Autopia V4, Phase I Upgrade Complete

**Pats300zx** · 03-26-2008, 08:29 AM

Looks great DB. Nice job !!!!!

**Bobby G** · 03-26-2008, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by cwcad

The print is smaller so how does one go about getting it a little larger for some us visually challenged people?

cwcad, I`m among the VC`s, so I know this trick. In Firefox and Internet Explorer (not sure about Safari) you can hold down the [Ctrl] key and press [+] or [-] to make the font increase or decrease. Unless I gooned it, the forum pages will respond properly.

**Bobby G** · 03-26-2008, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by jswift2000

Dave,

Nice look and looks great. Is the "New Posts" now replaced by active threads?

On the Home Page, Yes. I have a change coming in Phase II that adds a left side column to the forum pages. In the left column I will add navigation tools, a search box and "New Threads" so you can easily see new threads as they are created.

**Bobby G** · 03-26-2008, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by John N.

noticed one bug. The log out user option at the bottom of the home page brings up a "404 Page Not Found" error (at least for me), but the log out option in the User`s Login box at the top of the page works properly.

Thank you. I will add this to the bug list.

**Setec Astronomy** · 03-26-2008, 10:01 AM

I`m not sure if this is the same thing as the "new threads" or "active threads" issue, but I`d like to see the "new posts" link returned to the home page as it was before.

**Mobilejay** · 03-26-2008, 10:14 AM

Everything looks really good. I think I am going to miss the home page having all the threads on it, I hardly ever went into the forums to see what was new. I just sat on the home page and the refresh button. I`ll get over that, everything else looks really nice though. Good job man

Edit: Never mind, found it. LOL. now it all looks great. LOL.

**Alfisti** · 03-26-2008, 10:22 AM

Since the upgrade I`ve received 2 email notifications (amongst many more) that, when I click the link which brings up the thread, the posts are missing in the thread.

I don`t know if its some weird bug or, by coincidence, they`ve both deleted their posts before I got to them. :nixweiss

**Brian_Brice** · 03-26-2008, 10:28 AM

Looks nice

**Bobby G** · 03-26-2008, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Since the upgrade I`ve received 2 email notifications (amongst many more) that, when I click the link which brings up the thread, the posts are missing in the thread.

I don`t know if its some weird bug or, by coincidence, they`ve both deleted their posts before I got to them. :nixweiss

Paul, I`m not able to duplicate the problem. If it continues to happen, please forward the notification emails to me.

db

**cshorey** · 03-26-2008, 11:26 AM

I found a few issues on the Review site (http://autopia.org/reviews/) does not appear to have the new block buttons links below the banner logo.

Here is a simple breakdown:

Home button - Goes to the Review site which you are already on (http://autopia.org/reviews/)

Forums - Give you a 404 not found error (http://autopia.org/.php?)

Gallery - Goes to Gallery

Reviews - Goes to Reviews

Links & Classified - Are not listed

Also another feedback item. I am not too keen on the boxes that surround the info about the poster (join date, Location, Total posts, etc...) in the left column of each persons post. My reasoning is due to this formatting and spacing (vertically), is that it artificially makes posts longer as that stack of items is taller then most posts. Thus causing a lot of scrolling and dead white space to read the next reply in the thread. Just my $0.02, as I don`t remember that info being in boxes and spaced so far apart.

chris

**jswift2000** · 03-26-2008, 12:50 PM

Thanks DB. Great job.. I found new posts by going into forums. No worries now. Lovin` the new look.

**Bobby G** · 03-26-2008, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by cshorey

I found a few issues on the Review site (http://autopia.org/reviews/) does not appear to have the new block buttons links below the banner logo.

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chris

Thanks, Chris. I will be addressing the Reviews system tonight. I simply ran out of steam last night.

**Greg Nichols** · 03-26-2008, 12:56 PM

I miss the list of current threads that was on the home page.

**imported_shine** · 03-26-2008, 02:08 PM

Thanks for the update.

**CleanGSR** · 03-26-2008, 02:12 PM

Okay. I`m thrilled to death about one change so I thought I`d share.

Next to the post topic in a subforum (before clicking into the thread), there`s a spot on the left to click and it will take you to the first new post since you were last in that thread (Its a square with a "v" inside of it). This has never worked in the past for me and just takes me to the first post in that thread.

Now IT WORKS!!!!. I click it and it takes me straight to the latest post in that thread that I haven`t seen. For example I just clicked one thread and it took me to page 2, post 23. This is so nice and will save me some time not reading every post multiple times.