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Forum Optimization Updates and Suggestions
This is the thread where we will be updating you with forum improvements.
This is also the thread where we welcome your suggestions about features you miss from vBulletin and/or features you would like to see added to the forums in general.
If you want to report a glitch in the forum, or a problem with the website, please use the Kirk Fix List thread.
So what we have slated for immediate attention to be completed by the end of this week:
Dear Admins
Why can't you delete people's accounts if they ask you to? I'm sure there's some illegality in that denial. If someone no longer wishes to have their stuff here, which, by the way, they can edit out in all totality, then surely you could have the thing, the whatsit, the thing, I'm just typing now, you know what it is I mean, when it's like a goodness? The... the charity, maybe, the goodness will do, the goodness to just make it all easier for them, and say, sure, you know, yeah, we'll get rid of your stuff for you, it only takes us about ten minutes, it would take you WEEKS to trudge through all the shit you've heaped on us, as we begged you to stop, we'd be fucking delighted to get rid of you! Why can't you just do that, you know?
Private Messaging Problems
When I click on the "Private Message this User" in any profile, I'm redirected to an empty inbox, instead of a message composer. Thought I should let you know.
Signatures Deleted
What's the deal? All signatures have been deleted. Why?
OMG What Happened?
Just want to fill you folks in, so we don't have to answer a bunch of questions on the same subject.
Long story short, some of our files mysteriously got deleted. We're still trying to figure out exactly how that happened but at least no data was lost. Meaning, all posts and stuff should still be here, but any files that were uploaded or attached recently are gone.
So, if you come across a post of yours that has a broken attachment, that is why. Same goes for our stuff. If you come across an article or interview where the images are suspiciously absent, you now know why.
I can't review any stories!
I am a Mac user. I use both Firefox and Safari.
Whenever I click on the link to download a user's submission it kicks me to another page
So if I am on this page:
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/workshop/read?type=o&id=1960
and I click on the link to download the submission, I get kicked to this page:
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/files/workshop/
AND the file does NOT download.
What was included in the Aug. 17 site updates?
As you may or may not have noticed, We were down for a little bit today. Here is what is new...
First, we have a new text-editor.
The old one is gone as it proved too difficult for many people, plus as many of you noted it didn't work with your inline spell check. As such, from this point forward all spelling errors will result in an immediate ban. So what's different?
- Functionality more-or-less remains the same.
- The ability to embed videos has been greatly improved, which should no longer result in broken threads. Additionally, you may embed videos from any of the following sites: YouTube, Google, GameVideos, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, GameTrailers, CollegeHumor, MySpace, 5min, Howcast . If there are any other sites you would like to see added let me know and I'll see if I can make it happen. To insert a video simply paste the URL of the video into the box that pops up when you click the video button.
Can we not have mods needlessly edit people's threads?
That was the title of another thread of mine that I was trying to bump. But for some reason or another whenever it's posted in, it won't bump to the top of the page. Any one have an idea as to why this would happen?
here's the original thread: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/forum/1000380/can-we-not-have-mods-needlessly-...
Also, If i can get an answer to that question, it would be mucho appreciated.
Chat Mods Announcement
Hey, so the chatroom has not been modded in a while because I overlooked it when we moved to Drupal. Kirk reinstated our previous mods and we have added a few new ones.
Apparently there has been a lot of spamming and hostility in there. Franc called it a combat zone, but bravely accepted his assignment as a new chat mod! Also accepting modship of the chat are:
jane s. Spike Symnove, Thaq, ScribblingDes, and of course, franc tireur
Thank you all!
The rules in chat are simple. It's much looser than the forums. No spamming, no overtly hostile or predatory type behavior. That's it. Simple. So have fun and be nice!





