We upgraded the forums! And broke things!

[PinkiePie97 913]

It seems I can see how much money other people have donated to the site. Before, you could only see how much you donated. I remember people having an issue with that when the last upgrade happened.

[Yellow Diamond 7,568]

3 hours ago, PinkiePie97 said:

It seems I can see how much money other people have donated to the site. Before, you could only see how much you donated. I remember people having an issue with that when the last upgrade happened.

I don't think that actually happened with the last upgrade (a handful of members mistakenly thought that seeing their own donations meant they could see everyone else's). In this case, though, you're right: I can see your donation numbers. That really shouldn't be visible for anyone other than mods.

[PinkiePie97 913]

5 hours ago, Yellow Diamond said:

I don't think that actually happened with the last upgrade (a handful of members mistakenly thought that seeing their own donations meant they could see everyone else's).

Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

[Yellow Diamond 7,568]

6 hours ago, PinkiePie97 said:

Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

No worries! I just happen to remember being on staff at that time and addressing that exact issue.

[Allen 1,387]

Great update!  So administrators will always keep this website up-to-date to fix security issues. Also, when I visit the topic, the bro-hoof button is updated with an icon with a reaction system just like on Facebook and Twitter, so that's good. 

[Fhaolan 4,483]

On 12/23/2017 at 7:17 PM, PinkiePie97 said:

It seems I can see how much money other people have donated to the site. Before, you could only see how much you donated. I remember people having an issue with that when the last upgrade happened.

Huh. Temporary glitch. Should be fixed now, thanks to @LadyMercury. 

[ChB 18,550]

On 12/21/2017 at 4:08 PM, LadyMercury said:

So I'm hesitant to let the new ones have any meaning beyond positive/neutral. Hence why the 'worst' is just a frown, and I've put that in just in so that there's a valid response in case someone posts something legitimately sad, or something that'd feel downright awkard having a smileyface attached to it.

That's fair. I have no problem with someone posting a frown reaction if someone purposely posts something sad. I would assume it's the kind of reaction they would want. 

What does the "Crazy" reaction mean, though? Is it an accusation that I'm crazy? If so, then that's far from neutral, and is not a positive reaction I would like to receive, especially if my post is serious.

Or am I misunderstanding the emote? 

[Mercury 454]

9 minutes ago, ChB said:

That's fair. I have no problem with someone posting a frown reaction if someone purposely posts something sad. I would assume it's the kind of reaction they would want. 

What does the "Crazy" reaction mean, though? Is it an accusation that I'm crazy? If so, then that's far from neutral, and is not a positive reaction I would like to receive, especially if my post is serious.

Or am I misunderstanding the emote? 

I personally don't think of it as a 'You're crazy" but more of a humorous "Your post's content is somewhat crazy" akin to someone irl saying "That's nuts man" or something along those lines. I do want to judge how the community does end up using these though and I'll remove them accordingly if they're being used for the stuff I really don't think is appropriate.

[PinkiePie97 913]

I don’t think it’s supposed to look like this around an embedded tweet.

[Jeric 46,850]

8 hours ago, LadyMercury said:

I personally don't think of it as a 'You're crazy" but more of a humorous "Your post's content is somewhat crazy" akin to someone irl saying "That's nuts man" or something along those lines. I do want to judge how the community does end up using these though and I'll remove them accordingly if they're being used for the stuff I really don't think is appropriate.

Basically every time I take the pulpit as the Prophet of Rarity and talk about her slaying giant enemy crabs in defense of Seaponies. A third of my posts are of similar nonsense and would warrant a wack-a-do emote since my goal when I make those is to invoke a laugh or a 'wat?'

 

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

Keep the discussion on topic people.

[Earl Grey Ghost 446]

So far I have noticed that I still cannot post a signature. It keeps giving me an error message. I don't want to bother Admins just to add my signature for me. I know they have better things to do. Does anyone know why it keeps giving a bunch of us errors on the sigs still?

[DDR 215]

Hm, I'll have to look into it. I'm working on an email link issue right now, I'll see about fixing signatures next.

[Ken 108]

Why don't you switch over to another forum software already?

[Jeric 46,850]

On 3/21/2018 at 8:52 PM, Ken said:

Why don't you switch over to another forum software already?

If you were here when they simply upgraded to IP.B 4.x, you wouldn't ask that question. There was a not so insignificant population of the forum community that didn't like the minor changes that came with IP.B 4

 

[ChB 18,550]

I think it would be nice to have "Smiley," "Yay," and "Thanks" reactions count towards your reputation count, since they show just as big (if not bigger) signs of approval as a Brohoof.

Thoughts?  

[Cwanky 17,567]

I understand that many of the older emojis were removed and phased out. Understandably, many of these reasons were likely due to limited site memory storage. 

Don't anyone worry though.  I'm keeping the ones I managed to find and rescue safe in my basement, where they have slumber parties and tea parties every day. 

They're on strict curfew and not allowed outside though. Don't want any stupid shenanigans. 

[DDR 215]

On 21/03/2018 at 5:52 PM, Ken said:

Why don't you switch over to another forum software already?

From my end, it would be a heck of a lot of work. There's a massive amount of meta-stuff we've got working right now that just wouldn't be able to be exported to a different piece of software - things like reactions, bans, e-commerce, email template customization, and so on.

I think there's been a few whacks at making something in-horse over the years, but nothing that's got anywhere. It's a surprisingly huge software engineering project.

 

5 hours ago, ChB said:

I think it would be nice to have "Smiley," "Yay," and "Thanks" reactions count towards your reputation count, since they show just as big (if not bigger) signs of approval as a Brohoof.

I'd be down with that. (I'm not really involved in that decision, though - that's more of a front-end thing. I just try to keep the software up to date and bug free.)

 

5 hours ago, Cwanky said:

I understand that many of the older emojis were removed and phased out.

Which older emojis? All the ones you posted still seem to be in the drop-down, just under the Emoticons category?

It could be that we just broke a permissions thing somewhere along the line, too. 🤔

[ChB 18,550]

10 hours ago, ChB said:

I think it would be nice to have "Smiley," "Yay," and "Thanks" reactions count towards your reputation count, since they show just as big (if not bigger) signs of approval as a Brohoof.

 

4 hours ago, DDR said:

I'd be down with that. (I'm not really involved in that decision, though - that's more of a front-end thing. I just try to keep the software up to date and bug free.)

Okay. @LadyMercury, would you be able to implement this? 

[Cwanky 17,567]

10 hours ago, DDR said:

Which older emojis? All the ones you posted still seem to be in the drop-down, just under the Emoticons category?

It could be that we just broke a permissions thing somewhere along the line, too. 🤔

I actually wasn’t aware they are still around until I saw you point out how to access them in categories.  Thanks! I will check them out for sure! 

[DDR 215]

Yeah; they're pretty hidden in there aren't they. I'd really like to get them out into the first view, it's stupid to have to click in to find them.

[Mirage 24,747]

On 3/21/2018 at 8:52 PM, Ken said:

Why don't you switch over to another forum software already?

vBulletin is probably the only engine that could be better than this one...and that's debatable. I've personally installed this engine and use it, and it's great. Invision provides excellent support, and while upgrades can be shaky, the shakiness is a function of the amount of customizations and integrations the site uses, which could pose a problem to any platform they implement.

 

[Jeric 46,850]

My Rarity is claustrophobic in her avatar ... pls help her. 

[DJ Wolfe 5,334]

Did the site change recently or is it just me?

[Altastrofae 933]

35 minutes ago, .Wolfe. said:

Did the site change recently or is it just me?

No it did. Circular Avatars