. :))
Thanks for that info (and any help), David.

[Bierboy]

I've been to the Journeyman thread and apparently spoiler tags are NOT working?

test

See?

[nyny523]

Were did all *he *'s!?!?!?!?!?! :confused:

[Turtleboy]

huh???

[scottjf8]

[QUO*E=nyny523;5686506]Were did all *he *'s!?!?!?!?!?! :confused:[/QUO*E]

* is a banned le**er now :D

[stalemate]

I don'* like *he line break be*ween *he *hread *i*le and *he au*hor. I* makes every*hing spread ou* way *oo much.

[SullyND]

Wow. Inťeresťing.

[Turtleboy]

Did *he world jus* go blue?

[dansee]

And wha* happend *o Mr. *?

[bruab]

My god.....i*'s full of s*ars!!!

[SeanC]

yes, did you lose all your *'s *oo?

[trojanrabbit]

Dunno. Bu* all of a sudden all of my *'s ( *he le**er af*er s) *urned in*o *

[debtoine]

Hi, my name is *oine

Oine... how would you pronounce *ha*? :)

*

[eddyj]

Blue and *-less. I *hink we need *o be pa*ien* for a bi*...

[bruab]

*his is shi**y. ;)

Dang! Emo*icons are broken *oo!

[stalemate]

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[timckelley]

I personally liked *he orange be**er *han blue.

[scottjf8]

I guess h**p://wes*onsigns.com/images/WSCL1_*_FIRE.jpghis is jush**p://wes*onsigns.com/images/WSCL1_*_FIRE.jpg parh**p://wes*onsigns.com/images/WSCL1_*_FIRE.jpg of h**p://wes*onsigns.com/images/WSCL1_*_FIRE.jpghe dush**p://wes*onsigns.com/images/WSCL1_*_FIRE.jpg

[timckelley]

Wha*'s wi*h all *hese as*erisks? *ha* doesn'* seem righ*.

[bruab]

[QUO*E=deb*oine;5686528]Hi, my name is *oine

Oine... how would you pronounce *ha*? :)

*[/QUO*E]

Whine. (smiley)

[trojanrabbit]

How many you guys running Firefox? IE?

/firefox here

[Figaro]

Am I having a s*roke or is *his place freaking ou*?

In o*her news, when did *he forum ge* sold? Wha* happened?

[scottjf8]

OMG I'm laughing so hard I'm going *o wake up *he family... god make i* s*op

[MickeS]

OK, NOW *he forum is unusable. :D

[stevel]

Me wonders if some coarse language blocker is having a problem.... (Had *o ponder composing said missive lacking *.)

[Mark Lopez]

Yep, *hings are changing wi*h *he new owners. No* sure ye* if i*'s for *he be**er or no*.

IMO, *hough *his change makes *he place look jus* like every o*her forum (i.e. boring).

[TriBruin]

IE7.

And I *hough* I was going *o crazy.

[jtlytle]

So, i*'s offically *he le**er be*ween S and U has been banned..

I guess i*'s okay for us *o say Bi*ch here now.

[bruab]

Looks similar in Firefox and Safari!

Ha! No *'s!

[Mr. Soze]

W*f? ;)

[Mr. Soze]

and *he double quo*es are skwewy *oo!

[Books]

A* leas* *he quick replay is working!

[dthmj]

Bu* in brigh*er news, *he quick reply is back *o normal again :)

And we need *he quick edi* back *oo... didn'* no*ice *ha* was missing from before.

[Enrique]

OMG, *his is *oo funny. LOL

[nyny523]

[QUO*E=mbklein;5686564]*his is so wrong...[/QUO*E]

and so funny!!!!!:D

[mbklein]

[QUO*E=j*ly*le;5686552]So, i*'s offically *he le**er be*ween S and U has been banned..

I guess i*'s okay for us *o say Bi*ch here now.[/QUO*E]

Bu* no* j*ly*le...:p

[TivoPip]

Every * (le**er af*er S in alphabe*) is showing up as a * since *he forum changed yes*erday. A bug?

[MickeS]

But the Quick Reply is back!

[justen_m]

OMG, *his is *oo funny. LOL
Blue, I can deal with. But I need my letter tees back.

[MickeS]

And the T's to now apparently! :)

[Gunnyman]

wud da hell da ledder before U is borken?

[tecban]

I assume some kind of update happened recently - I had to log back in this morning. Now all the "T"s in forum titles and text have been replaced with asterisks.

I'm using Vista/IE7. AKA Vis*a.

[MickeS]

Except the old t's are still *... :D

[bsnelson]

Oh wow. Now we should see how long of a message we can produce sans one banned "piece". :)

Brad

[scottjf8]

Ahhh, our T's have returned to us

How I missed thee

[MickeS]

Not anymore. ;)

I wonder if
spoiler tags work now too?

[Peter000]

Seems like the t's are back, but not retroactively.

[aepman]

Somehow the lack of T's makes my name look odd.

Todd


edit...Or maybe not now.

[David Bott]

Augh....What fun.

Ok, Quick reply fix and spoilers fixed.

The T issue come from a word wrap in the censor list leaving a T by itself. Not sure what made that happen. But fixed now.

[scottjf8]

Not anymore. ;)

I wonder if
spoiler tags work now too?


Apparently they do! Wheee

[MickeS]

And spoiler tags and quick reply work again... ah... good enough for me. Now don't touch it! :P

[scottjf8]

Time to put those fingers on a diet :)

Thanks, David!

[Gunnyman]

*hanks mr. Bo**
Jus* kidding :)

The T works :)

[dansee]

Seems like the t's are back, but not retroactively.

The t's are probably still negotiating for residuals...

[GBL]

You mean, like this?
*iVo Communi*y Ge**ing an Upgrade
*iVo Communi*y...

*he long-awai*ed *ime is here... *iVo Communi*y is ge**ing an upgrade! When we firs* *ook over managemen* of *he communi*y from David, he encouraged us and we readily agreed *ha* *he si*e was long overdue for a few key enhancemen*s. Now *he *ime has come, and we're exci*ed *o *ell you abou* some impor*an* inves*men* we're making in *he communi*y.

S*ar*ing in *he nex* few days, we will be making *he following improvemen*s *o *he communi*y. Please pardon our dus* while we ge* every*hing in place. We hope you are as pumped abou* *hese changes as we are. We believe each of *hese will improve *he communi*y for YOU.

Here's wha*'s in *he works...

* Upgrade *o *he la*es* versions of vBulle*in (v3.6.8) and o*her backend componen*s
* Hardware upgrades *o increase overall performance
* Several new skins *o choose from, wri**en from scra*ch for *he new version of vBulle*in


Along wi*h *hese *echnical changes *o *he si*e, we are also exci*ed *o announce *ha* we are launching a campaign *o promo*e *C Club membership. For *hose who don'* know, *C Club is a way *o *ake your *iVo Communi*y membership *o *he nex* level, realizing a bunch of nif*y benefi*s we know you'll enjoy. Because we're making a significan* financial inves*men* in *he communi*y (*o improve performance, upgrade vBulle*in, e*c), we will be adding more adver*isemen*s *o *he si*e (*as*efully - simple column *o *he righ* of *he home- and forum pages) as a par* of *he upgrade ... so no* *he leas* of *he benefi*s of *C Club membership is *o elimina*e *hese ads!

Here's wha* you ge* when you join...

* A newly-designed-for-*his-promo*ion *iVo communi*y *-shir* (we'll pos* a pic*ure when *he ar*work is finalized) for every person who signs up for or renews *heir membership in *C Club *hrough *he end of *he year
* More PM space - room for 500 messages
* Full and exclusive access *o *he *C Club Only Forums (and o*her forums may be considered in *he fu*ure)
* Elimina*es righ*-hand column of adver*isemen*s
* A badge of honor by your name - everywhere you go on *he si*e, people will know *ha* you're all in!
* Special *C s*ore discoun*s from *ime *o *ime - being an insider has i*s advan*ages a* *he s*ore *oo
* Las* bu* no* leas*, *he joy of knowing *ha* you're helping keep *he si*e alive and *hriving


We have also made *C Club more affordable wi*h a new *wo-year subscrip*ion op*ion. Membership is US$30 for 1 year, and now US$50 for 2 years.

So, we'll keep you pos*ed as *he upgrades move forward. We look forward *o seeing you around *he new and improved *iVo Communi*y.

-*he Capable Ne*works *eam
__________________
Jeff Block, Capable Ne*works

&quo*;I'm jus* jazzed *o be on *he show, man!&quo*;

[WinBear]

I like the new black accents. Can we get the blue accents switched to black? The blue "post reply" and "quote" buttons just don't look right with the black "Quick Reply" bar.

[Figaro]

Can someone point me to the story about the site being sold? Somehow I missed that entirely.

[sushikitten]

I think TCF club members should be grandfathered in without having to renew. We were early adopters of the club but we don't get a kewl t-shirt? :down:

And the quick edit (well, just "edit" now) is much better now, love it!

Also, would love to see the awake/sleeping tivo.

And, cool, a new "logo" but comic sans. Really?

And please bring back the drop-down lists higher up. PLEASE!

[nyny523]

I think TCF club members should be grandfathered in without having to renew. We were early adoptedrs of the club but we don't get a kewl t-shirt? :down:
I agree.

Oh, and quick reply is back.

[scottjf8]

Can someone point me to the story about the site being sold? Somehow I missed that entirely.


I think the original thread is gone, but there's some info HERE (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=364495)

[jtlytle]

Forum Jump is still at the bottom :(

[jtlytle]

So, i*'s offically *he le**er be*ween S and U has been banned..

I guess i*'s okay for us *o say Bi*ch here now.

Bu* no* j*ly*le...:p

No way???

[kaszeta]

mind posting that link?

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/search.php?do=getnew

[dansee]

Augh....What fun.

Ok, Quick reply fix and spoilers fixed.

The T issue come from a word wrap in the censor list leaving a T by itself. Not sure what made that happen. But fixed now.

I'm sure you're having the most fun time ever, Dave. ;)

[llurgy]

I think TCF club members should be grandfathered in without having to renew. We were early adopters of the club but we don't get a kewl t-shirt? :down:


:up:+100

No fair if we dont get a t-shirt too as the club only just started.

Mandy

[Graymalkin]

Yay! Spoilers and Quick Edit are back!

[CatBurger00]

Just to add to the list of what needs to be fixed...

Mobile skin issues:

There is a vB logo and an ad at the top of each page, as well as some unnecessary links (home, user cp, etc). They weren't there in the old version, but on second thought it might be good to keep if it can be reformatted to not take up so much space.

Also, there's no quick reply box.

The edit post page is not nearly as mobile-friendly as the reply page.
And finally (so far), a quote option would be very helpful.

[mbklein]

Yay! Spoilers and Quick Edit are back!

Hey! I hadn't seen that yet! How 'bout some spoiler tags, buddy? :mad:






;)

[dansee]

Just to add to the list of what needs to be fixed...

Mobile skin issues:

There's an easy fix for all of those things, Cat: Sit at home and post from a real computer, like a normal person.

[faerie]

I miss the "TiVo Community > Forum Extras > Forum Operations Center
Reload this Page A place to discuss the TCF upgrades" links at the top of the page that used to be also visible at the bottom of the page.

[LoadStar]

I've just gotta say: not not NOT a fan of the black backgrounds. It clashes HORRIBLY with the color scheme. I'm not precisely the world's biggest orange theme fan, but at least it's consistent and looked fairly attractive... the black? Not a good look combined with the orange.

[tem]

the forum jump *really* needs to be put back at the top of the page as well.

And can the thread starter's name be put on the same line as the thread title as it was before ? that's twice as much screen space taken up by each thread title for no reason.

[LoadStar]

the forum jump *really* needs to be put back at the top of the page as well.

Words cannot say how much I miss this.

Also, bug report: Firefox 2.0.0.6, the cream colored background in the "Advanced Editor" is only drawing about 7/8ths of the way down. It sort of... stops right between the two rows of "post icons." The rest below that is grey background.

[MirclMax]

Another post to encourage the Forum Jump at the top to return.

Also, please swap the graphic back for threads you have posted in. The black dot was viewable.. the arrow thing is practically invisible.

[CatBurger00]

Dana: Did you really just ask me to be like a normal person? I expect better from you.

I'm in the middle of nowhere on an ambulance ridealong right now. I'm surprised they have running water. Forget a "real" computer :p

[LoadStar]

Our world is slowly turning black and white! Now the cream colored background behind the Quick Reply is also grey!

[stalemate]

the forum jump *really* needs to be put back at the top of the page as well.

And can the thread starter's name be put on the same line as the thread title as it was before ? that's twice as much screen space taken up by each thread title for no reason.These are the main 2 things that are annoying me right now. Otherwise everything seems fine.

[ToddNeedsTiVo]

There's an easy fix for all of those things, Cat: Sit at home and post from a real computer, like a normal person.
LOL
I don't have the patience to do much of anything on a cell phone web browser. Ooh, 1.5" x 1.5"! How luxurious! A whole sentence nearly fits on the screen!:p

I'll vote for the forum jump at the top of the page, too. And the "new posts" button.

[greg_burns]

How do you link to a post in a thread now? The thread link (the one with the post #) just links to only a single post, not to the post positioned in a thread.

[crowfan]

Add me as another who misses the thread path ("TiVo Community > Forum Extras > Forum Operations Center > A place to discuss the TCF upgrades") below the thread and the forum jump at the top. These two are really throwing me off.

[jtlytle]

Where's our " We survived TCF upgraded" T-Shirts?

[nyny523]

I've just gotta say: not not NOT a fan of the black backgrounds. It clashes HORRIBLY with the color scheme. I'm not precisely the world's biggest orange theme fan, but at least it's consistent and looked fairly attractive... the black? Not a good look combined with the orange.

I have NO problem with the black - I think it looks a lot better than the blue with the orange. That light blue and the dark orange look awful!

[dianebrat]

ohh, I *really* like the new "mark this forum read" behavior, before it had to repost the whole forum page, now it appears to just update the data.

[Turtleboy]

When I try to go to a new post, I get"

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/avsforum/www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3212

[scottjf8]

So now I see the forum jump thing is just below the last post on the page

TiVo Community > Forum Extras > Forum Operations Center


Very nice!

[Turtleboy]

On firefox os x, it doesn't load at all.

On safari, I'm getting the cookie error on the last page of a thread.

[bkdtv]

Please consider re-arranging the ads so they are below the navigation, as seen on AVS:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/

The fixed width font (for code tag) was also increased in size. Please restore the fixed width font to the previous size.

Look at the size of this text!

[BeanMeScot]

The arrows instead of dots is really bugging me. When I see the arrows out of the corner of my eye, I think they are padlocks and the thread is locked.

[BeanMeScot]

Forum jump is back at the top of the thread!

[David Bott]

Guve us time guys, give us time. We are working on changes as you can see. It took me a week to get them all done on AVS.

[eddyj]

I have NO problem with the black - I think it looks a lot better than the blue with the orange. That light blue and the dark orange look awful!

What black? I don't see any black in the normal thread pages, although this reply still has mostly the blue and black scheme.

[Turtleboy]

How about youtube inlining?

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6hqP0c0_gw&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

[Neenahboy]

Would there be a way to add a little text line under a person's user name to indicate who the thread starter is in their subsequent replies?

[David Bott]

Ok, I am out of here now. Got the main ones and the others will need to be added by the new owners. Take care.

[Neenahboy]

Also, the post time stamp text needs to be bigger. It seems to all run together as it stands now.

[MickeS]

And, cool, a new "logo" but comic sans. Really?

Italicized, no less. That logo looks awful

[MickeS]

Ok, I am out of here now. Got the main ones and the others will need to be added by the new owners. Take care.

Thanks for all the fixes!

[stalemate]

When I see the arrows out of the corner of my eye, I think they are padlocks and the thread is locked.I thought I was the only one!

[Inundated]

Umm, "Mark All Forums Read" NEEDS to be returned to the top level, somewhere, of every page.

You know, like it was. :D Even if it's a pull-down menu, which I think it was.

The only place I can find it is at the bottom of each "sub-forum" menu.

[Inundated]

Unfortunately, since all the immediate fixes this morning were done by David Bott, and he left, I doubt that'll be fixed today. :D

[tem]

Forum jump is back at the top of the thread!

ok ... but it'd better if it were at the top of each forum thread list as well like it was before.

[jsmeeker]

wow ... Go to bed and wake up to a new forum..


Loads fine in Safari.. Let's see if I can post..


Edit: Yup.. I can post. yay!

[David Bott]

Forum Jump thing....It will be, it is just harder than adding it. To make it work here I used the AVS version of the SHOWTHREAD templete. The AVS ver of the SHOWFORUM template did not work as well and I neeed to remove it.

All in all, the guys at Capable are good guys and will get things done as they can an as they see fit. They are not up on the VB code as I am but they are coming along great.

All your ideas may not happen, just as they did not when I made changes, but others will and they just need some time.

Take care all.

[jami]

It stopped working for me in IE. Got the following message:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/avsforum/www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3212

[Inundated]

David, would it be too much to ask for you to keep making these tweaks - the simple ones, that return functionality that existed earlier, without upsetting the Capable Apple Cart, as you can or are able to do so?

And yes, I'm talking specifically about "Mark Forums Read" in the places it used to be :)

If not, well, I still really appreciate your efforts today. Thank you!

[Inundated]

OK, I think I figured out Quick Reply.

It appears to be turned off "by default" on all threads.

If you turn it on for a thread, it will stay "turned on" - presumably at least through your current session.

I have no idea if it stays on between sessions.

[jsmeeker]

I haven't turned it on and it shows up for me.

[Inundated]

I haven't turned it on and it shows up for me.

Does it show up in all threads, including those you haven't replied to?

[jtlytle]

Forum Jump thing....It will be, it is just harder than adding it. To make it work here I used the AVS version of the SHOWTHREAD templete. The AVS ver of the SHOWFORUM template did not work as well and I neeed to remove it.

All in all, the guys at Capable are good guys and will get things done as they can an as they see fit. They are not up on the VB code as I am but they are coming along great.

All your ideas may not happen, just as they did not when I made changes, but others will and they just need some time.

Take care all.

What about TiVo Man that dance to let us know who is online/offline? He's our hero, so...

[Enrique]

What about TiVo Man that dance to let us know who is online/offline? He's our hero, so...+1 I hope he comes back.

[tem]

All in all, the guys at Capable are good guys and will get things done as they can an as they see fit. They are not up on the VB code as I am but they are coming along great.


One would think that a company whose sole business is managing forum software would be "up on the VB code". :confused:

[montag]

Bring back my black dot!

And why did we loose "quick edit"?

[Inundated]

In fairness, I don't think Capable runs many VB boards, if any aside from this one. I could be wrong.

And forget the Quick Reply problem...I think it was user error, not forum software. Sorry. :D

(Mark All Forums Read...Mark All Forums Read...Mark All Forums Read... :D)

[Inundated]

I miss the dot, I miss the dancing TiVo man, but the world won't come to an end if they're not back. :D

Though the dot is also an "inside WAYT thing", of course, I find that the arrows aren't as visible out of the corner of my eye. Maybe if the arrow's color was changed?

[tase2]

Not sure if I mentioned my desire for the return of "New Posts" yet, but if anyone is listening, please. That and the dot, and the dancing Tivo Man.

[crowfan]

The Forum Jump now appears at the top :up:

but it only appears at the top within a thread. It is not there when you are in a forum, looking at the list of threads. It needs to be added there (at the top).

[justapixel]

Where's our " We survived TCF upgraded" T-Shirts?

I still have mine from the last upgrade, don't you?

Be patient everybody! :) Remember last time? It took a few days to get everything in order and then everybody was happy again.

And, those of you threatened to leave the forum over the last upgrade - I remember who you are and you are still here. :) You survived that one and will survive this one. :D

Hey, I wonder how this looks on my iPhone!

[jtlytle]

I still have mine from the last upgrade, don't you?


I didn't get that one either! :mad:

:D

[jtlytle]

I just noticed the "PRINT" command is gone.

[crowfan]

I meant to say this in my last post, but...

I understand that this takes time. I was just mentioning what was missing so they could see it and fix it when they could. I do very much appreciate the work that is going into this. :up:

[justapixel]

I'm sure all the comments on what you want to see back and what you miss will be appreciated. They were helpful when we did the last upgrade too.

It just doesn't happen instantly.

Looks fine on my iPhone. :)

[Inundated]

I can do "Mark All Forums Read" fairly quickly by clicking "Forums" above, then scrolling to the bottom. But I'd still like to have it where it used to be.

Ditto with "New Posts", though it does appear it works fine in the Firefox extension for TCF.

Positives:

* I'm not sure I can judge this during the week, but the forum is lightning fast this Sunday afternoon.

* I'm not sure if this is new, but the forum stretches/shrinks to fit the window now, with very little whitespace. :up:

[Inundated]

I'm sure all the comments on what you want to see back and what you miss will be appreciated. They were helpful when we did the last upgrade too.

It just doesn't happen instantly.

Looks fine on my iPhone. :)

Which reminds me, I have to go get my Treo. I'll report back here...

Oh, and about things happening "instantly", we were very fortunate to have David Bott around this morning to fix some easy stuff, and put back some easy stuff.

[JETarpon]

Very happy that they added multi-quote.

Another vote for bringing back "new posts."

For those people asking for "quick edit" the edit button now *is* quick edit.

[Inundated]

Very happy that they added multi-quote.

Another vote for bringing back "new posts."

For those people asking for "quick edit" the edit button now *is* quick edit.

Yep, I noticed that. It just throws you off because it looks the same as the regular edit screen!

[Inundated]

Oh, about multi-quote - this may be the single nicest new feature.

[eddyj]

Another vote for bringing back "new posts."
In case people missed it, I will repeat what someone else posted...this URL will get you the new posts. Just set a bookmark with it:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/search.php?do=getnew

[tase2]

In case people missed it, I will repeat what someone else posted...this URL will get you the new posts. Just set a bookmark with it:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/search.php?do=getnew

Thanks Eddy, I did miss it. It is a nice short-term fix. :up:

[eddyj]

Thanks Eddy, I did miss it. It is a nice short-term fix. :up:
I also use New Posts a lot, almost as much as the UserCP, so now my toolbar has buttons for both. :D

[tase2]

I also use New Posts a lot, almost as much as the UserCP, so now my toolbar has buttons for both. :D

Firefox?

[Mikeyis4dcats]

probably in here somewhere, but put the "Continue to Main Forum" link back on the homepage

[Inundated]

I've loaded this into a Firefox toolbar option, as suggested:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?do=markread

Works fine. It should still be back on the regular screens, tho. :D

[MikeMar]

New posts button at the top!!! :D

[eddyj]

Firefox?
Yup.

[timckelley]

What is multi-quote? Every time I click on it, it does nothing.

[windracer]

What is multi-quote? Every time I click on it, it does nothing.
Ah neat ... what you do is click the multi-quote button on every post you want to quote (it'll turn red) and then click Reply. All the messages you selected will be quoted.

[Inundated]

What is multi-quote? Every time I click on it, it does nothing.

Ah neat ... what you do is click the multi-quote button on every post you want to quote (it'll turn red) and then click Reply. All the messages you selected will be quoted.

One of my favorite new features. :D

[crowfan]

Yup.

What is multi-quote? Every time I click on it, it does nothing.Click multi-quote on one post, then click Quote on another. It will take the multi-quote post and the other one (that's what I did with this post).

ETA: Geez I'm slow.

[JohnB1000]

Apologies that I have not read the whole thread.

Previously when my subscribed threads were emailed and I clicked on the link it would take me to the most recent post I had missed, now it takes me to the start of the thread ?

Is this something I can correct myself or a flaw :)

[timckelley]

Okay, I see how it works now. I see you can also toggle posts on and off. I wonder if there's a mass untoggle switch that deselects all posts.

[Graymalkin]

Okay, I see how it works now. I see you can also toggle posts on and off. I wonder if there's mass untoggle switch that deselects all posts.

Apologies that I have not read the whole thread.

Previously when my subscribed threads were emailed and I clicked on the link it would take me to the most recent post I had missed, now it takes me to the start of the thread ?

Is this something I can correct myself or a flaw :)

Click multi-quote on one post, then click Quote on another. It will take the multi-quote post and the other one (that's what I did with this post).

ETA: Geez I'm slow.


Me, too. But now I got it.

[cwaring]

I was really hoping for longer signatures ....
Add another vote for this idea. Loving the new look, btw, but certainly not interested in the 'club'.

A big thank-you from this side of the pond :)

[jsmeeker]

Is there any thread or post that describes any new features of the forum software?? Most of what I have seen has been about stuff that was broken (and was fixed) or what TC Club gives you.

[Agatha Mystery]

In the upgrade, we lost the ban on images in signatures. That's something we should reinstitute. Those can get annoying and distracting real quick and clutter the forum.

[kdmorse]

I blinked - and New Posts just came back.

-Ken

[David Bott]

Hi, I had a few mins and checked in. I added NEW POSTS to the menu bar.

As far as the Mark All Forum Read, I am sorry, I do not even remember that being in the top of the site before the upgrade. :) I have no clue where it would have been.

I have no FTP access for I can not fix the dancing TiVo guy showing if someone is on-line.

Oh well. A lot of these things are small, just give it time. After all, it is Sunday.

[Inundated]

In the upgrade, we lost the ban on images in signatures. That's something we should reinstitute. Those can get annoying and distracting real quick and clutter the forum.

Agreed. I don't want this place to turn into Howard Forums for TiVo.