Folks, we finally did it, we upgraded from XenForo 1.5.x to the new & shiny XenForo 2.1.0 forum software.
In the days ahead we'll be writing up detailed posts about some of the new site features now available. Here's a list of some of the things for you to check out and explore...
There are a few items that need to be resolved yet and we're working on them. Some of the bigger known issues at the moment include...
If you notice anything or have any questions, feel free to post. Good or bad, your feedback is always welcome.
In the days ahead we'll be writing up detailed posts about some of the new site features now available. Here's a list of some of the things for you to check out and explore...
- New native emoji support! Instead of being limited to just the pre-defined list of "smilies" you can now use emoji straight from your phone or other device.
- New native push notifications! You can now get 'push' notifications sent straight to your device, a perfect way to keep up with your Cameraderie alerts. Unfortunately they are not available to iOS device users nor Safari on MacOS users. That's an Apple decision to not support the feature, not ours. Everybody else though you should be seeing a notice in the footer asking if you want to enable them.
- New bookmarks! If you find an interesting item, instead of just 'watching' the thread you can now bookmark it! Just look for the little bookmark icon to add it to your collection.
- New reactions! Instead of relying upon a 3rd-party addon being able to choose a 'reaction' when you hover over the 'Like' link is now a stock feature. Don't worry, everybody's old 'post ratings' have been converted over to the new reactions.
- New link previews! When you post a link now in a post the site will try to automatically retrieve information about the link and insert it into your post. Just post the link on a line by itself and the system will try to get the info.
- Updated editor options! You can now do stuff like image alignment, alt text, and, for anybody familiar with it, markdown code.
- Table support! Yep, tables are now supported.
Movie Year Buckaroo Banzai 1984 Doc Savage 1975 - Inline spoilers! Want to sort-of hide something? Try the inline spoiler command to blur text that is only revealed when clicked on. In The Sixth Sense, the character of Bruce Will is .... you thought I was going to really give the spoiler, didn't you!.
- New front page! It is now a much easier process for the moderators to "feature" an image on the front page and as settle in to the new software it'll be easier to add additional stuff to the front page as well.
- Expanded EXIF logic! When viewing the EXIF data below an attachment the logic to display the Make / Model / Lens has been expanded. Now if the data is in a tag somewhere in the image we should be able to display it. Be sure to post if you think there is any other EXIF data that might be a good idea display and if you have any images with odd data that you think we aren't displaying the right values.
There are a few items that need to be resolved yet and we're working on them. Some of the bigger known issues at the moment include...
On iOS devices the "Featured" image previews on the front page are not aligned.[fixed]- The ability to insert one of your own attachments from a prior post into a new post needs to be done yet.
- Feedback regarding the new styles has been... diverse ... and some tweaking to them is likely going to be an ongoing thing. Some changes are just a matter of getting used to the new design & layout but other things that have been pointed out will go on the To Do list.
Ads have not been added back yet. They'll show up again at some point for non-subscribers but this week they are really low on the priority list.The option to not display EXIF data when viewing attachments needs to be put back in place.[fixed]
If you notice anything or have any questions, feel free to post. Good or bad, your feedback is always welcome.
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