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[Bok]

Finally upgraded the forums to version 4 and integrated with an updated vbAdvanced rather than try to figure out the new CMS system available.

Gopher did a great job of learning the new style systems as you HAVE to redo them from scratch. He has done the Free-DC default one and the Seventeen or Bust styles. You may have to select them again though I've made the SoB one default for their forums. They are slightly different but hopefully not too different.

Quite a few new features available and I'll explore those..facebook integration will likely scare many people.

There are bound to be some issues so feel free to point them out and we'll endeavour to at least answer if not fix them..

Bok

[Digital Parasite]

Freaked me out for a minute when I came back today. All of the BOINC News and Distributed Proofreader feeds are now showing up in the "New Posts" link again. Is there any way you can disable those forums again like you had before? Or is there something I have to do on my end?

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

Freaked me out for a minute when I came back today. All of the BOINC News and Distributed Proofreader feeds are now showing up in the "New Posts" link again. Is there any way you can disable those forums again like you had before? Or is there something I have to do on my end?

DP will look and fix.. it's a stupid issue I'm sure..

DP I've looked it's not the "recent threads it's showing up in it's a new News thread that is appearing below and because no new threads really it appears that way. I'll work on a way to put in a obvious Template Split.

[Bok]

Did you fix it? It's just a setting in vbAdvanced where you choose which forums are included for the recent threads. Shouldn't have changed and I don't see those posts at all? The 'News' widget underneath contains only threads from a few select forums. None of this should have changed.

p.s. I can't figure out the facebook connect piece, doesn't seem to point to anywhere. Still looking at that.

[Bok]

ah, think I understand the facebook bit, I have to create a new application first..

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

I did spot a bug which I should have fixed or found where it's the "Home" button points to the wrong place... I'll have a look at the scary Facebook interlink.

[Bok]

Facebook connect is enabled. I've connected them up for my user. I'll have to submit the application over at facebook but that's simple.

I just tried the 'like' on this thread and it shows up

[Digital Parasite]

DP will look and fix.. it's a stupid issue I'm sure..

DP I've looked it's not the "recent threads it's showing up in it's a new News thread that is appearing below and because no new threads really it appears that way. I'll work on a way to put in a obvious Template Split.

Any new news on this issue? For me it is showing up in the "New Posts" button that you pick from the top.

[Bok]

The answer is 'not easily' - this is a function of vbulletin itself. I could modify the header template to exclude forums I think, or there was a mod available previously to allow it, I don't know if it's been updated to vb4 but will take a look when I get a chance. I'm not a huge fan of mods as they tend to make upgrades more difficult...

However, if you go to the front page - http://www.free-dc.org which is vbAdvanced, that does indeed have this feature and the main widget which shows new posts does not include those forums.

[Digital Parasite]

However, if you go to the front page - http://www.free-dc.org which is vbAdvanced, that does indeed have this feature and the main widget which shows new posts does not include those forums.

Ok, on the main page I see the 10 most recent posts. Is there a way to see more than 10 in case there are more new threads than that?

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

Yeah Bok, Good Job there now all we need to do is a few minor style tweaks as it is hard to discern what is read / new on the forum - also forum Front page needs fixing so it don't point to that blank CMS job

[uBronan]

Yes something is wrong with the place where Home directs to, since it seem to point somewhere we or me don't have rights to view somehow.
Although its a bit annoying i am certain you'll find the solution soon.
But not being able to access my stats page is for me more important, i can see all the info stored in the cookie, so its amazing that statstool configuration don't see it and bugs me to logon the forum while i am actually posting these

[uBronan]

Good job guys this morning when i logged onto the forum it directed me instant to the forum
But i still can not enter the statstool it still says me to logon to the forum so somehow it does not see the cookies present on my pc.

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

Good job guys this morning when i logged onto the forum it directed me instant to the forum
But i still can not enter the statstool it still says me to logon to the forum so somehow it does not see the cookies present on my pc.

There is an issues with the cookies and Internet Explorer not sure exactly why but I'm coding now to try and see why meanwhile if you can switch to firefox and try that I know it works there...

[Bok]

Can you try again? I believe I have fixed it...

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

Can you try again? I believe I have fixed it...

Confirmed, Checked with IE7 / XP 64 and I'm logged in on the stats

[uBronan]

haha nice Bok almost fixed completely

When i am logged on the forum i can see on the stats page i am logged but something is not right yet at the statstool configuration, when i click on that it still responds :
Statstool Stats

FAQ

It doesn't appear that you are logged in... Please log in to the Free-DC forum

But lol on top it clearly shows that i am logged on and when i click on stats cpid and your stats all looks well
so your almost got it fixed xD

Great job for getting most of it to work again

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

haha nice Bok almost fixed completely

When i am logged on the forum i can see on the stats page i am logged but something is not right yet at the statstool configuration, when i click on that it still responds :
Statstool Stats

FAQ

It doesn't appear that you are logged in... Please log in to the Free-DC forum

But lol on top it clearly shows that i am logged on and when i click on stats cpid and your stats all looks well
so your almost got it fixed xD

Great job for getting most of it to work again

Force Refresh the webpage bet it is using the old code even although it should have grabbed the new stuff...
Works for me in IE 7, IE 8 and FF 3 might either be stale code or a stale cookie...

[mbtshoes2011]

It's just a setting in vbAdvanced where you choose which forums are included for the recent threads. Shouldn't have changed and I don't see those posts at all? The 'News' widget underneath contains only threads from a few select forums. None of this should have changed.