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

vifferman - 6th January 2010, 20:19
Whinge, whinge, whinge....

Thanx Ash for all the work you've done.
Ignore the whingers.

SpankMe - 6th January 2010, 20:26
Originally Posted by Starky307

Hi Spank, really digging the new look and changes.

My only bug so far is when using the dark universe I can't see any of the letters when typing into fields such as the forum search or thread search etc, the font is white or an extremely light grey on a white background, no good man.

Thanks. I pass all these style issues onto the style designer to fix for the next release.

rwh - 6th January 2010, 22:39
I think there might be a problem with double postings - I've seen a few from other people, and I've had a couple of occasions where it tells me the minimum time between posts is 30s - I'm thinking I don't post that fast, then look and see my post is already there. I'm using the dark universe, and Firefox (actually Iceweasel, the Debian branded version) 3.0.6.

crazyhorse - 7th January 2010, 05:35
Originally Posted by Owl

Yes to all the above, except the double-click rep. I have to right click, then open!

thanks Owl........... was starting to think I was going a little crazy, and was putting me off being on here................ now I know I'm only a little bit crazy

SixPackBack - 7th January 2010, 07:34
Where do I find my user notes Spank?

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 07:59
Originally Posted by SixPackBack

Where do I find my user notes Spank?

Not there anymore. May turn up in one of the bug fix releases being issued this month.

crazyhorse - 7th January 2010, 09:13
Originally Posted by grusomhat

Easy enough to see. Go to the memberlist and order by reputation:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/me...putation&pp=30

Thanks for that wonderful info - its a start, not the same, but will do for the mo

Starky307 - 7th January 2010, 11:39
Originally Posted by rwh

I think there might be a problem with double postings - I've seen a few from other people, and I've had a couple of occasions where it tells me the minimum time between posts is 30s - I'm thinking I don't post that fast, then look and see my post is already there. I'm using the dark universe, and Firefox (actually Iceweasel, the Debian branded version) 3.0.6.

Happens to me too using either IE7 or Safari

p.dath - 7th January 2010, 12:17
Originally Posted by Starky307

Happens to me too using either IE7 or Safari

It happens to me using the light or dark universe. I'm using Firefox at the moment. I'm guessing it happens to 1 in 5 posts I do. Not sure it is still doing it today though.

Brian d marge - 7th January 2010, 13:26
Sorry , can someone show me where are the old posts I replied to

Stephen

YellowDog - 7th January 2010, 13:29
I have not been moaning and groaning over the site difficulties over the site upgrade as I am well aware of how tougher project it is.

FYI: Today is the first day that all the tables I use appear to be fully populated, so from my point of view: Mission Accomplished.

YellowDog - 7th January 2010, 13:33
Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

Sorry , can someone show me where are the old posts I replied to

Stephen

Click on your user name at the top of the page "Welcome, Brian d'marge" and from the list on the left select 'Show all posts'.

This wasn't showing all posts until today

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 13:44
Originally Posted by SixPackBack

Where do I find my user notes Spank?

User Notes added back to profile page.

Originally Posted by Brian d'marge

Sorry , can someone show me where are the old posts I replied to

Stephen

Find all Thread by user also back in profile page and member name drop down menu.

SixPackBack - 7th January 2010, 13:53
Originally Posted by SpankMe

User Notes added back to profile page.

Awesome, thanks dude.

sAsLEX - 7th January 2010, 14:02
Automatic speel check withinn Firefox does not workin the reply,quickreply,reply with quote options that open up part way through the thread, going advanced makes it work, as does the reply at the bottom of the thread.

Also searching for attachments does not seem to work so well? Clicking on my name and selecting the "view images" option on a post no longer brings up old attachments.

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 14:06
Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Automatic speel check withinn Firefox does not workin the reply,quickreply,reply with quote options that open up part way through the thread, going advanced makes it work, as does the reply at the bottom of the thread.

Firefox spell check works fine for me. Thou sometimes I have to right-click -> Check Spelling to turn it on.

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Also searching for attachments does not seem to work so well? Clicking on my name and selecting the "view images" option on a post no longer brings up old attachments.

Check the filter options at the bottom of the page.

Brian d marge - 7th January 2010, 15:51
Thanks for that , I was going nuts trying to find it !

Stephen

MSTRS:Me - 7th January 2010, 15:57
Originally Posted by YellowDog

Click on your user name at the top of the page "Welcome, Brian d'marge" and from the list on the left select 'Show all posts'.

This wasn't showing all posts until today

I've been seeing the 'all posts' for a while, but now the 'all threads' is back. Yay!!

dangerous - 7th January 2010, 16:00
HEY... not going to read 22 pages so can someone tell again how the rep posting works?

I click on the * but nothing happens????? ??

bogan - 7th January 2010, 16:05
Originally Posted by dangerous

HEY... not going to read 22 pages so can someone tell again how the rep posting works?

I click on the * but nothing happens????? ??

search in thread is helpful for such times, pretty sure search is back up now.

But currently you have to give the rep by opening a new tab, otherwise it pops up where you cant find it.