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Re: New forum/Community - John Conyard - 01-19-2011
If I knew what a "group discussion" was it may be better. I'm still trying to find the forum!
Re: New forum/Community - Praefectusclassis - 01-19-2011
Uhmm, John, you're on the forum! The more conventional look can be found under the 'Index'-tab, at the top left.
Group discussions are a private discussion option in the Community.
Re: New forum/Community - Virilis - 01-19-2011
Btw, this new forum looks very good on iPad:-D ...
Re: New forum/Community - Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-19-2011
Cheers Jurjen!8-)
John, to me that 'community' looks like a good overview of the status of the board, at a glance. I see what you mean by it looks like FB, but, it can just be used as a quick browser to quickly get to a subject, or a phots, or specific piece of info maybe?
It can be as much or as little as you want it to be, I think.
didn't see the 'be my friend' button though!
Re: New forum/Community - Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-19-2011
Quote: .
Group discussions are a private discussion option in the Community.
Ahh, now I can emphathise with John, I think. I can see the really important info will be discussed out of sight, much like individuals used the PM's, which will be a shame, as a great deal of info was to be gleaned from some of the open 'discussions'!:-?
Re: New forum/Community - Praefectusclassis - 01-19-2011
I thought it made sense too, so that option is now off. Group owners can still post announcements to their group, but discussions will have to take place here. I'll look at the possibility of having a more direct link between groups and the forum too.
Re: New forum/Community - John Conyard - 01-19-2011
The great strength of RAT was the open discussions on the forum. The facebook idea of groups, boards, friends etc. weakens the focus of discussion. I think some RATers do that sort of thing already on facebook, which is a shame since they don't share their views on RAT.
But the good news is I found the discussion forum. I am trying to ignore the messages telling me "Bill has uploaded a new avatar" and "Fred wants to be my friend". :lol: Nice one Fred!
Re: New forum/Community - Vindex - 01-19-2011
Wow! Quite a change but so swiftly done and painless (for us users anyway).
Thank you Jasper and all the Backroom Boys. Red and black is so much easier on the eye;-)
Re: New forum/Community - Vindex - 01-19-2011
Ok...biff question number one.
How do I get the PM icon to appear on my profile? Can't see an obvious way of doing it...but I did say it was a biff question!:-D
Re: New forum/Community - jvrjenivs - 01-19-2011
Quote:Ok...biff question number one.
How do I get the PM icon to appear on my profile? Can't see an obvious way of doing it...but I did say it was a biff question!:-D
In someones profile there is a text saying 'write message'. In the forum on the left the is a sign of a text-balloon to send someone a PM.
Re: New forum/Community - Athena Areias - 01-19-2011
biff question number 2:
Can I stay logged in and just go to the forum from my "favorites" tab,like I used to? Not doing that now...
Am I supposed to log out at the end of a session?
Re: New forum/Community - Kai - 01-19-2011
Wow, quite a lot new features... Thanks for all your work!
But... how do I change my sig now?
Re: New forum/Community - Titvs Statilivs Castvs - 01-19-2011
Quote:Wow, quite a lot new features... Thanks for all your work!
But... how do I change my sig now?
I was about to ask the same question. I'm going to add some lines (------) to clear out the difference between post and sig.
mile:
Re: New forum/Community - Robert Vermaat - 01-19-2011
Some remarks:
- the forum is extremely slow
- is there a way in which the latest post in a thread is on top?
- every post seems to take lot of space
- I can't delete a post: I'm taken to a new empty page [edited: the post I wanted to delte is gone - did I dlete it after all? No conformation was asked]
- where can I alter my signature?
Re: New forum/Community - Praefectusclassis - 01-19-2011
- Slowness may be due to the 'SEO' component that rewrites 'ugly' links into pretty ones. I'll turn it off and we'll see what happens.
- SEO component may also cause the problem with deleting posts.
- Space: that's just the layout. Feel free to hire someone to write a better template
- Signature: Forum Profile and signature
- Latest post: you can set your post order in your own profile.