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If the thread has only a single page, it works perfectly. But if there are two or more pages, and new Posts on only one page, the bug crops up. It needs to be able to handle the reverse post order.

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That's a mighty strange place to put it. I'll let me suggestion stand, and append that the location should be on the top of each forum (thread list) instead of hidden away in our config settings. You're only going to want to update every single forum on the Boards when you've been away for six months or something and don't want to bother to catch up on all of them. The rest of the time you'll only want to catch up on ONE forum at a time.

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Indeed. It is, however, exactly the same as the one from the old forum software. It would be nice to be able to update the Posts of just a single forum Category. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Wow, thank you Richard for bringing back the reverse post order! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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And most of all thanks for making it OPTIONAL! Those of us who don't read backward don't have to get confused now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Now can we do something about this sucky font size? Hello, what resolution are you running? 1152x864 here and the text is ridiculously small. I hate websites that have text shrunk from the default size and there is no option to change it in My Home.

To quote Fry:

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It's looking better in Firefox, Richard, thanks.

Sooo... when will the iframe for the replys page come back? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Another bug when using reverse order mode:

If a thread has 2 pages of Posts, and there is one new post, viewing page 1, which has that new post, does not update the new post indicator. If I view page 2, which would have had the new post in the oldest to newest order, it updates the new post indicator, even though that page doesn't actually have the new post.

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Font sizes are now fixed and won't change with IE font size option as they used to.
I had to select an accesibility option to ignore font sizes and get an easy to read text.

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Perhaps you need to ditch IE and get a decent browser, such as Mozilla Firefox? It has no trouble adjusting the font sizes on Shrapnel. Only a 4.7 MB download.

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Yeah, I switched to Firefox Last month and I'm very happy with it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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First: nice to see you back on the Boards, Richard.

Second: I appreciate the work that's gone into the new forum, and it has clearly introduced a lot of features that were seriously lacking. However I'm finding it a little hard to adjust. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but I have a few small gripes:

- I had trouble logging in after the forum change. I had to request a temporary password because it wouldn't accept my old one. No-one else seems to have had this trouble so I guess it's just me.

-When posting, the box you get to type into is ridiculously small. Unless you are deliberately trying to discourage the kind of long-winded Posts I regularly come up with, please make the text-entry box much, much bigger.

-The ability to review the entire thread (and copy/paste bits out of numerous Posts) was invaluable. I'm very sorry to see it go.

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Hi Dogschoff,
you can adjust the text window size by going to "My Home", "Display Preferences" and "TextArea columns" and "TextArea rows". I would like to see these options renamed as I never would have found out what they do if not someone had pointed it out to me.

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Oh, wow! This is much nicer when its big http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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When clicking the thread names, it is jumping me to the old pages instead of the new ones with newest on top.

Is anybody else seeing this?

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Yes, I am seeing it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I first had trouble logging on, too. It seems that your password is now case-sensitive, AND the case it uses may not be the same as before.

My password used to begin with a capital letter and it didn't work. So, after many attempts, I tried using lower case, and it worked. So you might want to try different upper case / lower case combinations in your password.

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Woo yeah, much better. Thanks everyone.

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WooHoo! Richard has installed all my nice new icons for the forums. Oops, I guess not all have been done yet, but I'm sure they will eventually relpace the old ones.

That was fun, thanks Richard for another notch on my "Almost Famous" meter. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Very nice! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Thanks, hmmm, I wonder if 'other' icons could be added? (more "Instant Graemlins" ) like a beer mug, Martini, a shovel (for rollo http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ) or any others. It would sure help make this forum unique. If it can be done I'm willing to make them.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Richard said to go for it David! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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A shovel? Why only for Rollo? I'd think anyone could use a shovel in a discussion where too much bull... was being dispensed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

What would be really cute is some SE specific icons. Can you make smiley faces in the style of some SE IV races, like the Phong?

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SpaceEmpires.net has the race portraits as smileys in it's forums. Surely that could be done here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I dont THINK the graemlin and post icon choices can be setup specific to a particular forum. But I would be thrilled if I was wrong. Richard would definetly be the one to ask. Or if you want to be mean then get Mindi excited about the idea (Im half kidding on that Last part, it was the married devil in me)

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Why would they need to be set up for a specific forum? So what if there are a couple of extra emoticons for a different forum? Not going to kill anyone.

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No it wouldnt but I pictured it as being able to go from a few or having many SEIV specific ones. A few can easily be added to the general selection, in fact I believe David has already done a few. But then of course we will end up with some dragons and wizards, some tanks and ocean ships, some horse cavalry and ... well you get the idea.

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There could be an extra page set up with the images for the non-standard emoticons. That way, you only see them listed if you click that link. phpBB does this if there are more than X emoticons available. The forum software automatically creates a pop up window that is accessed by clicking the "view more" link. That way, the list for the generic post page doesn't become overly cluttered, but the emoticons are still readily accessible and useable.

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fyi, I didn't make a shovel 'yet' but I did create the following.. all rank insignias, Ank, Happy/Sad mask, Beer, Mushrooms, Bread, Heart, Brain, Skull, Trophy, Eyeball, se4 population icon, Planet, Computer, Home.

Voila!..

http://69.56.133.54:81/threads/uploa...rumIcons01.gif

I'll do more as time permits. It should be fun to have these unique icons in this forum.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Then the married devil in you should know that you only get away with saying this because my arm isn't long enough to reach to california! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Ok, I almost fell out the chair laughing there http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif That was just too funny.

And Nice Images David, Definitely look forward to using them soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Ahhh yes, sounds just like here at home. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Nice work David with the new smilies.

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Very nice. Some suggestions besides SE IV races as smilies:

A little 'nuke' (mushroom cloud) -- perfect for the kinds of discussions we have around here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Take the skull and add the little crossbones under it for the classic 'pirate' (and poison) symbol. Ok, you might have to shrink the skull a bit to fit the crossbones in.

We might even have a use for a 'biohazard' symbol. The green thing?

An imitation of the red 'star' image from the SE III logo. It's a classic image and we'll surely find uses for it.

Some other stars and planets in the simplified SE III manner wouldn't hurt either.

And some of the images from the SE IV menu buttons would be cool to have, also. The 'science' flask, the 'imperial' crown (obviously it has to be distinct from the administration 'crown' you've already got), the colony dome, and the spaceyard wrench would all be nice to have for conversations here. We could use them to mark discussion topics as well as in our Messages. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I've tried to upload the imagemod packs, but I'm getting "We cannot proceed.
All of the required fields are not filled in. "

It worked fine with a single image, but the packs are failing.

Is it a timeout?
Is the limit smaller than the stated 30,000,000 bytes?
Any ideas?

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I have made a few more tiny icons for the forums..

http://69.56.133.54:81/threads/uploa...rumIcons02.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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I am quite unhappy with the new board.
Using the port 81 forbid me to access it in the daytime.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Actually, that has increased my productivity at work nowadays almost exponentially (I can;t access it either from work during the day)

Alarik

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At work I get a:

Proxy Access Denied

Access to this site has been denied. The website you are attempting to access operates on a non-standard network port.
Internet standards reserve specific network ports for specific network services. The site you attempted to access violates these standards, (e.g. https site run on port that is not 443, http site run on port less than 1024 that is not 80) .

Also the new format is a pain. Other sites list the Last pages, even the END page, in the go-to bar.

I know my useage is down. I bet all of the traffic is down.

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For the sake of my eyes, go back to 12 point or let us choose. Please.

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In the display preferences of My Home, there are now alternate style sheets to choose from that have larger font sizes.

I noticed that quoting a post now includes the user's name in bold, italicized font.

Thanks ^ 2 Richard! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Hmm, 'Shrapnel Large' doesn't seem to make any difference in font size. Do I have to use 'Shrapnel Huge' just to get a slightly larger font? What should the visually impaired who want gigantic 24 point text use then?

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Trying not to be rude, but the board is really starting to annoy me.
Cant get access, random denials, error Messages saying there is no data, incompatability with firefox....
What was good about the old board was that it was easy to use and worked.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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That's odd. I haven't had any trouble with the new forum. I'm using Firefox exclusively, and have set the font to "Shrapnel Large" in display preferences and it's just about the same for me.

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Baron,

Anyone with visual impairments can use the accessability options in IE to disable the current font's and colors if they wish. In fact from the same screen they can specify their own style sheet within IE. The fonts being used are a good compromise based on input from the community at large. There are certaintly more options now than with the old forum software. Unfourtanetly we can't make everyone happy, we can just do what will make the most people happy.