Welcome to the 21st Century (vBulletin 3)

Cloud

Hi all -

We underwent a fairly major upgrade today from vBulletin 2 to vBulletin 3.

The upgrade process took about three hours, with another hour to integrate our journal hack. We've been testing vB3 for some time now, and are happy to have integrated it properly with our main page and DHTML menu at last.

What's new!

• Karma (user reputation)
• Friends and FOAF
• New layout
• Quick reply
• Threaded views

To do!

• Photopost - ecksor is working on getting this back soon.
• Styles - there's like 200 images in vB3 styles, so they are not the easiest to do - we may have a competition to design some soon. In the meantime I've been working on the Cloud style (preview at b.jp) which still needs some tweaking in the thread display and forum display templates.
• Arcade - no plans for this yet, but it is available for vB3.
• Members - some missing images, I'll get around to making this look like the Usenet heading shortly.
• Main page - fix the PMs number check as it is not working
• This list will grow following your feedback...

Enjoy!

John and all the admins.
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Jim

It burns!!!!

Actually, apart from its uglyness (which I'm sure will be changed) its pretty cool. Dunno about quick replies though. Overload on Humour board.

eirebhoy

Its good to see who has you on their buddy list but whats FOAF.

Also, I might be missing something but how do you post a quick reply. Where are the quick reply buttons?

Also is it possible to put the default notification type to "Do not Subscribe"?

Stephen

They said it would never happen!!

It seems that my subbed forums list has emptied? Also - anyone else experiencing severe slowness on boards at the moment?

Jim

Stephen wrote:

They said it would never happen!!

It seems that my subbed forums list has emptied? Also - anyone else experiencing severe slowness on boards at the moment?

Yes, slowness abound.
My subbed list was empty for about 10 minutes, but its back now.

tba

its pretty cool alright,

I like the way it says posted today, yeterday, tommorrow etc.., but god its the ugly son of a php monster.

Im gonna try a new smilie :cool:

whats FAOF and how does this karma thing work, can I vote on how i precieve other people?

Stephen

i'm guessing FOAF means "friend of a friend" - of course, **** knows what it actually does.

PhilipMarlowe

Lord save us it's damn horid ugly... can't wait for the minimalist hack

CuLT

vb3 has always looked like a monster to me, but this is OUT OF THE BLUE. I hope for more madness in the future.

RE*AC*TOR

There's something disconcerting about the font and size of the text for usernames.
The new features sound moderatley interesting - but a thorough explanation is needed.

amp

Thanks to Cloud and the Admins for putting the work in to make boards.ie better.

Any chance of a warning next time?

TheWolf

Happy days :eek:

Creamy Goodness

nice new look and i like the new features.

any chance we could have the vbulletin logo link back to the home page with the last 20 posts instead of the forum list?

to have it just like vbulletin 2? :rolleyes:

jebuz

this is sh!t why do u guys keep changing, whats wrong wit the old one

RE*AC*TOR

jebuz wrote:

this is sh!t why do u guys keep changing, whats wrong wit the old one

CuLT

I will solve "The Riddle of the Alternately Coloured Smilies" before the day is out!

:cool:

Exit

Looks very kiddie, what with the larger fonts and the weird smilies. Can't wait for the styles to make a comeback.

Beruthiel

I'm soooo lost

seamus

amp wrote:

Thanks to Cloud and the Admins for putting the work in to make boards.ie better.

Any chance of a warning next time?

A warning would mean that we'd all have to plan to do work for the time, instead of planning on-the-fly how we are going to waste this new time we have suddenly been blessed with.

I saw "software upgrades" and thought "Vb3".

I like it. Can't wait for the converted skins though, if they're going to be done.

We're going very slow. I assume it's to do with the upgrades and not a permanent side-effect of vb3?

Stark

The "All My Posts" option on front page doesn't work correctly.

Beruthiel

lots of cool little extras!

fjon

Cr3m0 wrote:

nice new look and i like the new features.

any chance we could have the vbulletin logo link back to the home page with the last 20 posts instead of the forum list?

to have it just like vbulletin 2? :rolleyes:

Is that not what happens when you click on boards.ie above the logo?

CuLT

It's still being worked on atm, afaik, so some of the features aren't working.

Stark

Just want to submit another small bug report. Login feature on main page doesn't work properly, it brings up the page viewing your profile but doesn't log you in. You can login from the page you're brought to though.

amp

seamus wrote:

A warning would mean that we'd all have to plan to do work for the time, instead of planning on-the-fly how we are going to waste this new time we have suddenly been blessed with.

Yeah I know, I'm not foaming at the mouth and I know it'll be back to normal (well better than normal) soon, it's just that I think it would have made a lot of people who organize stuff using boards lives a lot easier.

On the plus side there's a whole load of new gadgets and toys and stuff to play with. I might even have a go at doing up a skin for boards.

jill_valentine

Thank god. I was worried I'd just started seeing pastel colours and rounded edges and oversized text out of the blue... but no, its an actual thing. I'm relieved...

bizmark

Karma (user reputation)

How do you use this ?

Amz

Beruthiel wrote:

lots of cool little extras!

Aye, tis goin' to take a wee while to get used to but it's growing on me

fjon

One of the most useful things I have seen available with vB 3 is the thread preview - if you hover your mouse over the thread title you will get a preview of the first few lines of that thread. Saves you from having to open it. Any chances of including this?

CuLT

bizmark wrote:

How do you use this ?

And so the pain began.

There's a little indescribable button with a few other little pictures below the user's postcount. You'll see you have the option to "Add to Reputation".

That's Karma.

Boro

bizmark wrote:

How do you use this ?

Click on the little scales icon (grey/silver) in the bottom under a persons name (beside the green/grey ball) to rate someones post good or bad. You can check your own rating by clicking on that icon under your own name.

The quick reply feature - there is a button beside the quote (bottom right of each post) that if you click enables the dialog box at the bottom of the screen.

bizmark

Ah right

daveirl

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Beruthiel

Aye, tis goin' to take a wee while to get used to but it's growing on me

agreed
now
<- what is this reputation thingie for?

everyone click on mine, I want a good one!!!

CuLT

I was logged in normally... I don't suppose it could be anything to do with the difference between "http://boards.ie&quot; and "http://www.boards.ie&quot; ?

Boro

Using opera, when i run my mouse over the menus at the top of the screen, the google ads show up on top of the menu. Didnt notice this in vbb2.

Kappar

Any chance of moving the DHTML menu back to where it was?

Stark

CuLT wrote:

And so the pain began.

There's a little indescribable button with a few other little pictures below the user's postcount. You'll see you have the option to "Add to Reputation".

That's Karma.

Is Karma only per post, or does a user have an "overall karma"? Don't think I could be arsed checking my karma for every post.

Cloud

Fixed that main page login thingy, just had the wrong code commented out the login box. We are experiencing some load problems on the server we're trying to track down, so I hope you'll bear with us while we try and figure it out - unfortunately, it would be too much to expect everything could go smoothly

Ste-

Very unexpected, but nice surprize.
No more "when can we have VB3" threads.
Just like the new homepage, give it a while and all will be normal soon.

radiospan

Ah! vBulletin3 is butt ugly, I look forward to the Cloud skin, but it'll take ages for me to get used to this.

Cloud

Cloud skin is there, can change in your user CP. As I said, needs tweaking.

fjon

fwk wrote:

One of the most useful things I have seen available with vB 3 is the thread preview - if you hover your mouse over the thread title you will get a preview of the first few lines of that thread. Saves you from having to open it. Any chances of including this?

Nevermind, it seems to work, but only for a couple of threads.

mike65

Dear God

This is an appalling vista. Nothing is where it should be. My blood suger is low at the moment - I guess I'm in shock! :eek:

I notice there are only 14 pages of new posts which is about 6 pages lower than typical for a new log-in. Reason for editing? Mind your fugging business!

Mike.

Paddy20

Yep, a change is as good as a holiday :cool: Must check out all the new 'thingies' later, when I get the time.

First impressions count, and it looks good to me - more cheerful and up to date.

Nice

daveirl

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Cloud

Someone mentioned about the missing Buddy List from the User CP - click on Quick Links and you can view it at any time (and reload).

Johnny_the_fox

its a bit scary but good job.. well done

Tom Dunne

Looks good lads & ladies.

A pleasant surprise.

irishgeo

well done guys , it looks great and i am sure given a week or two to settle down and it will be much better.

Is a banning still a 12 click away?

DMT

What the hell is FOAF? All it gives me is a load of XML....

And why do all these people have me in their buddy lists???

I want the ninja smilie back....

MUST .... RESIST .... CHANGE .... :eek: