Announcing the NI Discussion Forums Upgrade

[JÞB]

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@Jeff Bohrer wrote:

Total tag suicide switch is BAD- 

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And why oh why is it everywhere!

Thank goodness the Delete other user's tags is greyed out-  I hope it really IS disabled I would not even try to test this!

[altenbach]

There is a cosmetic issue when using the link "report to a moderator":

This is clearly a multipurpose tool to notify the moderator of any possible issue with a certain post (correct a broken link, delete wrong image, delete spam, etc.) and it should not be limited to "inappropriate content", whatever that means.

However, once I click that link, the title is: "Report Inappropriate Content", and if I compose the entry, I even get a "tip" below the edit box, telling me to "Please enter the reason you believe the content is inappropriate".

This should be toned down a bit and the word inappropriate" removed. (It's inappropriate! :D)

Also, I could not find a mechanism to contact the moderator without involving a specific post, e.g. from the forum home page. Something more direct and forum specific than the generic "Contact NI" link.

Similarly, there should be a "report to moderator" on the profile page of each user. For example, if a spammer appears, it might be more direct to report a user instead of tracking down the posts.

[Ray.R]

I'm not sure if this a bug, but I will point to this thread which discusses an Unexpected Error that just happened...

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Feedback-on-NI-Discussion-Forums/An-Unexpected-Error-Has-Occurred/td-p/11551...

I just noticed that the HTML tags that allowed us to easily edit the link is gone.  D'ahhhh!!!!!  Why?  Why remove it?  It didn't annoy anyone!!

--  sigh  --  I'm not getting impressed with Lithium..

[elset191]

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@Ray.R wrote:

I'm not sure if this a bug, but I will point to this thread which discusses an Unexpected Error that just happened...

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Feedback-on-NI-Discussion-Forums/An-Unexpected-Error-Has-Occurred/td-p/11551...

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Saverio said around the fifth or so page

"This is most likely due to the agonizingly slow loading of the message editor. Is it just me, or is it actually slower than the previous one? If you click on the "Quote" button before the editor has loaded the toolbar you get to the "Unexpected Error Has Occurred" page."

I was getting the error too, and this explanation seemed to cover it, for me at least.  I've also noticed taht since that post, my reply page has been loading much faster...

[altenbach]

When I increase the font size

of a multi-line post, the line spacing

is too small.

(Not sure if it is only during editing or also in the final post. We'll see! This in in chrome)

Strange, seems the font reverts to small when I post.....

[Laura F.]

Hi Everyone,

My next batch of updates -

• JackDunaway - what browser are you using?  I haven't seen the duplicate image issue.  Did you upload the image directly from your computer or first upload it to your image gallery?  Also, there is no confirmation if you click the mark all posts as read link, so only do that if you want it to happen.
• Jeff Bohrer - the delete tag option has always existed.  If you were to accidentally hit delete, you would first see a confirmation page where you could cancel the action.  
• Idea Exchange: Jack, I suspect the unread messages were from prior to the upgrade and maybe there is an indexing issue.  I will report it.  Try going directly into the module itself: http://forums.ni.com/t5/forums/unreadpostspage/board-id/labviewideas/tab/thread  Agreed on the point about knowing whether or not you've Kudoed an idea from the icon.  I will check on our other options.  I was thinking about just removing the latest comments module know that we have the Unread discussions.  Thoughts?  I do need to rearrange and clean up the idea exchange modules.  tst - are you talking about the post preview when you are on the Unread discussions page where you can toggle between preview and full text? 
• Ray R - do you have font set in the browser somehow?  I also use that version of firefox and that text size setting and can see board names as bold when there are unread messages.  The font in your screenshot definitely looks different from what I see.  Also, what is your monitor resolution?  I'm not certain what you mean about the HTML tags, you can still edit your message in HTML form so I think I'm missing something.  I think your unexpected error was due to a bad link in a message that has since been corrected. I have not noticed the cursor disappearing.  Let me know if you notice something that causes it to happen.
• Ray F. - did you tell me what browser you are using so I can investigate? 
• altenbach - Yes, I think the wording is too severe around report to moderator.  Was there a way to contact the moderator from the home page before?  It's a good suggestion, as well as the contact from the user's profile page.  Whenever I see a SPAM report I always check the user's profile to see if they've posted in more boards.  I'm testing the font size below.  It looks fine in the editor.  I will report the issue with Chrome. 
• tst & altenbach - I'm going to fix the issue with the unwanted floated boards shortly

Testing large font

next line

last line

Thanks everyone,

Laura

[JackDunaway]

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@Laura F. wrote:

Try going directly into the module itself: http://forums.ni.com/t5/forums/unreadpostspage/board-id/labviewideas/tab/thread  

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HTTP 403: Forbidden.

(and thanks for the updates!)

[elset191]

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Laura F. wrote:

• Idea Exchange: ... I was thinking about just removing the latest comments module know that we have the Unread discussions.  Thoughts?  I do need to rearrange and clean up the idea exchange modules.  tst - are you talking about the post preview when you are on the Unread discussions page where you can toggle between preview and full text?
  

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My preferences:

Obviously, I would prefer a normal board setup, where discussions with the most recent postings would be on top.  This would eliminate the need for both the newest comments and Unread discussions modules. 

Excepting this setup, I have had no problem using the Unread Discussion modules, other than it's placement on the page.  (Although a button to open all in tabs would be really fantastic).  Being that this is should have almost identical function to the Newest Comments section, and that the Newest comments section is broken, you may as well do away with the Newest Comments.

[tst]

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@Laura F. wrote:

tst - are you talking about the post preview when you are on the Unread discussions page where you can toggle between preview and full text? 

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Yes. Both are annoying. I want a list where every thread has a single line, just like the standard board view Tim just mentioned.

Additionally, clicking the text in the unread module brings me to the thread, not to the first unread message. For that, I have to click the number, which is annoying now that I've configured the rest of the forums to work with the text.

You can definitely get rid of the latest comments module, as it's pointless.

[Ray.R]

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@Laura F. wrote:

• The font in your screenshot definitely looks different from what I see.  Also, what is your monitor resolution?  I'm not certain what you mean about the HTML tags, you can still edit your message in HTML form so I think I'm missing something.  I think your unexpected error was due to a bad link in a message that has since been corrected. I have not noticed the cursor disappearing.  Let me know if you notice something that causes it to happen.

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Hi Laura,

The screen resolution is 1680 x 1050.

The HTML editing...  How do I explain this?  Here goes...

In the past, when entering a message that contained a link, i would simply click on "View as HTML" and it would display the link and the text within <A> text </A> html tags. The last time I tried it, it only contained the actual link, not showing the text that gets displayed.

I will try again...  THis is a link to this thread

http://forums.ni.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/130/message-id/7567

I will now edit in HTML: (first preview, then edit in HTLM)

Here is what I get:

<p>I will try again...&nbsp; THis is a link to this thread</p>
<p>http://forums.ni.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/130/message-id/7567</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I will now edit in HTML: (first preview, then edit in HTLM)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

There are no <A> </A> tags to edit the text where the link goes to.

I'm not sure if my explanation is clear...  Irregardless, that portion of the html code is no longer there.

Thanks,

RayR