Updates to the forum [Archive]

fldodger

07-05-2007, 08:10 PM

In the next day or 2, there will be a upgrade to forum. I am not sure if we will be down for any amount time. But ASSURE you we will be back. The forum may have a different template, I have not found out if the current template is compliable. We will loose some of the feature (quick reply- image shack- inline adds- images of skin at top) I have installed on the forum but we gain more.
I work hard at getting those back asap. But the goods news I have been assured that we will not loose any data or members.

Please have patience in the next few days.

Thank you form the staff of www.motomodding.us

RazrStrpr

07-05-2007, 08:40 PM

Gotcha, thanks for the heads up.

RioGuy

07-08-2007, 07:55 PM

looking great so far... great job!!!

fldodger

07-09-2007, 01:03 AM

Thanks will be working on template in the following weeks.

fldodger

07-09-2007, 02:16 AM

Guys and Gals now is your time to voice opinions

I had the default template up.

Now I have this one. I will leave it for up for 4 days and then switch.
Please let us know what you think we are all family here and everyone has a say so.

bomber21

07-09-2007, 10:59 AM

Personally,I like it.But I think we should remove some options we don't need which are located on the left sidebar.

fldodger

07-09-2007, 11:32 AM

Yes those options will be changed to links that we find useful.
Skins - DRM - Guides. But it will happen after the template has been decided on.
Plus it will give me time to figure how :lol:

Does anybody find the calendar at the bottom of the index page useful? I for one would like to get rid of it and locate the Who on line there.

How about forum width. On IE 7 and IE6 it is streched pass the screen. I have to scroll over to the right.

Please keep the opinion coming.

bomber21

07-09-2007, 11:55 AM

Wildcard26

07-09-2007, 12:24 PM

I like this template. The one you had before reminded me of another Moto forum. Oh and I noticed that some Moto sections are before the General sections (News, General). I think its kinda off since it starts with moto then goes to general stuff then back to moto. Looking forward to the changes though. Keep up the great work.

Spiderman001728

07-09-2007, 12:33 PM

the site looks great. i like it the way it is, except i have to scroll to the right. can we make it fit on the screen???

fldodger

07-09-2007, 01:14 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.
Bomber are using a laptop. On my laptop it is perfecrt on the desktop it is moved to the right.

Spiderman, Rotary and I are working on it. It might take us sometime. I am still learning. Rotary knows more than I so have left it and portal page up to him.

Well that is 2 no for the calendar.

This template is looking good so far. But need here from more memebr.

Next template will be called Apollo Black

This one is called Dark blue.

tkalli

07-09-2007, 05:46 PM

Calendar is not needed.
Green print for moderators is hard to read. So is this post.
Sidebar contains unnecessary options.
Headers are hard to read, looks like it is a gray print.
Not a big fan of the black background.

Rotary Parts

07-09-2007, 06:33 PM

The calender has been removed at the bottom i will be working on the site for the day and trying to get it together. me and fred have been on the phone. we will bee working on the forum for the next few days.

tkalli

07-09-2007, 07:41 PM

view posts from last visit.
I was on early. I just logged on again.
View posts from last visit brought up posts from yesterday.
31 to be exact.

Spike

07-09-2007, 08:46 PM

yep i have nothing bad to say about the place still love it!!

well done everyone

fldodger

07-09-2007, 08:53 PM

tkalli when you view post and use the back button. I doesn't record the visist to the post. if view the post and hit one of the links to to return to forum front it will elimate it. Or after you read them all hit mark all post read.

Sorry for the inconvience on that.

Rotary great job on removing calendar and enlarging the shoutbox and Who on line box.

RazrStrpr

07-09-2007, 09:14 PM

Like the blue, don't need the calendar and the screen fits nicely in Firefox.

fldodger

07-10-2007, 12:05 AM

Acronyms sections is updated. Check it out.

What do think?

RazrStrpr

07-10-2007, 12:08 AM

Very handy.

fldodger

07-10-2007, 12:22 AM

Easy to find now :mrgreen:

araeff

07-10-2007, 02:01 AM

Great stuff on the acronym... It will be helpful.

dragnandy

07-10-2007, 02:43 AM

yea the acronyms are very useful and easy to locate. but i just want to say on this window right now viewing this thread the page is sttretched but not by alot, only by a small length. but on the forum index the page fits. i dont know why its like that.

araeff

07-10-2007, 02:49 AM

Can you printscreen and post the scrren shots? What browser are you u using?

dragnandy

07-10-2007, 03:17 AM

(http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledqd0.png)

[img]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4077/untitleduu8.th.png (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitleduu8.png)

dragnandy

07-10-2007, 03:18 AM

using firefox too

araeff

07-10-2007, 04:40 AM

Yup noticed that, we'll try to set the screen width.

swampsucka247

07-10-2007, 07:58 AM

I'm using Flock 0.9 beta for my browser(it's mozilla based) and everything works fine! The screen width is a little wide(i think that this has been addressed already) but is not a real problem on my browser. Motomodding.us looks great and I can't wait to see how things progress over the next few weeks! Has the shoutbox been moved also?

fldodger

07-10-2007, 09:13 AM

Yes we got it alot closer. Rotary has more than 8 hours view template and trying to it make it fit. Aleast now the only thing to the right is is empty space

97tealj

07-10-2007, 09:18 AM

looking good i think it fits real well and has a great layout

fldodger

07-10-2007, 09:30 AM

Thanks 97tealj

New header install. I know it is not a perfect fit. When I make bigger the forum streches
also

dragnandy

07-10-2007, 03:49 PM

i think this place looks great and i cant wait till the other templates show up. we should have a poll to vote on our favorite templates too like pick our favorite 3 or something.

fldodger

07-10-2007, 06:44 PM

Just keep responding in here.

I personally am getting real fond of this one. I Love the Blue. :P

fldodger

07-10-2007, 11:33 PM

The forum width is FIXED
:yahoo:

dragnandy

07-11-2007, 12:10 AM

thnks fld. the forum looks great!!

fldodger

07-11-2007, 12:19 AM

Now if I can figure this section out.
It is sifted here in the viewtopic.

fldodger

07-11-2007, 09:56 AM

UPDATE:

I think we will stay with this template. I have switch over a few times and I don't like any of them.

Some of the ones I wanted tried. Apollo Black gave me a big scare this morning. Everything was messed up.

We had no threads, I though I lost everything.

Until I can hire someone again, we will stay with this one.

SOrry there will be no voting.

Wildcard26

07-11-2007, 11:48 AM

Cool, like how the Banner at the top looks. When you put it back yesterday it reminded me of how it used to be before but I like this new banner more. Gives the forum some Sting!

Spike

07-11-2007, 05:30 PM

i like this one the colors work well

dragnandy

07-11-2007, 06:22 PM

yea i think most of us might agree that this template works for us and looks great

ramfan

07-12-2007, 12:43 AM

The site looks real good. I see you started the download section.

araeff

07-12-2007, 02:02 AM

Yup, download section is cool... like that one also.

fldodger

07-12-2007, 08:49 AM

Yeh I like the way it is setup also. But it will take time to add everything there.

swampsucka247

07-12-2007, 08:53 AM

Glad to have "right-click" enabled again too!

fldodger

07-12-2007, 09:13 AM

Sorry about this format has so many security in it that I have debugg and then edit templates to make things work. It took me 5 hour just to debug the download so I was aloud to start uploading files. I still can not get Knowledge Data base debugged to start adding stuff in there.

swampsucka247

07-12-2007, 09:34 AM

One of my personal favorite security features on MotoModding.us, is the new Advice bar at the top, I am not sure if everyone sees this, but if you use an I.S.P. like America Online, your I.P. address flip-flops around, usually within a set block. I use AOL sometimes, and I see this -

? ADVICE ?
The IP Range for your account has changed. The actual Login took place from 172.132.x.x, the previous from 172.164.x.x. If you didn't log on from another location,
then someone has access to your account without authorisation!

To me, features like this mean MotoModding.us is set up to be more secure than a lot of other Moto Modding forums that are around! 8)

fldodger

07-12-2007, 09:37 AM

Yes I get that message when log in at work. Then I just log and log back in and it will go away.

But then when I get home I have to do the same thing again.

More updates:

Will be editing the Emoticons (Smiles) to make them look better on the site. I do not like that some show a white arround them

fldodger

07-13-2007, 12:22 AM

KNowledge Base has been changed Guides.

Rotary Parts

07-13-2007, 12:44 AM

Hey guys the home page has been updated and changed. check it out and tell us what you think?

araeff

07-13-2007, 01:51 AM

Looks cool, but the image at the homepage looks a bit stretched...

fldodger

07-13-2007, 02:04 AM

It is the same image that we have in the forum.
One header for all pages.

RioGuy

07-13-2007, 02:57 AM

this web site rocksss! the design is sooo cool! i really love it! congrats to staff!

fldodger

07-13-2007, 03:00 AM

Thanks rio. How's the job?

fldodger

07-15-2007, 02:05 AM

I think we will stay with this template. I have switch over a few times and I don't like any of them.

Some of the ones I wanted tried. Apollo Black gave me a big scare this morning. Everything was messed up.
:oops:
We had no threads, I though I lost everything.

So we will stay with this one. We have put alot time in the images and font color and the setup. Besides it seems like we all like it.

Download section is the works.

fldodger

07-27-2007, 11:07 PM

The DOWNLOAD SECTION is filing nicely, thanks to our members and staff.

Guides are being added as we receive them. Acronyms are added as needed.

Forum Tour is in the works. 2 pages completed.

I have got the Optimize Database setup. I have notice a little slow down. Hopefully this will bring the speed backup.