malem Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Tonight, we're upgrading the forum software to IPS Community Suite 4. This requires a database conversion, so KIC will be unavailable starting around 8:00pm. We'll get everything back up ASAP & by Tuesday morning. The new software includes a number of changes from the IPB 3.x series we've used for years. Most notably, a new responsive mobile theme will offer many improvements when viewing the forum with the mobile website. Another notable change is an improved editor that eliminates the "BBCode switch". Advanced users can still type BBCode manually, if they prefer that to the editor buttons. If you notice problems or have questions after the upgrade, feel free to send me a PM or post in this thread. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Just a bump to remind everyone that this is happening in a couple hours. Ā Full backups are being made, but it is possible that a small number of posts from tonight will be lost if we have to restore a database backup. If you're working on an amazing post tonight that you don't want to lose, I'd recommend copying it into an e-mail, Google Doc, text file, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 After manually correcting about 50 different database errors, everything should be back online now. Let me know if you have problems. The forum is currently loading very slowly when logged in. This might be a temporary issue related to automated tasks that are continuing after the upgrade. If it continues, either Dane or I will look at it tomorrow (today). Thanks for your patience! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Seems good so far at my end. Ā Looks a little different, but not in a bad way. Ā LogonĀ on was fine. Ā Trying a message with file attachment now. Ā It keeps giving me this notification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Wow, nice. Ā I like the drag and drop attachment feature! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 ^^ I'm getting a similar request in Firefox. What type of notifications does the new version want to send me, and how do those work? Also, everything is loading quickly for me. No slow loading issues here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (Double post because previous post was liked) Also, why am I unable to enable notifications for when my posts are liked? It says that the administrator has disabled that option. That's pretty much the only thing I used notifications for. (On a side note, I find it rather interesting that the current contents of my notifications list consist of what appears to be the notifications I received during the previous failed attempt at this upgrade a year and a half ago. ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 ^^ That notice is for the web notifications API; see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/notification I believe IPB uses it to push notifications on mobile devices when the mobile website is loaded, but I'm not sure if it's enabled/working. ^ Some settings will need to be tweaked in the coming days. There currently seem to be a few issues with the "like" system. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 One thing I noticed is that it counts my views of my profile. Ā Not a big deal, just something I noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 We will be addressingĀ issues as soon as we can. Malem, Dane, and I will be communicating back and fourth to resolve issues!Ā Please report what you are seeing in this thread for us to address them. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I've been unable to log in with Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyano Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Will there be changes made to the forum background? As of now its not park related (for anyone who hasn't noticed or is just going online.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Looks like there's noĀ way to view the desktop version on mobile devices anymore?Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 6 hours ago, Gannersdaddy said: Seems good so far at my end. Ā Looks a little different, but not in a bad way. Ā LogonĀ on was fine. Ā Trying a message with file attachment now. Ā It keeps giving me this notification. That is so it can give notifications that you have enabled, like a followed thread and PM's that you get. They will popup on the page as a preview. Otherwise you will just get the notice on the top bar like before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, TheBEASTunchained said: Looks like there's noĀ way to view the desktop version on mobile devices anymore?Ā The new version uses a single responsive theme rather than a separate mobile theme, so there's nothing to switch to. You can use CSS tweaks on your phone if you want to make it look like it does on a desktop. If people are interested, I could put instructions somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xdog42 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Malem nice job with the new forum. To Be Honest it looks more clean and organized. Whatever you guys did Good Job.Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xdog42 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Malem also wanted to bring out there is a problem where it wont let me change my background image when i try to click the option it immediately goes back up. Hopefully I'm not repeating something that has been mentioned.Ā *Edit the problem has been resolved no worryĀ Edited January 3, 2017 by Xdog42 Problem/Error has been fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Tapatalk is having many issues and seems to not be working with the forum.Ā Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 For the most part, I like the new mobile version. Have yet to try the desktop version of the site. I like that I can putĀ more types ofĀ smileys on posts likeĀ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 We're aware that TapaTalk isn't yet working. Dane is planning to take care of that update tonight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Does this version do away with Signatures? I'm not totally annoyed if it does because some were a little much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 33 minutes ago, MDMC01 said: For the most part, I like the new mobile version. Have yet to try the desktop version of the site. I like that I can putĀ more types ofĀ smileys on posts likeĀ . ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ Ā (Well at least that still works) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 29 minutes ago, LongLiveTheSmurfRide said: Does this version do away with Signatures? I'm not totally annoyed if it does because some were a little much. We will look into that. I had not even realized it till you mentioned it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterOhio Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Helbig approved. https://twitter.com/DonHelbig 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Can I request that something be done with the "interests" on the user card on each post on the forums? The inclusion of that is causing massive amounts of whitespace between posts for certain users. As an example, silver2005 is one such user with a lengthy interests section, and the problem can be clearly seen on this page of the NFL thread. My preference would be to simply not show that field on the threads, so that users like silver2005 can leave it as it is, but if not that, then it needs to have a character limit enforced to prevent these massive amounts of whitespace. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I REALLY like the desktop version. I REALLY dislike the mobIle version. Ā It does not seem "clean". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Goble come on man. Ā Lay off Silver,Ā his Grandmother passed away today. Ā He gets a three day pass. Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Working on the Tapatalk issues now, just keep posting in here with issues that you find. Started this forum in 2003 and this was the largest and most difficult to installĀ in forums software IPB ever put out. The park photos will be coming back for backgrounds, just working on more of the technical stuff now. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 So, I'm officially on the desktop version and so far, so good! Ā And KDD, I meant the auto-emojis. At least when I last used mobile, the only KIC emojis I could use were the ones I knew how to create myself (Ex: : + D turns into ) . I couldn't choose from a drop-down on mobile like I can now. Ā EDIT: So, quick thing; I've noticed that when I try to change the background photo, the window to do so quickly closes (and I can't do so); also, are signatures gone or are they still being retrieved/updated? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfyter Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 44 minutes ago, Dane said: Working on the Tapatalk issues now, just keep posting in here with issues that you find. Started this forum in 2003 and this was the largest and most difficult to installĀ in forums software IPB ever put out. The park photos will be coming back for backgrounds, just working on more of the technical stuff now. Glad you are working on this. It's nice to access all forums through one app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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