Need input from you all

[ezdays]

After living with this new version of our forum I have to say that I was mush happier with the old one. It's at the point where I very seldom post anything anymore. I miss the old "View active topics" link that we had. We do have a "View new post" button, but it's no were near the same. Under the new posts link I get to see maybe 3 or four threads, with the active topics you could have a page or two to look at.  How long is a post considered "NEW" before it is removed from the list? If I don't get a chance to check the site for a few days, can I be missing something? I'm a very Form fallows function kind of person. A flashy new look just doesn't do it for me,,  I would mush rather have some real substance behind it.  Is there any way to have that feature back?

I have one other question, although a small one. Some of the avatars now appear >squashed< after the change to the new look. Can that be fixed?

Thanks.

There are a number of differences, most are for the better. Your best bet is to look at the "portal" page, there we have the last 15 active threads. You can also use the "view unread posts" and see what you've missed being updated. As for the "view new posts", I cannot find where it defines what is "new", or where we can change that setting. Maybe Pat can find something somewhere....

As for the avatars, yeah, a lot of the transferred over as being distorted. That has to be corrected on an individual basis. You can download your avatar if it is squashed, and uploaded it once again and it will appear normal. That is just one of a few things that didn't transfer over properly.

The biggest thing we lost was the threat of crashing and having to restore the database, or the occasional lockup that Pat would have to go in and clear the cause to kick-start us back on. This new software is far more stable and current than the old one, and that's important to us not losing anything, going off line for a while, or spending a day reconstructing our database. All of which could, and did happen with the old forum software.