Annoucement Big update over the next few days

[sleepy]

We need to do some updates to the forum over the next few days. We still have a lot more features to roll out over the next few months, but coming soon:

- Picture uploading is now even easier - just drag and drop images into the post editor, or right click on any image anywhere on the web, click on copy, come back to the post edit box here, right click -> paste, thats it).

- A full editor with smileys on mobile devices

- Mobile app is updated and fixed some of the bugs hopefully

- Ability to watch an entrie forum (ie. get an alert whenever a new thread is posted in dd forum if that is what you are interested in)

- 'Bookmarking' posts / threads of particular interest to you

- Improvements to conversation manager (search conversations, delete conversations easier etc)

- Editing post titles in case you make a spelling mistake when you create a thread

- Post edit history & revisions

- Automatic saving of post replies

- Hopefully a return of the live updates of alerts

- And a million other small fixes.

It is all working well on the staging system, it will require an hour or so of downtime whilst everything is swapped over to production. We will probably do this late at night but I will update this thread once we have decided when

 

[Derrick Hughes]

What about a coffee machine

 

[Derrick Hughes]

And while your at it you can't add a picture to an edit post, what's all that about

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Your like my wife , "you never listen" or you just don't hear

 

[Stoxs]

wow what a difference that update made.

really good cheers

 

[multi power]

What about a coffee machine

yuk

 

[Robigus]

@admin the members list page is more user friendly on BFF, it is very hard to find anybody from the one on here. Also could we either do away with, or conversely have a much longer 'most posters' leader board?

 

[B&B Pig Man]

@admin the members list page is more user friendly on BFF, it is very hard to find anybody from the one on here. Also could we either do away with, or conversely have a much longer 'most posters' leader board?

How are you trying to find somebody?
On the right hand side there is a 'find member' box.
It should auto complete - so if you have a rough idea of member you are after, start typing and options of matches should appear.

 

[Robigus]

How are you trying to find somebody?
On the right hand side there is a 'find member' box.
It should auto complete - so if you have a rough idea of member you are after, start typing and options of matches should appear.

I think it just stems from being self concious about being on the high poster board. There seem to be plenty of people with over 1,000 posts but they are keeping their powder dry to stay off the wall of shame.

 

[sleepy]

I think tonight will be the night

 

[sleepy]

I think it just stems from being self concious about being on the high poster board. There seem to be plenty of people with over 1,000 posts but they are keeping their powder dry to stay off the wall of shame.

Do you mean more people should be on it, or we get rid of it completely?

 

[DrDunc]

I think tonight will be the night

Never mind your virginity, when's the update?

 

[Robigus]

Do you mean more people should be on it, or we get rid of it completely?

Probably much bigger would be more democratic, some people might like being on it

 

[sleepy]

Probably much bigger would be more democratic, some people might like being on it

I was being political, asking what people want but planning on doing my own thing anyway

 

[sleepy]

Probably much bigger would be more democratic, some people might like being on it

As it happens I think you will like the new style anyway I agree the current version is pants.

 

[sleepy]

Right we're switching the lights off at 12.30AM and hopefully we will be back in the morning

 

[DrDunc]

Err, just a thought..... You made a backup yet?

 

[jimmer]

12

Right we're switching the lights off at 12.30AM and hopefully we will be back in the morning

12 .30 what will mr p do all night with no forum

 

[sleepy]

Err, just a thought..... You made a backup yet?

The database server is replicated to a slave server in real time and the slave is then backed up to Amazon data centres in Dublin and California every hour. The main servers are in London Docklands

 

[Steevo]

Right we're switching the lights off at 12.30AM and hopefully we will be back in the morning

Nice use of the word "hopefully"

Look forward to seeing the "all new" TFF tomorrow!