Kiwi Biker upgrade to vB4 Suite.

Published on 2nd January 2010 11:31

388 Comments

Over 6 hours. That's gotta be the longest an upgrade has taken.

This upgrade is a work in progress, as there is still much to do. I have modified the code for my Trader, Calendar, Event Attendance, Image Browser & Censor mods to work with the new software, but have still to do the following:

Quote Notification
avatar/profile pic censoring
Profile Rep Stats
Fallen Bikers page
JavaChat Integration
Force Style for Selected Users or Groups
PM Reply to all
Flame Warrior

Mods awaiting an update
Advanced Forum Statistics
Social Group Calendars
v3 Arcade
vBTubePRO
KB Spy
Wiki single login

The old Dark Zone style is not compatible with the new version. As soon as I find a dark style I like, I will add it to the site.

All your images from Blogs, Social Groups, Albums and Posts are now in a central pool which is controlled via an enhanced attachment uploading window. You may need to enable it your settings.

Image censoring has also changed. Now all iffy images need to be in a folder called "pr0n". You can have as many pr0n folders as you like anywhere in the folder tree. Again you may need to enable enhanced attachment uploading in your settings. So yes, you will now need to go through all your images and drag & drop all the naughty ones into a pr0n folder.

Until I've sorted the Wiki single login, you will need to login to the Wiki seperatly using your KB login name. New Wiki accounts have also been disabled. If you have content to add to the Wiki and don't have a login, let me know.

It will be several weeks before I've finished coding and sorting the new look.

Anything not working as it should, let me know here.

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388 Comments

Maha - 2nd January 2010, 17:21
Looks a little 'Herald Home Page' but I will get use to it. I want Ice-creme...

Good work Spank, but god speed on the darkside bruva.....

kevfromcoro - 2nd January 2010, 17:23
will take a bit of time to used to it.. i think,,,
but i like it.....

Accually i just put this post in here to see how my avatar looked

Firefight - 2nd January 2010, 17:26
all credit to spankme for the effort(and no doubt cost) , your site so your perogative

Sure I will get used to it,

how do we access our pics ?

F/F

Griffin - 2nd January 2010, 17:27
I like it - was never a fan of the dark side so this suits me just fine. Great improvements. It wont be long till were all up to speed with at and we will barely be able to remember how it used to be

SpankMe - 2nd January 2010, 17:36
Originally Posted by Toot Toot

I cant find how to access the KB mail server. Used to be the mail icon in the top right corner that would open a pop up. How do I check my mail now?

Cheers man, interesting changes.

http://mail.kiwibiker.co.nz

Virago - 2nd January 2010, 18:12
The BDOTGNZA would like to lodge a formal complaint about the "Orginized Rides" link on the Home Page...

Kendog - 2nd January 2010, 18:13
Originally Posted by oldguy

I don't like it, why fix what not broken.

Instead of 'fixing', think of it as improving.
This looks a lot better than the last version.

MSTRS:Me - 2nd January 2010, 18:24
Originally Posted by Virago

The BDOTGNZA would like to lodge a formal complaint about the "Orginized Rides" link on the Home Page...

Some things never change! Good spotting, that southern chapter member.

Bald Eagle - 2nd January 2010, 18:25
Like the new look but am a bit concerned that it's not very mobile phone freindly particulary when trying to add an attachement to a reply.

CookMySock - 2nd January 2010, 18:33
Bloody nice. Much better quick reply. Bike trader is how it should have always been. Very nice layout. Blue and white is ghey, but that will change shortly.

Will take a bit of getting used to, but all round good.

Steve

Trudes - 2nd January 2010, 19:13
Doesn't appear to have the black words in the new posts separating the threads that have been posted in since you last logged in from the older ones (that may not make sense)

2wheeldrifter - 2nd January 2010, 19:17
Please find a darker background colour!! at the mo it's soooo stark!!!but good work

paddy - 2nd January 2010, 19:25
Originally Posted by SpankMe

Anything not working as it should, let me know here.

Looks good Spank - the Ajax elements seem much more integrated now rather than hacked on which was the impression they gave before. This probably isn't a bug, but it does affect the the primary way that I tended to manage my threads so I will mention it here. There may be a more appropriate way for me to get the same end result - if so I am more than open to modifying my behaviour.

I used to go into the advanced search and search for my name in the "User Name" field. It would return all of the threads that I had started or posted in. The threads were ordered by most recent posts. The search still returns all of the threads I have started or posted in; however, they are now in alphabetical order. That makes it less useful to me. I guess the alternative for me is to subscribe to every thread that I post in and see if the subscriptions page is listed in last-modified order rather than alphabetical. Even if I change my usage though - I can still see it being more useful to sort the returned results by modifcation date rather than by thread title. Imagine searching on somebody that has been around for a few years.

sondela - 2nd January 2010, 19:26
Err where's it say wot bikes people ride!!?(Gotta know what bikes ppl ride..)It's kewl otherwise, once you get used to it

paddy - 2nd January 2010, 19:26
I also can't quite figure out the thread icons. Some are blue some are orange, some are grey. Whether the "skip to last unread post" knob is displayed doesn't seem to correlate to any particular colour. Is there a key somewhere?

The Everlasting - 2nd January 2010, 19:28
Originally Posted by paddy

I also can't quite figure out the thread icons. Some are blue some are orange, some are grey. Whether the "skip to last unread post" knob is displayed doesn't seem to correlate to any particular colour. Is there a key somewhere?

Hover your mouse over them,then you should see,i think orange ones are where you have posted multiple times and so on.

paddy - 2nd January 2010, 19:30
Originally Posted by The Everlasting

Hover your mouse over them,then you should see,i think orange ones are where you have posted multiple times and so on.

Yeah, I didn't get tool tips on them. I am using Firefox 3.5.4 under ArchLinux (x86_64) for the record.

SpankMe - 2nd January 2010, 19:36
Originally Posted by Trudes

Doesn't appear to have the black words in the new posts separating the threads that have been posted in since you last logged in from the older ones (that may not make sense)

Showing threads you haven't viewed from before your last visit has been dropped. Might be put back in future releases.

boman - 2nd January 2010, 19:46
I dig the new dark zone. Makes me feel right at home.

Kiwi Graham:Me - 2nd January 2010, 19:49
Mmm liking it Spank, good effort.
Were you just a bit scared it was going to go poof and vanish into cyber space?