New Forum suggestions/complaints.

[Miktar]

If you have any suggestions/questions/complaints about the new Forum, please post them here. Please note that a suggestion doesn't automatically merit implementation, and complaints will be investigated by the staff and handled accordingly - we do not have time to reply to every complaint individually, but rest assured each complaint will be read and investigated.

[Azimuth]

Testing functionality...

Complete.

[Chevron]

Why doesn't post count show up next to our avatars?

[Miktar]

Why doesn't post count show up next to our avatars?

Because post-count is not important, and has never been important. I finally had the ability to remove it entirely except from user profiles, and I think the forums will be the better for it.

[Chevron]

Because post-count is not important, and has never been important. I finally had the ability to remove it entirely except from user profiles, and I think the forums will be the better for it.

Post count isn't important, but I don't think it hurt anybody by having it there. What was nice though was seeing the "ranks" especially the funny/cool ones like leet and wuz evil.

[.dB]

I'm happy the e-penis is finally gone, Miktar promised he'd take it away ages ago and finally got around to it. Interesting plot twist is interesting.

But in all honesty, having to rely on the content and additions you bring to the forum instead of a stupid variable is jawsome.

[Cyberninja]

The forum looks kinda compressed at the moment. Why not reduce the width a bit, so that in fit's better within the H scrollbar?

This is the Nag forum. Therefore the Nag logo should be on the left side. Seeing as the eye reads from left to right, the logo should be the first thing the viewer sees. Not the banner. Which belongs on the right side.

I personally feel the bars should be full red instead of red with yellow stripes. It would look more professional.

I'm glad that you got rid of the post counts. To many people with e-penis syndome around these parts.

It's a pity about Art Craft but other than that, the new forums are pretty cool. Just my two cents. :-)

[Azimuth]

I'm a 'logo on the right' sort of person myself.

[d4v1d]

Agree with cyberninja on a lot of his points above. Something with this forum doesn't seem to go well... looks and feels very disorganized due to the arrangement and colour scheme. maybe a revised colour scheme?

[Karuji]

ill agree the logo should be on the right also it realy is narrow (im sure most gamers have a screen above 800x600 resolution?) and personaly i prefered the colour scheme from the old forum it felt well clean and organised

Edit i just had an idea for off topic how about an introdutory thread so that we can know the knew (and perhaps know some of out older layabouts abit better?)

[SkinkLizzard]

you know I didn't even know there was a logo till someone mentioned it should be on the left...

[Chevron]

When choosing a time zone it says "kalingingrad South Africa". Where the hell is kalingingrad? I've never heard of the place.
I don't see anything wrong with "harare, pretoria", like when you install xp.

[SkinkLizzard]

not really much of a problem but when I view a topic then click to go to board index it doesnt update that the forum I was in now no longer has any new posts

[Azimuth]

Kaliningrad is a teeny tiny Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. This should be obvious to anyone with a smattering of political geography - many Russian city names end in -grad, probably because гра́д ('grad') is Russian for 'city'. And stuff.

SkinkLizzard - are you using Opera?

[wir]

I agree with most of the previously mentioned points, but maybe allow 2 images in signatures?
I miss my userbar.

[Chevron]

Kaliningrad is a teeny tiny Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. This should be obvious to anyone with a smattering of political geography - many Russian city names end in -grad, probably because гра́д ('grad') is Russian for 'city'. And stuff.



I knew Kaliningrad is a russian city. It's just when you see a city name in front of a country, the city is in that country eg "I live in Johannesburg, South Africa".

[Azimuth]

My previous post was badly worded. Kaliningrad is not only the name of the city, but of the exclave itself. Kaliningrad and South Africa evidently share the same time zone.

[ib3waffle]

Feels like the layout went on BioSlim. . . really skinny. . .

[Scorp1on]

I would also prefer the logo on the left. Just would seem more... better (lol) to me. Just my opininon.

[ib3waffle]

I'll jump on the band wagon as well, Logo to the left.

[wir]

The horizontal size was just fixed!
I was making a quick reply, when I hit reply, my post was wider than the rest, it broke out!
It looked weird :-/
It looks better now.

[Miktar]

I made it 80% of your browser window size, so that should shut Chevron up (who seems to be nothing but complaints these days ;P )

[ib3waffle]

I like em big. . .

[Scorp1on]

Lol, I though I broke the H Scroll and panicked!

[Miktar]

Fixed the Timezone thing too. I wonder why vBulletin had the wrong city for South Africa by default - I'll send them a mail.

[SkinkLizzard]

No azimuth strangely enough I'm still using internet explorer, my default browser, i'll switch to firefox and see if it makes a difference, otherwise is opera worth finding and giving a download ? I mean is it amazingly different to either IE or FireFox ?

[Gldm]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5411/screenzc9.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenzc9.jpg)

Works. :P

[Miktar]

Good God, that looks horrible stretched that far. I hate fluid designs, they never look right to me.

[Kraken]

Fix the page numbers? There is no "4", just last page... I don't know if it's better either way o.o

[Miktar]

It limits the amount of page numbers it displays to cut down on database access times.

[Ruandre]

There's no ;P emoticon! *gasp*

[Miktar]

There are no emoticons, period. :P

[Azimuth]

No azimuth strangely enough I'm still using internet explorer, my default browser, i'll switch to firefox and see if it makes a difference, otherwise is opera worth finding and giving a download ? I mean is it amazingly different to either IE or FireFox ?

I'd recommend both Firefox and Opera over IE any day, although I've noticed that Opera has some weird caching issues - reverting to a previous version of a page, for example, instead of an updated version. It's nifty for some pages, obviously, but not forums. As for Firefox versus Opera, eh, they're really too similar to make a preference call on either one.

[BLACKWOLF]

Personally I prefer Firefox but only because I have it fully costomized to my liking with plugins.
I have never used opera but Firefox is miles better than IE, I tried the the new IE7 but the original Firefox still is better for me. One feature that I really like about Firefox is that if your pc crashed and you restart and then restart Firefox it can open all the websites you where on at the time of the crash.

[Scorp1on]

Yeah I love that feature. First time I was like: "Omg! Wtf has happened! All those pages... gone!" Then it asks me to restore session and I carry on happily.

[Headshot]

Change the image 'message' limit to 2 images instead of just one so that people can have a sig and a userbar.

[Azimuth]

But userbars are lame. :|

[Headshot]

But, but this one isn't!: :(
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r219/Adabot/WikislutHand.jpg

[Boggle24]

There are no emoticons, period. :P

But I just made one ?
I'll try it again.

:) <------ a smiley.

I'm in yur Forumz, beating the system.

[Nandrew]

That is tru haxx.

Oh, and I'm forced to agree, that wiki userbar is win. Make it the sole exception.

[Machine]

Nah, userbars are overs... but I've never seen that wiki one before, its pretty cool. I think the layout needs to widen a bit, seriously

[Chevron]

I made it 80% of your browser window size, so that should shut Chevron up (who seems to be nothing but complaints these days ;P )

Well I'll admit that I do like quick reply and quick edit.

[Miktar]

Well I'll admit that I do like quick reply and quick edit.

ZOMG! POSITIVE FEEDBACK! HIDE THE CHILDREN! :P

[ib3waffle]

HTML code in the emails doesnt work, using gmail online and windows mail.

[Miktar]

HTML code in the emails doesnt work, using gmail online and windows mail.

I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here. Could you be more specific?

[Ruandre]

Where do we make cover disk requests/suggestions on the new forums?

[Uncle Buck]

No smilies and no postcount is going to take a lot of getting used to. I do like the multiquote option and the quick reply option, which is all I have been using thus far. Not to sound cynical, but how long until the next reset?

[Headshot]

The userbar was made by AdamT (aka Adabot) last night after a quick request for a new ava and sig. He came up with the idea.

[Miktar]

There won't be a reset from this point forward. As for cover disc (if it is optical, it ends in C, if it is magnetic, it ends in a K) requests/suggestions, I'll make a sticky thread for it in General Gaming now.

[Ruandre]

Thanks a bunch Miktar!

[Chevron]

How does one change the size of the font when replying to make certain words bigger than others?

Well that didn't work. :-(

[Scorp1on]

I think it makes the forum look messy... unorganized. Meh, but thats just me.

[Miktar]

I've removed text sizing.

[Kraken]

NAG
Simpler, Better, Faster

:)

[wir]

It doesn't feel like the same NAG forums.
:-/
I feel like I don't want to post.[/b]

[Miktar]

It doesn't feel like the same NAG forums.
:-/
I feel like I don't want to post.[/b]

Stick around, you'll get used to it. Also, I asked you to please stop bolding your entire post.

[wir]

Also, I asked you to please stop bolding your entire post.
Yeah, I got that the first time, ;-)
I'm just used to adding '[/b]' at the end.

Maybe add selectable themes?

[Miktar]

That would kind of ruin the point of having the forum look like the new website, wir.

[Chevron]

Any chance of the time format being changed to 24-hr?

[Miktar]

Perhaps - I just personally hate 24-hour.

[Kraken]

Perhaps add the active members on each forum?

[Chevron]

Perhaps - I just personally hate 24-hour.

Any particular reason why?
It's just every time i see 5:35 regardless of whether the suffix is a.m. or p.m., it always makes me think of what time I get up in the morning.

It's also nice being able to just check the time at glance. Factoring a.m. or p.m. takes an extra 1/4 of a sec to process.

[Miktar]

Probably because I never learned to read a 24-hour clock easily. Maths isn't my strong point, and having to subtract 12 if the time is after midday just seems strenuous to me. AM and PM are such nice demarcations for what part of the day you're in.

As for the active members on each forum, I'd rather avoid that - I have my reasons. :)

[wisp]

i like it , think any n00bs will find it easy and not so many seperate forums to jump to , will miss the Art and Crafts though and the Trashcan but we will all get used to the new forums very quickly
:d

[Chevron]

Would it be possible to remove this section:
http://image.bayimg.com/oa/dp/pa/ab/l.jpg

So the bottom looks like this:
http://image.bayimg.com/da/da/ca/ab/m.jpg

[Toi]

Every now and then I get a page filled with all kinds of funny text, the dreaded "500 server error" or I have trouble getting in.

Anyone else or is it my lightning fast connection?

[Miktar]

I don't even see this:

http://image.bayimg.com/oa/dp/pa/ab/l.jpg

Anywhere? Or am I missing it?

[Azimuth]

It's only visible on the main forum index, i.e. Off-Topic or Gaming.

[Miktar]

Oooh - okay, I can remove that.

[Jedi]

The logo looks fine on the left, I cant understand the obsession with it being there and not on the right. My only suggestion is would it not be possible to change the page backround to a different colour, the white on the forum itself is nice, but all the white surrounding the actual board is a bit tough on my eye's

something like this maybe
http://www.brokerserv.co.za/nag.png

[Ruandre]

I personally like the white background, makes it more uniform in my opinion.

[Toi]

Every now and then I get a page filled with all kinds of funny text, the dreaded "500 internal server error" or I have trouble getting in.

Any mods, please.

Anyone else getting this.

[Chevron]

Jedi has a good idea there.

[squishy]

Agree with Jedi... there's just too much white.

[squishy]

Muuuuuuch better now :) Grey BG ftw!!

[Chippit]

Screenshot and Ubergamer subforums, please.

kthx

;)

[Miktar]

Screenshot and Ubergamer subforums, please.

kthx

;)

No can do, little buddy - soz.

[Kraken]

Where's the member list? :o

[Miktar]

I told you before - there isn't one really.

[Kraken]

So no global member list either? Oh well. :)

[Repline]

geeze ive just read this thread and already im getting a headache, I can just imagine what the admin's must feel like ;)

Anyways, just like to say, it looks great! (again)

[Mic]

um... well.... one thing is that I would like the return to off topic button on the top as well as on the bottom so that browsing becomes easier.... the first posts say that the forum is well... a little up tight... I agree... maybe space things out a bit.... also for the emotions.... WHY!!!!.... and the NAG logo should really REALLY be on the right... the new forum rocks... maybe just space things out a bit and put the emotions back in... (plz)

[Chevron]

it's called an emoticon.

[Garson007]

Perhaps add the active members on each forum?

You mean this?: http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/online.php? :/

[Kraken]

Ya, that. But at the bottom of each page like the old ones.

I'd prefer a registered users list though.

[Garson007]

Hehe, as you can see here: http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/memberlist.php Miktar disabled that. :)

[Vulgar_Mcnabb]

Hello. My message is longer than 10 characters.

[King_Blueberry]

Don't worry NAG. I'm from the internetz.

[Headshot]

Don't worry NAG. I'm from the internetz.

Oh hi.
I upgraded your ram.
...
AND VOIDED YOUR WARRANTY
MWAHAHAHAHA

*cough*
>_>

[PloPshoP]

The site logs you out too quickly due to inactivity!

[King_Blueberry]

Silly plebeian. Doth thoust ponder a way to vanquish me? Thoust wish to smite me with thoust opprobrious language? You shall never defeat me. You abhor my existence, but find not fault in your incongruous behaviour?

[PloPshoP]

Gotta love that thesaurus.

[King_Blueberry]

* Chuckles *

Gravitas, the gate of Zaragosa must be opened

Pilferous wrench of
Trepidation
Heed the heathens
Flesh mongrel waste follow
I emerge in the latrines of Dionysus
Chaos sphere and turbulence
Shall I embrace Apollo
Amongst the cold mountains
Of Naz Kragul

[Headshot]

King Blueberry/Vulgar_Mcnabb is a combination of Shakespear, higher education and boredom.
This is my last off-topic post, I swear! :p

[Azimuth]

He wishes. He can't even get to grips with archaic pronouns.

[MrDeVil_909]

It would be a little more convenient if the forum tree (I hope you know what I mean, not sure what it is actually called) is also on the bottom of the page.

You know the bit that says: NAG Online Forums > Discussions > Off-Topic Discussion

[Azimuth]

They're called 'breadcrumbs'.

[MrDeVil_909]

thanks ;)......

[X-Ploding_Shoes]

It seems to me that while registering, if you put in an incorrect code from that code box just once, your email address is banned...is this just me or what?

Second of all why are there such limited letters for your nick? Ive had to shorten my nick down to XplodinShoes!!!

But I have to say I like the fact that there is no post count...I was getting a bit annoyed having the rank "noob" after Iv been with NAG forums since its second incarnation..

But over all it looks like a great forum, well done!

[Miktar]

XplodinShoes, I can change it for you if you want. I picked the nick length limit at random, but it seems I set it too low. Give me the proper spelling of your nick, I'll change it for you and also up the limit to accomidate it.

[dammit]

XplodinShoes, I can change it for you if you want. I picked the nick length limit at random, but it seems I set it too low. Give me the proper spelling of your nick, I'll change it for you and also up the limit to accomidate it.

I must admit, the niceness of our very own resident - uuh, i forget what creatures you are made up of again...as well as i probably have no idea how to spell their names miktar - definately makes the forums a good place to hang out :)

[Miktar]

Minotaurus Rex, or Minorex for short.

The minorex is generally a friendly creature, benign unless provoked.

[Chippit]

In other words, keep sharp pointy sticks away from Miktar. That is, of course, if you would prefer to keep your sharp pointy stick uncharred. As well as the hand wielding it

[X-Ploding_Shoes]

Thank you Miktar...my name has been restored to its former glory..long live the overlord!

[wir]

In response to this : http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/showthread.php?t=82
You can add www.pushbutton.co.za
100mb file size limit and they allow images, they actually allow quite allot of filetypes.
All uploaded files have direct links.
Kindof like rapidshare but better :P

[Darkmag]

Well this as most likely nothing do to with recent posts-not wanting to read 11 pages- but this new forum is actually pretty awesome, I love the colour scheme in that it`s not to sore on the eyes, its got quick post a very lovely layout and format very easy to navigate no post count(YESS), I believe that in terms of size kb its smaller.

one thing thou is the 10 post before you can make a thread, I can understand why it is there, but some people do join just to ask one question and they would quickly spam 10 to ask a question but that doesn’t actually happen very often

also the lack of sub forums like hardware is both nice and bad its nice because it make certain areas very lively however things like the hardware and sell/buy I felt was good but they could be made into one individual forum instead of 2

but my overall impression is very good if not the best one yet

[Garson007]

one thing thou is the 10 post before you can make a thread, I can understand why it is there, but some people do join just to ask one question and they would quickly spam 10 to ask a question but that doesn’t actually happen very often
I think it's purely a decision based on creating a community. From what I can see (especially with the removal of Hardware) is that NAG doesn't want people to come here to ask a once of question. They want people to come here to regularly talk about their experiences in games and/or other stuff (off-topic). For that reason I think it's a good decision.

[Miktar]

I'll be upping it to 100 posts eventually, once the community is bigger.

[Mouse]

I dont like that red/yellow bar at the top of each post

[Miktar]

I dont like that red/yellow bar at the top of each post

Do you also not like it on the NAG website (www.nag.co.za) ?

[Mouse]

No (thats strange, I know). I assume because there's less of the yellow visible on that site, and I dont like yellow.

[Miktar]

What would you suggest?

[Mouse]

How about this:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7475/bargp1.th.gif (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bargp1.gif)

[Chevron]

Is there any chance of the badger returning? I've mentioned nag's mascot quite a couple times and no admins have ever replied. I for one would love to get a nag shirt with a pic of the badger on it.

[Miktar]

Chevron, sometimes I worry about you. You do realize the badger is from Weeble-Stuff, right? He's the mascot of the badgerbadgerbadger flash? Just like the Heroes symbol we're running, it's kinda trademarked and copyright.

If you want the badger on a shirt:

http://www2.printshop.co.uk/Weebl/Badgers.html

http://www2.printshop.co.uk/SiteData/Weebl/Image/woobadger-baseballtee.jpg

[Chevron]

You do realize the badger is from Weeble-Stuff, right? He's the mascot of the badgerbadgerbadger flash? Just like the Heroes symbol we're running, it's kinda trademarked and copyright.


I knew it was from weeble-stuff. Didn't know it was copyrighted.

Anyway. I like mine better:

http://image.bayimg.com/caemiaabo.jpg

[Miktar]

Yes, but you seem biased, as you've always leaned towards blue-base.

[Chevron]

I'm not biased towards blue, but away from it. About 80&#37; of peoples' favourite colour is blue.

How's spider pig for a mascot?

[Miktar]

"About 80&#37; of peoples' favourite colour is blue."

More like 50%, btw. Second to that is orange, and red.

I googled it.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/Anno1/truth.png

[dammit]

Okay, i don't know if its just me but i seem to have to refresh this site a lot. Doesn't seem to be a problem on any other sites I've been to...

[Mouse]

My favourite colour is black, but I used 2 different shades of blue in that bar image, with a gradient on the light blue. There's enough black on this site already :)

[Miktar]

Okay, i don't know if its just me but i seem to have to refresh this site a lot. Doesn't seem to be a problem on any other sites I've been to...

So stop hitting refresh?

Or are you talking about some other problem, like the site not loading?

[Nimitz]

i've been lurking until now, i like the new forums so i'll start posting

[dammit]

So stop hitting refresh?

Or are you talking about some other problem, like the site not loading?

Often I get the screen:


Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.


...I don't think its my connection (I've done the whole diagnose connection problems and it comes up with "you are connected")

[Chevron]

I've the had the problem as well on 2 different connections. I'll click on a topic and it'll say "not connected" then I'll refresh and it'll just work.

[Azimuth]

That's an ISP issue. It's especially frequent with wireless broadband.

[dammit]

Damn, it's so annoying. But I'm not on wireless broadband...though I use the adsl through a wireless network connection :(

[Kraken]

I often get that, but not this site specifically. Just any random site will do it sometimes. It's like firefox doesn't even try to load the page the first time, and just times out instantly. :(

[Miktar]

It's nothing I can fix, sorry. The problem doesn't lie with our hosting or the site.

[Kraken]

Could we have a little icon for the site? That will go on my tabs... like the old forums.

[Miktar]

So make one. :P

[Kraken]

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r219/Adabot/NAG.png ? :p

Border: http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r219/Adabot/NAG2.png

[Miktar]

So what do I do with it now?

[Chevron]

My tabs have an icon:
http://image.bayimg.com/nafkoaaba.jpg

[Kraken]

o___O

I haven't got that... Strange.

[Miktar]

Neither do I, actually.

[Vexo]

Not gonna read all the previous pages but i like the new forum.
I like it that there is no post count anymore no more people posting stuff like "lol" to increase there post count. Only thing that i would like is if sigs was 450*120 but not gonna bitch about it.
Good job.

[Mouse]

Miktar do you seriously want these images that we have made to use on the site?

[Miktar]

Miktar do you seriously want these images that we have made to use on the site?

When I see one that I think would be useful, I will use it.

[Chevron]

When I see one that I think would be useful, I will use it.

What size do you want it to be?

[Miktar]

What are you referring to, Chevron. The bars, or the icon?

[Chevron]

I'm not really sure myself actually,

[wir]

Hmm, Is it me or was the horizontal size of the forum changed back to the first size again?

[ShadowMaster]

The site needs a rule page.

So that newbs, know the rules, to prevent them from braking them.

ex. Don't Type Like This.
and d0n't us3 3xc3551ve 1337 5p33k (don't use excessive leet speek)

Both are annoying and hard to read.

[Vulgar_Mcnabb]

How does one obtain one of those cool description thingies under one's name?

And Shadowmaster, for one who is concerned with form, your form must be looked at. It is not necessary to insert a comma in "So that newbs, know the rules". How inane, trite and petty of me. Hmm...

[Azimuth]

How does one obtain one of those cool description thingies under one's name?


They seem to be granted at random. I'd claim I've no idea what precipitated my own, but that would be a rotten lie.

[Mic]

My tabs have an icon:
http://image.bayimg.com/nafkoaaba.jpg

are you using firefox... I think like it's only firefox that atm does that or something

[ShadowMaster]

How does one obtain one of those cool description thingies under one's name?

The easiest way to get one is to be anoying enough to be noticed, but not enough so to be banned. Failing that you can beg Miktar to give you one, but becareful what you wish for.

@Awsomemic: IE 7 also does that, if Chevron is indeed using firefox.

[Chevron]

are you using firefox... I think like it's only firefox that atm does that or something

I am making use of the firebadger.

[wir]

I'm using Firefox, and I don't have it.
'-.-

[Chevron]

well I don't have the icon on http://nag.tidemedia.co.za/ only where the forums are.

[Mouse]

Convert the image to a .ico file, rename it to favicon.ico, and then Miktar can use it on the site.

[ShadowMaster]

The site needs a better way to report threads than a PM.

[X-Ploding_Shoes]

They seem to be granted at random. I'd claim I've no idea what precipitated my own, but that would be a rotten lie.

It does appear to be rather weird....some lead to posts we've made..hmmm...can't figure out if mines supposed to be praise or scorn....the NAG gremlins at work again....but I like the feature...kinda adds a indivuality to the forums.

[Vexo]

Miktar i know you want as few sections as possible but maybe you should consider brining back the buy/sell section it was really useful

[Miktar]

Miktar i know you want as few sections as possible but maybe you should consider brining back the buy/sell section it was really useful

The FAQ handles this topic, and the reasons we won't be bringing back Sell/Buy.

[.dB]

MITKAR I WANT H/T AND A/C BACK EVEN THOUGH I NEVER USED IT AND I ALSO WANT THE KARMA SYSTEM BACK EVEN THOUGH I BASHED IT KKTHX.

Someone just get dunjin back on the boards. I want to get married to him/her/it. ALSO, on topic. There's this point you reach where criticism stops being constructive and starts to border on annoying and pointless.

HINT: We're at that point now.

[Wiggles]

I like this layout, but I think the forum should be wider.

[Miktar]

I think we can safely say, the forums are A-OK. Lawk.