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New XF Features and You

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Jul 17, 2015.

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  1. Taluntain

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    Taluntain, Jul 27, 2015
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    Wow, I've never been called an advanced user before.
     
    The Great Snook, Jul 27, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    We like to flatter our senior citizens here. :p You were right about not being able to embed with the start time setting specified, though. I'm not sure why that isn't possible (yet).
     
    Taluntain, Jul 27, 2015
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    Because the software is probably being written by a bunch of incompetent compsci college kids and/or old farts out of touch with current technology. :p

    In my experience, that describes about 99% of all software companies.
     
    Keneth, Jul 27, 2015
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    Or it is classed as an optional extra and you have to pay more for it.
     
    Tarrasque, Jul 27, 2015
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    On every post there is a "report" button. I love reports, I wonder what type of fascinating information I will get when I click on it. Damn, verb vs. noun problem.
     
    The Great Snook, Jul 27, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Nope, XF is actually being primarily developed by a couple of guys originally behind vBulletin from before it's gone to the dogs. But since they started from scratch, there are still quite a few features that vB had that are missing from XF and others aren't fully implemented to my expectations... but that's really the case with all forum software, so having to mod in the extra stuff that you need/want is inevitable. OTOH, XF comes with quite a few features that vB didn't have, as evident by this thread.
     
    Taluntain, Jul 28, 2015
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    Well, if it's two blokes doing it, there's your answer. :shake:
     
    Keneth, Jul 28, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Actually, they hired a third dev recently and they have more people manning the supporting functions. But in truth, even the original two were 10x more productive and successful than a dozen devs that IB hired to work on vBulletin.
     
    Taluntain, Jul 28, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Meanwhile in Feature Land...

    Another somewhat different XF feature are Private Conversations (PC) -- these have replaced vBulletin's Private Messages. Those of you who've been with us since the pre-vBulletin era will remember that UBB.classic, which we used prior to vBulletin, essentially had the same thread-like system for private communication. PCs are basically private threads between two or more members. So no more hunting for previous messages in the Inbox and Sent folders or endless quote pyramids -- now all the messages in a "conversation" are presented in a threaded way, one after another.

    The quickest way to initiate a PC with someone is to click on their username or avatar and select "Start a Conversation". From within a PC, you can at any time invite several additional members that you want to give access to the conversation.

    If you want to start a PC with someone from their profile page, you can do so under the "Information" tab, below the "Interact" header. A rather well-hidden placement for it, but now you know!
     
    Taluntain, Jul 30, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    The blogs make a comeback -- we'll be using them in pretty much the same manner as on the old boards, the only difference is that they'll appear within a forum now. The sticky inside explains the details. Go post yours!

    (Kudos to @dmc for sorting out all the deleted entries.)
     
    Taluntain, Jul 31, 2015
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    Thank you to all who have worked so hard to make this a successful move. Congratulations for a job well done.
     
    Nakia, Aug 1, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    For those who are wondering, the avatars & titles will be fixed as well, but since that's going to take quite a bit of time and require some XF modifications to make them all show properly, we'll be taking care of most of the more pressing issues before tackling that. But rest assured that everyone's avatars & titles will be restored eventually.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 1, 2015
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    "The Old Guard" I guess I have been called worse. :cool:
     
    The Great Snook, Aug 9, 2015
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    10 cross perk. ;)
     
    Taluntain, Aug 9, 2015
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    I don't get the reference
     
    The Great Snook, Aug 9, 2015
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  17. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I guess it doesn't translate into English; the title is awarded to all members who've been registered for 10 years or more.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 9, 2015
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    I got it. Though I wasn't familiar with the reference, admittedly.
     
    Marceror, Aug 9, 2015
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    Is there any way to exlude certain posters from showing up when i click on new posts ?
    Having to sift through 3 pages of posts by RPGWatch to actually find the updated threads where users have posted is not my idea of convenience.
     
    xosmi, Aug 9, 2015
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  20. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Try putting RPGWatch on ignore, I think that should take it out of the new posts list for you. You can also go into the news forum and mark all threads as read, but that's not a lasting solution as you'd need to repeat it for batches of new posts.

    Edit: the problem with ignore is that you won't see the news posts in the news forum then either. You can still see them on the front page of the site, though. You can't comment on them, however.
     
    Taluntain, Aug 9, 2015
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