compl3x Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Due to unforeseen circumstances, this has been pushed back a week. 4.0.7 will be landing sometime in the next week too (re forum post above this one) ^ oh.my.actual.god! This is unacceptable. As a user of this free forum I demand better! Here I have a list of my totally unreasonable demands which I expect you to achieve in an entirely unreasonable time frame! After all, I, as a free member who uses this forum, expects you to spend your life upgrading this forum to my satisfaction! MikeChipshop and Stoffel 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Nah. I'm sure you like the direction Windows 10 is going more than he does. The forum design will presumably be very similar to the front page, so you're still probably going to have to get use to it. Out of curiosity, what changes would you like to see happen to the front page? Haha Yes you're right on that count! That's what I was afraid of... The biggest gripe I have is the graphics are way too big. When I view it on my ultrabook I have to scroll almost a whole page before I start seeing any content! Each article 'block' is also a bit big for me too, I guess I'm used to small sizes. I realise it's catering to the tablet fanclub, but seriously... can't they just have a tablet mode to boost the size by 500% so they can see it? (Or they can buy glasses ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 is the new forum codes will fix some issues like wrong url parsing when such url contain the ' character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoWind Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 it's about time for new design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanx Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Upgrading IPB is a massive pita, i'm about to get started on my sites upgrade to 4, and i'm prepping the whisky and Valium. If it's such a PITA, why is Neowin using it for their forum software? Is there nothing better out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Matthew S. Subscriber² Posted May 31, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted May 31, 2015 Upgrading any forum software with the userbase and size of the overall database such as neowin's is a pita... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Haha Yes you're right on that count! That's what I was afraid of... The biggest gripe I have is the graphics are way too big. When I view it on my ultrabook I have to scroll almost a whole page before I start seeing any content! Each article 'block' is also a bit big for me too, I guess I'm used to small sizes. I realise it's catering to the tablet fanclub, but seriously... can't they just have a tablet mode to boost the size by 500% so they can see it? (Or they can buy glasses ) A tablet mode on Neowin. I suppose that isn't actually a bad idea. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Why do I foresee people complaining because this update will make the page more mobile friendly? Why do we need a separate "tablet mode"? This is what responsive CSS was designed for. Quite frankly, I'd love to see responsive CSS across more webpages. Anibal P 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted May 31, 2015 Member Share Posted May 31, 2015 If it's such a PITA, why is Neowin using it for their forum software? Is there nothing better out there? A huge amount has changed from IPB - IPB4, making it a PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Matthew S. Subscriber² Posted June 1, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted June 1, 2015 Be careful with the IP.Comunity Suite upgrade. 4.0.5 broke SSL admin CP logins on my site and 4.0.6 broke SSL for everything... Due to unforeseen circumstances, this has been pushed back a week. 4.0.7 will be landing sometime in the next week too (re forum post above this one) ^ So the issue I faced with SSL enabled is two part. First is for some reason FileSystem storage option doesn't get rewritten to //domain.tld, it stays as http://... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S. Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Any updates yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 6, 2015 Administrators Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nope, we have a feature coming to the site that has delayed the upgrade a bit. All will make sense when it is done as it's something we can't really do after the upgrade and needs completing before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTIONpack Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 How much behind are you with the updating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nope, we have a feature coming to the site that has delayed the upgrade a bit. All will make sense when it is done as it's something we can't really do after the upgrade and needs completing before. Steven, spill the beans please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm quite interested by seeing a new look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Nope, we have a feature coming to the site that has delayed the upgrade a bit. All will make sense when it is done as it's something we can't really do after the upgrade and needs completing before. Steven, spill the beans please! Neowin is launching a competitor to GeoCities! lol statm1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Nope, we have a feature coming to the site that has delayed the upgrade a bit. All will make sense when it is done as it's something we can't really do after the upgrade and needs completing before. Ow, cryptic. Will this update help me better yell at people I don't agree with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Nope, we have a feature coming to the site that has delayed the upgrade a bit. All will make sense when it is done as it's something we can't really do after the upgrade and needs completing before. Just update it as is and offer the new stuff as DLC. spenser.d, +Zlip792 and Nick H. 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Berry Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just please give me a mark all as read button for the entire forums, and I'll be a happy camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted June 7, 2015 Member Share Posted June 7, 2015 How much behind are you with the updating? You can't be "Behind" if you're working to your own timescale. Anibal P 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just please give me a mark all as read button for the entire forums, and I'll be a happy camper. It's under your username that says mark community read. MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted June 7, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just please give me a mark all as read button for the entire forums, and I'll be a happy camper. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Berry Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well damn, in the once place I never look or use, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 7, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just update it as is and offer the new stuff as DLC.Best comment in this thread! I laughed more than I probably should have. Sikh 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I am currently working towards two forum projects... in the meantime Vanilla forums is teh shizzit. faster then IPB and can even run on crap shared hosting. Please note: I've used and installed and administered ALL of the forum suites. even obscure ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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