Thread to Report Issues with new xenForo version 2.2

[PPQ_Purple]

As I get used to the new interface, I'm finding that most old tools are available if you know the BBCode even if the WYSIWYG version does not show them. I learned to post here when that was the only way to post so it's completely natural to me, but I cannot demand that of everyone.

I know it and a lot of other things are available if you do the code manually. And as a software developer I have no problem manually coding things. But I feel that for a lot of people that might just be a usability step too far.

 

[The_J]

Yes, I'll have a look at the toolbar.

I'm finding that older posts with non-English characters (see here and the following post) have now been broken into a mess of what looks like HTML code for special characters (lots of &and a few alphanumeric characters).

Just had a check, that was already broken in xenforo v1, so this is a remnant from the vbulletin move. I don't think we can do anything about that really :/.

Alright, but how does it work? Is there a manual somewhere?

No, but I think you just paste the link and it'll be embedded.

 

[The_J]

I think I've now crammed all the options into the biggest format toolbar, which I think by default everyone should see on a normal desktop monitor.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

I like what I see so far. Just a question though. There used to be a posting mode where like I had the whole screen to type in a big post. Is that still accessible somehow?

 

[The_J]

I like what I see so far. Just a question though. There used to be a posting mode where like I had the whole screen to type in a big post. Is that still accessible somehow?

It seems not, I'm unable to find it either, and there's no mentioning in the manual .

 

[PPQ_Purple]

It seems not, I'm unable to find it either, and there's no mentioning in the manual .

Dam. That is very bad. It basically makes it impossible to post posts of any significant length.

 

[The_J]

mmmhh... what do you mean? The window of the editor will extend if you write a longer post.

 

[Hygro]

<div data-xf-init="sticky-header" class="p-navSticky p-navSticky--primary">

That tag keeps the navbar sticky. If you remove the class it loses its nice edges but also stops being sticky which is awesome and makes reading threads a better, less cluttered experience.

 

[The_J]

I think you didn't see that we have for both current styles versions without a sticky nav bar .

 

[Takhisis]

I like what I see so far. Just a question though. There used to be a posting mode where like I had the whole screen to type in a big post. Is that still accessible somehow?

Go to the URL bar when you're viewing the thread, remove the page and post numbers that clutter up everything and type in ‘reply’ instead.
For this very thread:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/thread-to-report-issues-with-new-xenforo-version-2-2.677949/reply
It also works with the reduced i.e. titleless thread URL:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/677949/reply

Edit: you can also right click the edit button at the bottom of your own post to edit it in a separate tab or window. For this post of mine it'd be:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/posts/16309145/edit

 

[Hygro]

I think you didn't see that we have for both current styles versions without a sticky nav bar .

I love you, J.

 

[Synobun]

Has there been any progress in enabling the BB code bar while in BB code mode? I realized today that this also locks out use of the smileys menu.

 

[Hygro]

Switched to classic CFC no sticky, pretty neat but the forum still has blue tint on everything.

 

[Takhisis]

Blue tint is better than stark white, but I'd rather have a full-on coloured background anyway, it's easier on my eyes.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Go to the URL bar when you're viewing the thread, remove the page and post numbers that clutter up everything and type in ‘reply’ instead.
For this very thread:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/thread-to-report-issues-with-new-xenforo-version-2-2.677949/reply
It also works with the reduced i.e. titleless thread URL:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/677949/reply

Edit: you can also right click the edit button at the bottom of your own post to edit it in a separate tab or window. For this post of mine it'd be:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/posts/16309145/edit

Thanks. I guess I'll have to figure out a script to add a button for that for my self or something.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Update. I made a greesemonkey script that adds a full screen reply button for my self. I am going to test it for a while and see if it works well. If yes, and of course if it is permitted by the staff here, I might release it for anyone who needs it.
The results are still not ideal but the reply box is quite a bit larger and of course all the standard liability wavers and disclaimers apply. But it's something.

 

[The_J]

No objections .

 

[Hygro]

I

Blue tint is better than stark white, but I'd rather have a full-on coloured background anyway, it's easier on my eyes.

I'd rather white, or really something warmer. Kind of like is already in this reply box!

 

[PPQ_Purple]

No objections .

In that case here it is:

Just paste this into a new greasemonkey script and you'll get the desired results. Note that if you want to use quotes you have to use the multiquote option.

Spoiler :

// ==UserScript==
// @name     Big post screen on CIV4 forum
// @description Add a button for expanded post window.
// @namespace PPQ
// @version  1.0
// @grant    none
// @include https://forums.civfanatics.com/*
// @exclude */reply
// ==/UserScript==

// Create Button.
var ppqButton = document.createElement ('input');
    ppqButton.setAttribute("type", "button");
        ppqButton.setAttribute("class","button--primary button button--icon button--icon--reply");
    ppqButton.setAttribute("value", "Full Screen Reply");
        ppqButton.setAttribute ('id', 'PPQ_Button_Reply');


// Add button to Page.
var realReplyButton = document.getElementsByClassName("button--primary button button--icon button--icon--reply")[0];
realReplyButton.parentNode.appendChild(ppqButton);

//--- Add event to the button.
document.getElementById ("PPQ_Button_Reply").addEventListener
(
    "click", PPQ_Button_Reply_Action, false
);


function PPQ_Button_Reply_Action (zEvent)
{ 
      var currentPage=window.location.href; 
      let position = currentPage.search("/page");
      let result = currentPage.substring(0, position);
      result+="/reply";
      window.open(result,"_self");
      return false;
}

 

[Valka D'Ur]

True... It's a side effect of changing to that font that was on old forum version before the migration. I will see if I could make it slightly bigger...

Though knowing the # of alerts is probably not too critical... the red text still tells you that there are alerts pending...

Thunderfall, to me it looks like a red blob with a blurry white dot in it. That's for the envelope that tells me how many unread messages I have. As for the alert bell, it has never worked as it should, because as soon as you check one alert, it assumes you've checked all of them and the number (and red blob) goes away. If you don't remember that you still have unread alerts to read, you might not remember to check them or you could miss one.

Some of us are older than we were when we started here by 15+ years. There are/will be vision issues going on with some of us. I had eye surgery 3 years ago, and it's made some parts of the forum really hard to deal with if things are too small, too light (hence my request for the Dark theme back, so I can read everything without it either hurting my eyes or going all blurry), or not enough contrast. And that's with the screen magnified.


Now, for some other things...

1. What is a "profile banner"? Apparently I have the option to have one. I don't know what that means. If I add one, will it add something nice to look at just in my profile? Can others see it if they check my profile?

2. Conversations. This is a whopper of a change, and NOT a good one . You can no longer access your conversations from your profile. You can't access your older conversations from your "unread conversations." There are times when I want to continue an older conversation with someone, but now I can't get to them via my profile.

The only solution I found was to check one of my unread conversations, click on the link for the rest of the conversations (thankfully they didn't get zapped), and access them that way. I've bookmarked this link, but the point is that this is a really convoluted and non-user-friendly way to expect people to access older conversations. Some conversations are ongoing, not just one-offs with one or two responses.

3. Trophy points. I wrote to the staff of TrekBBS to find out the full list of what points are given for (it's been so long since I last received new points that I'd forgotten), and was given a list. Some of it won't apply here, of course, since we don't use post count to determine Starfleet ranks (change in rank means more trophy points).

Some points, however, are given out for other things that serve to reward and encourage participation and good posting and are general enough for any forum. We could add whatever of these we don't already have, and since TrekBBS has a Starfleet theme for some reward points, there's no reason CFC couldn't have a Civ theme for points.