It's good to be back.

NogBadTheBad · May 25, 2018, 6:57 PM

Click on the envelope, mark all as read on the right.

jimp · May 25, 2018, 7:03 PM

How do you mark a forum as read?

Temporarily or permanently? You can permanently ignore a board by opening it and then changing it from Watching to Ignoring, then it won't show up in your unread list at all.

Why am I seeing messages years old, when I have sort by newest selected?

On which category? By default it should list the newest topics first, unless maybe one of them got set the other way accidentally. Make sure "Sort By" is set to "Newest to Oldest"

How do you go to the latest message in a thread?

Click on the double down arrow in the post count:
login-to-view

Based on what I've seen so far, I'm really not favourably impressed. This seems to be the dumbed down sort of interface that appears to be the fashion these days.

Of the available choices that met all the requirements we had, this was the best of the bunch. We can tweak the look and feel over time, so I wouldn't expect it to look this way for very long.

JKnott · May 25, 2018, 7:13 PM

Why am I getting replies via email, instead of here?

To jimp: In the old board, when I go to a forum, such as IPv6, I read the messages that interest me and then click on the Mark read button, all the messages are marked as read. Is that not possible here? When looking at the list of forums, I could instantly see which ones had new messages. Why not now?

As I said, I'm not favourably impressed.

jacotec · May 25, 2018, 7:26 PM

Wow, this is ugly! Replying at iPad does now show any history, there is completely no overview.
I really like modern platforms like Discourse, running two instances by my own. Why do you use a stupid clone and not the free, working and comfortable original?

jimp · May 25, 2018, 7:31 PM

@jknott said in It's good to be back.:

Why am I getting replies via email, instead of here?

I get both, but if you keep the thread visible in your browser it may not notify you since it injects the replies in real-time and thinks you've seen them.

To jimp: In the old board, when I go to a forum, such as IPv6, I read the messages that interest me and then click on the Mark read button, all the messages are marked as read. Is that not possible here? When looking at the list of forums, I could instantly see which ones had new messages. Why not now?

I see what you mean. I don't see a way to specifically do that, nor a plugin for it, but I'll keep looking around.

jimp · May 25, 2018, 7:35 PM

@jacotec said in It's good to be back.:

Wow, this is ugly! Replying at iPad does now show any history, there is completely no overview.

I don't have an iOS device to test, but a lot of the behavior of the system can be customized in your profile settings. There may also be a button on the screen to collapse it down. Or perhaps a way to nudge the browser to display the "desktop version" of the site.

I really like modern platforms like Discourse, running two instances by my own. Why do you use a stupid clone and not the free, working and comfortable original?

We were not fond of running another system tied to Ruby, having had difficulties with it and things like Redmine in the past with updates and maintenance. There were several other reasons as well, but in the end NodeBB was the winner. They may look similar but they are vastly different underneath and not exactly what you could call a "clone".

KOM · May 25, 2018, 7:39 PM

You can turn off email notifications in Settings.

I'm starting to get the hang of the new layout. The only glitch I'm seeing so far is that the small Reply icon that appears when you reply to someone is pure white and useless when matched with a dark theme like Cyborg. If you mouse over it, then you can see it was a reply to <- @user.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 8:33 PM

Still waiting here until my pills start to give some effect.
I 'know' this has all the info the old forum had,- all the post are there .... but I'm still somewhat lost in all in this white.

I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past ;)

jimp · May 25, 2018, 8:35 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:

I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past ;)

If you don't want those to show up in your unread feed you can ignore the international category. Instructions are on the blog post we put up announcing the new forum. :)

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 8:41 PM

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:

can ignore the international category

Good to know ....

Btw : 3 online user and 697 guests ( probably struggling with the password reset procedure ...)

jimp · May 25, 2018, 8:50 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:

Btw : 3 online user and 697 guests ( probably struggling with the password reset procedure ...)

The counts are a bit odd, it shows more on the online user list, but you may be seeing 3 people that went through the trouble to set their status as online (click your avatar, then pick online)

NogBadTheBad · May 25, 2018, 8:52 PM

@jimp

On the main page:-

pfSense
Topics about pfSense, click a category blow

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:33 PM

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:

click your avatar, then pick online)

It's ok - this thread ( @KOM ) is quiet informative already ^^

edit : Code test

REM Do this until some rips out the power line :
10 PRINT "Done"
20 GOTO 10

edit : forum lost IPv6 access ... is it actually running behind a pfSense setup ?
Time for DNSSEC also ...

GruensFroeschli · May 25, 2018, 9:42 PM

Looks quite different.
And it seems my work as a moderator is no longer required.
Have fun deleting spam.
I was maintaining a manual blocklist of nonsense domains which some of the spammers kept using.
(manually analysing all blocks of the past 3~4 days and extending the list)

Would have preferred if i got "any" kind of notification, or maybe a thanks before getting kicked out, but then again who am i kidding... the project was taking a different path over the last few years and i don't think i have any more place it it.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:41 PM

@gruensfroeschli said in It's good to be back.:

and i don’t think i have any more place it it.

You got my down vote for that part

GruensFroeschli · May 25, 2018, 9:44 PM

@gertjan Well not that i wouldn't want to stay, but i don't feel welcome anymore...

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 9:47 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:
I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:
If you don't want those to show up in your unread feed you can ignore the international category.

And if you want only a single international category to show up then first disable all int'l, go into the specific category you want to see like Dutch or French and re-enable this subcategory again.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:54 PM

@GruensFroeschli Think about it : taking an existing forum and port it to a new 'engine'. A massif job.I could/can understand they limited some what the admins because most tasks ask for new procedures. I'm pretty sure there is nothing personal here.

And also : maybe they got the spam filtering right this time (I still like to believe such a thing exists - never saw it, though).

The

ERROR As a new user, you can only post once every 120 second(s) until you have earned 3 reputation - please wait before posting again

snake bite me too.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:56 PM

@jahonix : Figured it out just an instant ago. Thanks.

ivor · May 25, 2018, 9:57 PM

@gruensfroeschli I'm truly sorry we made you feel this way but we in no way removed you from mods! We even discussed how we must make sure your mod rights remain, so this must have been done in error during migration, which was automatic / script. Please do not feel unwelcome, far from it. Your help was never unappreciated! Let me see how to get your mod rights back, truly sorry for this fuckup!