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Author | Topic: dBoard 2.0 Available for Testing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
dBoard 2.0 is available for testing at:
This is a complete copy of the board as of sometime this past Sunday. When testing is complete the main board will be upgraded to the new software. Reasons for helping test dBoard 2.0:
Here's a list of things that need testing. Report bugs to this thread. Posting to a thread in the test forum is fine, except that with mad directors on the loose they might become lost. Ideas for things to test:
That's a good outline, though I'm sure I left plenty out. All help very much appreciated.
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
So it's power you're wantin', is it! Let me check my box here. Let's see. We've got brains, a heart, courage, ah, here it is, power!
Your wish is granted, Director AdminNosy! --Percy
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Director status set for AdminModulous and AdminPD over at http://test.///cgi-bin/dBoard.cgi.
--Percy This message has been edited by Admin, Wed, 05-10-2006 11:28 AM
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Hey, come on folks!
Director privileges - just request them on this thread! No moderation! Set up the board the way you want (check out what I've done to the appearance). http://test.///cgi-bin/dBoard.cgi
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
EZscience writes: I haven't checked out all the improved features, but I much prefer the 'white text on dark blue background' appearance of the old forum. It is much nicer to read from. The pale backgrounds of the new appearance seem kind of washed out. JMHO. The appearance of this board will not change, but anyone who has director status at the test copy of the board can change the appearance there. I changed the appearance to demonstrate how easily it could be done. I spent all of a minute changing it, so the shades of color chosen probably aren't a good match.
Can't anything be done to replace the narrow text entry box? It's just annoying to work in. It's one reason so many people like myself feel compelled to compose in Word and then cut and paste. An upcoming enhancement will allow you to set the size of the reply box through the preferences on your profile page.
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
I've set your password at the test board to 1234 - recommend you go over there and change it.
Thanks for finding this - biggest bug found so far!
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
All may play. It's encouraged, in fact! You're now a director over on the test board. Suspend Jar to your heart's content - he's already suspended himself once already!
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
brennakimi writes: can i be a director too? i'll be good i promise. Well, that won't be any fun, but okay!
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
For you new directors out there, the control panel is reached by clicking on the "Board Central" link near the upper right of most pages. Play with the control panel all you like, alter anything you like, but try not to delete anything or anyone. Any deletions can be recovered since this is just a copy of the board, but it's extra work to restore them.
You can, of course, delete anything you create yourself, for example, if you register new members, or any new messages or threads you post. By the way, there are also some administrative options that appear at the bottom of most message pages for opening and closing threads, moving threads, and deleting threads. Though I'd prefer you not to delete things, otherwise please be as destructive as possible, and if you break something tell me so I can fix it. The link again: http://test.///cgi-bin/dBoard.cgi
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
brennakimi writes: it might be my browser (firefox 1.0.7), but i had the board open and the chat in a new window and i clicked on the all topics button in the chat window and it closed my browser windows. Unable to duplicate this one. Anyone else able to reproduce this? Maybe there are additional conditions that have to be present. Let me know if you learn more. This message has been edited by Admin, Wed, 05-10-2006 05:48 PM
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Phat writes: I'll give it a go, Percy. Give me Director abilities and I'll try and test everything on your list. Will do! Much appreciated! Don't try to tackle the whole list, though. Many items have multiple fields with different settings. AbE: AdminPhat is now a director over at http://test.///cgi-bin/dBoard.cgi. This message has been edited by Admin, Wed, 05-10-2006 06:33 PM
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
The avatar problem is real, I'm working on it.
brennakimi writes: oh and i tried to do the member list update and it gave me... When you say "member list update", what button or link did you click on? Do you mean the "Upate Member Message Lists" link at Board Central? Or something on the Member List page?
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Okay - I'm not too worried about this one, but I'll take a quick look a little later tonight. The problem is that over time the number of messages has grown so large that a scan of all messages to rebuilt the member message lists can't be completed before the browser times out. I'll make sure that this is what is actually happening.
The avatar problem should be fixed. Thanks for finding it!
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
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Admin Director Posts: 13044 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Faith now has director privileges over at http://test.///cgi-bin/dBoard.cgi.
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