Not digging the new look

[kizza 1]

Wasn't there a fast reply option in the other forum setup?

Here is another thing, but it could just be something i'm missing. If I go to search the forums for a specific item, I use that google search in the top right hand corner (there used to be an option to just search the forum you were viewing) - so the results come up, I click on in and i'm taken back to the main forum list, rather than the result ie: thread I was looking for.

That's odd! Ive been curious to see if the advanced search works better than before.

I just realised that my older PMs have been deleted... not a big deal except that there were a few I had been saving for months because I wanted to hold on to some info in there. Hopefully I had already copied and pasted some of that in word docs or emails to Matt.

Does anyone know why some PMs have a red X next to them and others some sort of light blue square?

[trailmix 77]

That's odd! Ive been curious to see if the advanced search works better than before.

I just realised that my older PMs have been deleted... not a big deal except that there were a few I had been saving for months because I wanted to hold on to some info in there. Hopefully I had already copied and pasted some of that in word docs or emails to Matt.

Does anyone know why some PMs have a red X next to them and others some sort of light blue square?

Not sure about the x/square thing, but as for PMs being deleted, there is discussion of that in the site discussion thread on this subject, ewok said something about not restoring all of them - someone had requested today that they want all of theirs back. I believe he did mention something about restoring them if requested, in that same thread.

[kizza 1]

Not sure about the x/square thing, but as for PMs being deleted, there is discussion of that in the site discussion thread on this subject, ewok said something about not restoring all of them - someone had requested today that they want all of theirs back. I believe he did mention something about restoring them if requested, in that same thread.

thanks trailmix. I hadnt looked at that thread at all.

I'll be patient and see if the PMs I wanted to hold on to are part of the older PMs that will be repopulated in the next few days. Ewok said we would get back the last 6 months worth, so I guess there is more to come.

[Pauley 2]

Wasn't there a fast reply option in the other forum setup?

Yeah; there was a button next to the "Add Reply" button in the old setup that said "Fast Reply;" it popped down a little edit window from there.

[TimandJoyce 1]

I may be pulling my chair up to dinner a little late with this..but I noticed that the "reputation" thing in the profiles is gone. Mine is anyways..any one else notice that?

Oh and Kathryn...nice to see your face again!! ( although Lion and Bear were cute too!)

[kizza 1]

I may be pulling my chair up to dinner a little late with this..but I noticed that the "reputation" thing in the profiles is gone. Mine is anyways..any one else notice that?

Oh and Kathryn...nice to see your face again!! ( although Lion and Bear were cute too!)

Yes that was changed this afternoon... so you can still rank a post, but not the poster.

The votes wont be associated with your reputation on your profile anymore.

I think it's better this way.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Ranking posts is stupid, period.

Edit, I had a ranking of -6 this morning, but when I left for lunch, suddenly I had a +1? #######, i'm not that helpful.

Edited March 17, 2010 by Rob and Mel

[trailmix 77]

Ranking posts is stupid, period.

Edit, I had a ranking of -6 this morning, but when I left for lunch, suddenly I had a +1? #######, i'm not that helpful.

Yes, that's true, it must be broken!!

You know what, this new format has me avoiding VJ, i'm still popping in here from time to time, but I look at the topics in the forum and just go ...meh, can't be bothered

Edited March 17, 2010 by trailmix

[The_Dude 1,142]

There seems to be a dearth of posters since the updates. It looks to me like some people are overcompensating for it and posting every little minutia of their lives on here.

I do agree, just seems boring on VJ in general the last several days.

[OBX 51]

There seems to be a dearth of posters since the updates. It looks to me like some people are overcompensating for it and posting every little minutia of their lives on here.

I do agree, just seems boring on VJ in general the last several days.

And they weren't before?

(Posted from a Mac.....I will now run off and hide. )

[The_Dude 1,142]

And they weren't before?

(Posted from a Mac.....I will now run off and hide. )

He he he. I don't like Macs because you can't upgrade them. They are good machines for those who don't aspire to high levels of performance.

People did post the minor details of their lives before, but there really hasn't been anything interesting in quite a while. Mostly just people whining and complaining about tedious stuff. What we really need is for Amanda to come back and give an update about her brother in law and his ex-monster.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Does anyone know why some PMs have a red X next to them and others some sort of light blue square?

Red Xs are next to posts that have been deleted. The light blue with a gray square is a post that has been read. The yellow square is a new post that hasn't been read.

I found it interesting that I have some red Xs as well although I haven't deleted any posts since the changeover. It looks like some of the 'deleted' posts were included in with the ones that were transferred, which is interesting because it means that when you delete they were not necessarily fully deleted.

Captain Ewok is still working on transferring over the PMs from the last 6 months - I think he said earlier he was about half way done. After that, he is willing to retrieve further back on a request basis so you might want to keep that in mind for those 'missing' earlier posts.

And yes- I have my regular Avatar back - her name is Yuna and I have grown attached to her, although it was nice to have Lion and Bear join me here for a while .

[kizza 1]

Red Xs are next to posts that have been deleted. The light blue with a gray square is a post that has been read. The yellow square is a new post that hasn't been read.

I found it interesting that I have some red Xs as well although I haven't deleted any posts since the changeover. It looks like some of the 'deleted' posts were included in with the ones that were transferred, which is interesting because it means that when you delete they were not necessarily fully deleted.

Captain Ewok is still working on transferring over the PMs from the last 6 months - I think he said earlier he was about half way done. After that, he is willing to retrieve further back on a request basis so you might want to keep that in mind for those 'missing' earlier posts.

And yes- I have my regular Avatar back - her name is Yuna and I have grown attached to her, although it was nice to have Lion and Bear join me here for a while .

I like Yuna too

And Bear and Lion are really gorgeous. Lion sure wears his name well!

thanks for the clarification regarding the Xs. That is interesting to know that PMs dont get fully deleted...

that also means most of the retrieved PMs I have so far had been deleted. Hmmm.

[Kimbear 53]

I may be pulling my chair up to dinner a little late with this..but I noticed that the "reputation" thing in the profiles is gone. Mine is anyways..any one else notice that?

Oh and Kathryn...nice to see your face again!! ( although Lion and Bear were cute too!)

Yep..a few of us mentioned how the member part was not really needed. just ranking a post up or down based on the info it contains was good enough. There was a thread about it in site discussion.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

I'm on my laptop today and the new format looks so much better! I really thought they changed it again when I logged on. Without having the wide screen everything is a lot easier to read. I'm still not sure I like it, but it does look better this way.