Paul Schwartz Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Support for the old version of the forums software was being discontinued, so to keep the system safe and secure from hackers, I had to update to the latest version to keep receiving security patches/fixes/updates. I know it looks pretty different, but I had no choice, so please try to just figure it out... I'm in the same boat as all of you! Thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanne Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 All platforms should always be updated with the latest to keep problems away! No reason to excuse for that, it looks great and it's good to know people are looking after the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann-p Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 WOW! What a nice surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Seems to work OK, no comment on the style as I usually only react when it's gratuitously unusable for some reason. Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_boveri Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Seems to work OK, no comment on the style as I usually only react when it's gratuitously unusable for some reason. Cheers, Chris except that the links in your signature don't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefule Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I like it. Thank you. I am a regular in another (unrelated) forum, and they have not changed the software, and that forum is increasingly full of spam messages, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly0312 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Wow! just checking in at work--thought I was lost; new format looks GREAT! shelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Schwartz Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks for the support guys... yep, it seems to be quite nice actually! Pretty easy to figure out and not too cluttered in the end I think. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Nice update, very fresh looking without breaking anything. Several months on I'm still cursing the recent iTunes redesign, wheas the Cnet refresh works nicely and looks like it gives more space to the actual conversations. The disappearence of the 'mark all content as read' button threw for me a moment, but that functionality now looks to be on the left hand menu on the front page, setting that to 'New since my last visit'. Hoorah! [edit - my ability to spell everything right first time and/ or proof-read it before posting, sadly, has not been improved by the software update] Edited January 17, 2013 by Steve Mansfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 As a further update I've found the 'mark all content as read' button - it's in the page footer, click 'Mark Community Read', then select one of the options from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 My profile foto appears to have gone lost, there's only the avatar left - and no foto option where it used to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Happy Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I like it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Stein Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Schwartz Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 My profile foto appears to have gone lost, there's only the avatar left - and no foto option where it used to be... Yes, I saw when I was doing the update that there was mention of this... there is apparently just one choice now for either avatar OR photo so I had to make a choice which to retain/convert. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I can't get the iphone app to work. I had been using the old one. Downloaded the new one but can't get past the screen which asks for the name and url of the "community". Anyone got this to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 ... there is apparently just one choice now for either avatar OR photo so I had to make a choice which to retain/convert This certainly presents a problem for me, as you can see if you look at my "avatar" and then at the photo in my profile. I have previously chosen to operate without an avatar, but now it seems I'm forced to have one, which has been created for me by grossly distorting my non-square profile photo. Ugh! I presume that those posters whose avatars now appear as a default silhouette haven't as yet provided any image for either avatar or profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) I have previously chosen to operate without an avatar, but now it seems I'm forced to have one, which has been created for me by grossly distorting my non-square profile photo. Ugh! I presume that those posters whose avatars now appear as a default silhouette haven't as yet provided any image for either avatar or profile. My avatar isn't quite square, and it has now been anamorphed into a square, fortunately only a slight distortion. It also looks like the ASCII art in my sig has become double-spaced. I'll see what I can do about dealing with both of those issues some other time. Right now I'm using my wife's iPad, and I don't know how much of what I'm seeing will look the same on my Mac. Edited to add: Curious. Still on the iPad, the avatar appeared in its proper proportions when I posted this, although it appears as a square by the window below where I am invited to add a reply. Edited January 18, 2013 by David Barnert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Curious. Still on the iPad, the avatar appeared in its proper proportions when I posted this, although it appears as a square by the window below where I am invited to add a reply. Interesting. Mine, too. I suspect we should thank Paul for the fix. I can live with the fun house image in the editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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