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Post by Ihar on Apr 22, 2013 19:42:23 GMT 2
Hi
Sometime between April 29 and May 29 this forum will be upgraded.
Please all make sure that you know what your password is. If you need to reset your password go to your profile and reset it. Everything should function alright after the upgrade except that you will need to login again.
This upgrade is out of our control and is being done by Proboards. We are not sure exactly what will change and will update you as we know more.
Tjeers
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Post by butasteve on Apr 23, 2013 11:49:36 GMT 2
Thanks Steve
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Post by Ihar on Apr 23, 2013 19:54:06 GMT 2
Just some of the new features: Host all your forum's images directly on ProBoards! No more relying on third party image hosts! The new Forum Dashboard helps you keep track of what's happening on all your ProBoards forum accounts all in one location. Create custom web pages and Forum Portals directly on your forum using our new Custom Pages feature. A new Member Groups system that allows you to categorize your members into multiple groups allowing you even easier member management. New Live Search functionality that brings you search results as you type; Never wait for your answers again. A Shoutbox integrated directly into your forum! Join multiple forums and transition between them seamlessly using a single account with our ProBoards Global Login. Notifications to help you stay on top of the latest updates to threads you've participated in and more. Send a personal message to multiple people in the same conversation, or even entire groups! Create a unique, custom avatar inside of your forum with the new Avatar Maker. Per-user activity feeds with the ability to follow other members. Better moderator tools that make moderating your forum a breeze. The ability to "Like" posts! A new Visual Editor for creating posts. See exactly what your post will look like while you make it! Upgraded attachments system that allows you to easily attach even more files to your forum posts! Lightning fast forum navigation on every page with our new drop-down navigation tree and improved hotkey support. At the top of each page you can see if any of the topics you've participated in have been recently updated. Direct access to the forum's HTML and CSS for those hard-to-reach tweaks. tagging to bring a member's attention to a post.
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Post by spikes on Apr 23, 2013 20:38:17 GMT 2
The improvements are exciting Spikes
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Post by Ihar on Apr 25, 2013 18:31:34 GMT 2
Spikes and I have spent the last 2 days playing with a version 5 forum and the changes are fantastic from in line replies to pm's. Direct Facebook integration. A Shoutbox at the bottom. Multiple attachments per post, each limited to 1mb in size.
If you want to join our testing forum please head over to locsamod.freemessageboards.com and sign up. Just remember it is a beta forum and will be deleted at the end of the beta.
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Post by spikes on Apr 25, 2013 19:56:36 GMT 2
Loading pictures are really easy on the version!
Welcome to join in
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Post by spikes on Apr 26, 2013 16:04:59 GMT 2
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Post by ladanivabelgium on Apr 27, 2013 13:38:08 GMT 2
what the ***? already upgraded? is it the 29th already? do i get a prize for being the first one to post in the new forum?
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Post by spikes on Apr 27, 2013 13:42:00 GMT 2
I noted that Kobus the Administrator was on forum so perhaps he expedited everything
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Post by Kobus on Apr 27, 2013 13:47:51 GMT 2
Hi Sometime between April 29 and May 29 this forum will be upgraded. Please all make sure that you know what your password is. If you need to reset your password go to your profile and reset it. Everything should function alright after the upgrade except that you will need to login again. This upgrade is out of our control and is being done by Proboards. We are not sure exactly what will change and will update you as we know more. Tjeers Steve The forum has just been upgraded. There is one problem that has arisen from this: The storage space for attachments are limited to 200MB. Attachments size is currently at 442MB which means no more attachments are allowed. I suggest that photos should no longer be attached here but I suggest that everyone opens a Dropbox account (www.dropbox.com) for themselves. You get 500MB of free space where you can store photos and then place a link in your post. Any other suggestions are welcome ... there are a zillion solutions out there. Regards Kobus
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Post by Kobus on Apr 27, 2013 13:48:31 GMT 2
I noted that Kobus the Administrator was on forum so perhaps he expedited everything
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Post by spikes on Apr 27, 2013 13:51:55 GMT 2
Thanks Kobus! That went quickly. Like the new features. Got a pop up to say I was quoted
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Post by Ihar on Apr 27, 2013 14:46:58 GMT 2
Thanks Kobus. I will start going thru the forum and moving pics to a locsa dropbox and relinking them as soon as my home Internet is sorted out
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Post by ronnie on Apr 27, 2013 14:57:12 GMT 2
what the ***? already upgraded? is it the 29th already? do i get a prize for being the first one to post in the new forum? NO It just shows you have too much spare time Ronnie
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Post by spikes on Apr 28, 2013 17:56:19 GMT 2
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Post by spikes on Apr 29, 2013 7:26:09 GMT 2
I noted that Kobus the Administrator was on forum so perhaps he expedited everything It seems that Photobucket will allow posting pictures. See Nivas at work
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Post by ladanivabelgium on Apr 29, 2013 7:30:38 GMT 2
test posting PB picture
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Post by spikes on Apr 29, 2013 7:56:53 GMT 2
Thanks Jan. Photobucket seems like the most feasible option. My second attempt also worked. You do look nice in camo
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Ihar
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Post by Ihar on Apr 29, 2013 8:20:30 GMT 2
Even the one as you as a youth. Tjeers Steve
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Ihar
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Post by Ihar on Apr 30, 2013 13:00:23 GMT 2
To notify (tag) someone of (in) a post, you need to use the Reply option and not the Quick Reply, and then still click the Notify user button on the toolbar above the message text box, it has a @ picture on the icon.
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Post by spikes on May 1, 2013 19:22:48 GMT 2
Upgrade notice
Kobus has graciously handed down some of the Administrator rights on to Steve (Ihar)
Congratulations Steve!
And a big thank you to Kobus who made the transition to V5 of the Proboards.
The staff are all feeling their way around the new full forum board. It is more complicated than the test board that we set up a few days ago.
But with patience we will get there.
The single biggest concern is the non-availability of attachments that were posted previously.
They are not lost We are working on getting them back and visible
Regards
Spikes
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Ihar
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Post by Ihar on May 1, 2013 19:38:33 GMT 2
Damn! Just noticed the karma is gone next thing for me to work on ...
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Post by spikes on May 1, 2013 19:49:12 GMT 2
I could not get it going on the test board either. Think that is gone
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Post by Ventzel on May 3, 2013 21:51:13 GMT 2
Hi Guys, Hello again to everyone. I haven't been here for a long time and now I can see a lot of changes. Few quick questions at the first glimpse: 1. Is is possible these sky blue ribbons to be changed in darker colour or in black on my screen? It's too bright, my eyes are not feeling well.... 2. About half of the photos don't appear and stay hidden. Even the old ones which I've uploaded. 3. When I Google LOCSA the site stays somewhere in the middle of the page (it was on the top before). Is that correct? The sites above LOCSA are Locus - close but not too much to overhead Locsa. But may be this is out of our control. 4. I needed ~2 years to learn how to upload photos and after numerous instructions from the other members, mainly Ari, finally I made it. It was quite a struggle, really.... and now what, again from the beginning? Regards Ventz
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Post by powdersnow on May 5, 2013 1:05:05 GMT 2
Very good update! Works great! I dont know if it will be slow in South Africa or not. Also this wesite is only in german, maybe some one can use it. THIS works very well for our forum. Serious website with no pop ups. And pictures are very safe. My oldest are four years and still fast available for forum. greets Jakob
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Post by spikes on May 5, 2013 7:11:56 GMT 2
The green shades are fine, Steve!
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Post by Ventzel on May 9, 2013 19:09:30 GMT 2
Thanks Spikes and Steve, the dark green is much better.
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Post by spikes on May 14, 2013 19:25:46 GMT 2
News "ticker" at the top of the page speed slowed down to allow comfortable reading
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Post by Ihar on May 15, 2013 17:13:37 GMT 2
News ticker?
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Post by spikes on May 15, 2013 19:15:37 GMT 2
Gone fishing Just below the LOCSA Website Logo when you are on the forum index page
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