Chris Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Some of you may be aware that Invision Power Board 3 was recently released. Last week I began testing it for TGTAP. I won't go into all the fancy new features and everything here, I'll leave that to when we actually upgrade. So I made a copy of the database about a week ago and successfully upgraded from IPB 2.3 on it, so it looks like when we do upgrade this forum it'll be pretty smooth. I began integrating the skin into our fixed width layout last week. That is done, no actual skinning has been done thus far though, as I wanted to see what you guys thought so far. Preview: http://www.thegtaplace.com/ipb3/ Just so we're clear, the above is not a live forum, it's a copy of TGTAP from about a week ago. You'll be able to login to your account there and do whatever the hell you want, but anything you do won't be reflected here. Some stuff: 1. You can collapse that menu on the right if you think it's taking up too much space by clicking on the X. 2. Don't like the fixed width? Post here and let me know then. If there's a lot of you who prefer the 100% width skin then I'll make one like that too so people can choose. (100% width looks ridiculous on widescreen, you'll know what I mean if like me you browse at 1920x1200. Tons of whitespace everywhere!) Those of you still on 1024x768 (most of you actually :/) won't even know what I'm talking about so disregard that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I tested it; runs fine, although it still has a few bugs. I made a sample post here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Bugs like what? I'm aware some profile fields aren't showing up correctly, and some people's post counts are much higher than they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Bugs like what? I'm aware some profile fields aren't showing up correctly, and some people's post counts are much higher than they should be. Some cosmetic ones, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvas. Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Working fine no problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 And how's the reporting/permabanning system? Are there any enhancements compared to the old forum, like improved protection against bots? And I intentionally spammed for the lulz and out of boredom, just to test the new board; it links to youfail.org - sorry for any inconveniences regarding my test post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoLuTioN Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Looks good, Found one bug in the profile page. The Avatar/Post count/etc column is a bit too wide and the font size of topic title/header could be reduced a bit. Still have to login and look around. This may not be the right place but yeah, the click and copy link feature in Imagelodge doesn't work. Edited July 4, 2009 by EvoLuTioN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Yeah that ImageLodge thing is because something Flash 10 broke, it worked fine up to version 9 And yeah I'm aware of the profile page. I'll work on that later. @Huck: The reporting system is a hell of a lot better as there's now a control panel for admins/mods to see them all (we had to use a mod for this until now). And of course individual posts now have reputation points (which also count towards your overall reputation). So if we see posts with really low rep we can investigate and see what's going on. This will replace our relatively unused system I tried to implement here. Warning system doesn't include a "ban" feature so it looks like I'll need to mod that again. However, on people's profile pages, we do have the option to click a "Flag as Spammer" button, I haven't tried it yet but I presume it disables their account and adds IP/email to the ban filters or whatever. So if bot prevention hasn't been improved then at least they ways we can deal with them has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Woot, another IPB3 test. Well, let's test it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Yeah that ImageLodge thing is because something Flash 10 broke, it worked fine up to version 9 And yeah I'm aware of the profile page. I'll work on that later. @Huck: The reporting system is a hell of a lot better as there's now a control panel for admins/mods to see them all (we had to use a mod for this until now). And of course individual posts now have reputation points (which also count towards your overall reputation). So if we see posts with really low rep we can investigate and see what's going on. This will replace our relatively unused system I tried to implement here. Warning system doesn't include a "ban" feature so it looks like I'll need to mod that again. However, on people's profile pages, we do have the option to click a "Flag as Spammer" button, I haven't tried it yet but I presume it disables their account and adds IP/email to the ban filters or whatever. So if bot prevention hasn't been improved then at least they ways we can deal with them has. Thanks. Oh, and if I migrate to IPB on my forum, can I convert my PHPBB databases to IPB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Yes you can. @SV: Not really a test, it's the final version. Just getting people's thoughts on a few things in the time before we upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Is this the same with the ChrisJP fans forums that Chris had made some months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) More or less but you have your account. @Chris: Well, you just have to recode the mods and skin if you didn't done so. I personally like IPB3 more than 2. And since when I do have 8500 posts? Edited July 4, 2009 by Spider-Vice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoLuTioN Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Problem with the now redirecting page ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I noticed that too. Well, an upgrade to a brand new version always needs work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) This is a pretty cool upgrade! It's like entering the space age with this new style version! That's what I mean! Sorry Can't wait for it though Edited July 6, 2009 by warrior13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 It's not a style, it's the brand new version of the forum software we're using currently. From 2.3.6 to 3.0.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Chris, you are the fucking bomb! That is one nice layout, looks perfect if you ask me. Just needs to inner CSS for the forums complete, and it will be the bomb. Although the ads suck, it's a perfect place for it to be. Can't wait for the final product, it will feel like a fully recreated forum. Anyways good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That's going to take some getting used to.. Looks sexy though. Just that one thing.. the width. Like, even on 1024 x 768, wouldn't it look a little.. well, narrow? On the other hand, clicking away that new topics thing (very nice feature btw, and smooth animation, but with a professional look to it.) makes it look just right. Perhaps a little darker shade. Just a tiny bit darker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deji Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 That's going to take some getting used to..Looks sexy though. Just that one thing.. the width. Like, even on 1024 x 768, wouldn't it look a little.. well, narrow? On the other hand, clicking away that new topics thing (very nice feature btw, and smooth animation, but with a professional look to it.) makes it look just right. Perhaps a little darker shade. Just a tiny bit darker.. Nope. I'm on 1024x768 and it nearly fills the screen... Which is one thing I don't like about this forum, the whole thing is too wide Can't wait to see how good it is... I might upgrade my forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Do it Deji! It's very cool and the biggest advantage is PM's. Each reply to your message doesn't count as a separate PM It's divided in convos. Edited July 7, 2009 by Spider-Vice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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