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

quickbuck - 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????? ??

I find clicking on it twice helps.....
Then you just type into the little box as per normal to leave rep.

quickbuck - 7th January 2010, 16:07
Originally Posted by bogan

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

Really?? For me it pops up just to the right of my pointer. IE7.

MSTRS:Me - 7th January 2010, 16:09
No problem here. FF 3.0.16

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

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

that works... right click and open new tab... rather long winded way to do it tho

Originally Posted by quickbuck

I find clicking on it twice helps.....
Then you just type into the little box as per normal to leave rep.

no help here...

Originally Posted by quickbuck

Really?? For me it pops up just to the right of my pointer. IE7.

IE7 huh?

Originally Posted by MSTRS

No problem here. FF 3.0.16

what?

MSTRS:Me - 7th January 2010, 16:19
Internet Explorer version 7 - seems to need a double click to make the window popup
FireFox version 3.0.16 - single click per normal

bogan - 7th January 2010, 16:25
I'm on Opera 10.10 and if I'm real careful, I can click on rep button once, avoid mouse overing anything else, and scroll to the top of the page where the rep box has appeared and give rep that way, or just middle click.

cowpoos - 7th January 2010, 18:16
Originally Posted by SpankMe

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

Where are you going to make my one look normal again??

your not ignoring me are you ash??

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 18:23
Who was that? Did domebody say something? pfft, I'm hearing things again.

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 18:42
Best/worst reputation stats back on your profile page.

Virago - 7th January 2010, 19:27
PM tracking not yet working.

Also, can the "Members online today" be re-enabled on the main forum index page? I've always found that useful for linking quickly and easily to profile pages.

quickbuck - 7th January 2010, 19:31
Originally Posted by SpankMe

Best/worst reputation stats back on your profile page.

Good work... At last the most important things are getting done...
We are only on here to get Cyber Bling right???

SpankMe - 7th January 2010, 19:33
Originally Posted by Virago

PM tracking not yet working.

You have to click on "Request a read receipt for this message" before sending PM.

mynameis - 7th January 2010, 20:23
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????? ??

Your repping prev lee ges have been removed

mynameis - 7th January 2010, 20:24
Bring back me old site

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....

This is soo sloooooow oooow ooow ooowwwwww....

boman - 7th January 2010, 20:27
Hey spank-me, I was just wondering how the avatar/profile pic censoring was getting on? Have you made any progress??

Thanks for your time.

quickbuck - 7th January 2010, 21:03
Originally Posted by boman

Hey spank-me, I was just wondering how the avatar/profile pic censoring was getting on? Have you made any progress??

Thanks for your time.

Yup... Hoipefully it is fixed by Monday... or else I could get in serious doo doo at work....
Not that I should be on KB... But there are some things on here that do relate to my secondary duties... Honest.

motorbyclist - 7th January 2010, 23:54
Originally Posted by SpankMe

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

Now I can appreciate the better security, bugfixes and features offered with the upgrade, but how difficult would it be to go back to the old black 'n' yellow KB look/layout? (or has that been deliberately dropped for some unknown reason?)

and out of interest, what is the process for these site upgrades? do you simply upgrade and see how it works or is there some trialling done without affecting KB online?

motorbyclist - 7th January 2010, 23:58
Originally Posted by motorbyclist

how difficult would it be to go back to the old black 'n' yellow KB look/layout?

the threads themselves are now ok and I prefer the new homepage, but the bar/buttons at the top of the page are hideous and in the forums the huge X logos are equally unapealling. Also, can we make the bgcolour of the sticky threads a little less bright?

Gremlin - 8th January 2010, 01:41
Originally Posted by cowpoos

Where are you going to make my one look normal again??

your not ignoring me are you ash??

Looks like only significant people are listened to... I have bad news for you farmer boy

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

Now I can appreciate the better security, bugfixes and features offered with the upgrade, but how difficult would it be to go back to the old black 'n' yellow KB look/layout? (or has that been deliberately dropped for some unknown reason?)

Students... they never can read. The old Dark Zone is not compatible with vBulletin 4.

Spank ol boy, under New Posts, say you have 17 pages, you're looking at Page 1. You can't quickly navigate to the last page (page 17). As a number, it isn't listed, and only one arrow box is shown (the play symbol). This button increments by one page only. The double play symbol (or similar) doesn't exist. So you have to click on the highest number shown, again and again, to eventually get to the end. No drop down to type in a page number either.