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***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-09-2004, 08:38 PM

Unsure how to do something in this new forum software? Ask the question here and we'll see if we can figure it out for you!

Finwe · 02-09-2004, 09:52 PM

So everything will remain the same... it's just the layout that's changed, right?

Ack! My post count is messed up! A lot! What happened?!?!?!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-09-2004, 10:01 PM

Actually, a lot is different. I only just noticed the post count difference when you pointed it out. That is unexpected. Mine is also a lot lower than before. You may have noticed that MOVIES is empty. Perhaps our post totals are missing posts in that forum? If so, it's nothing to be concerned about. The BOOKS rule!

Gorwingel · 02-09-2004, 10:15 PM

Whoa, this is different, kind of shocking, but I finally made it in...
I just have one question...
Are the member titles going to change? Because after being at the other site, "Senior Member" just seems so generic

Ashton · 02-09-2004, 10:15 PM

So does this mean that we have to build up the Movies forum completely from scratch. I am not complaining or anything, but this is going to be a whole lot of work if we do.

By the way I have lost ALL of my PM's that I had. Help!! My posting count has gone down by a lot also.

At least (after a lot of difficulty) I have made it on. This is going to take a lot of getting used to!! One random question, WHy did you change?? I kind of liked the other one better.

EDIT: By the way, How do you log out, or do you need to log out? I have also noticed that is it around 4:00 AM what time are we going by?

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-09-2004, 10:18 PM

1) Titles will be adjusted soon.

2) Honestly, we haven't decided what to do with MOVIES yet. Stand by.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 02-09-2004, 10:20 PM

All the old threads are going to be moved in, right? We're not going to lose a whole lot of excellent, edifying, enlighting, and not-so discussions, are we? I would assume not, since everything was moved over from the old EZBoard forum, wasn't it? But why the change, if I may ask? Is this program faster and more efficient?

EDIT: Yes, I'm missing about a 150+ posts, too, but it's nice to know that I've spent much more time in Books and Novices.....

Oh yes, one more thing: avatars. Are we going to have to re-enter them in our profiles? Because yours is the only one showing up, BW.

Sorry to keep bugging you, but I also seem to have received 2 of Balin999's PMs. I assume that things are just being switched around in the move.

Alkanoonion · 02-09-2004, 11:14 PM

After a long absence can I ask why the change in software? I ask because I have recently dropped info pop myself.

looks like I am missing 400+ posts but that’s ok I can start fresh

Imladris · 02-09-2004, 11:24 PM

I hate to be a real pain...but I have ten PMs in my profile: eight are from deleted users and two are from a member called Gorsereg. Should I just delete them or would they be gone for good if I did that? Also, does the ten PMs for profiles still apply?

Again, apologies for my extreme computer illiteracy...

Cheers!
Imladris

Edit: Hmm...I'm missing 98 posts...

Child of the 7th Age · 02-09-2004, 11:45 PM

B-W,

I was roaming around in my profile and it looks as if there are a lot of interesting options that we never had before. However, it will take a while to get used to things.

I did have one comment. I am personally not concerned about the number of posts, but I don't think the missing ones are all from the movies thread. I had about a fourth of my total posts missing, and I rarely post in movies. So perhaps there is something else that did not transfer over in the numbers.

Child of the 7th Age

Child of the 7th Age · 02-09-2004, 11:55 PM

I set my profile clock to Central time since I live in Texas. However, the time that now shows on the board is 10:45 pm. The actual time in Texas is 11:45 pm. Is there a reason for this discrepency?

Gorwingel · 02-09-2004, 11:56 PM

Well I think I figured out the reason why everyone lost their avatar... The avatar setting is currently set at 64 by 64 pixels. Which if anyone wants to check on Google (where I find my avatars) is very, extremely tiny. I got a new one as you can see, but this was one of the few I could find.

Mr. B-W, do you think you are going to keep it at that setting, or are you going to increase the maximum size?

the phantom · 02-09-2004, 11:58 PM

Quote:

So perhaps there is something else that did not transfer over in the numbers.

Perhaps the missing posts are in threads that were closed (such as the threads in Haudh-en-Ndengin and Elvenhome)?

Overall I'd say the transfer was pretty painless. I lost a couple of posts I did today so I just copied them from the old forum and pasted them here.

Child of the 7th Age · 02-10-2004, 12:07 AM

Phantom,

That would make a lot of sense. I lost over a thousand posts, and many of my posts would have been in Haudh-en-Ndengin and Elvenhome.

B-W -- Would that explain the difference in numbers?

I have also lost my private messages, although I will simply save any important content (like game proposals) on word.

the phantom · 02-10-2004, 12:07 AM

I just noticed something. When I clicked below my post to see my profile I noticed that forename and surname were listed in the profile but when I went to edit my profile it didn't give me the option of entering forename or surname.

Evisse the Blue · 02-10-2004, 12:13 AM

So the posts that were lost - will they ever be recovered? Oh and there are a few posts missing from Quotable Quotes and Quiz Room made on Feb 9.

On the good side, this new software is much faster, the page loads up pretty quickly, which is really something for the ones with poor net connection like me. Before, I had to wait ages for a long page to load.
On the down side, I don't like the icon for smile:-->

it's weird you don't quite see the smile...
well I'll just go wander around our new resting place...

the phantom · 02-10-2004, 12:19 AM

Sorry, but I just noticed something else. Every time I click on the "Currently Active Users" at the bottom of the main page it tells me that every single user online is viewing the "Main Index" (the main page for the forum).

I suppose it is possible that everyone just happenned to be on the main page every time I looked, but it is very unlikely.

Evisse the Blue · 02-10-2004, 12:40 AM

Maybe because everyone was checking out the profile, calendar, and other facilities (at least that's what I was doing), and were not on a specific forum.

Child of the 7th Age · 02-10-2004, 01:42 AM

Evisse,

I'm not sure that's the case. I've seen a number of posts go up in individual forums, but the users online continues to say "main index".

Lyta_Underhill · 02-10-2004, 01:50 AM

Hi, y'all!
I don't know if this is a nit-picky complaint or not, but I thought I'd add it to the list anyway. I set my clock option in my profile to show me Central US time zone time while I browse here, but the current time that shows is consistently one hour earlier than the actual time here in the Central Time Zone. I don't know if this means anything... (except it is later than you think!)

Cheers!
Lyta

Sleepy Ranger · 02-10-2004, 02:45 AM

I still don't get how to get an avatar......... I mean like where should I put it in? There doesn't seem to be aplace in my profile. I'm confused

Help Please

And my posts have gone down too. Used to have to 257

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-10-2004, 03:33 AM

All my PMs disappeared...although that pales in comparison to...

The disappearance of the smile message icon!!!

->Elenrod

P.S. Is the auto-avatar-resizing action gone? I can't put my avatar in!

Lalaith · 02-10-2004, 05:54 AM

Phew, finally logged on.
One thing, the link from the barrowdowns home page still seems to direct me to the old forum. Shouldn't it go to this one?

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 06:36 AM

checking out if I'm able to post.

piosenniel · 02-10-2004, 06:36 AM

I hate to whine, but . . .

I really want all my posts back, please.

I'm missing 2,286 of them

~*~ Pio

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 06:43 AM

You must be on the top nevertheless

come to think of it, (and come to count it), I too miss some (though not so much as thou) - 478

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 07:23 AM

And, BTW, I haven't posted 478 times in The Movies, sure. I think no more than 20-30 posts for me there

That messing up must have something to do with what was originally posted on the EzBoard (though, again, I remember having some 1600 when we moved on to UBB)

On the other hand, maybe posts moved to Haudh-en-Ndengin archives does not count?

Ok, whatever, it does not matter much anyway

and it was just guessing of course

As for questions:

1 what about forename? (after The Phantom above)
2 what is message length? I mean not much recently, but I still sometimes post 4-5 A4 paper length messages
would they be clipped?

Otherwise, I like this new board more (a lot of new features) - and, main thing - I can post from my office! (the posting on the old one was blocked by firewall)

Novnarwen · 02-10-2004, 07:42 AM

OH MY GOD!

I'm offline for about...12 hours... and... THIS!!
Oh geesh...I'm shocked! I came onto the forum and thought I had died...

Quote:

All my PMs disappeared

All my PMs have disappeared as well.. And they were all valuable!! I've also lost more than 100 posts! Why is this happening? Why? Why? Why? (Yes, I am hysterical!)

The Shocked,
Nova

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-10-2004, 07:49 AM

Why did we change software?
Speed - VBulletin is a lot faster, especially when searching.
Security – UBB was vulnerable to hacks, and we were in fact once seriously hacked.
Private Messaging – The vBulletin PM system is really fun. Try it out!
Upgrade – Our version of UBB was non-upgradeable. With vBulletin we can continue to have the best version of the program available. Actually, there is a big update coming soon that will probably correct all of our problems!

What’s New?
Spell check

Problems
My Post Count is Wrong! When we moved your account over to vBulletin, it recounted your posts. It did not count (1) Posts in the Movies (2) Posts in Closed Topics (3) Posts in deleted topics. Since we have no idea how many posts were not counted for each of you, there is no way to restore the old number to your account. Since post counts aren’t as important as the discussions you type, I’m sure most of you won’t mind the loss, anyhow.

View New Posts This feature is acting very strangely because it is still listing the old posts that we had postdated in order to keep them at the top of a forum. We will be working to fix this soon.

Currently Active Users This feature incorrectly shows everyone as being on the MAIN PAGE. We are researching this.

Personal Titles We are working to restore PTs, as soon as we figure out how

MOVIES – The Movies forum is empty. This was at first not intentional, but we came to see the absence of The Movie topics as a blessing in disguise. Now that the movies are all release, we can start over and begin a even more organized discussion of them.

Things look funny There are a lot of small images that I still need to change so they fit more in our color scheme. Though the layout of the forum is now slightly different than before, you’ll get used to it soon.

Avatar Size Avatars have always been limited to 64x64, so nothing has changed.

The clock is wrong Adjust it in your Profile until it is accurate.

Posts from 9 Feb 04 are missing! We warned you.

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 07:54 AM

well, all my PMs are lost too, but I think there is no need to panic - as far as I may judge, they are all safe and intact on the old forum

Lalaith · 02-10-2004, 08:02 AM

I've edited my profile to NOT get emails every time someone posts in a thread, but the system is ignoring me and I'm getting tonnes of them!
How can I stop it?

Mariska Greenleaf · 02-10-2004, 08:20 AM

I really like the new forum, first I panicked, because I was so used to the old one, and I'm not comfortable with changes computerwise, but now I've checked it out, it really is a big improvement. The pages load much faster then they used to.

Just a little remark though: I seem to have a lot of "chinese" figures anywhere in the posts, apparently when accents are used. Is there a way to fix that?
(I'm sorry if this is a stupid question)

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 08:22 AM

Whatever minor inconveniences, this one is better than UBB. I was able to find my very first post (or both my very first posts, as TarAncalime was me for one day

too) in one go! voila:

When Elves Are Slain

It's great (besides that I have posting euphoria, seemingly - posting in a row like this, shame on me

Sleeping Beauty · 02-10-2004, 08:42 AM

No problems here so far. Sad about the movies forum, but change is good. Though here's a question: When I was looking at my profile and the like, it kept trying to take me to the lost password page when I would change something and save it. Just one of those first time using software bugs....

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 02-10-2004, 08:51 AM

The UBB version of the forum will not be up forever. If you have PMs there that you want to keep, I recommend printing them out, because if they didn't make it over here, they never will.

The VEW NEW POSTS has been fixed (somewhat) and is working much better now. As soon as we get rid of the post-dating on the first 10 posts there, it will be 100% like before.

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 09:11 AM

BW, and what about the missing fields in the user control panel? I mean (again) forename/surname, which are there once you view someone other's profile, but are nowhere to be filled in once you go to your own

thx

Bêthberry · 02-10-2004, 10:26 AM

Congratulations, BW. This format moves much faster for me and the member search function is much easier to use--a defiite improvement for an RPG mod. All your hard work is much appreciated.

One limitation: the size of PMs appears to be limited. Is this a firm limit or can it be changed?

If it is firm, it will likely cause a change in some practices on the gaming fora. Pio, Child and I have used PMs for game proposals and also for help with editting to game and Inn posts. We can use emails, but this takes longer and is less convenient.

Can the size limitation on each PM be removed or could the size allowed be increased?

HerenIstarion · 02-10-2004, 10:30 AM

an post length too, please

Sleepy Ranger · 02-10-2004, 10:31 AM

What about the latest post thing...you know it shows the latest topic thats been posted in in every forum...where are they? will they ever come back I've always liked seeing whats been posted lasted.

Aiwendil · 02-10-2004, 10:39 AM

Barrow-wight, I'd like to visit the UBB board and save some PMs before it goes down, but I can't recall the URL. Could you provide a link to it (or is there one somewhere that I'm missing)?

02-09-2004, 08:38 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Vbulletin Questions Unsure how to do something in this new forum software? Ask the question here and we'll see if we can figure it out for you! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-09-2004, 09:52 PM	#2
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	So everything will remain the same... it's just the layout that's changed, right? Ack! My post count is messed up! A lot! What happened?!?!?! __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

02-09-2004, 10:01 PM	#3
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Actually, a lot is different. I only just noticed the post count difference when you pointed it out. That is unexpected. Mine is also a lot lower than before. You may have noticed that MOVIES is empty. Perhaps our post totals are missing posts in that forum? If so, it's nothing to be concerned about. The BOOKS rule! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-09-2004, 10:15 PM	#4
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Whoa, this is different, kind of shocking, but I finally made it in... I just have one question... Are the member titles going to change? Because after being at the other site, "Senior Member" just seems so generic __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

02-09-2004, 10:15 PM	#5
Ashton Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Middle Earth (Where else would I be?) Posts: 33	So does this mean that we have to build up the Movies forum completely from scratch. I am not complaining or anything, but this is going to be a whole lot of work if we do. By the way I have lost ALL of my PM's that I had. Help!! My posting count has gone down by a lot also. At least (after a lot of difficulty) I have made it on. This is going to take a lot of getting used to!! One random question, WHy did you change?? I kind of liked the other one better. EDIT: By the way, How do you log out, or do you need to log out? I have also noticed that is it around 4:00 AM what time are we going by? __________________ Eat, Drink and be Merry......or Pippin. Last edited by Ashton; 02-09-2004 at 10:51 PM.

02-09-2004, 10:18 PM	#6
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	1) Titles will be adjusted soon. 2) Honestly, we haven't decided what to do with MOVIES yet. Stand by. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-09-2004, 10:20 PM	#7
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	All the old threads are going to be moved in, right? We're not going to lose a whole lot of excellent, edifying, enlighting, and not-so discussions, are we? I would assume not, since everything was moved over from the old EZBoard forum, wasn't it? But why the change, if I may ask? Is this program faster and more efficient? EDIT: Yes, I'm missing about a 150+ posts, too, but it's nice to know that I've spent much more time in Books and Novices..... Oh yes, one more thing: avatars. Are we going to have to re-enter them in our profiles? Because yours is the only one showing up, BW. Sorry to keep bugging you, but I also seem to have received 2 of Balin999's PMs. I assume that things are just being switched around in the move. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip. Last edited by Luthien_ Tinuviel; 02-09-2004 at 10:27 PM.

02-09-2004, 11:14 PM	#8
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	After a long absence can I ask why the change in software? I ask because I have recently dropped info pop myself. looks like I am missing 400+ posts but that’s ok I can start fresh __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

02-09-2004, 11:24 PM	#9
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	I hate to be a real pain...but I have ten PMs in my profile: eight are from deleted users and two are from a member called Gorsereg. Should I just delete them or would they be gone for good if I did that? Also, does the ten PMs for profiles still apply? Again, apologies for my extreme computer illiteracy... Cheers! Imladris Edit: Hmm...I'm missing 98 posts... __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry. Last edited by Imladris; 02-09-2004 at 11:30 PM.

02-09-2004, 11:45 PM	#10
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	B-W, I was roaming around in my profile and it looks as if there are a lot of interesting options that we never had before. However, it will take a while to get used to things. I did have one comment. I am personally not concerned about the number of posts, but I don't think the missing ones are all from the movies thread. I had about a fourth of my total posts missing, and I rarely post in movies. So perhaps there is something else that did not transfer over in the numbers. Child of the 7th Age

02-09-2004, 11:55 PM	#11
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Barrowdowns clock I set my profile clock to Central time since I live in Texas. However, the time that now shows on the board is 10:45 pm. The actual time in Texas is 11:45 pm. Is there a reason for this discrepency?

02-09-2004, 11:56 PM	#12
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Well I think I figured out the reason why everyone lost their avatar... The avatar setting is currently set at 64 by 64 pixels. Which if anyone wants to check on Google (where I find my avatars) is very, extremely tiny. I got a new one as you can see, but this was one of the few I could find. Mr. B-W, do you think you are going to keep it at that setting, or are you going to increase the maximum size? __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

02-10-2004, 12:07 AM	#14
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	lost posts Phantom, That would make a lot of sense. I lost over a thousand posts, and many of my posts would have been in Haudh-en-Ndengin and Elvenhome. B-W -- Would that explain the difference in numbers? I have also lost my private messages, although I will simply save any important content (like game proposals) on word.

02-10-2004, 12:07 AM	#15
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	I just noticed something. When I clicked below my post to see my profile I noticed that forename and surname were listed in the profile but when I went to edit my profile it didn't give me the option of entering forename or surname. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

02-10-2004, 12:13 AM	#16
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	So the posts that were lost - will they ever be recovered? Oh and there are a few posts missing from Quotable Quotes and Quiz Room made on Feb 9. On the good side, this new software is much faster, the page loads up pretty quickly, which is really something for the ones with poor net connection like me. Before, I had to wait ages for a long page to load. On the down side, I don't like the icon for smile:--> it's weird you don't quite see the smile... well I'll just go wander around our new resting place... __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-10-2004, 12:19 AM	#17
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	Sorry, but I just noticed something else. Every time I click on the "Currently Active Users" at the bottom of the main page it tells me that every single user online is viewing the "Main Index" (the main page for the forum). I suppose it is possible that everyone just happenned to be on the main page every time I looked, but it is very unlikely. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

02-10-2004, 12:40 AM	#18
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Maybe because everyone was checking out the profile, calendar, and other facilities (at least that's what I was doing), and were not on a specific forum. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

02-10-2004, 01:42 AM	#19
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Evisse, I'm not sure that's the case. I've seen a number of posts go up in individual forums, but the users online continues to say "main index".

02-10-2004, 01:50 AM	#20
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Hi, y'all! I don't know if this is a nit-picky complaint or not, but I thought I'd add it to the list anyway. I set my clock option in my profile to show me Central US time zone time while I browse here, but the current time that shows is consistently one hour earlier than the actual time here in the Central Time Zone. I don't know if this means anything... (except it is later than you think!) Cheers! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

02-10-2004, 02:45 AM	#21
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	I still don't get how to get an avatar......... I mean like where should I put it in? There doesn't seem to be aplace in my profile. I'm confused Help Please And my posts have gone down too. Used to have to 257 __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

02-10-2004, 03:33 AM	#22
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	All my PMs disappeared...although that pales in comparison to... The disappearance of the smile message icon!!! ->Elenrod P.S. Is the auto-avatar-resizing action gone? I can't put my avatar in! __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good... Last edited by Nilpaurion Felagund; 02-10-2004 at 04:00 AM.

02-10-2004, 05:54 AM	#23
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Phew, finally logged on. One thing, the link from the barrowdowns home page still seems to direct me to the old forum. Shouldn't it go to this one?

02-10-2004, 06:36 AM	#24
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Am I? I am! checking out if I'm able to post. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-10-2004, 06:36 AM	#25
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Missing Posts I hate to whine, but . . . I really want all my posts back, please. I'm missing 2,286 of them ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

02-10-2004, 06:43 AM	#26
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	hola :) You must be on the top nevertheless come to think of it, (and come to count it), I too miss some (though not so much as thou) - 478 __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-10-2004, 07:23 AM	#27
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	And, BTW, I haven't posted 478 times in The Movies, sure. I think no more than 20-30 posts for me there That messing up must have something to do with what was originally posted on the EzBoard (though, again, I remember having some 1600 when we moved on to UBB) On the other hand, maybe posts moved to Haudh-en-Ndengin archives does not count? Ok, whatever, it does not matter much anyway and it was just guessing of course As for questions: 1 what about forename? (after The Phantom above) 2 what is message length? I mean not much recently, but I still sometimes post 4-5 A4 paper length messages would they be clipped? Otherwise, I like this new board more (a lot of new features) - and, main thing - I can post from my office! (the posting on the old one was blocked by firewall) __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 02-10-2004 at 07:48 AM.

02-10-2004, 07:49 AM	#29
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Some Answers (so far) Why did we change software? Speed - VBulletin is a lot faster, especially when searching. Security – UBB was vulnerable to hacks, and we were in fact once seriously hacked. Private Messaging – The vBulletin PM system is really fun. Try it out! Upgrade – Our version of UBB was non-upgradeable. With vBulletin we can continue to have the best version of the program available. Actually, there is a big update coming soon that will probably correct all of our problems! What’s New? Spell check Problems My Post Count is Wrong! When we moved your account over to vBulletin, it recounted your posts. It did not count (1) Posts in the Movies (2) Posts in Closed Topics (3) Posts in deleted topics. Since we have no idea how many posts were not counted for each of you, there is no way to restore the old number to your account. Since post counts aren’t as important as the discussions you type, I’m sure most of you won’t mind the loss, anyhow. View New Posts This feature is acting very strangely because it is still listing the old posts that we had postdated in order to keep them at the top of a forum. We will be working to fix this soon. Currently Active Users This feature incorrectly shows everyone as being on the MAIN PAGE. We are researching this. Personal Titles We are working to restore PTs, as soon as we figure out how MOVIES – The Movies forum is empty. This was at first not intentional, but we came to see the absence of The Movie topics as a blessing in disguise. Now that the movies are all release, we can start over and begin a even more organized discussion of them. Things look funny There are a lot of small images that I still need to change so they fit more in our color scheme. Though the layout of the forum is now slightly different than before, you’ll get used to it soon. Avatar Size Avatars have always been limited to 64x64, so nothing has changed. The clock is wrong Adjust it in your Profile until it is accurate. Posts from 9 Feb 04 are missing! We warned you. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-10-2004, 07:54 AM	#30
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	well, all my PMs are lost too, but I think there is no need to panic - as far as I may judge, they are all safe and intact on the old forum __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-10-2004, 08:02 AM	#31
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Please Make it Stop! I've edited my profile to NOT get emails every time someone posts in a thread, but the system is ignoring me and I'm getting tonnes of them! How can I stop it?

02-10-2004, 08:20 AM	#32
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	I really like the new forum, first I panicked, because I was so used to the old one, and I'm not comfortable with changes computerwise, but now I've checked it out, it really is a big improvement. The pages load much faster then they used to. Just a little remark though: I seem to have a lot of "chinese" figures anywhere in the posts, apparently when accents are used. Is there a way to fix that? (I'm sorry if this is a stupid question) __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

02-10-2004, 08:22 AM	#33
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	I like it Whatever minor inconveniences, this one is better than UBB. I was able to find my very first post (or both my very first posts, as TarAncalime was me for one day too) in one go! voila: When Elves Are Slain It's great (besides that I have posting euphoria, seemingly - posting in a row like this, shame on me __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-10-2004, 08:42 AM	#34
Sleeping Beauty Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somewhere between the back of the chair and the monitor Posts: 115	No problems here so far. Sad about the movies forum, but change is good. Though here's a question: When I was looking at my profile and the like, it kept trying to take me to the lost password page when I would change something and save it. Just one of those first time using software bugs.... __________________ "If I knew all of the answers, I'd run for God." ~ Klinger: MAS*H

02-10-2004, 08:51 AM	#35
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	The UBB version of the forum will not be up forever. If you have PMs there that you want to keep, I recommend printing them out, because if they didn't make it over here, they never will. The VEW NEW POSTS has been fixed (somewhat) and is working much better now. As soon as we get rid of the post-dating on the first 10 posts there, it will be 100% like before. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

02-10-2004, 09:11 AM	#36
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	BW, and what about the missing fields in the user control panel? I mean (again) forename/surname, which are there once you view someone other's profile, but are nowhere to be filled in once you go to your own thx __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-10-2004, 10:26 AM	#37
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	limit on PM length Congratulations, BW. This format moves much faster for me and the member search function is much easier to use--a defiite improvement for an RPG mod. All your hard work is much appreciated. One limitation: the size of PMs appears to be limited. Is this a firm limit or can it be changed? If it is firm, it will likely cause a change in some practices on the gaming fora. Pio, Child and I have used PMs for game proposals and also for help with editting to game and Inn posts. We can use emails, but this takes longer and is less convenient. Can the size limitation on each PM be removed or could the size allowed be increased? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.