Dual-boxing.com v2.0 Revenge of the BBCode

ok. we're a week out from the conversion date, and I'm going to open up what I've been working on and let you guys help me find bugs.


Your passwords won't work, you'll need to reset them. You'll need to fix your Signatures, re-upload your avatars and reset up anything you had in your profile.

PLEASE take a few minutes and at least do this and report back the all clear, or let me know where you had issues. If you could poke around and post to a few threads (it's a dated database I know) just look around and see if you come across anything that breaks. I'm especially interested in our German friends making sure the German templates are all in place and working.

http://new.dual-boxing.com

We've had some DNS issues with the server, so you may have to edit your hosts file to get to the site. To do this, open up C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add this line:

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74.50.27.105 new.dual-boxing.com

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Make sure you save the file as hosts and NOT hosts.txt

Please let me know if you run into anything strange.

Strange.

Try Start -> Run -> "cmd" -> ok -> "ipconfig/flushdns"



Nerf DNS issues.

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I'm especially interested in our German friends making sure the German templates are all in place and working.

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German templates ... where can I activate those? :)
Everything is in english (not that I got a problem with that) whether or not I create a new thread or what ever I try to do.

Another question regarding http://new.dual-boxing.com/forums.php - shall I already start converting stuff or will this database be replaced with a newer one?

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Originally Posted by 'Xorn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219162#post219 162

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I'm especially interested in our German friends making sure the German templates are all in place and working.

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German templates ... where can I activate those? :)
Everything is in english (not that I got a problem with that) whether or not I create a new thread or what ever I try to do.

Another question regarding http://new.dual-boxing.com/forums.php - shall I already start converting stuff or will this database be replaced with a newer one?

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I'll check on the german templates and get back to you. Don't change posts, anything in this database will be trashed cause we'll import a fresh copy of the database friday/saturday.

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Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219161#po st219161

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Originally Posted by 'Svpernova09',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219158# post219158

Strange.

Try Start -> Run -> "cmd" -> ok -> "ipconfig/flushdns"

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I'm a MS System Engineer. ;)

Did that too, no dice.

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I'm not sure then, I have to edit hosts at home to get to it, but not at work. The hosting company told us there was a DNS issue, but their hosting panel doesn't use your typical naming conventions, so I'm rather hesitant to go fiddling with DNS settings.

There are 2 German templates, I'm not sure of the difference. You can select which language by going to User CP -> Edit options -> The very last option is Forum Language.

Ah cool - the informal (du) and the formal (sie) version - it's pretty good - the only downside is that the graphics like the "new topic" button are not translated - if that is the template we're going to use I would like to receive the PSD file if there is one so I can edit those and give them back to you to upload them.

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Originally Posted by 'Xorn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219213#post219 213

Ah cool - the informal (du) and the formal (sie) version - it's pretty good - the only downside is that the graphics like the "new topic" button are not translated - if that is the template we're going to use I would like to receive the PSD file if there is one so I can edit those and give them back to you to upload them.

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The images were supposed to be translated, rather, it came with translated images.


Edit: there we go, Buttons should be in German once the user selects one of the 2 templates.

Perfectly - works fine, thanks.

Ok, reset my password and logged in - noticed a few stange things...



1. Can't upload or change my avatar - can change my profile pic however.

2. Some of the options look like they are appearing in German? The option to rate a thread reads "Thema bewerten" Under the Edit Options section in the User Control Panel, the heading for the editor options is listed as Verschiedene Einstellungen.



Few questions - will there be a way to change the color scheme of the forums? Also, the sticky threads look just like normal threads (apart from the word 'sticky' in front of them). Is there a way to make them stand out more?



Cheers,

S.

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http://new.dual-boxing.com/forums.php is still working for me.

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Originally Posted by 'Stealthy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219331#pos t219331

Ok, reset my password and logged in - noticed a few stange things...



1. Can't upload or change my avatar - can change my profile pic however.

2. Some of the options look like they are appearing in German? The option to rate a thread reads "Thema bewerten" Under the Edit Options section in the User Control Panel, the heading for the editor options is listed as Verschiedene Einstellungen.

Few questions - will there be a way to change the color scheme of the forums? Also, the sticky threads look just like normal threads (apart from the word 'sticky' in front of them). Is there a way to make them stand out more?



Cheers,

S.

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Are you getting any errors trying to upload an avatar etc?

I'll have to look at the phrases and make sure the german templates didn't overwrite the EN ones. There will not be a changeable color scheme, to give users the ability to change a site's them is a developmental nightmare. because you have to replicate all your changes for each theme you have. I'll see about making the stickies stand out a bit more, for now, there's just like any other posts. which is how just about every other forum software out there manages them. WBB seems to be the exception on this.

sorry, i don't mean to pile on.... just had the time to go through this today.

items to be tweaked for the new site:

1. wysiwyg editing is not enabled by default
2. images are not shown in posts by default (shows the link instead)
3. avatars are not shown by default
4. signatures are not shown by default
5. not able to include an image in signatures (current setting: allow image BB code NO)
6. various profile details are not pulled over (IM onfo, home page url, location, etc)
7. cannot seem to set the avatar, although i can set the profile picture (unsure of difference)
8. under 'user cp/edit optons', all the check boxes are unset by default
9. no ability to resize the message edit box
10. i'd request 'user cp' be changed to something a bit more intuitive ('My Profile' would be in keeping with current)
11. the MMORPG section seems to have lost its hierarchy
12. copyright notice should be 2007-2009 and be 'all images and posted content'
13. i'd suggest the image used for 'you have posted on this thread' be a bit more obvious. maybe green or something (helps when you are trying to follow up)
14. dual-boxing graphic needs to be on top of all pages
15. unable to embed youtube/video content (any other embeds possible?)
16. the navigation bar visible on the portal page disappears when you go to the forums (might be nice to have - optional)

i would also request a bit of color somewhere beyond the various shades of blue. some reds and yellows would liven it up a bit.

that's what i have on my first pass. thanks for all the work svper, well done! :thumbsup:

:!: note: i will also need a bump personally for inbox size please

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Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219558#po st219558

OK, it works from home for me (new.dual-boxing.com).

Good stuff - but man, its going to take some getting used too!

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Yeah it is. This biggest thing is how the stickies blend in. I'm still tossing ideas around about this.

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items to be tweaked for the new site:

1. [s]wysiwyg editing is not enabled by default [/s]
2. [s]images are not shown in posts by default (shows the link instead)[/s]
3. [s]avatars are not shown by default[/s]
4. [s]signatures are not shown by default [/s]
5. [s]not able to include an image in signatures (current setting: allow image BB code NO)[/s]
6. various profile details are not pulled over (IM onfo, home page url, location, etc)
7. cannot seem to set the avatar, although i can set the profile picture (unsure of difference)
8. [s]under 'user cp/edit optons', all the check boxes are unset by default[/s]
9. no ability to resize the message edit box
10. i'd request 'user cp' be changed to something a bit more intuitive ('My Profile' would be in keeping with current)
11. the MMORPG section seems to have lost its hierarchy
12. copyright notice should be 2007-2009 and be 'all images and posted content'
13. i'd suggest the image used for 'you have posted on this thread' be a bit more obvious. maybe green or something (helps when you are trying to follow up)
14. dual-boxing graphic needs to be on top of all pages
15. unable to embed youtube/video content (any other embeds possible?)
16. the navigation bar visible on the portal page disappears when you go to the forums (might be nice to have - optional)

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6. This is working as intended. Users will have to reset this info.
7. I've tried a few different avatars and have no problem, needs more testing so we can find out what the error is.
9. You can resize by clicking the up / down arrows in the top right box of the wwsiwyg editor
http://www.halosrealm.com/images/new-db-inputbox.gif
10. I'm not terribly worried about it for launch. Subtle differences. There's going to be a bit of a culture shock when people see the new site, cause it's very different.
11. This is the importer getting confused, I'll fix it on the launch import.
12. We can't claim copyright over "All images and posted content" But updated the years. This will also have to be fixed on the launch data.
13. Subtle differences, I really want to get a feel for how people are seeing the new site. There's gonna be some QQ, and some things people are just going to have to live with, but if it's something that really is an issue, we'll look into fixing / modding it.
15. Added [youtube] BBCode, but requires JUST the video ID instead of the URL. example: . And yes we can do other embeds if they're in a similar format. Something for after launch.
16. The navigation bar in the header is still present.

Moving this out to the public so we can get some more hands on deck testing this. Please feel free to report any errors you come across + steps to replicate the errors.

This is OLD data, we know, we're much more worried about functionality right now.

Any non-constructive criticism will be nuked from orbit, we're mainly worried about anything that doesn't appear to be working / working as intended.

Can't seem to hit new.dual-boxing.com no matter what I do.

I just went through alot of this when I rebuilt my site using vBulletin (I assume thats what your doing) at http://knightsofshadow.org and all this stuff is pretty fresh in my mind if you need any help.

I cant seem to hit the site either. I flushed my DNS and tried my work comp and had the wife try the home computer. No luck


Edit: P.S Great Site Nitro

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Originally Posted by 'Nitro',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219857#post21 9857

Can't seem to hit new.dual-boxing.com no matter what I do.

I just went through alot of this when I rebuilt my site using vBulletin (I assume thats what your doing) at http://knightsofshadow.org and all this stuff is pretty fresh in my mind if you need any help.

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Yeah, we're using Vbulletin. I'm doing good atm, but I appreciate the offer, if I hit a wall I may give you a shout.



As for not being able to get to the site, yeah, it's kinda..... we have some DNS issues and our host doesn't really want to help or explain their wierd DNS terminology. So we're kinda at it's mercy atm.

Um, I'm in and all but . . . my CP shows posts credited to me that I didn't write, lol.

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219872#pos t219872

Um, I'm in and all but . . . my CP shows posts credited to me that I didn't write, lol.

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:( Would it be issue with firefox?

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219872#pos t219872

Um, I'm in and all but . . . my CP shows posts credited to me that I didn't write, lol.

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o.O can you show me an example?



Make sure you're not looking at "New Subscribed Threads"

Just a touch of usability, if you could replicate the breadcrumb at the bottom of threads as well... I never want to go next/previous thread but I often want to go back to the forum and that means scrolling all the way up.

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Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219876#post 219876

Just a touch of usability, if you could replicate the breadcrumb at the bottom of threads as well... I never want to go next/previous thread but I often want to go back to the forum and that means scrolling all the way up.

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Yes, this is one of the things I really, really want to do. it's coming.

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Originally Posted by 'Svpernova09',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219874# post219874

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219872#pos t219872

Um, I'm in and all but . . . my CP shows posts credited to me that I didn't write, lol.

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o.O can you show me an example?



Make sure you're not looking at "New Subscribed Threads"

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Nvm, they were private messages. I thought they were forum posts.

Mousing over the ON or OFF icons next to people's post (showing online/offline status) is in German.

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Originally Posted by 'Pocalypse',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219911#po st219911

Mousing over the ON or OFF icons next to people's post (showing online/offline status) is in German.

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Thanks, the random German SHOULD be fixed now. Let me know if anyone comes across anymore.


Can I also get one of our German users to make sure the German languages are still functional?

Thanks for Vecter for being my VB.com search slave, we've got the stickies showing up in a separate section, similar to how they are shown here.

layout looks bitchin

I can get to the site okay, but I seem not to exist as a user. I haven't recreated my account, but I went to the register page to check - and my username is not taken. Should I go ahead and re-register to keep my name, or should I just wait for the 1st and see if everything's cool then?

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Originally Posted by 'Drew',index.php?page=Thread&postID=219936#post219 936

I can get to the site okay, but I seem not to exist as a user. I haven't recreated my account, but I went to the register page to check - and my username is not taken. Should I go ahead and re-register to keep my name, or should I just wait for the 1st and see if everything's cool then?

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You can do either, if you want to poke around and see how things are going to work, feel free. But anything you do there will not be carried over to the new site.

i got the same as drew. my name is taken so im just gonna wait tilll the release. and just so you know, Vb Owns!

Will it be possible to keep all my private messages? I'm only allowed 100 and well over that now :)

Inbox contains 0 messages.
You have 306 messages stored, of a total 100 allowed.

User CP - Edit Your Details - I made some changes in additional information, then get the message "You have entered an invalid birthday." There is no way to make changes to details without entering a valid DOB (it would not accept the year 1000 :P )

I entered a random date and now I cannot change my DOB, says I have to contact an admin to do that.

Any reason DOB is required (and then locked)?

Also, can you change the db logo so the blood elf punts a gnome?

*Edit - I'm waiting to see how big the nuke is that takes out this non constructive message.

I vote for blood elf punting gnome too. :P

Love it. And I usually HATE board changes to forums that I frequent often.

ROFL

Jafula, if I forget, remind me and I'll take care of your PM limits.

Seems a little flakey with Opera. Looks like the forum trees are aligned to the right-hand side of the browser and has some very big gaps in random places. Opera also does not appear to be cool enough to have a bottom scrollbar.

Looks ok on the main page VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2526/maindb.th.jpg

General Section VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7505/gendbj.th.jpg


Posts VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9038/postdb.th.jpg


A post with a screenshot that goes beyond my current browser width. Notice it is cut off on the left side and there is no scrollbar on the bottom of my browser VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2...rolldbv.th.jpg

An extreme example of the above @my normal browser size VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4...sizeddb.th.jpg


The above example with my browser fullscreened. Still no scrolling. VV

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7...creendb.th.jpg

No issues like this in the current forums. Win7 and Opera 9.64

Edit - works just fine in IE, so it just doesn't like Opera.

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Originally Posted by 'Ellay',index.php?page=Thread&postID=220000#post22 0000

I vote for blood elf punting gnome too. :P

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So it is written. So let it be done.