Welcome to the New SMF!

[hellasteph]

However, I am not a fan of having the "delete draft" button in the middle of all the formatting icons. It simply does not belong there. As a software designer, the icons in a toolbar should be grouped in some logical manner. The delete draft stuff should be down with the Post Reply, etc., not next to buttons which add and rotate images.

Hey there John, thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, the text editor tool bar is standard on this platform, Xenforo and doesn't bode well to custom development.

Also, while typing this reply I decided to click on the "More Options ..." button in the lower right corner. That was a mistake. Try it yourself. You get a new screen which actually has far fewer options. I actually see no point to this "more options" screen. Perhaps something is yet to be added.

SMF is the 5th site I manage on Xenforo. The "More Options" area only applies when you're trying to do more BBCode editing or have more of a word processing feel to editing your text. I can't tell you if something will be added or not because the guys at Xenforo (the private development team) are cooking up a version two of this platform. I have done everything I could to keep the site as close to stock so that when the time comes and Jeff and SMF team want to upgrade, they can do so without any issues. This obviously includes any enhancements that you may be looking forward to.

What's more, if you click the back button on your browser (I'm using Firefox), you are returned to the middle of the previous page (the one that contains all the posts, along with my partially-completed draft), and NOT back to the area where I was typing. The good news is that, unlike the old forum that would often lose my drafts, this new one preserved what I had typed.

That is a major improvement. Thanks for that!

Xenforo was built by the former senior engineer of vBulletin. There are quiet a few handy features that work really well. Understandably, many people will be adapting and learning the new platform so I think offering the best experience we can will be the moving target, don't you agree? :)

 

[chopsaw]

You're doin a great job , hang in there .

 

[Rings Я Us]

Will there be one format for phones and one for pc?

 

[noboundaries]

Looks great! Will take a little getting used to. Nice to have the forum back.

 

[hellasteph]

Will there be one format for phones and one for pc?

Hi there, yes, there is only one format for the site that works both on mobile and desktop computers. The site is responsive in design (that's fancy for it shrinks and expands to whatever screen size you're using).

 

[tallbm]

I think my issue may be the same at griz400: I used to be able to get a list of all the threads I posted in, and the ones that had gotten additional activity since I last posted were shown in bold, and the ones that hadn't had any activity since I last posted were in gray. The old design made it very easy to stay "plugged into" the threads in which I was active. It sounds like perhaps you are working on a way to make the new forum emulate this behavior, so I'll keep watching and see if things change a bit.

I'm looking for this feature as well. Before the migration it was called "Subscriptions". It's functionality was to show any threads you subscribe to in order of most recent activity first.

Is the old "Subscription" feature supported here or some similar feature?

I found the "Conversations" feature but that only seems to go back to August.

Let me know something when you can and thanks!

 

[foamheart]

So, is it soup yet?

 

[SmokinAl]

I like the new look, all my links work, and you can highlight multiple photo's on your computer & just drag them into the text box. Easy peasy!

Al

 

[Rings Я Us]

I'm just going to have to learn this all over I guess.. thanks!

 

[flareside92]

FINALLY! Good morning/afternoon/evenin peeps. I've not posted for awhile but it's good to see the new décor! Great job Jeff and all involved.

 

[dave schiller]

Well, this looks like a good time to test the new platform for posting a photo. Here goes:

 

[dave schiller]

Hey, it worked on the first try! Nice and easy.

 

[TulsaJeff]

Great picture!

 

[SmokinAl]

This is really working out great Jeff!

Al

 

[Rings Я Us]

This is really working out great Jeff!

Al

I have an up and down arrow superimposed on my screen. It's pretty nifty, You can auto scroll fast to last comment or back to top.

 

[redheelerdog]

The new site is awesome, the desktop vs tablet vs phone is a great implementation.

I am not a big fan of Tapatalk, and I am glad you waited until now to upgrade the site. In the tech world, especially software, it is so dynamic that even 12 months ago would be quite a bit different than now.

Keep up the good work Jeff and the SMF team! :)

 

[redheelerdog]

Pic test...

Just did a hardware/controller upgrade myself.

Ubiquiti router, cloud controller, and POE switch :D

 

[johnmeyer]

OK, it looks like there is a new feature that I think is what I am looking for, but it appears to be broken. There is now a "Your Activity" option when I click on the down arrow next to the "Forum" button at the top of the main page. However, if I click on it, I get a page with the error message: "The requested forum could not be found." I have lots of activity on the old forum, so maybe that isn't hooked up yet, but even the activity from my few posts on this new forum is not showing up.

So, in case the webmaster is not aware, I think this is a bug that needs fixing.

 

[dave schiller]

Great picture!

Thanks, Jeff. That was our first Cocker. The photo was of her reaction when I brought a smoked turkey in to carve for our Christmas dinner. Only one thing on her mind and it starts with F.

 

[TulsaJeff]

OK, it looks like there is a new feature that I think is what I am looking for, but it appears to be broken. There is now a "Your Activity" option when I click on the down arrow next to the "Forum" button at the top of the main page. However, if I click on it, I get a page with the error message: "The requested forum could not be found." I have lots of activity on the old forum, so maybe that isn't hooked up yet, but even the activity from my few posts on this new forum is not showing up.

So, in case the webmaster is not aware, I think this is a bug that needs fixing.

Reported. Thank you for letting me know.