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[QUOTE=Dhar_2;852811]had problems with the pic uploader aswell!

it closes on its own and the last pic i actually managed to upload is out of format with the page.[/QUOTE]

It looks like Kamal installed an image resizer mod. It forces us to click a new window to view the full size image, but at least it should get us by until a better resizer mod is found

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Where do you look up the Thanks you have recieved to see who they were from and for what?

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[QUOTE=feather;852971]BTW I think the font for the Settings page can be smaller. Right now the left column is 'overshadowing' the subscribed threads and forums on the right.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I just fixed this. Let me know what you think now :)

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^^^ don't be skipping my question Mr. :DumbAss:

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I just updated all the quick reply buttons. Things should be easier to see when composing a message now

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[QUOTE=DancingQueen;853331]^^^ don't be skipping my question Mr. :DumbAss:[/QUOTE]

:lol: I don't know how to do it. I looked around quickly and couldn't even see a way to do it from the admin console. According to its homepage, it should be possible:

[url]http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231666[/url]

I don't know yet but I'll let you know when I find out

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^^^ that is all I ask :sorry:

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ok, I think I got downloads working again. I added a tab to them at the very top, by "Forum". It could use a little bit more formatting to clean it up, but at least it's functioning again!

Let me know if you can/can't see them. It should be visible to everyone in the Downloads member group.

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[QUOTE=picklemonkey;853473]ok, I think I got downloads working again. I added a tab to them at the very top, by "Forum". It could use a little bit more formatting to clean it up, but at least it's functioning again!

Let me know if you can/can't see them. It should be visible to everyone in the Downloads member group.[/QUOTE]

Cheers mate for the effort. It seems we are getting back to normal (well not only because of the downloads working again ...);)

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[QUOTE=picklemonkey;853342]:lol: I don't know how to do it. I looked around quickly and couldn't even see a way to do it from the admin console. According to its homepage, it should be possible:

[URL]http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231666[/URL]

I don't know yet but I'll let you know when I find out[/QUOTE]

I have flipped through the thread (56 pages!!!!) from the mod author and saw him mentioning two times that options he listed in the included features are NOT included in the vb4.0 mod yet lol. Searching for thanked posts was one and seeing a link to check out who said thanks was the other. So I guess we have to wait till he adds these options or look for another one after more important stuff was fixed. So right now you only see who thanked you inside threads and there is a summary of how often you thanked others and vice versa under your user details in your profile.

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Old youtube links using the [YOUTUBE] tag work again but only if you didn't enter the full URL. I am trying to see if I can find a solution so both ways to post a video using the YOUTUBE tags in older postings work again. If you want to use the new "widescreen" embedded videos, please use the new tag [videos] [/videos] or do it from inside the WYSIWYG editor when you make your posting.

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OR you can just paste the youtube link in the post without adding ANY tags and it will still embed the video (provided the video service provider's service is encoded into the add on.

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Yeah that's a cool feature for new posts but so many old videos don't show up anymore. I'd like to have them all back.

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I am diggin it!

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well we're thinking of running a script that will delete the text [YOUTUBE ] and [ /YOUTUBE] on the forums so that it starts showing the videos but we can go with this too.

[QUOTE=TomTom;853669]Yeah that's a cool feature for new posts but so many old videos don't show up anymore. I'd like to have them all back.[/QUOTE]

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is it just me, or were the photos posted within threads larger than they are now? they seem to be resized even smaller now, but maybe I'm seeing things?

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Yeah they don't resize like they used to

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^like yesterday they seemed to be larger (which was great) but today they look small, specifically the width of the photos.

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There's the Link icon which uses a Firefox dialog box to enter URLs, and the Picture and Video icons which use this 'lightbox' interface instead. Is this lightbox interface slow for anyone else? It's very slow on my machine, I see the spinning circle for a few seconds compared to the Link dialog box which is instant.

Is there a way to revert to using built-in dialog boxes or an option to NOT use that lightbox effect?

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;853848]^like yesterday they seemed to be larger (which was great) but today they look small, specifically the width of the photos.[/QUOTE]

[SIZE=2]I just checked some and they are narrower than yesterday. I find the spell checker more infuriating, normally I just type fast and quickly check any mistakes. Now when I check the reply box turns blank.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE]

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[QUOTE=chunky;853857][SIZE=2]I just checked some and they are narrower than yesterday.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

You'll have to brush up on your spelling is all :)

Thanks for checking on that Chunky, guess my attention to detail hasn't been completely lost during this recession after all :lol:

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I did a search on the vbulletin site for a 4.0 spell-checker mod, but didn't see any. I don't know how partial you all are to Firefox, but it has on the fly spell-checking for all text boxes. Remind me in 6 months or something and I'll see if anybody releases one

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There were some problems viewing polls. I just adjusted the style sheets a bit so they should look much better now

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Digging the home page and the content. Would be cool if vb4 has some kinda 'magazine cms/mod' for the home page so it's more visual and the layout's better.

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What do you mean? It's pretty configurable... let me know what we can do better!

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Oh I was just thinking of [URL="http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2010/01/wordpress-as-a-cms-30-amazing-examples/"]Wordpress themes like these ones[/URL] which give them a more 'magazine' layout. The [ms] homepage's current layout is like a blog. Anyway it's not a big deal, just thought a more visual layout would do better justice to posts like simonr's Kiss writeups and Mcast session writeups.

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Find me an example :)

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I linked to a page in my previous post but hypertexts don't seem to be differentiated in a post, look like normal text.

Here's the link for an idea of what I'm referring to: [URL]http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2010/01/wordpress-as-a-cms-30-amazing-examples/[/URL]

I have a feeling vb4 probably won't have something like this though, this is more of a CMS thing.

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I hate the thank you function !! It looks gratuitous and unbalanced . To be honest you have to have a thumbs down as well. Although I would prefer that people post what they feel without either. I was glad when you got rid of the rep system. To replace it with this just doesn't work for me.

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^^if i was to use this function it would be for this post i dont like it either is nothing wrong with saying thanks to someone works well in a P&R forum i'd much rather see the option of "like" and "dislike" to someones post

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^^^ Or even approve /disapprove

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i think the problm with rep system was that it was anonymous so some people got offended by the comments they received and on the other side some ppl dared to be offensive just because it was anonymous, also the calculating + and - kept some in the reds i'd recomend like or dislike (approve /disapprove) without keeping track of the numbers

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Sounds like a plan !

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[QUOTE=Kat;854265]i think the problm with rep system was that it was anonymous so some people got offended by the comments they received and on the other side some ppl dared to be offensive just because it was anonymous, also the calculating + and - kept some in the reds i'd recomend like or dislike (approve /disapprove) without keeping track of the numbers[/QUOTE]

Completely agreed, Kat!

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A forum-wide option to hide the Thank Yous in a post would be nice too if we rather not get caught up in the whole rep mentality again, plus the 'thank yous' interrupt the flow of a thread.

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How?

[QUOTE=DIDI;854229]I hate the thank you function !! It looks gratuitous and unbalanced.[/QUOTE]

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^^^ I was wondering the same thing Kamal.

I think its a good idea, but I really wish you could see how you got a thank you without having to sift through threads to find it....I know Tom and Adam have looked, but its just not available right now (or something to that effect)

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I still think there should be a direct link to MCast somewhere on the front page or the forum home page, unless i'm missing something I don't see any

I also don't really see the point on having the recent polls on the front page.. hardly any one votes on them, and they're typically irellevant to the over all content of this community.. those along with the mercuryserver news posts on the front, someone who has never been here hits the site for the first time and sees polls about vaccines and obama and a couple of posts that we've upgraded and hernan gets a new comp.. just doesnt seem to give a good first impression

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I added a tab for MCast next to Downloads.

I also like the polls, but I can see your point here. I pulled them down for a bit

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[QUOTE=Kamal;854301]How?[/QUOTE] Well it looks like people are sucking up :lol: and unbalanced that is all you can do . I guess I can just choose to not be a part of it. .