ASF Website Redesign

[Joe Blow]

Just a quick update on this. The website redesign is moving forward and I am hoping to bring the new website online around the end of August. ASF will be moving to an entirely new software platform so everyone will be required to manually log in again once the migration has occurred.

On the positive side there will be many new features, the forums will be much faster and ASF will be on a platform that I will be able to build on for the future.

I will update again just before the migration occurs, which I am planning for a Friday night to give me the weekend to ensure everything is working properly.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

 

[qldfrog]

Thanks for keeping us informed.And thanks for your efforts

 

[DefiniteIntegral]

By the way, since the re-design the "forgot password" feature is broken. It is still possible to get the password reset email sent out. But the link contained therein just goes to a "page not found".

 

[Joe Blow]

By the way, since the re-design the "forgot password" feature is broken. It is still possible to get the password reset email sent out. But the link contained therein just goes to a "page not found".

Yes, I accidentally changed a setting that I shouldn't have a few hours ago and incoming links have been sent to the wrong URLs. Search engine traffic hasn't been getting through to the correct URLs for the past few hours either.

However, everything should be fixed now. If you encounter any further issues please let me know in this thread.

 

[DefiniteIntegral]

Cool thanks for the quick fix

 

[Wysiwyg]

"Show your online status

This will allow other people to see when you are online.


[*] Show your current activity
This will allow other people to see what page you are currently viewing."

Hello again and thank you.
1. I have unchecked online status but can still be seen in the who's online window.
2. No quote option (icon) in the above Rich Text Editor menu.

 

[Joe Blow]

1. I have unchecked online status but can still be seen in the who's online window.

You can see yourself in "Who's Online" but others can't.

2. No quote option (icon) in the above Rich Text Editor menu.

To quote a specific post you just click "Reply" on the post you wish to quote. To reply to multiple posts you click the "+ Quote" button on as many posts as you wish to respond to. To post without quoting any other post you just type away in the text editor without clicking any buttons at all.

 

[Wysiwyg]

You can see yourself in "Who's Online" but others can't. Okay


To quote a specific post you just click "Reply" on the post you wish to quote. To reply to multiple posts you click the "+ Quote" button on as many posts as you wish to respond to. To post without quoting any other post you just type away in the text editor without clicking any buttons at all. Okay with click on the +. thank you .

 

[tech/a]

Daffy has lost his duck?

 

[pixel]

Daffy has lost his duck?

plenty to choose from https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...JAGQQ7AkIPQ&biw=1315&bih=1040&dpr=0.9#imgrc=_
or

 

[tech/a]

plenty to choose from https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...JAGQQ7AkIPQ&biw=1315&bih=1040&dpr=0.9#imgrc=_
View attachment 69212 or View attachment 69213

Daffys happy

 

[Bill M]

There is one part of the forum I use a lot, that's the new posts button.

With the new format when you post on a thread that thread does not appear in the new posts. I think what is happening is that the software thinks you have read that thread and your post does not make it new because you made it. The old forum did not do this, new remained new whether you posted in it or not. For example, I posted in a thread, it does not appear in the new posts but all the others do. Is this a problem?

 

[Joe Blow]

There is one part of the forum I use a lot, that's the new posts button.

With the new format when you post on a thread that thread does not appear in the new posts. I think what is happening is that the software thinks you have read that thread and your post does not make it new because you made it. The old forum did not do this, new remained new whether you posted in it or not. For example, I posted in a thread, it does not appear in the new posts but all the others do. Is this a problem?

Hi Bill, I will look into this issue and get back to you soon. If you could reply to this post when you read it that will help me with my investigations. Thanks!

 

[nulla nulla]

When you open a thread on a forum list you don't automatically go to the last post?

 

[galumay]

nulla nulla, if you click on the date of the last post in the right hand column it will go to the last post.

 

[Bill M]

Hi Bill, I will look into this issue and get back to you soon. If you could reply to this post when you read it that will help me with my investigations. Thanks!

Replying now, let's see how we go.

 

[Bill M]

Replying now, let's see how we go.

OK, I replied and then I clicked new posts and it was not in there. I have to click the forums main page in order to find it via the right pane "new posts" or "recent posts." It does not show the thread at the green "new posts" tab next to competition.

 

[Joe Blow]

Replying now, let's see how we go.

Yes, it seems that once you reply to a thread it disappears from your New Posts list for the reason you suggested; the software assumes that the thread has been read. Once someone else posts in the thread it reappears as it now contains unread posts. This is different from the way vBulletin did things but actually seems a little more logical to me as a New Posts list should only contain threads with new posts.

This new software has a Watched Threads feature where particular threads you would like keep track of are added to a list that you can easily access and review. This is an alternative, but complementary way of accessing content of interest, both old and new. To add a thread just click the "Watch Thread" link at the top right of each page of a thread. To review your watched threads click the "Watched Threads" link in the "Forums" tab.

 

[Joe Blow]

I forgot to add, you can choose to receive an alert when threads in your Watched Threads list are posted in. In fact, receiving an alert is the default setting. Alerts can be customised by adjusting the settings in your Alert Preferences.

 

[galumay]

Your post has made me realise there is another way to use the watch function, I am only interested in a few of the forums and by making them 'Watched Forums" and having alert notifications I can sort of do the reverse of blocking the ones i dont want to see.

So I am watching the ASX Stock Chat, Medium/Long term Investing and Announcements and Site News Forums only! That way I get alerts about new posts only in the forums that interest me.

EDIT - also poking around I realised that i needed to reset my ignore list, that didnt carry across from the old forum.