Welcome to the new WipeoutZone forum

[infoxicated]

After almost four years with phpBB it was time for Wipeoutzone forum to make the change to a more powerful and versatile board.

So here we have it - the WipeoutZone Forum powered by VBulletin.

Please bear with us whle I sort out any teething troubles we might have in the next few days.

[infoxicated]

Looks like the Avatars didn't make the transition, folks - you should go into your User CP and choose one.

[eLhabib]

I take it you would like some feedback?

well, the new functionality is ACE. No doubt about that. But I REALLY have to get used to the new looks, it's kinda hard on the eyes right now...

...oh and where have all the smilies gone?

[infoxicated]

One... you shouldn't have been able to reply to this, so it looks like the permissions still need some work.

Two... the old smilies came with phpBB and there are probably copyright/usage issues with using them on another board. I've moved over as many as I can, but I'm afraid you'll just have to get used to the new ones.

[eLhabib]

new ones? there are NO smilies to choose from IN a post! only for the header!

[infoxicated]

What? Not even if you go advanced and select from the list of smilies on the right hand side?

[eLhabib]

sorry if that's a dumb question, but where is 'advanced'?

[infoxicated]

If you have clicked on the quick reply icon you'll have the option to "go advanced". If you click on the Post Reply icon you'll already be at the advanced reply page. From there the smilies are on the right hand side.

[element42]

Well, I like the fact that it's all shiny and new. The smilies will take a while to get used to
I don't like it that the posts are seperated by headers. I think it was easier to read the discussion before. Is there an option to change the way it's seen? I can get rid of avatars but that wouldn't be fun.
I've no doubt I'll get used to it...

[Mobius]

I have a friend who has just starting to use vBulletin, so i'm kinda used to the layout. But still, this will take me a while to how it looks.

Oh and i like how you can edit your posts straight away.

[eLhabib]

uhm, rob, the only smilies I get are the ones BELOW the text input window, for the title.

[Lance]

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same here. whether i use 'post reply' or 'quickreply', there is only the one icon set below one's text input box, and those only apply to the message as a whole, presumably appearing only in a column to the left of the reply after it is posted. at least that's the way in worked in Opera's old vB forums.

btw, the quick edit feature is great. saves a lot of pageloading time.
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[Jittery-Joe]

This new forum-style is REALLY disorientating, and there doesn't appear to be a smiley bar...
Oh well, I suppose I'll get used to it eventually...

[Drakkenmensch]

Works just fine for me!

[eLhabib]

okay, I found it. you have to go to your User CP -> options -> there you can enhance your text input options.

[infoxicated]

Strange - I figured everyone would have things like that enabled by default.

[Sausehuhn]

you're a few days offline (had/have still the flu), come back and all you can see are billions of locked threads

No, really. I was a bit annoyed when I went to the old forum and even more annyoed when I went to the new one.
I'm not sure about the new design. For me it looks to much as all the other forums you can see in the net. Esspecially complexity is a problem for me at this moment.
So for me the new design is not really something better (also not the smileys) - but this is not my forum and I'm sure the new forum has some serious pros.

Another design doesn't make the posts/threads bad, so it shouldn't be a problem.

[Lance]

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yesterday, when i edited my profile, i set it to have advanced options, but when i checked today, it was back to basic text. that's why i couldn't find any emoticons for use within the post text. so i re-edited the CP. works fine now.

[infoxicated]

Lance - that account was deleted so that your old one could be imported.

Saeusehuhn - we offer a full moneyback guarantee for those of you who are disappointed.

[eLhabib]

I am sure I will get used to navigating the new forums, but there is one thing that ticks me off: it shows me there's a new post in, say, the pilot's lounge. I go in there, read the post, go back to main page to check if there's new posts in another section, and it STILL tells me there's a new post in pilot's lounge. what up with that? please fix.