NEW features

[rickmastfan67]

There are a few new features in the 2.1 branch of SMF that I've turned on for us.  Please don't abuse them, or I might have to turn them back off.

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LIKES - You can now like individual posts if you want to.  This will allow people to show their support for something, and not have to make an 'I agree' type of post if they don't want to.

@ Mentions - You are now able to directly mention another user in a post and they'll get a notification about it.  Please don't abuse this.

[vdeane]

I'm not sure that I see where the like post button is, but I did just find another feature: if you select some text, there's now an option to quote just the selected text.  Neat.

We also appear to have the ability to edit posts while still being in the thread (similar to quick reply).

[Voyager]

I'm not sure that I see where the like post button is, but I did just find another feature: if you select some text, there's now an option to quote just the selected text.  Neat.

I'm not seeing the like button either.

[rickmastfan67]

I'm not sure that I see where the like post button is, but I did just find another feature: if you select some text, there's now an option to quote just the selected text.  Neat.

I'm not seeing the like button either.

@Voyager how about now?  I think I fixed that.

[Voyager]

I'm not sure that I see where the like post button is, but I did just find another feature: if you select some text, there's now an option to quote just the selected text.  Neat.

I'm not seeing the like button either.

@Voyager how about now?  I think I fixed that.

Yep! Should see that I liked your post if you want to check the back-end of the function.

[hotdogPi]

The character limit rules have changed for the worse. The character limit is 300 for signatures. It used to be that it would only check before filtering and automatic replacement. Now, it also checks after. Worse, punctuation characters get replaced with HTML entities (even if they're in ASCII), meaning punctuation takes up several characters.

There's a new "country" option on my profile, but I can't add it without ruining my signature, since it's over the limit by 38 characters. (It displays as 6 over before trying to save, which I was able to get under the limit by removing "http://" from the links, but it's 38 over when it auto-adds the HTML entities.)

I've changed my display name to match Flickr and Discord. My original idea for "1" was that it wouldn't be connected with my other accounts and I could put more personal information here compared to my "hotdogPi" accounts, but that ended as soon as I got Flickr.

[rickmastfan67]

The character limit rules have changed for the worse. The character limit is 300 for signatures. It used to be that it would only check before filtering and automatic replacement. Now, it also checks after. Worse, punctuation characters get replaced with HTML entities (even if they're in ASCII), meaning punctuation takes up several characters.

There's a new "country" option on my profile, but I can't add it without ruining my signature, since it's over the limit by 38 characters. (It displays as 6 over before trying to save, which I was able to get under the limit by removing "http://" from the links, but it's 38 over when it auto-adds the HTML entities.)

I've changed my display name to match Flickr and Discord. My original idea for "1" was that it wouldn't be connected with my other accounts and I could put more personal information here compared to my "hotdogPi" accounts, but that ended as soon as I got Flickr.

Some settings got reverted to the 'default' due to the changes that happened when fixing the site.

Signature limit should now be 450.

[WhyLifeIs4]

Yep my signature character limit is 450 so its working for me

[ClassicHasClass]

Where did the option to find unread replies to threads you've participated in go? I can only find getting all unread replies.

[rickmastfan67]

Where did the option to find unread replies to threads you've participated in go? I can only find getting all unread replies.

It's now called 'Updated Topics'.  Should be right under the 'AARoads Forum' logo at the top.

[ClassicHasClass]

Got it. Much obliged, thank you. 

[WhyLifeIs4]

Found it   

I love the new layout of the forum! @rickmastfan67

[hobsini2]

I see the avatar options have defaulted. Is there a way to get back what was the previous avatar? I tried to update it in the profile and it did not like it.

[hotdogPi]

Searching is more intuitive now. It was always the case that searching in a board or topic would search that board or topic rather than the entire forum. It wasn't obvious that that was the case until now, though, where it explicitly says "this topic" (and has an option to switch to "entire forum"). However, searching US 50 still gets US 250 and US 501, regexes still aren't supported, and you still can't search a user's posts from their profile.

By the way, I absolutely don't like that the window to type posts in is monospaced.

[nexus73]

Can we get back the darker green main color for the forum?

[rickmastfan67]

I see the avatar options have defaulted. Is there a way to get back what was the previous avatar? I tried to update it in the profile and it did not like it.

In what way?  I'm trying to figure out what might have changed here.

[rickmastfan67]

Can we get back the darker green main color for the forum?

See this thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=34674.0

[hotdogPi]

It appears that any profile that was a default option is now gone. Anything that was an uploaded image survived the update.

[WhyLifeIs4]

Gravatars are still there though

[rickmastfan67]

It appears that any profile that was a default option is now gone. Anything that was an uploaded image survived the update.

Got it.  Should now be fixed.

[hbelkins]

I'm not seeing the "like" button feature either. And how does the "mention" feature work? Do you type an @ sign before the name?

[hotdogPi]

I'll test now: @hbelkins

It even autocompleted as I was typing it.

[WhyLifeIs4]

Yep you type a @ before the name

@hbelkins

[Hunty2022]

There's a little autocomplete feature when typing the first two letters of the username. Also, the "PREVIEW" and "POST" buttons seem to have swapped places.

@Hunty2022 (just trying to see where the notification would be located)

[MATraveler128]

I also noticed the age no longer appears on profiles unless you click on the actual profile.