Andrew Davies Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Great improvement!! Well done Jim. You've been busy!! 1 Quote Link to comment
twk Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 All is working well. Very nice indeed. A post of mine is missing though. From the Python subforum. Was titled Syntax exception. Or something along those lines..i had posted it a couple of days ago. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I'm exploring the new forum format. Mostly like it a lot! Excessive blank space is distracting. Some of it could be consolidated without reducing graphic quality. -B 2 Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 The new board/forum looks nice, it's an improvement over the old one though I have not fully explored it yet. One request though if it has not been mentioned yet.... could you please consider to subdivide the troubleshooting section to some extent like the old techboard as it looks like some areas/disciplines will get drowned a bit e.g. the old dwg/dxf section is a relatively small and specific area amongst the bulk of problem questions so it would be nice to find topics on that fairly easily. Or as an alternative perhaps have an option to tag a post with general/landmark/architect/spotlight/dwg import/export etc. and a function to select all topics with that tag for those who are looking for specific discipline info? Quote Link to comment
John Whyte Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 How can we copy over our profile footers from the old forum ? Dont mind coping and pasting them, but i couldnt see where to add them into the new profiles ? Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 3 hours ago, John Whyte said: How can we copy over our profile footers from the old forum ? Dont mind coping and pasting them, but i couldnt see where to add them into the new profiles ? Hi John, JimW has done a video about Signatures here - https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/announcement/1-welcome-to-the-new-vectorworks-community/ And you'll also find some info to help in this post - Signature visibility is turned off by default so that's likely why you're not seeing any. I can see yours, which is a port over of your old signature. Kevin Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Is there a way for original author to delete a post? -B Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Benson, This was discussed in another thread. The interim solution is to tag the post as per JimW's response here - Kevin Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 5, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 5, 2016 23 hours ago, Benson Shaw said: I'm exploring the new forum format. Mostly like it a lot! Excessive blank space is distracting. Some of it could be consolidated without reducing graphic quality. -B Wishlist this please! Tag it with "forum" and we will include it in the ongoing talks about the forum's style. This is just considered "phase 1" and we have many more enhancements planned, as well as taking user feedback exactly like this you just mocked up. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tom Klaber Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I like white space. Let the content breath. Obviously the amounts of white space changes depending on the screen. Also - what is the Member Dot thing? Is that some sort of rank? Quote Link to comment
Administrator JuanP Posted September 6, 2016 Administrator Share Posted September 6, 2016 @Tom Klaberit means the group that you belong to, in Jim's or my case we belong to the admin member category. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, JuanP said: @Tom Klaberit means the group that you belong to, in Jim's or my case we belong to the admin member category. But the dots specifically? It doesn't seem to be tied to whether someone is a member or administrator. Some have many dots, others have only a few...... KM Quote Link to comment
Marionette Maven Marissa Farrell Posted September 6, 2016 Marionette Maven Share Posted September 6, 2016 23 minutes ago, Kevin McAllister said: But the dots specifically? It doesn't seem to be tied to whether someone is a member or administrator. Some have many dots, others have only a few...... KM The dots refer to how active you've been on the forums. (i.e. how many posts you've contributed) I agree that it looks misleading, but if you check out your profile it may help clear things up. 3 Quote Link to comment
Markvl Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 The dots seem to be some kind of Star Trek ranking system. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 6, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 6, 2016 See now, they titled me User Experience Manager when what I really wanted was Fleet Admiral. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 18 minutes ago, JimW said: See now, they titled me User Experience Manager when what I really wanted was Fleet Admiral. Ha Ideally this would be grouped together somehow. Right now you're a "Vectorworks Veteran" under your name while your number of posts is next to that and also represented by six dots along with "Forum Administrators".. Your title "User Experience Manager" used to be in your old signature. Your name is red some places but not others..... (Why are "Forum Administrators", "Moderators" and "Members" pluralized anyway? It seems very odd to me.... except perhaps in your case since I'm sure there are clones hidden somewhere....) KM Quote Link to comment
Markvl Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 22 minutes ago, JimW said: See now, they titled me User Experience Manager when what I really wanted was Fleet Admiral. You've certainly put your time in. Your presence here in the forum has been invaluable. +1 for Fleet Admiral! 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 6, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 6, 2016 The titles system needs a restyling, it's in the pipe. Currently if I try to put "UEX Manager" or "Fleet Admiral" or "Lord Commander of the Kingsguard" it breaks the formatting badly, for now it's the default post rank systems from the old board but we are going to change it eventually. The dots may be replaced as well by a badge system that will not just show activity but also areas of interest or professional expertise for users and employees alike. 2 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 6, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 6, 2016 But for the pluralization of the names you make a good point, from the admin side it's just the names of groups of people so plurals make sense but as titles it's silly, I'll change it now! 1 Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 9 minutes ago, JimW said: But for the pluralization of the names you make a good point, from the admin side it's just the names of groups of people so plurals make sense but as titles it's silly, I'll change it now! You're enjoying the direct control, aren't you Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 6, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 6, 2016 Some things need a committee and lots of debate, other things just need a button pressed Quote Link to comment
Tom Klaber Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Maybe this is a setting, but new replies seem to auto-fill with the last reply you wrote on that thread. I think it a strange behavior. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 7, 2016 Author Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 7, 2016 It's supposed to be an option kind of like saving a draft in an email client works, where if you type up a message but close the tab or navigate away and don't submit it, it stores the text. However, it seems a bit temperamental. Quote Link to comment
Tom Klaber Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I see. I hate losing a well crafted rant. New issue: How do I submit an edit? There seems to be a missing button. I feel silly, but I make the change - add my reason then I am stymied about what to do next to make the change. Quote Link to comment
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