The New-Look SpursTalk

[timvp]

(If you have any problems and can't login for whatever reason, email me at [email protected])

I've spent much of the last month working on this SpursTalk upgrade ... and it's finally ready to go live. I'm expecting there to be a lot of bugs and a lot of things that don't look/work right. Please post in this thread to alert me to anything you find. Also let me know if you have any questions about the new functionality.

My goal was to create a clean design with intuitive features. There's going to be an adjustment period for everyone but I think this is an important step in the right direction for SpursTalk. Everything is a lot more powerful and it gives us more room to grow.

Again, there are going to be bugs and the forum is very likely going to be slow as we fine tune everything -- I apologize in advance. I'll be actively fixing anything that pops up while also continuing to add more features. There's actually a lot more in store but we're doing it small steps to make sure that nothing breaks along the way :)

Special thanks to Kori Ellis, Muki and Slomo for making all this possible.







P.S.

I haven't slept in about 30 hours so pardon the typos :wakeup

[timvp]

I'll keep this second post updated as a FAQ.

How do I post a video?
Click on the video button on the editor and insert the link to the video. Press OK. Supported sites include Hulu, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Google and facebook.

How do I embed a tweet?
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203664&p=6125579&viewfull=1#post6125579

How do I ignore someone's signature?
On the upper right of each poster's signature box, there is a black X. Click that and the signature will disappear.

Will there be alternate skins?
Yes, eventually.

[Namundy]

This makeover looks great. The "live" function looks very cool.

[leemajors]

I preferred a darker background as before just for eye strain reduction, any chance of alternate skins?

[Kori Ellis]

Testing. Thanks.

[timvp]

I preferred a darker background as before just for eye strain reduction, any chance of alternate skins?

There will eventually be alternate skins.

[leemajors]

Awesome, looks great! Looking forward to it. Appreciate all the work everyone puts in.

[Kori Ellis]

This makeover looks great. The "live" function looks very cool.

It's not turned on yet, but I think it will be cool too.

[timvp]

How do you embed tweets?

The code is [ tweet ] tweetID [ /tweet ] ... without the spaces, of course.

To find the tweetID, get a direct link to a tweet by clicking on the date of the tweet. The URL should look something like this: https://twitter.com/manuginobili/status/251356957368270848

Take that bold string of numbers at the end and put it in the tweet tags.

Result:

251356957368270848

[Cane]

Looks fantastic

[timvp]

How do I ignore someone's signature?
On the upper right of each poster's signature box, there is a black X. Click that and the signature will disappear.

[NASpurs]

Oh wow, now we can embed videos from other sites instead of youtube. That's awesome.

[Venti Quattro]

Thank you for the widescreen YouTube window.

[NASpurs]

Test


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtxchl_week-4-nfl-preview_sport

[jeebus]

looks great! :tu

[timvp]

How do I post a video?
Click on the video button on the editor and insert the link to the video. Press OK. Supported sites include Hulu, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Google and facebook.

[redzero]

http://gifsoup.com/download.php?id=398059&d=animatedgifs&n=team-america-puke&s=o

[irishock]

Great but change the NBA forum colors into black

[loveforthegame]

Wow. This looks great. Still checking out all the new features.

Thanks to everyone for making this upgrade happen. You guys are awesome.

[TheRealCB]

Everything looks cool,except the colours imho..

And thanks for the soccer forum :toast

[lmbebo]

Just curious if it'll be easier to use via a smartphone, like with an app like tapatalk?

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

testing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWv7l8Lm_A


The changes will take awhile to get used to. It's nice of ya'll to accomodate our growining homosexual population though (soccer forum).

[timvp]

Just curious if it'll be easier to use via a smartphone, like with an app like tapatalk?

There's a mobile skin now. I haven't tested it though, tbh.

Tapatalk or an alternative is a strong possibility if we can't come up with something workable on our own.

[Andrew Bynum]

this.

[Andrew Bynum]

Great but change the NBA forum colors into black

this.

[Trainwreck2100]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8432910
test

[xellos88330]

At first I was like... What the fuck did I drink last night. Looks great :D

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Yes, LJ...we def need NBA forum colors back...also, we need our college team logo's back in the other forum as well.

[Kori Ellis]

Yes, LJ...we def need NBA forum colors back...also, we need our college team logo's back in that forum as well.

The college team logo thing is coming back. We are still in the middle of implementing stuff.

[timvp]

Yes, LJ...we def need NBA forum colors back...also, we need our college team logo's back in that forum as well.

NBA forum colors = Can adjust them easily if that's the consensus.

College team logos = Will be back soon. (Gotta re-upload all the logos and the corresponding colors, fwiw tbh imo)

[DontStopBelieving]

Looks GREAT from my phone

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

The college team logo thing is coming back. We are still in the middle of implementing stuff.


NBA forum colors = Can adjust them easily if that's the consensus.

College team logos = Will be back soon. (Gotta re-upload all the logos and the corresponding colors, fwiw tbh imo)

Thank you. One more thing...in the Club it shows the avatar of the thread starter. Why is there a picture-in-picture of me inside DD's avatar?:lol

[ElNono]

One thing I noticed: I had 'spurstalk.com' bookmarked instead of 'www.spurstalk.com'. When I click on the bookmark, it doesn't show as logged in. It's probably because the cookies are stored as www.spurstalk.com. I updated the bookmark, but just a heads up and a suggestion: It should be easy to use RewriteEngine on apache to redirect to www.spurstalk.com when somebody enters just spurstalk.com.

[timvp]

One more thing...in the Club it shows the avatar of the thread starter. Why is there a picture-in-picture of me inside DD's avatar?:lolThat avatar-in-avatar look means that you have posted in that thread.


One thing I noticed: I had 'spurstalk.com' bookmarked instead of 'www.spurstalk.com'. When I click on the bookmark, it doesn't show as logged in. It's probably because the cookies are stored as www.spurstalk.com. I updated the bookmark, but just a heads up and a suggestion: It should be easy to use RewriteEngine on apache to redirect to www.spurstalk.com when somebody enters just spurstalk.com.Thanks, I'll look into it :tu

[TheRealCB]

While we're at it,can one of you bold me and give me a greek flag under my name? :hungry:

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

You don't want a Greek flag, bro. That's like a Yellow Star around here. Go for an Albanian flag

[Brazil]

wow nice

[Brazil]

I like the online feature at the bottom of the avatar, really nice and useful

[Hook Dem]

Test

[ace3g]

Is there a way to change when you click on a thread link, that it doesn't go to the newest post?

[ElNono]

Would be nice to get the Chat back once all the skinning is done...

[Kori Ellis]

Would be nice to get the Chat back once all the skinning is done...

There's a new feature coming that's better than chat.

[timvp]

Is there a way to change when you click on a thread link, that it doesn't go to the newest post?

Work in progress. For now, thread title will take you to the newest post you haven't read. If you want to go to the beginning of the thread, you can click on the page number.

[ElNono]

There's a new feature coming that's better than chat.

:hungry:

Thanks for all the hard work, BTW.

[Mark in Austin]

Damn did you really have to go with Brooklyn colors? What a rip.

:stirpot:

[timvp]

There's a new feature coming that's better than chat. :smokin


Damn did you really have to go with Brooklyn colors? What a rip.

:stirpot: :lol




/emoticoncheck

[lefty]

(If you have any problems and can't login for whatever reason, email me at [email protected])

I've spent much of the last month working on this SpursTalk upgrade ... and it's finally ready to go live. I'm expecting there to be a lot of bugs and a lot of things that don't look/work right. Please post in this thread to alert me to anything you find. Also let me know if you have any questions about the new functionality.

My goal was to create a clean design with intuitive features. There's going to be an adjustment period for everyone but I think this is an important step in the right direction for SpursTalk. Everything is a lot more powerful and it gives us more room to grow.

Again, there are going to be bugs and the forum is very likely going to be slow as we fine tune everything -- I apologize in advance. I'll be actively fixing anything that pops up while also continuing to add more features. There's actually a lot more in store but we're doing it small steps to make sure that nothing breaks along the way :)

Special thanks to Kori Ellis, Muki and Slomo for making all this possible.







P.S.

I haven't slept in about 30 hours so pardon the typos :wakeup

Thank you for listening to our suggestions, guys :tu

Out of curiosity, am I the only one who suggested a YT/video button ?

[spurs_2108]

Looks great. Haven't found anything wrong.

[timvp]

Out of curiosity, am I the only one who suggested a YT/video button ?

No, that was one of the top five most requested features.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A


/videotest

[ace3g]

Work in progress. For now, thread title will take you to the newest post you haven't read. If you want to go to the beginning of the thread, you can click on the page number.

Thanks, just will take some time to get use to, because before I would click on "last post by..." to go to the last page in the thread. There are times when you want to start from the first page, especially if you haven't read the thread before.

[Kori Ellis]

Thanks, just will take some time to get use to, because before I would click on "last post by..." to go to the last page in the thread. There are times when you want to start from the first page, especially if you haven't read the thread before.

It currently goes to the newest post that you haven't read (not the newest post). So if you haven't read the thread before, then it should go to the beginning.

[VBM]

Pretty cool so far. Probably the only thing that could be added (and let me know if I'm just missing it) is a tag (seen on some other sites...it's good for TV show/movie discussions).

[DMC]

I like the new look. It looks great in 1080p

[lefty]

No, that was one of the top five most requested features.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A


/videotest

Ah ok


Thanks for adding it :tu

[DesignatedT]

Looks great. Really clean look. I'd probably be interested in a darker background as well though once that becomes available.

:tu

[DesignatedT]

It currently goes to the newest post that you haven't read (not the newest post). So if you haven't read the thread before, then it should go to the beginning.

I think this is great. Especially for the in game threads.

[Spurs Brazil]

It looks great.

[sananspursfan21]

ooooooooh, modern

[ElNono]

The Live feature is great, tbh... one quick glance at what's going on at that moment... loving it

[DesignatedT]

The embed a tweet function is sweet as well.

[ace3g]

It currently goes to the newest post that you haven't read (not the newest post). So if you haven't read the thread before, then it should go to the beginning.

Well I just tried some threads I've never read before, and it still took me to the last page or near the end if it is still a 1 page thread

[Kori Ellis]

Well I just tried some threads I've never read before, and it still took me to the last page or near the end if it is still a 1 page thread

Okay. timvp will look into it after he's done installing everything else. Thanks!

[ace3g]

Okay. timvp will look into it after he's done installing everything else. Thanks!

Thanks, yeah not a big deal, low tier problem.

Everything looks great so far.

[ThePop]

Sorry if someone already asked this, but is there any plans for an upvote/downvote feature?

[Kori Ellis]

Sorry if someone already asked this, but is there any plans for an upvote/downvote feature?

No one asked. Yes, there is.

[Bruno]

Very nice.
Thanks a lot for all the hard work.

[timvp]

Well I just tried some threads I've never read before, and it still took me to the last page or near the end if it is still a 1 page threadI think the problem is that the cookies got reset during the transfer so it doesn't know where you left off. I've noticed the same thing too but it might fix itself.


Sorry if someone already asked this, but is there any plans for an upvote/downvote feature?Yes. This was probably the first or second most requested feature and is on the to-do list. Probably tonight or tomorrow night.

[ace3g]

Another thing I noticed, when in the quick reply or advanced reply text box, when you are finished typing and about to post, usually would press the tab button then enter to post, but that doesn't work now. Currently you have to use your mouse or touch pad to move cursor and select "post reply".

[urunobili]

When performing "wheel click" on the mouse from the drop down menu of the forums it doesn't open the new page on a tab. :) Thanks a lot for all what you do timvp and Kori!!!

[Kori Ellis]

When performing "wheel click" on the mouse from the drop down menu of the forums it doesn't open the new page on a tab. :) Thanks a lot for all what you do timvp and Kori!!!

It does for me in Firefox. What browser are you using?

[symple19]

testing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWv7l8Lm_A


The changes will take awhile to get used to. It's nice of ya'll to accomodate our growining homosexual population though (soccer forum).

I wish a slow painful death on you sir....GOOD DAY :lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYDwTrJO7pc

[urunobili]

It does for me in Firefox. What browser are you using?

Firefox 15.0.1

[symple19]

Anyway, I love the changes and the inclusion of a soccer forum

Please add University skins back to the college forum and thanks for all the hard work to all involved

[urunobili]

It does for me in Firefox. What browser are you using?

Wow it worked now. Let me try to recreate it coming from the soccer forum to the spurs one as that's what i was doing when it happened... it originally gave me a javascript thing

UPDATE unable to recreate error. Working perfectly!!! :D

[CuckingFunt]

Out of curiosity, am I the only one who suggested a YT/video button ?

Nope.

[boutons_deux]

text entry window is bigger, AND re-sizable, great.

I don't like the "More Talk" top-level menu. Club and Politics should be directly on the top-level menu.

I see auto-save popping up, not sure how that works when a post is interrupted.

test img insert:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/images/misc/stlogo31.png

great how the IMG URL is rendered at tex entry time.

[DJ Mbenga]

there has to be universal colors for all forums. The black is the only one that doesn't destroy my eyes

[tlongII]

Navigation seems more difficult to me. What is the easiest way to go from a thread to another forum?

[tlongII]

Now it's better. Must have had a setting wrong.

[Reck]

I dont know, everything looks bunched up to me.

Skin layout, settings are too simplistic imo. And I hope you guys chance the colors for the Club. Pretty awful stuff down there.

[Lincoln]

Videos are still messed up in signatures for the mobile skin

[jeebus]

oh snap, 100 posts per page. I'm there.

[ChuckD]

What happened to the Spurs sub forum?

n/m it's a drop down. :lol

[Kori Ellis]

I dont know, everything looks bunched up to me.

Skin layout, settings are too simplistic imo. And I hope you guys chance the colors for the Club. Pretty awful stuff down there.

What looks bunched up?

Yes, Club is changing.

[Reck]

What looks bunched up?

Yes, Club is changing.

Could be just my perspetive but I think the threads are sort of like ontop of each other. Like there is no line dividing each thread.

Is really more noticeable on the Club since the fonts are so large.

[DesignatedT]

There's a TON of empty white space between the end of the thread title and where the thread stats begin. That's the only thing that really stands out to me. That could also be because I keep my resolution very high though. Makes it kind of hard on the eyes but the alternate skins should solve that.

[timvp]

There's a TON of empty white space between the end of the thread title and where the thread stats begin. That's the only thing that really stands out to me.

That's because it's a fluid design. As you resize your browser, the forum resizes with it.

Speaking of which, on the to-do list is a fixed-width design. With monitors getting bigger and bigger, it's something that could be really useful, IMO.

[lurker23]

Thanks for all the hard work, everyone. Getting used to change is never easy, but I think this upgrade will work out quite nicely. :tu

[benefactor]

Looks great. Thanks for everything. Looking forward to the rest of the upgrades.

[baseline bum]

No redtube video embed? :depressed

[polandprzem]

I need to get use to it

[polandprzem]

Ohhh damn, I've lost my golf best result icon ... :(

[Fernando TD21]

I like the spurs forum look, not sure about the nba forum.

[CuckingFunt]

Am I missing something, or is the default now to stay logged in? I refreshed a few minutes ago after being idle for a couple of hours and was still logged in.

[mavs>spurs]

Shit like freezes up and dominates your whole browser and every other tab you have opened once in a while..that ain't good yo.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

My Space Invaders title! Gone! And with it my will to live...

[benefactor]

My Space Invaders title! Gone! And with it my will to live...
:cryYeti Seal Bounce title:cry

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

:cryYeti Seal Bounce title:cry

Haven't checked out all the new features. Can those of coping with such losses form a support group mini-forum?

[Kori Ellis]

Shit like freezes up and dominates your whole browser and every other tab you have opened once in a while..that ain't good yo.

What browser do you use? It should actually be much quicker without any freezes at all, compared to the old version.

[benefactor]

I'm having no issues with chrome. It's flying.

[timvp]

Am I missing something, or is the default now to stay logged in? I refreshed a few minutes ago after being idle for a couple of hours and was still logged in.Yeah, as it's setup right now, you should rely on logging out. Logout can be found by clicking on your username in the upper right.


Shit like freezes up and dominates your whole browser and every other tab you have opened once in a while..that ain't good yo.It's pretty light, tbh. You might have some old cache/cookies messing with your browser. Trying a clear cache. Might help.




P.S.

Arcade is coming back soon :smokin

[mavs>spurs]

What browser do you use? It should actually be much quicker without any freezes at all, compared to the old version.

firefox..it's since stopped. around that time the site wouldn't work for me for about 30 seconds so idk what was going on. send me to some server access denied page or something similar to when it was down last night. maybe it's good now.

[Muki]

firefox..it's since stopped. around that time the site wouldn't work for me for about 30 seconds so idk what was going on. send me to some server access denied page or something similar to when it was down last night. maybe it's good now.

That was probably me doing a quick web server restart, but I had a typo in a config file so it took 30 seconds or so instead of 1 second. Sorry about that, we're still fine-tuning things...

[mavs>spurs]

no harm no foul, playa

[CGD]

Very nice job. Haven't had a chance to play with the mobile version yet, but if speed translates their too I'm more than happy. Also happy to hear there will be skin options (I enjoyed the black background, minimal signatures, etc. on the mobile version two generations ago).

The only knit I have is that it seems that when you click on a thread's last page it takes you to the very bottom of the page, which then requires scrolling up to the top of the page to read the earlier comments. This was not the case in the old set up. Not a big deal (one can scroll), but it would be nice to start with the top of the page.

Thanks for improving the user experience.

[ace3g]

A couple of other minor things:

Link color needs to be changed to something other than main text.

After you send a post and are at the bottom of the page, although I like that it stays in the page you posted in (like before), when you are in the quick navigation section, possibly have the "forums" section before the "site areas". Usually after you are down posting you want to go back to the main forum or the section of the forum you were in. That or make the "current title" in the quick navigation link clickable, because right now it only goes to the drop down. If that makes any sense.

[Kori Ellis]

..when you are in the quick navigation section, possibly have the "forums" section before the "site areas"...

Yeah, I noticed that earlier. It shouldn't be hard to change (I don't think.)

[team-work]

Thanks for the wonderful work.

The feature of hiding one's signature is nice, but the page seems to reload when the function is used. Would it save time (and reduce server's workload) just to have the signature disappearing?

[Em-City]

How can i tell which thread has new posts ?

[Nathan89]

Is that little green guy that say "___ is online now" a new feature or a feature I never noticed.

I like the updates. Thanks for improving.

[timvp]

How can i tell which thread has new posts ?

If the thread title is bold, it has new posts.

[Em-City]

thanks timvp ... Now i see it - it wasn't showing up before.

[Em-City]

also... can you possibly put an icon on the left of the thread to show whether I've posted in there?

it's handy to see if somebody's possibly replied on a thread you've commented in without having to set up email notifications.

[ace3g]

since you have implemented the tag feature anyway through the software for a drop down menu to appear after you type in "@" to list all the names like it would in twitter or start to auto fill the name in , so you don't have to worry about spelling or the username has numbers in their name, something you can't recall.

[ThePop]

Why is there a square root symbol by my spurstalk tab?

http://www.webanswers.com/post-images/3/31/141CA37E-75EC-1192-37F4998E213308CF.jpg

[Fernando TD21]

Why is there a square root symbol by my spurstalk tab?

http://www.webanswers.com/post-images/3/31/141CA37E-75EC-1192-37F4998E213308CF.jpg
I noticed that too, it's the symbol for vbulletin. It'll probably go back to the spur again.

[ABC]

I might be the only one, but I liked seeing the Think Tank on top of the main Spurs forum. The Think Tank sometimes goes days without getting a new post, so it was nice to not have to go out to the Forums page to check it all the time.

[ace3g]

I might be the only one, but I liked seeing the Think Tank on top of the main Spurs forum. The Think Tank sometimes goes days without getting a new post, so it was nice to not have to go out to the Forums page to check it all the time.

+ 1

[DesignatedT]

Noticed the vbulletin logo as well on my bookmarks lol

[Das Texan]

Awesome work guys!


Will take a little getting used to, but it will just take a little bit of time.


Now I just need to dump Beno now.

[Shaolin-Style]

It's neat but I'm the type of person who's set in their old fashion ways

Could you guys possibly put the classic style as a selectable forum layout?

[IronMaxipad]

Whenever i click on a thread it always sends me to the last post even though i've never read the thread before.. Am i doing something wrong?

[Venti Quattro]

No redtube video embed? :depressed

Godvine embed, please.

[jiggy_55]

Really loving all the new features :) Makes browsing here much easier, more efficient, and more fun..

[Venti Quattro]

oh snap, 100 posts per page. I'm there.

Thank you based jeebus for informing me about this. I'm now on 100 posts/page. No problems at all.

BTW what's the method for mentions? And wtf there's a notification everytime I'm quoted.

[Drachen]

Not a huge deal, but the directory tree (Index : San Antonio Spurs Message boards: Spurs Forum . . . .) moves back and forth (top left and top right) and gets sized differently sometimes really big on the top right down to really small on the top left. I was wondering if there was a way to standardize this.

[Drachen]

how do you do 100 posts a page?

edit: found it.

[boutons_deux]

what's the new favicon supposed to be?

[Drachen]

what's the new favicon supposed to be?

default icon for the software.

[-21-]

Everything looks great! It's simple and clean. Thanks for the hard work guys, this site keeps getting better. Also loving the blockable sigs! :tu

[Aztecfan03]

[QUOTE=-21-;6127712 Also loving the blockable sigs! :tu[/QUOTE]

Oh that is pretty sweet.

[HI-FI]

props to timvp et al for the hard work. This new look feels more clean and professional, I dig it. I haven't tested out all the new features, i probably never will, but I like the changes.

[lmbebo]

I like the new theme. Easier to read.

Mobile is better, not sure how to default to mobile though on my iPhone.

[Kool Bob Love]

I hate it. :(

[scanry]

Love the new look. It's even better on your mobile.

[~Sweetmelody~]

Wow looks nice but I did freak out at first-I thought something was wrong with my PC lol

[timvp]

Latest addition:

On the index of the forum, check out the block on the right side of the screen. It lists the top five hottest threads on all of SpursTalk -- judged by the number of replies in the last 24 hours.

If you don't like it, you can just minimize it and it goes away.

[ace3g]

timvp tab still doesn't work in the quick reply box to advance to post quick reply button.

[Venti Quattro]

Can you please make text size in the "who's online" section below the index page smaller?

[stéphane]

Surprising...

[polandprzem]

Is there possibility of the selective quoting?

[timvp]

oh snap, 100 posts per page. I'm there.I haven't tried it out but that should work well for anyone with a decent internet connection.


Link color needs to be changed to something other than main text.Good suggestion.


After you send a post and are at the bottom of the page, although I like that it stays in the page you posted in (like before), when you are in the quick navigation section, possibly have the "forums" section before the "site areas". Usually after you are down posting you want to go back to the main forum or the section of the forum you were in. That or make the "current title" in the quick navigation link clickable, because right now it only goes to the drop down. If that makes any sense.I'll add some better navigation options at the bottom of threads. :tu


The feature of hiding one's signature is nice, but the page seems to reload when the function is used. Would it save time (and reduce server's workload) just to have the signature disappearing?Doing it automatically without the reload would be better but I haven't figured out a way to do it yet.


Is that little green guy that say "___ is online now" a new feature or a feature I never noticed.The green guy is new but there used to be something else to notify online status.


also... can you possibly put an icon on the left of the thread to show whether I've posted in there?Possible to do and I'll look into it.


since you have implemented the tag feature anyway through the software for a drop down menu to appear after you type in "@" to list all the names like it would in twitter or start to auto fill the name in , so you don't have to worry about spelling or the username has numbers in their name, something you can't recall.That's not possible right now but it's something that should be possible down the line at some point.


I might be the only one, but I liked seeing the Think Tank on top of the main Spurs forum. The Think Tank sometimes goes days without getting a new post, so it was nice to not have to go out to the Forums page to check it all the time.I'm still working on how to integrate the Think Tank. I think it's an awesome section so obviously want it to keep flourishing.


Could you guys possibly put the classic style as a selectable forum layout?A vintage style is in the works.


Whenever i click on a thread it always sends me to the last post even though i've never read the thread before.. Am i doing something wrong?It should go to the last unread post. If it's a thread that was started on the old version of the forum, then the jump might act weird. But if it's happening on new threads, that would be a bug. I'll keep testing it.


BTW what's the method for mentions? And wtf there's a notification everytime I'm quoted.To "mention" or "tag" someone, just type @ followed by their username (with no space). You have to spell it right but capitalization doesn't matter.

[timvp]

Can you please make text size in the "who's online" section below the index page smaller?Yeah that is pretty massive. Make sure you have that middle section collapsed. I'll look at the font sizes down there to see what can be tweaked.


And wtf there's a notification everytime I'm quoted.If you don't find that useful, you can disable it.


Not a huge deal, but the directory tree (Index : San Antonio Spurs Message boards: Spurs Forum . . . .) moves back and forth (top left and top right) and gets sized differently sometimes really big on the top right down to really small on the top left. I was wondering if there was a way to standardize this.I'll look into that :tu


what's the new favicon supposed to be?Should be fixed now.


- Some of the font-sizes look gigantic. Looks like there is body font 15px that is overriding the 13px.Which fonts specifically?


- If you need help with icons or any other graphic, let me know.If you want to improve a icon or graphic, post it in this thread or PM it to me. That'd be much appreciated :tu


timvp tab still doesn't work in the quick reply box to advance to post quick reply button.I've been trying to fix that but I can't get it to work either. Hmmm...


Is there possibility of the selective quoting?Don't know what that means, tbh.

[polandprzem]

timvp

You just mark what part of the post you want to quote on.

Mark it and hit a button

[timvp]

timvp

You just mark what part of the post you want to quote on.

Mark it and hit a buttonOh, yeah, that's actually on the to-do list :tu

[carina_gino20]

The current color scheme is a little too bright for my eyes. But I love the new features introduced. :tu

[polandprzem]

Now it's a lot easier to post on this forum.

Thanks :worthy: Good job :tu

[boutons_deux]

why isn't the thread title echoed throughout the thread, and esp in the section for reply, so you can confirm you are posting/replying in the right thread?

[Venti Quattro]

I still love 100 posts/page. Sweet mother of God.

[Brazil]

I'm lovin' the new ST tbh !! that is great !

[DAF86]

When I click on a thread name to see the first page it always takes me to the last page.

[Reck]

Anyone having problems with pushing the what's hot thread box thing aside?

I'm clicking the arrow thing and it doesn't close.

Its skewing the way the boards looks.

[Mugshot]

Love the new look....

[timvp]

Latest addition:

Due to a few suggestion in this thread, I've added more navigation to the bottom of pages. In threads, you will now see navigation options right above the quick reply box. It should also solve any issue of knowing what thread you are in before you reply, as pointed out by boutons_deux

[LakerHater]

Is the Troll section gone?

[timvp]

Is the Troll section gone?
It'll be back.

[timvp]

Latest change: Click on the date to the right of the thread starter and that will take you to the very beginning of the thread. For anyone who doesn't like the automatic jump to the newest post, that's an easy way to avoid it.

[MI21]

Looks really great guys. My eyes are struggling a little to pick up all the info due to the colours being all the same, but I'll definitely get used to it and it looks much better than it did.

(The clicking on thread title taking you to the latest post is damn annoying, but with the workarounds timvp mentioned, it shouldn't be long until we all get used to it)

[IronMaxipad]

Latest change: Click on the date to the right of the thread starter and that will take you to the very beginning of the thread. For anyone who doesn't like the automatic jump to the newest post, that's an easy way to avoid it.
The dates are only showing up in the spurs forum. Don't see any date in the nba forum, the club, etc..

[Creepn]

This whole new layout does not make it a pleasant experience for tablet users. It has to render everytime I scroll and typing is a hassle. The keyboard doesn't automatically pop up in the quick reply text box.

[boutons_deux]

On the page with list of thread titles, why isn't the sub-menu of pages at the bottom of the page not repeated at the top of the page. Have to scroll down to get to next page of thread titles.

[Fabbs]

The "Ignore this signature feature".

Applause.

[alamo50]

Looks tight. Where the Troll Forum go?

[spursdotcom]

Just wanted to say congrats and looks great timvp, Kori Ellis, Muki and Slomo.

:flag:

[ElNono]

Question for Muki...

One issue that still remains and had even with the old software is when using the back button on Firefox.

Basically, when I go inside a thread then use the back button to back out, it loads the page from the browser cache, and so it doesn't mark it as read and still shows bold. The workaround that I've used all these years is to click on the forum link instead of using the back button and that works (The back button works fine in Safari, not sure on other browsers).

I looked at the Cache-Control header the server sends and right now it's just 'private'. Is there a way to perhaps use mod_headers and add 'must-revalidate' to the Cache-Control header for the site? I think that would fix the cache issue and still not ditch the cache entirely in pages that have not changed.

[Tap Dat Ass!]

Looks tight. Where the Troll Forum go?

Define TRoll...

[ace3g]

timvp (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8) I noticed in WYSIWYG Mode (A/A button on far left of quick reply edit tools will be white box instead of blue) the tab key goes to post quick reply button.

The only thing Source Mode (A/A button will be blue) adds is a email icon. Maybe somehow make WYSIWYG mode default?

[timvp]

Update: I've changed how ST goes about determining whether you've read a thread. It used to be cookie based ... now it's handled by the database. The change will probably cause some hiccups in the short-term but it's a much better way to do it.

In the meantime, threads that you've read will probably show up as unread now. I apologize for the inconvenience.

[RandomGuy]

Lost the ability to sort threads by the person who started it, or to sort them at all.

[ElNono]

Update: I've changed how ST goes about determining whether you've read a thread. It used to be cookie based ... now it's handled by the database. The change will probably cause some hiccups in the short-term but it's a much better way to do it.

In the meantime, threads that you've read will probably show up as unread now. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Thanks. I'll check it out at home with Firefox tonight and report back.

[turkish spurs fan]

bad.

[ElNono]

Update: I've changed how ST goes about determining whether you've read a thread. It used to be cookie based ... now it's handled by the database. The change will probably cause some hiccups in the short-term but it's a much better way to do it.

In the meantime, threads that you've read will probably show up as unread now. I apologize for the inconvenience.

This still didn't fix the issue with Firefox's back button for me. No biggie.

[ElNono]

Update: I ended up writing an XPI add-on for firefox that manipulates the incoming headers and fixes the problem.

It's limited to affect only www.spurstalk.com

If anybody is having the same problem with the Firefox back button, this fixes it. If you don't experience the problem, don't bother.

Here's the Add-on:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqggtsppfguseg9/headermanip_st.xpi

[boutons_deux]

When pasting in line-spaced paragraphs, we're back to having the line spacing lost, and putting it back in manually.

[BacktoBasics]

I like the new look. A little congested but overall its an improvement. I still wish there was some way to tell which threads I've posted in. Some forums have a dot or some kind of indicator to the left of the thread title.

[Spurs Brazil]

Update: I've changed how ST goes about determining whether you've read a thread. It used to be cookie based ... now it's handled by the database. The change will probably cause some hiccups in the short-term but it's a much better way to do it.

In the meantime, threads that you've read will probably show up as unread now. I apologize for the inconvenience.

I like this new one. Much better

[velik_m]

How do I post a video?
Click on the video button on the editor and insert the link to the video. Press OK. Supported sites include Hulu, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Google and facebook.

How do I embed a tweet?
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203664&p=6125579&viewfull=1#post6125579



I was thinking: when you post a link, the forum's software auto-wraps it with url tags, couldn't the same functionality be extended so the links to youtube, twitter, etc. so they would be also auto-wrapped in appropriate tags?

[Solid D]

I really like the new look and features!

I inadvertently created a duplicate post (not sure how, but anyway...) and tried to delete. When I mouse-over the Edit Post feature the pop-up shows "Edit/Delete", however, when I click on Edit Post, I'm not seeing an option to delete the post. Am I blind or is that feature hidden somewhere?

[ace3g]

I really like the new look and features!

I inadvertently created a duplicate post (not sure how, but anyway...) and tried to delete. When I mouse-over the Edit Post feature the pop-up shows "Edit/Delete", however, when I click on Edit Post, I'm not seeing an option to delete the post. Am I blind or is that feature hidden somewhere?

Yeah I also haven't found the delete option when editing a double post or just accidentally posting in the wrong thread.

[HeatChamps]

What's up with the colors? Where are we? Toys R Us?

[BlackSwordsMan]

The new look sucks

[timvp]

I really like the new look and features!Thanks.


I inadvertently created a duplicate post (not sure how, but anyway...) and tried to delete. When I mouse-over the Edit Post feature the pop-up shows "Edit/Delete", however, when I click on Edit Post, I'm not seeing an option to delete the post. Am I blind or is that feature hidden somewhere?Looks like that was a bug. It should be fixed now :tu

Thanks for pointing it out.

[timvp]

When pasting in line-spaced paragraphs, we're back to having the line spacing lost, and putting it back in manually.Have you tried switching between WYSIWYG mode and Source mode prior to pasting? When I've had that issue, I switch to the other mode and it usually works.


Lost the ability to sort threads by the person who started it, or to sort them at all.I can add some of that functionality back in :tu


timvp (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8) I noticed in WYSIWYG Mode (A/A button on far left of quick reply edit tools will be white box instead of blue) the tab key goes to post quick reply button.

The only thing Source Mode (A/A button will be blue) adds is a email icon. Maybe somehow make WYSIWYG mode default?Great find for people who want to use tab to post. I'll looking into making it default.


On the page with list of thread titles, why isn't the sub-menu of pages at the bottom of the page not repeated at the top of the page. Have to scroll down to get to next page of thread titles.I think the bottom of the page makes the most sense because you'll usually be at the bottom after scanning the threads anyways. I can think of few examples where you'll be at the top of the page and needing to navigate to the next list of threads. Do you have a common example?


This whole new layout does not make it a pleasant experience for tablet users. It has to render everytime I scroll and typing is a hassle. The keyboard doesn't automatically pop up in the quick reply text box.Hmmmm ... I haven't tested it yet on a tablet. I'll eventually try to make it tablet-friendly.


I like the new look. A little congested but overall its an improvement. I still wish there was some way to tell which threads I've posted in. Some forums have a dot or some kind of indicator to the left of the thread title.That's possible. I'll figure out where to add it in :tu


I like this new one. Much betterYeah, I like this database tracking much better than the cookie tracking. I love that I can switch devices and it still remembers which threads have/haven't been read.


What's up with the colors? Where are we? Toys R Us?That'd be a joyless Toys R Us, tbh.


The new look sucksThanks for the feedback.

[Solid D]

Thanks.

Looks like that was a bug. It should be fixed now :tu

Thanks for pointing it out.

Wow! That was fast timvp! Thanks, delete is now quick and easy.

[Dex]

All the changes are great!

Took a little getting used to, but I don't even notice the difference anymore, and the new features are awesome. I think all the Negative Nancies are just resistant to change, just like anytime Facebook updates their layout.

[RandomGuy]

Have you tried switching between WYSIWYG mode and Source mode prior to pasting? When I've had that issue, I switch to the other mode and it usually works.

I can add some of that functionality back in :tu

Great find for people who want to use tab to post. I'll looking into making it default.

I think the bottom of the page makes the most sense because you'll usually be at the bottom after scanning the threads anyways. I can think of few examples where you'll be at the top of the page and needing to navigate to the next list of threads. Do you have a common example?

Hmmmm ... I haven't tested it yet on a tablet. I'll eventually try to make it tablet-friendly.

That's possible. I'll figure out where to add it in :tu

Yeah, I like this database tracking much better than the cookie tracking. I love that I can switch devices and it still remembers which threads have/haven't been read.

That'd be a joyless Toys R Us, tbh.

Thanks for the feedback.

The "albums" function/feature also seems to be missing from the "control panel menus" (or I just couldn't find them, but I gave a good try at finding it, honest)

I have a ton of ready made funny pics there for making fun of people in forums. Now I can't do that anymore. :(

That said, I do think the revamp is cool. Thanks for the effort.

[CuckingFunt]

Yeah, I like this database tracking much better than the cookie tracking. I love that I can switch devices and it still remembers which threads have/haven't been read.

It's decidedly less awesome if you like to sometimes read the threads without signing in, however, as I often do. But, then, since I was the only person bothered that we're no longer automatically signed off after being idle for an hour, I'm guessing this is something that's only an issue for me and is, therefore, something I can solve pretty easily and learn to deal with.

[ABC]

It's decidedly less awesome if you like to sometimes read the threads without signing in, however, as I often do. But, then, since I was the only person bothered that we're no longer automatically signed off after being idle for an hour, I'm guessing this is something that's only an issue for me and is, therefore, something I can solve pretty easily and learn to deal with.

I only sign in to post, so I've been having the same problem. But yeah, I can learn to deal with it.

[Quasar]

Love the new mobile skin – it is clean and looks so official I use it on my browser too!

Makes it easier to browser ST even at work :)

[Hoops Czar]

Need an app.'Posting on my tablet or phone is unbearable. And quoting is nearly impossible. The new format is nice, just not conducive to other platforms of media.

[spursince#99]

It would be a Christmas gift for Spurstalk to get an app.

[ElNono]

Tap-a-talk?

[polandprzem]

eliot
******

*testing*testing*

[polandprzem]

luck the fakers

Is it gonna be back?

[Sisk]

Love the new layout. Great job!

[mrsmaalox]

Is it possible to have a time stamp on posts instead of how long ago the post was made?

[Em-City]

Is it possible to have a time stamp on posts instead of how long ago the post was made?

^^^^^^^^ this

[iminol]

man, I havent been here for a while and.. I like the new look. San Antonio Spurs 2012/13 - this shit is on.

[tp2021]

I just noticed the new Version 4.2.0 :smokin

[DMC]

I like the red notification of quotes, but why show notifications when you were the one who quoted? Obviously you know you quoted someone.

[Trainwreck2100]

i miss the actual dates of posts being on there, none of this "3 weeks ago" crap

[DMC]

The only reason dates matter is so you can throw it in someone's face when they actually said something. :)

[Rynospursfan]

This forum looks like it is in safe mode.

[capek]

Just wanted to pop in to say that I love the new look of the forum, with the new features it's a much more dynamic board, and feels like a real step up. :toast

Thanks for all the work you behind the scenes people put into getting everything ready for another fun season. At least we'll have a nicer place to bitch and moan when we have another "regular season champs" type year. ;)

[Wild Cobra]

i miss the actual dates of posts being on there, none of this "3 weeks ago" crap
So do I, along with the actual time instead of "3 hours ago" BS.

My biggest gripe is not being able to see embedded links. They need to be underlined, colored, or something. I couldn't find any options to do so.

The search feature seems to be worse also.

[ace3g]

A few things:

1. The quick reply box seems like it is separate from the page itself, so it loads at different times than when the page/posts above loads.

2. In live mode, it scrolls constantly, you lose your space while reading/typing. Would be nice if some how only the scroll bar would change.

3. Still looking for a solution through vbulletin support pages on why tab key isn't working to send quick reply

[benefactor]

Bogged down for me a bit tonight with the heavy traffic.

[ThePop]

What happened to the +rep -rep idea?

[milkyway21]

:wakeup luv the new look. thanks timvp

[Obstructed_View]

Figuring out how to set the refresh timing and eliminating the double-posts would be helpful, but I do like it better than having to hit refresh a thousand times. There were a couple of times that it refreshed out from under me while typing.

[Reck]

timvp what's up with the site loading time? I thought you fellas were gonna work on the speed?

[ace3g]

Yeah, I was locked out of the site for the final minutes of the game...

Might have to change the refresh rate of the live mode to 10-15 sec

[Reck]

Holy shit 4 straight posts. Not intended at all.

[timvp]

Work in progress. This is the first time we've had major traffic since the upgrade. Still in the process of optimizing.

[Richie]

Any chance of adding Tapatalk to the forum?

[ForeignFan]

Looks great

[TampaDude]

Looks fine to me...

[024]

i get the slowness sometimes.

[DPG21920]

Might have already been stated - but when I get my notification that someone has quoted me, often times I can't see who or what if they are bolded because its too dark on my profile.

[Fireball]

Where can I change the text below my user name (currently its "offseason mode")? One can guess why I want to change it ...

[Canibspur]

(Wong thread!)

[NickiRasgo]

Would it be nice if the links are color blue? I mean the hyperlink text.

[spurs108]

Where can I change the text below my user name (currently its "offseason mode")? One can guess why I want to change it ...

Click on your username on the top right hand corner of the forum and go to "Control Panel". Under "My Settings" on the left, go to "Edit Profile". You are looking for "Custom User Title". Hope that helps..

[Fireball]

Click on your username on the top right hand corner of the forum and go to "Control Panel". Under "My Settings" on the left, go to "Edit Profile". You are looking for "Custom User Title". Hope that helps..

Thanks very much :toast

[Fabbs]

Thanks again for the ignore signature feature.

[Obstructed_View]

Which reminds me, I can see Fabbs' posts in the game thread even though he's on my ignore list.

[wildbill2u]

Time to unpin this thread?

[ShoogarBear]

:dizzy

[velik_m]

Would it be nice if the links are color blue? I mean the hyperlink text.

Yes, please. Pretty please?

[Obstructed_View]

Blue would be a poor choice. And anyone can make text any color they choose.

[velik_m]

Blue would be a poor choice. And anyone can make text any color they choose.

I can make hyperlinks in other people's post blue? Do tell.

[Obstructed_View]

I can make hyperlinks in other people's post blue? Do tell.

No, you can make your own hyperlinks a color other than blue. And so can everyone else.

[velik_m]

No, you can make your own hyperlinks a color other than blue. And so can everyone else.

So instead of timvp adding a single line into css, we just have to convince everybody to mark their urls? You're a hoot.

[007nites]

When there is a game going I can't seem to load the website. It's just way too slow.

[LakerHater]

Whats the code to embed twitter?

[ace3g]

*[tweet xxx [/tweet*

[LakerHater]

*[tweet xxx [/tweet*

Jus like that??

[ace3g]

275305453859270656

[LakerHater]

I cant figure it out, hopefully someone can instruct me cuz Ive seen it on here!

[ace3g]

275353245424156672

[ace3g]

just the number within the brackets

[LakerHater]

Sweet!
Figured it out, thats for the help!

:toast

[ace3g]

did you change the ST favorites icon back to the orange one?

[Spurstro]

Can I get my posting permissions changed so I can post as HTML?

[Drom John]

I recommend that first thing the next day, or when timvp posts his quick grades, (whichever is first), game threads should no longer be stickied.

[NickiRasgo]

Hi timvp/Kori Ellis, is it possible to have a section for Spurs Article Related? Sometimes I want to read some good stuff for our Spurs. I mean it's easier if there's a compilation for that. Because I forgot some title of the article.

[fubarcrew01]

Love the forum but is there any chance of getting it on tapatalk??

[JP le Requin]

is the webmaster could put an insert with all the live messages twitter even facebook of the players of san Antonio on this Internet site?

[JP le Requin]

on the front page?

[benfti]

Im sure its been asked before but I cant find the answer, how do I get my country flag on my profile?thank you in advance.