Forum update - comments here please

[Barry_White]

Thas a relief Barry, because Steven (sys admin) has done a few tweaks that should make the fourms faster (and at least for me has).

Well I've changed two of my computers to Firefox and it is actually streaking now but now I can't remember why some of the Avatars and the icons and smilies aren't showing up with out me right clicking on them and click on 'Show Picture'

[Coldamus]

After the forum upgrade, I could not make new posts. My browser has now been upgraded to IE6 SP1, so if this post appears, that was the reason. (I was on IE5.5 before).

Edit:
Bewdy, that HAS fixed it. I upgraded once before but went back to 5.5 because of other problems. However this time everything is fine.

Edit Again:
Well, that lasted about 10 minutes. Now I can't even open other sites that are important to me without crashing or locking up. So, back to IE5.5 again. I will have to install a second browser to access this site.

[ratchet]

I would like a filter with which I can say I do not want to view certain subjects

no sport

no jokes

no cooking

no brewing

etc etc etc

[ubeaut]

I would like a filter with which I can say I do not want to view certain subjects

You have always had the choice of what you view. You just look away. If you don't want to see jokes, cooking, sport, or anything else for that matter it's not all that hard. You just don't look... It's that simple.

However if you want to make it even simpler and take the temptation away for good (well almost) then here's a couple of solutions.

Each Forum Header Bar has a on the right hand side. Clicking on this will make all the sub-forums beneath disappear from site and they won't come back again till you click on the again.

eg Click on the HOME RENOVATIONS and 10 forums will disappear (all the home reno ones)

Click on the NOT WOODWORK - MY OTHER LOVES will hide a further 17 forums.

WOODIES STUFF 9 more disappear NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORK 10 more gone from your sight.

Starting to get the picture.

Ah but what if the forum I want to visit is in one of these rolled up sections? How do I view it or even find it again?

Simple. Before you click on the go into your Bookmarks or Favorites, make a new folder titled WWF and bookmark the forum(s) that you want to visit again, then click on the button.

You can also click on the FORUM NAME in the Forum Header bar and that will bring up only the forums below that header. This can also be bookmarked.

eg: Click on GENERAL or WOODTURNING and you get only the forums beneath that heading.... Go on then click on one (use your back button to get back here if you must)

OK there you have it in a nutshell. Pretty big nutshell but none the less...

Ah who cares - Just don't look, It'll save all the hassles of mucking around with bookmarks etc.

I'm off to do some work.

Neil

[ratchet]

not quite what I expected then maybe I did not say it as i wanted

I use the new posts function and this brings up 12 pages of posts and I am only interested in some not all

I realize I do not have to look

will still come back because the good stuff is worth it

tks

ROD

[ss_11000]

I use the new posts function and this brings up 12 pages of posts and I am only interested in some not all

ROD

yeah, that gets annoying at time. like for me, i wood get rid of the plumbing and flooring etc. stuff, maybe the joke section ( too many crappy jokes now a days, i feel like i've heard most of em before anyway )


i havent found a way yet and i dont think there is away, any ideas neil.

[wheelinround]

Orange Room not on the main page

[Wood Butcher]

Orange Room not on the main page

What skin are you using? (Bottom left hand corner of this page). I've checked and there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to see it.

[wheelinround]

What skin are you using? (Bottom left hand corner of this page). I've checked and there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to see it.

ubeatu's still no Orange room showing.

Then this morning even tho I don't use them the Private Forum for Students Engineering Course work etc are gone but the heading is there No arrow markers to open it up

Ray

[wheelinround]

My appologies they are back the Industrial Technology Section

[jaspr]

Each Forum Header Bar has a on the right hand side. Clicking on this will make all the sub-forums beneath disappear from site and they won't come back again till you click on the again.

Neil

Brilliant - that's just what I needed. Never knew it was there. Thanks

I use the new posts function and this brings up 12 pages of posts and I am only interested in some not all

ROD

I've had to stop using New Posts for exactly that reason. I only get a certain amount of time to view forums and I don't want to waste it trawling through threads I'm not interested in. Life's too short.

I think Neil's solution above will do the trick for me.

edit: I just tried it and it works mostly pretty good. Certainly makes scrolling to forums of interest much quicker/easier. The only place it doesn't really work (for me) is in the General section, where there are only 1 - probably 2 - forums I'd go to regularly.

All up a pretty neat function. Thanks

[Wild Dingo]

Well would ya lookit that!!! I went away for a few hours and come back to a white background screen!! WAAAHOOOO!! Now this I like!! all that color for a color blind bi focaled ol phart was a bit over the top so this white is real clear can read EVERYTHING no wukkers see EVERYTHING no wukkers bloody brilliant thanks to whoever changed it

Now... what I want to ask... and asked in the wrong section... of course ... is

Can the woodworks pics section be raised up to the top near the turning and general woodwork sections? Bein way the buggary down the page is a pain in the bum and anyway ITS right up the top in importance... as to show what weve been creating...

Come on you can go straight to the woodturning, pens and general section and the prize section but youve gotta scroll WAY down the page to get to see what others are up to and making...

So I ask you...

Can the woodwork pics section be bumped up to the top of the page... please?

Cheers
Shane

[Cruzi]

If you go to bottom left of page on main Woodwork forum page, there is a little drop down box that allows you to choose from a variety of looks for forum, hate the white so reset mine to Ubeauts

[ss_11000]

Well would ya lookit that!!! I went away for a few hours and come back to a white background screen!! WAAAHOOOO!! Now this I like!! all that color for a color blind bi focaled ol phart was a bit over the top so this white is real clear can read EVERYTHING no wukkers see EVERYTHING no wukkers bloody brilliant thanks to whoever changed it

just so you know, you've always been able to edit that.

just change the skin in your user cp or down in the bottom right hand corner of every window. i use v bulletin 3. the nice blue one the white on i think is called basic

edit: cruzi...you beat me to it

[ubeaut]

We've been working furiously in the back room for the last couple of weeks to get the new WoodWorkersWiki ready to go on line (hopefully open it to the public next Monday). One thing we have found is, the coloured backgrounds look ratty and is harder to read and follow, so are the blogs, etc.

So the white background has been set in the hope that when everything comes on line you will be able to log in to the forums and move seamlessly from section to section without having to resort to changing skins because you can't see links etc in the other applications.

We will probably get another couple of lighter skins ready that should also look fine and integrate easily but for now you may find that this one sort of grows on you. I do admit it's a bit of a shock to the system first up but after trialing it for almost a week I find it hard to go back to any of the others.

Also it will help pages load just that little bit faster as it doesn't heve the same amount of graphics to load.

Cheers - Neil

Give it a trial for a day or so and then switch back to your old skin and see what you reckon. You may be surprised.

Wheelin - The orange room don't show if you're not logged in.