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Nope, the site is wacky since the update. I ended up logging in by clicking on a picture in one of the posts, which as a guest, required me to login to view. I couldnt log in the traditional way.
Another problem I discovered is that when I tried to reply to a post, I couldnt see the words I was typing, but when I posted the reply, the words were there. Very odd.
Another problem I discovered is that when I tried to reply to a post, I couldnt see the words I was typing, but when I posted the reply, the words were there. Very odd.
Scott recently upgraded the site to the latest (version 4) of the vBulletin software. Basically just some configuration and teething problems more than anything.
It won't be too much longer before I migrate this board to the same vBulletin software. We'll also be transitioning over time back to the 500eboard.com domain (you can see the prototype install over at www.500eboard.com/forums) although this 500espot domain will also continue to work.
Cheers,
Gerry
It won't be too much longer before I migrate this board to the same vBulletin software. We'll also be transitioning over time back to the 500eboard.com domain (you can see the prototype install over at www.500eboard.com/forums) although this 500espot domain will also continue to work.
Cheers,
Gerry
I've done two test-conversions of the entire site over to the vBulletin system. The first one was about 80% successful. The second one was about 98% successful. I will certainly let people know well in advance of any such conversion, and will probably "freeze" this site for a day or two in order to perform the conversion and not miss any posts or info with the new site. At this time, I am targeting this conversion for the 4-July (holiday) weekend.
Cheers,
Gerry
Cheers,
Gerry
I could not find the username and password fields. Clicking around I found them eventually and of course once you know it's easy.
Changing the font colour helps, for example to gold seems to work. You can see it against the white when posting and the black when reading the threads.
Changing the font colour helps, for example to gold seems to work. You can see it against the white when posting and the black when reading the threads.
The newfangled "manage attachments" screen is absolutely terrible, IMO. Gerry, if there is any way you can retain the "legacy" vBulletin attachment manager, I'd sure prefer that one. Also - the new vBulletin version that Scott is using, does not play nicely with IE8, there are a number of odd formatting issues.
I will probably start off with the "legacy" vBulletin 3.8 (which I have installed now and have used for the two tests I've run) as it is mature, and well debugged. There are also lots of "skins" and other customizations available for it that work well. The version 4.0 is indeed so new that it isn't fully debugged, and it is an order of magnitude larger of a script package, in terms of size and complexity, than the legacy 3.8 version.
Just discovered the vBulletin 4.0 attachment screen nightmare this weekend when I attached the VIN PDF piece to my reply. Wow, what a clusterfuck that was, doing a simple attachment!!
Almost makes me want to stay with the tried and true phpBB ... if I wouldn't have already have pounded out the money for the vBulletin (which isn't cheap, by the way) I probably would. My hosting bill is coming due here for early July. That costs around $90 a year. So combined with the vBulletin license fee, at a pro-rated monthly rate, it all comes out to about $17-18 a month. I can start to see why Scott wanted to get sponsors and solicit memberships for his board.
I will never do this for the 500Espot / 500Eboard.com community. It will always be a free service to the community, at least until it gets to the point where it becomes a significant monetary outlay that cuts into my household budget.
Cheers,
Gerry
Just discovered the vBulletin 4.0 attachment screen nightmare this weekend when I attached the VIN PDF piece to my reply. Wow, what a clusterfuck that was, doing a simple attachment!!
Almost makes me want to stay with the tried and true phpBB ... if I wouldn't have already have pounded out the money for the vBulletin (which isn't cheap, by the way) I probably would. My hosting bill is coming due here for early July. That costs around $90 a year. So combined with the vBulletin license fee, at a pro-rated monthly rate, it all comes out to about $17-18 a month. I can start to see why Scott wanted to get sponsors and solicit memberships for his board.
I will never do this for the 500Espot / 500Eboard.com community. It will always be a free service to the community, at least until it gets to the point where it becomes a significant monetary outlay that cuts into my household budget.
Cheers,
Gerry