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cobysev
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net  Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:58 pm |
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Wow, I love the new look! Wish I'd known it changed today, I just got off work. 3C0X1.net is blocked there (stupid Ramstein IPO guys) but I hope the new URL isn't blocked yet. Ever since I moved to Sembach a few months ago, I haven't been as active here because I usually moderate from work  The_Provider wrote: Quote: Please note that you cannot ignore moderators or administrators. Sweet! Nobody can ignore me! Not that I give anyone reason to, it's just nice to know. Good job on the change-over, Q. I hope the tweaks and bugs are all minor issues from here on out. I haven't come across any problems yet, moderation or otherwise. PS: I hit submit and it said, "At least one new post has been made to this topic. You may wish to review your post in light of this" and displayed the new posts under that. I really like that! Although it could get annoying having to hit Submit a couple times if others are commenting on the thread at the same time.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:11 pm |
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The_Provider wrote: The_Provider wrote: When I'm highlighting text the scoll bar on the right jumps around a lot. It even does it just using the down arrow to scroll down through the text of someone's post. (only does this for me if the text is larger than the text window and has to scroll down) Anyone else having these issues? I'm having the problem when highlighting or scrolling down a large post. Maybe it was added to get me to cut my post length?
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cobysev
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:31 pm |
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One thing that's a little bothersome is that the background binary image is smaller than 1920x1200 (my screen resolution) so I see two black bars on either side of the website at all times. This makes it hard to read any black text that stretches to the edges of the screen, like the "Go to page" text and page number links at the bottom of threads. Is there a way you can tile the background image for those of us with large widescreen monitors?
Also, this isn't a bug or anything, but while you're revamping the site, it would be nice to go through the members list and remove any accounts that haven't been touched in a year or more. I know we don't have 10,969 users browsing and contributing to this site on even a semi-regular basis. Just my borderline OCD kicking in; you can disregard this suggestion if it's too much effort.
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The_Provider
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:38 pm |
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hiimjered wrote: The_Provider wrote: The_Provider wrote: When I'm highlighting text the scoll bar on the right jumps around a lot. It even does it just using the down arrow to scroll down through the text of someone's post. (only does this for me if the text is larger than the text window and has to scroll down) Anyone else having these issues? I'm having the problem when highlighting or scrolling down a large post. Maybe it was added to get me to cut my post length? I'm still having "hiccups" as well. What's your browser? I'm using IE 8.0.6001.18702
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:39 pm |
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cobysev wrote: Also, this isn't a bug or anything, but while you're revamping the site, it would be nice to go through the members list and remove any accounts that haven't been touched in a year or more. I know we don't have 10,969 users browsing and contributing to this site on even a semi-regular basis. Just my borderline OCD kicking in; you can disregard this suggestion if it's too much effort. I was thinking this as well.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:44 pm |
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Someone earlier said they liked this, but it's annoying to me...I'd rather have the threads not be in groups, the icons on the side were good, and have all threads be arranged by reply date rather than grouped into a category then by date of reply. It's kind of a pain searching down the whole page looking at thread dates and times.
Also, I haven't seen it mentioned, but I think it would be a good idea to expand out by default all available categories, that way a new user can easily see all available content.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:54 pm |
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IWantMy2Dollars wrote: The site seems way too cluttered to me. I wish all the widget crap on the left side would disappear when browsing a thread. I see you can collapse them, but is there a way to delete them? Maybe Q already changed this, but when I minimized a few widgets and dragged them to the bottom of their respective columns they disappeared when I saved changes.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:09 pm |
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The_Provider wrote: hiimjered wrote:
I'm having the problem when highlighting or scrolling down a large post. Maybe it was added to get me to cut my post length?
I'm still having "hiccups" as well. What's your browser? I'm using IE 8.0.6001.18702 I'm a bit ahead of you IE 8.0.6001.18813.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:35 pm |
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The_Provider wrote: Also, I haven't seen it mentioned, but I think it would be a good idea to expand out by default all available categories, that way a new user can easily see all available content. all categories already are expanded.  at the top, underneath your username, does it say "Portal • Forum » General Forums?" if so, the reason why all the categories are minimized for you is because you're looking only at the General Forums category as opposed to the Forum Index which shows all the categories.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:03 pm |
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cnstarz wrote: The_Provider wrote: Also, I haven't seen it mentioned, but I think it would be a good idea to expand out by default all available categories, that way a new user can easily see all available content. all categories already are expanded. at the top, underneath your username, does it say "Portal • Forum » General Forums?" if so, the reason why all the categories are minimized for you is because you're looking only at the General Forums category as opposed to the Forum Index which shows all the categories. Huh, by default they're already expanded out? When I just go to commguys.net they aren't expanded out for me. I know I can go to "Board index" at the top or "forum" on the left, but those bring me to a different page that's not the home page. Maybe there is a setting that I need to uncheck, but I've never told the new interface to hide the particular categories. There isn't a "+" that's there for me to expand anything.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:39 pm |
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just checkin to see if my avatar works.
and it doesn't.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:06 pm |
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hiimjered wrote: The_Provider wrote: hiimjered wrote:
I'm having the problem when highlighting or scrolling down a large post. Maybe it was added to get me to cut my post length?
I'm still having "hiccups" as well. What's your browser? I'm using IE 8.0.6001.18702 I'm a bit ahead of you IE 8.0.6001.18813. shilo449 wrote: this new typing window is annoying, it keeps jumping all over the place. It looks like shilo is also having the same problems. Shilo what browser / version are you using? Is anyone using any browser besides IE having issues with text greater than the window when trying to reply? Q have you seen any problems? (I was getting a SQL error trying to get to this thread, but that's unrelated)
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:18 pm |
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Ok, fixed the recent topics in the center, fixed the age block, fixed it so it should tile on large screen resolutions, add the forum categories on the left, narrowed the side blocks, removed "the team" block, hid the "bot tracker", moderate new users posts until they reach 5, fixed redirection from the old site and made the portal the default over here.
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Arcade
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Change the most act topics and top poster to be for the last xx days and not overall
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Low bandwidth version
Let me know what you think of the changes....
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:31 pm |
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I hope I don't get jumped 'cuz of my observation as it's only a "for my convenience" factor...
In the old site, the big 3C0X1.NET logo/banner on top of the page when clicked within the logo, it would redirect you to the home page.
Now, you MUST click on the actual logo letters for the link to work (link won't work in the area inside the "O" in Comm, etc. just the actual letter itself.)
I know there's a "HOME" link on the RT side of the page, but it was much easier to just click on the logo as it's much bigger area.
Am I alone on this one?
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:32 pm |
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Q wrote: Change the most act topics and top poster to be for the last xx days and not overall Why? I know it's your site, but all time stats, on most active threads at least, should stay.. Top posters is a whatever thing I guess, but all time top threads is pretty cool IMO. Should at least keep that around.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:40 pm |
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Looking good Q. Looking forward to the return of the Arcade. I get bored sometimes, mu ha ha.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:55 pm |
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I'm very tired after a hard days work and the most recent forums seem a little too small for me. It takes a while to read through. I don't know if anybody else feels this way? I could blame my tiredness completely right now but it just doesn't seem as easy to quickly browse through the most recent topics... I would suggest a tad bigger.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:02 am |
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I think the site is great so far. No problems or complaints. I havent been able to look at everything yet but thus far I really like it.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:22 am |
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I know you guys said that we would not be having WAPS testing in 2011 or so. I was wonderning is the CDC test application going to be on this website like it was on the last. 
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:55 am |
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 no cdctest.info anymore i test tomorrow meanies... luckily I was able to use it a bit for the last couple of weeks 
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:56 am |
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doogiemo wrote: I hope I don't get jumped 'cuz of my observation as it's only a "for my convenience" factor...
In the old site, the big 3C0X1.NET logo/banner on top of the page when clicked within the logo, it would redirect you to the home page.
Now, you MUST click on the actual logo letters for the link to work (link won't work in the area inside the "O" in Comm, etc. just the actual letter itself.)
I know there's a "HOME" link on the RT side of the page, but it was much easier to just click on the logo as it's much bigger area.
Am I alone on this one? I am with you (that means it WILL get fixed)
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:26 am |
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jeannediggity wrote: :( no cdctest.info anymore i test tomorrow meanies... luckily I was able to use it a bit for the last couple of weeks You should be able to get there now but this material is old...
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:39 am |
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The_Provider wrote: Someone earlier said they liked this, but it's annoying to me...I'd rather have the threads not be in groups, the icons on the side were good, and have all threads be arranged by reply date rather than grouped into a category then by date of reply. It's kind of a pain searching down the whole page looking at thread dates and times. Yeah, that was me. Now, you can't tell what category any of the posts are, which is even worse, IMO.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:53 am |
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rightface wrote: The_Provider wrote: Someone earlier said they liked this, but it's annoying to me...I'd rather have the threads not be in groups, the icons on the side were good, and have all threads be arranged by reply date rather than grouped into a category then by date of reply. It's kind of a pain searching down the whole page looking at thread dates and times. Yeah, that was me. Now, you can't tell what category any of the posts are, which is even worse, IMO. I'll get there...still learning how to code for this new portal. I am going to try and have it like it was before.
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Post subject: Re: CommGuys.net Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:36 am |
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I love how when I try to browse to a page that requires a login, it give me the option to actually log in and then try to open that page again. At 3C0X1.net, if I clicked a link in my e-mail, it would just give an error if I needed to be logged in to see it. Then I'd have to login and go back to my e-mail to re-open that page. Much appreciated, Q! The_Provider wrote: Is anyone using any browser besides IE having issues with text greater than the window when trying to reply? I use IE 7.0.5730.11 at work and Firefox 3.5 at home and I'm not having any issues with this. Q wrote: ...fixed it so it should tile on large screen resolutions... The background image is still not tiling on either of the browsers I'm using (I have a widescreen monitor at work too). It's still centered on the page. But at least the background color is dark gray instead of black now so I can sort of make out the black text on the edges of the screen. If nothing else, could you lighten the bgcolor a little more? Thanks!
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