Scheduled upgrade for 9am EST tomorrow

[Jim Alfredson]

Tomrrow, Nov 8 2012, 9am EST the board will be upgraded to the latest version. This will induce some changes to the layout (much cleaner, imo) but should not result in any issues otherwise. The board will probably be offline for a short while, no more than one or two hours at the most. Thanks!

Edited November 8, 2012 by Jim Alfredson
New time

[J.A.W.]

Good luck with the transition. Hope it'll be a smooth one this time...

[JSngry]

Tomrrow, Nov 7 2012, 9am EST

Tomorrow is Nov 8?

Or did the upgrade occur this morning, in which case all's well?

Serious question.

[Jim Alfredson]

Oops. Sorry. Today. Nov. 8th. Should be around 9am EST but might be a bit later. I assume the board will shut down for a bit. Invision (the software makers) are handling the upgrade.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

So it must have happened already by now?

Or maybe I'm more than ordinarily confused.

MG

[J.A.W.]

So it must have happened already by now?

I could be mistaken, but I don't think there's any change.

[Niko]

from what jim said, it should have happened by now (nov 8, 4pm EST) - but it doesn't look like it actually has

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

So it must have happened already by now?

I could be mistaken, but I don't think there's any change.

That's what I thought. I thought we were going to lose the subtitles, but they're still there.

MG

[mjzee]

No, no, we're all going to lose the subtleties...WE'RE ALL GOING TO SHOUT LIKE THIS!

[Jim Alfredson]

No, it has not happened yet. They did mention they had a backlog of update requests in the queue, so it appears they haven't gotten to us yet. If you look at the very bottom of the screen on the right, you'll see the version number, which is IP.Board 3.1.4. The newest version is 3.4.0. For a preview of what it looks like, check out he community forum at the Invision website.

http://community.invisionpower.com/

Hopefully they'll get around to it today.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

It looks like we just got updated to 3.3.4. It looks very different. I'll have to get used to this.

Kevin

[Matthew]

Initial impression is good, looks "clean" to me. Just have to get my avatar back.

[romualdo]

dig the new interface

[J.A.W.]

I like it, as was said above it looks "cleaner".

Edited November 12, 2012 by J.A.W.

[Christiern]

I think I like it.

[paul secor]

Definitley different. I'll get used to in in short time.

[mjzee]

It looks cleaner, and it definitely loads faster. Searches are fast too. I do miss the subtitles, tho, as they lent a literary air; this is more "just the facts, ma'am." I'm looking forward to using it.

[BillF]

All sorts of tricks now possible! (Always suspect someone who writes in green ink.)

[neveronfriday]

Nice and clean new look.

[JSngry]

I do miss the subtitles, tho, as they lent a literary air; this is more "just the facts, ma'am."

Yeah, this. Looks more like an literal "bulleting board" than a "forum". But oh well. Onnward!

[Jim Alfredson]

Yes, that was the one thing I was not happy they took away (the second title lines) but it cleans up the database, which when you have 1.2 million posts is not a small feat, and does lead to a cleaner, more stream-lined look.

[brownie]

Have to get used to the changes... were they really necessary?

One thing I regret is that when you check a page you are not directed to the last current post but to the top of the last page

[jeffcrom]

Have to get used to the changes... were they really necessary?

One thing I regret is that when you check a page you are not directed to the last current post but to the top of the last page

That's not the case for me. For instance, I came to this thread from "View New Content," and when I clicked on "Today, 12:27 PM" under your name (to the right of the thread title) it took me directly to your post above.

Edited November 12, 2012 by jeffcrom

[jeffcrom]

But after I posted above, I clicked on "View New Content" again, and this thread had disappeared from that list. Weird.

And it looks like I'm in trouble - if the new version has spell-check, I can't find it. That's a problem for me, because my spelling is atroshious atrotious really bad.

Just figured out the first part of the above. When I changed the option from "Content I haven't read" to "New since my last visit," it showed back up.

Now if someone finds spell-check capability, let me know.

Edited November 12, 2012 by jeffcrom

[mjzee]

But after I posted above, I clicked on "View New Content" again, and this thread had disappeared from that list. Weird.

Look at the left column on the screen, under "By time period." Change "Content I have not read" to "New since my last visit."