Dave Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi guys. Well, we have now purchased and installed the latest IP Boards forum software. The old PhpBb platform was showing it's age, and it was time for move. The conversion process was long and complicated, and there are a few wee errors to sort out, but we'll get there.A few that spring to mind are the profile photo. Unfortunately, the path to the photo directory is wrong (it didnt change ovr in the conversion) so I need to do some editing of the main site templates to sort this. So you'll see on the main forum page that the "latest posts" bit on the right hand side will have "photo" in every post! This will change once I sort things out.UPDATE: THIS IS NOW FIXED! Also, when you go to look at topics, you'll notice that where you can usually click the right hand side of a topic to see the latest post, the last post/username is kinda circled. Clicking it won't take you to the last post yet. the reason is that all the "last posts made" in the old forum are the ones you see with a circle round the last post bit as described above. Until someone makes a new post using this new forum, the last post link will not work! I have a sneaky way to get round this (I'm gonna do a Tom and spam all topics with a simple smiley post!! lmao!) once that is done, the last post function will work normally. There is so much still to set up, it's really time consuming and mentally draining! I haven'e even started on replacing all our current webpages yet! The Gallery feature is a new thing! It's in the menu bar at the top of the page. The gallery is exclusively for Gold/Silver/Bronze members. they can create an album for their car etc. Normal members can view the gallery and the cars in it, but cannot create and album. The "Civic5 Store" which is also in the main menu, is another new feature. Here, you will be able to buy your choice of membership, and everything will be fully automated! PLEASE DONT USE IT RIGHT AWAY, AS WE HAVENT QUITE GOT IT FINISHED YET!! Theme wise, you can select your theme in the link at the bottom of the forum. There is the standard IP Board theme, the IP Board Mobile theme, and a basic Civic5 theme. We will be working on getting really nice flashy civic5 theme created in the future, and also will be installing Tapatalk in the forum too, as this proved to be very popular! New Theme now created and installed! 22/6/13 We hope you like your new forum, and continue to use it as much as you did before (hopefully even more!!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtec2011 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Fantastic Dave! I'm liking the new layout already and it feels refreshing... It did weird me out at first when I logged on haha. Good luck fixing the little things on the new system. I am now going to explore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knight Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Wow dave you have been busy boy! Nice one 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brown Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Indeed it is different but did not take long to navigate my way around A New Chapter For Civc5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thanks chaps! yeah, it's almost there! Did a few other wee bits and bobs in the last hour, so most things sorted! Memberships will br running soon too. Current Gold Memberships are due to expire at the end of June, so will be able to get things moving then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 i admit when i first logged in tonight i didn't know what was going on!! nice to see the forum is being updated will be getting a membership as soon as its available. top work Dave!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest retrend Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 its looking really good man, nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 wow dave, this is awesome, and it's so beautiful aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great work Dave, I didn't expect this to happen so fast, nice one On a side note, I posted on the facebook page that I can't log in, it seems I can log in on the windoze laptop but not on my iMac, using firefox on both, will try safari later and see if that works, I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Great work Dave, I didn't expect this to happen so fast, nice one On a side note, I posted on the facebook page that I can't log in, it seems I can log in on the windoze laptop but not on my iMac, using firefox on both, will try safari later and see if that works, I'll let you know.Hmm, thats strange! Try the usual Delete browser history/cookies/forms etc and then give it a go mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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