New Forum Launch July 29

[DirtyDog]

The site is live on the new forum software and I wanted to give an overview of why and what to expect. The forum will be modified somewhat in look and feel as I get things settled. The advantages of changing to this software are:

• This software is going to be easier to modify and integrate with third party applications
• The software vendor offers much better support
• I was able to have both of the previous galleries integrated into this one much better gallery application

The classifieds will be returning soon in a new format.

Let me know if you notice any problems.

 

[Barko1]

Looks good!

 

[FishFearMe]

I really like it so far.

Thanks, and good job.

 

[pvstoy]

So far so good........

 

[RJones]

Good first impression. I like the picture resizing.

 

[Ted]

Welcome back from Steen's. Checked it and saw some great campsites along the cliff. Looking forward to the trip report when you are done playing with this. Hope you are well rested - we'll keep you busy with comments. Like this... not seeing how to do pm's anywhere. Is that still an option?

 

[lostnot]

The site is live on the new forum software and I wanted to give an overview of why and what to expect. The forum will be modified somewhat in look and feel as I get things settled. The advantages of changing to this software are:

• This software is going to be easier to modify and integrate with third party applications
• The software vendor offers much better support
• I was able to have both of the previous galleries integrated into this one much better gallery application

The classifieds will be returning soon in a new format.

Let me know if you notice any problems.

 

[DirtyDog]

Welcome back from Steen's. Checked it and saw some great campsites along the cliff. Looking forward to the trip report when you are done playing with this. Hope you are well rested - we'll keep you busy with comments. Like this... not seeing how to do pm's anywhere. Is that still an option?


Yeah you click on the users name and in the left column in their profile there is an option to send a message.

 

[lostnot]

The site comes up as IP Board with a later reference to wander the west. The left side is blank (maybe a picture is there?) The right side has latest topics. If you scroll down then you see fimiliar items on the site. It looks like it will be a great improvement when the kinks get worked out. I also see the gallery pictures I tried to post but didn't think it worked.

 

[ScottBailey]

Let me know if you notice any problems.


Width is a bit off (i.e. I have to scroll to see text on the right side of the screen); maybe this is a user configuration?

SB

 

[Ted]

not seeing how to do pm's anywhere. Is that still an option?


Yeah you click on the users name and in the left column in their profile there is an option to send a message.

OK, found it. But it is a blue box on the right, not in the left column.

Lostnot, that was bothering me also. Click on the small x above the calendar and the topics will move up and widen to fit the screen. I also had a problem with my first reply. Don't click on the "Reply" at the end of a message. Go to the Add Reply at the bottom of the topic. DD, that is kind of confusing. Do you need a "Reply" after each post?

 

[lostnot]

I was also wondering why my profile has a picture of my rig but my post didn't.

 

[DirtyDog]

Width is a bit off (i.e. I have to scroll to see text on the right side of the screen); maybe this is a user configuration?

SB


I bumped the site width to 1100 to help with the display of large images. If you guys think that is too wide I might be able to narrow it a bit.

 

[DirtyDog]

I was also wondering why my profile has a picture of my rig but my post didn't.


I looked at your account in the old forum and you had a profile picture there and no avatar uploaded so there is no change.

 

[craig333]

I'm sure I"ll like it once the shock has worn off. One thing, the background is a bit bright. Is that changeable on my end? Its difficult to see the difference between new posts and old posts.

 

[K6ON]

Looks great, but I'm old and change comes with difficulty..
I'll get used to it.

 

[jcfly]

I bumped the site width to 1100 to help with the display of large images. If you guys think that is too wide I might be able to narrow it a bit.


I have the same issue that Scott has. Have to move right to see all the text, and to get to the go button on the forum choice menu. The standard font seems a bit small to me.

 

[jcfly]

Double post - whoops!

 

[Tomas Tierra]

"Jeezo daddy what happened to your camper geek website, like, it's totally different" My 9 year old daughter looking over my shoulder just now..

Will take a little getting used to.

 

[EdoHart]

I have the same issue that Scott has. Have to move right to see all the text, and to get to the go button on the forum choice menu. The standard font seems a bit small to me.


Same here, but my laptop only goes to 1024 pixels wide. I also have an external monitor capable of 1600 pixels wide and it looks great on that one.

I'm not sure what the "MultiQuote" button is supposed to do, but it didn't work for me.

While looking at the emoticons I noticed links to some of the old ones, like and all it did was paste the text. I didn't show up in the preview, I wonder if it will in this actual post.