skrshawk Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 I have set up a clone of the forums running under Invision Power Board v1.2. I welcome all existing users of the forums to take a look at the clone and leave their comments in this thread. It is a very rudimentary setup but will show what the software is capable of and with a conversion of our current forums on it. Most of the specific features that this package has to offer haven't been enabled yet (this is quick and dirty). Use your existing login information for this board to access the new board. It does however offer everything YaBBSE has and quite a bit more - such as the ability to create private boards for the many groups that have expressed interest in having a forum at Bridge Base. Feel free to email me your comments at skrshawk@bridgebase.com if you don't wish to post them publically. Be aware that I may not see any posts on the beta since I'm still playing with it :). The new address is http://bridgebase.lunarpages.com/ipb . Take care,John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 First, I very much like the default color scheme. Another thing that useful is the "whoops" I didn't mean to send person "x" that instant message... if you track messages, you can delete it if you find it before they read it. With the reply buttons in the instant messages I have sent a few messages accidently to the wrong person...lucky no harm. The buddy list I am not sure of the function (exactly), but the "My assistant" seems to be a huge improvement in how to view new messages when the buttons on it are working. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallway Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 I like It Ability to create private boards leapt out from your description - yes to that Calandar - all the BIL events to track - yes to that Buddies List - label facility - a member , a 'secretary', a hosting member , directors......... yes to that Management of IM's (pm's) simple / quick/ effective ....yes to that Clean clear presentation and text etc. - yes to that My quick visit didn't unearth any negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Seems nice, John :) Nice work! You lose a few things in your local profile, no biggie, you can reenter them. At this point, it seems, the ability to localize the interface is lost (seeLanguage Packs for IPB 1.2 though, some of them appear to be unfinished. I know, this exceeds the Quick and Dirty work :). On a personal note, I can't access the yellow forums there. If this goes forward as it seems, IPB has a template facility which is used in http://forums.bridgetalk.com to enter a hand (all 4 players, or only one). Would be nice to have that, will investigate how that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrshawk Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Interoperability of languages is something I want to keep if it all possible so I will do more research on that. BTW, G, since it was a quick and dirty port, user permissions below admin didn't get copied over and I disabled the yellows forums on the beta to everyone but admins because I didn't want to sort that out yet :). They are there, however. Keep the comments coming :) Take care,John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csdenmark Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 I cannot figure out what quick and dirty means. Thats not a term I am familiar to. To me it looks like the postings here are not updated at the new site. Looks like all are copied switching to the new site. The new site seems rather complicated to use and is not for computer novices. Hope very much you will not be disappointed - more features available means mostly you loose several of the users you have in mind to do something good for. I have already ran into several features telling me nothing available and nothing to be found - and there were no help offered. Take really good care John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Hi Claus, maybe you simply missed a point: This was just a test. They tried a new layout once, but they did not put all features in and they did not update it.So no worries. And John: I like the new outfit. And one suggestion: IS it possible to rearrange the list with the last ten postings back to: The last ten topics where there had beeen postings? Kind Regards Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csdenmark Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 I have understood it was some kind of a test. But a test without data is no test. - Maybe it was not meant for us to test but only for John - then OK I think. But I have understood much more features to come - sounds very nice and positive but worrying too. The more features available - the more knowledge needed to handle. The more knowledge needed to handle - the more knowledge of skills in english language needed. And that we know for sure is really scarce among BBO-members ei. the users of BBO-Forum and the new site. Lately we have seen many new facilities on BBO and many of those seems to aim flexibility. Fine with that - but....... A few days ago Fred and Uday found themselves confronted with a nasty option: To exclude women. The other site of flexibility is segregation. Segregation ought not to be something to head for in an international get-together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Another nitpick: I got used to have the indexes of what I read updated when I read a topic and go back to main. Seems like IPB doesn't mark a topic read when you do this. (by observations @ bridgetalk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 main advantage for me is that the new forum is easier to read due to better colors. Even if there were no other improvements we should switch to that software for that reason! Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 I like the current black background colours...BBO is in black, so the forum should match? I find that its easier to read also......... B) Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 IPB allows you to change the way it looks as a whole, from different sets, provided this sets (called skins on IPB, and other software too) are available in server configuration. John, maybe you can add a couple of skins to let people see how that works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrshawk Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Alright, here's the deal: The forums in their current form weren't up overnight and fully functional. As a beta, the IPB package was put up to let you see just what the software is capable of doing on the surface. There is quite a bit more that would actually go into a production release but I needed to know if I was going in the right direction. The learning curve factor is very much on my mind and I certainly don't wish to alienate our userbase just because of moving to another package. My take on the reponses are that there's a lot of mixed feelings and concern about the exact implementation of such an upgrade. Right now, however, I need to hear cases for and against. Please privately message me on BBO, in the forums, or email me with such things as "this upgrade is a real must", "i would highly consider leaving the forums if we moved to this package", "i would base such a decision on x factor...", etc. The response I get from this point on is going to drive my decision to remain with the YaBBSE package or migrate over to IPB. I anticipate a couple weeks to a month's time from me (and the rest of the BBO staff) making a decision to migrate would be necessary to bring a live version with all the toys under the new package. Take care,John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishovnbg Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Hi John! New forum is MUCH better! Several stupid questions: Can you add clickable bridge symbols to use it instead of HE,SP,DI,CL? Can also be added clickable diagrams of 2,3,4 hands and table of bidding? This will save a lot of time and posts will look much more pretty... If cant, can you add scripts with clickable buttons for them? Misho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 I am in complete agreement with MishoSuit symbols and an easier mechanism for tables are the two features that I would find most useful.l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 At least figure out why the table command with rows and columns make tables with so much space before and after the table such as to make using it useless. IF we could put hands in tables, it would help appearance a lot. Also, hot keys for bridge symbols would in fact be much more useful than all those cute smileys. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 I think it can be managed EVENTUALLY ;)As I said, bridgetalk has a template for diagrams.Not sure about symbols though, but most probably doable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRG Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 At least figure out why the table command with rows and columns make tables with so much space before and after the table such as to make using it useless. IF we could put hands in tables, it would help appearance a lot. Also, hot keys for bridge symbols would in fact be much more useful than all those cute smileys. BenLet me second that. Suit symbols would be great. In fact, I'd give up smileys for any useful feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Quick question - is method available to increase size of font for viewing? tee hee my eyes hurt from little print. :) Thanks for all you do for us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Using internet explorer Click on tools from the main menu Click on "internet tools" submenu Click the "Accessibility" button on the bottom right. When the new menu opens up, put a check box beside the line that says... "ignore font size specified on web pages" Then, under view "text size" you can make it larger and larger... as a side effect, claus's HUGE font in his tag line is the same size as everything else if you do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecepal Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Hi John,what is worth i will tell my opinion:))I like the colour black and the set up of this forum pagenot the new one butI have noticed small thing " celebrating birthdays "it is a good idea ,,it might be embarrasing for some people but hey it is good. And the idea of having symbols is good too and it would be very nice to have buttons like WDP-WDO ,TYP -May I sit please ...just suggestion :))))keep up with the good work:))ecepal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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