OT: Care and feeding of the new Phorum

Ed, Ego and Superego · December 02, 2005, 01:12:57 AM

I thought I would start a "How To" thread for those of us too silly, stupid, or lazy to sit and click through all the options to figure it out (I just got home from work and brain hurts). So here is my question:
Is it possible to flip back to the "flat" view? I actually like it as it saves clicks and I can read right through (I guess I'm in the lazy category).

Thanks smarter folks. And sorry if this is tampering in God's (or moderator's) domain.
-Ed

ulthar · December 02, 2005, 01:18:45 AM

My Control Center -> Forum Settings, then set Thread Override - Read to "View Flat."

odinn7 · December 02, 2005, 08:03:59 AM

Really, it's fairly easy to get this forum set up and learn what it can do. Just use the selections at the top and take 5 minutes to go through them. That's what I did and things are going smoothly here.

ThadC · December 02, 2005, 07:51:07 PM

Me likey... derrr... ;)

Ed, Ego and Superego · December 05, 2005, 11:10:19 PM

Got it! We are in business. I will now go back to being intelligent.
-Ed

odinn7 · December 07, 2005, 10:44:31 AM

The site seems very slow today like it's bogged down. Could be my service at work, I guess.

Anyone else notice?

raj · December 07, 2005, 02:24:12 PM

It's no slower than other sites here. Sometimes they are real slow, sometimes it is just a few websites that are slow.

Ed, Ego and Superego · December 20, 2005, 06:15:33 PM

Hey, has anyone tried searching the archives? Since the switch, It seems that I am not seeing everything I remember was there when I do a search. Any Ideas would be helpful.
-Ed

odinn7 · December 20, 2005, 10:50:58 PM

Ed, I doubt you have overlooked it but be sure you select "all dates" if you're searching for something old. Other than that, I haven't had any problems with it.

Ed, Ego and Superego · December 21, 2005, 03:59:30 PM

Well, you doubted wrong. I am usually quite technically savvy, but something about this interface really gives me a blind spot. Thanks Odinn!
-Ed

odinn7 · December 21, 2005, 09:13:54 PM

You'll get used to it. Just spend a few minutes going through the menu on "My Control Center" and you'll have it in no time.

dean · December 23, 2005, 10:11:23 AM

Just a quick question: for the last few days, during the day here [I guess it's sometime at night for you guys: it's 2:10am here for instance as I write this] I've found that I can't access the phorum due to some sort of problem [I get an error message which says something about maximum users reached or something] Just thought I'd ask about it, since I'm not sure exactly what the deal is.

I'm assuming that whilst things are getting upgraded/moved around that the site is just down while this is happening, but I was just wondering why it happens if that's not the case? Anyway, that's all for now.

odinn7 · December 23, 2005, 10:30:35 AM

Well Dean, it appears that Andrew is limiting access to fans of Gigli.

dean · December 23, 2005, 10:32:38 AM

I told you it was a conspiracy to shut us up!!!

Or maybe the 'maximum users reached' is a sign of how so many Gigli fans have flooded to the site and have just clogged up the works. Well at least that's the dream...

Ash · January 10, 2006, 04:46:32 PM

It appears that the site is starting to slow down to a crawl again. (1-10-06)

Anyone else noticing this too?