Planned Server Upgrade

[neil]

Again, thank you for your kind generosity sending your donations though for this site. Without your donations it would not be possible. :notworthy:

For CSL register, we have now bought the 'industry standard' forum software for car forums on the net, VBulletin. All the top car forums use this software so you will (should) be familiar with its interface. Sites that run this software include PassionFord, RS Owners Club, ScoobyNet and many others.

The server should be upgraded later this evening if all goes smoothly, if the shit hits the fan, sometime over the weekend. :clown:

Thank you to Chris, aka Admin for the RS Owners Club for helping out with the smooth migration!

Please bear with me once we have moved over, the garage & arcade will not move over, but I promise a new arcade on the new software soon!

[SMD]

No more garage from now on then? :whistle:

[neil]

for the time being :bigcry: if it can be moved over it will be :wink:

[SMD]

:smt038

[glendog74]

Cool :smt023

[bryce]

Nice one Neil, cant wait :thumbs:

[E46ACS]

Coolio! :smokin:

[csl_mba]

For the love of god make a backup :whistle:

Will we have to wipe our feet before entering on the new forum?

Will everything port over (passwords, users, PM's, forum layout etc...)

[Andyk]

Nice one Neil, good work :thumbs: ....Oh no my Space Invaders top score will be no more.

[glendog74]

Oh no my Space Invaders top score will be no more.

And i was just about to go and beat that too - easily i may add...! :whistle:

[neil]

i'm sure you will enjoy the new games :whistle:

[Andyk]

Oh no my Space Invaders top score will be no more.

And i was just about to go and beat that too - easily i may add...! :whistle:

Can not have been that easy as it's taken you a good few months.. :-D

[neil]

For the love of god make a backup :whistle:

Will we have to wipe our feet before entering on the new forum?

Will everything port over (passwords, users, PM's, forum layout etc...)

backup made :bigcry: hope i dont need to use it

most things will be ported over, layout may be slightly different, if there is something your not happy with once we have moved i'm sure you will tell me :wink:

[glendog74]

Oh no my Space Invaders top score will be no more.

And i was just about to go and beat that too - easily i may add...! :whistle:

Can not have been that easy as it's taken you a good few months.. :-D

Touche! Haven't actually tried if i'm honest though! :hahaha:

[Andyk]

Oh no my Space Invaders top score will be no more.

And i was just about to go and beat that too - easily i may add...! :whistle:

Can not have been that easy as it's taken you a good few months.. :-D

Touche! Haven't actually tried if i'm honest though! :hahaha:

It's bloody addictive I find....haven't gone near it for a while.

[DazBlackCSL]

Superb Neil ... thanks for your efforts on this :thumbs:

OH and :smt047

[csl_mba]

Yeah good effort on doing this Neil :thumbs:

Oh and are you taking a sql backup once you take the site down, or all the additions that are made now will be gone..

[neil]

things have not gone smooth, so until we get the import problems ironed out we are back with the old board, dont worry, we wont loose anything :whistle:

[Andyk]

Glad we are back I must say....

[derek]

well done Neil, good to see the site back

[Gizmo]

Well Hello :)

Im the guy Helping Neil out with the migration, I backed out as there were some probs with the posts, but as u can see niffin broke :)

Once the move accross is success the changes are massive all for the better.

Chris

[Andyk]

Did see it for a min when I signed it.....

[Gizmo]

the migration doesnt brake the old board :) it only copies the data across, so if all goes totally wrong....

Easy just open old board :) :thumbs:

Chris

[neil]

thanks to the talents of Gizmo we have now moved over to the newer vbulletin software

where have the smileys gone? :) :) :)

[admin]

Sorted :) :( ;)

[neiltest]

yep :smt023 :smt002

[SMD]

Looks alot different!

[bryce]

Oooh this is nice! :D

[SMD]

Its defo faster!

[bryce]

Is it possible for me to change my username or do I need to start a new account?

I just want to get rid of the '86' part.

[anissut]

How about a change of colour scheme?

Maybe Silver Grey as it's the best colour? :whistle:

[bryce]

Too right its quick, SG quick.

Neil was thinking of going for the SB version but noone uses dial-up internet these days...

[bryce]

Change the dark blue to black, and light blue to grey?

That'd be cool, and keep the fat slow kids happy.

[dave1]

crap! pm storage too small new post,s are,nt highlighted any more

[Gizmo]

There are always bugs :)

List them here and We can work through them

Giz

[SMD]

Yes new posts are highlighted!

[SpineOnABap]

Looks perfect to me, new/unread posts all working. Not spotted any problems yet.
Much more professional than that PHP thing.
Nice one, good work guys!

[admin]

birthdays have screwed up, so each user needs to reset their birthday if they want a cake ;)

[Shake&Bake]

Just got in I thought I was barred! All good now though. Top work guy's.

[bryce]

Only thing Id just suggest is a colour scheme change, I find the baby blue bland.

Oh, and when you click and thread it goes to the first unread/new post.

And the avatar part in User CP isnt working.

Other than that, good work!

[bryce]

Just noticed my usernames been changed too. Thanks for that.

[SpineOnABap]

Oh, and when you click and thread it goes to the first unread/new post.

There's a little arrow to the left of the thread subject (when you're looking at the forum) which takes you to the first unread post. Clicking the subject just opens the opening post.


(the unread arrow is only there when there are unread posts in the particular thread)

[bryce]

Spot on, thanks.

Wheres the emoticons? and why cant I just type in the Quick reply box?

[SpineOnABap]

You need to activate quick reply by clicking the QUICK REPLY button in the post (where you have the QUOTE, MULTIQUOTE buttons also are on the right).

[neil]

Spot on, thanks.

Wheres the emoticons? and why cant I just type in the Quick reply box?

click user cp, edit options and select enhanced interface at the bottom

could so with the default changed to this gizmo?

[Gizmo]

have to click the quick reply icon, (piece paper and pen) to the rright of every post :)

Giz

[neil]

Only thing Id just suggest is a colour scheme change, I find the baby blue bland.


will do some updates to the look once we have sorted out all of the functionality :smt023

[bryce]

click user cp, edit options and select enhanced interface at the bottom

could so with the default changed to this gizmo?

Got it! :smt023:smt056

have to click the quick reply icon, (piece paper and pen) to the rright of every post :)

Giz

Cheers, but it seems to quote the previous post, when I just want to quick reply on the same page..

will do some updates to the look once we have sorted out all of the functionality :smt023

No worries Neil. Date format seems to be the american way round (month/date/year)

[csl_mba]

Looking very nice :)

Another thing for the list - Avatars dont allow you to use an external link, looks like the old uploaded avatars are the only ones you can choose from

[bryce]

Another thing for the list - Avatars dont allow you to use an external link, looks like the old uploaded avatars are the only ones you can choose from

I cant only see some of them, they seem to go off the page.

I dont want someone elses ugly baby :vom:

[Jay]

when you register to site the links that are sent to your email to activate account dont work either...invalid, so this needs addressing guys

[admin]

when you register to site the links that are sent to your email to activate account dont work either...invalid, so this needs addressing guys

cheers jay, thats now fixed, let me know the username they used and i'll activate it manually. All new registrations will be ok now.

[admin]

you will have to reupload your avatars as a public gallery of all the old ones isnt the best idea.

Remote linking of avatars is not possible, you have to upload them.

[rs32]

seems a fair bit quicker now - good work guys.

[Radders]

where has my avatar gone? :(

only kidding, good job! ;)

[neil]

We now have the arcade and garage back :smt002

[glendog74]

Ok - how do i re-load my own Avatar? :smt017

[NZ_M3]

loving the new format!! Miss some of the emotion-cons though ...

[admin]

Ok - how do i re-load my own Avatar? :smt017

go to user cp, then edit avatar

use custom avatar

and upload or choose a link location

[admin]

loving the new format!! Miss some of the emotion-cons though ...

they are there, user cp, edit options, scroll to botton and choose enhanced interface.

I'll ask gizmo how we can chage this setting for all users.

Then i'll swap them around and put the popular smileys on the editor page :smt110

[glendog74]

go to user cp, then edit avatar

use custom avatar

and upload or choose a link location

It doesn't give me the option of a custom Avatar; only the 'generic' or 'no avatar' option...:smt017

I did upload my own earlier today before the Avatar function was changed earlier. Now i don't have the option?

[bryce]

Thought it was just me being thick, but turns out Glendog is too... :smt044

Screenshot below of what Im getting, no option to upload anything.

[admin]

doh try now!

[glendog74]

Thought it was just me being thick, but turns out Glendog is too... :smt044

Cheeky Mo-Fo!

All sorted now thanks :thumbs:

[neil]

put the popular smileys next to the editor box :hahaha::beer::gayfight:if i can find out what field the message editor is stored in I can fix it so you dont have to choose the editor in usercp :smokin:

[bryce]

Nice one, getting things ironed out now lads. One problem though, you havent put Daz' fav emoticon with the popular ones. :smt047

Ive noticed that when on CSLreg forum menu (looking at all the sections. ie Main, Photos, Tech etc) that once Ive read all new in them sections, it still shows there's new ones? The folder remains yellow/orange.

[bryce]

Is there some way to reply by just typing in this box?

[neil]

yes, click the post reply button

if the smileys are not on the right, click user cp, edit options, bottom option change to advanced editor :thumbs:

[neil]

Ive noticed that when on CSLreg forum menu (looking at all the sections. ie Main, Photos, Tech etc) that once Ive read all new in them sections, it still shows there's new ones? The folder remains yellow/orange.

choose quicklinks from the top menu, then mark forums read :thumbs:

[bryce]

yes, click the post reply button

if the smileys are not on the right, click user cp, edit options, bottom option change to advanced editor :thumbs:

I meantype my reply where it says "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." None of them buttons seem to work on mine?

choose quicklinks from the top menu, then mark forums read :thumbs:

Spot on :thumbs: Tis a forum of many talents this now :smt055

[neil]

I meantype my reply where it says "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply." None of them buttons seem to work on mine?


look on each post, bottom right, see a page? click that, thats the quick reply icon, once you click that it will enable the quick reply box at the bottom

[bryce]

look on each post, bottom right, see a page? click that, thats the quick reply icon, once you click that it will enable the quick reply box at the bottom

It works for a split second - I can see the cursor jump into - but then it loads the full page and quotes what the person has typed in the box I click "quick reply" (paper and pen)

[neil]

works for me, click it and the cursor goes into the quick reply box, type away!

[bryce]

Not for me. Apologies for being a pain in the erse Neil!

Someone else try it...

[SMD]

Works for me!

[bryce]

Must be something Im doing. If I dont click "Stop" in my browser pretty quick, it loads the Full reply page and Quotes previous poster.

[glendog74]

Liking the site - seems faster and some good new features to use.

Oh, and my Quick Reply works just fine bryce!

[Mark CSL]

:thumbs:working for me as well Bryce is it a computer you have or a pen and paper :gayfight:
I also like the new way to add pix i have a garage full now:smt055

[neil]

is this pick on bryce night?

he's crap at tetris as well as not being able to quick reply :blalalala:

[bryce]

:birdman:

You want a piece?! :gayfight:

[csl_mba]

I love the "game champion" scrolling under the username very nice :)

I'm still ont a fan of clicking the "quick reply" to activate the bottom box, much rather just type in there ;)


Mark

[bryce]

I'm still ont a fan of clicking the "quick reply" to activate the bottom box, much rather just type in there ;)


Mark

Just think yosurself lucky yours works! :banghead:

[bryce]

Is it possible to have "Mark Forums Read" as a default?

[neil]

Is it possible to have "Mark Forums Read" as a default?

bugger off !

[bryce]

Im gonna end up with excessive wear on my left mouse button though... :whistle:

:hahaha:

[csl_mba]

Also noticed that the forum only shows the threads younger than 30 days be default.

I had to go into CP >> Edit Options and then look for "Default Thread Age Cut Off" and set to show all threads

Mark

[SpineOnABap]

Is it possible to have "Mark Forums Read" as a default?

What do you mean by "as a default"?

You can mark each subforum 'read' from within that subforum (from the Forum Tools dropdown) and by double-clicking the orange marker when viewing the main index, or you can mark all forums 'read' from the main index page (via Mark All Forums Read clicky).

[bryce]

What do you mean by "as a default"?

You can mark each subforum 'read' from within that subforum (from the Forum Tools dropdown) and by double-clicking the orange marker when viewing the main index, or you can mark all forums 'read' from the main index page (via Mark All Forums Read clicky).

What I mean is, once I have read each thread in a subforum ie Technical area, and click to go to forum overview, its still showing that there is new posts in that subforum even though Ive read them all.

Old system used to know Id read things and turn the orange folder back to white.

[SpineOnABap]

What I mean is, once I have read each thread in a subforum ie Technical area, and click to go to forum overview, its still showing that there is new posts in that subforum even though Ive read them all.

Old system used to know Id read things and turn the orange folder back to white.

That is odd. If you've read everything then you shouldn't have any 'unread' markers.
Works perfectly here ... maybe you have a cookie problem (?)

[SMD]

This is the same for me, but once i read all the posts in one section just double click on the orange box on the home screen and its sorted!

[neil]

bryce, do you want me to give you a link to the old board? it will work perfectly there and you can chat to yourself all day long :hahaha:

[bryce]

bryce, do you want me to give you a link to the old board? it will work perfectly there and you can chat to yourself all day long :hahaha:

Please, at least I'll be nice to me there :goodman:

:hahaha: