Announcement Forum Migrations - 4/27

[CParsons]

Howdy folks,

We have now completed the migration process to the latest version of Xenforo and moved hosting. While there is expected to be minimal impact, upgrading to the latest version of XenForo may cause potential issues that weren't apparent in testing. Please feel free to let us know if you encounter anything game changing in this thread.

Below are a few known changes that aren't bugs:

• As part of the update profile images (or Cover images as they were referred to) have been removed as the add-on that enabled this is now out of date and the feature is core to the latest version of XenForo so feel free to add them again.
• The newest version of XenForo handles previewing posts in a much more minimalist way. It's quick and simple but also not 100% clear especially when you're used to the old way. We don't know if this is something we can adjust, but be aware that while it may seem like nothing is happening it is showing you what the post will look like.
• Quick Thread was causing some issues with the latest update so that has been removed.
• In terms of site responsiveness it's difficult to gauge right after maintenance, we'll be keeping an eye on things to make sure any slow speeds are temporary.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

New design looks gucci. Thumbs up!

 

[Lequack]

Good job, thanks!

 

[Lequack]

• As part of the update profile images (or Cover images as they were referred to) have been removed as the add-on that enabled this is now out of date and the feature is core to the latest version of XenForo so feel free to add them again.

It's a shame about thumbnails for threads though, it seems they're gone. It was quite useful to have a proper thumbnail for each race (race logo), much easier to find, now it defaults to the icon of the user who created it.

You write that it's now possible to do that by default, but I'm not finding that option anywhere?

 

[CParsons]

It was quite useful to have a proper thumbnail for each race (race logo), much easier to find, now it defaults to the icon of the user who created it.

Not sure what you mean, thumbnail previews of threads are now built in. It does it automatically. Just put an image at the top of your post and that will default to the thumbnail preview.

As for your profile banner image, you can adjust that here - https://forum.cyclingnews.com/account/banner

 

[RedheadDane]

Not sure what you mean, thumbnail previews of threads are now built in. It does it automatically. Just put an image at the top of your post and that will default to the thumbnail preview.

The little picture just next to the thread title.
For example, using the LBL thread, instead of the picture being Lequack's avatar, it would be the LBL logo.

 

[CParsons]

The little picture just next to the thread title.
For example, using the LBL thread, instead of the picture being Lequack's avatar, it would be the LBL logo.

Ahh the avatar photo. Unfortunately, no way to get that back. The add-on that was being used for it is no longer compatible with the updated forums software.

 

[Lequack]

Yes, that's what i meant. The very little thumbnail that you could set and it was visible when viewing threads list. You could set it when creating a thread, I found it pretty useful. But alas, if the add-on is outdated there isn't much to be done, unless there is a possibility of another add-on, I doubt it's a core feature.

When reading XenForo forums the people say this is the add-on that should do the job:

D.C Style - Thumbnail

Introduce Allow users to edit thumbnail images for their threads. Customize thumbnail for each thread. Supports attachment images, external images, and thumbnails from videos on YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion (updating…). Allow uploading custom...

xenforo.com

According to the description they removed the "cover" feature which is now reduntant, and only kept the avatar/thumbnail feature.

 

[CParsons]

When reading XenForo forums the people say this is the add-on that should do the job

I'll take a look but part of the goal was to reduce add-ons that were dragging the site down and causing issues. That add-on sounds just as unreliable as the other from the reviews.

 

[Lequack]

I'll take a look but part of the goal was to reduce add-ons that were dragging the site down and causing issues. That add-on sounds just as unreliable as the other from the reviews.

Thanks, if you can at least look it that would be awesome.

 

[Netserk]

Nice to be able to toggle between the different images in a post when enlarging one of them:

 

[Netserk]

The limit on the number of images in a post is still the same, unfortunately. Would it be possible to increase it?
"Please enter a message with no more than 20 images."

 

[CParsons]

The limit on the number of images in a post is still the same, unfortunately. Would it be possible to increase it?
"Please enter a message with no more than 20 images."

I can give you 5 more to bring it to 15.

 

[Netserk]

If you mean 25, I'll take it! That would be quite valuable in the Race Design Thread.

 

[RedheadDane]

If you mean 25, I'll take it! That would be quite valuable in the Race Design Thread.

Maybe he's mathematically challenged. Nothing wrong with that!

(I get it's probably just "able-to-hit-the-right-key" challenged.)

 

[Eshnar]

The search bar on top seems broken, I can't find any thread anymore.

 

[CParsons]

Maybe he's mathematically challenged. Nothing wrong with that!

(I get it's probably just "able-to-hit-the-right-key" challenged.)

Just different settings for each.. Attachments were set to 10 and I assumed that's what they were.. but they're embeds which were set to 20.. but are now 25. @Netserk

 

[CParsons]

The search bar on top seems broken, I can't find any thread anymore.

Working fine here.

 

[Eshnar]

Working fine here.

here not, it seems it can only find threads that have posts from today (from after the migration I assume)

 

[Netserk]

Just different settings for each.. Attachments were set to 10 and I assumed that's what they were.. but they're embeds which were set to 20.. but are now 25. @Netserk

Thank you a ton!

 

[Netserk]

here not, it seems it can only find threads that have posts from today (from after the migration I assume)

Yes, this search shows it: https://forum.cyclingnews.com/search/?q=forum&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance

 

[Lequack]

Maybe search indexing takes a while, or maybe need to re-index. At least that's how it usually is with these things.

 

[CParsons]

Maybe search indexing takes a while, or maybe need to re-index. At least that's how it usually is with these things.

Yeah, some databases are still building. Viewing people's posts from their profile page might be off too and show no posts even if they have many until it updates.

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, some databases are still building. Viewing people's posts from their profile page might be off too and show no posts even if they have many until it updates.

Yes, "Postings" only shows posts from after the migration, but "Latest activity" shows posts from before that.

 

[Nick2413]

Those 2 purple arrows that pop up on the bottom right of the screen to quick scroll to top or bottom - only the one going to top works. Does anyone else have this problem?