We just upgraded the software that runs Pet Talk to UBB version 6. We still have a lot of configuration left to do over the next couple of days (such as changing some of the icons).
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We just upgraded the software that runs Pet Talk to UBB version 6. We still have a lot of configuration left to do over the next couple of days (such as changing some of the icons).
I have just looked at the change a little, and I like it at first glance. :D
I like how your selection of including the signature can be set on or off. Rather than having to remember to turn it on, each post. :cool:
[ June 28, 2001: Message edited by: Fuzzy317 ]
Wow! I am on early in the morning as usual and thought I wasn't quite awake! :D (Love these instant icons!) Count me in as pleased. Then again I am always pleased when I log onto Pet Talk!
OK Paul, you just blew my mind. I worked a night shift, which I don't normally do, to allow someone time off. Because of unexpected events I was at work for about 14 hours. I came to check the site to unwind and I couldn't figure out what was happening! After a little caffeine, my brain started functioning again and I must say I like it! Good job!
Looks great, Paul!! :D
I got on it early in the morning and it shocked me! It looks great! Much more creative than before. :D
I like this new look! It will take a few days to get used to it, but I like it. :) Thanks Paul and Karen! :)
I like the new look it`s really cool!! :)
I like the new look it`s really cool!! :)
Like the new changes! Will take awhile to get use to.
Wow! Purdy spiffie lookin site :D!
Karen an Paul musta stayed up all nite playin wiffa puterz! :)
Thought I was on the German Shepherd Dog site I usually visit! Similar set-up. Lookin' good!
Sue
Wow! What a change!! I was a bit tired this morning, but when this new screen popped up I was like...woa!! Looks different, but good :) I like the instant icons too :cool:
We will add more "instant icons" to the ones that come with the software. I know Karen made some of her own.
Now that we are running the current UBB software, I know there are no color tags (ie [red]) in the standard software. We should add them to the UBB code.
Paul did stay up all night, but I slept! He does the hard work! :DQuote:
Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke:
<STRONG>Wow! Purdy spiffie lookin site :D!
Karen an Paul musta stayed up all nite playin wiffa puterz! :)</STRONG>
There's one thing that I always liked that I see is now gone - when you are replying to a post, you can easily refer back to the old posts by scrolling down. I did this alot when I was commenting on several peoples' posts or could not remember a poster's or pet's name that I was going to refer to. Is there a way to get that back or will I have to keep two windows open when I think I might become memory-challenged?
HEY!!! Has anyone else noticed we can IM each other now? NEAT!!! :D :D :p :cool: :D http://www.duhspot.com/users/smiley/...boldyellow.gif
[ June 28, 2001: Message edited by: 4 feline house ]
Actually, 4 feline house (I don't have my name list here at home, only at work) I thought that was true also until this evening. What you do is go to the bottom of the page when you are posting a reply and go to the Pet Talk window on the bottom of the page...you will see a scroll bar on the right and you can scroll down and check out the other posts. That option is still there, it's just shrunk down to an itty bitty size :)
Karen and Paul...the more I look at all the cool new stuff, the more I like the new upgrade! It really is cool!
Ok...I honestly thought I was going nuttier than usual. You blew my mind. Just when I was learning the tricks of the trade! K9karen forgot her password so KI is filling in......
To: Paul and Karen ~
'Scuse me, Cinder and Smokey, but Dad wants to play with "our" 'puter for a bit...
I don't know if you know it or not, but PetTalk is in good company with the upgrade to this latest and greatest InfoPop BBS software ~ *Firehouse.com*,
the *huge* Firefighter's web site, also just switched to this version.
All of the new features are great and not all that hard to get the hang of. But... (there's always gotta be a but...) :rolleyes:
I'd like to offer the following suggestions:
1} I surf from the main PetTalk "master" index page - the one that shows ALL the general forum subjects (all the dog, kat, general topic areas), then click onto a sub-heading (like Dog Rescue), then start in the middle of the Topics based upon my known last visit date and time. I then use the old "go to next newest" which now just says "next" :(, to read my way "up" to the newest or most recently posted topic. Things are cool, works just like the old version, UNTIL you get to the top of the sub-heading and run out of "next newest" topics... The OLD version then went to a drop-down box that listed ALL sub-headings (including the one you were just finishing with) and gave you the ability to move to a different sub or main heading area. The new version "automatically returns" you to the last newest topic you just read >>horrible waste of time<< before you are given a chance (drop-down box) to steer yourself on to another area of interest. The point?? Rather than forcing us back to where we just came from, can the new version present the choice of subject area drop-down box like the old version did??
2} Instant Icons are super neat; but after selecting one, my curson jumps :mad: to the TOP of the message box and starts Overwriting and ERASING the beginning of your (my) carefully created pearls of wisdom and mirth.
Absolute Maximum Bummer :( if you (I) don't catch the jump and keep pounding away on the keys without looking up to see things going away. Not a fun event if you don't see it happening before you've erased a paragraph or two!!!! The "fix" is you (I) have to manually scroll or mouse back down to the bottom of the message window and reposition the cursor after the newly created smilie icon.
3} Instant UBB Code feature: Another neat-o feature, but I think it set the [ and ] brackets incorrectly when I typed in the Firehousc.com address above. I'm not going to correct the possible mistake till I sent this and see what is produced. I thought the "http//" offered by the box that opened would remain - I don't think it did. Here's what is shown in this rough draft before I send it (less the quotes I added below:
"*Firehouse.com*"
4} Posts that use the ""plauder-smilies.de"" site to post fancy smilies are often very slow to load and sometimes "never" finish loading... I see the NetScape 7.46 "progress window" repeat the message "www.plauder-smilies.de contacted, waiting for reply..." many, many, many times while the PetTalk post is trying to load and display a page. I've tried to call up the plauder-smilies site directly several times and had the same thing happen - a looooong wait before the site loads and displays. And sometimes after p-s.de does load, the moving icons don't move.
Well... Now that I've come across as a nasty, junque yard dog having a bad day, allow me to again say the new site look is great. I'm sure these problems are growing pains that can be remedied. Don't loose a lot of sleep over these issues! At least hudreds of the old posts did NOT *vanish* into cyber-space during the upgrade - like happened to Firehouse several upgrades ago :o .
Cinder sez sign my own name - she and Smokey don't want to be involved with my rantings... :eek:
/s/ Phred, "Dad" to the un-mentioned FurKids
To quickly begin to address your excellent message:
#1 is a problem that should be fixed.
#2 is obviously a bug. This feature works fine on my machine even in Netscape. :) You said you are using Netscape 7.46. However, the highest version available is 6.1. Also, which operating system are you using?
#3 worked in your message. However, #3 relies on javascript just like #2. Since #2 does not work on your machine, you will be lucky if #3 works reliably.
#4 is not a problem with our software. It is probably a problem with the plauder site or the Internet connection between their server and your machine.
I know there is a bug in Netscape 4.76 on the Macintosh which slows then stops the loading of not just graphics but everything. If it is this bug quitting Netscape then re-opening it will fix it. At least then you would know it was the browser software and not the Internet connection.
My guess is that the plauder server sometimes does not have enough resources to deliver the smilies.
Adore-thanks for the tip! I see it now. The more I get used to the new BB the more I like it!
Hey Paul ~ Cinners here ~
Dad getz his finnerbonez mixed up when he's poundin onna pawboard ~
I jest looked - we're usin NetScape 4.76; not 7 sumpin :rolleyes:.
#1} Hope you can do a fix!
#2} Is a pain. Our Java stuff werkz purdy well allua time. We can't unnerstand why the liddel blinkie bar keeps jumpin up top?? :confused:
#3} Dad jest thunk it looked phunnie on the message composing screen when he used the Instant URL kliker - looks to me like it werked jest fine! Klikz to Firehouse fer me! :D
#4} Dad agrees the slow load IF there's a buncha plauder-smilies onna page is not your problem; mebee p-s.de will jazz up their puterz...
#5} New squalk frum Dad :rolleyes:...
Few times we've tried to jest "Reload" a page wiffa NetScape "Reload" button; screen goes blank, the connection twin screen icon starts blinkin back an forth, progress bar lights up wiffa "Document: Done" message; but the screen sits either completely blank or just fills in the top "PetTalk" header stuff and quits there. The "fix" is to hit the Reload button annuder time and usually the screen fills in purdy quick-like after the second Reload request.
Dad sez that happened on Firehouse.com a lot during some previous BBS upgrades. Their WebMaster wrote back to Dad and said they found some missing ":" (semi-colons) inna option page coding whut caused the random blank screens.
EDIT: Hmmm... The header only, no page content thing just happened when we "sent" this message and the BBS said "Thanks, we're returning you to the topic..." Hard drive did sum spinnin, connection icon did sum blinkin, the PetTalk header filled in ~ then the "Document: Done" appeared but the topic contents never showed up. Dad waited 2 minnits with nuttin happenin, then punched the Reload button ~ the page then popped up purdy quick. Dad jest sez "I dunno...".
We tolded Dad to quit sqwalkin at you an Miz Karen cuz yer jest gettin started wiff this new verzion of the software; but he sez he thinks you guyz wanna know summa these things. Smoke an I a fearful that you'll tell us ta go *bother* sum other poor sole WebMasters and take away our names :eek:.
[ June 29, 2001: Message edited by: Cinder & Smoke ]
To Cinder and Smoke's Dad. Re: #5. If I understand what you are saying, clicking on the traffic signal stop will instantly load the page. (I use Netscape also) Sometimes the photos aren't there, but the text is.
Hi, Miz Joan ~
Dad sez the "traffic signal" usually stops the loading process; but we have to hit the Reload to get anything to happen after a traffic signal "stop".
Dad furgot to look atta " T-Signal" when the last *page didn't fully load* problem happened. We'll try it now ;).
Nutz! It figgures - the page took some hard drive spinnin to pop up, but it came in after the "Thanks for posting..." message without having to hit Reload. :mad:
Just like takin the trakter kar to the Kar Vet - alluz werks fine when yer trying to show the problem! :D
Miz Joan (Freckles) !
Eh, no, not a real E-mail from you...
Just got an instant message e-mail alert for a instant from Auggie...
Read the e-mail alert; clicked on the link which took me to the instant message on the site. Read it and clicked Reply. We sent a reply. Went back to re-read the instant message (cuz we frogot to answer a question) and now the silly site sez "Can't see that message cuz it wasn't addressed to you (us)."
And it's not listed shown on the "Cinder&Smoke" profile page either??
Someday we'll all get the hang of this new version **maybe**! :rolleyes:
As for the blank screen and/or partial loaded page problem - no rhyme nor reason to when it happens - sometimes you get the Whole Page, sometimes it's a Blank... :p
Haven't seen anything good happen if we use the Traffic Light to try and stop things; and it has never encouraged a page to fully load after a pause or hang-up. The only thing that seems to fix a partial blank page is a "Reload".
HUH? :confused:
Ditto :confused:
K9 & G:
Me, too :confused: !
I got lost on Phred's first post! No offense, Phred, not a reflection on you! But I quit using Netscape a LONG time ago because of some of the problems (the ones I could understand) that are mentioned in those posts! Not that IE is that great, but I seem to have a LOT less problems with it.
I've had similar problems with the "just a test ..." topic. I noriced that though Netscape seemed to have given up, the page had not finished loading, so my "reload" button was greyed out. When I hit option-reload, it worked. That is a topic, of course, loaded with "smilies from various sites, and when those sites are slow, our page is going to be even slower because of it.
I just found a change that surprised me. I email a lot of folks. At the top of each person's post was the email icon and I would click on that to get the address. If there was no email icon, then I knew I couldn't email them.
Then today I recognized some names (which previously didn't show the email icon) with the email icon. Great! Now I could email them. But clicking the icon said the address was not available. Well, I'm hoping there was a good reason to always include that icon, even if it isn't used. Can I attach to a Personal Message?
I'm familiar with the buddy list, but what is "add to your ignore list"?
I like seeing the latest new member with their number.
I hadn't realized I was member 20.
Thanks for a great site.
As in most systems "Administrator" is member number 1!
At the bottom of the person's profile are the words "add to your ignore list". What does that mean?
I'm thinking that your answer is that you could check that spot, Joan, and then not receive any private messages from that person. I may be wrong. This is just a guess! So far, I have no one that I would like to ignore!! :eek:
Information about the ignore or buddy list in on the faq page. Both lists can be viewed/edited when you go to the my profile page.
If I send a private message to someone, and they have already chosen not to accept any private messages, will I be notified? I have two messages out in limbo right now.
spencer the lion...are you out there....i need your help again....please go to dog rescue and see update on boomer and precious...any advise????? thanks,the deli dog
I changed mine after Ruthie and I spoke about this. All this time I thought it was my teenage son visiting porn sites, even though he repeatedly denied it and even though he certainly wouldn't be posting my email address if he were. Although an equal number of unsolicited emails are not pornographic, I still do not want them. I don't fly so I don't care about milage points, I don't need my credit repaired, I already have an investment firm I trust, etc. Even though I have a junk mail folder, this is still highly irritating to me, and I still have to take the time to delete them. Besides, the porno ones are exceedingly offensive, as the subject is usually filled with words I wouldn't repeat to my closest friend. I can get caller ID and call blocker for my phone, but I resent having to pay a relatively large sum of money for a computer and a DSL line only to spend time deleting filth off my computer that someone else has put there. This is the only board I visit in which the actual email address is visible, so after hearing Ruthie voice the same complaint I began thinking it was not coincidental. Also, like most people, I have several email addresses, but the one posted here was the only one getting 10-20 porn mails a day - one day there were over 1,000!!!! It occurred to me that with the addition of the private messaging capability, I don't need to be "cut off" from my Pettalk and potential Pettalk freinds just because choose not to have my email address public.
I have been a member here for over a year. I have never gotten any unsolicited or pornographic emails (and I don't want any either) and my email address has always been and is currently public. And I am certainly visible in all areas of the site. I feel like if it had to do with Pet Talk, it would be happening to all of us with public email addresses. So maybe your problem is coming from a different place like an accidental checking of a block on a website or an email.
My daughter accidently viewed a link once from the Flow-go folks. You have to read carefully when you get a link to that site, because the first one you click will sign you up for all sorts of newsletter and advertisements. My ten year old was getting credit card applications! That's a scarey thought.
[ August 18, 2001: Message edited by: Logan ]