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    So now we have a "Welcome Ad", and basically I could live with that. But when I start a day's CodeGuru activity by clicking the link in a thread update notification mail that should take me to the first new post in that thread, instead I get to the page with the ad, and when I then click "Skip this ad" at the upper right, I'm getting dropped at the forum root page, not the respective thread. But most annoying: At this point the thread that the link in the mail should initially have taken me to will be marked "read" and I need to find my way to the first unread post myself.

    The ad apparently is only shown "the next day", where "next day" seems not to be determined by lifetime of the IE session or crossing midnight local time; perhaps it's the Windows session that counts or simply a certain timespan of inactivity. But that may actually not be relevant for the issue at all.
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    Re: New Forum Update

    The Welcome Ads are not new.

    You should, however, end up where you were headed after the ad. I'll report this to the developers.

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    Re: New Forum Update

    In the interests of keeping 'new update' feedback in the same thread:-

    Copied from the thread "Am I the only one..."

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    Is it just me or has the advanced forum search feature stopped working? I'm pretty certain I've used terms like console or stdout in previous posts - but whenever I try to search for those words (in threads started by me) I get zero hits.
    Quote Originally Posted by Brad Jones View Post
    Looks llike search file doesn't go before the migration. I'll ask that the database be rebuilt.
    That seems plausible Brad. If I repeat my original search (today) it now lists my post from yesterday - but it doesn't yet list ny earlier posts.

    BUT... this only works if I carry out an advanced search from a main forum page. If I use the "advanced thread search" feature (from within an actual thread) I still get no listings. A "simple" thread search (for the same text) does list my post though.

    Hope that all makes sense...
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Also (in case no-one's mentioned it yet) "Post Quick Reply" seems to work okay for me - but when I use the more advanced reply page, I've had two occurrences where pressing "Submit" appeared to do nothing. When I tried pressing it again I got a message saying that this post had already been submitted.

    So basically, I wasn't being redirected to my new post, after submitting it.
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    Re: New Forum Update

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    Whilst I'm on the subject, is there any way to see "All Reputation Received"? All I can see is the "Latest Reputation Received".

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    Re: New Forum Update

    We changed the icons in the bars to white so you can now see them. Let me know if you think this is better or worse. You can see them know, so I think it is better, but wanted to hear what you guys say.

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    Re: New Forum Update

    Quote Originally Posted by Brad Jones View Post
    We changed the icons in the bars to white so you can now see them. Let me know if you think this is better or worse. You can see them know, so I think it is better, but wanted to hear what you guys say.

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    Well, at least they are now very good visible!

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    How about some other problems like:

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    How to "Go Advance" with "Reply With Quote" in one step?
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    Could you fix the wrong link color for thread starter name to be the same as all the other links?Attachment 29969
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Re: the wasted vertical space - maybe it's my memory playing tricks but I'm sure the old forum had some way of turning off those adverts on the RHS, thereby allowing posts to expand to te full available width (which of course, reduced their height, meaning you could read more posts without needing to scroll). Can that still be done?
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Quote Originally Posted by John E View Post
    Re: the wasted vertical space - maybe it's my memory playing tricks but I'm sure the old forum had some way of turning off those adverts on the RHS, thereby allowing posts to expand to te full available width (which of course, reduced their height, meaning you could read more posts without needing to scroll). Can that still be done?
    There is a text link after the bigger square ad that lets you turn off the RHS column. You have to do this each time you display a page; however, if you end up on a page that needs the width due to code or something,this lets you get the space back.

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    Re: New Forum Update

    Victor -

    The link color for the thread starter doesn't seem very critical. We may get back to that, but right now, it is a low prioirty.

    The 'Go Advanced' I'll have to see about looking into. This is underlying forum functionality, so might not be easy to fix without a hack.
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Actually I want to "Go Advance" with most posts.
    An option to default to the advanced editor would be nice.
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Quote Originally Posted by Brad Jones View Post
    We changed the icons in the bars to white so you can now see them. Let me know if you think this is better or worse. You can see them know, so I think it is better, but wanted to hear what you guys say.

    Brad!
    ok for the enhanced contrast (*), but why do you insist with the brownish-green color ? is it to give a different/recognizable look in order to distinguish or avoid confusion with other vbulletin-based forums ( yes, they all more or less resemble each other ) ? if yes, I understand that ... but isn't there any better color ?

    (*) BTW, just a very minor issue, the white icons in the bars become dark-blue on mouse over, which seems a bit inconsistent as it loses contrast instead of gaining it ...
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    Re: New Forum Update

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnW@Wessex View Post
    Actually I want to "Go Advance" with most posts.
    An option to default to the advanced editor would be nice.
    In previous versions you coudl set the version fo the editor you wanted to default to. I don't see such a setting now. I'm not sure why vBulletin removed it. I've noted this request.

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    Re: New Forum Update

    Quote Originally Posted by Brad Jones View Post
    In previous versions you coudl set the version fo the editor you wanted to default to. I don't see such a setting now. I'm not sure why vBulletin removed it. I've noted this request.
    Isn't it the one you find when you click on Settings->General Settings ( on the left hand column under My Account ) ->Message Editor Interface ( under Miscellaneous Options ) , or am I thinkig of something else ?

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    Re: New Forum Update

    Ah. Hannes, you are correct. I looked too quickly and missed the setting. You can choose the default editor setting in the settings --> General options.


    In regard to the one step for going Advanced - I'm not seeing a way to do that without a hack..... However, you can click on the reply button twice and get to your default editor. The first time you click the reply button it does the inline quick reply. If you then click that same button a second time, it takes you to your default editor. While this is still two clicks, you don't have to scroll to a different button.

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