Forum Upgrade Complete! Options

[Zidewinder]

In the hope of preventing future attacks by these troublesome script kiddies, I'm going to upgrade HPP's forum software to the latest version tonight. The site will probably be down for a few hours. Also, when the site comes back up it will be using the default Invision Board skin, rather than this parchmenty one I made. It'll be a while before I can set the parchment skin up to work with the new version. On the bright side, there'll be some nifty new features like quick editing of posts without leaving the topic page, upgraded and revamped profile pages, what-you-see-is-what-you-get post creation, and more. And, as a bonus, the new version includes a tool that will unscramble all those old threads that got messed up last time I upgraded the forums!

See you in the new version...


Update: The forum upgrade is now complete! Welcome back everyone, and sorry for the delay.

[...Stabby?]

Lets hope this fixes any security concerns

[Zidewinder]

Welcome back, everyone. The upgrade is finished, and everything seems to be working well. Here's how to use some of the new features.


WYSIWYG Editor
To enable the what-you-see-is-what-you-get post editor, go to your control panel, click Board Settings, and pick "Rich Text Editor" next to "Type of text editor to use when posting."

Quick Post Editing
To edit a post without leaving the topic page, click the edit button and select Quick Edit.

Display Name Changing
In this version, everyone has both a Username and a Display Name. By default, they are the same, but you can change your Display Name once a month by going to your control panel and clicking Change Display Name. Note that you will still use your original Username to log in.

Quick Topic Editing
You can quickly change the title and description of a topic (it must be your own topic unless you're a moderator) by holding down the left mouse button on it in the topic list for a few seconds. You can also mark topics as read by double-clicking on their icon. The icon should dim to indicate that it is no longer considered unread.


That's all I can think of at the moment, but I'm sure there are other little things here and there for you to find. Enjoy!


Edit: I forgot to mention that everyone's profile pictures seem to have been lost in the update, so you'll have to re-upload them. Sorry about that.

[Koryn♥(:]

This is friggen weeeiirrrd. It's going to take forever to get used to this. -_-

[Zidewinder]

Well, the parchment skin will come back eventually, if that's what you mean. I just need to re-do it to work with the new version. It won't be for a few weeks, though, since I'm going on that two-week backpacking trip on Wednesday.

[Koryn♥(:]

Nah. It's the setup of it all.

xD The profile system reminds me waay too much of myspace. haha

Uhmmm.. Graaahhhaaamm...?

I can't edit my profile... D: I set it so it notifies me by PM for things.. And it just sends me back to the main page. O_o

Edit: Nevermind. I can't do it though my control panel. It worked when I did it on my profile.. weiiirrd.

[Zidewinder]

Nah. It's the setup of it all.

xD The profile system reminds me waay too much of myspace. haha

I can set it to use the old profile layout if enough people dislike the new style. Using the old version seems to remove the ability to have comments and things, though.

Uhmmm.. Graaahhhaaamm...?

I can't edit my profile... D: I set it so it notifies me by PM for things.. And it just sends me back to the main page. O_o

Hrmm, I see what you mean. That's weird. I'll try to find out how to fix that...

[Koryn♥(:]

Just do it though the settings directly on your profile. I tried that, it worked.

[Zidewinder]

Oh, good idea!

[+PWND!-]

FINALLY No more being a meat any more.

And I was confused when I logged on without hte parchment. :[

[Simbera]

Ahh...so THAT was why the SAU forums have been all weird lately, they changed to this version

Time to redo my sig etc.

<^>

[Zidewinder]

I'm crushed by the fact that this version has a built-in Gender field that restricts you to Male, Female, or Not Telling. The text field one is so much more entertaining, but now it's redundant...

[Zadorian]

I really like it Z, but it is gonna take some getting used to

[Miss Ozoh]

Ok...um...yes, it will take time to get used to everything. At first I did think them Last Ditch Hack Team or wahtever they were changed the board around but all seems well I can't wait for the parchment skin to come back up, I really liked it.

[Koryn♥(:]

Display Name Changing
In this version, everyone has both a Username and a Display Name. By default, they are the same, but you can change your Display Name once a month by going to your control panel and clicking Change Display Name. Note that you will still use your original Username to log in.

You have made 0 of 100 display name changes since 07/28/2007 - 05:27 PM.
You are permitted to make 100 changes in a 1 day period.

I have 100 times a day..

[Zidewinder]

Well, you're a moderator. Don't go crazy, though.

[Koryn♥(:]

Ooh yay!!


Mod perks = pwn.

[Zadorian]

You have made 0 of 100 display name changes since 07/28/2007 - 05:27 PM.
You are permitted to make 100 changes in a 1 day period.

I have 100 times a day..

wait, who are you anyway? I seem to forget your real name

[Koryn♥(:]

I feel like I'm abusing this. xD

[The hipogriff ke...]

It looks Great Zide, though the whole white thing will take some getting used to....