Forum Upgrade......

[Mavs00]

For any of you guys that have been over to ADKForum lately, they just went through the vBulletin upgrade package. I've tooled around in it and they really have some nice features to it. I've hesitated to upgrade because it's a major PITA.

Well, this weekends crappy forecast ruined my hiking plans so, I think I'm gonna put myself through the torture of the upgrade process. Be warned, there might be a slight interruption in service while the I figure it all out and work out the kinks. Don't be alarmed if you visit and get the "site down" message.

WISH ME LUCK, and if all goes well we'll be all set by Sunday with the new changes. :tup:

[chip]

:tup: I don't know what vBulletin does, but good luck, your hard work is appreciated !

[TFR]

:tup: I don't know what vBulletin does, but good luck, your hard work is appreciated !Amen brother! :D

[cantdog]

Thanks for the advance notice of this "scheduled outage."

[1ADAM12]

Thanks for all the great work and good luck with the upgrade.

[AlpineSummit]

1st off, I want neon colors - like the whole site to look like my avs
2ndly,,,,,, What if I want to surf the site during this lousy weekend and it's down? When will it finally be about ME?
Can't ya pull an all-nighter and do it?

Good Luck - Bon Chance - Buena Suerte, Gringo.....

[Mark Schaefer]

Can't ya pull an all-nighter and do it? :bang: Hey, some of us surf and work all night. But no problem, whenever. Did someone say "back up", before you start the upgrade. :whip: ;) Neon? :hippy2: not so much.

Thanks for the good work on the site. :tup:

[yvon]

Thanks and good luck Tim. :)

[hawk]

dun't forgit tu cee abut a spl chickr

[billandjudy]

New bells and whistles??? Cool stuff :tup: Mavs--You do a great job w/ this forum and we all appreciate the hard work :D

[Doodles]

Just like everyone said. Thanks for the great site and good luck with the upgrade.

[Rusty and the Maniac]

What I'm amazed at is that you're letting a little rain/snow mix and 50 mile an hour wind keep you from hiking! That just sounds like the perfect set up for a "No s***, there I was" story!

[stoopid]

dun't forgit tu cee abut a spl chickr

As I noted in the forum upgrade thread on adkforum, there's a plugin available that works with the vbulletin software that allows for 'on-the-fly' spell checking. On adk forum, look on the upper right corner of any screen where you're typing a message (just a note - quick reply doesn't have it since it has no advanced options, you have to go into the full text editor). There's an "abc" with a check mark button.

I haven't tried it because my spellering is imperfectible! :cool:

Took me about 2 hours Tim. Just make sure you do a full backup before you upgrade, and be prepared to lose any hacks/customizations you've made... colors and pics for the forum's layout won't change though.

[cantdog]

I have always ignored the quick reply option, but the mention of it has me curious. Is it an option that the owner chooses to make available? I see that Darren does not have it over there. Will it be enhanced or become obsolete after the upgrade? If it still exists after this weekend, can someone point me to directions for using it?

[stoopid]

I have always ignored the quick reply option, but the mention of it has me curious. Is it an option that the owner chooses to make available? I see that Darren does not have it over there. Will it be enhanced or become obsolete after the upgrade? If it still exists after this weekend, can someone point me to directions for using it?

Just below each post, to the right is the quote option and another icon to its right. That small square shaped icon enabled the quick reply feature to become ungrayed and functional at the bottom of the thread. Type your message, hit submit. Rinse, repeat. :D

The admin can choose to make quick reply always available (so you don't have to click anything to activate it), or remove it altogether. I personally use it, and think it's a great feature they added when they went from v2 to v3 two years ago.

[Mavs00]

What I'm amazed at is that you're letting a little rain/snow mix and 50 mile an hour wind keep you from hiking! That just sounds like the perfect set up for a "No s***, there I was" story!

Well, actually the hike was mostly just an opportunity to bushwhack with old friends. Plans kinda fell through and the destination was never really that important to me and Nick (though we do need it for a list :D ). When plans fell through, we just decided to save on the 10 hr. trek to play in 100% chance of freezing rain.

As for the upgrade, I've done the requisite reasearch. Not real worried at this point. It should go fairly smoothly and a will be probably nuking the chat format as it's rarely used. I'll look into spell check once the move is complete.

2 hours seems right. I plan on doing it Sat. AM, or late tonight. On second thought, I'm going out to dinner tonight and will likely come home with a couple beers in me. While that might make it the upgrade smoother on my end, I'm not sure it's the best for the forum. Lord knows, I can't ill afford another UWI ** on my record. :eek: :D

The last one put the forum down for 4 months.

UWI ** - Upgrading while intoxicated :eek: :D

[AlpineSummit]

Upgrading while intoxicated :eek: :D

Good Grief - We're DOOMED
G'bye everyone..........

[Little Rickie]

Good Luck. :tup:

[Mavs00]

T-10 minutes......

Clear out. We'll see you on the other side. It's been nice knowing you. :eek:

[Mavs00]

I think we came out on the other side........

There will be bugs. report em' if you see them.

Lots of cool stuff to play with.

[AlpineSummit]

WooHOO, we're alive!
But I can't seem to post anything.....

[randomscooter]

Only thing I've noticed so far is that when I click on a smilie I don't get it.

Attempting smilie....

nothing.

Also, the "thumbs up" smilie shows as text, not as a graphic.

[Skyclimber]

Only thing I've noticed so far is that when I click on a smilie I don't get it.
Attempting smilie....


Ah But there is the multiquote button from ADK Forum which I like.

I don't have many smilies either! :) :D :eek: These are the only ones I have.

[Mavs00]

:tup: fixed. Also fixed the rank bar

[randomscooter]

:) :D :eek: :rolleyes: :tup: :p

Okay, I'm convinced. But it only let me put 6 images in my message. Is that the way it's always been?

[Mavs00]

Yes...... If you have to display more than 6 different emotions over the course of one post, you need to log off and seek professional emotional counseling. :twisted:

[hawk]

Yes...... If you have to display more than 6 different emotions over the course of one post, you need to log off and seek professional emotional counseling. :twisted:

Or beat the crap out of someone!!

[AlpineSummit]

Or beat the crap out of someone!!

Yea, that would be cheaper.
I'd start by kicking the dog - "Here boy"

[Neil]

Adding links has changed. Before you got one dialogue box where you enter the text that became the hyperlink followed by a second box where you entered the target.

Now you only get one dialogue box. You enter the target and unless you know what to edit the software will display the entire URL as the hyperlinked text.

It looks like this until you edit the portion between the square bracket: ] and [/URL]
http://neil.webcentre.ca/outdoor%20pursuits/trapdike/index.html

[Neil]

Adding links has changed. Before you got one dialogue box where you enter the text that became the hyperlink followed by a second box where you entered the target.

Now you only get one dialogue box. You enter the target and unless you know what to edit the software will display the entire URL as the hyperlinked text.


http://neil.webcentre.ca/outdoor%20pursuits/trapdike/index.html
Behind the scenes the above looks like: ( I changed the square bracket for a curly one so it would display as it appears while creating the post)
{URL="http://neil.webcentre.ca/outdoor%20pursuits/trapdike/
index.html"]http://neil.webcentre.ca/outdoor%20pursuits/trapdike/index.html[/URL]

[Mavs00]

Adding links has changed. Before you got one dialogue box where you enter the text that became the hyperlink followed by a second box where you entered the target.

They've made it easier. Simply type the text first, then highlight the text you want to make a link, and then select the globe/link in the menu. This will bring up the URL box. Type or paste it in and click okay. The selected text will become the link.

I will demonstrate NOW (http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/) .

In fact all the formatting works the same type the message, select the text you want formated and then click the format. It will create the brackets for you.

[Neil]

Aha! Just like bolding text or underlining it. Write, highlight and click! Makes sense to me. I wondered why an upgrade would make things more complicated...

[TFR]

fixed. Also fixed the rank bar:?: :?:

Is that a drinking joint that smells really bad?

[MattC]

:?: :?:

Is that a drinking joint that smells really bad?


Hmm, yes, "The Rank Bar." I think I've played that joint a few times.
Anyway, thanks for the upgrade Tim.

Matt

[randomscooter]

Tim,
When I'm at the top forum level or when I'm replying to a thread (such as right now) the Search and Quick Links dropdowns work as expected, but in other forums they seem to be dead (i.e., don't dropdown).

[Mark Schaefer]

When I'm at the top forum level or when I'm replying to a thread (such as right now) the Search and Quick Links dropdowns work as expected, but in other forums they seem to be dead (i.e., don't dropdown). I have seen this also. It is very intermittent, and seems to randomly occur on all pages. Sometimes the drop downs work, and some times they don't.

The phenomena happens both with IE and Firefox. With IE when the page download completes, if see "Done" in the lower left of the window, then the drop downs work. If I see a yellow triangle warning symbol with a ! in it, and "Done, but with errors on page", then the drop downs do not work. With Firefox I always just see "Done" in the lower left corner, and then it is potluck if the drop downs do or do not work.

Edit, OK I sometimes see "Done, but with errors on page" with Firefox. In that case the drop downs don't work. But when I see just "Done" with Firefox the drop down work intermittently.

[pete_hickey]

UWI ** - Upgrading while intoxicated :eek: :D

That's a new one!

I'm keeping an ever growing list. I've seen:

hiking
cycling
motorcycling
running
motorboating
horse riding
flying :eek:

I'll bet there are more! :eek: :DI'll tell you one you probably haven't seen. Unicycling while intoxicated. Try it sometime, and you'll see that it's impossible.

[randomscooter]

Here's another one I just noticed. When I left click on a user name to the left of their post I expect a dropdown with choices such as "Send a private message to <so-and-so>" In many/most cases I don't get this dropdown.

Note that everything I've had trouble with so far has workarounds. Also, if it matters, I use Firefox.

[randomscooter]

I'll tell you one you probably haven't seen. Unicycling while intoxicated. Try it sometime, and you'll see that it's impossible.

In my case intoxication couldn't possibly make it worse. :eek:

[Dick]

Here's another one I just noticed. When I left click on a user name to the left of their post I expect a dropdown with choices such as "Send a private message to <so-and-so>" In many/most cases I don't get this dropdown.

Note that everything I've had trouble with so far has workarounds. Also, if it matters, I use Firefox.

I'm currently experiencing the same problems. The menus only seem to work at "AdkhighPeaks Forums" level, but not when I'm reading posts.

Dick

[yvon]

Tim,
When I'm at the top forum level or when I'm replying to a thread (such as right now) the Search and Quick Links dropdowns work as expected, but in other forums they seem to be dead (i.e., don't dropdown).

Here's another one I just noticed. When I left click on a user name to the left of their post I expect a dropdown with choices such as "Send a private message to <so-and-so>" In many/most cases I don't get this dropdown.

Note that everything I've had trouble with so far has workarounds. Also, if it matters, I use Firefox.

I have the same problems.
And those; Thread Tools, Search this Thread, Rate Thread, Display Modes, are not functional.

[hawk]

I've had the same problems with the drop downs. But it's a sometimes thing, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

The multiquote doesn't work for me here either, but does on the ADKforum.

I use Firefox, but I have used IE, and Opera as well with the same results, so it isn't browser specific.

When Kevin upgraded the adkforum the time before this (not this version), I had the same problem for a while but it eventually straightened itself out.

[stoopid]

Tim, make sure you've reverted any modified style vars and templates in the admincp. ANYTHING other than basic cosmetic layout settings from the prior verison has to be fully reverted (in this case reverting means 'back to 3.6.2'). Not doing so can result in bugs like the ones we''re seeing. I had 40 items to revert after adk forum was upgraded. There's a way to revert them all, but since I don't have admin access anymore I couldn't tell you the exact menu (it's in the tables/languages section I think, where the nitty-gritty forum changes are made).

[Mavs00]

That is the exact issue. I have to go by my codes line by line. It'll take a day or two.

[TFR]

I'll bet there are more! :eek: :D

Yep!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_fe_st/golf_cart_dwi

And what shocked me about this was that the cops give you a blood test right on the spot! :eek:

[TFR]

Yet another xxxxx-ing while drunk:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_fe_st/dui_christmas_float