[July 18 2011] The New 360Â° Fahrenheit

nCogNeato · July 28, 2011, 01:02:01 AM

NEW FEATURE (should have mentioned earlier)

As you may have already noticed, there is a new

button in the post reply page. If you haven't figured it out already, this is the "Toggle View" button.

What does that mean? It means you can switch between BBCode View (what we've become accustomed to) and WYSIWYG View (What You See Is What You Get).

Lukehi · July 28, 2011, 05:34:10 PM

Thank god I'm offline this weekend, not sure if I can handle any more forum downtime...

Hells_JJ · July 29, 2011, 06:39:08 PM

Quote from: nCogNeato on July 27, 2011, 02:50:43 PM
Something is wrong with the forum, causing errors for some, and slow loadtimes for others.

I'm going to shutdown the forum on Saturday 7/30 to do some maintenance. Since we're not relocating to a new host, or completely redesigning the site again, I'm pretty sure everything will be back up & running before Sunday 7/31.

/fingers crossed

someone get the man some wood to knock on damn it

Handshakes · July 30, 2011, 08:55:49 PM

IE 9 broke my 360 fahrenheit

nCogNeato · July 31, 2011, 06:57:43 AM

Quote from: Handshakes on July 30, 2011, 08:55:49 PM
IE 9 broke my 360 fahrenheit

Zero had the same problem. Toggle compatibility mode.

nCogNeato · July 31, 2011, 06:59:59 AM

Quote from: nCogNeato on July 27, 2011, 02:50:43 PM
Something is wrong with the forum, causing errors for some, and slow loadtimes for others.

I'm going to shutdown the forum on Saturday 7/30 to do some maintenance. Since we're not relocating to a new host, or completely redesigning the site again, I'm pretty sure everything will be back up & running before Sunday 7/31.

/fingers crossed

Slight change of plans. I wasn't able to work on the site today, so I'll shut her down on Sunday. I'm thinking it should only take a 1-2 hours, but every time I say that it takes a week. So I'll just say it will be back when I'm done.

Dankinia · July 31, 2011, 07:00:55 AM

I hope everything goes well and the site returns quickly.

nCogNeato · July 31, 2011, 11:54:07 PM

Maintenance is complete.

The only change you'll probably notice is the Chat is now located below News.

Uploaded avatars and post attachments had to be deleted. You can reupload your avatar, or you can opt to use the "Specify avatar by URL" feature to use an image located on another site (ImageShack, TinyPic, etc.) to avoid having to reupload in the future.

If anyone experiences any site problems, post here as usual.

nCogNeato · August 01, 2011, 12:42:13 AM

Something I was wanting to do, but didn't have time, was to integrate Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ buttons into the site.

Expect this sometime in the future.

zerosum · August 01, 2011, 05:56:51 AM

A couple of things I just noticed Neato, IE 9's simply a pain in the ass. It's not showing the "smileys" in the 'post-reply' window or on any of the posted messages. They look like broken images, the descriptions show up on 'mouse-over'- but not much else, this also applies to Compatibility Mode.

The chat's also not functioning in IE 9, but it works fine in Compatibility Mode, IE 9 takes to the web like:

.

nCogNeato · August 01, 2011, 02:40:53 PM

People on the Xbox.com Forums are also complaining that IE9 isn't working there either. Which is baffling since the whole point of the new Xbox.com was to improve its compatibility with future web tech.

I'm still running on XP, so IE9 is a problem I won't be having anytime soon.

Lukehi · August 01, 2011, 05:41:17 PM

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but what are the differing ~~colored~~ coloured blocks next to peoples names?

zerosum · August 01, 2011, 05:44:23 PM

I believe the top box has to do with our online/offline status and the other has to do with the ranking, "Hero", "Senior", etc...could be wrong, but that's what I gather.

nCogNeato · August 01, 2011, 06:34:28 PM

Quote from: Lukehi on August 01, 2011, 05:41:17 PM
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but what are the differing ~~colored~~ coloured blocks next to peoples names?

Zero is correct. Here's the list.

Online
Offline
Administrator
Moderator
Noob	0 posts
Junior Member	1 post
Full Member	100 posts
Senior Member	250 posts
Hero Member	500 posts
Super Dooper Member	1000 posts
Beyond Awesome	2000 posts
Way Beyond Awesome	3000 posts
Greatness Personified	4000 posts
Living Legend	5000 posts
Ãœber Legend	10000 posts
Double Rainbow	20000 posts

If anyone manages to reach Double Rainbow *cough*GamerMan*cough*, I'll have to come up with a higher level.

nCogNeato · August 04, 2011, 04:29:28 PM

NEW FEATURE (If you haven't already noticed)

Official Links - 360Â° Fahrenheit Around the Web.

I've created profiles on various gaming and social sites to officially represent us.

What I'd like to do is use these new tools to notify everyone of Game Nights, contests, etc. Does anyone know of an easy way interconnect these services so I can simply post one message (or possibly RSS feed), and it will automatically post on all sites?

I'm pretty clueless about social networking, so if anyone has any advice I welcome it.