NEW features

[rickmastfan67]

Still no nonbinary option, though...

Complain to SMF about that.

[Voyager]

There used to be a little "NEW" icon next to each post that was new since the last time I had viewed a thread. I don't see that anymore. Is that something that can be brought back in some way (or is there a setting I need to change on my end to make that happen)?

Thanks!

Soon hopefully, since it's a thing that has to be modified in the theme files to bring back. Just have to figure out how to do that.

It used to just be a toggle on/off setting in the admin panel way back when (might still be?) I think it was in the notification settings.

[rickmastfan67]

There used to be a little "NEW" icon next to each post that was new since the last time I had viewed a thread. I don't see that anymore. Is that something that can be brought back in some way (or is there a setting I need to change on my end to make that happen)?

Thanks!

Soon hopefully, since it's a thing that has to be modified in the theme files to bring back. Just have to figure out how to do that.

It used to just be a toggle on/off setting in the admin panel way back when (might still be?) I think it was in the notification settings.

No, it's not.  You have to mod the theme files to add it inside of threads.

[vdeane]

It's interesting that the gender marker moved from text to the Mars/Venus symbol, when Wikipedia moved away from that symbol to text a year or two ago.

I think that's a theme thing, since the TM forum has been doing that since forever, and they're on the older SMF version.

[hbelkins]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

[JayhawkCO]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

[hotdogPi]

Because the mobile webpage is streamlined, some actions are impossible, such as searching a thread rather than the entire forum.

[Hunty2022]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

If you're on a computer, there's a little thing at the top left that says "Alerts". I saw some "notifications" in there telling me that people quoted me in threads yesterday. That might be where the @ notifications live.

[webny99]

At the top of any page in the forum there's a highlight-able button that when clicked, shows links to your profile, posts, among other things.

There's a bar at the top of the screen with your avatar in it.  Click that and then click the big avatar, and that takes you to your profile.

Found it, thank you both.

I also like that the entire thread is now visible when typing a post, instead of just recent replies. That makes it a lot easier to insert multiple quotes as I did just now. Previously that required juggling multiple tabs.

[rickmastfan67]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

If you're on a computer, there's a little thing at the top left that says "Alerts". I saw some "notifications" in there telling me that people quoted me in threads yesterday. That might be where the @ notifications live.

That should be where it shows up.  I know that's where I find out when somebody 'likes' a post I've made.

[rickmastfan67]

At the top of any page in the forum there's a highlight-able button that when clicked, shows links to your profile, posts, among other things.

There's a bar at the top of the screen with your avatar in it.  Click that and then click the big avatar, and that takes you to your profile.

Found it, thank you both.

I also like that the entire thread is now visible when typing a post, instead of just recent replies. That makes it a lot easier to insert multiple quotes as I did just now. Previously that required juggling multiple tabs.

You can also just click the avatar (or your name) in any post of yours.  That will also take you to your profile.

[MATraveler128]

Where did the image button go? I can't seem to find it.

[hotdogPi]

It's the one immediately to the right of the YouTube button.

[X99]

Is there an estimate to how long it will take to restore the old forum theme? A week, a month, maybe more?

I was also going to request a temporary theme with a dark background and the new message tags turned back on, to be applied while the real forum theme is under reconstruction, but if that isn't a priority then I'm fine with what we have now.

[hbelkins]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

@JayhawkCO here you go

[JayhawkCO]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

@JayhawkCO here you go

Yeah, nothing here either.

[jlam]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

@JayhawkCO here you go

Yeah, nothing here either.

It might be in the "Alerts" section at the top since that's where all of the quotes and stuff are.

[JayhawkCO]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

@JayhawkCO here you go

Yeah, nothing here either.

It might be in the "Alerts" section at the top since that's where all of the quotes and stuff are.

Nope.

[rickmastfan67]

Is there an estimate to how long it will take to restore the old forum theme? A week, a month, maybe more?

No ETA, as all the settings are different from the previous branch of SMF that we were on.  So will take some trial and error to get stuff to work right.

[rickmastfan67]

For those of you who "at-ed" me (highlighed me by typing the @ sign and my username) -- nothing happened on my end. I didn't get any kind of notification when I logged in. Was I supposed to? Of course the only notifications I have highlighted to send an email to me are when I get a private message on the forum, so...

Will you @ me so I can see if anything happens on my end and I can let you know?

@JayhawkCO here you go

Yeah, nothing here either.

It might be in the "Alerts" section at the top since that's where all of the quotes and stuff are.

Nope.

Check here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showalerts

You also might have to 'manually' turn on alerts for stuff like 'mentions', which should be here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=notification

[JayhawkCO]

I have it set up (by default, I assume) to give me an alert when I have a mention. When I click alerts at the top, I do see it there. That said, I would have assumed that it would do something similar to "My Messages" and put a count of "unread" alerts that I have next to the word Alerts and put the word in bold or something.

[kphoger]

There used to be a little "NEW" icon next to each post that was new since the last time I had viewed a thread. I don't see that anymore. Is that something that can be brought back in some way (or is there a setting I need to change on my end to make that happen)?

Thanks!

Soon hopefully, since it's a thing that has to be modified in the theme files to bring back. Just have to figure out how to do that.

It used to just be a toggle on/off setting in the admin panel way back when (might still be?) I think it was in the notification settings.

No, it's not.  You have to mod the theme files to add it inside of threads.

For me personally, this is the most important thing missing.  I rely heavily on the [NEW] tags.

[kphoger]

Quick reply...awesome.

Am I missing something?  Where is this quick reply of which you speak?

[rickmastfan67]

There used to be a little "NEW" icon next to each post that was new since the last time I had viewed a thread. I don't see that anymore. Is that something that can be brought back in some way (or is there a setting I need to change on my end to make that happen)?

Thanks!

Soon hopefully, since it's a thing that has to be modified in the theme files to bring back. Just have to figure out how to do that.

It used to just be a toggle on/off setting in the admin panel way back when (might still be?) I think it was in the notification settings.

No, it's not.  You have to mod the theme files to add it inside of threads.

For me personally, this is the most important thing missing.  I rely heavily on the [NEW] tags.

I will try to figure out how to get it back, but there's no guarantees, as the files are setup completely different now.

[JayhawkCO]

Quick reply...awesome.

Am I missing something?  Where is this quick reply of which you speak?

For me, right below the last post in a thread.