Forums are up...

[Haba]

Anyone else have a text box at the bottom that is white and anything you type is invisible until posted?

Posting your browser version would probably help...

 

[Menckenstein]

Stuck using IE 8.0 at work.

 

[Kane]

In the new year I finally found my way to the new forums.

Except for the fact that I had to reset my password, I can't use my avatar and everything is extremely complicated now: Well done.

 

[ChristofferC]

everything is extremely complicated now

Getting old?

 

[Elwro]

I see the background for new alerts is red now, which makes them readable - nice!

Site seems reaaaally slow, though.

 

[WetWorks]

Looks much better now. God job.

 

[gromit]

I applaud the effort, and this has obviously made a lot of people happy. That said, not that I liked the way it looked out of the box, but...

The design came out a little... shoehorn-ish? Can't blame anyone because of XenForo's weirdness, but I can't really blame them, either, because they market on

Intuitive. Social. Engaging. Fast.

rather than appealing to tinkers and/or les artistes. So, I mean really, great work all around, especially since DU to my understanding isn't generally a web guy. Please don't take this bit of advice the wrong way, and I understand with dozens of "ayes" you can't (nor should) just up and do what the one "nay" say-so.

After you're married to a platform, you've got to work with it, instead of against it, or it will always be a bit of a funny cobble. Add to that the million funny assumptions which will be attached to each good idea when the plug-ins start coming in from the community. I'm hoping you'll do stuff like, say, ditch Rex's old, static, and many-imaged menu table. There are a of of four-letter words in there (including Rex.)

The plan is to stuff the existing links into the "Home" on the main navigation as you create them in system, and then separate them with a single png of the nav menu's black doodad, right? There's no sense in installing a CMS and then literally going out of your way to not use it.

 

[Kthan75]

Great to see the forums back up.
I like the new look, I think I'll start reading the codex more often again.

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

Hey DU, I have some images for my LPs hosted at the Codex gallery, and they don't show currently (links to http://www.rpgcodex.net/gallery/xxxx.jpg don't work). That'll be fixed, right?

Yeah, I'm wondering that too. I assume the gallery comes back with the main site, in a few days/weeks.

 

[oldmanpaco]

You know in this time of change I think it might be a good idea to create some sort of tech forum.

 

[EG]

You know in this time of change I think it might be a good idea to create some sort of tech forum.

Oh God . . . not that again. Please, anything. We don't need another GD . . .

 

[oldmanpaco]

Were you even here during the glory days of the tech forum? Who's alt are you?

 

[EG]

Were you even here during the glory days of the tech forum? Who's alt are you?

I'll never tell! . . . But DarkUnderlord might.

It's not very interesting.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Forum looks much more unshit now, good work.

 

[Secretninja]

What is this shit and when did it happen.

goddamnit who borked teh kkkodex

 

[gromit]

Were you even here during the glory days of the tech forum? Who's alt are you?

What? I believe you, but when did we have a tech forum? Whose alt am I?

 

[oldmanpaco]

Le Fuck? Where were you during the summer of '11. The 'Tech Forum and Emma Watson + Science' (?) was the place to be.

edit: someone remind me what it was called.

 

[oldmanpaco]

What happened to all the poll results? There is some important social and demographic information that seems to have just disappeared.

 

[gromit]

Ohhh yes, I recall that. I think I peeked in once and it was full of spam, prosperity, and other general faggotry (likely at least some of a literal nature.) So it was for more than schizophrenic breakdowns and picking on Crispy? Bummer.

 

[Majestic47]

The general look of the site is now top notch. I'm really happy with the Codex right now and will stay the fuck away from GD as usual.
Great job in recreating the old style back, guys. Donation was well-spent.

 

[spekkio]

If possible, set 'Posts per page' setting to 15 in the Playground (as it was before the great decline incline). 25 is too many.

Previev button next to "Post Reply" button is also relvant to my interests.

Except of that - good job.

 

[Nick]

Nicely done. Looking forward to see the finished front page, I wonder what updates will it receive.

 

[SCO]

font sizes in the fucking quick reply textbox are fucked up, like in every other new forum as usual (font size & font family pushdown lists). Also, thread page numbering at the start and end of a thread page.

Wast of space of borders irritating, but i guess that's by "design".

 

[Burning Bridges]

Good progress.

things which I'd like to be brought back
- stats (e.g. seeing people who post only in GD)
- default codex avatars (predictions were EXACTLY CORRECT what would happen!)
- tags (sure they will return)

P.S. Do something about teenagers they are starting to be annoying.

 

[oldmanpaco]

Ohhh yes, I recall that. I think I peeked in once and it was full of spam, prosperity, and other general faggotry (likely at least some of a literal nature.) So it was for more than schizophrenic breakdowns and picking on Crispy? Bummer.

Man those were some good times.