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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 17, 2016 17:19:26 GMT
Well, I made it. Seem to have lost my capital M somewhere along the way, though. :-( You can correct that by clicking the Profile link at the top of the page. Then Edit Profile, Personal and update Display Name.
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Post by Michael on Jan 17, 2016 17:27:13 GMT
Test post using the Tapatalk app It even says "via Tapatalk" at the top
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Post by SuperTrooper on Jan 18, 2016 14:15:54 GMT
Ha! I've changed my name!
Liking the new forum and it seems we've had some decent traffic through as well!
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Post by Ian on Jan 18, 2016 16:23:03 GMT
Kept the name, and the avatar, changed the signature, and now testing the new board ....
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2016 17:07:38 GMT
Well, I made it. Seem to have lost my capital M somewhere along the way, though. :-( You can correct that by clicking the Profile link at the top of the page. Then Edit Profile, Personal and update Display Name. Test post using the Tapatalk app It even says "via Tapatalk" at the top Ha! I've changed my name! Liking the new forum and it seems we've had some decent traffic through as well! This is testing multi quote. To do this select each post you want to quote from the drop down menu with the "cog wheel" above right. Then on the last post you want to quote click the Quote button.
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Post by horton on Jan 18, 2016 17:34:30 GMT
Thank you for doing this! Here's to the new era!
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Post by Michael on Jan 18, 2016 17:42:03 GMT
Test post using the Tapatalk app It even says "via Tapatalk" at the top Ha! I've changed my name! Liking the new forum and it seems we've had some decent traffic through as well! You can correct that by clicking the Profile link at the top of the page. Then Edit Profile, Personal and update Display Name. Test post using the Tapatalk app It even says "via Tapatalk" at the top Ha! I've changed my name! Liking the new forum and it seems we've had some decent traffic through as well! This is testing multi quote. To do this select each post you want to quote from the drop down menu with the "cog wheel" above right. Then on the last post you want to quote click the Quote button. Test of the multi quote function from Tapatalk.
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Post by Michael on Jan 18, 2016 17:45:19 GMT
Image test from Tapatalk Edit: Image replaced by a smaller version - Tapatalk allows one to choose a size.
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Post by brenth on Jan 18, 2016 19:01:54 GMT
Thanks so much for sorting this out for us all. We really appreciate it.
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Post by Ian on Jan 18, 2016 19:31:15 GMT
Is there a way on the site for admins/mods to limit the size of signatures and uploads? That 1280x960 Pantages (and fab) picture will use up a lot of bandwidth at 415kB if loads of members start posting such large files. And we all know of the problem of a one line post with a page of "signature".
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Post by Michael on Jan 18, 2016 21:52:01 GMT
Is there a way on the site for admins/mods to limit the size of signatures and uploads? That 1280x960 Pantages (and fab) picture will use up a lot of bandwidth at 415kB if loads of members start posting such large files. And we all know of the problem of a one line post with a page of "signature". Tapatalk allows one to resize the image before uploading. I've replaced the original 1280x960 image with a smaller 640x480 version. However: maybe it'd be worth having some thoughts about turning off the image embed function completely - just as a precautionary measure.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2016 22:37:47 GMT
Welcome! We have been expecting you
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2016 22:42:02 GMT
Is there a way on the site for admins/mods to limit the size of signatures and uploads? That 1280x960 Pantages (and fab) picture will use up a lot of bandwidth at 415kB if loads of members start posting such large files. And we all know of the problem of a one line post with a page of "signature". You can switch off (seeing other people's) signatures by going to Profile/Edit Profile/Settings/Display Signatures It's possible to switch off the ability to upload images completely. Something to consider if we land here permanently.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2016 23:00:19 GMT
I've enabled the forum calendar, you'll see it's now an option at the top of the page.
Some of us talked about how good it might be to have a calendar on theatreforum.com where people could add the dates that they were seeing shows and maybe arrange to say hello to other members attending on the same day.
Why not have a play with it and see what you think?
Don't upload your entire 2016 schedule as we may not be staying here!
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Post by Coated on Jan 19, 2016 1:26:11 GMT
Spiffing forum once the signup horror is over. Looks pretty good and the ads aren't too bad. It seems a little slow when typing,in Quick Reply (but fine when using Create Post) but if that's the only niggle on a free board it's all coming up roses.
Im not sure when I'll need superscript, but love having the options
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Post by Ian on Jan 19, 2016 8:40:54 GMT
One thing I don't like is having to scroll back up to move to the next page - ought to be a prev/numbers/next set of buttons at the bottom of a page too.
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Post by sam22 on Jan 19, 2016 9:10:05 GMT
Hello all,
Thanks for sorting out this forum. Sign up was a breeze so I must have got lucky! Looking forward to the community continuing
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 19, 2016 9:19:11 GMT
One thing I don't like is having to scroll back up to move to the next page - ought to be a prev/numbers/next set of buttons at the bottom of a page too. When I scroll down the page the page selection buttons stick at the top of the window. When I use the buttons it takes me to a different page but doesn't scroll back to the top, but apparently not everyone has that problem. Strange.
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Post by Michael on Jan 19, 2016 9:25:49 GMT
One thing I don't like is having to scroll back up to move to the next page - ought to be a prev/numbers/next set of buttons at the bottom of a page too. When I scroll down the page the page selection buttons stick at the top of the window. When I use the buttons it takes me to a different page but doesn't scroll back to the top, but apparently not everyone has that problem. Strange. These buttons are only shown until the last post is on your screen. Once the last post vanishes, the page selection bar disappears as well. I don't have that bug. When I click on either next or a specific page number, or even manually change the ?page=x parameter in the URL, I automatically get to the top of said new page. Maybe it's a JavaScript / NoScript issue and you need to allow it for a certain page? Edit: It works fine with Google Chrome, but I have the same bug with Firefox (either with or without NoScript). Edit 2: Has already been asked in the ProBoards support community. Seems to be an adblocker issue: support.proboards.com/thread/512576/auto-scrolling-when-navigating-threadEdit 3: Completely disabled Adblock Plus in Firefox and the bug disappears. Edit 4: Re-activated Adblock Plus and the bug re-appeared.
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Post by vickster51 on Jan 19, 2016 11:09:44 GMT
I have now registered with both possible new forums so hopefully I won't lose touch with everyone from the old home once it closes. Thanks for sorting!
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Post by Mr Wallacio on Jan 20, 2016 8:52:20 GMT
This all looks rather nice.
I'm here and ready to go.
Finally got the username I wanted after the nightmare of the previous home.
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Post by David J on Jan 20, 2016 9:45:01 GMT
I like the idea of creating events to say what productions we are seeing so that there's a chance forum members can meet up.
Can I make the suggestion though that we make another thread to put these events in. We can even have sub threads for musicals, plays, regional and so on within it. Or perhaps location based sub-threads called West End, Fringe, Regional (with sub threads like Chichester, Stratford and so on). Or even sub threads for each long running musical that people are seeing
It's just that I can see a general chat topic for Kinky Boots in the musicals section, and an event for Kinky Boots that Burlybear has created.
Now I'm not saying this will happen, but just imagine if everyone started putting events for every performance of Kinky Boots they are seeing in the musical section.
Or every Wicked performance for that matter!!!
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jan 20, 2016 10:56:22 GMT
I'm here too and this one looks much nicer!
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Post by Michael on Jan 20, 2016 11:34:22 GMT
I like the idea of creating events to say what productions we are seeing so that there's a chance forum members can meet up. Can I make the suggestion though that we make another thread to put these events in. We can even have sub threads for musicals, plays, regional and so on within it. Or perhaps location based sub-threads called West End, Fringe, Regional (with sub threads like Chichester, Stratford and so on). Or even sub threads for each long running musical that people are seeing It's just that I can see a general chat topic for Kinky Boots in the musicals section, and an event for Kinky Boots that Burlybear has created. Now I'm not saying this will happen, but just imagine if everyone started putting events for every performance of Kinky Boots they are seeing in the musical section. Or every Wicked performance for that matter!!! These threads are created automatically once you create a new calender entry. Unfortunately, both the title and the actual content of these posts can be chosen freely, so we might end up with a couple of different formats. I really like your proposal, but I'm not quite sure if (and how) that is feasible at all. Maybe we need to play around with that a bit to see if it's manageable. How about this: We create one thread for each show (Les Mis, Wicked, Book of Mormon etc.) and everyone attending this show can post their dates (in a standardised format) in this thread. The creator of that thread summarises all the posts in the first one and orders them by date. We would, however, lose the calender function itself.
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Post by David J on Jan 20, 2016 11:47:11 GMT
Apologies but I think I got the names mixed up. I assumed boards were threads, and threads were topics I meant if we could create a 'board' to put the events in (like General Chat, musicals, plays), with 'sub-boards' like Genre, Location, or long-running musical I looked into the event creating menu and it lets you choose which board to put the event in. If we just had a separated board then that would mean the musicals and plays boards won't get clogged up with events rather than discussion topics... ...I mean't threads
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Post by Ian on Jan 20, 2016 12:14:57 GMT
Re:Calendar
It seems to have disappeared - I assume Michael is rearranging it - but when I had a look at it, it did not seem to have a facility found on Yahoo or Google calendars of clicking on a date to see who was seeing what (should they have chosen to divulge this information). It would be good to be able to click on a date and see that DavidJ was at the matinee of Wicked, Welshtenor at the Cardiff New, and Vickster51 at the National on that particular day. Much easier then to arrange a meet-up - though the South Bank and South Wales are not exactly nearby LOL.
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Post by Michael on Jan 20, 2016 12:32:43 GMT
Apologies but I think I got the names mixed up. I assumed boards were threads, and threads were topics I meant if we could create a 'board' to put the events in (like General Chat, musicals, plays), with 'sub-boards' like Genre, Location, or long-running musical I looked into the event creating menu and it lets you choose which board to put the event in. If we just had a separated board then that would mean the musicals and plays boards won't get clogged up with events rather than discussion topics... ...I mean't threads I think that'd work. However, it'd still leave us with many different formats as no common format is specified. Re:Calendar It seems to have disappeared - I assume Michael is rearranging it - but when I had a look at it, it did not seem to have a facility found on Yahoo or Google calendars of clicking on a date to see who was seeing what (should they have chosen to divulge this information). It would be good to be able to click on a date and see that DavidJ was at the matinee of Wicked, Welshtenor at the Cardiff New, and Vickster51 at the National on that particular day. Much easier then to arrange a meet-up - though the South Bank and South Wales are not exactly nearby LOL. To quote Bart Simpson: "I didn't do it." I'm a normal user as you all and have no admin or moderator rights - only BurlyBeaR and Matthew have them. I've only been playing around with the board software to test it out. I like your idea, but I guess we'd have to stick to one format. How about this: If you're the one creating an event for a show (i.e. the first of us to go there), put show name - location - time in the title (e.g. Wicked - London - 2.30pm) and, if you want to, some more information in the actual post (e.g. "my seat is A24 in the Stalls"). When you're attending a show that already has a calender entry (i.e. you're the second or third or whatever to attend), just add a new post to that calender entry / thread that you're going as well. However, we need to keep these threads clear from "normal" discussions.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 20, 2016 12:35:42 GMT
Apologies but I think I got the names mixed up. I assumed boards were threads, and threads were topics I meant if we could create a 'board' to put the events in (like General Chat, musicals, plays), with 'sub-boards' like Genre, Location, or long-running musical I looked into the event creating menu and it lets you choose which board to put the event in. If we just had a separated board then that would mean the musicals and plays boards won't get clogged up with events rather than discussion topics... ...I mean't threads Hi there, we had a seperate board for the calendar events for the last couple of days but I deleted it earlier this morning on the basis that people could just put their events into the appropriate board. Please bear with us, this is a brand new function so if we stay with Proboards we need to find the best way of using it for everyone. Thanks for the feedback! Re:Calendar It seems to have disappeared - I assume Michael is rearranging it - but when I had a look at it, it did not seem to have a facility found on Yahoo or Google calendars of clicking on a date to see who was seeing what (should they have chosen to divulge this information). It would be good to be able to click on a date and see that DavidJ was at the matinee of Wicked, Welshtenor at the Cardiff New, and Vickster51 at the National on that particular day. Much easier then to arrange a meet-up - though the South Bank and South Wales are not exactly nearby LOL. The calendar is still there in the menu at the top of the page. To add an event click the calendar link, choose the date, click to add the event which will open up a box for you to post a new thread. Make the thread title the name of your event eg "Kinky Boots London - Evening". When you save the thread the calendar will update with the event title. If people want to comment on your event, for example to say they're going to the same show, they just click the event in the calendar and the thread will open for them to add a post.
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Post by Michael on Jan 20, 2016 12:39:06 GMT
I like your idea, but I guess we'd have to stick to one format. How about this: If you're the one creating an event for a show (i.e. the first of us to go there), put show name - location - time in the title (e.g. Wicked - London - 2.30pm) and, if you want to, some more information in the actual post (e.g. "my seat is A24 in the Stalls"). When you're attending a show that already has a calender entry (i.e. you're the second or whatever to attend), just add a new post to that calender entry / thread that you're going as well. To add an event click the calendar link, choose the date, click to add the event which will open up a box for you to post a new thread. Make the thread title the name of your event eg "Kinky Boots London - Evening". When you save the thread the calendar will update with the event title. If people want to comment on your event, for example to say they're going to the same show, they just click the event in the calendar and the thread will open for them to add a post. Great minds think alike
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Post by Michael on Jan 20, 2016 12:57:35 GMT
Tbh, I preferred the old approach having a separate board for all the calender events. I have a feeling that there will be lots and lots of events (after all, we're going to the theatre a lot), and the appropriate boards will quickly get clogged and unclear / confusing.
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