Update This Weekend

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 16, 2008

• #1

The new software version will probably be installed some night or morning between Friday and Sunday.

Because the new version is substantially improved, there will be a number of minor layout and appearance changes inititally. Also, the chat room may be interrupted until the new chat room integration feature is installed.

The downtime should be less than 30 minutes, I hope.

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 18, 2008

• #2

The first part of the update is complete. The forum and chat room integration should be working for the most part. All of the styles will look different as I had to revert all the customizations back to the default settings. I am in the process of customizing them again, but in the mean time things will look different, especially those styles in the "Vbulletin3" and "Nightshift" categories.

Many things have been updated. Features have been added. Usergroup permissions may have been altered. The chat room integration is modified. All these things are subject to change for a while. Some new features may be disabled, others may be enabled. Please don't get used to anything for now.

If you spot any errors, get any weird behavior, have any comments, can't see stuff you used to see, whatever it is that changed, please reply here! Thank you!

 

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Synchro246

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #3

So, what's the deal with the tags? Will this improve search functions?

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 18, 2008

• #4

Synchro246 said:

So, what's the deal with the tags? Will this improve search functions?

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No idea lol. I need feedback.

It's very likely some of the new features will be disabled in the near future, once their utility is more clear.

 

Defrost

Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus

• May 18, 2008

• #5

Oooo... *browses*

Don't get used to anything? Where's the fun in that?

I'm not really sure how tags work, either, but I know what they are. They classify a post or thread, kind of like how you can add tabs to a textbook so you can turn right to that page more easily, yk? I'm just not sure how to use them online.

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 18, 2008

• #6

Tags are definitely keywords for searching. They are related to the search cloud, a popular feature in blogs.

Most features will remain. The verdict is still out on personal photo albums, private usergroups and some other features.

 

Starlight

Senior Community Member

• May 18, 2008

• #7

I'm seeing one change - under usercp, deleted threads that you get rep for no longer just disappear w/ the comments... yay! Instead, the deleted threads remain, along w/ comments, however, the title is marked N/A.

 

Shanora

Well-known member

• May 18, 2008

• #8

I figured out there was a change, when I went to click on the "quick links" and clicked "chat room" instead.....lol...they have switched spots.....

Gone to check everything out......

 

MySillyKids

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #9

What are those question marks?

they're driving me batty!!

thx.

if its not obvious, i'm using Safari on a mac. lol.

 

Starlight

Senior Community Member

• May 18, 2008

• #10

You silly girl. There are no question marks, you must be seeing things.

 

mommy2env

Active member

• May 18, 2008

• #11

I agree with MSK, its annoying.

 

Starlight

Senior Community Member

• May 18, 2008

• #12

Hey, where's the Malnourished thread? I haven't found that one yet.

 

crunchierthanthou

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #13

starlightCPST said:

Hey, where's the Malnourished thread? I haven't found that one yet.

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in the CMC
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=46173

I don't see question marks- only check marks for subscribed threads and little tags for those threads with tags.

 

H

HEVY

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #14

Never see any *?* But I have to search for the new posts, not used to it being moved.

Wait my page doesn't look like MSK's.

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 18, 2008

• #15

MySillyKids said:

What are those question marks?

they're driving me batty!!

thx.

if its not obvious, i'm using Safari on a mac. lol.

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It appears your browser isn't picking up the graphic icon for threads that have search tags. Instead of the tiny price tag image, you are getting a missing image question mark indicator. I'm not familiar with Safari, but that seems like a good guess.

Is anyone else not seeing the search tag icon? If you mouse over it, you should see the underlying search terms.

 

MySillyKids

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #16

thats what it looks like when i 'mouse' over it.

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• May 18, 2008

• #17

That's how it should be. Seems like your browser can't access the image. Perhaps your service provider has stuff from our site cached. Maybe in a day or two the new images will come through for you, since this one is brand new with the update last night.

Here is the image below this. If you are getting an X or a ? then for whatever reason your browser just doesn't recognize that the image exists or the file formate (.png)


Image Below

Image Above

 

MySillyKids

New member

• May 18, 2008

• #18

yea, that'd be way less annoying than a box question mark, and a HUGE box around it lol.

i asked my DH what he thought he told me to left click on it, and choose 'open in another window'

well when i do that i get this:

http://www.car-seat.org/images_pb/misc/tag.png

to me it looks like this:

 

mommy2env

Active member

• May 18, 2008

• #19

I get an X which is also very annoying.

So, its the browers that is the problem?

 

Last edited: Aug 5, 2008

UlrikeDG

Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus

• May 18, 2008

• #20

What happens when you left click and "View Image"?