FORUM UPGRADE SCHEDULED NOV 5

[Rabshakeh]

20 hours ago, JSngry said:

Before the tweaking is finished, maybe the black stripes between posts can be narrowed?

Otherwise, not nearly as different a look as I was expecting! 

Well done on the revamp. It is looking and working well!

On the thick black stripes, perhaps it might be possible to change the colour theme so that there is a slightly more neutral grey, thereby accomplishing the same thing?

[mjzee]

It would be great if we had the ability to "like" a post.

[GA Russell]

5 hours ago, mjzee said:

It would be great if we had the ability to "like" a post.

I agree!

Thanks, Jim!

I like the blue a lot.  I agree that too much of the screen is black.

When I quote a post, only the top part of that post is re-posted.  I think that is a bug rather than a feature.

And thanks for posting the rules!

[Chuck Nessa]

Not enough pink.

[mjazzg]

Never is

[mikeweil]

I too dislike the dark background. Took me a while to find the "unread" button that is hardly visible. Besides it looks great and on my tablet and cell phone, too.

[Jim Alfredson]

I changed the background to light blue. Better?

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, Jim Alfredson said:

I changed the background to light blue. Better?

I think so. 

 

[GA Russell]

18 minutes ago, Jim Alfredson said:

I changed the background to light blue. Better?

Yes!

Not only do I find it pleasing to the eyes, but I can now easily see the "Unread replies" line.

Thanks, Jim!

[Rabshakeh]

Yes! That's a lot better.

Generally a big fan of the upgraded look and upgraded performance.

[JSngry]

Works for me! 

Thanks! 

[mikeweil]

Much better! Thanks!

[J.A.W.]

Just noticed that I'm a newbie now, despite having been a member since it started... Good to feel young again...

[sgcim]

Good to hear that security features are being updated. I read something online that showed you how to delete your caches and cookies, so I tried it, and got knocked off of every website that needed a password.

That was no big deal for every website except this one. I forgot my old password and when I tried to set a new password, I got an ominous message that I would be compromising all personal information in my account if I reset my password, so I ran for the hills with my tail between my legs.

I tried to reset my password this time, and it seemed like this website was more secure when I went up to the symbols in the address bar, so I reset a new password, but after I did that I got a new message in the security images in the address bar with a triangle on my padlock which means:

"A padlock with a triangle indicates that Firefox is not blocking insecure passive content, such as images. By default, Firefox does not block mixed passive content; you will simply see a warning that the page isn't fully secure. Attackers may be able to manipulate parts of the page like displaying misleading or inappropriate content, but they should not be able to steal your personal data from the site."

Which is better than the previous message, but is this website going to be totally secure come Dec.1st, or will it be the same as it is now (which seems to be okay, except for insecure passive content such as images)?

 

 

 

[Jim Alfredson]

2 hours ago, sgcim said:

Which is better than the previous message, but is this website going to be totally secure come Dec.1st, or will it be the same as it is now (which seems to be okay, except for insecure passive content such as images)?

I don’t know if there is a way to secure images. I will ask.

[Gheorghe]

Sorry maybe a stupid question, but : Why are we all "newbies" ? We were groovers, veteran groovers, masters of the groove, groovissimi and so on ? 

Not that I need such a thing, but "newbie" for us guys who post almost every day ? 

[mjazzg]

Personally like you Gheorge, I don't care a jot that I don't have some kind of invented ranking/badge to show how often I post. 

Jim's done a great job here and why he should be bothered to fix things like rankings is beyond me really.

 

[riddlemay]

I confess that I was somewhat proud of my medium-lowish (but not complete newbie) status.

There, I said it.

[JSngry]

13 hours ago, sgcim said:

Good to hear that security features are being updated. I read something online that showed you how to delete your caches and cookies, so I tried it, and got knocked off of every website that needed a password.

That was no big deal for every website except this one. I forgot my old password and when I tried to set a new password, I got an ominous message that I would be compromising all personal information in my account if I reset my password, so I ran for the hills with my tail between my legs.

I tried to reset my password this time, and it seemed like this website was more secure when I went up to the symbols in the address bar, so I reset a new password, but after I did that I got a new message in the security images in the address bar with a triangle on my padlock which means:

"A padlock with a triangle indicates that Firefox is not blocking insecure passive content, such as images. By default, Firefox does not block mixed passive content; you will simply see a warning that the page isn't fully secure. Attackers may be able to manipulate parts of the page like displaying misleading or inappropriate content, but they should not be able to steal your personal data from the site."

Which is better than the previous message, but is this website going to be totally secure come Dec.1st, or will it be the same as it is now (which seems to be okay, except for insecure passive content such as images)?

 

 

 

Try another browser.

Or set your Firefox security setting to Maximum.

[Teasing the Korean]

I keep getting badges!  This new platform seems to really like me!

[Bluesnik]

On 11/7/2022 at 7:53 AM, Quasimado said:

I joined in 2004 and have just been promoted to "Newbie"

The exact same. So I don't know why I'm now a newbie, plus I lost the status I had before. But the move to the new format has been awesome, with limitations that existed before disappearing automatically. Now everything loads faster.

 

 

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, Bluesnik said:

The exact same. So I don't know why I'm now a newbie, plus I lost the status I had before. 

 

 

As I recall, years ago Jim A. improvised a set of milestone categories and even allowed members to request status levels for number of posts. I am not surprised that this long-awaited upgrade wiped things like that out.

[soulpope]

After 33.623 posts I'm "contributor" 😇😂 ....

[Jim Alfredson]

To those who were having email issues: The problem should be resolved now. Still waiting to hear from the developer of the 'donations' plug-in as to why it isn't logging donations.

[Teasing the Korean]

I'm having trouble accessing the site.  I was able to get here now only by doing an internet search and navigating from that link.