SFN Upgraded to vBulletin 3.7

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

SFN has been upgraded to the latest and greatest version of vBulletin. There are loads of new and shiny features (have fun finding them), and there may be a few lingering problems as we get over the upgrade. If you spot any, post them here so we can sort them out.

 

Hope you enjoy the newer SFN.

[ecoli]

Let me suggest, that the first thing users should explore is the brand spanking new 'social networking' feature in the control panel.

[YT2095]

indeed!

 

+1

[swansont]

If someone sends me a "friend" request and I accept, am I obligated to help him move?

[Klaynos]

If someone sends me a "friend" request and I accept, am I obligated to help him move?

 

Yes you are!

 

Does anyone know what the ok button on threads does yet?

[Martin]

If someone sends me a "friend" request and I accept, am I obligated to help him move?

 

Just to let you know, I am not planning any moves.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Yes you are!

 

Does anyone know what the ok button on threads does yet?

 

It was actually a button that's supposed to appear in the case of an error in Quick Reply (you hit the button to make the error message go away), but I had a stray <thead> in the template that made the thing appear all the time. Oops.

[Pangloss]

I guess I should have asked about that here instead of on the Mod board and saved you a little typing.

 

Can anybody edit these "tags" at the bottom of the thread or just mods? I threw a couple in on various threads just to see what would happen. Are they for search hits?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

They're editable by anyone (I think). I think I can insert a "tag cloud" somewhere so people can browse threads by tag. They may also influence search.

[iNow]

As I understand it, tags are usually set by the person who creates the thread. That person can put in a few key words as tags before submitting it. After the thread has been created, then I'd imagine it's a mod or admin only who can edit them (if, for some strange reason, that were ever necessary).

[Mr Skeptic]

Looks like tags are editable by others:

Add Tags (Separate tags using a comma.)

You may add 2 tag(s) to this thread. Tags will be visible to all users.

[Pangloss]

That's interesting. It says I can add 21 tags to this thread.

[iNow]

The NoSpam question on the search feature (when not logged in, but instead searching as a guest) cannot be answered correctly. I've tried about 4 times, and despite my checking it closely and following case sensitivity it disallowed my search attempts each time.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Must be an artifact of the upgrade. I'll turn NoSpam off.

[Klaynos]

I think there might be a good case for removing tags, it allows for simple faceless insults of peoples ideas, e.g. tagging a post as rubbish...

[Pangloss]

I wondered about that as well, but I'm willing to let it go for a while and see what happens.

[Sayonara]

I think maybe restricting tag rights to the OP only would be a good plan.

[timo]

I think handling insults via tags just the same as insults via posts is a better plan.

[Reaper]

How come admins and moderators don't have different colors any more?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Which style are you using?

 

(Scroll to the bottom left of the page and the drop-down will tell you.)

 

edit: ah, okay. Fixed. I forgot the way stylesheets are inherited among styles...

[Reaper]

Ok, it's been fixed, I was using the other one.

[Dak]

I think handling insults via tags just the same as insults via posts is a better plan.

 

+1

 

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what exactly is this whole 'friends' malarkay about?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

vBulletin is trying to do social networking. Feel free to ignore the "friends" feature.

[Klaynos]

vBulletin is trying to do social networking. Feel free to ignore the "friends" feature.

 

But I NEED to know how loved I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Royston]

I object to the fact I only have two friends on my list, both very decent chaps, but still...I second Klaynos's notion.