Okay, the new layout for the forums is totally confusing and I much prefered the old sidebar that showed me what threads were recently commented on.
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Let me think on that
I'm doing my laundry right now -ah the glamorous life of the webcartoonist- but I'll try and think of a thread that will rock everyone's world for tomorrow. In the meanwhile, if anyone has any brilliant ideas, go to town. (I gotta go fold my socks...)
Tim Demeter
does a bunch of neato stuff.
Clickwheel
GraphicSmash
Bustout Odds
I fear change -REET REET REET
This is a pretty jarring change, so we'll just have to spark some insightful conversation to get people back to the forums, but to be honest, I'm actually obliged to check the forums, and I'm spending most of my Comixpedia time exploring the new interface and not chatting it up. Once people get comfortable they'll come back, I'm sure.
The more I tool around this site the more I like it though, and I'm not just towing the company line here.
Tim Demeter
does a bunch of neato stuff.
Clickwheel
GraphicSmash
Bustout Odds
You got any idea for some
You got any idea for some cool/insightful/interesting thread?
I want to jumpstart the forum as soon as possible.
And it start with a good thread that get people passionate about.
Does anybody know why the
Does anybody know why the forum isn't active as it used to be?
The forum's activity is like 99% dead.
Not quite dead yet.
Yeah, but there's a lot of posting in the blogs. I think it's shifting around.
Greg Carter
UpDown Studio
Greg Carter - Abandon: First Vampire - Online Graphic Novel
Getting Used to it Quick
I'm actually getting used to this forum pretty quick, and the rest of the site is ridiculously dynamic. I like it.
I do agree with Ghastly that it's a little blah, but hardly an A-1 priority, I'm sure.
XX- One thing I did notice is that when I accessed the forum home, I got logged out had to log back in. I accessed them by hitting the 'forum' in:
Home » forums » Comixpedia » Comixpedia » Do Not Want!
at the top.
Other than that, you're a champ X, let me know if you need anything.
Tim Demeter
does a bunch of neato stuff.
Clickwheel
GraphicSmash
Bustout Odds
Shfit Between altertainment.org and comixpedia.com?
I'm not sure why you got logged out but did you switch between comixpedia.com and altertainment.org - that will log you out.
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Xaviar Xerexes
I am a Modern Major Generality.
Yep.
That's it exactly. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
The other half is nunchuck-related.
Tim Demeter
does a bunch of neato stuff.
Clickwheel
GraphicSmash
Bustout Odds
I like the old
I like the old forum........
Xerexes can't please everyone.
When comixpedia.org will be back?
I am suffering from my wikisydrome because comixpedia.org is my wikiaddiction :)
Please upgrade and get comixpedia.org online as soon as possible!
Avatars
<br>Aleph
<br><P><br></P>Well, we could always do that ourselves, I guess. :-D
Wow!
Disappear for a few days and look what I miss! Wow - whole lot a changes going on around here! I'm sure Xerexes will sort out any problems in good time. With the amount of work I imagine went into all of these changes I can only speculate Xerexes will need to get lots more sleep though! ;)
That's only the recommended
That's only the recommended amount.
Return of the Sig
Testing my sig ...
All I need now is my Avatar and I shall have all the pieces of flair I need.
Dude, you need 37 pieces of
Dude, you need 37 pieces of flair!
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Xaviar Xerexes
I am a Modern Major Generality.
Just Another Signature Test
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Xaviar Xerexes
I am a Modern Major Generality.
Test of Signature Function
Okay let's see if this works. - You can create a "signature" for all of your comments: forum, news, blogs, etc under the MY ACCOUNT link in the upper left user menu. Click on edit on the MY ACCOUNT page and scroll down - there's a signature box.
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I am a modern major generality.
Okay, the formatting is also
Okay, the formatting is also completely lost in your signature as well.
I Can Fix Those Two Things
Bold, italics, and image
Bold, italics, and image tags arn't supported in flitered HTML format but are in ubb format.
It would be nice if they were.
Fixed
Actually <em> and <strong> were supported which I guess are the approved tags for HTML 2.0 or something. But I fixed it to allow <i> and <b> as well.
I also added in <img> too.
Thanks for the catch - I'm not trying to make people use bbcode - unlike Postnuke there's no distinction between comments to posts or comments to forums in the system so you can use html for everything or bbcode for everything.
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Xaviar Xerexes
I am a Modern Major Generality.
You're right! That's
You're right! That's messed up and I can fix that.
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Xaviar Xerexes
I am a Modern Major Generality.
There are a number of other
There are a number of other issues with this new forum I don't like. The signature appearing at the top of your edit box when you post a message. The formatting is pretty awkward too. I think the old UBBS board was much superior to this new one. PLus the avatars were nice. This forum apart from being confusing is just very dry and lifeless looking and does not really invite conversation.
Ghastly
Ghastly's Ghastly Comic Tentacled Epics
Do Not Want!
Avatars - gone forever? How can I express my individuality?
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I think you just
I think you just did!
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**(( - this means something
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Greg Carter - Abandon: First Vampire - Online Graphic Novel
Kiba: you can change that
Kiba: you can change that under "comment viewing options." (It was the first thing I did, heh)
-reva-
http://www.thinksynch.com
Changed Comment Order
Confuison
I am confused because the newest post show up first than the other way around..
I think the issue is
I think the issue is, you only see the title of the topic that was most recently replied in. You don't know who it was that replied or when it was. So, in theory, there could have been new posts since your last visit, but if it was all in the same thread, it would look exactly the same on the main page.
That being said, that's also about the only complaint I have with the new main page setup. Everything else is definitely a change for the better.
-reva-
http://www.thinksynch.com
Du-uh!
Same Function and Order of Forums Though, Right?
Ghastly,
The order of the forums is about the same (i add back in the Blind Date forum for history's sake). Just looking at it, isn't it about the same as looking at the old one? It's got categories (Comixpedia, Webcomics, Encyclopedia and Special Events) and forums within categories just like PHPBB.
As for the old block on the front page that showed the most recent forum thread comments the ACTIVE FORUM TOPICS on the left (which right now is on every page on the site) shows the same info. Right now it shows the last 5, I think I could up it to 8 like the old block did if people want it.
I could also add a block that shows the most recently added forum topics too (difference is that one does not pay attention to replies) but I thought it a bit redundant.
I'm not going back to PHPBB - it was too much of a headache hack-wise and maintenance-wise but from what I see the Drupal set up is very flexible and I will try to respond to requests for features it turns out to be missing.