Welcome to the New SMF!

[hellasteph]

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.

Hello, we have resolved this and it works now. This is what happens when you miss your morning coffee. :P

 

[johnmeyer]

Wow, that was quick. Yes it now works for posts made since the new site came up. I can live with not having my old threads there.

Will it eventually show which threads have had new activity, and which ones have not, since I last visited that thread? In the old forum, I could scan this list, and immediately see which threads I needed to visit in order to see the new stuff, and which ones had not been added to since I last visited. I think it did this whether I posted or not, although I can't remember for sure if that is how it worked.

 

[hellasteph]

Hi there johnmeyer , that's a good question. I use "My Activity" to see who the last person posted was here:

And then I use my Alerts to see a play-by-play of what's happened since I've been on the site: http://smokingmeatforums.com/index.php?account/alerts

If you revisit your old threads, it will show up in My Activity. It populates slowly as the old site doesn't have a 1:1 transfer of that exact data.

I understand it's fragmented a bit. Xenforo doesn't have these things built in the way Huddler did but we're making the best of it to provide everyone with a level they're comfortable with.

I hope this helps!

 

[daveomak]

How can I edit the title of a thread...

 

[nimrod]

It's good to be back!
Craig

 

[johnmeyer]

Thanks, I'll try out all your suggestions.

 

[bmudd14474]

How can I edit the title of a thread...

Dave at the top of the thread it says thread tools. Click that and one of the options is to edit title.

 

[johnmeyer]

I just noticed that when creating a thread or when writing a reply, the "Preview" button is no longer shown in the lower right corner. You now have to click "More Options" to get to the preview button. I've visited a lot of forums, and never seen the Preview button hidden like this. I use it almost every time I post in order to check whether links are working; to make sure that formatting is what I expect; check images and videos, etc. What's more -- and I think I already posted this -- when you click on "More Options" you are taken to another page that has no additional options, and the only change is that the "More Options" button is replaced with ... the Preview button!

So until and unless there is another page with a plethora of additional options, I'd vote for getting rid of the "More Options" button and replacing it with the "Preview" button.

 

[idahopz]

I am really enjoying this forum platform. Two features in particular so far:

• The editor automatically saves a reply as a draft to which I can return even the next day on a different device to finish the post
• I like to use 3rd party hosting for my photos, most of which are very large. The forum software automatically sizes the image to fit the device screen, yet still allows a reader to click the image to see it full screen.

 

[greatfx1959]

I am totally digging this new format! props to you jeff, once u start learning the new controls its a blast!!! ............t

 

[uncle eddie]

Testing a picture upload of some critters that will be in my smoker soon...

EDIT - That was easy - actually about the same as before as best I can tell

ALSO - I just noticed if you click on the pic it goes to full size

 

[Bearcarver]

I got a question:

Are we going to get the "Threads Started By" list back?
We used to be able to go to our own or anybody's "Thread Started" list & find any Thread that person did, and they were mostly in order by date. I used that list a huge amount of times!!

Bear

 

[Rings Я Us]

I see we have conversations.. it looks like conversations is all still there. it's on the profile page.

 

[mike5051]

Why doesn't the number of posts for members show, or how long they've been a member? I don't wanna be taking advice from a newbie! :p

Mike

 

[mike5051]

I also don't see the location of members. That is also useful!

Mike

 

[Bearcarver]

Why doesn't the number of posts for members show, or how long they've been a member? I don't wanna be taking advice from a newbie! :p

Mike

I don't know if you're kidding or not, Mike, but just click on a guy's Avatar & a box will open up & give you that Info.

Bear

 

[mike5051]

Thanks Bear! I wasn't kidding, I was just used to seeing this without clicking anything! I was kidding about the advice from a newbie though!

Mike

 

[joe black]

I've gotten the error404 response for a couple of days, so it's great to finally be back in. Congrats Jeff, this is a great job and I hope I can muddle through it. When I got in tonight, I was looking for the "new posts" and could not find it. I suppose there is not enough inventory to fill this thread yet. If that's not the reason, please give me some instruction.

Thanks for all the hard work.

 

[uncle eddie]

Hove over Forums above - "new posts" is 2nd from bottom

 

[mike5051]

I'm getting email updates and feeling good with the new format! Great job Jeff and Steph!