vBulletin 5 Upgrade

[911jack]

With the upgrade to VB5 in place and functioning fairly well, there will no doubt be some hopefully minor issues as we start using it, especially since we jumped from VB3 and all the plugins used there are no longer supported.

You may have also noticed the new "Landing Page" at www.typ901.org which is a space to watch as it is a blank canvas to work from. It has links to the forum or you just go directly to www.typ901.org/forum. The landing page and forum is now running in encrypted mode and it will auto redirect browsers to use HTTPS, which is what banks or any other encrypted sites use. It makes our personal login information secure as it travels the internet. The new address will break any saved bookmarks but hopefully it will be less of an issue as time goes on.

More non thread content that existed in the old system is yet to be added (like documents etc) once the core functionality proves itself.

Please use this thread to highlight any issues that crop up.

[HughH]

I was unable to access from phone and iPad that seems to be fixed for both. However just before I left home I lost access on the pic and a message came up about an insecure site. Maybe that was a transition thing but I can't check now for a while

[e72phil]

I was able login OK Uwe. Will start using and testing and advise any glitches.

And looks like I need to create a new signature file again and save it ????

Plus my avatar is in my profile but doesnt show up on posts. Uwe, any ideas what settings I need to change ?

[911jack]

Hugh, the insecure message was me this morning getting the encryption settings right.
Phil, the avatars appear to be on and off, hopefully a caching thing, I'll let you know if I find something.

[Cairns888]

looks good so far Uwe!!! Is there a way to show photos all the time in the thread similar to last time instead of having to click on them?

Cheers

Jim

[911jack]

Yes, they show in most posts but I have seen some that look like links. Have you got a sample thread I can look at ??

[e72phil]

Jim, photos should show up in posts. Make sure you are logged in (upper RH corner) as I had to re-log in again and tick "Remember me" to ensure I stayed logged in as a member and could see all pics.

[HughH]

even though i ticked the remember me box i found i had to log in a number of times - i suspect that was due to the transfer things going on in the background and expect that will settle down now

[PCM911T]

Log in remembered me OK, think we just need our brains and computers to adapt, thanks for the new system.
Cheers Paul M

[Cairns888]

Yes, they show in most posts but I have seen some that look like links. Have you got a sample thread I can look at ??

All good now. I followed Phil's advice!!

Cheers again

[911jack]

If you have an avatar but the picture is not showing in the posts, the easiest solution is to simply upload it again. The display size is 120 x 120 and it will allow you to resize the image you upload.

I believe some old VB3 avatars stored may be bigger then 120 x 120 stopping them from displaying. A quick reload worked for me.

You can click on your ID in a post, move cursor over your avatar and click on edit, upload and save from there.

[911jack]

To switch signatures on or off in the posts, click on your username at the top of the page, click on Edit Profile. Then select the Account tab and make sure

Show Signatures

is ticked.

[jason]

I've noticed that the internal search isn't working. Also, all google cached results are for pages that no longer exist - searches for site:typ901 are also broken at the moment.

[markymark_1968]

Thanks again for your work on this, Uwe!

[911jack]

Thanks for finding the search issue Jason, I've rebuilt it now so its all good again.

I'm looking at the broken links, the pages are still there, just at a slightly different address. Google will rebuild the links over time but other hard coded links will remain broken, not ideal.