• Pardon the dust while the boys rebuild the site.

    The board will be in a state of disarray as I get things sorted out, for a little while at least.

    The new incarnation is using Xenforo as the system software. It is much like what we are used to, with a few differences. I will see about making a FAQ to help point out the differences for the members.

     

    One IMPORTANT difference for all of us old timers is that the 'mail' system is replaced with what are called 'conversations'/

    There is no 'Inbox' or 'Out box' or 'Sent' folders anymore.

    Think of Conversations as private 'threads' or topics that don't exist in a forum, that you start with another member. NOTE: Conversations can include more than one member if you or someone else in the conversaion, likes.
    Takes a little getting used to but I am sure you all can get a hang of it.

     

    Only a slightly modified default default Xenforo style is available for now. Once the new SAG style is ready it will be available.

    All existing users should be able to login with their usernames and passwords once the site goes up.

     

    If anyone has difficulties logging in please contact me at sixthvanguard@gmail.com.

     

    Thank you for your support and patience. I know it has been a loooong road.

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Don't know if this is an "issue" or not, but I guess I'll post it here.

One of my favorite features of this old board was the link under your user avatar that let you jump directly to all new posts since your last visit.

To me, this was a great time saver, and spared the effort of crawling throught all the forums just to what was new. The lack of this feature on other boards made me a much less freqent visitor once I discoverd it's existence here.

Is it a feature that could be implemented?
 
Yes.., in the 8th tab (New Posts) in the tool bar (at the top of each screen) is where you will see the new posts since your last visit. This and additional help can be found in the FAQ (5th tab) of the tool bar.
 
Just curious if the photo galleries will eventually transfer over as well from the old site? Thanks in advance...
 
I can't seem to get my website address and my signature to work together Unless I'm doing something wrong
 
inxsone said:
Just curious if the photo galleries will eventually transfer over as well from the old site? Thanks in advance...
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All pictures in the old gallery will stay there. That keeps any link to them from breaking and we get the dreaded lost photos.

If anyone wnats to they can always create new galleries here and upload the same pics. No harm, no foul.

Right now there is no limit to user picture uploads. We will see how that goes. ;)
 
pzrwest said:
I can't seem to get my website address and my signature to work together Unless I'm doing something wrong
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There is a trick to it.

Once you uplaod your sig pic, you click "Insert Signature Picture" which you did, but then you need to make it a link.

To do that select what was inserted. Looks like;
Code: 
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

then click the "insert link" button and enter the link you want it to go to.

So, by example, mine looks like
Code: 
[ URL="http://www.onesixthfanatics.com"][[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC][/URL ]

in the edit box.

I fixed your Harold. :!:
 
I just tried to post 7 pictures in the near miss and it looked like they all went in but only 2 showed up?
GB
 
Love the new board guys - I'm excited about having an avatar/signature here finally!

That being said - I tried to post an updated sale list here today and I couldn't because of the 10,000 character limit.

For the time being I'll break up the list into a thread post and a reply in that thread - but could the character limit be raised?

Fred
 
Sixth Vanguard said:
All pictures in the old gallery will stay there. That keeps any link to them from breaking and we get the dreaded lost photos.

If anyone wants to they can always create new galleries here and upload the same pics. No harm, no foul.

Right now there is no limit to user picture uploads. We will see how that goes. ;)
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Thanks for the info Reece much appreciated... It really looks great here, awesome job!!!
 
Sixth Vanguard said:
Not sure what's going on there. Can you try editing the post and adding them again?
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Reese. had to us enter after each picture posted. The old board we did not see the pictures only the url were it came from and then enter to drop the picture down. The pictures are posted now. Just a learning curve.
Thanks, Billy
 
After using it for a couple of days, I still love the new board, but I have a couple of questions:

1. Can't get the "thumb's up" and "rollyeyes" and some of the other emoticons to show up in a post. I can see them when I am typing a post, but not after I submit it. Any ideas?

2. Is the age going to show up again, or is there a box I need to check in my profile? It's kind of nice for context when entering a discussion with someone you don't "know".

3. Maybe I'm being stupid (wouldn't be the first time...) but, I can't figure out how to make a member folder under "Photo Recon". Any tips?

EDIT: I clicked the "Images" number under my Avatar and it takes me to "Leatherneck's Images" under photo recon, but there is nothing there. It says that I have used 81 kb of space, but there is no picture. When I try to upload a picture, the picture which I tried to upload yesterday is not visible in the directory on my computer, but all of the other images in the directory are visible (and the image is still there if I go to it through Windows Explorer).
 
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Leatherneck said:
1. Can't get the "thumb's up" and "rollyeyes" and some of the other emoticons to show up in a post. I can see them when I am typing a post, but not after I submit it. Any ideas?
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Sorry, smilies still broken
2. Is the age going to show up again, or is there a box I need to check in my profile? It's kind of nice for context when entering a discussion with someone you don't "know".
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You change this setting in your user control panel

profile-age.jpg


3. Maybe I'm being stupid (wouldn't be the first time...) but, I can't figure out how to make a member folder under "Photo Recon". Any tips?
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The user categories are supposed to get created automatically the first time you upload a pic, but it looks like I have a few settings to fix. hang on
 
Like the new layout , and the ever-changing title pic is nice...much more of a showcase than the previous rather tired old pic. So very smart all round , and congratulations to all concerned for all the hard work.
I still have eye problems with the white-on-black , which slightly affects my eyesight. The white on grey is tolerable if not ideal , but I can't really see the point of everything else being black , when there are so many other more restful colours.
I freely admit I have a migraine tendency which makes the problem worse for me than most people. The worst ever colour combination is red on green , which is unreadable !
 
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