Updated Forums!

[Glenn]

Hey Folks!

We have released an update to the forums with many bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature enhancements. If you are experiencing any issues, please clear your cache and restart your browser. Also note that with this update, the forums are reindexing everything right now, so you may see some anomalies for the next day or two.

The most notable update is:

Activity Stream Interface Improvements

Activity Streams were first introduced in December’s update, and have been very well received by people who enjoy all the flexibility they create in filtering and sorting content for easy discovery of what is being posted.

As with any new feature, we received a lot of feedback and have had time to take that in and make improvements to mature the Activity Streams with key changes being interface, performance, and bug fixes in the system.

One recurring theme we heard were people saying "the new Activity Streams cannot do..." when actually they could do it but the options were not obvious. We used to have the options in a large drop down box that members could edit and then save to update their Stream. This meant that options were not clearly visible and therefore people did not even know all the powerful settings available to them. So we have moved those options into a new dynamic filter bar.

With the new filter bar you see all your options available right there. We also changed the interface so Streams instantly update when you make a change. You no longer have to click save and update, wait for interface to collapse, and so on. Now your changes instantly update your Stream.

When you do change your Stream settings a save button appears prompting you to save your new selection. You can choose to save if you like the new options or not if it is just a temporary change you made. If you edit filters on a stream you do not own then it will prompt you to save your options as a new stream.

We hope you enjoy this more dynamic approach to Activity Streams.

Additional New or Changed Features

• When your link auto-embeds in a post such as with an image, YouTube video, Twitter link, etc. an option will now display to revert the embed back to a plain text link if you do not want the embed.

• Facebook/Twitter integration improvements

• Placing a link to a Facebook status will embed when possible.

• Inline notifications can now be dismissed

• Efficiency improvements to the search index

• You can now close a poll independently of the topic

Enjoy!

[A-Jay]

Sweet ~ !

A-Jay

[Hurricane]

Nice... Board keeps getting better and better. ..

[Darren.]

Noticed! Still playing with it...

[Sam]

Is there a way to stop the double space between sentences when one is making a list?

Senkos

Crankbaits

to having words under each other.

Thanks

[Glenn]

Yep
shift+enter
just
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this

 

[Ski]

Thanks for all you do.

I have only been on this site a short while but thoroughly enjoy reading and seeing LMB from around our country.

R/ Chris

[Senko lover]

Thanks Glenn. I loved December's update and this one only makes it better. 

[MFBAB]

Is there a way to search the archives with the new system?  Everything that comes up is current, even if I specify an earlier date parameter. 

Also, is there a way to search by posts (not threads or topic titles) with your keywords?

Or posts by a specific member?

I used to use those functions a lot with the old system, but it doesn't seem possible now. 

Any help appreciated.  Those features were incredible!  I always thought BassResource.com had the best search function of any forum prior to the update. 

[Glenn]

Yes.  Do a search (upper right).  On the resulting page, click "more search options"  viola!

You can search posts by a specific member by clicking the "search by author" link (upper left, after clicking "more search options").

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

What am I doing incorrectly for posting picture.

 

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This is what I paste but without the space after the [
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