The Energon Pub

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Paul Grant wrote:Why don't external links generated in posts contain the target="_blank" attribute? Don't you lose a lot of traffic without that?

That's a great suggestion, Paul. I've modified the code so that links will open up in new windows. At some point, I'll modify it so that it only does that with external links but for now all links will open in a new window.

Paul Grant wrote:Also the site is really slow in China. I have to wait for all the embedded social networking APIs to timeout before the page will load.

I'm assuming it's the Facebook window in the bottom of the right hand column near the caption contest. Are you able to access Facebook in China? Could also be all of the Google based ads that are on the site as well. I heard that Google was blocked in China again last week so perhaps that could be an issue.

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Usually, when I'm posting and I hit "download attachment" I click on the file I want and the picture is displayed in the post. Other times, however, in following the exact same process the only thing I can get to appear in the post is a box surrounded by a dotted line with the file size and "not downloaded yet" printed on it. One actually has to click on the link to view the pic, which is kind of schlocky.

Why does this randomly happen?

Preaching to the choir. The Lexington, NC Wal-Mart location listed on this site has been closed for about 10 years now and a Wal-Mart SuperCenter was built less than a mile away. Despite my numerous times of informing them of the change, nothing's happened. I've even tried to add the Thomasville, NC Wal-Mart SuperCenter location, but still I've seen nothing.

Well I've spoken with several people who I see regularly at the toys r us I'm trying to add, and they've mentioned they also visit this site. I'm just trying to help out the collectors in my area.

same thing with me trying to add stores in my area. quite a few that arnt listed and a few that havnt ben around forever still are. tried many times to get them added but nothing so i eventually gave up, and just list what i see at the closest store and put a comment tof the acuall location.

ok what the hell's going on with pics i'm trying to upload? it keeps on saying "not downloaded yet

FKIN FAT LOTTA GOOD YOU LOT ARE! EVEN THE MODS DON'T WANNA LIFT A FINGER TAE HELP. I MAY AS WELL BURY MA HEID IN THE SAND! FOR ALL THE GOOD IT'S GONNA DO ME

WOW.

So is anyone else having issues staying signed in? I have to keep seibertron open in another window to stay signed in, and have to sign in every visit. Note that Ive only really been using my PS3, so this could be Sony's fault. .

Is the forum ever gonna fix the fact that the "last unread post" button on any given thread only works if the thread is only one page long? On any other thread, it goes to the very first post, period.

Valandar wrote:Is the forum ever gonna fix the fact that the "last unread post" button on any given thread only works if the thread is only one page long? On any other thread, it goes to the very first post, period.

No one has brought this to my attention before. I didn't realize that this wasn't working. Can you show me some examples and tell me exactly what it is doing so that I can look into it further? Thanks Valandar!

Hey!
I have reposted this over here hoping for a resolve?



I would have thought that once you un-subscribe from a thread, that thread should be less of an importance and should remain at the bottom of your list "View your posts".

Is there a way, whilst logged in to your account, to sort your list of subscribed threads so that only the ones you are currently subscribed to are listed rather than every thread you have posted on?

Thanks if anyone can help?

robotmel wrote:Hey!
I have reposted this over here hoping for a resolve?



I would have thought that once you un-subscribe from a thread, that thread should be less of an importance and should remain at the bottom of your list "View your posts".

Is there a way, whilst logged in to your account, to sort your list of subscribed threads so that only the ones you are currently subscribed to are listed rather than every thread you have posted on?

Thanks if anyone can help?

You're clicking on the "View Your Posts" link, which leads to here: search.php?search_id=egosearch

You actually need to go to your user control panel, here: ucp.php

Then click here: ucp.php?i=main&mode=subscribed

At the top of the page, it says

Manage subscriptions

Below is a list of forums and topics you are subscribed to. You will be notified of new posts in either. To unsubscribe mark the forum or topic and then press the Unwatch marked button.

That will remove it from your subscripted threads, but because you posted in them, at all, there will be a record of them and if they're being posted in, they will show up in your list of previous posts.

As for sorting, I don't believe there is a feature for that at this time.

Seibertron wrote:

Valandar wrote:Is the forum ever gonna fix the fact that the "last unread post" button on any given thread only works if the thread is only one page long? On any other thread, it goes to the very first post, period.

No one has brought this to my attention before. I didn't realize that this wasn't working. Can you show me some examples and tell me exactly what it is doing so that I can look into it further? Thanks Valandar!

Okay.

1 ) The " Generations / Classics / Universe / Reveal The Shield haul thread " currently has a brown piece of paper icon right in front of the thread title, meaning it has had posts in it since I last looked at that thread. It currently has 89 pages. If I click that brown piece of paper icon, it rakes me to the very first post on the very first page, just like I had clicked on the thread title. This is not what is supposed to happen.

On the other hand

2 ) The "Have you ever came home to this? " thread also has a brown piece of paper icon right in front of the thread title, mening it has had posts in it since I last hit the "Mark Topics Read" link. It only has one page. When I click that link, it takes me directly to post #4 in the thread, as when I last clicked the MTR link it had only three posts - and thus the first unread post in that thread is #4. This IS what is supposed to happen.

This behavious means that unless I am very fascinated in a given thread, I tend not to read threads more than one page long, as it's too much trouble (and I don't usually have much time on these forums) to try to remember which page I had most recently looked at, and then find the first new post by hand.

And, umm... I mentioned this more than once earlier in this thread...

... but I can't find those posts. I KNOW I brought it up right after the changeover to this forum software...

Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I'm also getting the top bar/header ("home", "news", "toys", "forum", etc) as blue now rather than they grey-sort-of-thing I recall, if that's what you're referring to.

ArmadaPrime wrote:

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I'm also getting the top bar/header ("home", "news", "toys", "forum", etc) as blue now rather than they grey-sort-of-thing I recall, if that's what you're referring to.

Mine's grey, but with different fonts. All over the site actually.
The galleries also have number of views on each thumbnail, which I had never noticed before.

Ryan's being sneaky again.

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I made a variety of changes this past weekend to help make the site a little more friendly for mobile devices and tablets. A lot of these changes were made to make the site look a little more modern. More subtle changes will be implemented as inspiration hits.

Please let me know if any of you are experiencing difficulties with the new changes. Thanks!

Seibertron wrote:

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I made a variety of changes this past weekend to help make the site a little more friendly for mobile devices and tablets. A lot of these changes were made to make the site look a little more modern. More subtle changes will be implemented as inspiration hits.

Please let me know if any of you are experiencing difficulties with the new changes. Thanks!

Hey Ryan, to follow up on this, when I access the site via my iPhone 4S, it's crashing a lot the past 2-3 days. Was fine a few days ago. It may open a page or two but then just gives up an quits. I can tell it's probably graphic related; I can see it trying to build out the screen and overlay things over the background. The graphics on pages for top and most recent stories appear odd still too.

I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the cache but it hasn't really helped. Will try again though to see if it's my hardware.

Just wanted to give you an update.

Seibertron wrote:

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I made a variety of changes this past weekend to help make the site a little more friendly for mobile devices and tablets. A lot of these changes were made to make the site look a little more modern. More subtle changes will be implemented as inspiration hits.

Please let me know if any of you are experiencing difficulties with the new changes. Thanks!

Nah, everything seems fine on Firefox for Linux so far!

But see what the post above me says.

DevastaTTor wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I made a variety of changes this past weekend to help make the site a little more friendly for mobile devices and tablets. A lot of these changes were made to make the site look a little more modern. More subtle changes will be implemented as inspiration hits.

Please let me know if any of you are experiencing difficulties with the new changes. Thanks!

Hey Ryan, to follow up on this, when I access the site via my iPhone 4S, it's crashing a lot the past 2-3 days. Was fine a few days ago. It may open a page or two but then just gives up an quits. I can tell it's probably graphic related; I can see it trying to build out the screen and overlay things over the background. The graphics on pages for top and most recent stories appear odd still too.

I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the cache but it hasn't really helped. Will try again though to see if it's my hardware.

Just wanted to give you an update.

I appreciate you letting me know that you are having difficulties with it on your iPhone 4S. The only thing that I can think of is the background image is giving your phone trouble. I just modified it so the background image won't display on mobile devices. Let me know if that helps at all. In the meantime, I'll see if I can find my wife's iPad to see if I have issues with the site on that.

Any word on my comment about the forums? I could have sworn I posted about it when the new forum software came into play a few years ago, but I appear to be mistaken, as I can't find the post from back then...

Valandar wrote:Any word on my comment about the forums? I could have sworn I posted about it when the new forum software came into play a few years ago, but I appear to be mistaken, as I can't find the post from back then...

It's on my list for some point ... to be honest, I want to get rid of phpBB. phpBB is really behind the times and I'm not sure what I want to do at this point. Open to suggestions if anyone has any. vBulletin is behind as well so they're not a good alternative.

Seibertron wrote:

DevastaTTor wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Va'al wrote:Are my graphics weird, or has a new design been added to the site?

I made a variety of changes this past weekend to help make the site a little more friendly for mobile devices and tablets. A lot of these changes were made to make the site look a little more modern. More subtle changes will be implemented as inspiration hits.

Please let me know if any of you are experiencing difficulties with the new changes. Thanks!

Hey Ryan, to follow up on this, when I access the site via my iPhone 4S, it's crashing a lot the past 2-3 days. Was fine a few days ago. It may open a page or two but then just gives up an quits. I can tell it's probably graphic related; I can see it trying to build out the screen and overlay things over the background. The graphics on pages for top and most recent stories appear odd still too.

I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the cache but it hasn't really helped. Will try again though to see if it's my hardware.

Just wanted to give you an update.

I appreciate you letting me know that you are having difficulties with it on your iPhone 4S. The only thing that I can think of is the background image is giving your phone trouble. I just modified it so the background image won't display on mobile devices. Let me know if that helps at all. In the meantime, I'll see if I can find my wife's iPad to see if I have issues with the site on that.

That seemed to get it. Whether I load over the air or wifi, it builds quickly. It was definitely the background that was looking/acting weird before. Thanks!