I'm likin' this new format.Slicker'n grease on the track.
jeffrey-wimberlytwhitejust noticed--I've got 6 out of 8 little green Thingies filled in below my Avatar. Does this mean anything? That means you're a top 50 contributor.
twhitejust noticed--I've got 6 out of 8 little green Thingies filled in below my Avatar. Does this mean anything?
SteamFreak I like the new look, and I find it easier on the eyes. The beige expanse is gone, and the built-in Firefox spellchecker works with this software. I'm not crazy about the thread/ad space ratio though, and I notice there's no additional sub-categories, like a tutorial section. Oh well.
I like the new look, and I find it easier on the eyes. The beige expanse is gone, and the built-in Firefox spellchecker works with this software.
I'm not crazy about the thread/ad space ratio though, and I notice there's no additional sub-categories, like a tutorial section. Oh well.
ScottI have the same concerns. the (active topics and my discussion) showed if I had any response were ones I used every time I logged on. Also in my discussions you could go directly to the page you wanted. Why are some of the pages larger than others? The text runs off the right of the screen.Aside from being lost all the time, those are my biggest complaints.
we're baaaackkk........ Happy railroading
Lee
scottychaos After playing around with the new forum for a bit, I think it works fine..but there is one feature that makes it "worse" than the old forum.. Yes, "active topics" and "my discussions" show up..but there is no way to tell when new posts have been made in any of them! I always used this forum (old version) with the "active topics" feature..which show all topics with activity since the last time I logged on..that way I knew there was new discussion I could check out if I wanted to.. now, with the new forum, there is no way to tell if threads have new posts without opening up each one individually..much less convienient.. Is there any way to bring the "new posts since you last visited" feature back? thanks, Scot
After playing around with the new forum for a bit, I think it works fine..but there is one feature that makes it "worse" than the old forum..
Yes, "active topics" and "my discussions" show up..but there is no way to tell when new posts have been made in any of them! I always used this forum (old version) with the "active topics" feature..which show all topics with activity since the last time I logged on..that way I knew there was new discussion I could check out if I wanted to..
now, with the new forum, there is no way to tell if threads have new posts without opening up each one individually..much less convienient..
Is there any way to bring the "new posts since you last visited" feature back?
thanks,
Scot
I wonder why they changed it?
It seems odd that they buried some stuff that was useful. It's still there, but you have to fish. In the olld site, the forums button was to the top of the page, clear and distinct and one push you went there and had all the forums - including the trains.com one there. Now, towards bottom and side of pages. Just odd and a nuisance.
The ads on the side are just baffling. I can't imagine that anyone will pay attention to that white noise. I'm guessing that since they appear on the message writing page as well they get extra impresssions, but what a mess on the side. Guess that's why they buried our profile infor among those ads. But if they like their advertisers, why did they get rid of the premium banner spot at the top? I generally think it's a more modern but busier and not better design.
I don't really see anything that is markedly better, though maybe they just had to switch because of a operating platform issue. Or a new web master who needed to leave his mark, sometimes these tech changes happen for entirely internal reasons.
Texas ZepherWell now I am getting this error on several of the threads:---> Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.I see no way to report it to the system operators. When I choose "contact us", I either get the magazines contacts or another error --> "The system cannot find the path specified." Another issue.It seems that the "read" counter is not working on all the threads. Some like this one show high counts. Many others seem stuck at zero. ???
Well now I am getting this error on several of the threads:--->
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
I see no way to report it to the system operators. When I choose "contact us", I either get the magazines contacts or another error --> "The system cannot find the path specified."
Another issue.It seems that the "read" counter is not working on all the threads. Some like this one show high counts. Many others seem stuck at zero. ???
Noticed that too. Mega replies, but no views?
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vsmithI dont like the new layout at all, but then I dont own it. Too much wasted space, between the big clump on the right and the name block on the left there sure aint much room left to type in. Its VERY hard on the eyes. I think there will a bit of tweeking in the weeks to come
I dont like the new layout at all, but then I dont own it.
Too much wasted space, between the big clump on the right and the name block on the left there sure aint much room left to type in.
Its VERY hard on the eyes.
I think there will a bit of tweeking in the weeks to come
I hope so. 2 steps to do if you want to quote a post, whereas the old version had a Quote button on the original page. I seem to remember ads on the old version - weren't they interspersed horizontally between posts?
As to being hard on the eyes - yep! It's like watching High-def TV on a small screen. Can be done, but gives one a headache. As I said in another post, the loading speed for me isn't too much of a problem since I just upgraded from 3 MBPS dsl to 10 to 20 MBPS Verizon FIOS. Killer web access, HD TV (which I had to go to since my old analog non-hd set quit on me last week), and clear phone, and all on 1 bill. Now I just hope my laptop's screen doesn't totally go south - getting color bars down the left side, and Mac monitors aren't cheap.
Two complaints I have so far:
It goes back to the top of the thread list when I exit a thread, instead of to where I was in the list before selecting the thread.
It apparently will not preview a post.
In general, I don't see any improvement.
Here is a test photo.
OK, that works, at least until AOL tears down its web hosting service.
And the insert photo function works, too.
Hello, everybody,
I've waited until I had a chance to play around with the new forum before posting. So far, I think I've got it about as well figured out as I did before the change.
As for my previous posts, I see a few more of them every time I go to look. At the rate that they're showing up, all of my archived 'wisdom' should be available some time in 2010...
So be it!
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Stein, thank you very much for helping out...I appreciate it, and so does Bergie and the other mods.
All those who have "issues", if you post them here, Bergie and his staff will read this thread and act on what they understand are common problems, and will probaly have answers for your unique one, which are no doubt very frustrating. Please be patient while they diagnose the problems and correct them...I'm still getting the text running to the right border, while what I have typed wants to run off to the left out of site.
-Crandell
da_kraut Hello, thank you Stein for your great information. Still all I can look at is 10 of my previous posts. That is not as good as the old site on which one could see the very first post one had. This function I find quite useful for keeping track of responses from other forum members and also when doing some research. So here is hoping that this will be changed to what it was on the old site.
Hello,
thank you Stein for your great information. Still all I can look at is 10 of my previous posts. That is not as good as the old site on which one could see the very first post one had. This function I find quite useful for keeping track of responses from other forum members and also when doing some research. So here is hoping that this will be changed to what it was on the old site.
Click on your screenname (in the right hand margin, under the "My profile" heading). Then click on your underlined post count. That gets you all of your previous posts (or at least all that have been indexed thus far - for me currently about 34 out of some 900+ posts - guess it takes quite a while to index everything from the old forum).
Smile, Stein
Texas Zepher Well now I am getting this error on several of the threads:---> Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. I see no way to report it to the system operators. When I choose "contact us", I either get the magazines contacts or another error --> "The system cannot find the path specified."
I don't work for Kalmbach and have no inside information on how they do things, but I do work with troubleshooting computer problems.
I think that as a general principle you can safely assume that sql timeout errors will not need to be reported as bug reports - that is likely to be some temporary problem - maybe a database is responding slowly during database backup or database reindexing or some such thing.
If you experience other errors at the same time, it is highly likely to be related to the same temporary problem.
In my experience, those kinds of situations are likely around 7-8 am in my timezone, which would correspond to about midnight-1am or thereabouts in Wisconsin - a typical time for database maintenance jobs.
Of course - if the problem accessing those same threads persists over more than 24 hours during the work week, it probably should be reported. Then it might very well be a data error or a functional error.
Smile,Stein
I judged this site last night. And I still stick with what I said about busy. It does look nice other than all the ads. I will have to investigate more on the site when I'm ready.
Ooowwww, my brain. A new MMR forum look and a new Comcast/Firefox email look all in one day.
Yours In Model Railroading,
John
Littleton, CO
Frank
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Loathar:
Hmm, you re-posted George with the hot ashes in a wooden gondola, and it's back again. Full page. I must have done something different with the last picture. Okay, I'll try again. I think it's MY computer, unless this is doing the same thing one everyone else's. Let me try something--
Uh-uh, but my computer just decided to freeze up. Okay, another try:
Let's see what happens with this one.
Well, it's more sorta/kinda, but it's still taking a lot of bandwidth, at least on my computer.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
twhite Okay, another try: http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub/DSC02229.jpg Okay, I've got it. Evidently instead of the Direct Link, I have to use the IMG code at the bottom of the photo. At least on my computer. Tom
Okay, another try:
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub/DSC02229.jpg
Okay, I've got it. Evidently instead of the Direct Link, I have to use the IMG code at the bottom of the photo. At least on my computer.
I've always had to use the img code line. IE 6, IE 7 AND Firefox.
Looks like they fixed the problem of it jumping back to page one after you post.
selector Yeah, yer down a couple quarts, Tom. -Crandell
Yeah, yer down a couple quarts, Tom.
Crandell--
TELL me about it, buddy, LOL! Been down a couple of quarts since I made that tackle through my coffee table in August!
Hey, talking about the bandwidth widening when I posted a picture, just posted another one on the Layouts and Layout Building thread, and it came out 'normal.' I must have done something RIGHT, for once! Either that or my computer has given up trying to 're-Train' me!
Selector:
I posed this question on another thread and have not heard back yet. Maybe you or someone here can enlighten us on a feature that appears to be missing or maybe it is not yet enabled. That feature is the subject line in the e-mail notification. The old forums had the thread topic displayed and I observed that this is now missing in the new notification.
This feature is important to some us who have tight timetables -- in other words, I look very quickly at the subject line to see if there are a number of e-mails about one topic -- If time is short, I pick the few -- If I have large block of time, I pick the most posts -- like WPF!
By the way, at the risk of getting flamed by a number of forum members , I will say that I like the Ads. As Model Railroaders we are always shopping for something -- The ads do help the cause -- ours, yours, and the advertiser!!
The Tabs in the "Reply to an Existing Message" are really great!!
Oh, yes! I wasn't able to find the "Spell Checker". I had to copy and paste to Word, spell check and then back again! Don't tell me!! I have to learn and grow . I'll find it or how -- I really will .
Pennsy
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I just noticed the same thing that R.T. did--when I posted my photo (finally)on the previous page, it came out ENORMOUS--even bigger than it is on my Photobucket account 'full size', and the page spread out like crazy. However this page, with no photos (as yet) is normal, with the ads taking up their usual band at the edge. I wonder if it's just my computer (which tends to do whatever it wants, no matter how much I try to 'civilize' it, LOL!) or if anyone else has this problem. I'd be interested.
Hmm, just noticed--I've got 6 out of 8 little green Thingies filled in below my Avatar. Does this mean anything?
Makes sense but I sure didn 't think of it.
I once coded a program which not only updated but completely replaced a prior program. We ran an extensive test on the new program; we encountered one problem which we could not immediately solve so we put a page in the immediate front of the operator's manual warning of this problem. Forty-eight hours after the program went operational we got a trouble call on this problem. I responded. The operator told me what had happened; I opened the book and right there in the front was a warning against executing this particular procedure without executing a particular procedute aforehand. I grabbed the book and waved it under the nose of the operator and demanded he read it while I ran a diagnostic routine to clear the problem.
Operators are not dumb; they do, however, tend to get a little lazy when it comes to paying attention to instructions. I guess in this regard I too became just a little bit lazy and got a little bit lazy myself.
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New evolution, I;m getting e-mails about MY posts.
-Morgan
it's a great new looooooook i like it