VB4 Functionality Issues, Take 2

[p0lar_bear]

So I've gone through our other VB4 issues thread and compiled a checklist of broken or missing features. If there are any more not listed below, please don't hesitate to note it. Also, please refrain from pointing out cosmetic problems or offering suggestions on what to do to the style. When we are ready for suggestions on our revamped classic skin, we will ask you. Until then, please only point out cosmetic issues if they break functionality, and not just because it looks ugly or annoying, e.g. missing buttons, completely fucked page layouts, etc.


Computer Specs - 3rd Party plugin. If VB4 version doesn't exist, should be simple to remake.
Latest Reputation Left - 3rd party plugin. If VB4 version doesn't exist, should be simple to remake.
Random Page Titles - My handiwork, and on my list of shit to do.
Ninja Tags - Small CSS edit needs to be made.
Profile Page Styles for Donors - Apparently removed, may be possible to remake. Bottom of priority list.
Advanced Search Results as Posts - Might be complicated to figure out. Will research.
Find posts/threads started by user on profile page - Should be simple; just an addition to the profile page html.
Fix thread tagging - Should be simple to fix; will check permissions.
Reputation menu screws up for staff - HTML issue in the postbit
Double-click forum icon to mark all as read - Will look at VB3's setup and see if it's simple to replicate here. If so, it'll be high on the priority list.
View First Unread leads to post instead of thread page - Maybe a simple code hook? Maybe a setting? Maybe not?
Search Cache - I recommend Ghost should put in a support ticket for this. I dumped and rebuilt it, but I think it stopped halfway... might be a problem with something somewhere in the database.
Shot Tags - I dunno why they used to have a border; though now I'll think of a cooler way to mark them as "resized."
Reply Button - I'm going to make a poll as to whether the majority likes the little quick reply popups over the old method. Stay tuned.
Explore blog features and set ground rules.

[jcap]

FYI, profile styles are impossible at the moment. Jelsoft removed them from vB4, but people on their actual forums are demanding them back.

[Heathen]

we could do that?

[Rook]

FYI, profile styles are impossible at the moment. Jelsoft removed them from vB4, but people on their actual forums are demanding them back.

I'm still not seeing how this was an upgrade to what we had. Source theme looked perfect, the forum addons worked, etc. vB3 or ddos

OH AND MY USER STYLES PAGE DECORATED UNDER VB3 LOOKED GREAT

[Timo]

The view first unread button refreshes the page to take you to the latest post, instead of just taking you to it on the same page like vB3.

[Dwood]

Searching for threads by me only goes back 3 threads. Similar with posts. vb4 being unable to search posts prior to when it's installed is retarded.

[Heathen]

I looked at bottom left for rep without looking to the top right for the FIRST TIME today and NOW you decide to move it lol.

Good going though.

[Ganon]

vb4 owns and if you don't agree with me you're probably racist

[Yoko]

Since there's only one skin right now Ninja tags should be a 1 minute fix :s

[Aerowyn]

Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have the "Last reputation given" section back?

[PlasbianX]

Can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have the "Last reputation given" section back?


So I've gone through our other VB4 issues thread and compiled a checklist of broken or missing features. If there are any more not listed below, please don't hesitate to note it. Also, please refrain from pointing out cosmetic problems or offering suggestions on what to do to the style. When we are ready for suggestions on our revamped classic skin, we will ask you. Until then, please only point out cosmetic issues if they break functionality, and not just because it looks ugly or annoying, e.g. missing buttons, completely fucked page layouts, etc.


Computer Specs, Latest Reputation Left, and Random Page Titles - These were 3rd party plugins for vBulletin 3.7/3.8. It's unknown at the moment if the creators wrote 4.0 versions, but they will be back soon.
Ninja Tags - Small CSS edit needs to be made.
Profile Page Styles for Donors - Unsure about this one, gonna look into it.
Advanced Search Results as Posts
Find posts/threads started by user on profile page
Fix thread tagging


:allears: women.

[Aerowyn]

:allears: women.

Sorry! I guess I kind of skimmed a bit too fast and missed that part. D: my bad.

[PlasbianX]

Sorry! I guess I kind of skimmed a bit too fast and missed that part. D: my bad.

Its cool I was just looking for an opportunity to make a witty smart ass remark in an attempt to get a few +reps. Don't worry though, you're only female human. :-3

[Aerowyn]

Plus, as a woman, I can't help but be obsessed with the cosmetic problems. :O

[teh lag]

Remember how we could double-click on the "new posts in section" icons to mark individual sections as read? I miss that.

[jcap]

Remember how we could double-click on the "new posts in section" icons to mark individual sections as read? I miss that.
This must be fixed.

[Heathen]

Remember how we could double-click on the "new posts in section" icons to mark individual sections as read? I miss that.
I am a bad forumer. I didn't even know we could do this.

[Timo]

Is it possible to bring back the borders for [shot] tagged images, so you can tell that it's been resized?

[Heathen]

that is a good point. It freaked me out for a second.

Also, was the character limit in visitor message always there?

[Timo]

I'm not sure whether it's the quote or not, but some of the letters in Kornman's quote seem to be clipped http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20611

e: e.g. "all" in "no public attention at all", the last l is clipped.

[Dwood]

Search can't go back further than the last time it was installed. I recommend reverting to VB3 until this problem is fixed.

[teh lag]

I'm trying to give rep to various people in various threads, but every time I try to type a comment it selects the post I'm repping in the moderation checkbox thingy and closes the rep dialog.

And yes search is most definitely missing something. Or at least not returning results in the same way it did before. Searching for something as simple as posts made by Boba has gaping holes in it, and I'm not referring to his lovely love hole either.

[sleepy1212]

reply still going to quick reply

[n00b1n8R]

Why did we upgrade to VB4 in the first place?

[Yoko]

Roll back to VB3, then upgrade to VB4 when VB3 apps are developed for VB4

Really why did you guys upgrade what the hc^k

[Heathen]

I'm not sure whether it's the quote or not, but some of the letters in Kornman's quote seem to be clipped http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20611

e: e.g. "all" in "no public attention at all", the last l is clipped.

not for me

[Rob Oplawar]

Tiny tiny minor issue that might even be a thing with the themes, idk: On the old system, the tab index of the login fields was set so that if you navigated to the forum and immediately hit tab you'd go straight to entering the username to login.
Little tiny shortcuts like that are missing throughout the site, not sure if those were removed in vb4 or if you guys had built them in yourselves or what.
Whatever, I'm requesting sprinkles while you're still trying to heat up the oven.

[SnaFuBAR]

Moderation options and the like are showing up behind youtube videos. Fix this immediately.

[Reaper Man]

When searching for posts, the post icons are the default, ugly VB4 ones.

[Kornman00]

I'm not a Green moderator and Atty is still a moderator

but he doesn't mod

not very modacity-like

fix dis

[Timo]

I'm not a moderator and Atty is still a moderator

but he doesn't mod

not very modacity-like

fix dis

pls

[p0lar_bear]

Moderation options and the like are showing up behind youtube videos. Fix this immediately.

This is a problem with either YouTube or Flash in general. There is no known fix for it at the moment; even YouTube's fix for the pop-up menu you get when you click on your name was making it smaller so the lolhueg ad on the front page wouldn't block it.

[Heathen]

I direct you to this post. I know this has been addressed, but this is a new level of lol to it.

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20146&p=519621&viewfull=1#post519621

[p0lar_bear]

I direct you to this post. I know this has been addressed, but this is a new level of lol to it.

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20146&p=519621&viewfull=1#post519621

Sel should have been using shot tags. I edited the post.

[Hunter]

Profile's should be easy enough to code your self, well, basic profiles anyway?

[Dwood]

need tags so we don't have emotes show up when we want to do something like >:(

[Heathen]

asked this already. it exists.

You need to go advanced and then click disable smiley's in text.

[Dwood]

asked this already. it exists.

You need to go advanced and then click disable smiley's in text.

Oh. Needs to be in the quick-reply box then.

[Heathen]

yeah, we know. :/

[Timo]

You can use >:( tags instead.

[Heathen]

parse?

[jcap]

noparse

Meaning, it doesn't parse the text the tags wrap.

[Heathen]

this post has a smiley in the title

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20599&p=518361&viewfull=1#post518361

[Timo]

It's a post icon, any post can have one. You can choose them in the post reply page.

[Heathen]

Lol, its weird seeing it there.

[paladin]

Not sure if its been talked about, but your reputation power isnt listed by your total points like it was before

[Heathen]

Also I got negged on a report of a post.

Probably a test as its description suggests, but lol.

[Heathen]

>:[

now bod did it.

and no bod, then/than is not a stupid reason to report a post.

it makes me aaaaaaaaaaangryyyyy

[teh lag]

wow okay people shouldn't be doing that.

:\

[Dwood]

Where did the link to the members list go? i cant find it on my phone

[Bodzilla]

Wrong use of than. Should be a bannable offense.
Last i checked thats not an appropriate use of the warning system.

If you use it dont report stupid trivial shit, trying to abuse the system with this shit is not only tedious but annoying.

in short, Dont

[Heathen]

but its so blatant and annoying.

like...how do you not learn the difference D:

[Bodzilla]

no we are not going to start warning and infracting people just because they fucked up their grammar somewhere.

[Heathen]

lolol, maybe it was unrealistic, but damn it I just want to cry sometimes.

[Timo]

Their their heathen, its better then many other forums ive been too.

[Bodzilla]

your write a bout that teemo.

[Heathen]

yeah, thats true fasho

[Timo]

Deer p0lar,

The new post bit is awesome,

Timo.

My only complaint with it now is that the user's name isn't centered in the info area of the postbit, it's seems to be offset by the status icon. could it be put back up where it used to be?

[StankBacon]

the aim and other chat icons are too close to the the rep...

other than that it looks decent.

[p0lar_bear]

While I unfailed the postbit for the most part, yeah I need to clean up the userinfo area and adda couple more things to the header. I'm also gonna be dicking around some with the post titles and see if I can get them to look better, and if not, remove them like they were before. I'm also gonna put the old rep images back and such, too.

[Heathen]

And have the reply and quote buttons been old style for a while and I am just noticing?

[flibitijibibo]

Yeah, I noticed it a couple-a days ago. I think it's "new."

[Heathen]

love it.

I think it only changed for me today....



we should get some of those cute language packs like facebook :downs:

[Bodzilla]

When using admin tools on threads the drop down box disappears behind Youtube vids.

[jcap]

When using admin tools on threads the drop down box disappears behind Youtube vids.
Yeah, it does this for all except for the standard youtube tags. I didn't do it to the others because I want to make the youtube tag default to 480p, and the HD to default to 1080p (if available). I also want to fix the player so you can toggle between resolutions.

[Bodzilla]

righto, just a bit annoying.

had to edit his post so that his youtube vid went away so i could move his thread

[Rook]

SOURCE THEME

[p0lar_bear]

SOURCE THEME

The more you ask for it, the more I intentionally delay it.

[Bodzilla]

p0lar thats just evil man.

[Jelly]

SOURCE THEME
I'll source your theme

[Dwood]

It is more effective to google for a post than to use search bar. please fix

[Heathen]

^this. though I think that's just vbulletin.

[flibitijibibo]

IIrc, they rebuilt the search cache when they finished upgrading. For some reason it only did pre-Modacity, or some really early shit that nobody would search for.

[Heathen]

before the move it was just as shitty imo

[Warsaw]

While I unfailed the postbit for the most part, yeah I need to clean up the userinfo area and adda couple more things to the header. I'm also gonna be dicking around some with the post titles and see if I can get them to look better, and if not, remove them like they were before. I'm also gonna put the old rep images back and such, too.

PC Specs drop-down menu included? Would come in handy for those of us helping out in the Build PC thread when someone asks whether or not their system can do this, that, or the other.

[Bodzilla]

thats cosmetics as far as it goes.

lets get the site working properly before we start painting on racing stripes and adding huge mufflers

[Jean-Luc]

thats cosmetics as far as it goes.

lets get the site working properly before we start painting on racing stripes and adding huge mufflers
Agreed, though I'm not really seeing many issues nowadays.

Matter of fact, I actually like VB4 quite a bit now that I've gotten used to it.

[Heathen]

as do I

[Dwood]

Just need an easily-accessible members list.

[ShadowSpartan]

Just need an easily-accessible members list.
It is not hard to find the member list currently. Two clicks at the top of the page, that is all. (http://shadow.modacity.net/misc/memberlistlink.png)
http://shadow.modacity.net/memberlistlink.png

[Heathen]

forum quick links

whose online.

[paladin]

For some reason, VB4 mad Kornman a mod. This needs to change.

[Timo]

The only minor bug I know of now is how the ghost icon in TheGhost's name stretches on someone's user page when he's in your friend's list. Shitty explanation, see pic:

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1447&d=1268867164

[flibitijibibo]

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5518/cssisawesome.png
http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/jens/css-is-awesome.jpg

[Heathen]

Lol, ghosts thing is kind of funny now

[jcap]

Missing image: http://www.modacity.net/forums/styles/modacity/site_icons/note.png

[TheGhost]

The only minor bug I know of now is how the ghost icon in TheGhost's name stretches on someone's user page when he's in your friend's list. Shitty explanation, see pic:

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1447&d=1268867164

Hahaha, awesome.

[p0lar_bear]

So I fixed up the blog post form, and categories are now showing up in groups properly. Wasn't on the list, though I had been wanting to fix that for a while.

I'm going to focus on exploring the blogs more during the time I work on the board, as well as a couple more things off the list here.

Also users, try tagging threads to see if it works right now.

also @ teh lag: The "Show Results as Posts" option is still in the advanced search, you just need to click the "Search Single Content Type" tab and search for posts.

[jcap]

also @ teh lag: The "Show Results as Posts" option is still in the advanced search, you just need to click the "Search Single Content Type" tab and search for posts.

It really sucks a lot though, since it only displays the thread. In vB3, it would give you a list of actual posts by that user so you can see, at a glance, what the post was.

[p0lar_bear]

It really sucks a lot though, since it only displays the thread. In vB3, it would give you a list of actual posts by that user so you can see, at a glance, what the post was.

Ah, I see what he's on about.

Will remedy soon.

[teh lag]

Cool

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20829

Long thread titles that wrap to a second line overlap the "post reply" button.

[p0lar_bear]

Cool

http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20829

Long thread titles that wrap to a second line overlap the "post reply" button.

Made the div the thread title goes into larger (60% instead of 40%). Hope this'll cover any "normal" long titles.

[flibitijibibo]

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8191/cssb.png

[Yoko]

do this

.pagetitle {
width:75%;
}

or else this
http://bacon.modacity.net/img/images/crap.jpg

[ShadowSpartan]

The 'New Thread' button problem is even more noticeable while on my iPhone.

http://shadow.modacity.net/misc/iphone_picture.png

[Timo]

How about we start worrying about people who don't use a computer to surf and start worrying about the source theme.

[ShadowSpartan]

I don't normally use my iPhone to browse, today I was without a computer at that time and noticed the error. Both of those issues are important to me. I would love to have source theme back, this bright theme blows, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Especially since anytime I bring it up to jcap he says something along the lines of "not going to happen".

[p0lar_bear]

Jcap's got something in the works, I'mdoing this completely of my own whim, which is why it's taking so damn long.

And yeah; I've gotta find a better solution for the pagination/page title div...

edit: Did it. It should work right now...

[paladin]

The 'New Thread' button problem is even more noticeable while on my iPhone.

http://shadow.modacity.net/misc/iphone_picture.png


I get the same thing on my Rogue

[neuro]

vBulletin Message

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Please push the back button and reload the previous window.

get this shit ALOT
reloading does NOT fix this stuff, threads get more or less locked for me.

[Heathen]

its jsut for you then because it doenst happen to me

[Cortexian]

When viewing a forum (such as Off-Topic), if I double-click on the post icon it changes it to a locked icon. It doesn't actually lock the thread (unless it's my own thread) since I'm not a moderator.

[TheGhost]

Whoa, I didn't even know that was a feature.

[Cortexian]

Freelancer for admin 2011

[annihilation]

If I click on "Last page" it sometimes doesn't take me to the last page.
Instead it takes me to a random higher page. (Only happens when I'm not logged in. 50 posts per page supremacy)

E: Holy shit, I didn't know we had a spell checker.

[Bodzilla]

Just edited a reply and the Save changes button was saying VOTE NOW!

[Heathen]

Just edited a reply and the Save changes button was saying VOTE NOW!
That used to happen to me on old modacity.

Just now I quoted bods post and posted ^^^that and pressed post quick reply. It posted it but sent me to the first page.

[Cortexian]

Like the double-click to lock a thread feature while viewing the thread list, anyone seems to be able to double-click beside a thread name and bring up the thread name edit box... Doesn't seem to change unless it's your own thread or (I assume) you have moderator or higher privileges.

[Bodzilla]

yeah thats how we edit thread titles :)

[p0lar_bear]

The problem here is that it's even giving a box to someone who can't edit thread titles, despite it not having an effect overall. Interesting...

[Warsaw]

Pressing "CTRL+B" or other combos while typing in replies using Chrome has no effect on whether highlighted text will bold or not. Works fine in Firefox. I'm not sure if this is a Chrome issue or a VB issue.

[chrisk123999]

Pressing "CTRL+B" or other combos while typing in replies using Chrome has no effect on whether highlighted text will bold or not. Works fine in Firefox. I'm not sure if this is a Chrome issue or a VB issue.

Control + B brings up the bookmarks bar in Chrome.

[Cortexian]

I have a feeling that the keyboard shortcuts are browser dependent.

[Con]

test

test2

edit 2:
I can't seem to edit my OP at http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21417 without getting a database error.


Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE post SET
showsignature = 1,
allowsmilie = 1,
title = '[WIP] HaloBot',
pagetext = 'What is HaloBot?\nIt\'s a tool that lets the user construct a network of linked nodes virtually placed throughout a Halo map, and eventually will let the user issue commands to make the biped reach a goal using this network. The ultimate goal is to provide a means to automate map navigation.\n\nWhat\'s wrong with you?\nIt\'s not really useful for anything. I made a more basic pathfinding program during the school year in Java that used an array of obstacles, like an image, representing the map to navigate around. This isn\'t too great of an approach, and I wanted to learn another language so I chose c# to make a new version. HaloBot is simply interest-based and an exploration, not meant for anything in particular. Of course, when it\'s finished, I\'ll still release it so people can set the thing loose with an aimbot :downs:\n\nUI (outdated):\nhttp://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4566/capturezu.png\n\nAs you can see it\'s still buggy (the command \"link 1 8 1\" failed)\n\nYour coordinates will be updated only while Halo runs, which are used by the program in displaying your current position and creating new nodes. The console below that allows you to construct the network. It currently supports the following commands:\n\n
\n
add: places a new node at your current position in the map\n
delete <#>: deletes the specified node and any links to it\n
move <#>: moves the specified node to your current position\n
link <src #> <dst #> <link type>: creates a link between the specified nodes as a specific type (walk, crouch, jump, teleport)\n
clear: deletes all nodes, starts over\n
cls: clears console\n
help: prints all this information\n

\nOn the right side is the view of the network. It automatically resizes as you expand the network and shows your position relative to it in real time. You can scroll around if the network is large or if you\'re zoomed in.\n\nLinks between nodes are one-way. The reason for this is because you can have things like ledges where you can walk off but not back up again. The lines between two nodes work like a road (backwards for you brits) to let you know which are outgoing and which are incoming connections. However, I need to rethink my way of storing the connections so they can more easily be used in pathfinding and path following.\n\nLeft to do:\n\n
\n
Overhaul link implementation\n
Saving and opening networks\n
Pathfinding (A* is what I used in my Java version, might use again)\n
Allow the program to move the biped\n
Add new commands that use the pathfinding\n
Automate these new commands based on game info for epic lulz?\n

',
iconid = 20,
attach = 0
WHERE postid = 534444;

MySQL Error : Incorrect key file for table './modacity_forum_vb4/post.MYI'; try to repair it
Error Number : 126
Request Date : Wednesday, May 5th 2010 @ 12:52:44 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, May 5th 2010 @ 12:52:45 AM
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Username : Con
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MySQL Version : 5.1.39-log

[Sel]

how the fuck do I get rid of this group invitation

god dammit

[teh lag]

Accept it and then leave the group is the only way I know.

[Heathen]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1492&d=1273824798
P sure that hasn't always been there.
E: and since when does warsaw -rep me. What the hell man?

EE: and while I'm here, look how awesome I am at pvz:
Let's not; there's a thread for that. ~p0lar

[p0lar_bear]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1492&d=1273824798
P sure that hasn't always been there.
E: and since when does warsaw -rep me. What the hell man?

Looks like the XHTML got F'ed in the A between that warning and Warsaw's rep (which I assume is positive, that's a warning icon). Was that intermittent (did it go away on refresh) or is it still there?

[Heathen]

its still there.

E: wait, we have a plants vs zombies thread?

EE: And do edits bump threads?

[Limited]

What the heck is with the bold usernames? I find it really hard to read rest of the forums.

[Heathen]

well my error is gone :]

[Sasc]

If I look at a thread that contains a Spoiler tag, and I visit another thread or web page, and then I press the Back button, the Spoiler text changes to 'Vote Now'. If I then press Forward and then Back, the text changes to 'Go'. I've seen it happen loads of times and I couldn't figure it out why it was happening at first. Here is an image showing the results:

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/Counderz/modacityspoiler.jpg

I think it only happens on Chrome, I just tried IE and Firefox and the text doesn't change.

[p0lar_bear]

Blogs are set up and good to go, so that's off my list. Also got a tab on the user profile page showing computer specs.

[Cortexian]

Also got a tab on the user profile page showing computer specs.
Now get it embedded in our posts somehow, this is obviously the most important thing this website needs!!!

[Kornman00]

No, bringing back section collapsing is

get it right freelancer :ugh:

[Bodzilla]

MY EYES THE FORUM THEME STILL BURNS

ARRGGHHHH

(so have we all basically abandoned ship with modacity these days? or is there someone out there in this lonely desolate place that is actually creating some decent forum themes that dont melt my eyes with bright burniness of death.)

[Bodzilla]

:smithicide:

[Bodzilla]

Double smithicide.

[Timo]

Admins don't exist here anymore, nobody really cares. Other than a bit of discussion about reducing the size of the forum, nothing has been done here in months.

[Bodzilla]

YOUR AVATAR LIES

[Timo]

I changed it, just for you

[Bodzilla]

thats better.


:[

[Bodzilla]

So what communites is everyone heading to these days? anyone know some cool places?

[n00b1n8R]

I found a SEA sc2 community but other than that, 4chan :ugh:

[ThePlague]

I'd say reddit, but it's not really a community.

[Warsaw]

There is only one other community I can think of that is more tightly knit than this one, and that's the Battlezone 2 community. I mean, shit, they've all been playing together since 1998.

[Kornman00]

IP.Board supremacy~