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  • ejgormanejgorman Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭
    Can you delete drafts? Or will they be a permanent reminder of my self-imposed hard liquor filter?
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  • bbass2bbass2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭
    Where am I?
  • bandyt09bandyt09 Posts: 4,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bbass2 said:
    Where am I?

    More importantly, WHO are you? Welcome to the Thunderdome Ben...........
  • SecretSquirrelSecretSquirrel Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes
    I love the new forum layout, but the combo breaker badge is broken!!!
  • Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    Hmm, thought I replied and voted in this column, maybe not?  Testing now, did I find the signature line or not?  let's see
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  • Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    well, that one's there.
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  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No_one21 said:
    jlmarta said:
    Martel said:
    kuzi16 said:
    i miss my signature line. ill have to find all those links again. other than that i dont have a problem with the update. no more code is ok. i was good with the old way. there will be a bit to get used to. glad all the old posts were saved.
    Yeah, but you won't need the links if they sticky all those threads...

    I don't even know what he just said. "Sticky"?  "Links"? Please speak English if you want us oldfarts to understand what you're talking about. How do links apply to stickies??  Thanks...
    Sticky refers to the threads that get locked at the top of the list in a subforum. They are "stuck" there and so he won't need his signature which used to serve as a grouping of links to threads we all recognize as important.
    'Sticky' I recognize. But how or why would there be links to a sticky??  Makes no sense 
  • jgibvjgibv Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    jlmarta said:
    No_one21 said:
    jlmarta said:
    Martel said:
    kuzi16 said:
    i miss my signature line. ill have to find all those links again. other than that i dont have a problem with the update. no more code is ok. i was good with the old way. there will be a bit to get used to. glad all the old posts were saved.
    Yeah, but you won't need the links if they sticky all those threads...

    I don't even know what he just said. "Sticky"?  "Links"? Please speak English if you want us oldfarts to understand what you're talking about. How do links apply to stickies??  Thanks...
    Sticky refers to the threads that get locked at the top of the list in a subforum. They are "stuck" there and so he won't need his signature which used to serve as a grouping of links to threads we all recognize as important.
    'Sticky' I recognize. But how or why would there be links to a sticky??  Makes no sense 
    They already stickied a couple threads. 

    For example, the "(almost) all inclusive guide to cigar etiquette, kuzi style" now remains at the top of the "General Discussion" section as an "Announcement" thread. 

    If you click on the title of the stickied thread, that link, will open the thread.

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  • MartelMartel Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes
    jgibv said:
    jlmarta said:
    No_one21 said:
    jlmarta said:
    Martel said:
    kuzi16 said:
    i miss my signature line. ill have to find all those links again. other than that i dont have a problem with the update. no more code is ok. i was good with the old way. there will be a bit to get used to. glad all the old posts were saved.
    Yeah, but you won't need the links if they sticky all those threads...

    I don't even know what he just said. "Sticky"?  "Links"? Please speak English if you want us oldfarts to understand what you're talking about. How do links apply to stickies??  Thanks...
    Sticky refers to the threads that get locked at the top of the list in a subforum. They are "stuck" there and so he won't need his signature which used to serve as a grouping of links to threads we all recognize as important.
    'Sticky' I recognize. But how or why would there be links to a sticky??  Makes no sense 
    They already stickied a couple threads. 

    For example, the "(almost) all inclusive guide to cigar etiquette, kuzi style" now remains at the top of the "General Discussion" section as an "Announcement" thread. 

    If you click on the title of the stickied thread, that link, will open the thread.
    Thanks for translating for me.

    Kuzi wants his signature back, which had links to several important discussion threads.  In the old forum that was useful because he could reply to a question about understanding flavors in cigars by saying, "look at the developing your palate link in my signature." 

    However, with the new forum, those threads can be made a permanent fixture at the top of the list of discussion threads under each section.  It's a common practice on forums to have these sticky threads as a resource to new members.  They act as a sort of FAQ (frequently asked questions) so the board doesn't get inundated with the same questions over and over again.

    So what I was trying to say, was that Kuzi wouldn't need the links to those particular discussions in his signature anymore because the new forum allows those important discussion threads to be permanently affixed or "sticky" at the top of the category of discussions under which they fall.

    Whew.  That was a lot of typing for a non-review post.
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  • Chuck_NChuck_N Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭
    No
    Don't like it at all.
  • bbass2bbass2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭
    bandyt09 said:
    bbass2 said:
    Where am I?

    More importantly, WHO are you? Welcome to the Thunderdome Ben...........
    Hah, thanks!  I haven't been around very much lately, but I was in a state of shock when I saw they finally upgraded.
  • danielzreyesdanielzreyes Posts: 8,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love it
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  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jgibv said:
    jlmarta said:
    No_one21 said:
    jlmarta said:
    Martel said:
    kuzi16 said:
    i miss my signature line. ill have to find all those links again. other than that i dont have a problem with the update. no more code is ok. i was good with the old way. there will be a bit to get used to. glad all the old posts were saved.
    Yeah, but you won't need the links if they sticky all those threads...

    I don't even know what he just said. "Sticky"?  "Links"? Please speak English if you want us oldfarts to understand what you're talking about. How do links apply to stickies??  Thanks...
    Sticky refers to the threads that get locked at the top of the list in a subforum. They are "stuck" there and so he won't need his signature which used to serve as a grouping of links to threads we all recognize as important.
    'Sticky' I recognize. But how or why would there be links to a sticky??  Makes no sense 
    They already stickied a couple threads. 

    For example, the "(almost) all inclusive guide to cigar etiquette, kuzi style" now remains at the top of the "General Discussion" section as an "Announcement" thread. 

    If you click on the title of the stickied thread, that link, will open the thread.
    And that will somehow get us back to our signature lines?  
  • ExpendableYouthExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    Signature line is back.
  • Darktower007Darktower007 Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    Okay I like it better now.. It's not pissed at my phone anymore. :)
  • ExpendableYouthExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    Yeah, it has definitely grown on me a lot.
  • jsnakejsnake Posts: 5,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    I have so much catching up to do. A little overwhelmed but it looks like a better set up. Just have to get used to the changes.
  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Signature line is back.
    You guys keep saying the signature line is back but I have to assume you're on your PC. It sure as hell ain't back on my iPhone....
  • Gray4linesGray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    jlmarta said:
    Signature line is back.
    You guys keep saying the signature line is back but I have to assume you're on your PC. It sure as hell ain't back on my iPhone....
    Yeah, I think they are removed on mobile. Probably to shorten post length and scrolling.  (Although the quotes are the biggest scrolling issue)
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  • kuzi16kuzi16 Posts: 14,633 ✭✭✭✭
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    found another "flaw" in the new forum.

    i now have my links page in the signature line... but a few of those links dont work because some of the threads have a different format in the code than others.

    this brings me to the flaw... I cant edit the links in. posts now have a time limit on when they can be edited. so i cant fix the links in my links page so they will work. this also means that i cant edit in updated content to some of those threads (like i have done periodically in the past) so they are the first page up top in the main content. this makes it a hunt through threads that are potentially a few hundred posts long to find any updates to an article posted on the forum.

    i guess we all have to complain about something...
    overall i like the forum update. it did what i wanted out of an update. it saved all the old content. there is some good stuff here and losing it would have been a mild disaster.
  • CSGCSG Posts: 5
    No
    I voted no because I don't much care for the layout even if it is an improvement over what came before.  At least it's easy to add a photo.
  • twistedstemtwistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think in time we will all come to understand and figure all this out together!!!
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  • First_WarriorFirst_Warrior Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i dam- sure have been spending more time staring at this computer.
  • KriegKrieg Posts: 5,188 ✭✭✭
    No
    Guess I'm one of the odd men out...I for one don't like the new forum layout. Guess I just can't stand change....but seriously...one thing I can't stand is that I have to scroll all the way down to bottom of the thread before I can post something. Before, I could get reply to any post and add my .02. Oh well...at least post counts are still there. lol.

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  • jgibvjgibv Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hey @Krieg !  Good to see you around again. 
     
    I gotta agree with you there, it's a PIA not having the "reply button" on each post, and instead having to have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to reply...... 

    Others have complained about this as well, but no fixes in sight. 
    It's especially terrible when posting from a phone, because the text boxes get shrunk and resized horizontally so it feels like you're scrolling forever just to find the reply box. 
     
    1 step forward, 2 steps back.......






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  • NolagizmoNolagizmo Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good to see you posting again Krieg.

    I'm mikie, been here since beginning of August and read plenty of your previous posts when I first started. Glad to see you back posting.
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  • BigshizzaBigshizza Posts: 15,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Krieg said:
    Guess I'm one of the odd men out...I for one don't like the new forum layout. Guess I just can't stand change....but seriously...one thing I can't stand is that I have to scroll all the way down to bottom of the thread before I can post something. Before, I could get reply to any post and add my .02. Oh well...at least post counts are still there. lol.
    Agree! And where's the color? Before it seemed open now it feels claustrophobic
  • RhamlinRhamlin Posts: 9,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still not keen on it
  • kaspera79kaspera79 Posts: 7,257 ✭✭✭
    I am getting more comfortable with it.
  • jgibvjgibv Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Undecided
    Question for fellow iOS people.....if you're playing music, does it stop playing when you visit this site?

    try it out and lmk please.

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