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(Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (6 comments)

(Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 04:37 PM

So far, so good! The new forum seems to be humming along pretty well, and we're slowlly revising or fixing hiccups as they occur:

1.) The color scheme has happily been revised to black type on a blue-gray background, and the font size has been bumped up — so the whole thing is much easier on the eyes.

2.) The forum's been enabled so that any registered Sheldonista can start a new topic of discussion. (Ha! My bad: I had that feature turned off!)

3.) Testing out the first poll seemed to go well. We have around 1,500 people chiming in so far.

4.) New users may notice that when you go to sign up for the forum, the signup process takes you through the "Sheldon-by-Email" signup. Not to worry: That's a hiccup that's soon to be fixed. In the meantime, go ahead and sign up via that route, then e-mail me *or* follow these three steps to avoid geting that daily e-mail:

— Sign up here.

— Click the confirmation e-mail sent to your inbox.

— Once you're confirmed and signed in, go here to remove the Sheldon-by-Email deliveries.

My apologies for that wrinkle in the meantime. And my thanks to Mr. K at Dumbrella Hosting, who's been hard at work answering reader requests as they pop up... and who's been getting the whole forum system to run so smoothly!

CarlK


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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 09:29 PM (#40552)

Looking good, Dave. The reply link is much easier to find now, too.


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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Friday, January 25, 2008 - 09:45 AM (#40565)

I'm lovin' the new forum Dave. Nicely done!


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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:30 PM (#40571)

and thankyouthankyouthankyou for upping the font size and improving the contrast! SO much easier on the eyes, indeed!


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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:20 AM (#40590)
Dave, only thing that I can think of that would make browsing this forum even more awesome than it is would to be able to jump to the newest posts in a thread. We can already jump to a page, but currently cannot just jump to the newest post in a longer thread. jeff
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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:54 AM (#40592)

Just a question. What is with the "Your Karma is 0" note next tot my name? does it matter if I have a 0 or does it move me closer to nirvana/heaven/paradise if I have a larger number?


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Re: (Update) Beta-Testing the New Forum (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 12:09 PM (#40593)
In Response to wearetheonly2 (#40592):

On the profile page it says:

"Karma: 0 (mostly the sum of moderation done to users comments)"


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