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Firetruck Posts: 2,676

August 2011 in EggHead Forum

Didn't see this coming. Cool though. Where's the emoticons, I don't have the vocabulary to express myself adequately. haha

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Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,218

August 2011
Sure hope BGE didn't pay someone to come up with this mess.
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fishlessman Posts: 14,194

August 2011
what i like best about it is that you dont know who is posting to whom. go back and look at a really long thread from the past and its as jumbled as can be hahahaha
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baychilla Posts: 47

August 2011
They didn't even add/enable any type of quoting mechanism either. Its going to look like someone regurgitated over a facebook wall.
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EGGzilla_jr Posts: 202

August 2011
Baychilla - we will be adding other features in the next week or two that will give you those options.

Coming to you from the Mothership!
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GeekGod Posts: 52

August 2011
@BGERob

Why did you all pick vanilla and not something more mainstream?

This Facebook clone is just... I dunno.

EDIT: Wow, you all are paying for this software!?! Just wow!

http://www.simplemachines.org/ <-- FREE!
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Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226

August 2011
"Wow, you all are paying for this software!"

Oh my, wow indeed!!! I hope not.

GG
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Bobby-Q Posts: 1,993

August 2011
Vanilla is free open source forum software. It looks as if they are using Vanilla forums to host this. If you hover over a topic you can see the URL usually on the bottom left of your screen for most browsers.

The good part of using a forum like this it's free and open source. The bad part is it's free and open source. Open source stuff is notorious for being hacked because all of the information is freely available.

For those experiencing the login issues in IE6 and the I-pads and I-phones and probably any other non current compliant browser just send an e-mail to promotions@biggreenegg.com and tell Rob he needs to change the login permissions to allow Garden.SignIn. They really should do it for all but there are too many users to do that so they will probably need to handle it on a case by case basis.

You can find out about Vanilla forum software at http://vanillaforums.org/addons that particular page is all the add ons that are available so you can see what we have or could have just out of the box.
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
Damn, I'd have paid an annual fee to join if you'd have picked something like vbullitan. I'm not able to even log in from work and this looks horrible on a mobile.
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2Fategghead Posts: 9,623

August 2011
Firetruck, To add an emotions simply click on the smiling face while posting a comment. A drop down bunch of faces are there for you to use. You will find the smiling face to the far right at the top of the box.
:D
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
This is like from bad to worse. Sorry.
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
i was able to log in after unchecking the keep me logged in button. also, i know i type fast, but this thing seems to have major hiccups.
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Popsicle Posts: 510

August 2011
The unchecking of the Keep Me logged in button got me in. Thanks. Now to figure out some of the other stuff here.
Popsicle
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
also, to comment, i have to click on the "write comment" box, which proceeds to open a page that is like 4000405050 web pages long, then save the draft, then go back and post it...
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Popsicle Posts: 510

August 2011
deepsouth, you are walking me through this beautifully. It seems that all my problems mirror what you are solving. Thanks
Popsicle
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
no worries.

this time it's not giving me the super long page. let's see what happens....
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deepsouth Posts: 1,774

August 2011
let me post that one, but having to save this one to post it.
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GeekGod Posts: 52

August 2011
SimpleMachine is also free and open source and has had very few issues in the last year. I know because I run this software over at http://forum.pfsense.org. At this point I would be grateful if this sites template just did not pretend to be facebook.
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RaleighGuy Posts: 108

August 2011
Deep South: I am with you! Every time I try to comment I get a comment box that is never ending. I have to save draft to post. Plus, every time I try to write a comment on my home computer, it freezes up! Having to write this on my wife's lap top. Also, I don't like the fact there is not signature page. I can't remember anyone's name now, or see where they are from. My handle is gone so this is RaleighGuy.
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baychilla Posts: 47

August 2011
Going with what GeekGod said, this aside from a speed boost seems to be a solution to something there wasn't a problem for.

I suppose if you like what Facebook/myspace/linkedin offer, they're good for that, but none of them are decent forum software.

I love my egg, liked browsing/learning from the old forums, but this new format vacuums mule posterior. Sorry, but someone dropped the ball to the point they should be seeking new employment post haste.
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Chef Charles Posts: 762

August 2011
Yikes ... this is going to take some getting used to
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Botch Posts: 1,314

August 2011
Guys, guys, give it a few days! Major transfers like this will inevitably have hiccups; and I personally already think we're in a better spot than we were.

Live fast, die young, and leave a well-marbled corpse.
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baychilla Posts: 47

August 2011
If I could quote you Botch, Id agree. Speedwise. Every other way, no.
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fieroguy Posts: 777

August 2011
Gotta agree with Botch on this one, give it a week or so, and I think most of us will feel more comfortable with this new format.
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Botch Posts: 1,314

August 2011
[quote:]If I could quote you Botch, Id agree. Speedwise.[/quote:]
:D

(let's see if that worked...)

Live fast, die young, and leave a well-marbled corpse.
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Grandpas Grub Posts: 14,226

August 2011
Hope there is a little change in direction.
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FlaPoolman Posts: 11,633

August 2011
Gotta agree with Botch on this one, give it a week or so, and I think
most of us will feel more comfortable with this new format.

Sorry Mike, I'm the opposite on this one. I like to see who responded to a post and who responded directly to me without the whole story. I never was a fan of changing the old clunky way because it felt more like sitting around a table with everyone you were talking with now I'm not sure you will even notice this.

BTW I'm responding to fieroguy
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cookn biker Posts: 13,272

August 2011
Ewwww, this is not warm and fuzzy anymore. We can't see who's online either.
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Woodbutcher Posts: 1,002

August 2011
I am a little confused but that is normal. :)
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Gulfcoastguy Posts: 183

August 2011
Okay after unchecking the remember me box I can sign in. I do like that active threads stay "floated to the top". We need the quote feature though.
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Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095

August 2011
Trying to figure this out. Hmmmm. Agree with many of the comments above:

1) Can't tell who I'm responding to or anyone else's responses for that matter.
2) Quote function.
3) Hanging in there for a week or so to see if bugs get worked out once it's gone live.
4) Sig lines were a nice feature.

Clark
Madison, MS
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