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    #3782
    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950102#Comment_117950102

    That’s a pain in hole having to remember to do that every time.



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    #3783
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117951810#Comment_117951810

    I've been complaining about this since they brought it in but @Boards.ie: Niamh says we're in the minority and most people wanted it 🙄



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    #3784
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117951810#Comment_117951810

    It's a nonsense that the default is On. Who wants to bookmark every thread they look at and do so indefinately?



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    #3785
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    It makes sense that the default is on because most people will want to follow threads they've posted in.


    But yeah, the lack of an option to unfollow threads is the real issue. Ties in again with the daft notification issues (which apparently aren't a priority, so it looks like we're stuck)



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    #3786
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,889 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    I want to follow the threads I comment on, and I think that's most people's preference too. I just want them to appear in my Bookmarks, not receive emails or notifications about them, and that seems to be working ok now. It's easy enough to unfollow a thread afterwards.

    My main remaining gripe is that Bookmarks is still awkward to get to on the Desktop site. The floating "my forums" list would be nice to have back too but I understand it may not be possible on this platform.



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    #3787
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,611 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117952696#Comment_117952696

    In fairness, you are in the minority. It was one of the most commonly complained-about things after the migration. If there's no option, then the default should definitely be set to auto-follow.

    That said, there absolutely should be an option

    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



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    #3788
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,611 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953013#Comment_117953013

    Bookmarks is pretty accessible, I would have said? Click your profile pic in the top-right, then Bookmarks

    Oh and a floating forums list is definitely possible. This is what I have implemented in my Boards extension (see sig for more details):

    image.png


    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



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    #3789
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    In a blog from a very prominent Drupal developer, he talks about how his organisation moved from the open source system to a proprietary system, gave it a chance, and then moved back after learning that it wasn't working out.


    https://www.jrockowitz.com/blog/to-drupal-or-not-to-drupal-end-of-the-story

    In planning to support one of the Sitecore websites going live, I had to point out that we needed to assume that the website would have issues and possibly even a show-stopping problem. Like Drupal, I would not launch a Drupal or Sitecore website without some experts on call to help troubleshoot any unexpected problems. As time went on, the challenges with Sitecore started to add up. Gradually a few developers began to express that moving existing websites and applications, including Drupal, to Sitecore was going to at the very least initially be a step back in terms of productivity and available functionality.


    Changing direction and moving back toward Drupal


    After a recent shift in leadership and introspection by several technical architects, leads, and managers, my organization decided not to move from Drupal to Sitecore. There is now an exploration to possibly leverage Drupal more within the organization. It is unique that people at my organization could listen collaboratively, pause, and rethink such an impactful decision and change direction.


    This is not a unique thing to happen to a company. And a company must learn quickly that a mistake has been made.

    In my opinion, the site could have got a Xenforo license for a couple of hundred a year, put the site on Github and let us, the community build out all the custom features and themes etc. The site wouldn't have given us the DB but would have provided an API. Plenty on here would be happy for their Githubs to show contributions to a big Irish site.



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    #3790
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,611 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953150#Comment_117953150

    That's a bit of a misrepresentation of the story: they didn't migrate and then migrate back - they investigated migrating and then decided not to. That's a very different proposal to rolling back something that's already gone live. Rolling back to vBulletin isn't a realistic option.

    The major mistakes made in the Boards migration were in the investigative stage (or rather, lack-of-investigative stage). Everything after that was just window-dressing.

    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



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    #3791
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953253#Comment_117953253

    My point is that they invested time and energy and decided to make a change. And anyways, I wasn't going looking for comparisons. I was reading the blog and it made me think of boards.ie.

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    #3792
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    One of my posts was moved to a different thread (incorrectly, I should note) and the thread wasn't bookmarked so I had firstly no idea it was moved and secondly no idea I was being responded to (until someone quoted me). Feels like if a thread is moved, you should be auto-following the thread to catch replies.



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    #3793
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117951810#Comment_117951810

    "Pain in the hole" can sum up the whole new site.

    • Doesn't display how many members/guests are online
    • Can't quickly search for forums in the search bar (which is not permanently available to type into now anyways)
    • Thread previews on hover over, in forums is gone
    • Thread previews on hover over on latest posts shows text formatting tags
    • Notification (number on profile) when a new post was made in a thread you followed is gone.
    • Number of thanks is now just a number (old site listed user names which often made a statement in itself when highly thanked)
    • List of most thanked posts is gone
    • Post time on home page is still 1 hour out.

    What's improved for the users?

    • Ability to save drafts

    I now never browse random forums like I did before. Forums I used to frequent a lot are dying a quick death.



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    #3794
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117929715#Comment_117929715

    I'd have to agree with the previous comment, seems no one at boards has any control over how the website should be. This stems from the fact that Odhran has said more than a few times about a Pull Request's. You don't need to do a Pull Request if you have control over the website's repo you merge the updates into the code to push it live.



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    #3795
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,648 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117928009#Comment_117928009

    When you select "Newest" you get zero search results. This has been the case ever since the migration and has been pointed out many times.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #3796
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,648 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117945268#Comment_117945268

    Vanilla is simply not fit for purpose and never will be.

    Plenty of businesses have failed (as in gone bust) after trying to implement SAP...

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #3797
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953553#Comment_117953553

    I'd say it is fit for purpose up until the point when you compare it to the old site. It is just seriously lacking in the features that the old site had, just look at what users are doing with it to make it a better experience by enhancing it. Have to remember also that the the old site was using a lot of redundant code that is not compatible with the new site and the people who created that code/plugins are no longer users. Also vanilla are most likely not contractually obliged to make any plugins or add features. To speculate they were paid for the migration and to maintain the database which they did & do, you don't add features in maintaining the code unless it helps in maintaining it further.



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    #3798
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,648 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Plenty of far better systems out there which were actually designed to run forums.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #3799
    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭mossie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117953660#Comment_117953660

    Exactly. Clearly lacking features that the previous site had and this must have been obvious to Boards staff before the migration.



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    #3800
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,986 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117950102#Comment_117950102

    Yes but that’s a pain and you don’t always remember to do it. I mean not having it selected by default should be an option



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    #3801
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    It should be but it's not a feature of the plugin used for it. If it were, we'd have enabled it but for now it's on a list of features that would be nice to have.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #3802
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,452 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    A lot of the standard features seem to be nice to have but you cant



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    #3803
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117954676#Comment_117954676

    Because Vanilla is useless!



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    #3804
    Curse These Metal Hands
    Registered Users Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Curse These Metal Hands


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117954676#Comment_117954676

    Did you post the screenshots of the issue were complaining about per Niamh's request or is it yet another case of you simply not knowing what you are talking about, as was the case with the new discussion button?



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    #3805
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,452 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117955421#Comment_117955421


    I'll post it as soon as it happens again and go away with your usual posts full of insults



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    #3806
    Snowcast
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭Snowcast


    Hi,

    New to this thread and I haven't read it all. I've been struggling a bit with the new look etc. of the forums but I'm getting used to it. One feature I really miss is being able to view members old posts via their profile.

    I used to post in food/cooking and there are some posts I was looking for, but cannot find them and I can't go through the posters older posts to find them. Would really love for that feature to come back, is there any chance it will?

    Many thanks.



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    #3807
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Hi @Snowcast thanks for the feedback. At the moment you can do that on mobile but not on desktop, I hace asked someone to look at this asap so that you can do it from both.

    You go to the user's profile page on mpobile by tapping on their username or their avatar; then scroll to the very bottom of their profile page. I have used your profile as an example here. If I go to your profile oage, this what I see:

    Screenshot_20211001-113738_Chrome.jpg

    You have posted 14 times (comnments) but have not started any new discussions (threads). If I tap on 'Comments' I will get this list, it includes all of your posts:

    Screenshot_20211001-113032_Chrome.jpg

    I hope that helps.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #3808
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,611 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117960055#Comment_117960055

    You can go directly to https://www.boards.ie/profile/comments/[username] on desktop e.g. https://www.boards.ie/profile/comments/Snowcast.

    You can also use search: https://www.boards.ie/search. Just enter the username in the Author field, and set the sort by to "Newest"

    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



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    #3809
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    This isn't a big issue (I'm more curious than anything), but why is there a discrepancy between the post count that appears to the right of our actual posts, and the post count on our profiles?



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    #3810
    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭mossie


    Any updates from Boards this week?



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    #3811
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,182 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I click into a new (to me) long thread, say 10 pages long, read a few posts, then go off to another thread.

    Later I click on the little down-arrow beside the OP's name, which as far as I know should bring me to the first unread post - but I get bounced into random posts somewhere in the middle of the thread. Not even the first post on those pages, but random posts in the middle of random pages.

    Next time, I get sent somewhere else entirely within the thread.

    That little arrow button ain't working properly.

    This is on desktop, using Firefox.



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