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10-04-2009, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by galraen  It wasn't broke, so why did you fix it?  | I completely agree. The original looked better and is easier to navigate.
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10-04-2009, 09:38 AM
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Buck, I just tried to use Search, and got the following: Quote: |
Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.
| Same with Advanced Search. Something may not have been re-hooked up properly.
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10-04-2009, 10:23 AM
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Thanks for the feedback, I'll add the problems mentioned to my list. Quote:
Originally Posted by galraen It wasn't broke, so why did you fix it? | Our previous content management system was so archaic, it practically was broke. Trust me, it was bad.
These changes are happening out of necessity, not because I wanted a fresh look for the website. This project was designed to give me a huge leap in modernization on the site's backend, and when everything is implemented correctly these forums will be up and running just as they always were - with the exception that they'll have a slightly different theme. I decided to go with a new theme because a) the upper right login section has to handle account management differently, b) UGO no longer requires their logo to be within my header, and c) there is new functionality that I wanted to make use of on the homepage (hot news, latest comments, etc.).
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10-05-2009, 06:20 AM
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Oh, i was wondering why you decided to change the website. I thought it might have been because you thought it could use a new "lick of paint" as it were.  | | |
10-05-2009, 07:36 PM
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I sorely miss the news updates being treated like a regular forum. Having the news updates on the front page is nice and all, but to me it doesn't outweigh being able to have full posting capabilities and a clear sense of when certain news articles have been commented on.
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10-06-2009, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by flix I sorely miss the news updates being treated like a regular forum. | I agree. I liked the news a lot better as a forum, too. My guess is that with the current format, we're never again going to see a long thread based on the news because people will stop commenting when the news item leaves the front page. Forum threads have a lot more staying power.
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10-06-2009, 02:45 AM
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I sorely miss the news updates being treated like a regular forum.
| Ditto, and as I link straight into the forum, I'm not going to see them, and 'out of sight, out of mind'. That also may be a factor in the significant drop off in posts I've noticed since the forum was changed.
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10-06-2009, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by galraen Ditto, and as I link straight into the forum, I'm not going to see them, and 'out of sight, out of mind'. That also may be a factor in the significant drop off in posts I've noticed since the forum was changed. | Yeah, I agree with you 100% here. I used to check the news forum perhaps a couple of times a day, now I do it very irregularly mainly because I seem to forget that it even exists now.
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10-06-2009, 04:36 AM
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I am logged into the forum, but the main page of GB.com doesn't seem to want to eat that same cookie. Not logged in there by default. Sometimes cookies are stored under a different name if you for example first visit a website without the www at the beginning. While that doesn't seem to be the case here I imagine its name must be slightly varying from the original.
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10-06-2009, 06:58 PM
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I'm getting the missing security token search thingie too. No biggie.
On a positive note, the in-forum search this forum feature is a nice addition, unless it was there before and I just didn't notice.
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10-07-2009, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BuckGB If I make it available again, it will be for reference only (no new posts allowed). All of that content would be duplicates anyway since all of the previous news and comments have been imported into the new design. It's just wasn't possible for me to switch over to Joomla and still have vBulletin recording all the news and handling comments.
There is the news archive page if you want a listing of all the latest news, and then there's the "Latest Viewer Comments" section on the homepage. What I might end up doing is creating a full page summary of all the latest comments, but that's going to have to wait until I get through other pending issues. | I will admit that I would miss the news section of the forum if we don't get something similar. I was accustomed to seeing the news from the forum overview and commenting on them.
Having to visit a news archive/front page of the site will make me not read the news - and I loved reading the news and commented on them and they sparked discussions ..... in fact I think it is where I posted most lately.
I'll miss the news forum.
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10-10-2009, 01:07 AM
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Alright, I think I finally have the security token issue resolved. Please let me know if you run into any other error messages.
As for the news forum, I can totally understand that some of you will miss it. Once I get more of the pending bugs ironed out, I will look into setting up some sort of all-in-one news page that's somewhat similar.
One thing I wanted to get away from, though, is a total dependency on vBulletin. Our old news was spread between the CMS and vBulletin (with two separate static pages), and the total views among them was not as high as what our current homepage-only news is receiving. Having everything in one place has its benefits.
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10-19-2009, 12:51 PM
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All timestamps for news look similar to this:
Posted by BuckGB at 3:52 pm on 10.19.2009 (-7642 seconds ago)
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10-27-2009, 04:19 PM
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Come on, man! Bring back the news forum. I can't use that new comment system... it's... unnatural.
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11-04-2009, 10:16 AM
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Does the Latest Viewer Comments box not display the newest 2-3 comments for anyone else (but rather the 3 through 12 or 4 through 13 newest comments)?
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