View Full Version : New forum! Vbulletin 2.0 now installed
The newest version of the vBulletin forum has just been installed. Some of the features will only be tested and might be removed if we see that it gets abused.
From what I've seen so far, this one looks much better than the old one and has some very nice extra features.
If you wish to test some of the new features, please do it on the Test forum.
Gonzo
May 23rd, 2001, 17:56
I like this alot better!! :)
lucifer
May 23rd, 2001, 18:50
crazy!!
K-Meleon browser can't handle the strain :(
lucifer
May 23rd, 2001, 19:00
am I being stupid or has 'change your profile been stolen? ]
Gonzo
May 23rd, 2001, 19:05
Originally posted by lucifer
am I being stupid or has 'change your profile been stolen? ]
Look in user cp
lucifer
May 23rd, 2001, 19:21
Thanks
lucifer
May 23rd, 2001, 19:32
PEO
can you put a forum jump on every page esp. the run out of threads in forum page would be very nice - easy ;)
also can default email notification for replies be off like it was before
:D :D
WorldWarGeneral
May 23rd, 2001, 19:33
Gees, there sure are a lot of new features!! Everything looks really good. My only complaint is the color scheme - I just don't care for the purple. I always liked the blue on white a bit better...
fatman
May 23rd, 2001, 19:36
When I got to this site this morning, for a moment there I thought I was redirected to the vBulletin website: their site looks exactly like this with the huge vBulletin logo on top. My 2 cents worth: might be nicer to replace that gigantic vBulletin logo on top of the page with freewebspace.net's own logo or text.
Bruce
May 23rd, 2001, 19:43
Looks like he replaced the logo. This board is sweet!
Canuckkev
May 23rd, 2001, 22:40
This board is sweet!
Coolin
May 23rd, 2001, 22:57
This is just wierd...
Am I the only one who likes the old layout better? :confused:
LastActionHero
May 23rd, 2001, 23:02
For a second I thought I landed on some other forum by mistake! :D
This forum is definetly better than the previous one, the color scheme will take some time getting used to , personally i prefer blue.
meow
May 23rd, 2001, 23:16
I have to agree with WorldWarGeneral and Coolin. The colors were better on the old one. Was easier to read.
Koolguy
May 23rd, 2001, 23:37
lol, im gone a couple days and everything has changed.
meow
May 24th, 2001, 00:20
Ahem. It's a slow compared with the old one and the pages load ugly. Flicker, the color comes rolling in section by section. Those big icon thingies don't look good. Feels like I'm on a pokemon site. :D
gyrbo
May 24th, 2001, 02:32
I likes the old one better. But it has some nice features, wayyy better then phpBB now!
It took me some time to find the edit button (for those who didn't found it yet, it's on the right of the post).
Just testing:
<?php echo "This is a test" ?>
Test1
Test2
Mail me! (gyrbo@yahoo.com)
Go to my website! (http://www.site-32.com)
This is some code!
I'm quoting this
Test Hello Underlined This is huge! I love times
I like swimming in the sea green!!!
}:8) Supermoo
May 24th, 2001, 03:00
Finally I have my little cow pic! :)
Lynks
May 24th, 2001, 05:33
It something about the old board but I think it was better. I guess it's just because Im use to it ;)
Ohwell, the colors where easier to read in the other forum but I guess I have to get use to it!
When I upgraded it used vbulletin default buttons and colours since there are some new buttons and the design is different.
But I will test a more blue design, similar to the old one later today. Purple doesn't fit with the rest of the FreeWebspace.net site.
Dammit!! This new board had me all confused... I changed my email address in the middle of replying a message, then when I tried to post, it said I don't have permission to! Took me 5 minutes to figure out what happened.... :mad: Now I lost everything I typed before... :(
Anyways...
I don't have any problems with the new color scheme... some people may not like it because they're used to the old colors.
I don't really like the message length feature. Disable it, Peo!
All in all, dis is pretty cool~~!
Oh, and why doesn't the font feature work, Peo? :confused:
lucifer
May 24th, 2001, 09:37
It's getting nicer :cool:
kill that horrible coloured scrollbar please
meow
May 24th, 2001, 11:59
A agree with Lucifer. :rolleyes: Yep. A lot nicer. I like how it looks now. :)
Colored scrollbars? Thank heavens I don't have latest IE!
The text formatting options can probably be useful, but I think you have to watch it Peo, so people don't start to write all posts in size 7, bold, pink.
Have you noticed that the preview and submit buttons have switched place? I hit the wrong one all the time. ;)
Mandrake
May 24th, 2001, 12:15
Heh.... I liked the new colours better myself... Darker colour schemes are easier on the eyes.
Epgs
May 24th, 2001, 16:03
i think it is too different. but my opinion
Hobbes
May 24th, 2001, 19:43
I kinda liked the old layout better...
Originally posted by Coolin
This is just wierd...
Am I the only one who likes the old layout better? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :eek:
LastActionHero
May 25th, 2001, 00:12
I can't set my avatar, when i click the button to set the avatar, I get a page which says
displaying 0 of 1
and doesn't display any avatars.
HELP!
meow
May 25th, 2001, 00:33
I don't think there are any yet. If you have a certain number of posts you can upload your own. 191 - tsss - don't think you are cool enough. :D :cool:
LastActionHero
May 25th, 2001, 00:50
I'am getting there, Give me some time. :)
BTW the limit is 250 posts for a custom avatar.
kojiro
May 25th, 2001, 06:37
:) I like it alot!
Too many features its confusing! The similies are easier now.
This looks like the goingplatinum forum. Do you guys copied it from there?
Zef Hemel
May 25th, 2001, 07:06
No, the look is nearly 100% vBulletin 2 default design: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/
Is it possible to get rid of the sub-forum link at the top of every page? Like how it used to be. Sometimes I click too fast and hit the wrong link - and it seems strange to see "FreeWebspace.net Community > General > General > New forum! Vbulletin 2.0 now installed"
lucifer
May 25th, 2001, 08:11
LeX is right about > general > general
also (minor point)
can 'review my site' and ' =HTML web design' be the swaped on the jump menu so they are the same as the forum order :)
Originally posted by lucifer
LeX is right about > general > general
I'll look into that...
can 'review my site' and ' =HTML web design' be the swaped on the jump menu so they are the same as the forum order :) [/B]
I've fixed that now.
The limit to have your own custom Avatar has been changed to 200 posts now. And new posts in the Test Forum does not count anymore... sorry.
How about:
FreeWebspace.net Community > Off-Topic > General >
or
FreeWebspace.net Community > Other > General >
dapcgenius
May 25th, 2001, 14:31
Originally posted by Coolin
This is just wierd...
Am I the only one who likes the old layout better? :confused:
This new one is too complex in my opinion.I totally agree... I loved the old layout.
Hoth
May 25th, 2001, 16:56
Originally posted by Peo
The limit to have your own custom Avatar has been changed to 200 posts now. And new posts in the Test Forum does not count anymore... sorry.
Great... so now I'll have to post pad in all the other forums in order to get there. ;)
Shouldn't there be some sort of exception for those of us who have been around a couple of months but simply don't bombard the forums with 30 repetitive posts every day? (Not that I'm accusing anyone here of doing that. :p )
gyrbo
May 25th, 2001, 17:02
Originally posted by Hoth
Great... so now I'll have to post pad in all the other forums in order to get there. ;)
Shouldn't there be some sort of exception for those of us who have been around a couple of months but simply don't bombard the forums with 30 repetitive posts every day? (Not that I'm accusing anyone here of doing that. :p )
Most of the one that got that mutch posts actually post helpfull information.
meow
May 25th, 2001, 18:10
Hoth is just jealous. ;)
I think about 5-600 posts is the best. Wouldn't want to be in that lame above 1000 group. Or what do you say Gyrbo? :D
- just me being helpful - :p
Coolin
May 25th, 2001, 18:13
The colors are a bit better now. But I still have one suggestion. The buttons are much too large to fit into the overall feel of the forum. Perhaps the old forum buttons would work here also? Then we get the simplistic feel of the old forums with the new features of vBulletin 2.0.
Better lame than sorry... :confused:
I've noticed that the scrollbar is back to its original color. Good!
[ADD]
Finally! Unread threads are marked unread, and those that are read already are marked read! (sounds kinda confusing... :p)
[ADD]#2
And the "Edited by..." message is now small and italic and at the bottom where it doesn't get in the way of things. Nice...
Epgs
May 26th, 2001, 07:20
yeah i have mixed emotions about this board. i think it is too complex. i like a simple board.
Chicken
May 26th, 2001, 13:57
Since I mod. at a few forums, I'll mention that at first I really hated the new version, but you get used to it and there are some new features that are really good.
Split/Merge posts is very handy, and overall it is an improvement.
Mandrake
May 26th, 2001, 13:59
Pity... I liked the coloured scrollbars.
:(
lucifer
May 27th, 2001, 12:21
how can you have liked the coloured scroll bars?
Peo did a great job in removing them
Zef Hemel
May 27th, 2001, 12:51
Simple solution: Use Opera, you won't see any coloured scrollbars anywhere :p
Mandrake
May 27th, 2001, 14:45
I liked them so much that I added them to my site... Makes it stand out... Look a little different from everyone else. :)
Coolin
May 27th, 2001, 15:53
In my humble opinion... They're annoying.
IMOO (in my Outstanding opinion) I like colored scrollbars - if they're colored wisely. Some people just don't know how to do that, and makes those scrollbars real ugly.
I used 'em on my page... the colors aren't great, but at least they match the theme color of my site.
Epgs
May 27th, 2001, 22:00
they either look good/ok or really bad
Gayowulf
May 28th, 2001, 13:43
I have been gone for 5 or so days and coming back and seeing the new design surprised me. I really hated it and left. Now I am back and after a few posts I am a little bit more used to it. I still like the old one better.
Coolin
May 28th, 2001, 21:18
Originally posted by Gayowulf
I have been gone for 5 or so days and coming back and seeing the new design surprised me. I really hated it and left. Now I am back and after a few posts I am a little bit more used to it. I still like the old one better.
I agree. The old was was so much cleaner, now it's looking like a site that wants to fit a million bells and whistles in a single page. It isn't FWS' fault though, it's vBulletins. However, I think using the old icons on this new forum would return it (by a little) to it's nice, simple, layout.
red_zinc
May 29th, 2001, 01:14
As I see the threads pages have -expires => 'now'
So closing the browser you will be unable then to reread the posts via one.
The former version was more amicable in this.
dapcgenius
May 29th, 2001, 15:27
Originally posted by Epgs
they either look good/ok or really bad
How else can they look?:rolleyes:
lucifer
May 29th, 2001, 15:49
Originally posted by dapcgenius
How else can they look?:rolleyes:
average?
just okay
decent
disgusting
horrible
fair
so-so
ngh
rather-never-visit-the-site-again-than-see-those-horrid-scrollbars
...etc.
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