We are beginning the process of transferring everything to our new board. We are certain you will like what it has to offer and will be easier for us to manage.

Just a heads up that once we start transferring (within the next day or so), we can't guarantee that any posts on this board created after the move started will be transferred. But we will keep the old board open so people can copy and paste or use as a reference. The idea is that all posts and profiles will be copied over. Could take 48 hours or so.

We appreciate your patience in the meantime, but keep posting away!

Thanks

Testing. Testing. 1, 2, 3.

Let's see if this thing works.

Come on, you can count higher than that, can't you?

Here is what I like. When you click on a profile name it gives you some stats. Example:

FCMN:
15,654
( 8.5 posts per day / 5.18% of total forum posts )

Unfortunately, my Pats can only count to 7. Ugh.

I don't see anywhere to change your name. Seeing as how the signature function works here, I'm ready to move the FCMN line to the signature and reclaim Joe in Philly...

we will check on how to change names. there are a lot of little admin things we're still discovering, which is why we opened the board so you all can let us know. the time is also set to Greenwich Mean Time since the conversion took place in England!

Looks very cool! Although I had something like 1400 posts and now it says 899. I don't really care about the number but just concerned that some of the threads may not have transferred over. Just an observation. Overall it looks a lot better than the old board. Good job!

Why did it drop my membership? Makes me feel left out.

This is a very good type of board that I use on other mbs....but BE CAREFUL: It is VERY IMPORTANT to remember to keep the software/security up to date on this.

Not too long ago on another message board with the exact software here, there was a secret attack on it that embedded malicious javascript code causing viruses to appear in members computers (fortunately, my Opera didn't let it run the JavaScript command that was embedded)

I had to change my name and password #, as it would not recognize me. Normal????

THIS IS IMPORTANT:

Any members in UBB who had both a display name and a login name, will now need to login using their Display Name.

The old board had you use your log-in. This MIGHT be the issue so try your display name and password and see if it works.

That wasn't the issue though, my old login was psulionstorm07. Ex: look at the college football forum...all of my posts from before today say -psulionstorm07- Unregistered

I like it Jim. Its a bit much at first, but very much like alot of other message boards. I will get used to it, no problemmo.

Wow I like the set up of the new board too.

It looks great!!!

Josh

There is a lot here but our old board was 2000 technology and no longer supported. Change always takes some getting used to and this one will grow on you, trust us!

Jim, I tried using both of my original names ( puckman1, hockeyTom, and password, but it wouldn't take them, so I reregistered, no biggie, but do you think that UBB you mentioned could be the problem?

looks like willie randolph is a member of this group. it won't accept my firewillierandolph username.

where's the active topics list?

I wrote the new board tech people and asked.

The old board was horrible in terms of its technology. It did not even have a database, which meant we had to transfer over every profile and message as a separate file. This new baord is light years ahead. There is no doubt that mistakes happened. We will see if we can get everyone's profile over; if we can't we will reopen the old board and you can always copy and paste key posts you have made. Otherwise, consider it a fresh start!

Thanks for your patience!

Also, we have decided to NOT allow signatures since we think they can be distracting and annoying. What do you all think?

Cool, Jim, no sweat re: the old names/new names. No problemmo really. I like having no signatures myself. But thats just me. I LOVE the new look.

I don't think a one line signature is all that distracting.

but my signature is showing. LOL. actually, it's from the old board and it never showed up there.

was kinda surprised to see it here!

Where's the Tennis forum?

Completely disagree. Plus, under "My Controls" there is an area for Board Display Settings, which gives you these options:

Do you wish to view members signatures when reading topics?
Do you wish to view images in posts, such as smilies and posted images?
Do you wish to view members avatars when reading topics?

So if anyone does find them distracting and annoying they can easily change their settings and not see them.

George: on my screen there's no tennis forum but under the main directory listing all the forums (under where it says "Logged In As..." you should see Outsports Discussion Board > Outsports) there are tennis threads sitting there by themselves.

FYI:
Members will need to set their own time-zone from their individual user control panels. They can access this by going to My Controls -> Board Settings.

I did it and it's easy.

Hey Joe, point well-taken. We'll likely keep the signatures and people can shut them off if they want. Thanks!

I am still not sure why Cyd's avatar is half a fish.

Some inside joke about the Dolphins?

re: avatars

i tried to upload an image from my computer but it didn't work. it's less than 50kb.

Try "hockeyTom" small h capital T. See if that works. I see your name without the little unregistered brackets.

If you know where you got it from online, go there and copy the image address. I had the same problem with my avatar.

Testing

Not bad - still learning the ropes, but I did get my time zone set.

Why no access to personal pic? I'll do that and renew my avatar when I get home. Formatting options? Sheesh - it's almot as bad as Blue Book vs. Style Manual. I'll have to get my secretary to post for me! BTW, I note that the delete key still becomes inoperative from time to time, obliging me to block text and then delete it by hitting the spacebar. "What's up with that?"

I'm looking forward to familiarizing myself with the "Manage ignored users" button. I also like the "Who's online" option. Can't wait to see who the lurkers turn out to be.

Jim, Love your cat! Powerful lookin' kitty, that!

thanks!

Jim and Cyd...great job! The new board looks awesome. I'm going to play around with it tonight, so that I may familiarize myself with it. Question...if I want to check my profile, how do I do that? And how do I add an avatar? Please let me know....thanks

The new format looks good. Maybe I'll actually be successful in getting my avatar up, finally!!

Maddog, I did try that. May try again here.

I like it. Will be a little getting used to, but overall, very nice design. Only thing I don't like is the lack of the "Today's Active Topics." That was my favorite way to browse the board.

it's in "Board Statistics" on the main page

Well, go figure. I just entered my old name and password, and it took. How bizarre. Oh well.

Please, please, please put tennis back as a discussion area.

Please.

please!

Also, change the time stamp so it's back to America time. USA! USA!!

I had no problem uploading my avatar to the old discussion board. But the new one won't take it!

Ditto. I'm trying to upload an avatar from my computer (not from a file on the web) and I keep getting an error message.

Well this old dog doesn't like the new subtle blues, grays and mauves nearly as much as that good old bold blue and red, but I suppose he'll just have to learn to bark a new tune.

Glad to see ya back though. And reassuring to see that others are familiar with the format.

So where's spellcheck?

*sniff* I feel entirely lost without the Tennis forum...

Can we have it back please? (please*lotsandlots)

B

*sniff* I feel entirely lost without the Tennis forum...

Can we have it back please? (please*lotsandlots)

B

You all need to change your own time -- Click on My Controls and it's on the left side.

1. Seems as if avatars have to be image links. I will write the techie about why we can't upload from our computer.

2. We are aware Tennis is missing and we put in a tech request for that.

3. We will be posting a list of new features for everyone.

Thanks!
Jim

Is there a reason Invision was chosen over phpBB?

On the old board if you wanted to put something in, say, italics, you would use [ ]. I just went to the Amazing Race thread and all the [ ] coding shows up without the text being converted to italics; it's not converting it. Not a big deal, overall, but on threads that are current, like the TAR one, it looks weird.

Is there a reason Invision was chosen over phpBB?

We got rave reviews from sites that get tons of traffic and use Invision. Stability was a big issue for us.

On the old board if you wanted to put something in, say, italics, you would use [ ]. I just went to the Amazing Race thread and all the [ ] coding shows up without the text being converted to italics; it's not converting it. Not a big deal, overall, but on threads that are current, like the TAR one, it looks weird.

I'm afraid there's not much we can do about that. In time, posts from the old board will get more and more dated so this won't be an issue for long. Remember, the old board was a technical nightmare and for us to be able to move it over with relatively few problems is a huge accomplishment.

Another reason we picked Invision was that they were about the only one able to convert the old board.

Jim, nice kitty. I think the new board looks slick and look forward to giving some of the new features a try. Any upgrade has it's bumps, so I'll try to get by without a dose of the Outsports Tennis forum today. I will embrace the challenge to type without spellcheck.

Thanks for the info.

However, I can't figure out how to upload an avatar, either. It wouldn't take mine. It said it had the thing to resise a pic that's bigger than 90X90 to the proper size, but still wouldn't take it. Can I still upload it from a URL, or do I have to find a smaller pic?