Changes to forum and compatibility with current format?

Clariman

Do the planned changes to the Forum, alter the formatting of user posts in any way - e.g. the use of bold, italics, specification of monospaced fonts etc.? If it does, I would appreciate some detail, so that I can make necessary amendments to the SOA Calculator that is widely used on the DFW board (see below).

The SOA Calculator has direct support for the vBulletin discussion board format which MSE uses, so that users can copy and paste their SOA into DFW for discussion and comment.

Thanks
Clariman

fermi

Good question. I just tried an SOA on a different forum using a newer version of vBulletin and the formatting went a bit skewed.

Not very scientific as it could just be a quirk of that board, but shows it was wise to ask.

Clariman

fermi wrote: »

Not very scientific as it could just be a quirk of that board, but shows it was wise to ask.

... and it would be nice to get an answer! I'm not going to be able to look at it after the weekend, but have a fighting chance of sparing half an hour tomorrow at some point if it needs any changes.

Could someone from MSE let us know what the change the Forum consists of please? If it is just the layout of the boards etc., then that shouldn't cause a problem, but if it is an upgrade/customisation of the vBulletin software, then it could have an impact.

Thanks
Clariman

lorweld

I have sent an email to the team to bring this thread to their attention

fermi

lorweld wrote: »

I have sent an email to the team to bring this thread to their attention

Snap. .....

Former_MSE_Ian

The intention is for the end user experience to remain as it is now, but as stated elsewhere this is a major upgrade and we cannot guarantee a completely identical experience.

Clariman

MSE_Ian wrote: »

The intention is for the end user experience to remain as it is now, but as stated elsewhere this is a major upgrade and we cannot guarantee a completely identical experience.

Thanks Ian - but when you say it is a "major upgrade", do you mean that the forum software itself is being upgraded or even replaced e.g. are you moving to a different version of vBulletin? If you can give any more details then I could maybe do some tests in advance.

I appreciate that this is just an incidental little question amidst the changes that you are planning, but something a little more concrete would be useful.

Clariman

fermi

Err...............

Your SOA calculator is broken anyway Clariman!

http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html

Error 404 - Not found

Your browser can't find the document corresponding to the URL you typed in.

Other DFWs get the same.

Clariman

fermi wrote: »

Err...............

Your SOA calculator is broken anyway Clariman!

http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html

Other DFWs get the same.

Fixed! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Honest - it wasn't me - it was the other guy who runs the site with me!!

fermi

Clariman wrote: »

Fixed! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Honest - it wasn't me - it was the other guy who runs the site with me!!

I believe you......................

fermi

MSE_Ian wrote: »

The intention is for the end user experience to remain as it is now, but as stated elsewhere this is a major upgrade and we cannot guarantee a completely identical experience.

As long as it's not like the last experimental colour scheme.