Problems with new forum
Rayman
Posts: 14,891
Maybe it's just me, but I think there are issues with the new forum...
First:
My password didn't work and I had to go through the process of getting a new password. But, this is just a minor inconvenience.
Second:
Seems like the attachement limits have been retroactively reduced so that attachments in older posts are broken.
First:
My password didn't work and I had to go through the process of getting a new password. But, this is just a minor inconvenience.
Second:
Seems like the attachement limits have been retroactively reduced so that attachments in older posts are broken.
Comments
"you can capture very low quality b&w video "
the "b&w" was replaced with "b&w"
Search not work for me if I search only for word -- 3D -- else if I use multiple words -- 3D rendering of --.
BUT if I use only -- rendering -- It works.
NEXT ---- I are missing Active user's INFO on pages I are on --- It is only on Page that show Thread's type that that info is available.
Regards
Christoffer J
Boy, our choice of icons has sure diminished. Grumble, grumble. I hope they charge less for our forum memberships now.
Edit: I just checked. None of my bookmarks (at least none I tried) work. Aag! Oooo! Noooo! (Where is that crying icon now that I'd use it?)
If you press "Go Advanced" you get to use the few icons. I think you can only use one.
Just letting you know that I will be boycotting your forums for the next
month.
I have been following the Propeller forum since June 2007.
Your new forum is an insulting downgrade of capability. Not the least is
the fact that my collected bookmarks are now rendered worthless.
I will not be mollified by a corporate-speak apology.
If in the meantime, if you come to your senses and restore the forums as
they were circa Aug 5th, with membership lists intact and posting
priviledges, fine, drop me a line. Otherwise, I'm shopping elsewhere,
learning elsewhere and avoiding your sorry @sses until maybe September,
if you are lucky.
For shame, Parallax.
Fred Hawkins
Ps, Chip -- are they crazy? Have you gone crazy? WTF, guy.
That might be a slight over reaction.
Maybe.
But You can't said - NEW Forum function that wanted.
1. Search still not function correctly.
2. EDIT/POSTING threads/posts not have any possibility to change Color/Font else other things that OLD one had.
3. Avatars not function.
4. Private Massages are gone.
AND much more that not function.
Wow, I guess I really missed out on that one...
It's located at http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums
New private messages will go to the new software... No biggie really.
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I fixed my Hydra Project thread for now, it really wasn't that difficult to make
a couple quick adjustments using select-all, copy-paste into an editor.
A little find/replace later and good to go.
Most of the adjustment I made were to change the domain name in the links.
So much negativity.. Wow..
OBC
Who moved my cheese?
For those that have lived through one of the many variations of the book exercises, I'll share my answer to "which mouse are you?"
I replied that I wasn't in the book. The instructor/facilitator asked "what do you mean". I replied: "I'm the jerk who moves the cheese!". She just went slack jawed for a bit...
Looks like the Hydra forum links are in working order for now at least in the first post.
I might see about consolidating a few of the later posts a little and doing the same. The bigger job will be trying to tie them back to the "new" forum posts.
One of the major issues I have seen is that some of the converted attachments on the new forum do not work (mentioned here: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?t=124524). If they cannot be re-converted/fixed it could be a pretty big job trying to track down and/or finding them a new "home" (some sort of offsite hosting).
(See my post in the test forum for just how many colors I could come up with.)
OBC
I'm already looking at this..
I've been looking for an excuse to finally dump the last of the Propeller section on Warrantyvoid and it seems i have one now. I think I'm going to start rooting out the gems and hosting them on Propellerpowered for now.
OBC
Not true. Out there there are thousands of sites that have links into threads in the old forum. All kind of project pages, blogs etc. Not to mention all the Google index is now out of date for the Parallax forum.
If I had my own project pages I could fix them. We cannot fix everyone elses pages though.
It may have been better to lock down the old forum and start the new one on a new URL.
OBC "..negativity" Perhaps. I just had a birthday and am feeling older and grumpier than usual.
THANKS.
BUT ned all people be Programing's GURUS to use that.
Cna't t be placed some help buttons IN EDIT window th help have Colors/Bold text and like.?
Choose "Edit options"
At the bottom choose "Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls" instead of the default "Basic editor".
Rich H
Thanks W9GFO.
Now I'm more convenient (Used WysiWyg).
And have all functions I will have.
a new pw emailed. Then once I was in when
I tried to post it said I was not logged in..so
again I had to log in...ugghhh
Where are our avatars?
How do I add an image to a post?
I just can't live without the ability
to add images to posts. :-(
You add inline images exactly the same way as before.
Rich H
Testing to see if I can post an image
However, the decision to shift the old forums to Parallaxinc.com seems to me a major error. This tears the fabric that links the forums to numerous external sites and potential new users linking from those sites. And for what? Why not put the new forums at parallaxinc instead and maintain the fabric?
That's a basic web content rule of thumb. Build out and on, but never move, unless it absolutely has to be that way.
Just thinking of things like the Wiki, personal blogs, other forum links... There are implications on search too. With all that stuff broken, what propeller mind-share cred we do have will evaporate rapidly, needing to be rebuilt again.
A quick google link check ("linkto:forums.parallax.com") announced about 90,300 links to the forums. Thats a lot, but when challenged to display all those pages google could only cough up about 450 real links, not all of which are true forum links
I'd like to hear from parallax regarding their domain logic. They may have good reasons for doing what they did. Or it might just be to do with beta testing (its common to run a test site, say at parallaxinc, then "swap" sites to go live, more out of habit). But the way I see it the logo at top of forums page reads "Parallax Inc Forums", so why not put it at forums.parallaxinc.com?
Finally, there may be another solution to this. A tradition link reads something like
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=028&m=156993#m264813
It may be possible to write a "redirector", called default.aspx, that takes those last arguments, and translates and links to the new relevant location. That might appease us.
*edit: the last bit of the link got truncated by vBulletin. Since relevant to the post, its default.aspx?f=25&p=028&m=156993#m264813
I wasn't aware there was going to be a new forum. Must of missed that news.
But the new forum sure didn't seem as cozy and friendly as the old, for some reason. More like the Microchip forum of years ago which turned quite hostile for some.
And seems one had to keep logging in our forum for some reason. Without logging off. Next time I come back "Log in" please!
Hopefully the benefits of the new site will out weigh the nuisance items.
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Hopefully everyone will remain helpful and friendly.
I have read several of the threads on the issues with the new forums and already changed some of my settings to take care of some of the annoyances discussed, but before I start my own fixes and/or band-aids to my posts for example, I'll give Parallax the chance to address them. The WYSIWYG editor for posts was the first change I made.
Having gone through several ERP migrations over the years and having to sit through numerous CRPs (conference room pilots) to ensure that the obvious is addressed prior to release, my opinion is that the Parallax forum migration did happen prematurely. Things like the code formatting not transferring and broken links is critical and should have been a complete showstopper on the migration.
Anyhow, here are some thoughts for those who will trudging through this next week:
- Someone should start a thread as a "New Forum User Issues List" and keep updating the top post with the list and each item's status (IE: open/fixed). This will help Parallax track issues rather than reading threads to find them. I would rather have them fixing the issues.
- Keep all venting on a single "I hate this new forum" thread. The venting is healthy in a way, but having random threads all over with both venting and issues for Parallax to address will make it difficult for Parallax to see all issues that users are seeing.
- When you post an issue, be as detailed as possible. For example, there are lots of pages in the control panel. If you have an issue with something there, make sure you list which page it's on.
- Be patient with Parallax. This migration is huge and NOBODY can say that Parallax doesn't see the VALUE of the forums. Ken himself has said that the forums are a staple to their success.
Anyhow, hope things go smooth over the next week with the fixes. In the meantime, I'll be taking OBC's advice and be DOING something with the propeller in my normal "surf the forum" times. I am setting up a new project on my PPDB so I can work on it portably this week and hopefully finish it by next weekend.Andrew Williams
WBA Consulting
http://www.powertwig.com