[islamica]

Salams, all.

We're coming fresh off the upgrade and there's a high probability that many things aren't working as expected. Please post any things you notice or questions, etc. and we'll all learn together, cool?

The only thing of note is that unfortunately, many avatars didn't make the conversion so you'll likely need to re-upload your avatar unless you were one of the lucky ones.

-Azher

[Revert]

This layout is drastically different from the previous incarnation. I really am nto a fan but i'll wait for the upgrades and what not and see how its looks at 100%

[islamica]

Revert, on 08 August 2010 - 10:37 PM, said:

This layout is drastically different from the previous incarnation. I really am nto a fan but i'll wait for the upgrades and what not and see how its looks at 100%

thanks

Two other big things...."New Posts" is now the "View New Content" link up under the main menu and FPHers, you'll soon have your own private forum but until then, please post in the FPH thread:
http://www.islamicaw...rsonal-hygiene/

[meraj]

as salaamu alaikum,

i dont feel strongly for or against it yet in terms of aesthetics and functionality. i'll just need to soak it in for a bit. though i know that it was necessary to upgrade/migrate for technical reasons, so i dont have much to complain about. in any case, thanks for putting in the time and effort to keep this place running for so long, azher let me know what i can do to help.

edit: my avatar got transfered. and i also noticed that the thumbs up/down is a more generic vote up/down. would it be possible to tweak that to thumbs again? thats more intuitive since most major sites (facebook, youtube, etc.) use that convention.

meraj

[Revert]

Salams

I'm not negating the reasoning or the hard work Azher has put into this. Its just that at first glance its kinda overwhelming to take it all in. I'm sure it'll be fine in a few days. I'm shell shocked i guess.

[islamica]

totally agree on the thumbs up/down....will tweak that. everything is really on the table in terms of change, so please try not to hyperventilate....we can strip things down to the bare essentials (and probably will) over time.

i apologize for the little up-and-down here...i'm still importing blogs and when i do, it automatically takes the site offline...i'll try to minimize the rockiness.

[meraj]

as salaamu alaikum,

im sure its probably already on your (lengthy!) to-do list, but navigation is less intuitive than before. like how vB used to show "last post by xxx at (date/time)"... the current theme doesnt show that information on the forum front page. and the site front page doesnt show latest posts/topics, etc.

for this and other reasons, ive reverted to the default IPB theme. the other one is a bit too.. form over function for my taste

oh! and the biggest thing.. i cant show posts in reverse (newest on top) order anymore. is this no longer an option?

edit: the forum's time is waaaaay off.. like 5 hours

meraj

[caffienetime]

MY OBSERVATIONS: THE CHAT IS HALF WORKING AND THE SHOUTOUT BOX ISNT WORKING EITHER.

ALSO, HAVING THE GALLERY ON THE TOP IS KINDA ANNOYING. CAN WE PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM PLEASE?

[Wolfn]

Where can I search for new posts or edit my profile?

[islamica]

salams,

clock should be fixed (sans some DST goodness you might have to edit in your profile)

reverse post order: i'll look into it

gallery ugliness: should be fixed

new posts: "view new content" at the top right under the header...see it?

edit your profile: click the bottom bar...it's all there (kinda like the last version of facebook)

[khadeeja29]

what happened to the social groups?

[sumi]

caffienetime, on 08 August 2010 - 11:37 PM, said:

MY OBSERVATIONS: THE CHAT IS HALF WORKING AND THE SHOUTOUT BOX ISNT WORKING EITHER.

ALSO, HAVING THE GALLERY ON THE TOP IS KINDA ANNOYING. CAN WE PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM PLEASE?

did you accidentally leave your capslock on?

[sumi]

khadeeja29, on 09 August 2010 - 12:00 AM, said:

what happened to the social groups?

theyre gone, for now anyway. there will soon be an invite only private fph forum.

[islamica]

salams,

they're on hiatus but per my previous message: if you're looking for FPH tonight, please hang out on the FPH thread:
http://www.islamicaw...rsonal-hygiene/

the group will have a private forum setup tomorrow, insh'Allah.

[khadeeja29]

oh ok... cool!

[caffienetime]

DOUBLE POST MERGINGS NOT ENABLED!!

[Asvi]

Stop using caps, it's getting annoying!

[Rida]

Nice Job. Loving the refresh.
I just have a few requests/questions:
* It would be nice if we had a plugin that listed the recently updated threads on the forum index page. I know that the "New content" function basically does this, but it would be nicer if it was listed on the main forum page.
* How come some posts have no content within them? i.e. click here
* Is there any way to who repped us or up-voted a post? ah.. there is my bad. Clicking on the number will give you a list of users.

was-Salaam

[Purple_alien]

The site is okay. I definitely need time to get used to it. I'm not really a fan of the color scheme. Can that be changed?

[islamica]

salams,

Rida, on 09 August 2010 - 08:36 AM, said:

Nice Job. Loving the refresh.

thanks.

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* It would be nice if we had a plugin that listed the recently updated threads on the forum index page. I know that the "New content" function basically does this, but it would be nicer if it was listed on the main forum page.

i hear you...the only problem is that it gets kinda resource-intensive to have it pull every time someone pulls up the forum homepage....let me think on that.

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* How come some posts have no content within them? i.e. click here

i don't know about others but that one, in particular, had some funky chars in the post...i'll do a cleanup and see if it clears up the rest.

Purple_alien, on 09 August 2010 - 09:02 AM, said:

The site is okay. I definitely need time to get used to it. I'm not really a fan of the color scheme. Can that be changed?

sure....or versioned.....this one could probably use a little "lightening" but we could do spinoffs.