Bosses of the world rejoice- PRE outage Friday 2nd December

[Baloo]

Is there any chance for a YouTube embedding bbcode ? It would make life a lot easier and won't cause any strain on the server.

 

[Rosy]

It's against the site guidelines to post in a foreign language Baloo.

 

[Baloo]

Heh, sorry. Just forward it to Tester. He speaks geek.

But basically, in the Post box, you can have a button labelled YouTube. Click it and it drops the bbcode [youtube] [/youtube] into your post.

You paste the YouTube video url in between the two and instead of a link that takes you to the youtube website, the video embeds itself into the post on PRE so you watch it here.

 

[Rosy]

Just forward it to Tester.

Beat you to it.

 

[Rosy]

But basically, in the Post box, you can have a button labelled YouTube. Click it and it drops the bbcode [youtube] [/youtube] into your post.

Actually I saw a heap of options like that somewhere in the deep dark admin section. I'll see if I can find it again and see if the youtube option is there waiting to be selected.

 

[mexican_radio]

We haven't removed any forums. Feedback was removed a long time ago.

OK thanks Rosy, I mainly just wanted to give positive feedback - the forum updates look great

My wishlist item is a mod that provides something called topic preview. Basically when you mouse over a topic, a tooltip appears on your mouse pointer with a preview of the topic contents. Then you can decide if you want to actually click and open the topic.

 

[Rosy]

Not sure how useful that would be. There wouldn't be too many threads that stay on topic. The title of the thread should give some indication of what the thread is supposed to be about.

 

[Rosy]

There should be a brief description of what a youtube clip is about so people know whether they wish to click on it or not.

This clip is the best song in the sporting world.


[youtube=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNLcm7J4AY[/youtube]

 

[Baloo]

Hehe, that link should be at the top of the forum so whenever we have a win every member can play it instantly.

 

[evo]

Maybe you should just ignore him, Disco.

;D

 

[YinnarTiger]

The upcoming calendar on the main page mentions the winter solstice. For most readers it would be the summer solstice surely?

 

[tester]

Probably been that way since pre in this form was alive I think (software written in another hemisphere)... changed it anyway probably wrong dates and all...

 

[Rosy]

The upcoming calendar on the main page mentions the winter solstice. For most readers it would be the summer solstice surely?

Yes it would probably be approaching summer solstice for most readers considering 77% of our December usage has been from Australia. Seeing PRE is based in Australia, and related to a topic largely unique to Australia, it seems obvious that would be the situation. Why do you ask the question?

 

[Rosy]

Probably been that way since pre in this form was alive I think (software written in another hemisphere)... changed it anyway probably wrong dates and all...

Yes it's been that way for many years. Certainly not a change with this new forum. If we're going to be accurate we should probably just have "solstice". People can stick their head out the door to see whether it's winter or summer. If they add or take a few hours here and there it will always be close to correct no matter where they are reading PRE from and they won't be in danger of showing up at the snow in their swimming togs. :hihi

 

[skybeau]

The "jump to" box still doesn't work when browsing on mobiles.

Oh, and what is "SitInTheCorner" and green user name text mean?

 

[Rosy]

The "jump to" box still doesn't work when browsing on mobiles.

The "jump to" box still doesn't work when browsing on mobiles.

Do you mean your mobile specifically or mobiles in general? I don't know what would cause that or how to fix it. It's a forum option we could remove altogether but it doesn't seem to be bothering too many people as it is. Until we fix it, if it can be fixed from our end, you might have to browse the forum differently.

Oh, and what is "SitInTheCorner" and green user name text mean?

It means a user requires their posts to be moderated before they are published.

 

[skybeau]

Know of at least one other person who it is affecting. Was hoping that tester was able to provide a reply, to be honest. I don't think removing it completely is a realistic option, but there is a definite bug there that affects mobiles.

re: corner, cool, won't ask any more about that then!

 

[Rosy]

Was hoping that tester was able to provide a reply, to be honest.

Tester is a very busy person who very generously gives his time and expertise to help with technical stuff on PRE. He can't be expected to be around to answer everybody's questions. He's certainly been worked overtime on here since we got the new forum. If he has the time and inclination to respond to you then well and good. If not I can look into it. My question about mobiles was relevant. It would help if we knew if it is a general problem with all mobiles. If it's with a particular kind of phone. If it's with a particular isp. If it's a random problem. We don't even know if it's a problem from PRE's end at this stage. Have you contacted your isp to see if they can think of a reason it would be happening, possibly a settings issue? The more information we have the better, and often easier, chance we have of finding a solution.

re: corner, cool, won't ask any more about that then!

I hope it answered your question satisfactorily.

 

[Baloo]

I use a BlackBerry. The jumpbox works after clicking it the 2nd time for me.

 

[tester]

Works OK on an iPhone as well.

There's nothing particularly special about the Jump to code - although it uses XMLHttpRequest which isn't necessarily supported on all browsers. Maybe that's the problem? I dunno for sure.