Ken Tone Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 On blackberry, log in screen comes up as if the name and password were all one line. Can type in user name but as soon as I attempt password it jumps back to my bookmarks folder. Still getting the time delay on typing this too btw. Nothing appears on screen for a good 30 secs. Very unnerving. K.
Ken Tone Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 Just tried it on my Blackberry, managed to log in and it seems to work fine - are you getting any error message when you try to log in? And if instead of logging in, I try to access the saintsweb web site as such rather than go straight to the forum, it tells me too large to download. K.
OldNick Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 thanks for your help. At least you wont know if im intentionally being rude or not now
saintwarwick Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 thanks for your help. At least you wont know if im intentionally being rude or not now Just go to the bottom of this thread and you will see smilies, just click on and you will have at your disposal all the smilies you want
Gingeletiss Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 Just go to the bottom of this thread and you will see smilies, just click on and you will have at your disposal all the smilies you want Nope....they're not there, any other suggestions?
stevegrant Posted 14 June, 2010 Author Posted 14 June, 2010 Nope....they're not there, any other suggestions? In the "General Settings" bit of your user control panel, right at the bottom you can set which type of editor you see when you reply - select one of the ones with the WYSIWYG options and that should display the smiley gallery. Alternatively, hit "Go Advanced" to go to the full reply page.
stevegrant Posted 14 June, 2010 Author Posted 14 June, 2010 i love this guy. A few of the new smileys:
stevegrant Posted 14 June, 2010 Author Posted 14 June, 2010 Have the online games gone for ever??? No, the arcade software is incompatible with the new version of the forum. There is a new version of the arcade which we'll install fairly soon.
Saint_clark Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 A few of the new smileys: - Masterbates - Badger - SRS TDD - Alpine Who I think we'll be using those smileys for the most, if at all.
Shroppie Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 (edited) ..... not got the hang of this Edited 14 June, 2010 by Shroppie Incompetence.
Shroppie Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 No, the arcade software is incompatible with the new version of the forum. There is a new version of the arcade which we'll install fairly soon. Thank you most kindly, sir.
Ewell Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 We're back! What do you reckon then? Sorry mate but it's awful. The format is very garish and in your face. A work safe mode would be good. Also it is very slow when replying to a post. It takes ages for what you have typed to appear in the text box.
Saint_clark Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 For those people who say it's really slow, try Firefox. Faster than ever for me.
Ewell Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 For those people who say it's really slow, try Firefox. Faster than ever for me. Not an option for those at work and in a controlled user environment!
JackFrost Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 the aesthetic look to the new layout is bleeding awful. It looks like what this forum would have looked like when it was first created.
RonManager Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 The banner needs a pic of Dennis Wise, just like the old one.
latter day saint Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 is a bit on the bright side.glad my glasses are re-actalites ! think the pic's on the banner take up to much space, as "Saints Web" seems squashed up against the crest. this is my favourite new smiley
Amesbury Saint Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 Sorry mate but it's awful. The format is very garish and in your face. A work safe mode would be good. . sorry but +1
Gingeletiss Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 In the "General Settings" bit of your user control panel, right at the bottom you can set which type of editor you see when you reply - select one of the ones with the WYSIWYG options and that should display the smiley gallery. Alternatively, hit "Go Advanced" to go to the full reply page. Thank you Steve:thumbup:
wild-saint Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 Doesnt seem to work on my blackberry very well. on the main forum when there are multiple pages numbers for avspecific thread title it seems to have all the writing on top of each other.
Kaiser Soze Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 Sorry but think it's cr@p, much better how it was. The new format looks really tacky. Fair play for all the hard word but it looked a million miles better before.
Weston Super Saint Posted 14 June, 2010 Posted 14 June, 2010 It's awful. Very slow - especially scrolling and typing. Perhaps a poll is in order to gauge the 'users' opinion??
saintwarwick Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 Thank you Steve:thumbup: See wasn't that difficult was it
Ken Tone Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 Doesnt seem to work on my blackberry very well. on the main forum when there are multiple pages numbers for avspecific thread title it seems to have all the writing on top of each other. I've now finally managed to log in on my blackberry ..just repeated attempts finally succeeded.. but it now refuses to get any further than the index list of posts. When I try to view any actual thread it says 'file too large to download'. This is a real downer Steve. The forum used to fill boring train journeys to and from London. So the fancy new look is actually a reduction in functional service. K.
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 I've now finally managed to log in on my blackberry ..just repeated attempts finally succeeded.. but it now refuses to get any further than the index list of posts. When I try to view any actual thread it says 'file too large to download'. This is a real downer Steve. The forum used to fill boring train journeys to and from London. So the fancy new look is actually a reduction in functional service. K. I expect it may be something to do with the images - do you have quite an old Blackberry? The newer versions of the Blackberry browser are much better with large page downloads, and cache quite a lot of the images and stylesheet files. You could try changing your user settings to not display user avatars? That should cut down a fair bit of the download time - turning off JavaScript will reduce the amount of data by a third as well
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 Any news on tapatalk? It seems as though Tapatalk's compatibility with version 4 of vBulletin isn't as good as they claim... I think Baj is still working on trying to get it going.
saintjay77 Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 Not an option for those at work and in a controlled user environment! I am the admin for a fairly large network and IE is the default cause its less work for me to do. If I had to install Firefox on everyones machine and give rights to update it to everyone my network would be screwed in 1 month. Firefox is faster but to save a heap load of work its much easier to stick with IE. Most business's will have similar logic so any new site should be made with IE in mind more than any other.
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 I am the admin for a fairly large network and IE is the default cause its less work for me to do. If I had to install Firefox on everyones machine and give rights to update it to everyone my network would be screwed in 1 month. Firefox is faster but to save a heap load of work its much easier to stick with IE. Most business's will have similar logic so any new site should be made with IE in mind more than any other. IE is supported, the site works fine with both IE7 and 8. However, there is absolutely no justification for spending hours hacking the site around to make it work on IE6 - even Microsoft doesn't support that browser anymore.
saintjay77 Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 IE is supported, the site works fine with both IE7 and 8. However, there is absolutely no justification for spending hours hacking the site around to make it work on IE6 - even Microsoft doesn't support that browser anymore. Sorry I wasnt trying to say it wasnt. Just backing up what Ewell said as to why its not possible for some users to just use another browser. It does seem a bit sluggish on IE though and type takes a few seconds to catch up with fingers. Wish I had some ideas that may help but I stay well away from web stuff so cant even offer anything usefull.
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 It does seem a bit sluggish on IE though and type takes a few seconds to catch up with fingers. Wish I had some ideas that may help but I stay well away from web stuff so cant even offer anything usefull. There are a few things I'll try tonight if I get time - the main page content is compressed with gzip, so on subsequent page loads it should be quite quick, but the various JavaScript files (one of which is quite large - uses the Yahoo UI library) aren't compressed, so that'll probably be the first port of call.
Petersfield Saint Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 Many thanks for all the hard work - I like it on the whole, especially the new banner, and it seems to run quicker for me at least but as others have said I'd much prefer a proper worksafe scheme (Archive mode is crap!) - other than that good work and thanks again. P.S. - can we have the old smiley back please?! this one is rubbish!
SNSUN Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 And lose out on SNSuns offering ? Just for you SS ;-) It seems as though Tapatalk's compatibility with version 4 of vBulletin isn't as good as they claim... I think Baj is still working on trying to get it going. Sweet. I'm never a fan of change, but it's not bad. Are we only having this one skin, or will other skins be brought over from the old site?
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 I'm never a fan of change, but it's not bad. Are we only having this one skin, or will other skins be brought over from the old site? The old ones aren't compatible with the new version, so the simple answer is "no", but we won't rule out bringing in other skins. Bear in mind we either have to find an off-the-shelf skin from somewhere or design our own (which would obviously take a significant amount of time).
SNSUN Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 The old ones aren't compatible with the new version, so the simple answer is "no", but we won't rule out bringing in other skins. Bear in mind we either have to find an off-the-shelf skin from somewhere or design our own (which would obviously take a significant amount of time). Well for peeps that do this in their own time, I think it looks pretty damn good. (For sliming up your pooper, can I be protected against future infractions... :-))
Scudamore Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 (edited) Well for peeps that do this in their own time, I think it looks pretty damn good. (For sliming up your pooper, can I be protected against future infractions... :-)) This looks the place to look for a nice new skin. I can't be arsed to register to look at them properly. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=247 I suggest as your punishment for the use of the term "sliming up your pooper" that you should do the necessary and find us a nice new style not disimilar to the old so those that fear change like myself can have a smoother transition into the new site! Liking the integration by the way Steve. It's obviously better than before so cheers for the effort. *edit* In fact that Morbid black one at the top looks perfect for the worksafe option that people were after http://digitalvb.com/forum/forum.php?styleid=21 Edited 15 June, 2010 by Scudamore
Thedelldays Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 still turd...im sure most of you will be happy, I wont be renewing my £5 in a hurry when my subscription runs out in august looks awful slow cant go back to the forum you were viewing from the bottom of the page looks awful banner is poor looks awful as said before, how anyone could go from the previous look/layout to this is funny
dune Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 still turd...im sure most of you will be happy, I wont be renewing my £5 in a hurry when my subscription runs out in august Every cloud has a silver lining.
Ken Tone Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 I expect it may be something to do with the images - do you have quite an old Blackberry? The newer versions of the Blackberry browser are much better with large page downloads, and cache quite a lot of the images and stylesheet files. You could try changing your user settings to not display user avatars? That should cut down a fair bit of the download time - turning off JavaScript will reduce the amount of data by a third as well It's a fairly new blackberry curve actually, but I'll try changing the settings. Thanks K.
Thedelldays Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 i can also confirm that on the backberry 9700 it is not that good
Lets B Avenue Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 I was trying to find out why "Dog" was banned, but can't seem to get any old posts up.
stevegrant Posted 15 June, 2010 Author Posted 15 June, 2010 i can also confirm that on the backberry 9700 it is not that good Works fine on the 9700, I've got one.
Thedelldays Posted 15 June, 2010 Posted 15 June, 2010 if it works on your blackberry with whoever provides your network, then great.. so far, we have gone from something that worked for everyone who used it and it worked bloody well... to something that looks awful and does not work for everyone.. im sure it wont be an issue for many, but sooner or later subscriptions will come around again and if it does not work like it did, maybe some wont renew so quickly
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