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not having a button at the end of the thread that takes you back to the forum the thread is in is extremely annoying

everything else seems great though

There is such a button, albeit a bit farther away than the "Index" link used to be.

Just scroll past the Quick Reply form at the bottom of the page and you will see a "Forum Jump" dropdown list and a "Go" button. Since the dropdown list defaults to the current forum, the "Go" button does exactly what you want it to do.

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12-03-2007 , 05:13 PM

#77

grando

witty comic

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,680

yeah I found it like 15 seconds ago - it'd be nice if it were above the quick reply beside the previous thread | next thread thing

thanks for the help though

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12-03-2007 , 05:44 PM

#78

Borgland

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,024

What does the "fixed width" option do? I havent noticed the difference.

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12-03-2007 , 06:56 PM

#79

Stosh

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,254

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Originally Posted by StevieG

Jump to first new post is something that you get with UBB now. vB wants to show the top post, but there is a shortcut icon from the thread list that looks like this

. So just use that icon rather than the Subject link itself, and you will alwasy get the most recent post.

An optional feature of the thread list is thread status color highlighting. Each listing will have a different background color depending on its nature, such as locked, new, replied to by you. You edit that option under the User Control Panel, or the link, "My 2+2 -> Edit Options".

1) Does an option exist where it will take me to the most recent post I have not yet read, in a thread that I have read previously?

2) In the past it stated, in parenthesis, how many new posts were in a thread I had read previously. Is that not an option anymore?

3) Also, I don't see the thread list status color option anywhere in the "Edit Options" section. Am I just missing it?

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12-03-2007 , 07:37 PM

#80

StevieG

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Originally Posted by Stosh

1) The "jump to first post" function should do this, look for this icon:

2) No count (asbolute or otherwise) of new posts to a thread is currently available

3) You should see it at the very bottom under the section called "Miscellaneous Options." Use this link to Edit Options

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12-03-2007 , 11:42 PM

#81

maverickai

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,667

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Originally Posted by StevieG

Slightly different BBCode for colors. Instead of a colon before the dolor value, use an equal sign.

More importantly, though, there is now an integrated hand converter, which formats specifically for the forum and drops it into your post form.

I can't seem to find the integrated hand converter...

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12-03-2007 , 11:43 PM

#82

maverickai

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,667

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Originally Posted by StevieG

I can't seem to find the integrated hand converter... where is it?

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12-04-2007 , 12:42 AM

#83

SamIAm

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Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 6,406

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Originally Posted by maverickai

I can't seem to find the integrated hand converter... where is it?

When you start a thread, there's a bar at the top that says

"The Two Plus Two Hand Converter: Powered by DeucesCracked.com____Click to expand"

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12-04-2007 , 12:57 AM

#84

fanmail

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I'm trying to get used to this new format. How come posts are now labled by # and do not tell you who the person is responding to. That was one of my favorite features, knowing who someone was replying to. Is there any way to regain that feature?

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12-04-2007 , 03:07 AM

#85

Golden_Rhino

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,056

Is there a way to change a thread title once it has been submitted? Might be handy to add NSFW tags after the fact.

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12-04-2007 , 03:45 AM

#86

Vavavoom

Photobucket Voyeur Extraordinaire

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,046

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Originally Posted by StevieG

1) The "jump to first post" function should do this, look for this icon:

Are this colours changeable ? The only reason I ask is that, I have experimented with all the skins and they are not that distinguishable imo. Is there any way of setting our own custom colours ?

I'm getting used to the "Jump To" button, I suppose it works equally well as the old UBB system used to work and will just take some getting use to !

If some more questions that have come to me, although some of them may have been posted above, I'll have to have a re-read through the thread again I guess..

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12-04-2007 , 11:03 AM

#87

Lottery Larry

Home Poker Pimp

Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19,603

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Originally Posted by Golden_Rhino

Stevie,

You're gonna get a lot of people bitching at you (including me sooner or later), but thanks for going out of your way to school our ignorant asses.

Why would he get the blame? He didn't do the software... screw the haters

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12-04-2007 , 11:05 AM

#88

Lottery Larry

Home Poker Pimp

Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19,603

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Originally Posted by Golden_Rhino

Is there a way to change a thread title once it has been submitted? Might be handy to add NSFW tags after the fact.

If there isn't, ask the forum's mods to edit for you?

(they may kill me for that suggestion... or ban you first :P

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12-04-2007 , 11:09 AM

#89

Lottery Larry

Home Poker Pimp

Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19,603

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Originally Posted by Vavavoom

The Title of thread and Creator are too close together. Its hard to distinguish who has created the thread and the screen looks quite cluttered with info in the boxes. Is it not possible to at least create an extra column or 2 ?

You seriously see this as hugely different, and difficult to make out the author?

Or, are you referring to quick scanning of posters?

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12-04-2007 , 02:38 PM

#90

Five-Star

[x] Wins the Internet

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,283

I really love the feature of being able to tell the Mods why I'm reporting a post/thread. However I'm a little worried about the disclaimer at the bottom.

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Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.

This doesn't include threads that are against that forum's sticky, banned posters, and other reasons that I would notify Mods about a post. It's calling for a pretty limited scope of action. I'll still notify mods on those issues and write it in I was just hoping we could see more latitude in the disclaimer.

On another note, this change to VB is great. I love the new buddy list pop up feature, and all the other smart choices that have been made. 2+2 made the right choice.

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12-04-2007 , 08:35 PM

#91

Golden_Rhino

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Originally Posted by Lottery Larry

Why would he get the blame? He didn't do the software... screw the haters

I'm a big fan of shooting the messenger

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12-04-2007 , 11:56 PM

#92

frommagio

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,453

How do I "show all"?

Any update on displaying lots of threads in the index?

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12-05-2007 , 12:03 AM

#93

pvn

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Posts: n/a

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Originally Posted by frommagio

How do I "show all"?

Any update on displaying lots of threads in the index?

Jesus, can we PLEASE put the answers to these two in HUGE TYPE at the top of the forum?

You can't show all.

You can't change the number of threads in the index. The admins can, but they're not going to do it just yet. There are performance considerations.

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12-05-2007 , 12:10 AM

#94

_dave_

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,146

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You can't change the number of threads in the index.

lol read my guide thread.

we can change it, but we will not until the admins have benchmarked the new server performance at various settings to gauge the impact of the settings.

So please people stop posting about this. If we are allowed (based on performance concerns), it will come

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12-05-2007 , 12:38 PM

#95

iron81

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For questions about features, please see this FAQ written by Lori.

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12-05-2007 , 12:59 PM

#96

Wynton

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Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 15,189

I've tried and tried, but I still don't get how you do the spoiler thing.

I know the code is "spoil" but I don't know what that means.

Can someone explain this to me, step by step, in language a moron can understand?

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12-05-2007 , 01:09 PM

#97

MrWookie

Don't Call Me Meredith

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94,159

Spoiler:

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12-05-2007 , 01:32 PM

#98

Wynton

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Spoiler:

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12-05-2007 , 04:29 PM

#99

thedorf

banned

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 589

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Originally Posted by duh

So are all of my PM's gone permanently, or will this be fixed?

edit: And how can I see *all* posts in a thread in flat mode? #1 feature in the old software IMO

I agree with this. I also would like to know if there is a way to eliminate the "more below this post" feature of threaded mode.

Also, I liked the way threaded mode always showed the most recent reply first. It seems that we now have to do a lot of digging to find the most recent replies in a thread...that is except for the most recent reply which is now easier to find.

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12-06-2007 , 12:43 AM

#100

Praxising

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,813

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Originally Posted by Wynton

Can someone explain this to me, step by step, in language a moron can understand?

From one moron to another--you put the word spoil inside these brackets: []Then you put whatever you want hidden here. You end the process by putting the closer sign / in the final bracket: /spoil.

If we write it all out, you'll just see the finished result. So, set of brackets:

[]
inside them write:

spoil
then write:

stuff you want hidden
another set of brackets:

[]

inside those you write:
/spoil

If you find a post with a spoiler in it, and quote it to reply, all the code should show up.

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