Changes to the forum

CowbellGuy · January 07, 2006, 09:55:49 PM

[quote KenP]Any chance you could add College Hockey News to the standard left-side menu? If for no other reason, AdamW isn't writing for USCHO anymore. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/[/quote]
Certainly. Once I get over my flu and back to work

CowbellGuy · January 07, 2006, 09:56:42 PM

[quote Chris 02]Did the forum updates cause all the options to get reset? I had to go back and reset most of my default viewing options, including the "hide my email from other users" feature.[/quote]
It's possible. As far as I know some of those features didn't even have an effect before. The update made significant changes to the database and I don't know how much info was retained.

CowbellGuy · January 07, 2006, 09:57:39 PM

[quote cornelldavy]Any chance the "previous thread"/"next thread" links can be restored to the bottom & top of the threads? I used these all the time when I read threads in flat view and I'm guessing others do as well.
Thanks...[/quote]
Yep. Meant to do that. Guess I forgot. ::uhoh::

CowbellGuy · January 07, 2006, 09:58:32 PM

[quote ebilmes]I had always liked to see how many posts people had by looking at their profiles. I know I can still look at my own number, but I can't see others'. Is this part of a de-emphasis on competitive posting, or is it possible we could have this feature back?[/quote]
Had no idea that went away. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll try to get it back shortly. Keep the feedback coming.

Tub(a) · January 09, 2006, 09:09:36 AM

[quote KeithK][q]Can we get a 2005 Ned Harkness Cup?[/q]Hey, if the sidebar is going to list mid-season tournaments as "championships" (New Harkness Cup), then shouldn't it also list the following:
ECAC Holiday Festival - 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975
Nichols School Invitational - 1968
S*IT - 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1997
Cornell Holidat Festival - 1978, 1979
Broadmoor Classic - 1981
Thunderbird Invitational - 1986
Phoenix Mutual Classic - 1987
Yale Hockey Classic - 1988

Yes, I am being a smartass.[/quote]

Niagara Cup 2005 :-P

JDeafv · January 17, 2006, 08:46:06 PM

Age - I think the update to the forum are great. I'm new to RSS feeds. Is there a way to collapse RSS updates from the same thread?

For example if 2 new posts show up in the same thread, the RSS feed will only put out a single message that says the thread is updated?

Is this possible with a specific browser / plug-in option? I'm using Firefox.

CowbellGuy · January 18, 2006, 10:52:30 AM

Nope. Sorry =]

David Harding · January 29, 2006, 06:26:25 PM

[quote David Harding]Thanks, Age.

I especially like the "Mark Thread Read" option.

I was stimulated to hit the "PayPal Donate" button again, but that seems to be broken.[/quote]Hey everybody! The DONATE button is working. Give it a try. You don't even have to use PayPal now.

CowbellGuy · January 31, 2006, 11:53:10 AM

I'm considering upgrading my server to a new box with more storage and RAM which should help performance considerably. It's (ugh) even more than I'm paying now, of course, but it's about the same as I'd be paying if I purchased upgrades for the current box. At this point, I'm looking into transfer strategies to minimize downtime, but there will be ample warning before any possible interruptions. OK, now get back to work.

CowbellGuy · February 09, 2006, 08:43:02 PM

Sorry for the lack of warning on the downtime. It was a bit of a disaster. They were out of the server I wanted on Monday so they started building one for me, but that was taking forever so when more became available today, I canceled the other order, but it turned out they didn't, in fact, have more, so I just had to wait for them to finish building mine. After a few more stumbles, I finally got it about 1pm today and got everything rebuilt fairly quickly. but the DNS changes took a long time to propagate.

Anyway, welcome to the new server! Faster processors, 4x the RAM, faster drives, 7x the capacity, etc. Let me know if you experience any oddities, and thanks for everyone's support.

As you were.

redhair34 · February 09, 2006, 08:48:04 PM

[quote CowbellGuy]Sorry for the lack of warning on the downtime. It was a bit of a disaster. They were out of the server I wanted on Monday so they started building one for me, but that was taking forever so when more became available today, I canceled the other order, but it turned out they didn't, in fact, have more, so I just had to wait for them to finish building mine. After a few more stumbles, I finally got it about 1pm today and got everything rebuilt fairly quickly. but the DNS changes took a long time to propagate.

Anyway, welcome to the new server! Faster processors, 4x the RAM, faster drives, 7x the capacity, etc. Let me know if you experience any oddities, and thanks for everyone's support.

As you were.[/quote]

Age,

Thanks for all your work on the site. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we really appreciate elynah and all the work you put into it.

-Rob

redhair34 · February 09, 2006, 09:02:29 PM

Is it just me or are the timestamps on the posts an hour "off" (EST)?

mamat · February 09, 2006, 09:07:06 PM

It's you. Unless you posted at 9:02 PM EST

ebilmes · February 09, 2006, 09:09:11 PM

No...The timestamps are definitely running on central time.

atb9 · February 09, 2006, 09:17:04 PM

[quote redhair34]Is it just me or are the timestamps on the posts an hour "off" (EST)?[/quote]

View your "Forum Settings" under "Options" in "My Control Center" to change your time zone.