...and where's the freakin' EDIT button gone! Found it but won't edit 'reactionary' or it'll confuse the thread. I feel like Reams, replying to my own posts.
I'm afraid I'm one of those old farts who belongs to the school of "If it aint broke, don't fix it". Perhaps I'm missing something glaringly obvious somewhere, but can somebody please tell me what advantages / improvements have been gained by the format change.
General performance. There was a few attacks on the site in the past year so security has been stepped up also. I also think after 3/4 years of having the same layout it was nice to mix it up and make it look fresh.
Here's a post from the mod board which explains a few of the differences: I would like to build up a list of the main differences, so any help would be appreciated. If additions/corrections could be added below I would be most grateful. Thanks, Ron. So far I have: Members of the original not 606 site (hereafter referred to as the old forums) will notice some differences. Here is a brief summary of the most notable ones: Private messaging. This feature is replaced by Conversations. To the right of your avatar (top right of the display) is an envelope. Click on that and you will see a list of conversations in which you are currently engaged. You have the option to start a new conversation, list all conversations, or just list conversations you started or those that you have starred. When you select a conversation, the whole conversation is presented in much more readable form than on the old forums; more like posts. There is no option to delete conversations; you "Leave" them, with an option to receive further replies. For this reason there is no need for an archive facility. At present, there is no facility to create folders in which to file conversations. PMs that were deleted on the old forums were not physically deleted and have been converted to the new site and appear in your list of live conversations. You could remove these “deleted” PMs from your list by selecting all and marking as “Left”. However, selecting all only selects a page at a time so it could take a while if you have a lot of PMs. Alternatively they could be left in the hope that, at some stage, this will be achieved automatically for you (at present there is no plan to do this) Alerts. To the right of the Envelope is a Flag. This alerts you to anything you are interested in; a useful facility. Click on the flag and all the new alerts will be shown. You just click on the alert to view the details. You can also set your Alert preferences here Your News Feed. Notifications of actions by People you Follow. People you Follow will have been created from your Mates on the old forums Things that are missing 1. As mentioned above. No facility to organise messages (conversations) into folders 2. No facility to create albums and store photos 3. No Rep Value. Rep points on the old forums converted into Likes
Super - a minor criticism of your normally flawless & erudite moderation, but we could have done with some advance notice of the changes. It took me a full two days of confusion and trying to change passwords etc before I could post my usual rubbish on here.
sorry to hear you had some issues logging in - I trust it's all ok now? Did anyone else have problems after the update? If so - list them in here and I can take it back to the super mods.
Do we know when the work will be finished? At present everything appears in grey and in a most unsuitable minute seriffed font.
There isn't an exact date yet. We were told a "few days", but I guess with a few issues still being reported from members, mick (the site owner) is still busy working on them to make it 100%. I'll ask if the grey is how it will stay though.
I, OzAddick who became Rolydoodoo have been able to edit my username to This ! So i am quite peachy at the moment
