Bugs and Suggestions for Metabunk.org

[Mick West]

Please post any problems you find with the site in this sticky thread. I'll try to get to them, and I'll mark them as fixed as I go.

I'll edit this list as I go

• Chat and Activity Stream use a lot of bandwidth
• Menu structure is inconsistent between Home and Forum
• Dark themes need appropriate colors for EX/BUNK tags, and chat (BlackEnd lacks colors for chat, but Black Abyss does not

• Changing Avatars does not take effect for a while
• Need indication of post being edited

When version 1.2 of Xenforo is released:

• Readable font size for mobile devices.

Fixed:

• Double posts in Conversations (fixed for Posts)

 

[Pete Tar]

Changing the background colour from dark text on white to light text on dark is easier on the eyes and uses less power.

 

[Mick West]

That might be possible per user. I'll investigate.

 

[Mick West]

Changing the background colour from dark text on white to light text on dark is easier on the eyes and uses less power.

Under settings->preferences, you can change the style. I've just added one for now (and it needs the logo fixing). Have a look here, and see if there are other styles you like:
http://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/styles.29/

Personally I prefer the black text on white background look.

 

[Pete Tar]

wow great, thanks Mick.

 

[Cairenn]

I do also, I find the white on black hard on my eyes. They are not as young as they used to be.

 

[Mick West]

wow great, thanks Mick.

Unfortunately it does not work too well with [EX] and [BUNK] tags as I hard-wired those numbers. I'll tweak it at some point.

 

[Soulfly]

Is it possible to put the "activity stream" tab on the home page as well?

 

[Mick West]

Is it possible to put the "activity stream" tab on the home page as well?

Yeah, that was the "Menu structure is inconsistent between Home and Forum" bug

 

[Pete Tar]

Unfortunately it does not work too well with [EX] and [BUNK] tags as I hard-wired those numbers. I'll tweak it at some point.

There's a 'BUNK' tag?
I've gone for the sepia/grey version, works fine.

 

[SR1419]

where am I??

I go away for a couple of internet free weeks...and look what happens...I get retrograded back to a "new member"

Seriously though...it looks nice...still trying to figure it all out...

Was there a thread where you announced the format change? What prompted it?

 

[Soulfly]

where am I??

I go away for a couple of internet free weeks...and look what happens...I get retrograded back to a "new member"

Seriously though...it looks nice...still trying to figure it all out...

Was there a thread where you announced the format change? What prompted it?

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/new-forum-software.1900/

 

[Leifer]

Can't seem to change avatar

 

[Leifer]

2.7 inches (200 pixels) x 2.08 inches (150 pixels) @ 72 DPI, jpeg

 

[Soulfly]

Can't seem to change avatar

Do you have 'delete current avatar' selected? if so unselect it.

 

[Leifer]

tried several ways.....using .gif, and refreshing.....nothing worked.

 

[Soulfly]

tried several ways.....using .gif, and refreshing.....nothing worked.

I see your avatar now, so something worked.

 

[Leifer]

There it is....I see it now
Famous Nam June Paik art installation....(Buddha TV, 1974) Closed Circuit video installation with bronze sculpture

 

[Mick West]

There's a caching problem with avatars, they take a while to change.

 

[Leifer]

so allow it to take affect.....change it and then refresh. Easy.....just need patience.

 

[Pete Tar]

I'm seeing the 'dy' avatar, is that the new one? I thought it was old.

 

[Soulfly]

Anyway to add edit time/date when you edit posts?

 

[Pete Tar]

Is the post reporting open to abuse? If I report someone multiple times just because I'm trolling them or disagree with what they say will they automatically be banned after a number of reports?
Perhaps the 'banned' assignation could be split into categories such as 'temporarily banned', 'banned for failing to get to the point', 'banned for impoliteness', etc...

 

[Soulfly]

Is the post reporting open to abuse? If I report someone multiple times just because I'm trolling them or disagree with what they say will they automatically be banned after a number of reports?
Perhaps the 'banned' assignation could be split into categories such as 'temporarily banned', 'banned for failing to get to the point', 'banned for impoliteness', etc...

I think Mick bans based on the report and if he thinks it needs a ban.

 

[cosmic]

Perhaps the 'banned' assignation could be split into categories such as 'temporarily banned', 'banned for failing to get to the point', 'banned for impoliteness', etc...

I was wondering about this also. Could there be a distinction between permanent and temporary bans: e.g. suspended vs. banned ?

 

[Trigger Hippie]

I can't post any images.

I'm using the "Upload a File" button and get the following error message

The following error occurred
There was a problem uploading your file.

 

[FreiZeitGeist]

What happened to the "Recent-activity"-Function (former called "Spy")?

And the chat also makes some problems, I wanted to ask this there, but it didn´t work..

 

[Mick West]

I did an upgrade which has unfortunately broken some features. I'll be getting them back asap.

Chat works now, and can be used as an alternative to "Activity Stream"

 

[Pete Tar]

The site refreshes now on every page every 20 seconds rather than just on the recent activity page. Is there a way I can opt out of this to save my data usage from going up?

 

[Mick West]

It's a part of the new "Alert count in tab" thing. It's a very small amount of data. But I'll see if I can make it optional.

 

[Pete Tar]

Okay I'll see if I can measure it and maybe it's not a problem.

 

[Mick West]

Okay I'll see if I can measure it and maybe it's not a problem.

How much would be a problem? Looks like it's about 0.5K in each direction, so 1K, or about 0.12MB per hour.

 

[Pete Tar]

That will be acceptable.

 

[Mick West]

Jolly good. I'll just leave it for now then.

 

[Soulfly]

Is there a way to make it so a thread you have zero interest in, doesn't make the thread name on the forum page change color indicating a new reply has been made?

 

[Mick West]

Is there a way to make it so a thread you have zero interest in, doesn't make the thread name on the forum page change color indicating a new reply has been made?

Not currently. Sorry.

 

[Pete Tar]

Threads change colour? I didn't even notice. May be the forum colour scheme I'm using.

 

[JRBids]

I keep getting logged off, and I've gotten an error called 522, I think, a few times.

 

[FreiZeitGeist]

I find it a little bit confusing that in the Thread-list the number of pages of a thread only will be displayed when you put the mouse-cursor over it...

Example:

The Thread "Photos of Planes and Contrails" has 4 Pages. BEcause my Mouse selected this, the links to the pages are displayed.

Other long threads like "Advocating violence..." or "Pre 1995 Contrails..." doesn´t display their number of pages. By clicking fast on a thread you automatical click the thread-title and get the first page without knowing hat there are several pages.

And a lot of Threads here are full of big pictures, especially on the first page. Bad for People with bandwith-problems.

 

[Mick West]

I find it a little bit confusing that in the Thread-list the number of pages of a thread only will be displayed when you put the mouse-cursor over it...

Fixed!