Upgrade done

[Pekka]

Ok, it took a while, but now the forum software is upgraded to version 3.6.1 and also PHP to latest version.

[rickydiver]

Ah thats why the site was down ;) had to go visit FM for a wee while, glad POTN is back online :)
Ricky

[tommykjensen]

Cool but it looks like smilies have been killed in action.

[cdifoto]

Shows how addicted I am. I was fiendin' for it! Coffee and POTN minus POTN really messes up my chi. :)

BTW...what's this Multi-Quote jazz?

[Pekka]

Cool but it looks like smilies have been killed in action.

Shows how addicted I am. I was fiendin' for it! Coffee and POTN minus POTN really messes up my chi. :)

BTW...what's this Multi-Quote jazz?

Click multiquote on those messages you want to quote and then click "quote" to reply.

[Pekka]

Cool but it looks like smilies have been killed in action.

Right, I'll move them now here from old forum.

[cdifoto]

Ok, it took a while, but now the forum software is upgraded to version 3.6.1 and also PHP to latest version.

Ah thats why the site was down ;) had to go visit FM for a wee while, glad POTN is back online :)
Ricky

Cool but it looks like smilies have been killed in action.


Testing testing.

Nice! This'll be a great feature for responding to critiques and comments and such...

[Pekka]

Smilies should work now.

[tommykjensen]

Testing testing. Nice!

Yes multiquote is one of the best new things for members. Much easier to respond to many comments which means no more multiple posts to respond to 10 comments.

[cdifoto]

Yes multiquote is one of the best new things for members. Much easier to respond to many comments which means no more multiple posts to respond to 10 comments.

No doubt. I don't like ramming a thread with a bunch of posts either but it was a royal pain to create quotes for everyone that said something...and I don't like making generic "thanks all" statements either. So yeah that's a beautiful new addition.

[Tsmith]

seems faster on my end _ Pekka should this take care of the recent slow or not responding issues we had been having?

Good Job

[tommykjensen]

Did you also notice the link next to the name. That links to the post where the quote came from.

[Pekka]

Oh, one more thing: there have been reports that after upgrade there might be few hours of slow going when the forum rebuilds e.g. post cache. I don't think we see that much on this server, but I still want you to know that it is possible to happen and what causes it.

[cdifoto]

Did you also notice the link next to the name. That links to the post where the quote came from.


I saw that but didnt know what it was. That's nice too.

Is quoting from one thread into another feasible with that feature? IE can I quote someone in EOS Lenses to call them out on something they say in say, EOS Bodies (or whatever those categories are called)?

[Pekka]

seems faster on my end _ Pekka should this take care of the recent slow or not responding issues we had been having?

Good Job

If the response issues continue, then I add some RAM and if that does not help I'll buy Zeus server. Whatever it takes. But vB is a RAM hog, so adding RAM is coming in any case.

[Rubi Jane]

Some nice new features....should serve users well.
Thanks for keeping us up to date Pekka!

[tommykjensen]

If I were you I'd go shoot something of importance. A portrait, bird, something...anything. Run a little USM for haze, USM for sharpen, and you might be surprised.

Not all lenses are created equal...even good ones.

I saw that but didnt know what it was. That's nice too.

Is quoting from one thread into another feasible with that feature? IE can I quote someone in EOS Lenses to call them out on something they say in say, EOS Bodies (or whatever those categories are called)?

Yes it is :D If you select posts from other trheads you will get an option just below the message box.

[cdifoto]

What you have to remember is when zooming to max any movement of the camera is magnified. So when shooting in wide mode the movements will have much less effect than when zoomed to max.

Later today I will try and take a testshot with my S3IS.

Yes it is :D If you select posts from other trheads you will get an option just below the message box.

LOL Nice. Perfect for calling people out when they contradict themselves. *muahahahaha* :evil:

Note to self: Don't contradict self.

[wakko]

ahhh wondered why it was down. ;) was lost for things to do :)

edit: good job btw ;)

[michael_]

very cool seems faster and some new little features

nice update pekka

[ssim]

Thanks for adding the Skype in the profile. I used to have it in my signature but now I can keep it there.

In another thread you had alluded to some changes/limits to the signature area. I can't see anything here for that, is that yet to come?

[SoaringUSAEagle]

Thanks Pekka! I was wondering when I'd be able to multiquote stuff... That got to be a pain so I havent done it much lol. Looks good.

[rpolitsr]

Ok, it took a while, but now the forum software is upgraded to version 3.6.1 and also PHP to latest version.

Cool but it looks like smilies have been killed in action.

Downtime notified in advance, a neat and fast upgrade, new features and a tracking thread to find if something was missing. That is a great job. Thank you Pekka

I do not noticed the missing smiles :( , that was a fast fix!

[tommykjensen]

I do not noticed the missing smiles :( , that was a fast fix!

Pekka is superfast :)

[rpolitsr]

Pekka is superfast :)
Yes, that's what I said!

[thomascanty]

Thanks for the upgrade! There's another forum I check occasionally that has some of the features we have here now, and I've thought it would be great to see them here, too.

I do miss the time stamp on the posts, though. Is that a setting that can be turned back on? For example, "1 Week Ago" doesn't always help when you're trying to figure out just when in that seven day period a message was posted...

[lakiluno]

Thanks for the upgrade! There's another forum I check occasionally that has some of the features we have here now, and I've thought it would be great to see them here, too.

I do miss the time stamp on the posts, though. Is that a setting that can be turned back on? For example, "1 Week Ago" doesn't always help when you're trying to figure out just when in that seven day period a message was posted...

oooh...multiquote: I like it

Pekka is superfast :)

Yeah!

Yes, that's what I said!

CDI-Ink - if you find out the number of the post in another thread, eg 1998202, then you can put some quotage together in BB Code:

what they said

[CyberDyneSystems]

Shows how addicted I am. I was fiendin' for it! Coffee and POTN minus POTN really messes up my chi. :)

BTW...what's this Multi-Quote jazz?

Hmmm...

Yes multiquote is one of the best new things for members. Much easier to respond to many comments which means no more multiple posts to respond to 10 comments.

Neat!

Now that's just awesome!

[cfpackerfan]

Thank you Pekka!!

[RossW]

Sounds like some nice features have been added, but one change I noticed immediately and don't care for: when checking the "Mark this forum read" option from the Forum Tools dropdown, it used to go immedately back up to the index... now it's doesn't. I found the former behavior very convenient for my viewing habits. Anyone else?

Also, something I commented on months ago, but still a minor "bug" (?) is the "Forum Jump" at the bottom of the Rumors sections... it takes you to the user CP rather than back to Rumors. Thanks for the updates, however.

[FlyingPete]

Noticed another new feature, can't get it to work though - images for signatures?

[CoolToolGuy]

Sounds like some nice features have been added, but one change I noticed immediately and don't care for: when checking the "Mark this forum read" option from the Forum Tools dropdown, it used to go immedately back up to the index... now it's doesn't. I found the former behavior very convenient for my viewing habits. Anyone else?


I use that option a lot myself and I noticed the change, but it is not a big deal to me. It was slightly nicer the old way, but truly not an issue to me. I'm just happy to be able to mark individual forums as read. :D

Have Fun,

[Saralonde]

Thank you, Pekka, for the upgrades. No doubt why POTN is the best!

I was away from my computer for awhile and when I hit refresh, I got this:

"The threads below have not been updated since your last visit or since forums have been marked read."

This definitely helps me to keep from searching. Nice feature! (I'm assuming this is new?)

[Becky N]

Thanks Pekka, the upgrades are fabulous.

[Tsmith]

back to responding terribly slow when trying to post a reply or just viewing a thread. Oddly it doesn't do this all the time but its pretty frequent in Internet Explorer.

[tommykjensen]

Noticed another new feature, can't get it to work though - images for signatures?

That will most likely not be enabled.

[FlyingPete]

That will most likely not be enabled.

Might work if you could have either a text one or an image, not both. Would reduce the size of signatures!

http://www.lowden.orcon.net.nz/SigImage.gif
MOD edit: Note above image is in the body not the signature. Signature images are not enabled.

[FlyingPete]

Another cool feature!

You now get an email warning when your PM mailbox is full!

Great stuff, mine used to get full and I didn't realise it :D

[Big WIll]

Site looks even more pro! Much better that Fred Miranda IMO

[Moppie]

Nice, looking good!

POTN might not be the biggest VB board on the net, but its certianly the most up to date.
I like the new sig option to.
Altough mine has gone back to displaying wingdings?

[tim]

I see no wingdings in Firefox moppie.

[Moppie]

I see no wingdings in Firefox moppie.


Ahhh, I see them at work, useing an old version of IE.

I wonder if its the font, Ill have a play and see what happens. :)

[tim]

Looks fine in IE6 too.

(sorry for thread crapping - now back to the regular programme)

POTN looks the same to me, except for that extra quote button, which I haven't looked at yet and don't know how to use.

[Moppie]

I changed the font and solved the problem :)





POTN looks the same to me, except for that extra quote button, which I haven't looked at yet and don't know how to use.


Have you seen petes Sig? Thats a nice little extra, be interesting to see how long it takes for others to catch on as well 8)

The multi quote is easy to use.

Just click the multi quote button on all the posts you want to quote, then on the last one, click the regular quote button :)

[tim]

Image sigs... hope it doesn't get abused. Pete's is cool.

[Moppie]

Image sigs... hope it doesn't get abused. Pete's is cool.


Theres a size limit on them, and of course the mods have the ablity to edit them (at least the option is there in VB).
This is the only forum I participate in that dosn't allow img tags in sigs, and untill recently didn't even allow any kind of images. On the other forums, while there is clearly room for abuse (giant animated gifs for example), its generaly very easy to control.
And of course POTN has a deciedly mature, educated membership base compared to a lot of other forums :)

[tommykjensen]

Have you seen petes Sig? Thats a nice little extra, be interesting to see how long it takes for others to catch on as well 8)


The image is not in his signature but in the body. Images in signature is not enabled and it is not likely to be enabled.

[Moppie]

The image is not in his signature but in the body. Images in signature is not enabled and it is not likely to be enabled.

Doh, my mistake.
I saw the option to upload an image when I edited my sig, and thought that is what Pete had done.
One of the many little things that has to be tidied up after an upgrade.

[rpolitsr]

Searching and testing the new features, I found an edit button in a Lindsi’s post and I was confused for a while :)


....

Lindsi
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/statusicon/user_online.gifhttp://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/buttons/report.gif (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/report.php?p=1998018)http://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/misc/progress.gifhttp://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/buttons/edit.gif (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=1998018)

[FlyingPete]

Doh, my mistake.
I saw the option to upload an image when I edited my sig, and thought that is what Pete had done.
One of the many little things that has to be tidied up after an upgrade.

It was a Proof of Concept (POC), I made it when I saw the feature on the Signature page, couldn't get it to upload though :rolleyes:

[tommykjensen]

That is strange. Did you try to click on it (without actually editing anything)?

[rpolitsr]

That is strange. Did you try to click on it (without actually editing anything)?

Yes I hit the button just to see what happens, I was not allowed to edit, but the button works. I think she pasted the code on purpose, just for fun.

[Tsmith]

back to responding terribly slow when trying to post a reply or just viewing a thread. Oddly it doesn't do this all the time but its pretty frequent in Internet Explorer.

Does anyone else an issue like this? Its only happening on POTN oddly enough but not all the time ... :confused:

[Pekka]

Does anyone else an issue like this? Its only happening on POTN oddly enough but not all the time ... :confused:

Usually this is maintenance background work. For example in last 20 minutes slowness was because I deleted 60GB of data from the server. I try to do these things when it is night in US, but still there are always lots of people online....

[Tsmith]

Usually this is maintenance background work. For example in last 20 minutes slowness was because I deleted 60GB of data from the server. I try to do these things when it is night in US, but still there are always lots of people online....

Thanks for letting me know Pekka _ you do a darn good job so don't do anything special that might effect others.

[Moppie]

. I try to do these things when it is night in US, but still there are always lots of people online....


How nice to show concern for the americans, but what about the rest of the world? ;)

[Skip Souza]

Now that the long days of summer are approaching we know you guys never sleep :-)

[Moppie]

Yip, its time to come out of hibernation.

[In2Photos]

I just used the new multi-quote option and have got to say it is awesome. I should be able to post a lot more now since it is easier.:p