DTSFab.com (Desert, Trail and Sand)
General Discussion => Forum how to, By Yummi => Topic started by: Carlriddle on October 17, 2017, 12:44:53 PM
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Glad to see upgrades, but the topic in "forum info" can't be replied to by us common folks.
I find DTS prob the easiest to use site I'm on. Maybe cause its old and I'm getting there too. Easy to load pics, search works good for old threads, new post;replies. I use it on a desktop w/Microsoft edge and on iPhone. I will throw out my vote to upgrade, but not if we gonna loose all the old photos. Some awesome builds here, w tons of detailed photos with write-ups. That's my biggest grip w other sites, pics gone. Of course the whole photobucket thing has killed lots photos all over.
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You have a good point and why I've never considered upgrading but those that know more than me keep telling me we need to do so. I .honestly,have no clue.
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Too funny - I never noticed that areas - "Permissions." My bad. So, we can discuss here.
There are some challenges moving forward. So much of it was custom via a couple of members long ago. BTW, Photobucket jacked a lot of us.
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I hated when the changed computers from winblows XP at work. While new is fasters it just makes me have to learn new stuff. Plus lost some good things too. Wheres my rotary phone....LOL
New explorer Edge, wont let me use the smiley's on DTS. Still trying to fig that out. Guess I'll ask my kiddo, well she ant no kid anymore damn I'm getting old.
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The ease of use is more about the platform than anything else. Some boards are very slick now.
So you all understand, the way these things are "built."
Generally they use an open source template. That gets modified by various people and then they issue new updates and or releases just like any software. As a general rule, they all run off of an established platform / database. Think of it like a truck frame and engine, the main program is the body. But wait, you wanted red and a wing on that body? OK, we can do that.
Now, to that base of established frame and motor, with body, various packages are installed. Want an option? Red and wing? Find it, install it. Cool. Trouble is updates / repairs / etc are not supported by some of these folks. They may come in and out. Each forum, to some extent each site, is really nothing more than the same basic frame, motor and body with various tweaks. My guess is 70% of what you see out there is wordpress as a content management system.
The trouble comes when you start dealing with a motor or frame that is getting older and may get updated or break. The body wont fit right. The color tweaks? Oh no. The wing? Forget about it. Any change to one, on an incremental basis, affects them all. When we go ten years without an incremental change? Not good. Just like building a buggy. We will be getting to custom vs OEM.
So in that respect you cant avoid an update. The second problem is none of this occurs in a static environment. So, along comes Facebook, Pintrest, Google, and changes to the rules of the WWW. So much of what can be done, we don't do. You get the idea.
We will have to do it. When, and how bad it hurts is the only question. I will keep digging for an acceptable answer. If you see something missing in the meantime, let me know.
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well i am an old fart i guess and don't like change unless it is a much needed change like no hillary or obama lol i will have to save all my gallery pics if i can find them and back them up. i do need to take a day and copy all my photobucket pics and video`s and cancel that acct. yummi any suggestions on another sitr like photobucket?? i get what your saying and have seen more frequent glitch`s so i agree. one thing i still find amazing is the number of people i have come across that have heard of mbn but not dts so everychance i get i post direct links so people find us. i agree with carl that this site is and has been the easiest to search info so need to be sure that remains the same! there is one offraod site that was new that fabbr posted a link to whil back ....i signed up....read a couple times and forgot lol canat even remember the name of the damn place. shame as it had some useful info. the functions of this site have always been imo, very user friendly compared to 95t of what i have seen so ....i'm sure you'll keep that in mind as it looks like your the architect on this job!
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I like the KISS principle. If things have to be updated, then I understand, but this is the easiest site to use and loads the fastest on my slow computer. So let's not get too fancy.......
thanks
the peanut gallery
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I agree. I trust yummi to do just that.
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Looks like pics are missing? Not showing up in thread, and when ya click the linky it gives a 404 error not found. Well crap. Yummy can fix it, hes da bomb.
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Looks like pics are missing? Not showing up in thread, and when ya click the linky it gives a 404 error not found. Well crap. Yummy can fix it, hes da bomb.
Sorry, work got in the way. Working on it today. Might take a bit. Hold on.
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We have time. No hurry at all.
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Well, most of the upgrade is done.
The only thing I am having a challenge with is the "gallery" Most is old stuff. Lance and Baloo have a fair amount there. I need to figure the work around.
Oh yea, also avatars. Check your profile - upload a new one I guess? Long story. May have to change the look a bit if this post box does not change size.
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Alright, ditched the dark. Between my bad eyes and Fabr's glaucoma, :-% it looked good, but was hard to read. Need some input on colors, etc. We have a lot of flexibility, but trying to do this with very limited graphics and mostly code so it is faster. Our current board has a fair number of very small graphics.
We will change over in the next day or so. That will transfer domains so the dtsfab.com is the right one. But, if you are curious, go to www.dtsfab2.com sign in and get some feed back on colors, etc.
Also, check your avatar - on the profile section there is a drop down called "avs" that has them, just don't know whose is whose.
Again, for a couple of days, both are up, so careful what you post. I likely wont capture it all beyond today.
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Cool!
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I'm kinda missing the "Recent topics" button. Is it hiding somewhere I haven't found?
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Never mind. I found it. Top left by your name/user id.
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Overall,this transition seems pretty easy for us . Yummi,on the other hand,has had a LOT to do! We all owe yummi at the very least a big thank you.Thank You!!!!!
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Still working on the gallery.
That is a pita. The gallery we used was from 2009. There is one current option. I contacted the developer, he said "dude that is from 2009." Yes, it went downhill from there. Still working on it. Grrrr....
Have the images. Might just extract them, zip them up and kick them back to members?
Confident Lance's daughter is a bit older now?
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Testing Drowning
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will snap. No avatar 5:
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will snap. No avatar 5:
What was it?
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any of these?
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any of the second set?
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any of these?
None of the above. But I found one.
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I found my old one #230
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I like my new one, not so morbid.
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See, change is good?
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i like it and it will take some time to figure it out again....the recent topic layout was nice on the prev version but can't seem to find it now
and yes a BIG THANKS to yummi!!!!!!!
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Couple of you have asked for that. That is why we want feed back.
Your wish is my command - well, sort of. Check the menu bar.
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BTW, it was there, just hard to find before. Still there for the time being.
Lets face it though, that is small, and my bad eyes had a hard time with it. Guess I need my medicine? :-%
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Once I found it I was fine with it but more easily found is a good thing also.
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that was fast, thanks!! i found the unread spot at the top but wasn't like the recent topics option we had before .
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just a question....when i select recent posts it comes up diff than before. when i selected it before it came up like the new replies now does but the new replies no longer shows the recent posts....why is that?
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well just noticed recent posts are my recent posts. new replies are of the forum replies. although the posts from today aren't showing up in the new replies list. again great job, not complaining just curious? i really like the add image option
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well just noticed recent posts are my recent posts. new replies are of the forum replies. although the posts from today aren't showing up in the new replies list. again great job, not complaining just curious? i really like the add image option
That's cause you have all the recent posts? Lay off the 12th cup of coffee?
Thanks, on the add image option, it does expand to another site, just like Photo bucket, but some folks may like it, some may choose attachments? Options man, like both a blond and a brunette?
(https://dtsfab.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.medicaldaily.com%2Fsites%2Fmedicaldaily.com%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fheadline%2Fpublic%2F2014%2F03%2F29%2Fshutterstock157773689.jpg&hash=4539531065352734c3e196e4294820b4aef2b732)
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only had 6 this am, thank you very much!
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what i was asking is when i select " new replies" i don't see anything that was replied in today at the top of the list for example ....http://dtsfab2.com/index.php?topic=5417.msg90613#msg90613......http://dtsfab2.com/index.php?topic=5421.msg90625;topicseen#new......http://dtsfab2.com/index.php?topic=5420.0 etc etc
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Try marking all messages as read on recent posts?
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Looks great ! Thanks Yummi! you da man! Almost the same as the old site. Did I mention I like simple......
Now back to :swig:
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Thanks,
Most the hard part is done. Some more to do, but the day job gets in the way sometimes. Will let you know when we are all done.
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We have one more move working. That may result in a slight disruption, nothing serious. Almost done.
Then we get some fun stuff.
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thanks for posting the privacy policy in layman's terms for the rest of us LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO
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OK, on the final server. As an added bonus, we are now a "secure site" Woot.
OK, a few topics and replies were made, - i will transfer those by hand once the DNS propagation is done. There were a couple of posts that did not make it - i have em.
Hang on