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8.35pm
31 March 2008
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Hi all. If you’re a regular here you’ll probably have noticed that the design of the forum has changed.
It’s an upgrade to a leaner, faster version of Simple:Press, the forum plugin I’ve been using for a few years. However, this version is still in beta and changes are still being added. Things may be broken. I know nobody likes change but this will be worthwhile in the long run.
I’ll do my best to fix what I can, so please bear with me. If anything looks wrong, please report it here.
(NB I know about the “share this” icons below each post. I’ll try to remove those now)
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8.50pm
19 September 2010
Offline Joe, I can’t see any different between unread posts and recent posts I’ve already read. Is it just me, or is that problem for you as well?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
8.57pm
31 March 2008
Offline I’ll look into it. A lot of the functionality is disabled by default, to keep things simple and quick. But it means I might have to upload extra files or tick the right box in the admin area. Anything else like that, do say.
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9.13pm
19 September 2010
Offline Um, when I click on a thread I haven’t read, it takes me to the first page of a thread, whereas it used to take me to the last page of the thread.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
9.14pm
31 March 2008
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Admin Bar (for mods)
Captcha
Editor (QuickTags – HTML)
Editor (TinyMCE – Rich Text)
Font Resizer
Private Message System
Report Post
Subscriptions
Watches
Some of these (subscription/watches) I don’t use often but I know others have done. As with anything, if it looks like it’s not working let me know.
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9.15pm
31 March 2008
Offline mr. Sun king coming together said
Um, when I click on a thread I haven’t read, it takes me to the first page of a thread, whereas it used to take me to the last page of the thread.
I’ll look into that. Some things I can fix myself, others I have to report to the forum plugin authors.
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9.22pm
19 September 2010
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Mobile smiley test:
Edit: Success! And, the YouTube thing worked.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
9.30pm
31 March 2008
Offline Oh I’m glad it works OK on a mobile. This new version, incidentally, will help enormously when I complete the site redesign (still a work in progress, but progress is being made). We’re enabling the site to be fully mobile compliant, but the old version of the forum wouldn’t play nicely. This should be much more flexible.
I deleted that YouTube test as it was getting in the way a little. Nice to see it worked though.
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11.23pm
1 May 2010
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Love it!! I’m checking later in my mobile 
Thanks for the update Joe!! 
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
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11.28pm
19 September 2010
Offline mithveaen said
Love it!! I’m checking later in my mobile
Thanks for the update Joe!!
Mobile quote test: Success!!
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.41am
20 September 2011
Offline Dang. I’m sure I’ll get used to it, but…bit of a shock to say the least. Only one real complaint about the new format. The “share this page” icon list under every single post is kind of a bother. It’ll be great for everyone to be able to mobilely access it though!
"Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that."
"What happens to them?" insisted Milo.
"Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I’ve heard that they walk among the stars."
–The Phantom Tollbooth
9.15am
31 March 2008
Offline As I said in my first post, this is an error that I’ve reported to the forum developers (as far as I can tell it’s a plugin conflict that’s beyond my control). I think the Share icons are knocking out some signatures, particularly if people have images. I’ll keep an eye on things – bear with me.
EDIT – sharing icons should be gone now. I had to disable them for the forum section, which means they don’t appear in the top banner either, but it’s no great loss.
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11.55am
20 September 2011
Offline Yes, they’re gone. Thanks, Joe. 
"Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that."
"What happens to them?" insisted Milo.
"Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I’ve heard that they walk among the stars."
–The Phantom Tollbooth
6.54pm
31 March 2008
Offline Sorry to anyone who tried to post earlier but was stymied by the captcha. I wasn’t aware of the issue until I got some PMs. Captchas should be disabled now. If anyone’s still having problems posting, and happens to see this, please email me (joe at beatlesbible dot com) or send a PM. Again, apologies.
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7.50pm
Reviewers
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1 May 2011
Offline The captchas have gone but the only way i can find out what the new posts are is to delete my browser cache whereas before all i had to do before was refresh the page. The number of unread posts updates but the unread message box remains the same. Is there anyway to overcome this without having to go thru that process every time?
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
12.52am
Reviewers
14 April 2010
Offline I can get used to this. Still the best site on the web.
Thanks, Joe.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
5.26pm
31 March 2008
Offline meanmistermustard said
The captchas have gone but the only way i can find out what the new posts are is to delete my browser cache whereas before all i had to do before was refresh the page. The number of unread posts updates but the unread message box remains the same. Is there anyway to overcome this without having to go thru that process every time?
Not sure. I’ll ask around and see. I didn’t realise it was an issue – as an admin I get a slightly different page from normal users. I’m sure you don’t have to delete your cache but I’m not quite sure how to get the updates. Let me see.
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10.52am
20 January 2012
Offline Me too ;
Zig Said :
I can get used to this. Still the best site on the web.
Thanks, Joe.
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He's the only reason we exist...
4.09pm
31 March 2008
Offline Thanks both. It’s nice to be liked.
The “latest posts” list caching looks like a JavaScript conflict somewhere. I’m looking into it.
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10.54pm
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1 May 2011
Offline Thanks Joe for looking in to it, tho am finding the ‘Unread and recently updated topics’ section of the forum home page to be a fantastic addition to the site and is making the ‘Most recent topics with unread posts’ to be unneccessary to find the new posts.
The more i use the new look site the better it is. And is far more attractive to the eye. Nice job.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
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