New TIBB forum Gripe thread

[Sticks]

As we have migrated from one forum software to another, there will be a number of snagging issues or bugs. The purpose of this thread is to raise them so the Admins can seek a fix or a work around, or inform us, that's your lot.

This is not to be a slagging match between members:nono:

We raise these issues to get resolution.

I will put my first of possibly many in the next post.

[Sticks]

BB Code issue

On the old forum, we could resize images in the [ IMG ] [ /IMG ] tags by having [ IMG=XxY ]

Where X and Y are the sizes you wish the image to be on screen. This avoids massive images causing excessive scrolling to the side. I looked at some of my old posts where I used this and of course the images are now broken. To get my signature image to show, I had to knock off the =80x80, and look at the size of it.

Is it possible to get the resizing of embedded images back on this board, and in such a way we do not have to edit old posts?

Speaking of which

The YouTube BB Code

The YouTube BBcode has gone from [ YOUTUBE ] [ /YOUTUBE ] tags to [ YT] [ /YT ] would it be possible to revert back to the old, or at least have it so the old tags still work, otherwise I see a lot of editing of old posts

One other issue that comes to mind

On creating this thread I discovered I had added an extraneous letter into the thread title. In the old forum, the OP could change the thread title, on VBulletin, it seems only a mod can do that, from the setting we have here.

Question, is it possible to restore that ability so that Mods don't have to be pestered if we fail to spot the typo before we hit post.

I may come up with others as I find them

[James]

I thought I fixed the title editing. Will check.

I changed youtube tags because they are done differently now ie. you only put in the video id rather than the whole youtube link between the yt tags.

Will try and find a way to get the old tags to work.

[Sticks]

Will try and find a way to get the old tags to work.

Will that include the [ IMG ] Tags and resizing images?

[Tom4784]

I dunno if this is the right place but I discovered you can edit your own topic titles by just double clicking on them. I was like 'wow!'

[Sticks]

I dunno if this is the right place but I discovered you can edit your own topic titles by just double clicking on them. I was like 'wow!'

Thanks for that fix, to be more precise in the list of topics, you double click on the tick icon on the right of the thread you are the starter of.

[King Gizzard]

This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between searches. Please try again in 60 seconds.

:( I'm sure I ll get over it though

[Nicky.]

I can't seem to edit a title :\

So now I have an open graphic shop saying closed xD

If you can't suss it, can you just whizz ' - CLOSED ' from the title pweese?

Thanks Xx

[Enid]

This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between searches. Please try again in 60 seconds.

:( I'm sure I ll get over it though
I was about to comment on that as well. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR PATIENCE!

[Nicky.]

You have included 11 images in your message. You are limited to using 10 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the BB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.

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Highly annoying xD (graphics thread incase you're wondering)
Will also be hard for graphic competitions and stuff, can we change this? :3

[Sticks]

For an experiment I edited the first post in my most recent Mystical Realms story (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90248) in the creative writing section, to amend the Youtube tags to the new version.

Although the video is now available, it is left justified, even though it is in the middle of the align=center tags. Other parts of the text and images are centred as directed, it is just that the embedded youtube clip is not controlled by the align=center tags

[Captain.Remy]

This '60 seconds' thing is driving me crazy.

[Tom4784]

Not so much of a gripe as an enquiry, How do you get youtube videos to work? because I tried the tags and the box shows up but no video?

[King Gizzard]

dean, you have to go to advanced, and if you dont wana do that then use [YT] and only put the video code in (cut out the url)

[arista]

I clicked the Topic from the Side Bar
and it went to the first post.

That sucks.

[Tom4784]

dean, you have to go to advanced, and if you dont wana do that then use [YT] and only put the video code in (cut out the url)

Ah okie doke, thanks chick.

[Scarlett.]

The 60 second thing needs to be turned off

[Shaun]

I've never even used the search feature - why do you? :\

[King Gizzard]

its not the search feature, it effects the ''new posts'' as well
which i always use

[Scarlett.]

and "Today's Posts"

[King Gizzard]

new posts = todays posts :P

[Scarlett.]

Nope, New Posts is...well New posts

Today's posts is all the posts made today xD

[Nicky.]

D: D: D:
I know what's missing! (other than my karma -.-)
AWARDS! How come Chewy has his and I don't? *sulks*

[Scarlett.]

D: D: D:
I know what's missing! (other than my karma -.-)
AWARDS! How come Chewy has his and I don't? *sulks*
'cause I is cool :3

[andyman]

Looking at who's online and it shows there are 8 members online, but Nathan and Shaun had a plus sign + next to their name.. Why?

[King Gizzard]

Cause were on your friends list!

[Captain.Remy]

Nope, New Posts is...well New posts

Today's posts is all the posts made today xD

Same thing to be honest, both require you to wait 60 seconds.

[arista]

There two Inches on nothing split
on both sides of this new site.

Look at the old Forum
on the 2 edges not much wasted space.

[arista]

If you click this from the Side Panel
it says -Sticks.
But I need to know who is the last poster on the thread , not
the person who created the thread.

And when you click it - it goes to page one
it should go to the latest post , like the old forum did.

[Nicky.]

There two Inches on nothing split
on both sides of this new site.

Look at the old Forum
on the 2 edges not much wasted space.

i think 2 inches is an exaggeration.. it's like, almost an inch!

For me anyway, it'll depend on what size your screen is I think?

It's only a tad bigger than the gap on the old forum, I like the gap xD

[arista]

I was about to comment on that as well. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR PATIENCE!

Yes Time
like 60 sec wait is crazy.



No one has time for bad sites.


Life In The Fast Lane.

[James]

This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between searches. Please try again in 60 seconds.

:( I'm sure I ll get over it though

I've changed it to 10 for now. Were you getting that message when you clicked 'New Posts' or 'Today's Posts' twice in a row, or was it only after doing a search on the forum? :conf:

[_Seth]

Sticks, just a few concerns of mine:

1) How do we get rid of that highly obnoxious sidebar with the latest threads?

2) Why is the general chat section all the way at the bottom and not under the non Big Brother category :s It looks weird there. The layout would be great if it was at the top.

[James]

There two Inches on nothing split
on both sides of this new site.

Look at the old Forum
on the 2 edges not much wasted space.

I've added a new theme called 'BB10-new Wide', same as the default them except it is 97% width which I think is the same as the theme in the old forum?

Select it in User CP or with menu at the bottom-left.

[Tom4784]

Thanks James! :hug:

[James]

Sticks, just a few concerns of mine:

1) How do we get rid of that highly obnoxious sidebar with the latest threads?

2) Why is the general chat section all the way at the bottom and not under the non Big Brother category :s It looks weird there. The layout would be great if it was at the top.

The new 'BB10-new Wide' theme doesn't have the sidebar.

I have moved the General Chat forum to the top.

[Captain.Remy]

I've changed it to 10 for now. Were you getting that message when you clicked 'New Posts' or 'Today's Posts' twice in a row, or was it only after doing a search on the forum? :conf:

Why there must be a delay ? I mean, we could click whenever we wanted on the old forum. It doesn't happen after doing a search, it's just when you refresh the page.

[Scarlett.]

Thanks James! :)

[_Seth]

Thanks James, it's perfect now! :hug:

[Kaz]

The new 'BB10-new Wide' theme doesn't have the sidebar.

That's MUCH better. Thanks, James! :flowers:

[arista]

I've added a new theme called 'BB10-new Wide', same as the default them except it is 97% width which I think is the same as the theme in the old forum?

Select it in User CP or with menu at the bottom-left.





Yes I clicked VB Style
that is better.


Thank you James.

[King Gizzard]

I've changed it to 10 for now. Were you getting that message when you clicked 'New Posts' or 'Today's Posts' twice in a row, or was it only after doing a search on the forum? :conf:

Sorry I havnt been on today

Thanks! its much better :blush:

[Brad.]

James you legend, thanks a lot for the new wider version of the forum. :D

Oh and admins I have sent a PM to all of you requesting a name change, so, if that could be done then I would really appreciate it.

[Sticks]

You have included 11 images in your message. You are limited to using 10 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the BB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.

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Highly annoying xD (graphics thread incase you're wondering)
Will also be hard for graphic competitions and stuff, can we change this? :3

It also triggers on number of characters in a post, which for those in the Creative Writing section a problem, as with my stories one episode now exceeds this limit set at 10,000 characters.

If it is possible it would be nice if that limit could be raised, say 80,000

[King Gizzard]

James you legend, thanks a lot for the new wider version of the forum. :D

Oh and admins I have sent a PM to all of you requesting a name change, so, if that could be done then I would really appreciate it.


I wanna change mine too, but should we wait a little while?

[Kaz]

James you legend, thanks a lot for the new wider version of the forum. :D

Oh and admins I have sent a PM to all of you requesting a name change, so, if that could be done then I would really appreciate it.

Done! :wavey:

[King Gizzard]

Kaz can i change mine from Nathan to Nate

its a small but significant change :P

[Brad.]

Thanks Kaz! :D

[Kaz]

Kaz can i change mine from Nathan to Nate

its a small but significant change :P

No problem. :xyxwave:

I can't find the change username thread from the old Forum at the moment :blush: so just to let you know that stefani is now Stephanie. :spin:

[James]

You have included 11 images in your message. You are limited to using 10 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the BB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.

--

Highly annoying xD (graphics thread incase you're wondering)
Will also be hard for graphic competitions and stuff, can we change this? :3

I have increased the limit to 25. Should be enough?

[Princess]

The 60 second search thing is driving me insane!!!!

[Scarlett.]

The 60 second search thing is driving me insane!!!!
Lol its gone now, its 10 seconds between searches :blush:

[King Gizzard]

Thanks Kaz!

[Nicky.]

I have increased the limit to 25. Should be enough?

Aye! That is much better, thank you muchly! *hug*

[Braden]

why has my post number decreased form the old thread tot his one ?

[James]

I didn't update the post counts after the last import of posts. If you made a lot of posts in the last week it might be because of that. Might update the post counts later.

[Brad.]

Please can something be done about the 30 second limit on posting 2 posts. This has prevented me from making a quick reply several times today and I can see it starting to bug me and other forum members over time. Please can the time be reduced to 10 seconds or something like that?

[Princess]

Lol its gone now, its 10 seconds between searches :blush:

Oooh I didn't even notice,thanks!

[Nicky.]

Can we have 10 seconds between posts, please? or 1 second? haha :'D

Whatever you like, but 30 seconds is a bit too long atm, and I was sitting there clicking post post post for about 20 seconds haha Xx

[Vicky.]

I have a notification to join a group.

I dont want to join it really, but the notification wont go away, no matter how many times I read it... :/

[Scarlett.]

I have a notification to join a group.

I dont want to join it really, but the notification wont go away, no matter how many times I read it... :/
There should be an "Ignore Invitation" when you are on the group screen :blush:

[Vicky.]

There should be an "Ignore Invitation" when you are on the group screen :blush:

Cheers, Im so dense sometimes ;)

And I ended up joining anyway...Im not in any groups yet :laugh:

[Harry!]

Like change evrything to how it was on the old site.

[Brad.]

Or not harry, ungrateful moron :mad:

[_Seth]

The change has been a big step forward. :thumbs:

[Harry!]

Anyway we can view any threads from your old faves list on the old forum from 2008/2007. Thanks.

[Sticks]

I have increased the limit to 25. Should be enough?

Sorry to play the broken record and be a pain.

Is it possible to increase the character count per post from 10k to say 80k. This is because in the archives there are posts that are quite long, including some of mine, which because of the limit, I am unable to edit to fix issues with the new youtube tags.

Also on the broken record front, readjusting the IMG tags to bring back the IMG=XxY function.

:sad:

[Harry!]

I still need help, Will the old fave list of threads be transfered over from the old forum? That would help so much.

[James]

I don't think it is practical to bring over the favourites lists from the old forum, sorry.

[James]

Sorry to play the broken record and be a pain.

Is it possible to increase the character count per post from 10k to say 80k. This is because in the archives there are posts that are quite long, including some of mine, which because of the limit, I am unable to edit to fix issues with the new youtube tags.

Also on the broken record front, readjusting the IMG tags to bring back the IMG=XxY function.

:sad:

OK, I have increased that limit a bit. I'll have to check whether adding the img=XxY tag will conflict with the current img tag.

[Harry!]

I don't think it is practical to bring over the favourites lists from the old forum, sorry.

James is there a way to view the old threads on the new forum. I have tried pasting the link into the url bar and editiong it to look like one form the new site and it siad that didnt come up. Can you not delete the old forum, I have some very inportant threads on there.

[James]

Well, you can search on this forum for the old thread. Go to Search (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/search.php) put the subject title in double-quotes eg. "X Factor Sweepstake 2009" when you search, Select 'Search Titles Only' and it will find it pretty quick.

When the old forum is closed down, the thread links on the old forum will re-direct automatically to the new one.

[Harry!]

Thanks James but the problem was I have like over 30 threads. Be here to X Mas lol

[Harry!]

Plus some thread titles dont come up when I search (Some of which are more inportant)

[James]

Send me a list of the threads and I'll get them on this forum. I have a list of which threads match to which so can get them quickly.

[Lauren]

OKay this isn't a gripe, far from it - just a quick question.

On the forum homepage is there a way for us to ... "collapse" some of the forums. Like the Old BB forum so only the title shows, and the subforums under it are collapsed in it. Is an option like that available? (Or even an option to pick which sections of the forum you want on the forum homepage?) x

[Harry!]

Send me a list of the threads and I'll get them on this forum. I have a list of which threads match to which so can get them quickly.

Thats another thing. It wont let me send any U2U's because my inbox is full and over the limit and I need every singe one of the U2Us too.

[King Gizzard]

Is there anyway the BH thread can be made private? Muppets keep coming it trying to stir up trouble lol.

[James]

OKay this isn't a gripe, far from it - just a quick question.

On the forum homepage is there a way for us to ... "collapse" some of the forums. Like the Old BB forum so only the title shows, and the subforums under it are collapsed in it. Is an option like that available? (Or even an option to pick which sections of the forum you want on the forum homepage?) x

Hmmm, don't think so. Can only see options to control how forums display for everyone, not user controlled. There are about 10000 options though so I'll keep looking. :spin:

Thats another thing. It wont let me send any U2U's because my inbox is full and over the limit and I need every singe one of the U2Us too.

You can backup U2Us (we call them PMs now ;) ) to your computer by going to 'Download all Private Messages as: XML | CSV | Text' underneath the list of messages. You probably want to select 'Text' there.

[Brad.]

Yeah, I would like an answer to Nate's question too. If it could be taken out of the Chat and Games section and moved to the Brotherhood social group that would be excellent

[Harry!]

James I have done that thanks.

[Harry!]

James can I have a name chnage as well thanks.

[lily.]

Just got here today and seen the new setup.. and after having a wee swatchy around, I thought I'd just say that I like it verrah muchly. :)

[Harry!]

James if I post the name I want to be changed to on your profile can you change it for me?

[Kaz]

I can change it - what do you want?

[Harry!]

I can change it - what do you want?

Recylopse

[Kaz]

Done! :xyxwave:

[Harry!]

Thank you Kaz!

[Mark]

Hi all,

Just got back from London for the weekend doing birthday stuff, so haven't been around post forum change. I'll work through the threads this evening and let you know whats possible/not possible, and some of the things that will be added soon.

Mark

[Harry!]

Are all threads transfered yet?

[Brad.]

Please can we have some more games in the arcade. The Helicopter Game would be great, amongst others...

Thanks admins. :)

[James]

I've added Helicopter. I'll add other games later.

[Brad.]

Thanks James, that's great! :D

[Sticks]

IMG=XxY tags?

[Harry!]

Are all threads transfered yet?

??

[Brad.]

Will there be a 24 hour clock added to the forum, because the 12 hour clock confuses me?

[Sticks]

If you have an embedded image in a thread and then select the "Printable version" from Thread Tools, it just shows the URL for the image and not the image.

I have tested this on another VBulletin board and got the same result, but then they have stricter rules regarding the embedding of images.

[Brad.]

I joined TiBB in the early hours on the 1st of August 2009 but because the clocks have gone back, my join date has weirdly been changed to the 31st of July 2009 instead of the day after. Do you know why this is admins and is it possible to sort it out?