Standardizing WinCustomize Forums

Beta testing forums.wincustomize.com

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 by T-Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

We are working standardizing WinCustomize's forums.  What I mean by that is that with all the Stardock websites we are working on one code base that will run all our forums.  Several of our sites (forums.galciv2.com, forums.stardock.com, forums.societygame.com, etc) already use the same forum code.  But current WinCustomize has it's own custom flavor.  So we are getting close to completing this transormation over at https://forums.wincustomize.com/ . If you feel like beta testing it for us then please start having a look around and let us know of any bugs or missing features or inconsistencies it has compared to the current forums.

Please do not turn this into a wish list, that will come later.  After we get the current forums converted over we are going to look into revamping the forums to have a more similar look to all the generic forums out on the web. 

 

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Island Dog
Reply #41 Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:48 AM
Yes they work now. Thank you.

Also, the "envelopes" indicating new replies is not updated. The time is, just not the "envelopes".

Andrew Powell
Reply #42 Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:29 PM

I'll have a look at the moderator controls in a little while and let you know what I find.

EDIT: Ok, check now and see if you have your moderator controls.

Lantec
Reply #43 Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:20 PM
Testing Opera's text abilities:

This is supposed to be 12 pt.

This should be 12 pt & blue.

This should be 14 pt & blue.


Lantec
Reply #44 Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:22 PM
I guess/assume the thread takes on the last setting used in the font boxes. (10 pt & red)
Lantec
Reply #45 Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:25 PM
I notice that when I highlight a line of text and choose quote it pastes the entire thread into a quote instead of just the line I highlighted. Opera 8.54
Frogboy
Reply #46 Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:53 PM
The new forums don't cosmetically look as nice as the current ones.
ZubaZ
Reply #47 Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:12 PM
But they are compatible with the newsgroup/newsreader.
Just kidding! Wishful thinking



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aimzzz
Reply #48 Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:55 PM

Picture from #35-36, posted with Opera 9 (beta) build 8414

aimzzz
Reply #49 Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:58 PM
The picture from #35-36 posted fine & looks fine w/ Opera 9
aimzzz
Reply #50 Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:59 PM
It's *so* nice not having stickies
liquidguru
Reply #51 Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:08 PM
question:

does anyone actually ever use the 'Channels' section in the 'Forum Menu' in the left hand column? 'cos it look ugly and takes up space..i really can't see any point in it, i have never even vaguely been tempted to use it to naviagte around...
Island Dog
Reply #52 Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:56 PM
It doesn't like Safari much, but it does have editing controls.

WebGizmos
Reply #53 Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:23 PM
I like it! Seems to work much faster too!
Andrew Powell
Reply #54 Friday, May 19, 2006 1:18 PM
RE: Opera incompatibilities/junk - As stated before, the editor is being worked on. It's a long, bumpy and frustrating road dealing with Opera's js engine.
PurrBall
Reply #55 Friday, May 19, 2006 8:09 PM
When searching I can see deleted posts.
Andrew Powell
Reply #56 Monday, May 22, 2006 8:44 AM
Thanks for reporting that Meowy, I'll have that fixed with the next update.
Andrew Powell
Reply #57 Monday, May 22, 2006 12:02 PM
I've posted another update. Please have a look around.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #58 Monday, May 22, 2006 12:22 PM
Looks good. You'll see I made a test post (in your test post)... which only you can see
ZubaZ
Reply #59 Monday, May 22, 2006 12:32 PM
Just trying to load forums.wincustomize.com

Server Error in '/' Application.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


Posted via WinCustomize Browser/Stardock Central
Andrew Powell
Reply #60 Monday, May 22, 2006 2:01 PM
Thanks guys. I love it when old code persists. That object ref error has been cleared up. Hippy, please see my reply to our super secret post for some more info.

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