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Forum software upgraded to 4.1.1

New features:
Thanks system converted to the new "Likes" system.
When highlighting a post, "like or share" will pop up a the bottom right.
New likes will send notifications. Unforuntaly during the xfer all times were converted to todays date going forward, they will be correct.
History of likes and liked are now in your profile.

Profiles
Click on "customize" profiles and customize your own profile. SOME older customizations from when we were running 3.8.4 may show up.

Tweaks and style adjustments
Still working with the new stylevars system as such we need to continue to adjust and tweak little offsets in color or alignment. We will be doing this throughout the day.
 
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Is it intentional that you can "like" in the basement?
 
No that will be addressed shortly.
 
Looks like an improvement in readability, most notably in the 'Profile' portion; nice, clear, Bold. Unlike VB 4.0's previous and general drift in 'upgrading' from 3.0.

One problem; 'Likes' show up as 'notifications', I have 686 'notifications'. Scratch that, I just clicked on one and it's down to 4. (PMs and group join request)
So this enables you to see which posts were newly thanked which is also a good feature.
 
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mbig said:
So this enables you to see which posts were thanked which is also a good feature.
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Yep. This is exactly why we went to this new system. We are able to keep our existing thanks counts and be able to view who liked the posts and posts we liked as well. :)

This new system is also part of the new vbseo core so we have paid support.
 
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The green button to take you to your last post in a thread doesn't seem to be working for me:(
 
Barbbtx said:
The green button to take you to your last post in a thread doesn't seem to be working for me:(
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Would you be more specific?
 
yay!! no more wondering what the heck I got thanked for! I just had about 15 minutes of mild entertainment going back through the list of "likes" and revisiting random old threads from the distant past.

Much better than the old thanks system, I like!
 
Barbbtx said:
Nevermind. I'm stupid.:doh I think I see what's up.
You changed the button that would take me to my last post.
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There used to be little arrow of a thingie that told me I'd posted on a particular thread. I don't see it anymore. Is there a way to get to last post on a particular thread?

And while I'm asking, ya' know that little envelope of a thingie on the far left of each post listed? What is that? And how come sometimes it's a different color?

Yeah, I know. I soooooo confuzed!! Thanks!
 
The Readability improvement I spoke of in the 'Profile' section is especially noticeable in the 'About me' tab.
It's now very clear and Graphically strong.

I recently changed keyboards to one along the same line.
Big easy to see lettering on keys even in low/No light.
(having previously tried an inferior backlit one)
 
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O.M.G.!!! I love the new way one gets notified of a Like! That's really cool!! Thanks, Vauge!!
 
MaggieD said:
O.M.G.!!! I love the new way one gets notified of a Like! That's really cool!! Thanks, Vauge!!
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I came back to this thread to say just that. It really is cool that it does that.
 
MaggieD said:
There used to be little arrow of a thingie that told me I'd posted on a particular thread. I don't see it anymore. Is there a way to get to last post on a particular thread?

And while I'm asking, ya' know that little envelope of a thingie on the far left of each post listed? What is that? And how come sometimes it's a different color?

Yeah, I know. I soooooo confuzed!! Thanks!
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I am seeing the little arrow. What browser/skin are you using?

Colors I am not sure of, but what the different icons mean is listed at the bottom of the forum main page.
 
Redress said:
I am seeing the little arrow. What browser/skin are you using?

Colors I am not sure of, but what the different icons mean is listed at the bottom of the forum main page.
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I was using Old DP. Changed it to Green Machine. Then back to Old DP -- and now the little arrows are back. I don't think I missed them the first time....but maybe. Thanks!!
 
MaggieD said:
There used to be little arrow of a thingie that told me I'd posted on a particular thread. I don't see it anymore. Is there a way to get to last post on a particular thread?

And while I'm asking, ya' know that little envelope of a thingie on the far left of each post listed? What is that? And how come sometimes it's a different color?

Yeah, I know. I soooooo confuzed!! Thanks!
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I *love* that little arrow. Believe it or not, that is an addon - it should be part of core vb.

It was working while looking at forum threads as redress suggested but you are right, it was not working under search or "whats new?".
It should be working again.
 
"Newest Forum Posts" box to right seems to be slow to update now.
 
Is there a way that we can set it so we don't get a notification when someone likes one of our posts? I'd prefer not to get them.
 
molten_dragon said:
Is there a way that we can set it so we don't get a notification when someone likes one of our posts? I'd prefer not to get them.
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Unsure, I'll see if that can be done.
 
WAit..... how do I see WHAT was "thanked"? Is "liked" replaced with "thanked"? How do I see what was "liked"?
ALSO.... can we have a "marketplace" area? There are deals I want to tell folks about and I cant really post it because there isnt an area. ANNNND... Can we expand the "Fitness" area to say Fitness AND Health?
 
The Giant Noodle said:
WAit..... how do I see WHAT was "thanked"? Is "liked" replaced with "thanked"? How do I see what was "liked"?
ALSO.... can we have a "marketplace" area? There are deals I want to tell folks about and I cant really post it because there isnt an area. ANNNND... Can we expand the "Fitness" area to say Fitness AND Health?
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Likes replaced thanks. You can find a list of who liked your posts on your profile page. It's a tab there.

Your other ideas might better be placed in a thread in the Feedback/Suggestion section of the board since they have nothing to do with the forum upgrade.
 
Redress said:
Likes replaced thanks. You can find a list of who liked your posts on your profile page. It's a tab there.

Your other ideas might better be placed in a thread in the Feedback/Suggestion section of the board since they have nothing to do with the forum upgrade.
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when the thanks got traded in for likes, I lost about 350 of them. I believe it is because either:

1) Thanks from posts which were thanked in a thread that eventually was sent to the basement are lost.

OR

2) Likes have a favorable exchange rate in the marketplace, compared to thanks. LOL.

At any rate, it's all good. :)
 
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