Tracking problems with the forum upgrade [Post here]

[Mike Bobbitt]

Yep, stuff is broken. A LOT of stuff.

I knew even heading in to the upgrade that I would not be able to fix everything right away, and this thread will act as a "clearinghouse" for the numerous problems that have shown up associated with the recent forum upgrade. I can't guarantee a timely fix or even status update on everything, but I will do my best.

Thanks for bearing with me through all this.

Mike's Naughty List

Now tracked here: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/92989.0.html


Cheers
Mike

 

[kkwd]

It looks a bit strange but I can still access the forums. In "Post Reply" preview and spell check work. I'll see if post works in a second when I send this your way.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

blah, don't like the new colour schem Mike.

 

[PMedMoe]

I don't care, just the fact that I can even get on here makes me happy!!!!! I was in withdrawals all day!!  :'(

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

It's not my new colour scheme, it's the forum default... Now for the lengthy task of recreating that old familiar green... and blue, and grey and other blue. Yikes.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

It's not my new colour scheme, it's the forum default... Now for the lengthy task of recreating that old familiar green... and blue, and grey and other blue. Yikes.

Gotcha, Mike.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Hope the craziness of the transition wraps up soon for you, Mike.

Not critical, but noticed that on some fora with attachments:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/83742.0.html
I can clearly see the number of downloads for the attachments at the bottom of the posts, but for other fora:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/82556.0/all.html
I can't - it gets broken up.

I'm OK with the colour change, but I find the Subject box a bit harder to read with the darker background with black font.

Take care....

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Chat room seems to be broken.

Says I need 10 posts and 3 hours online.
And there is a loggin screen too.

 

[Kirkhill]

Mike, don't sweat the small stuff......

You'll get this fixed when you get it fixed.  One more time, thanks for hosting this site and putting in the effort you do.

Cheers, Chris.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Thanks Chris... it'll all come together with a bit of time and patience... and it'll be better than before.

Tony I had a look and saw download counts for all attachments... Not sure what happened there but I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

New forum software does not like IE 8 RC1 had to use the compatibility settings.

EDITED TO ADD

Calendar at bottom of Forums page does not list items in a list fashion. Instead it uses commas to separate the entries.

(Sorry if it seems I'm picky but just giving the site a going over so you get all the bugs out when time permits.)

 

[PMedMoe]

When you open a thread, the links to go back to the main forum are at the top of the page only, none at the bottom.

(These ones:  Army.ca Forums >The Newsroom >International Situation & World News >Topic)

 

[kkwd]

New forum software does not like IE 8 RC1 had to use the compatibility settings.

EDITED TO ADD

Calendar at bottom of Forums page does not list items in a list fashion. Instead it uses commas to separate the entries.

(Sorry if it seems I'm picky but just giving the site a going over so you get all the bugs out when time permits.)

If you are going that way I just checked in Windows 7 Beta with IE 8 Beta and it looks fine. I am running Windows 7 Beta in VMWare Workstation. It also works in Firefox in this configuration.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

If you are going that way I just checked in Windows 7 Beta with IE 8 Beta and it looks fine. I am running Windows 7 Beta in VMWare Workstation.

Weird seems to work now without compatibility settings.

:-\

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Mike some of the text below the board headings is not readable as they are the same colour as the background.

Example:

Milnet.ca Admin
For announcements, suggestions, problems, and comments about this site.

Bolded text is not readable.

 

[kkwd]

Seems that some of the info we inputed into the profiles no longer exist.

It seems sections you don't fill in no longer show up as a heading with a blank space after it. It looks like the Milnet.ca template hasn't been applied yet for all the headings specific to this forum.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

blah, don't like the new colour schem Mike.

Much better now Mike 

 

[PanaEng]

What I have found is that the pages are very slow to load - maybe it is my firewall - but most loads seem to wait on "bid.openx.net"

*** update, seems fine now, maybe it was the firewall here. *****

The rest is less important to me.

cheers and thanks for all your effort.

Frank

 

[Galahad]

Definitely coming together, keep up the good work!

 

[GAP]

Getting there....love the color of the main headings....easy to read and notice..