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X 12-05-04 04:58 PM

I'm surprised it used to work. Maybe the search "remember" time is shorter now.

You should notice in the URL of the results page that a parameter is the search ID. That search ID persists in the system only for a certain amount of time before you have to recreate the search.

CRM114 12-05-04 05:22 PM

Using Safari, I have to log in each time I come back. I don't quit the browser either. How long is the cookie set to expire? Seems like an hour or so.

kilcher 12-05-04 05:58 PM


Originally Posted by dork
Does the Views counter work differently now, or is it messed up? It's been stuck at 464 for this thread, for example. I clicked on the thread a couple of times to check, and it's still stuck.

It updates hourly now. It's less load on the server.

Gil Jawetz 12-05-04 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by X
I'm surprised it used to work. Maybe the search "remember" time is shorter now.

You should notice in the URL of the results page that a parameter is the search ID. That search ID persists in the system only for a certain amount of time before you have to recreate the search.

I'm not saying it worked for weeks at a time. But I did just try it and it worked fine. Maybe it's not an issue.

RoQuEr 12-05-04 07:13 PM

found a strange sized ad. Its an ebay one that shows up at the top, but it is truncated, so you can actually scroll down the ad.

speedyray 12-05-04 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by CRM114
Using Safari, I have to log in each time I come back. I don't quit the browser either. How long is the cookie set to expire? Seems like an hour or so.

What he said. I logged in all of 1 time in like two years before today. Today I have logged in at least ten times. It is getting old.

That is really the only thing I take issue with. Most of the rest is visual, I can get used to that.

Gil Jawetz 12-05-04 10:42 PM


Originally Posted by RoQuEr
found a strange sized ad. Its an ebay one that shows up at the top, but it is truncated, so you can actually scroll down the ad.

I noticed that in the old forum too. It's like if you move your mouse over the ad and use the scroll wheel you can see that the ad is actually double the height of the window in which it appears. weird.

kvrdave 12-05-04 11:19 PM


Originally Posted by kvrdave
In the drop down list, Adult talk shows up (even though it is a subforum) but Poker and Politics do not. Don't know if you want to add the others or get rid of the one, but I would guess you want them all in there.


Aside from the member list thingy I mentioned, the above should be easy to fix.

pro-bassoonist 12-05-04 11:27 PM

I suppose I am a minority here but I liked the old format much better. Since this one is here to stay I also need to add up that I had to log in 4 times so far. I am using Firefox.

Aside from that I have a suggestion/quastion about the design we have in each section of the forum. What are the chances that we downsize the...threads a bit. What I mean is it really looks busy if you open up one of the main sections and you try to look for a specific topic.

Pro-B

nemein 12-05-04 11:28 PM


Originally Posted by CRM114
Using Safari, I have to log in each time I come back. I don't quit the browser either. How long is the cookie set to expire? Seems like an hour or so.


I seem to be having the same problem w/ Mozilla. VERY ANNOYING :(

Trigger 12-05-04 11:35 PM

I can't stay logged in for some reason. Keeps logging me out if I don't post something within 5 minutes or whatever timeframe. Before I could stay logged in for 2 years, and I've had to log in 9 times today so far... haven't even closed my browser window or navigated away from this site.

johnglass 12-05-04 11:38 PM

It was suggested earlier to clear out your cookies if you were having problems staying logged in.

Tarnower 12-06-04 04:03 AM

What happened to the function of receiving updates to a particular thread? There used to be a little area at the bottom corner of each thread that you could click onto and have the thread update itself. I haven't seen that function since the new version went into effect.

Gil Jawetz 12-06-04 06:22 AM

I'm using Firefox and I only logged in once yesterday and not since.

OldDude 12-06-04 07:12 AM

I use IE, and I also only logged in once yesterday morning and not since.

Canis Firebrand 12-06-04 07:55 AM

Has this been brought up an addressed yet? Is it an actual bug, or something that geoff needs to change?

In polls, when you click on the view results, not only do you see the number of people that voted for each option, you see who actually voted for each option :eek:

Isn't that a big confidentiality issue?
I know in phpbb, you have to have a hack to have that show up and it is a confidentially issue. Is vb showing that by default, or is it just an option that hasn't been set yet to turn it off?

twikoff 12-06-04 08:37 AM

Ive logged in on 3 different computers between yesterday and today..
all IE6
and havent had to re login on any of them yet..

Breakfast with Girls 12-06-04 09:51 AM


Originally Posted by Tarnower
What happened to the function of receiving updates to a particular thread? There used to be a little area at the bottom corner of each thread that you could click onto and have the thread update itself. I haven't seen that function since the new version went into effect.

This has already been answered. Currently you can only subscribe to a thread after you've posted (through the advanced post form).

Trigger 12-06-04 11:19 AM


Originally Posted by johnglass
It was suggested earlier to clear out your cookies if you were having problems staying logged in.

I don't want to clear out my cookies and have to re-login to every site I visit. Can I just clear out my DVDTalk cookies? I know Twikoff doesn't have to login again (but it's likely cuz he hasn't left his computer or taken his fingers away from the keys since the forum came back up apparently), but I have logged in on 3 different computers as well and two of them logged me out (still working on the 3rd, so we'll see what happens when I walk away for a bit).

twikoff 12-06-04 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by Trigger
I don't want to clear out my cookies and have to re-login to every site I visit. Can I just clear out my DVDTalk cookies? I know Twikoff doesn't have to login again (but it's likely cuz he hasn't left his computer or taken his fingers away from the keys since the forum came back up apparently), but I have logged in on 3 different computers as well and two of them logged me out (still working on the 3rd, so we'll see what happens when I walk away for a bit).

:p

ive been on 3 different computers over this timespan.. closing browsers and rebooting my laptop multiple times.. havent had an issue with any of them.. yet.

Numes 12-06-04 11:31 AM

ISSUE: One thing that struck me right away that was that the original poster is displayed right below the message title. I find this relatively (ok, extremely) annoying because I like to be able to view as many topics in one screen as possible, putting the OP below the thread title makes the topic page extremely long, and it doesn't flow. It's much harder to scan topic threads now.

Other issues that have already been brought up that I thought I would second: Underlining of thread titles and no "subscribe to this thread" option for threads you haven't posted in.

Just wanted to say that I know it's a work in progress and I do appreciate all the work that went into the upgrade. Now make the OP a column like it was! ;)

X 12-06-04 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by Trigger
I don't want to clear out my cookies and have to re-login to every site I visit. Can I just clear out my DVDTalk cookies?

I thought you were a computer person!

Do you know what cookies look like and where to find them? What browser are you using?

Trigger 12-06-04 11:50 AM

chocolate chip?


I'll second the problem that poll results show who voted for what. I don't think that's right.

RoboDad 12-06-04 12:22 PM


Originally Posted by X
I thought you were a computer person!

Do you know what cookies look like and where to find them? What browser are you using?

I am a computer person, using Mozilla 1.7.3, and I have deleted all of the dvdtalk cookies on my system three times, but I am still forced to login every time I restart my browser. It appears that DVD Talk is no longer creating a userid and password cookie on my system. It still creates the last activity and last thread viewed cookies, but the remainder are not persisting. I don't have this problem with any other site I visit that uses vBulletin 3.0.3.

I also verified that I don't have the problem in IE, but since I never use IE for regular browsing, that doesn't help me.

Geofferson 12-06-04 12:34 PM

Well, I think I've finally fully adjusted to the new forum. Nice work Geoff! :up:


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