Forum Update v1.5.3041.17461

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by andrew_ | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues

Version v1.5.3041.17461 of the forums was published today.

While a lot of users are seeing periodic slowdowns on the forums, they remain faster than previous builds. This build should help to improve that. Our improvements to speed and functionality seem to be accompanied by an equal, and sometimes greater, increase in traffic. Stardock is growing by leaps and bounds this year, with no end in sight. We're still working towards a 0% slowdown, but it's a hard-fought battle.

  • Announcement System - Admins can now post system-wide announcements which will appear at the top of every forum in the Stardock Network.
  • Karma System - ('Thumbs Up' button in posts)
  • Reporting System - Reporting system was added back in today. This system will undergo continual updates to improve it.
  • Performance Updates - Changed a lot of data fetch and binding methods to execute asynchronously. Forum lists, Posts and the forum index.
  • Several Administrative Updates.
  • General Layout/Visual fixes.
  • Improvements to the 'Get Last' or 'Last Read' autoforwarding. 
  • Addition of /get;### to post urls to forward user to exact reply on exact page of post. The 'Reply #X' labels on replies are now links using that format.
It's important to note that the lifecycle of IE6 support is drawing closer and closer to an end with every month that passes. While we'll always make sure the forums work with IE6, you'll likely start to notice that IE6 appears differently than IE7/8, Firefox and Opera. Our IE6 statistics are starting to get down to the point where Safari is overtaking it's percentage of users, on some of our websites. Opera support, visually, continues to be an uphill battle. We'll comment on this further when it's relevant. Please don't ask any followup questions about IE6. (This bit is, as most of my update posts are, purely informational)

(Just a friendly reminder; Forum Update posts will be moderated with an iron fist. Please do not reply with feature requests or ask when/if features will be available or when/if bugs will be fixed. Thanks)
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ZubaZ
Reply #1 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:33 PM
Thanks for the update andrew.

Philly0381
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:37 PM
Appreciate the update andrew_ and the added features to the forum.   

scott57
Reply #3 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:56 PM
Thanks for the headsup

Nimbin
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:58 PM
good to see some updates , keep em coming

Vampothika
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:40 PM
yep i second that motion...thanks heaps for the post and the update  

wulfn1
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:07 PM
Addition of /get;### to post urls to forward user to exact reply on exact page of post. The 'Reply #X' labels on replies are now links using that format


there that's what I was talking about... I think....

ZubaZ
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:16 PM
Addition of /get;### to post urls to forward user to exact reply on exact page of post. The 'Reply #X' labels on replies are now links using that format.
Example?

andrew_
Reply #8 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:48 AM
Example?


Click a 'Reply Number' link on your Karma Data page.

ZubaZ
Reply #9 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:23 AM
OK, cool.

So . . if I wanted to post a link to a specific reply in a post I could . . if I knew that reply's ID.  Is tehre an easy way of finding it (other than passing out karma?)

canmandeco
Reply #10 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:24 AM
So . . if I wanted to post a link to a specific reply in a post I could . . if I knew that reply's ID. Is tehre an easy way of finding it (other than passing out karma?)

Right click on the Reply # of the post and copy the link location.

ZubaZ
Reply #11 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:38 AM
Right click on the Reply # of the post and copy the link location
Ahh . . didn't see it's a hyperlink.    Most hyperlinks are indicated by an underline you know. 

andrew_
Reply #12 Monday, May 5, 2008 10:36 AM
It's intentional.

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