I think the layout in general is pretty much ok, and if the speed is improved its all for the good (as i'm on an old laptop at the moment, everything is slow and sluggish, but thats the lack cpu and ram, not the forum )...

But, there are a few minor irritations when sorting out what threads that are new, or where there have been activity since the last time i visited. I do know there are "color codes" for checking the activity, but the old system was very simple and effective, more so imho than the new system...

Also, do please bring back the big dot to mark the threads you have been posting in

malhegel

Edited to reflect my view that there are QUITE a few irritations (very politely put) and that they ain't minor.




I know, I know... Just think of my whinging as a form of talk therapy...

nevermind!

i'll just have to be more active on the forum instead of being lazy and sitting back, expecting stuff to come to me!

Basic My Autosport functionality is now back, although there are a few minor snags to sort out.

you fixed it! thanks Hack 

can we have the dates and times back for when a thread was started please?

Are you saying this is an Firefox issue...if so how did you stop the flickering?

Hack,
This may have been mentioned before but, I just noticed it. I was just in a thread with a long title...
The - The AUTOSPORT Bulletin Board> Forums> etc stretched all the way across and blocked Calender, Members, etc so that you can't click on those.

Would like also if possible.

Will this spanking new layout instantly ban these idiots who now inhabit my lovely sandbox?

NO?.. I was afraid not.

I do like it though.

Jp

PS....What's up with these "star ratings"?.... I am guessing it's based on quantity rather than quality?

Nice job AS

So Zmeej will be happy - I've found something I don't like.

I REALLY do NOT like having images I post resized to 500px max width. Completely unacceptable. No forum software resize gives acceptable quality. It saves not a single jot of bandwidth for anyone. It's completely unnecessary.

Please fix.

Neil

This was on by default. I can't find an easy way to set the sizes, so I've turned it off. Let's see how things work without it.

Hack, you're a fine upstanding gentleman!

Besides, no image size limit was the way the old forum worked I believe.

thanks again,
Neil

Hack
if you want to have a readable, meaningful and friendly BB where the contents is what really matters
- keep directly posted images resized
- encourage posting links instead of images
- avatars may become a bit larger but not unlimited
- limit the signature area

This is based on my personal experience and with my good intentions to be helpful.

Also this is what appears on the top with Mozilla Firefox - two rows override.


On many IPB boards in the marked area there is a line (command) "Mark all forums as read". Very useful if one wants to see the new posts after the last visit. The old platform did this automatically.

It is necessary, for people with lower resolutions so that it doesn't ruin the layout of the page. Has worked fine for ages in another forum I go in.

The limit usually is 800x600.

I thought it was much better with the resizing... you could very easily click on the black bar on top of the image and it would pop-up the full size

Doesn't it allow for clicking on the resized image to be viewed in original size, afaik it actually loads the original size and just resizes it for viewing (just click to view original size - it doesn't re-download) if you know what i mean.

Maybe, but 500 is not even half a screen width for most people...

Ok so a couple of points.

1. Yes, it did allow clicking to get to the original size, but why the extra effort? Why the unnecessary, wasted effort?

2. As I noted in my first post on the subject, the downsizing to 500px resulted in a freaking horrible image! So bad that I would disable all my links to my images and certainly wouldn't post any again - maybe no great loss, but it does show how badly I think the downsizing was.

3. I hate BBs that decide on some arbitary limit (can you say 10/tenths or whatever they call themselves - they have a photographers forum that actually frowns on anyone posting pictures at all).

4. If you don't want to see images as the photographer intended them then don't click on the threads that may obviously contain pictures.

5. It's 2009, if you can't cope with an image of 150 to 200kb or so in size then maybe you should consider moving back into the cave and ditching your Commodore 64.

6. As I also noted in my earlier post, no size limit for images worked just fine on the old board. No reason it can't work equally well now.



Neil

Yes, I find it annoying (in some ways) that there's no automatic "mark forums read". From observation - and correct me if I'm wrong - this used to refresh itself after 30 minutes: I'd very often spend about 40 minutes in TNF, then go to PC, to find only a couple of threads which were allegedly unread, despite the fact that I hadn't been online for 12 hours! Same on TrackForum, which also uses vBulletin. But not on 10 Tenths (also vBulletin, but a later version)

To be fair, I have little experience of using IP.Board BBs, so perhaps there's no way of doing this. It doesn't appear to be an option on PHP boards either - I'm on several BBs which use PHP and have to use a "mark forums read" link on those.

Hi , my inbox is 94% full and I have received no messages in it since Jan (nobody love me), yet I have just had one message emailed to me.

Cheers

Confused Greg

Maybe I just hate change, but this new look BB sucks. There even be another topic about this but navigating around here makes it hard to find. Hopefully they are just teething problems, but cna someone please fix the page number and box alignment PLEASE. Also what is the go withthe reply button quoting the last post?

The official whine thread is here.


They are 'fixed' already. Which old browser (and version) are you using?



If you want to quote a person, use the button next to their post. If you do not want to quote anyone, use at the bottom and top of the page.

Or you could still click on , select and delete the quoted text and post your own thoughts in place.

Thanks for that, using IE7 mods u can delete or merge this if u like, i have had my whinge

Do not worry, large images won't ruin the entire page layout.
Only the post that contains the large image will require scrolling (horizontal), if the image exceeds a user's screen resolution.

For the sake of illustration:



See, all other posts don't require horizontal scrolling to be read because of one large image. It's okay.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.

I liked the old look, had an old school feeling compared to this, which is just too cold/square
It's all okay, anyhow.

Quick reply is the best new feature, IMO.

The new board logs me on automatically now, that never worked for me before....

I like it

Cheers for the effort.

sO YOUR WHINGE IS oK BUT MINE AND SEVERAL OTHERS ISN'T?

Damn caps!!

IMHO when Hack gets a free second (could take a few months as he has a shed load of work to do now poor bastard), he'll trim this board down to a slimmer, neater and tidier look.

Neil

Hey, I'd be delirious if somehow Hack could find a way to preserve all of the looks and customizations of the Atlas BB and yet manage to make the overall thang safe, secure and fast - i.e. keep the wolf sated and the goat whole.
(If you didn't guess, the last bit is a Ukey proverb)

This he certainly appears to be.


BTW, please do get rid of that infernally irritating and
space-wasting "quote graphic."

You are very much free to leave. Please consider this option.

But of course.

And good to see you finally back to your historical typing skills.

Neil

FWIW with this new BB the pages load way faster for me, thanks.

I don't like the colour scheme though.

Why the Board have changed the engine?
Its bcs of the cost of it?
I didn't like it.

Also I can't hide the avatars and emoticons, what meakes it cumberstone to use in the work breaks.

Wheres the search button please?

Oh that would be the one immediately below and to the left DUH!!

It's fine...

That too.

No. The old software had many security holes. Autosport must have *paid* for this upgrade (although they could have used phpbb 3.0.4 for free ).


Well, you must be happy now.


Yes, we can! Yes, we can!! Yes, we can!111

Actually I like the idea but agree there is a bit of wasted space; so why not just reduce the size of it?

I've checked a few other topics, and it seems that the printed version and the downloaded versions consistently show only the first 300 posts. There's no option to see, print or save the other ones.

Is there a reason for this, and can it be fixed?

Seems to be a bug. Not the highest priority to fix, though.

Fixed. Or should I say Hacked?

Oh dear - one should never use the word hacked despite using the sobriquet of "Hack". It gets the natives restless!

If you click the "minus" icon on the right hand side of the sub forums box they will be minimised and the system should remember your preference.

Thanks for the info - but microsoft malware remove full scan has said I'm not infected...when I still am.
The drop down thing on the tool bar said to click to install active x....since then It's been very difficult to view any threads as e.machines ( my comp) says it can't find ...then it gives a website 'ads something' which obviously isn't Atlas/Autosport .

I deleted all cookies yesterday...and there's another load of them today ad.yieldmanager@doubleclick seems to be the main one, but there are a lot of other ad type ones there as well.
The next step forward, I think, is for me to delete the cookies agian and look to restore my comp to a previous date....unless there's an easier way to fix this ?

No longer seem to receive e-mail advising me of new posts in thread previously subscribed to.

Subscribed threads didn't survive the migration, you need to re subscribe.

I have tweaked the quote box styling to drop the quote mark image and reduce the space used and also add a bit of an indent. There were some suggestions to use bold text but it looked rather stark and out of place, so let's see how we get on like this.

Regarding thread subscriptions, the easy way to re-subscribe is to click the Options button top left in each thread and click 'Track this topic'.

Unlike the old version, the new search mechanism does not work for a inquiry of three letters - such as FIA. A search on FIA produced no results. Its very hard to call this an upgrade when it doesn't work as well as the previous version. Functionality seems to have fallen victim to fancy graphics.