Private messaging
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Printed Date: 23 October 2007 at 12:53am
Topic: Private messaging
Posted by: Squick
Subject: Private messaging
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:57pm
FYI, I noticed what you were going to PM  ------------- MCSE 2003, MCSA 2003: Messaging, CCNP, CCDA Currently Working on: Routing & Switching Specialist |
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Posted by: abarkl
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 7:42pm
| You know what, it has been removed. I wonder why? Perhaps Becky can chime in and clarify because I wasn't aware of it until you mentioned it! |
Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 10:56pm
Quote: Originally posted by Wildcat_Dude on 09/08/04 Nah, never was much of a drinker. :) Only been drunk once in my life - at my bachelor party. Eeeesh. ------------- MCSE+I, MCSA: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, CCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ |
Posted by: theMightyK
Date Posted: 09 September 2004 at 1:13pm
Hmmmmm. I'll ask  (Mumble-mumble-moderator is the last to know - grumble-pout) --Karen |
Posted by: Becky Nagel
Date Posted: 09 September 2004 at 4:30pm
| Hi Guys, Sorry about that! I was supposed to post a notice and I completely forgot! We've temporarily disabled private messaging in preparation for a forum upgrade we'll be doing. Should only be down for a few weeks! Again, my apologies for the lack of advance notice! (Thanks for the heads up on this thread karen! :-) -- Becky |
Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 09 September 2004 at 5:54pm
| That's too bad... I've got (or I had) WD's phone number stored in there. :( ------------- MCSE+I, MCSA: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, CCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ |
Posted by: Becky Nagel
Date Posted: 10 September 2004 at 4:19pm
| I'm sorry Mike -- I didn't realize the archives would be inaccessible (though just the sending mechanism would be disabled). I checked with our developer and she said the entries are all still in the database. We'll be reactivating in a few weeks, but if you need something in the meantime e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll see if we can pull it out for you. Again, VERY sorry for this guys! Didn't realize the havoc it would create! -- Becky |
Posted by: Becky Nagel
Date Posted: 10 September 2004 at 6:34pm
| I'll check that out! I know the main reason we're upgrading is simply because the latest version of the forum was written to use resources better, so it's really for overall performance, but I'll see what kind of upgrades it has and see if I can get those worked in as well. If there's a particular features of other forums that you guys would really like to see here, lemme know -- we might be able to pull it off if the new version has that possibility. I'll definitely check into the search -- HATE when seaches don't work right, and it sounds like this one isn't. Thanks! -- Becky :-) BTW -- Big public apologies to Karen and Andy. I very much should have told them about the PM shut down before it happened. Sorry guys!!! :-) |
Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 10 September 2004 at 6:59pm
| Is there any possible way that you would consider moving to a more standard forum solution? Because, I'll be honest with ya... I love the people here, but I hate the forum interface and functionality. It doesn't hold a candle to most other sites that use existing forum apps. ------------- MCSE+I, MCSA: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, CCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ |
Posted by: mrobinson52
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 5:15pm
| I totally agree with TranscenderMichael on this. There are several other forum software packages that are easier to use, and some are even free. There is phpBB for free or vBulletin if you want a very reasonably priced solution. ------------- HTH! Mary A+, N+, MCSA 2K |
Posted by: rflemen
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 6:00pm
| I use Invision Power Board...it's free with the copyrights...charge if you want to remove em. Nice board lots of little extras.... I agree w/ Mike as well I hate this forums interface... ------------- -rob |
Posted by: Becky Nagel
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 6:19pm
| Hi Guys, Thanks for the feedback -- Can you be more specific about what you hate about these forums and what features you prefer with the other interfaces? Thanks! -- Becky :-) |
Posted by: rflemen
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 6:45pm
| 1.) The quoting gets screwed up alot..especially if you go back and edit a message. 2.) No offense Becky (please! you asked )...the interface is ugly! (They are antisceptic looking...like a Dr's office almost)3.) Tools available to the user are the absolute minimum...most boards have calendars (where events can be posted)..users can customize how things appear to them... 4.) The fact that you have to manually update a users member status is just crazy. 5.) No polls! I will have more for you tomorrow it's getting late  ------------- -rob |
Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 12 October 2004 at 8:07pm
| It's plain, it lacks functionality, and it's broken/buggy. Specifically: - We can't change skins - how the forum is displayed to the end user. The current skin looks very basic and... plain... gray, black and white. - We can't have avatars. - We can't create polls. - We can't rate posts. - We can't rate users. - We can't send private messages. - We can't tell if a user is online or not. - We must bracket smileys - this is the only forum I've seen that doesn't recognize plain old ":)". - There are only 16 smileys available - not a very large selection. - We can't change whether posts are viewed as linear or threaded. - We can't choose our time zone, so the post times are always messed up - the time is *always* 2 hours behind my time zone. - We have no idea what it takes to reach certain member levels. At least, I don't. And there's no reason why you guys should have to do that manually. - Profiles are very limited in scope. - We can't upload or link to images. - We can't subscribe to threads. - Quoting is broken. When editing a post, if we don't manually re-enter line breaks, quoting becomes all messed up. - When I log on to CC from any computer other than the first one I used, CC can't seem to remember which posts I've seen (even after deleting cookies). That pretty much limits me to using CC on one computer (if I want to see every post). - We can't change how many replies we can see per page. - We can't edit using WYSIWYG, nor can we highlight an area and click bold (or other formatting) and have the tags appear around the selected text. - We can't add spaces within hyperlink text - we're forced to use underscores, or else we get "%20"s where the spaces are. - The FAQ and/or forum rules are not easily accessible (if they exist in the forums at all). - There's no mechanism for users to report a bad post (spam, braindumps, etc.). - and, last but not least... the forums are often down. These aren't issues with the other forums I visit. I hate to bring all this to the surface... but you asked, and I'd love to see the forum improved. Surely you guys at CC have taken a look at the other forums to see what y'all are up against... haven't you? :( ------------- MCSE+I, MCSA: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, CCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ |
Posted by: rflemen
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 4:16am
| yeah...umm. Well Mike about covered it . He gave some very good specific problems...and I agree with all of them. When a user can personalize their experience a little it make them want to stick around and be part of the community... ------------- -rob |
Posted by: Becky Nagel
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 3:38pm
| No guys -- this is great stuff! Don't feel bad at all -- please keep it coming. I can't fix stuff if I don't know it exists. I will get working on this and see what I can do. -- Becky |
Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 13 October 2004 at 7:30pm
| The suggestions regarding the use of vBulletin and phpBB and Invision Power Board are great. You can use those as a foundation - for the infrastructure - and then add customizations to make it "your own"... to give it your own flavor so it doesn't look just like all the other forums out there. But without a good foundation... everything else laid upon it is broken. ------------- MCSE+I, MCSA: Security, MCDST, MCDBA, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, CCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+ |