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10-30-2005, 12:51 PM
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Forum Changes
The forum was just upgraded this morning, as you can probably see. With this has come a few good things, like the visible thread ratings, a few bad things, like no longer seeing how many replies are new, and quite a few ugly things.
Here are the problems: <ul type="square">[*]Signatures are turned on. Please check and see if you have a signature. If you have a signature that advertises an affiliate program or is otherwise spammy or offensive, you will be banned until it's fixed.[*]Instant Graemlins, Instant UBB Code, and Instant Font Color Don't work at present time. Life sucks, and then you type out the code by hand. (Edit: FIXED!)[*]The profanity filter is currently turned off. THIS IS NOT A LICENSE TO GO SWEARING! Instead, I know some people type some curse words knowing they will be censored. Some people even pick their choice of curse words when wanting to refer to the moderator [censored], rather than type it all out. Instead, please refrain from swearing at this time. If you must, type something like !#$%, or type out [censored] if you want to get the point across. I hate to say it, but failure to comply is an offense worthy of banning.[/list] I don't like to be laying down the law, but it's more that I want to give you a stern warning so that you know before you get banned for doing something you didn't even know was wrong. You're a good crew. I trust you guys won't be doing any of this. 
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#2
10-30-2005, 12:58 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
Other changes that are for the worst (I'll keep posting them as I find them):
No moderator is green anymore. We are all still moderators. They're still marked with a little M when posting in their home forum. The search feature is now limited. If you search for something, you are blocked from doing another search for some number of minutes. Clicking on a user's name and selecting "Veiw all of this user's posts" counts as a search.
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#3
10-30-2005, 01:00 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
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The search feature is now limited. If you search for something, you are blocked from doing another search for some number of minutes. Clicking on a user's name and selecting "Veiw all of this user's posts" counts as a search. [/ QUOTE ] Any idea why this is? It kind of defeats the purpose of searching for something with a title you don't remember, doesn't it?
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#4
10-30-2005, 01:04 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
It's to reduce the load on the CPU and the database, presumably.
Another problem: There is now a limit on the number of PM's you can have in your box. If you get a message that you have too many, you'll have to delete some of your PM's before you can send (or receive?) any.
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#5
10-30-2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
"The search feature is now limited. If you search for something, you are blocked from doing another search for some number of minutes. Clicking on a user's name and selecting "Veiw all of this user's posts" counts as a search."
"Instant Graemlins, Instant UBB Code, and Instant Font Color Don't work at present time. Life sucks, and then you type out the code by hand." Time it takes to do the digest when I am short on links = +8 hours
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#6
10-30-2005, 01:46 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
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"The search feature is now limited. If you search for something, you are blocked from doing another search for some number of minutes. Clicking on a user's name and selecting "Veiw all of this user's posts" counts as a search." [/ QUOTE ] Why do I have a suspicion that this restriction does not apply when you search for "Aff***s-R****k" [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Seriously, this site makes tons of money from adverts. Why don't they use some to buy proper hardware/software?
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#7
10-30-2005, 04:42 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
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The search feature is now limited. If you search for something, you are blocked from doing another search for some number of minutes. [/ QUOTE ] This will increase the number of repetitive new threads that get posted, especially on the always popular and current hot topics. I often have to modify my search parameters and search more than once to find what I want. Expect to see the forums more cluttered going forward.
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10-30-2005, 01:10 PM
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Re: Forum Changes
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This thing with sorting all the messages on the same level in reverse-time order is going to take some getting used to, too. [/ QUOTE ] Is that something in threaded mode, instead of flat mode?
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Hybrid Mode
