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Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:11 am
by ernieschwitz
El_Condoro wrote: Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:06 am
On the SC:WIE board (after a refresh) all the icons next to the titles of the topics say 'No unread posts' when hovered over even though some are blue and some are grey. That's confusing, at least to me.
I agree. And it's the same in the Advanced Tactics Gold forum.
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:19 am
by StormingKiwi
btd64 wrote: Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:02 am
Grey is unread. Blue is clicked on but not double clicked. White is read. These are my observations....GP
Nope.
A red 'new page' icon means unread. Blue and grey seem reserved for hot/not hot topics, just like the old forum.
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:57 pm
by btd64
StormingKiwi wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:19 am
btd64 wrote: Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:02 am
Grey is unread. Blue is clicked on but not double clicked. White is read. These are my observations....GP
Nope.
A red 'new page' icon means unread. Blue and grey seem reserved for hot/not hot topics, just like the old forum.
My observation still rings true....GP
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:56 am
by julitakazimierczak
Yeah downloading the extension dark reader help a lot

Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:26 pm
by btd64
julitakazimierczak wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:56 am
Yeah downloading the extension dark reader help a lot
Hey, Welcome to the forum....GP
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:36 pm
by LarryP
LoneRunner wrote: Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:03 am
All my stored private messages appear to have been deleted.
Mine are all gone too. Many years of them.... poof!
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:11 pm
by Erik Rutins
It's been mentioned several times that the old PMs will return, the migration hasn't happened yet but is happening very soon.
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:56 pm
by Erik Rutins
Kull wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:53 pm
Thanks for pointing that out tolsdorff. I have a LOT of files posted for download, so hopefully this issue can be fixed soon.
In addition, is Matrix going to fix the way the forum is displaying links embedded in text? As an example, just look at the three in my signature. Having to manually fix a few links in a signature is one thing, but I have literally 100s of embedded links in threads such as
Japanese Ships – Colors & Camouflage (here's the link to that thread:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... p?t=339736. Having to manually repair that entire thread...and all the others? Well...let's hope not.
Note: The "link button" doesn't work either. All it does is stick "url" tags around your text, which is kind of useless since it doesn't then allow you to add the actual url. The entire process of creating the embedded links is completely opaque.
These should be fixed now!
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 4:22 pm
by tcarusil
With the old forum I rarely logged in. Nonetheless when I looked at a topic it would then show that I had read it. Now I have to login, click on the topic and then go back and refresh my screen for the topic to be shown as read. I am sure there is a reason for the change, but the old way was much more convenient.
TomC
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:28 pm
by witpqs
tcarusil wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 4:22 pm
With the old forum I rarely logged in. Nonetheless when I looked at a topic it would then show that I had read it. Now I have to login, click on the topic and then go back and refresh my screen for the topic to be shown as read. I am sure there is a reason for the change, but the old way was much more convenient.
TomC
Not perfect, sure, but I would like to point out an improvement. On the old forum, for reasons unknown, many many times clicking on the 'go to first unread post' button/link would take me to an older link. Sometimes a given thread would remain that way (where I would be taken to the same older post) for weeks or months. It's like the forum just lost track of how far I had read in certain threads.
In the new forum, so far clicking on the symbol to go to first unread post is spot on every time!

Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:52 pm
by ncc1701e
Looks like I have lost all my stored PM. Anyway to recover them?
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:03 pm
by jimpyle
ncc1701e wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:52 pm
Looks like I have lost all my stored PM. Anyway to recover them?
Check 5 posts up
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:57 am
by educationgalaxy303
its a very informative post thanks for sharing
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:56 pm
by Stamb
For some reason I have wrong image here:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 9#p4964449
I made that post on the old forum. Just wanted to give link to it to somebody and noticed that there is an image that i do not post
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 2:41 am
by Kull
Erik Rutins wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:56 pm
Kull wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:53 pm
Thanks for pointing that out tolsdorff. I have a LOT of files posted for download, so hopefully this issue can be fixed soon.
In addition, is Matrix going to fix the way the forum is displaying links embedded in text? As an example, just look at the three in my signature. Having to manually fix a few links in a signature is one thing, but I have literally 100s of embedded links in threads such as
Japanese Ships – Colors & Camouflage (here's the link to that thread:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... p?t=339736. Having to manually repair that entire thread...and all the others? Well...let's hope not.
Note: The "link button" doesn't work either. All it does is stick "url" tags around your text, which is kind of useless since it doesn't then allow you to add the actual url. The entire process of creating the embedded links is completely opaque.
These should be fixed now!
Thanks Erik! As an "embedded link aficionado", that was an important issue for me. That said, the "link button" still doesn't work as it used to:
Before: Highlight text, click link button, window appears, add the url in the window, click "OK", url embeds in the highlighted text. Result? A working link.
Now: Highlight text, click link button, url tags surround the highlighted text. End. To clarify, that is NOT an "embedded link". You have what appears to be a url, except it doesn't work....it's just text. Actually embedding a link into that text is entirely a manual typing effort.
Is that going to be fixed?
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:21 am
by benpark
Any way to change the forum color from the default blue? Hugely not a fan of it.
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:13 pm
by actrade
Sorry if this has been brought up, but is there a way to search new dev posts?
Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:17 pm
by ncc1701e
jimpyle wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:03 pm
ncc1701e wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:52 pm
Looks like I have lost all my stored PM. Anyway to recover them?
Check 5 posts up
Thanks, I did not pay attention.

Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:27 pm
by terminator
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Re: New Forum Tips and Issues
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:37 pm
by Miletkir
What's with new users showing their email addresses as poster names instead of their handles? Has this been reported already?