NC4x4 v4.0

Thought about changing my avatar so i went in and when i clicked on my picture to upload another in its place it went to my actual gallery like its supposed to
 
Still getting used to it. Especaially the "conversation" replacing pms. I do like this new smiley o_O
 
No, you're definitely right. We had 44 of them before. I had a problem when I was importing them... don't remember off-hand what it was. But I can probably get the rest of them.
 
redneckjeep87 said:
Is it just me or did the inbox and alert buttons at the top right of the page disappear? Also the search box is covering something up
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Do you know what browser you're using and what version it is?
 
So Im normally only 2 to 40 times a day, Im busy and out of town for 6 days, and I come back to THIS!?!?!?!?!

What I NEED fixed:
25 posts per page- is there somewhere to change it to 50 or whatever the max was on the old software, I looked around and couldn't find it

What I wouldn't mind being different:
-The white background burns my eyes
-There seems to be a lot more wasted/empty space, which when combined with the white background, is further burning my eyes
-The font seems more difficult to read, as others have stated

What I really like:
-Clean, lightweight format
-Most of the same functionality is still there
-MARK FORUMS READ BUTTON!!! Like Ron said, I loved this when we had it for a few weeks last year. That way when I click new posts, but don't get to read em all, I can go do other things and not lose my place.
 
X'2 2 onthe white back ground. That's probably my only complaint.

However, uploading pictures is way easier and faster for me now.
 
Just to be perfectly honest, I dont like it

conversation versus pm sucks

my picturetrail account wont let me post the picture gives me a red x

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use to be able to post a pic like above, minus all the spaces

I have an older pc and this version makes nc4x4 slower

will probally visit the site much less, its too much like work
 
Overall getting used to things.
I HATE that the right side is used up on the main page.
As asked, some alternate colors for the background.. (other than setting it in my browser)


Can I pay extra and have ZERO advertising ?
 
The background isn't white. It was white on the old forum, but now it's light grey. If it's burning your eyes, what do you do about the 90% of sites out there that use #fff as their background color? :flipoff2:

The pages look more sparse now because they're missing all the big borders and tables and stuff that were in the old software. Content density is similar, if not slightly higher. There was a lot of screen area in the old software that was given over to buttons or secondary information, where those things are hidden away in AJAX windows and stuff now until you need them.

The font *was* the same exact family as it used to be, but in a larger size because people said it was harder to read than the old font. It's now the same, exact font and size as it used to be.

Conversations add a lot of functionality that didn't exist in PMs. For one thing, there's no limit now. You can have as many as you want, and the replies are all threaded together for easy reference, instead of the old way where half the stuff was in your inbox and the other half was in your sent box. You can batch delete conversations and invite other people to the conversation mid-way through. You can upload attachments to them and use smilies. It's like your own private forum.

The sidebar is core functionality, and it's basically the same in all the other software offerings now. There isn't enough data on the front page to fill the full width, and that gives us some much-needed real estate for other things. We'll be working on that stuff in the coming weeks.

Guffey, I'm not sure what picturetrail is, but there's no image attachment in your post, just a lone IMG tag. BB code tags work exactly the same in the new software as they did in the old software. You might be better off using the plain text editor instead of the rich text one. I can change the setting for you if you need help.

The old software was released in March of 2004. (!!!) It was absolutely brutal to run. The developer deemed it to be end-of-life at about this time last year, so it's been officially unsupported for about a year. Critical software updates had been sporadic (at best) since about mid-2009.

Our server loads are currently about 50-75% of what they were on the old software. Page loads are faster. And once I can get a couple of bugs sorted out, they'll get even better. I've got an 8yo laptop with 512mb of ram running WinXP and FF8 and the page loads are really, really quick. I still have a lot of optimization work to do on the back end. It was pretty heavily customized to work with the old database. I'm slowly getting rid of all of that and setting it up to better take advantage of the new database engine. Problem is, database work means taking the site offline. So I've been sticking to small, incremental changes that can be accomplished in 10-15mins.

If you're visiting the site on a phone and you're having problems, the best I can suggest is that you try using Forum Runner or Tapatalk. Mobile browsers aren't exactly standards-compliant, and each of them does different things to try and fit a fullsize website onto a tiny screen. Every single phone model is different, so it's not exactly something I could troubleshoot, either.
 
/dev/yj said:
Any progress on the RSS feed(s) having pics? Soooooo... minor compared to the other stuff, but just checking.
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Not sure, Ralph. The RSS templates aren't exposed immediately to view/editing.
 
Im startin to get used to it, relearning my way around! Findimg myself goimg oh.thats cool when.i figure stuff out. The only real issue i have is uploading a picture from my evo
 
Hadn't really thought about it Shawn, the bold boarders did "tone down" the brightness just a bit. I played with my monitor settings a little and took care of it. And yes the new format is WAY faster than the old one with a lot less glitches..... keep up the good work.
 
This may be a repost, but I find it very annoying that when I search for new posts and click on a thread it takes me to the last post in the thread.
 
It takes you to the first unread post in the thread. Why would you want to go to the first post in an eight-page thread, 90% of which you've already read?

If you do want to go to the first post, you can click on the date under the thread title. If you want to go to a specific page in the thread, you can click the page navigation buttons.
 
GubNi said:
This may be a repost, but I find it very annoying that when I search for new posts and click on a thread it takes me to the last post in the thread.
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Funny this is one of my favorite features.
I hate change like the next guy but betty page bathing suits and sasquatch bush seem like poor choices in retrospect
 
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