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MI6 Community 2011 Upgrade - Changes & Fixes

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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Ahhhhh much better. Really good work ! :-bd
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Are the use of 'Announcements' the new Stickies? I hope so, as it'll be great to have them back.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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    It doesn't seem much different from as it was before on first inspection, why the need for an adjustment anyway as it all seemed fine before and I had no issues with site navigations and what was available etc.

    Im serious in saying I'm not really one for changes, I can appreciate there may be some who felt a need to improve on whatever they felt needed improving, but as stated I felt it was fine enough before

    I can only hope I get used to these adjustments and new settings etc

    Please respect other peoples views
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
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    Seriously, does anyone access this from a smartphone or ipod? How can I navigate to the most recent page? I keep having to click on 'more comments' as it defaults to the very first page. Since the update it won't take me to most recent unless I post... Any thoughts folks? Thank you for any help you can give me. :-)
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,356
    I think you'll find many people at least wanted the 'Bold', 'Italic' and 'Underline' options included again along with Spoiler tags. The changes won't really affect one unless they choice to change their options.

    There's no big layout change or anything like that to get used to, in my opinion at least.
    Monsieur_Aubergine wrote:
    Seriously, does anyone access this from a smartphone or ipod? How can I navigate to the most recent page? I keep having to click on 'more comments' as it defaults to the very first page. Since the update it won't take me to most recent unless I post... Any thoughts folks? Thank you for any help you can give me. :-)

    I've never had any trouble on my PSP. I'll see what it is like using this new update and report back to you.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    I don't want to ask silly questions but in regard to posting pictures would it be the same before, I haven't posted a picture on an Internet forum since about June and may have forgotten the correct procedure, same as with Youtube embeds etc

    Say you go to Photobucket, get an image, click on the right link to copy and paste and away you go, I haven't done this for ages

    I can see there are new buttons and features around here but thought I'd ask first before attempting anything myself (which could result in a minor disaster) X_X
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    edited November 2011 Posts: 642
    ^^cheers mate appreciate that.
    The main board has the page numbers listed at the bottom but it's just the thread screens that are devoid of any navigation on IPod/iPhone. I'll check my cookies and history file too in case I've deleted some cache. Sorry to bang on about it, I just want to be able to view threads without trawling through 300+ comments ( in some cases)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Gerard wrote:
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    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    Sometimes its appropriate for a good joke, though.

    And it would mess up quotes. Especially Tarantino quotes.

    Or even Ian Fleming's quotes. Remember Casino Royale ?

    Anyway, good additions to the forum. Thanks a lot.

    Remember LALD?? That is what we really need to worry about.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,356
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    I don't want to ask silly questions but in regard to posting pictures would it be the same before, I haven't posted a picture on an Internet forum since about June and may have forgotten the correct procedure, same as with Youtube embeds etc

    Say you go to Photobucket, get an image, click on the right link to copy and paste and away you go, I haven't done this for ages

    I can see there are new buttons and features around here but thought I'd ask first before attempting anything myself (which could result in a minor disaster) X_X

    You need to right click the image and go to 'Properties', then copy it's URL into a forum post.

    Highlight that text, click the image button, that will add the needed tags and you're done!

    Highlighting any text and clicking the 'Bold' button will make the text bold, in the same way and the exact same thing applies for the 'Italics', 'Underline' and Spoilers.

    As for YouTube, just copy the web address from the browser into a forum post and the video will appear.

    Try it all out by editing one of your posts and see what happens!
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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    Thanks Samuel
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,356
    Woohoo! :D

    Now try YouTube. Bold and Italics is just the same as the picture, but easier, so you will have no problems there. Spoilers could also prove useful (that's the '?' button).

    By the way, to anyone who can, it's great that <a href="http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/371/mi6-community-technical-roadmap">this thread may need an update!</a>
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    edited November 2011 Posts: 642
    ^^ :)) hilarious.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
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    Monsieur_Aubergine wrote:
    ^^cheers mate appreciate that.
    The main board has the page numbers listed at the bottom but it's just the thread screens that are devoid of any navigation on IPod/iPhone. I'll check my cookies and history file too in case I've deleted some cache. Sorry to bang on about it, I just want to be able to view threads without trawling through 300+ comments ( in some cases)
    Same fore me about the mobile version. On my iPhone I always get to the first page and there are no page numbers to choose from. I have to go through clicking "more comments", and like you say that's a bit of a hazzle with big threads :)
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    Posts: 642
    Glad it's not just me, but I feel your pain. :-)
    Any chance this could be addressed.???

    I'm always on the move ( I'm not a Dale Farm resident) and I rely on my wifi iPod touch connection to join in the party. Thanks for confirming this confusion Disco.
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    edited November 2011 Posts: 642
    Solved it!! Hit 'full site' version at the bottom if the screen. It will take you to the fully functional pages and all is as it should be. I'm so happy, I'm buying all of you a beer (virtually). :-) Thanks for all the input guys and hope this nugget helps others. :-)
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Don't touch the stuff

    Er, I can't see a 'Full Site' version at all @-)

    Nevermind, it seems not too different as it was before, I just hit 'General Discussion' every time I go back and it's seems familiar enough as it was before

    Any difficulties or anxieties are rather minor I'm sure
  • VirageVirage
    Posts: 1,856
    ThisISSoCOOL!!!
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    Monsieur_Aubergine wrote:
    Solved it!! Hit 'full site' version at the bottom if the screen. It will take you to the fully functional pages and all is as it should be. I'm so happy, I'm buying all of you a beer (virtually). :-) Thanks for all the input guys and hope this nugget helps others. :-)
    Oh, there you go. Works fine! 3:-O
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,356
    The URL button, the one inbetween the 'Image' and 'Spoiler' ones, doesn't work for me. What is this supposed to do when working? Thanks in advance for any help.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    edited November 2011 Posts: 1,347 
    [url=http://www.mi6-hq.com]MI6[/url]
    gives: MI6

    Be sure to start the URL with http://
    [url]http://www.mi6-hq.com[/url]
    also works, gives http://www.mi6-hq.com

    (As I'm sure you already know from the old forums Samuel, so I think you were just missing the http:// or something :) )
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    OK, thanks Disco, I get it now. Indeed I was making a mistake and really missed the point with this one. One more problem left, when I click the button, nothing happens, no tags are brought or anything even like that. Why is this?
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    edited November 2011 Posts: 1,347
    Hm, yeah that's weird. When I click the button I get the 
    [url][/url]
    tags. Same as with all other buttons.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,356
    Well, I'm glad it is just me it's happened to. All my other buttons work so it's no big deal, it's only strange and I can live with strange.
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    WAIT, I have a complaint. It seems the new "jump to the first page if the discussion is new to you" feature is buggy on cell phones.

    Every time I click on a discussion on my DROID, it takes me to the first page, or the top. On cell phones its one long stream, not pages. It takes me ages to go all the way down a 600 post discussion!

    Is it just me?
  • gt007gt007 Station G
    Posts: 1,182
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    WEvery time I click on a discussion on my DROID, it takes me to the first page, or the top. On cell phones its one long stream, not pages. It takes me ages to go all the way down a 600 post discussion!

    Same here. Just noticed it and came to report the bug.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    On mobile: Choose full site instead (lower right corner). If you have a decently big screen it will be just fine :)

    And looks nicer.
  • JBFan626JBFan626
    Posts: 1,497
    Great changes! Thank you! :)>-
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