dougbgt6 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 I click Activity then Content. This displays the latest comments on current threads. Click on the latest comment on your chosen thread and it goes to the first comment in that thread. Then wiz down for the latest comments. On the previous incarnation Click Latest and the ones with new comments were displayed in bold, Click on the one you want. So previously two key stroke, now four? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 I have managed to set up a 'custom stream' undet the >activity > my activity headings. This has a date sort function but not others. Why has nobody though to put this out as a beta test. It could have been run side by side with the last release to iron out the bugs and get the feel of the forum users before forcing it on everyone. It nearly as thoughtful as Windows 10. It took me over two weeks to work out how to stop tbe auto updates for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Once I get to a thread and the last comment on it there is a button to the left "Go to topic list" This page is very similar to the previous version described above Click list and there it is. However I can't see how to get to this page directly, anybody got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 I liked the old version! Its probably an age thing? but it felt nice this just seems in your face! I suppose I will have convert the Spitty to Electric next? Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 BW, yes your right! Unfortunately beta tests are in the real world, not TSSC world. I'm incredulous that no one was told this was coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 I suppose that its handy now that its not such a problem to load our 'avatars' but how many circulars cars are there on the club books..Doug, you appear to have lost your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 That's it! That was there cunning plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valherald Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Luvin the new look and improvements, thumbs up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Where can I order pizza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Selecting unread does not give recent posts , once youve read it it disappears into the marras of all Hopeless Lost the will to bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 The trick is to create yourself a Custom activity screen, and then you can select how far back you want the recent activity to go - read and unread posts in a timeline. Activity "tab" ---> My Activity Streams "tab" --> "Create New Stream" in the drop down --> setup the filters you want and save it. I looking at how to create one that everyone can use, but I'm learning the same as everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Got it - I've added the option to change the "view" To the left of the "Start New Topic" button, there are now three additional buttons - hover over to get a description, and pick the "Fluid" one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 Well done Kevin, but you really shouldn't be having to reinvent the forum and put it back as it was!! The idea of an upgrade is to improve what is there. Not to screw it up so badly (in the name of progress, security, prettiness) that it then has to be rebuilt...leave that to Microsoft. I have enough trouble with my car without having to re-learn technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted August 26, 2017 Report Share Posted August 26, 2017 The upgraded forum is growing on me. There appears to be many more background settings that I can tinker with. I just need to be careful in case I totally screw things up and have to grovel to IPBoard to undo any inadvertent damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Thats great, you only see the 3 box tabs if on browse , imwas on unread and it doesn't show them, so thought maybe not working on a tablet, but on Browse of full forum its the right one of the three that transformed the display into something useable Thanks kevin pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 is there any more fine tuning, if you read a topic in the recent list you have to return to the browse to repopulate the recent list and is there a way to show last posters name so we have a lead to know reply has added currently just shows a date and time , or is that something we need to set up of our own settings ??? i can see there's a 'go to topic listing' tab but its right at the end of scroll down , not very visilble thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Doug. Click as follows..activity, my activity streams, create new stream. This will give you a screen to customise a list of postings. Set it up to taste, name it and then, in my main list, it shows new posting, newest at the top, who has posted and part of the original post depending on whether you choose condensed or expanded at the top right of the list. Good luck. If you get it wrong, just delete the custom list by clicking the waste bin next to the title and try again. Got it working as I want it now. I hope that Kevin has made notes of what he's done so he can put it right again, the next time the software is screwed up without warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Must admit I quite like the new set up, clearer and easier to update/navigate. I noticed an issue last night where when I attempt to paste a link from Imageshack into a post on my iOS device it translates all the back slashes in % signs, and removes the [ ] brackets. All works perfectly on my Windows 7 laptop. With regards notification, unfortunately I am guessing this is a SaaS offering and therefore you have no say in what gets updated when. Just think what that means when you have 70,000+ employees across the globe running business critical systems rather than just a forum which is free. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Im happy with Kevins fix much more useable, i cant help but think hic ups like this change will cause users and members to drift every time theres been a crash or malfuction numbers drop/swap to elswhere its great PR ....Not !!!! someone somewhere knew this was planned but hey ho communicate with the forum management or club members is the usual missed a trick I felt things had improved ....obviously a misguided feeling. maybe nobody knew ??? someone has the clues to this poorly effected change but thanks to Kevin the only moderator ( out of 6 )with any real input we have moved on a long way since this started time he had a brownie point or two Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Got it! BW, Kevin, thanks! The fluid setting is the one! A shame this wasn't put out as the default, would have saved a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Is there any way "fluid" could be made the default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 just to add a point i thought it was me but if you go to the log on screen it now asks for your 'displayed name' not the the sign in you used to set up the last forum log in to become a forum member so the security has changed for some reason if i log on as before it says youre wrong many may well find they are blocked because of this so log on now, is your displayed username and Ive 'book marked' logged in with fluid tab and it fires up on that page format every time well. now i know who i am. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTV8 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 All working well for me, thanks to all involved in the update, good job! ......Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 4 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Got it! BW, Kevin, thanks! The fluid setting is the one! A shame this wasn't put out as the default, would have saved a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth. Is there any way "fluid" could be made the default? Fluid now set as default - lets see how it goes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I've reset the default view to "Traditional", and added a couple of sub-tabs on the Browse tab. "Traditional View" switches your personal default to "Traditional" "Recent Posts View" switches your personal default to "Fluid", which gives the recent posts like they used to be. The "Forum" sub tab will take you to which ever view you are currently using as your default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Kevin, unanimous approval if this had been it straight off. Hope we haven't lost anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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