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Has the 1 week downtime & move to vanilla killed this place?

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    #332
    sergioaguero
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭sergioaguero


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673135#Comment_117673135

    no self importance, just a very bad site who id say 95% of users agree with



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    #333
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    can we at least get back the 'drop down' menu please😐️



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    #334
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673135#Comment_117673135

    Depends on who the poster is. If it's someone with a low post count or a relatively recent join date, then, yes, probably nobody cares. There's no shortage of new(ish) users who want to make dramatic exits, and we're all a bit weary of that.

    However, if someone like Wibbs or someone we've seen post a lot to threads [with a decent reputation], then, yes, many posters would care. I can think of a dozen or more posters, I'd genuinely be sorry to see leave.



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    #335
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    I see the AH has it's pagination back! yay!

    slowly getting better ...



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    #336
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Now how about the all my posts , or find all x users posts ?



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    #337
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,955 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677284#Comment_117677284


    Yeah lots of heavy users all gone in the last year. No one really made any comment on it. But might because they can no longer find anything, or get notifications.



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    #338
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,198 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677343#Comment_117677343

    For now, use the Comments link in your or the user's Profile.

    'Posts' are currently called 'Comments'. ......

    Not your ornery onager



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    #339
    beveragelady
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭beveragelady


    How do I stop getting notifications from this thread (I posted in it a few days ago) without also stopping notifications from all other threads in which I have posted? I have unclicked the bookmark thing, didn't work.



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    #340
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,512 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673008#Comment_117673008

    More like whatkraft did to Cadbury chocolate. Completely destroyed it



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    #341
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,091 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Its a sad thing for boards and the community that this upgrade is turning so many members away, the core essence of what boards is

    about seems to be dissolving, daily. I came in today for my usual modding fix on Woodcraft, where there was a great thriving bunch of posters,

    who have barely posted at all over the last few weeks, I think its two a week this week. And to be honest, I find it so confusing to find it, I am asking myself,

    why bother. I bother because I like the forum and those who post their regularly and infrequently, and its nice to be helpful to each other.

    But quite frankly I am slowly losing the urge to keep coming back.



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    #342
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,091 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Why the hell are my posts being attributed to another mod on woodcraft forum

    Screenshot 2021-07-29 at 06-49-53 Topics.png

    Crazy stuff going on here...



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    #343
    Keyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117678410#Comment_117678410

    Complete sh1tshow... I don't know how anyone could look at this platform as an improvement on the previous version. Did anyone review this or look for feedback prior to migration... Its like going back in time 10 years. If the people who run this site wanted to kill it then just turn it off.

    I've been here for 15 years on a daily basis but I'm struggling to stay interested in coming here. Without sounding like a total wimp, I'm actually saddened at what the site has been turned into.

    Anyway, rant over, back to real world problems like choosing what cheese to put on my burger.



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    #344
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117677851#Comment_117677851

    Don't see that anywhere



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    #345
    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    "Don't see that anywhere"

    Because they're not called comments, they're called bookmarks. Click your profile pic at top right and click Bookmarks.



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    #346
    Girly Gal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,886 ✭✭✭Girly Gal


    I would doubt any poster thinks that boards.ie is better now than before the changeover. It just worked before, it doesn't now, it wasn't an upgrade it was a serious downgrade. It's a real shame as it was a good resource for all kind of stuff.



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    #347
    now online
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭now online


    Not a frequent poster by any mean but definitely checked in on some forums everyday. Weather, bargain alerts, and a few more. Tried to get the hang of the new site within a day of it going live and couldn't... still can't find most of the forums I was interested in. First time in over a week trying again. Definitely won't be checking it a often, they've ruined what used to be such an easy site to navigate and what's with the super white screen???



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    #348
    kyote00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭kyote00


    Still can’t find the soccer forum.

    oceans of white space on right hand side

    terrible formatting of page numbers and latest post

    Wonder if there is some other reason for the ‘upgrade’ — like better ads or easier/better analytics.



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    #349
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    If you have to release a user guide for people to use an "upgraded" discussion forum then you have kinda lost the battle.



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    #350
    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Is there away to see who thanks your posts, it's 99% of the reason I post in the first place



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    #351
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,540 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    I wish the new site could display all the names of active users on a particular forum at the bottom of the page like the old version.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #352
    HalfAndHalf
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭HalfAndHalf


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117681961#Comment_117681961

    You post for likes? That’s really sad. Sorry



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    #353
    Cody montana
    Registered Users Posts: 5,264 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Unless ye revert.

    It’s over.



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    #354
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Well judging by what the Boards CEO said in feedback yesterday the old site cost too much to maintain and Boards couldn't afford it and if it had stayed the site would be shut down. So there's that.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #355
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,400 ✭✭✭Tork


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117686159#Comment_117686159

    Have you got a link to that @Wibbs? I can't find it (sadly, an all too common problem here at the moment)



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    #356
    Captain_Crash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,724 ✭✭✭Captain_Crash


    Having given some time to get used to the new site before concluding my thoughts, It struck me that there was a political appointment during the week which normally would have been several pages long within an hour or so, struggled to reach 10 posts on the day it happened.


    It’s quite clear that traffic on the site is way down and seems to me to be getting less as the weeks go by, but only the site owners will know the actual traffic numbers and it’s up to them to decide how much of a reduction, if any, is acceptable.


    I’ve noticed myself being online less than before and while I won’t be leaving boards, I can’t see myself going back to the use I had pre-update. The new layout looks like any other generic forum and whatever it was boards had that was different seems to be gone now. Just my 2c.



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    #357
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117686210#Comment_117686210

    This was the page of the thread. On my laptop anyway. https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058198814/welcome-to-the-new-boards-ie-platform-version-1-0/p71

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #358
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,090 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117680956#Comment_117680956

    In fairness if you type soccer into the search you'd find it in five seconds. Of all the complaints about things here it's a strange one to go with.



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    #359
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,400 ✭✭✭Tork


    Thanks for sharing the link Wibbs. That post of Odhran's really should be a sticky though, not buried randomly in the middle of one of the many threads that are going about the site. If Odhran and the other front-facing boards people were better at communicating, they wouldn't be getting the heat they are.



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    #360
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    What’s the story with drafts auto saving. I begin a lot of posts I forget what was saying; mid sentence and abandon ship how can I disable it



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    #361
    chrissb8
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    How do you see the list of posts you have made on your profile?



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