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reader50 · Dec 9, 2007, 01:02 PM

The posts were not deleted. I don't see any clues to explain why they'd be gone. Did your browser time out while trying to submit them? If the server were down for backups, then the submission would never make it in the door.

imitchellg5 · Dec 16, 2007, 06:09 PM

No, it didn't time out. It just seems like some of my posts aren't showing up, and it's only in that forum. I remember making posts in those threads, then going back and wondering why they weren't there. In the AT&T 4 Gb iPhone thread, I was the first reply, but it never showed up. Could it maybe be something on my side?

Kevin · Dec 17, 2007, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Simon

So when will that be?

It appears they basically remodelled the forum right before the guy doing it when MIA. And now we're stuck with a load of bugs and a thread that seems to be useless because nobody else than the original coder is capable of fixing them.

Could an admin comment on this?

My only problem was, there was bugs or layout quirks that were known about in the last version of the forum that never got fixed to begin with. It would have been easier to just have fixed them from the start.

But you get problems like this when you have a "closed" beta testing.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 18, 2008, 09:32 PM

http://forums.macnn.com/61/feedback/...craziness-wtf/

turtle777 · Mar 18, 2008, 10:37 PM

^^ Oh, yeah, good idea. I didn't even think about posting it here...

-t

Railroader · Mar 19, 2008, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

^^ Oh, yeah, good idea. I didn't even think about posting it here...

-t

People often ignore sticky threads ...

turtle777 · Mar 20, 2008, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

People often ignore sticky threads ...

Ignoring implies a conscious decision.

Are you trying to second guess me ?

-t

Railroader · Mar 20, 2008, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

People often ~~ignore~~ are completely oblivious to sticky threads ...

Fixed™

imitchellg5 · Mar 23, 2008, 01:38 PM

Saying the same thing in more words doesn't mean it's more well-said.

turtle777 · Mar 23, 2008, 03:33 PM

Well, given the lack of response by any mod or admin, I'm not sure it even mattered where I posted it.

-t

ghporter · Mar 23, 2008, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Well, given the lack of response by any mod or admin, I'm not sure it even mattered where I posted it.

-t

At this point, I don't have an answer about this issue, but I think it's something in vBulletin rather than something we actively set up. Having a default "everything that says 'wiki' goes straight to wikipedia" doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's something we'd have fixed if we could.

turtle777 · Mar 23, 2008, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

At this point, I don't have an answer about this issue, but I think it's something in vBulletin rather than something we actively set up. Having a default "everything that says 'wiki' goes straight to wikipedia" doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's something we'd have fixed if we could.

Thanks, Glenn.

So you would say it's a bug, not some kind of obscure feature ?

-t

Judge_Fire · Apr 1, 2008, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

At this point, I don't have an answer about this issue, but I think it's something in vBulletin rather than something we actively set up. Having a default "everything that says 'wiki' goes straight to wikipedia" doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's something we'd have fixed if we could.

I manage a vBulletin board, which is at 3.6.8 PL2 and found neither similar behaviour, nor settings that could trigger it; interesting. Did you have the 'Replace URL's With Page Title'- mod installed, or something similar?

Dork. · 03:58 PM

Something's up after the keynote took teh 'NN offline for a while. Here's what I get when I try searching new posts:

This forum requires that you wait 10 seconds between searches. Please try again in 3762 seconds.

I'll try again in a little over an hour....

Plus, this post time is two hours early. That probably has something to do with it, too...

Someone fixed it, thanks!.

Simon · Jun 11, 2008, 08:24 AM

Why does my user CP have a link to remove myself from my ignore list? Obviously I'm not on my own ignore list. If I click the link, it still apeears on my user CP page.

Demonhood · Jun 11, 2008, 11:01 AM

that's kind of funny.
the the 3.7 software added A LOT of new features to the user profile and options. so it's going to take awhile to integrate all of those into our style. strangely, vb seems to want to turn every forum into a mini-myspace. go figure.

Simon · Jun 11, 2008, 11:09 AM

Well complete bio info on member pages has been missing for ages now and that was broken during some upgrade too. Quite honestly, I'm not holding my breath for this one to be fixed either.

And since I'm complaining about unfixed old bugs, here's another one that's already more than a year old.

Originally Posted by Simon

In the user CP the threads listed in "New Subscribed Threads" still link to the first post in the thread rather than to the first new post in that thread. This is strange because in the "Subscribed Forum List" the "Last Post" URLs have the "/new-post/" suffix so you are directed to the first new post. All that needs to be done is to add the "new-post" suffix to the URL in the links in the "New Subscribed Threads" list.

OreoCookie · Jun 11, 2008, 11:59 AM

control + s to send quick replys and save edited posts doesn't work anymore.

reader50 · Jun 16, 2008, 12:24 AM

I've done my first template hacking, and tried to get some of the worst bugs out. Most of these were introduced in the 3.7.x update.

Membername popup menu: buddy-list item is back.
Member profile page: lost functions & info restored.
QuickLinks in navbar: missing links found! For publication soon.
Online page refreshes again.
UserCP menu: missing items are back.
A few mod-related fixes that won't be visible.
vBB version number fixed at bottom of page.
DH has restored the image verification on registration, but the spambots missed the window.

note: vBB has renamed Buddies -> Contacts.

The objective is to get previous functions working again, then work on the new features over time. I'll try to tackle some more longstanding bugs along the way. The CODE tag is getting looked at by both of us.