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[gordy]

Thank you everyone, I dislike change also (especially when I need to do it! )

The old vBulletin 3 forum software is over 3 years old and not getting updates or features for it. vBulletin version 4 was not an option, vB4 is a bug infested shell of it's former self, not to mention I have politcal reasons against it.

It was a grueling feat to move all the data from vBulletin to Xenforo, vBulletin natively didn't use "likes", thread thumbnails only could be the first attachment (now they are first image linked OR attachment) The albums had all to be imported over and merged into a new system.

The age of the vBulletin was getting more and more difficult to work with, reliant on old programming code that hasn't been updated in a very long time, for example the server's operating system and software has outpaced the forum software causing deprecitive errors.

Missing parts:
The parts we all love will return in a matter of time, planetFigure at it's core is a message board(forum) with all the other parts custom programmed by me so they will make their return, the forum is priority.

Colours, fonts and visuals:
The visualisations here are pretty much out of the box, and will change over time. I'll be dressing up the some colour and additional imagery.

Finding new posts and sorting:
Up in the header you will find two links: What's New and Recent Activity showing you the recent posts.

We'll be back on track soon, in the meantime if you find problems (actual errors) please let me know!

Cheers,
gordy

 

[davidsbyang]

I like the new look. Thanks!

 

[gordy]

Well done Gordy. I like it a lot. It looks like a portal now than just a forum, but definately it works as it should. I have been experiencing an error every time I type http://www.planetfigure.com in my browser. It returns message that contains: A controller for the route path was not foud. It works fine once I refresh it.

Peter, can you grab a screenshot the next time you see that ? Also what system are you using Mac, PC ? And browser type?

Thanks!

 

[chippy]

It's been pointed out by several others the white background is a bit stark , I like the pretty colours man it's all about the colours man, to quote Odd Ball from Kelly,s Heros , the new layout is a bit to stark for me . The other thing I found was when I clicked on a picture to enlargen it that was OK but when I clicked back on to reduce it I left the thread . And what has replaced the paper cilp symbol for adding pictures from your home computer, I have to ask this as I'm a computer Thicky . I'm sure many issues will be sorted out in time thanks for all the hard work gordy

 

[gordy]

It's been pointed out by several others the white background is a bit stark , I like the pretty colours man it's all about the colours man, to quote Odd Ball from Kelly,s Heros , the new layout is a bit to stark for me . The other thing I found was when I clicked on a picture to enlargen it that was OK but when I clicked back on to reduce it I left the thread . And what has replaced the paper cilp symbol for adding pictures from your home computer, I have to ask this as I'm a computer Thicky . I'm sure many issues will be sorted out in time thanks for all the hard work gordy

Chippy, getting some more colours on board is on the todo list (something that folks can choose their own theme ) If the image zoom problem persists, let me know.

 

[Jazz]

Hi guys. Gordy, I wondered what you were up this weekend. Now I know. PF looks like it just entered the 21st century. Like most of us, it will take a bit of getting used to but I am sure it will happen. Thanks for taking all the time and trouble to do this for us. It is like something out of Star Trek. Now how the hell do I post this???

 

[housecarl]

Just like any change, it'll take some getting used to.
Thanks for all the hard work,
Carl.

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Congrats Gordy, good job and nice style.

Hendryk

 

[Joe Hudson]

So Gordy, will there not be a vbench?

 

[gordy]

So Gordy, will there not be a vbench?

There will be, and better than before!

 

[John Bowery]

Gordy,
Thanks for burning the midnight oil and pop tarts. I am sure the site will grow on us and we become more than novices on this site.
Thanks for everybodies help on this change.
John

 

[yellowcat]

Looks great. I am not sure how to send a PM or why I become a new member.

 

[marco55]

I'm totally lost.
Mark

 

[TonyT]

Will the full post edit be coming back, asking again because not answered, cannot alter a couple of posts added today on pc or iPad, without the facility to correct the heading etc I can see me looking elsewhere, sorry but the term if it isn't broken why fix it comes to mind?. I think the current colour is dreadful, so please fix that too! Not only hard on the eye, it harks back to a time when it had to look like this because everyone was running pc's that couldn't handle anything faster than Pong.

Jazz far from entering the new century it personally feels like it is harking back to the 90's" sorry but that is how I see it. Know the feeling Marco.

I do appreciate the time and skill involved Gordy, but one has to ask why?

 

[John Bowery]

Gordy,
I just noticed that the home page (Recent Activity) listed a thread that was a PM with the comment of the PM? Should these not be seen by everyone? Just thought I would bring it to your attention.
Cheers
John

 

[gordy]

Looks great. I am not sure how to send a PM or why I become a new member.

That's a remnant from the previous system. I'll check into it.

I'm totally lost.
Mark

How so ?

Will the full post edit be coming back, asking again because not answered, cannot alter a couple of posts added today on pc or iPad, without the facility to correct the heading etc I can see me looking elsewhere, sorry but the term if it isn't broken why fix it comes to mind?. I think the current colour is dreadful, so please fix that too! Not only hard on the eye, it harks back to a time when it had to look like this because everyone was running pc's that couldn't handle anything faster than Pong.

Jazz far from entering the new century it personally feels like it is harking back to the 90's" sorry but that is how I see it. Know the feeling Marco.

I do appreciate the time and skill involved Gordy, but one has to ask why?

Thank you Tony, I mentioned why a few posts back, basically the previous system was very high maintenance and vulnerable to security.

For colours I mentioned too this will be changing, the priority was to get everything onto a stable system ASAP

Editing posts will be available shortly!

 

[Mike S.]

Cheers for the work Gordy, I know what a pain installing updates or migrating a forum can be.

 

[gordy]

Gordy,
I just noticed that the home page (Recent Activity) listed a thread that was a PM with the comment of the PM? Should these not be seen by everyone? Just thought I would bring it to your attention.
Cheers
John

Can you get a screenshot for me John ? If you log out do you still see it ?

 

[TonyT]

Cool, the old link

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php

pulls this up btw




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though you can access the new one from it.

 

[gordy]

Cool, the old link

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php

Thanks, Fixed. Was that link from a bookmark, BTW ?