The Official New Forum Suggestions And Questions Thread

Welcome to our new forum software powered by XenForo. While it is similar to the old VBulletin, some things have changed and work differently. Some things were lost like "Thanks" and some Avatars. This thread exists to answer any of your questions or let you make suggestions.

Please keep this thread to questions or suggestions only to keep it simple. Once your question has been answered, your post will be deleted and answered above.

If you have questions about using the new forum, please see this thread: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/major-geeks-general-how-to-new-forums.295862/

Q: What happened to my avatar, likes, status, thread subscriptions, posts, emoticons or anything else that's missing?
A: Yeah... they're gone. Sorry. As we said, no way everything will import correctly. Some of the above mentioned may be repaired, restored like emoticons once we've all adjusted.

Q: What happened to my favorite addon?
A: They're gone. Odds are we won't be doing any addons as they tend to be a big security risk. Like above, this are might explain why a certain feature or function is now gone.

Q: I'm getting an error message: "You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser."
A: The message should only appear on IE7 or lower. Perhaps you have enabled the compatibity view?
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-enable-compatibility-view-in-internet-explorer-11-ie11/

Q: Is there a way to collapse sections that I don't look at?
A: Not collapse, but if you go to each of the forums you do look at. Click on "watch" in the upper right for every one of them. Now click "watched forums" on the left side in the green bar up top.

Q: I liked the other color scheme better.
A: This is actually pretty close. the other was a bit darker. At this point in time we've played with it some but it's not a priority and really very few complaints so expect it to stay like this.

Q: Will we still have "Thanked" posts? Or will it be the "Like" system?
A: Like is the new Thanks.

Q: Does XenForo allow skins? That'd be an easy way to appease those who dislike the light background.
A: It does, as do most but it's a lot of work. Next thing you know, we're making a skin for everybody. It's easy to read and people will have to adjust. It's literally almost the same as before As mentioned above, this one isn't over. We're listening

Q: What happened to user title?
A: This forums uses Trophies and by default awarded titles based on those Trophies. As of today, we have restored member titles based on messages posted exactly like before minus one ranking I didn't like. See the attached image for the rankings.

Q: My hyperlinking extends past the word or phrase that I want.
A: The best way to keep that from happening is to completely finish your sentence before inserting your link. Once you have completed your sentence, you can highlight where you would like to insert your hyperlink. If you would like it to stand out better, you can also underline it first.

 

Reminder: Once your question has been answered, your post will be deleted and answered above.
This is only to keep the thread neat and easy to read for myself and everyone else.

If you have questions about using the new forum, please see this thread: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/major-geeks-general-how-to-new-forums.295862/

 

You posted it, so obviously you read it, so yeah, it's read. Sidebar is last 5 regardless. they are separate from each other in that way

 

It's not actually an issue. You have to completely write your sentence and then insert your link by highlighting the word/phrase. Your link will then appear where you want it. If you do it in the middle (get to the word/phrase), insert your link and then continue to write, it continues with the formatting.

It's the same with all the coding here. You can test it by using the Bold.

I also fixed your link.

 

I was actually going to PM this to you ....If you click on the Members Tab up on the top left, you'll see the birthdays on the right panel: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?members/

 

Just thought I would say, I cannot see the birthdays.

 

Well, me either right now. I have to think between last night and this morning, there just aren't any birthdays? I hope that's the case. Otherwise it's a mystery.

 

I and I know a few others would love a PC specs section in the Member user data, kinda think if you hover over a member name an option to view PC specs could be a great option as we always state "what windows version and what pc specs you have"

 

Going forward, links and hyperlinks should now be underlined. Philipp was able to change it.

 

Robots, in this case, are spiders. For example Google will spider the site for the search index. Some will send multiple spiders. So nothing to worry about - that is unless you see something for The Skynet Global Defense Network -- then we're screwed.

 

Robots generally are search engines

 

Thing these days is the search robots or more used to be called spiders, are everywhere, one place you will notice them a lot is if you use online email like Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook (microsoft mail) is that if you login online you will see adverts to the side of your email, that suspiciously touts products that could be a key word from your email.

 

haha....I have to say I did the same thing with Eldon's sig. (Where's that LOL emote from the other board when you need it?)

My suggestion would be to make your sig start with a line and then putting it under it. I'd also hyperlink it, underline it, and change the font color. I just did the line for mine and it looks like it worked.

 

Scroll your mouse over your username and go to Privacy. Make sure all your Personal Details are set to 'Members Only'.

 

Which sticky were you talking about, kat? I would imagine Major Attitude usticky'ed anything that had been for a while?

 

Ah, yep... I remember it. That was put up as a reaction to the severe issues we were having at the time when we had a group of people who liked to get into those discussions and couldn't let go or be nice or respectful with each other. I think they have all been banned (or left). Most of it was common sense. I think it was probably Major Attitude who took it down. Sticky'd threads have a tendency to become 'invisible' once they've been up for a while.

If things become contentious again, I would imagine another will go up, but hopefully we won't have the problem again.

I can't say I've seen anything out of the ordinary that requires another rules thread, but I can't say I look through 100% of the threads.

My view is you deal with threads on an individual basis and treat people as adults. If people have issues with posts or threads, they should really be using the report button. I think that may be one of the issues with this new forum. I haven't seen the report button being used much at all...even for spam. I'm wondering if it's not as easily seen or something.

 

That's sort of what I was afraid of, Mimsy. We just don't seem to be getting reported posts like we used to and I've found obvious spam posts that would have been reported before. I don't have any idea how the button would be made easier to locate. I may see if someone can look into making them actual buttons that are outlined like the 'Post Reply', 'Upload a File', etc.

 

Well, it doesn't seem that there is any likelihood of the Report button changing, sadly. Hopefully people will start to find it readily.