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| SacoHarry | Dec 9 2008, 07:40 AM Post #1 |
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Hi all! As you can see, the service company has now migrated WeDigVindolanda over to its new "Zetaboards" system. In the long run, this new format will give the board much more flexibility, and hopefully usefulness. But in a lot of ways I'm starting at Square One relearning how to organize, skin, arrange, etc. So if you'll bear with me through the transition, I'll be working to learn how to make the absolute best use of everything the new board system has to offer. In the meantime, welcome to WeDigVindolanda 2.0.... ish! Happy Holidays, Harry |
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| Kate 13 | Dec 9 2008, 03:19 PM Post #2 |
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Hi Harry - I do like the new colours of the forum and I have managed to post - hopefully it will all get off to a great start. Thank you for your hard work,Kate.
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| Sue Munro | Dec 9 2008, 04:11 PM Post #3 |
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looks very classy - good luck, I wouldn't know where to begin! |
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| NicC | Dec 10 2008, 08:29 AM Post #4 |
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Hi Harry That snuck up on us! But looks good. But...(isn't there always!) how do I mark all posts as having been read? Do I need new glasses or is there no obvious option? |
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| SacoHarry | Dec 10 2008, 11:12 AM Post #5 |
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Hey Nic. Snuck up on me too, believe me! And I'm just discovering the problem with read/unread posts myself. I'm going to spend a few days hunting around for skins that will make it much clearer where the unread & read posts are. The skin & color scheme that's up now is the default one that ZetaBoards gave me. I hadn't planned on keeping the colors. But if you guys prefer them to what was there, then I'll try to make sure the new skin uses them too! Edited by SacoHarry, Dec 10 2008, 11:14 AM.
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| Sue Munro | Dec 10 2008, 03:39 PM Post #6 |
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I suppose that depends on what other colour schemes/layouts are available, but if you give us a choice you'll never find one that suits everyone so we're probably best not knowing!
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| SacoHarry | Dec 18 2008, 09:48 AM Post #7 |
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I just found a neat trick. Scroll down to the far bottom-left of the page. There you'll find a drop-down menu where you can change the theme/skin to one of the ones I've uploaded in my admin section. I've only just started tweaking the designs, and am definitely on a steep learning curve trying to figure out which piece of the -huge- code changes what. But in the end hopefully I can give you all a choice of several different "skins" to choose from, which just might be the win-win I was hoping for! |
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| NicC | Dec 18 2008, 01:55 PM Post #8 |
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I found the 'Mark all topics as read' button. It is on the initial screen, the second last line, grey text on a grey/white background! There is also an option to mark all forums as having been read |
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| SacoHarry | Dec 23 2008, 10:05 AM Post #9 |
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In a completely predictable turn of events, the migration from one server to another has mixed up many of the photo attachments. I'm currently trying to reorganize and put things back the way they belong. But there will likely be some threads that I just can't fit back together with the right pics. If you've got a favorite post or thread or pic and it's butchered up, please don't hesitate to let me know! I'll do my best to hunt down the right pic & get it in the right place. I've also noticed that the photos no longer have thumbnails. I'm trying to pin down what happened and how to fix. The much-vaunted "ease of use" and "customisability" of this new board system has left me underwhelmed. But determined! In other news, there is an easy trick to knowing which forums have new posts. On the left column, each forum has a picture of a folder. If the folder is empty, there's no new posts since you last visited. If there's a piece of paper in the folder, it's got something new! I wish it was a bit clearer. It's on my list of things to do -- just a matter of hunting through all the code they dump onto the site to figure where they're grabbing their folder pics from. Once I find where that is, I can choose two different pictures that will hopefully be much more obvious. |
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Hi Harry - I do like the new colours of the forum and I have managed to post - hopefully it will all get off to a great start. Thank you for your hard work,

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