DGN Under Construction

[jynxxxedangel]

Another complaint-- you can't see who began a topic, or how many views it's had since posting. I'm nosy, so I like to know both of these things.

And yes, like everyone else has mentioned, the "interests" section beneath our avatars is a bit impractical.

PS. YET ANOTHER complaint-- sometimes, clicking the header of the topic will get me to the latest post; and sometimes, it takes me to the first post, from many years ago. The little symbol at the end of the name of the last poster SHOULD be for going to the last post, rather than seeing a little balloon about the poster come up.

/grumbles

Edited July 8, 2009 by jynxxxedangel

[TheOsakaKoneko]

I actually prefer that feature, myself.

all the settings had to be changed, so its more than likely that your's are set that way. Its just a matter of looking for the option and changing it.

I don't think so? Not sure, but the email still says at the bottom of it:

There may be more replies to this topic, but only 1 email is sent per board visit for each subscribed topic. This is to limit the amount of mail that is sent to your inbox.

So presumably, according to the email, I should only be getting one.

It doesn't really bother me too much either way, since I use Gmail and it combines them all into 1 anyway, but if I was on Hotmail or some other archaic form of email (;P) I'd be pretty miserable getting my inbox filled to the brim every day.

I'm pretty patient with all these changes. I know they'll get fixed. I'm just pointing them out so people know...even though I'm sure they already do. ::shrug::

::cheers on Troy and team:: Go team! You can do it! Ganbare! Ganbare!!!

[Rev.Reverence]

..it would seem to me, that when one hits the view new content button, the new DGN will filter out the topic you just posted in, whilst I can see how this MIGHT be seen as a benefit to some peoples...I do not see it as such.

When I posted a new thread before, I liked that I could watch the # of views it had gotten...I watch the Lurkerz you know.....GOTTA' HAVE A HOBBY!

[Head Wreck]

i miss the "post since your last visit"

[Simon Bar Sinister]

looks interesting.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

We were waiting for something on the host company side to happen... for 3 days. I was purposely stating close to the computer expecting what you see now as of the time of this post to happen. That is, the board being reset to the default settings and then I was going to go into mega-overload-work mode to get things looking more like the DGN we are used to (with some changes obviously) But I ended up being away from the computer all last night and this morning. No real reason to set up a "test" board as all the real functions of the board work fine.

Working frantically now. I have a battery of doctors appointments in a few hours, then back to the grindstone. I will try to respond to some of the above after I get various baseline things taken care of.

All the basic functions of the board are still in tact. Just the details and the "look" of things is needed to be worked on. (Probably 10 hours worth of work to get things generally the way we want them, 30 more hours for some of the more subtle details)

[bean]

Another complaint-- you can't see who began a topic, or how many views it's had since posting. I'm nosy, so I like to know both of these things.

And yes, like everyone else has mentioned, the "interests" section beneath our avatars is a bit impractical.

PS. YET ANOTHER complaint-- sometimes, clicking the header of the topic will get me to the latest post; and sometimes, it takes me to the first post, from many years ago. The little symbol at the end of the name of the last poster SHOULD be for going to the last post, rather than seeing a little balloon about the poster come up.

/grumbles

I like to know who starts topics too!

i miss the "post since your last visit"

I agree!

Edited July 8, 2009 by bean water

[Rev.Reverence]

i miss the "post since your last visit"

Bottom of the front page...

...marked "Today's active content"

[jynxxxedangel]

Bottom of the front page...

...marked "Today's active content"

There's also "view new content" at the top right corner, underneath the search bar.

[Rev.Reverence]

There's also "view new content" at the top right corner, underneath the search bar.

It didn't seem to work right earlier.. Seems better now.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Waiting for a long script to run to update something, as such I can't do any admin work for like 30 minutes. Reply to some of the above:

DUDE!

Go to the main page... see those big freaking folders? Click em! It marks the entire section as "read" (red, not reed)! (correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that was the case with the old DGn? If it was, then... um... carry on, and pay no attention to the imbecile behind that computer monitor lol)

I'm not sure if that is how it worked on the old board or not.

umm... ok well I won't mention the default BRIGHTNESS since but I will ask is there a way to change settings so I don't see everyone's interest on every post? It makes for lots a scrolling when reviewing topics?

Another complaint-- you can't see who began a topic, or how many views it's had since posting. I'm nosy, so I like to know both of these things.

And yes, like everyone else has mentioned, the "interests" section beneath our avatars is a bit impractical.

PS. YET ANOTHER complaint-- sometimes, clicking the header of the topic will get me to the latest post; and sometimes, it takes me to the first post, from many years ago. The little symbol at the end of the name of the last poster SHOULD be for going to the last post, rather than seeing a little balloon about the poster come up.

/grumbles

I like to know who starts topics too!

I agree!

DGN "Look" / Colors:

The default skin (the colors and such of DGN) will be pretty high on the list of priorities. Just as a random aside though, according to the research people prefer white backgrounds, probably have your brightness on the monitor set to high. BUT, we aint gonna have no stinking white backgrounds on DGN (not as default anyway). Just haven't gotten to it yet. Will happen pretty soon.

Who started a topic:

In the forum view every topic says "Started By" and "Last post." For instance look here:

My link

Second column? "Started By" right?

I'm guessing you ladies are refering to something other than what I'm thinking?

"Interests" listed under profile avatars:

First thing i'm working on after the script I'm waiting to get done running finishes.

Random side note... lots of little features that I like, now that I'm starting to get used to them.

[jynxxxedangel]

I'm becoming accustomed, slowly but surely.

[n0Mad]

Another thing for your to do list - When clicking on links in posts, have them automatically open in a new window/tab like they used to.

[jynxxxedangel]

Another thing for your to do list - When clicking on links in posts, have them automatically open in a new window/tab like they used to.

I just noticed that glitch, as well. I guess we gotta right click and choose "open in new window/tab," until that's fixed.

Edited July 8, 2009 by jynxxxedangel

[bean]

When you click on "View New Content" You can't tell who started the thread. You can in forum view, but I almost never use that. I use the view new posts thing. Oh well, I guess I will have to change how I look at the board

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Another thing for your to do list - When clicking on links in posts, have them automatically open in a new window/tab like they used to.

I just noticed that glitch, as well. I guess we gotta right click and choose "open in new window/tab," until that's fixed.

That is a design change not so much a bug. People still using older browsers/computers get their systems bogged down with that "feature". I prefer it to work that way myself. Debating if it is something that should be changed or not. *ponders*

When you click on "View New Content" You can't tell who started the thread. You can in forum view, but I almost never use that. I use the view new posts thing. Oh well, I guess I will have to change how I look at the board

Ah. I understand. Both ways of viewing the board have their advantages, but I'd encourage people to view the board "the old fashion way". Since if a post catches my eye, doesn't really matter if it was posted today or two months ago does it?

Not that it changes the lack of the details in that view. That "problem" is a bit more involved to change. There is a lot involved in changing that, probably several hours, and it is the sort of change that will get squashed by the next update (which will be a minor update, nothing like how huge this current one is, but will flatten small changes like that, and it is expected soon).

*back to the slave labor camp* * buries head*

[jynxxxedangel]

Troy needs huggles.

[bean]

No big deal *hugs* to Troy. Carry on, sir.

[Scales]

If you have Mozilla and go to Tools, Options, Content, Colors, you can change the colors, then the check box at the bottom of that window decides whether your colors override websites or not.

[jynxxxedangel]

If you have Mozilla and go to Tools, Options, Content, Colors, you can change the colors, then the check box at the bottom of that window decides whether your colors override websites or not.

Hmmm...that's interesting, Scales. If I were to do this, would every webpage I visit be charcoal grey, though? Or can I pick which sites I want my colour choices and fonts to apply to?

[Scales]

Hmmm...that's interesting, Scales. If I were to do this, would every webpage I visit be charcoal grey, though? Or can I pick which sites I want my colour choices and fonts to apply to?

Yeahp. You'd have to uncheck the box later or it would color override sites.

[Jessika Fxckin rocks (1)]

After getting a head ache from it being all white i looked and relized there a place on the bottom left where you can change it to being a dark dgn board. much better

[jynxxxedangel]

YAY! The "DGN Dark" option wasn't there, earlier!

THANKS, Troy!!!!!!!! *mwahz*

[Jessika Fxckin rocks (1)]

YAY! The "DGN Dark" option wasn't there, earlier!

THANKS, Troy!!!!!!!! *mwahz*

Oh I did not know it was new! I was reading everyones comments about the brightness and I got down to the bottom of the page. I was like I wonder if there anything in here to help, and TADA it was dark. I was like i must share this info with the people asap!

THANKS ALLOT TROY MY HEAD WILL STOP HURTING NOW!

Edited July 9, 2009 by Jessika Fxckin rocks

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Troy needs huggles.

No big deal *hugs* to Troy. Carry on, sir.

Seriously. Insane how much time it takes just to make little minor changes. Yay hugs!

Oh I did not know it was new! I was reading everyones comments about the brightness and I got down to the bottom of the page. I was like I wonder if there anything in here to help, and TADA it was dark. I was like i must share this info with the people asap!

THANKS ALLOT TROY MY HEAD WILL STOP HURTING NOW!

Hah.

This "DGN Dark" skin, while more like what people expect of DGN, still has a ton of little changes that should be made. It is a skin I got from an admin friend of mine that I have been customizing. Takes ages. Will have to stop working on it for a bit to focus on some other DGN/IPB things. I really need to volunteer someone to fix the white halo's around the emoticons. Something I may never get to personally but would be a nice change.

I do welcome additional thoughts/comments. The big "hard" stuff of the upgrade is done but there are plenty of little things that will take probably 10X as much time to sort out. Some of which I'm sure I am not even aware of yet.