JESUSgotNAILED
Well-Known Member
Cool. Really cool. 
Moving To a New Server and Maybe More
- Thread starter vtac
- Start date
I dont know if this was mentioned, but i think if you do migrate at least please please please make links open in a new tab or window, just easier to look at links and see what other people are talking about at the same time instead of hitting the back button 20 times to get back to the page that had the link.
Frederick McGuire
Aggressively Loungey
I hope there has been some stress testing so the first post by Vitolo doesn't crash the system.EyeFonez said:I always find myself wishing there was a "Like" button for posts, now we'll have it!
I thought that was more browser dependent than site dependant?THC SCIENTIFIC said:
In IE or Firefox, holding Ctrl + clicking the link should open the link in a new tab.
Or right clicking the link should give you an open in new window/tab option.
SD_haze
Well-Known Member
Frederick McGuire said:
You can set different settings in your browser, but a website can be setup to open links in a new tab automatically too.
I have the button in my mouse's scroll wheel set to open any link clicked on in a new tab.
Makes browsing the internet a breeze, never have to remember which sites are set to open links in new tabs.
I hope the current ISO standard yyyy-mm-dd date format will be used with the new forum. It seem like a small thing, but it's something I've always liked about this forum (it's a bit of an obsession of mine). The "Feb 22, 2012" in the new forum doesn't look as clean as the current format.
vapormonkey
Well-Known Member
I'd say about time! You deserve more, you've outgrown this format. This site with it's talented inventers and smart posters is one of the smartest on the internet. I'm happy for you.
I think the new forum doesn't look as good as the current one. There's more "chrome", making simple things more visually complex than necessary. It's got that Fisher Price look about it that unfortunately seems to be popular these days. I particularly don't like the area where the username is. Moderately long names are broken over two lines, and it looks quite ugly. Also there's no info about the user. I like to know where people are from and when they registered etc.
Thanks to everyone for the feedback and kind comments. I'm glad you're as excited as me and I really believe these changes will benefit the community. From an administrative point of view the new features will be a godsend, without them I don't think we'd be able to keep the Classifieds going much longer.
Going by the overwhelmingly positive response and barring any unforeseen issues, we'll be going forward with the migration, hopefully by the end of the week. Updates will be posted here and a global announcement will be issued 12 hours in advance.
[h]External Link Behavior[/h]
This is a point of contention for sure. Back in my day websites asked before opening a new window. These days it's standard practice for forums to open external links in a new window and that is the default behavior in xenForo. As mentioned, it's possible to customize this behavior in your browser's settings.
[h]Styles[/h]
Yes, the new dark style is a change. I like the flat simplicity of our current default but I also like the new style. It's a bit more shiny but I certainly wouldn't call it "fisher price". I'm still tweaking aspects of it and may address the wrapping of long usernames. Recreating the original "FC" style for xenForo may be something to take on in the future, but in the grand scheme of migrating servers and software it's not at the top of the todo list.
It's possible to make your own tweaks or even your own personal styles locally using something like greasemonkey/scriptish, or "user styles" if anyone out there still uses Opera.
Not seeing the user information on each post was something that thew me off a bit at first as well. That can be tweaked, but after some thought I think makes some sense, as a post should be judged on its own merit rather than by looking at the user's post count or registration date. As pakalolo mentioned, it's easy to get that info by clicking the user's avatar.
Going by the overwhelmingly positive response and barring any unforeseen issues, we'll be going forward with the migration, hopefully by the end of the week. Updates will be posted here and a global announcement will be issued 12 hours in advance.
You don't want to know how long it's taken to get to this point.
[h]External Link Behavior[/h]
This is a point of contention for sure. Back in my day websites asked before opening a new window. These days it's standard practice for forums to open external links in a new window and that is the default behavior in xenForo. As mentioned, it's possible to customize this behavior in your browser's settings.
[h]Styles[/h]
Yes, the new dark style is a change. I like the flat simplicity of our current default but I also like the new style. It's a bit more shiny but I certainly wouldn't call it "fisher price". I'm still tweaking aspects of it and may address the wrapping of long usernames. Recreating the original "FC" style for xenForo may be something to take on in the future, but in the grand scheme of migrating servers and software it's not at the top of the todo list.
It's possible to make your own tweaks or even your own personal styles locally using something like greasemonkey/scriptish, or "user styles" if anyone out there still uses Opera.
Not seeing the user information on each post was something that thew me off a bit at first as well. That can be tweaked, but after some thought I think makes some sense, as a post should be judged on its own merit rather than by looking at the user's post count or registration date. As pakalolo mentioned, it's easy to get that info by clicking the user's avatar.
It's finally time! We'll be moving to our new server and software later today. When that happens we'll need to close down the site for the database import and DNS changes. During that time the forum will be inaccessible, but the chat room will be available here: http://199.180.254.196/chat/
After the import is completed you'll need to wait for the DNS changes to take effect before the fuckcombustion.com domain takes you to the new server. This should take under an hour, but may take longer due to a cached record somewhere between your computer and our nameservers; your web browser cache, your operating system cache, your broadband router cache, your ISP cache, etc.
A message will be posted here 1 hour before this happens. See you on the other side.
After the import is completed you'll need to wait for the DNS changes to take effect before the fuckcombustion.com domain takes you to the new server. This should take under an hour, but may take longer due to a cached record somewhere between your computer and our nameservers; your web browser cache, your operating system cache, your broadband router cache, your ISP cache, etc.
A message will be posted here 1 hour before this happens. See you on the other side.
Vaporisateur
Senior Marijuanist
This is awesome! Kudos to the FC team for making this happen! I'm sure that moving such a busy forum can have its challenges... 
jambandphan03
in flavor country
sweet
Bluntcrush
Director of Vapor Research Labs™
Nice!! Can't wait!!