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  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    edited June 2012
    @Huw / @Brickmatic - that's a nice addition, great work!

    @Huw, also, never did mention that I really like the new 2-coloured 'xx NEW' icons next to each message.

    @jadedanc:
    I don't know about you, but I have tons of saved passwords in my browser, so at the moment I use Firefox and my wife uses Chrome for this reason. Once my little boy gets a bit older, he can use IE, and we'll put passwords on FF and Chrome. That way everyone can store their own site passwords without worrying about the 'saved password, oops daddy I bought a yacht on ebay' problem.

    Then they can have their own Brickset ID too and build their own collection list! Thinking about it, it would also allow you to set up IE in kid-friendly high security mode, plus you could point the parental monitoring software at it, and I imagine it'd be much easier to config that way.

    I've been waiting for the browser makers to cotton onto this and allow 'profile login on open' options like you get on windows. Let's see who jumps first.

  • sidersddsidersdd Member Posts: 2,432
    testing #6876 #6876-1
    Cool. Can this be implemented for the mobile theme as well?
  • martynmartyn Member Posts: 148
    Talking of the mobile, is it still in the pipeline to implement the category vs discussions forum link/user attribute on the mobile?
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^ & ^^ I don't think we have much if any ability to edit the Mobile View here...
  • martynmartyn Member Posts: 148
    ^ Isn't the change required on the Brickset part of the mobile site to change the "Forum" link? I thought that would be possible to change as it isn't part of the vanilla forums code
  • DeadareusDeadareus Member Posts: 264
    First time seeing this thread.

    The option to remove minifigures from my collection in cases where I purchased a set without the figures would be a great improvement IMO. Although this is something I don't do that often, my minifigure collection is not accurate as I have done it a couple of times.
  • DeadareusDeadareus Member Posts: 264
    ^^ I'd like to follow that up with expressing my appreciation for the website and everything it has done to increase my enjoyment of the hobby. I don't think I would be as hooked as I am if were not for brickset. Many thanks BS team.

    Is there a donation thread anywhere? Most other similar communities I am a part of accept donations for site up-keep etc. I would gladly toss $10 into a hat for BS, just point me in the direction.
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    edited June 2012
    testing #6876 #6876-1
    Looking good! The scrip looks so complex and hard to understand. Thanks brickmatic for the script. This feature will definitely be useful in the future.

    Test: #8804
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^ Isn't the change required on the Brickset part of the mobile site to change the "Forum" link? I thought that would be possible to change as it isn't part of the vanilla forums code
    @Huw is the best to clarify this but it is indeed my understanding that the Mobile View is really a canned product and as such, we have little ability to modify.

  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    ^ That is correct. I have no control over the mobile site at all, unfortunately.
  • martynmartyn Member Posts: 148
    ^ Shame, I thought you had more control of the Brickset mobile site (not the Forum) to be able to code this. Never mind, I have a solution to bypass the "Forum" tab on the Bricket mobile site, but it isn't ideal.
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    How come the randomly generated user icons are drastically larger than custom profile images on the mobile view? I can't seem to attach a file from my iPod.
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    Yay, the script works! It's one thing to think it will work and another to see it all in action. This makes me happy. Glad I could help out!
  • dougtsdougts Member Posts: 4,110
    #10197
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^ FLAG! / Off Topic Mysterious Hidden Link

    ;o)
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    The main site is now down.
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    The script doesn't seem to be working anymore...
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    That's odd -- I've changed nothing, and the code is still in the page. Perhaps the forum has been changed and is generating a different link?
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    edited June 2012
    testing #8404

    edit: ooh yes, it's back to what it was. Weird.
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    Oh, they did change the links in the forum. They are now using relative links. PMed new code to @huw.
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    ^ Well spotted, new code implemented and it's working again, thanks!
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    A reputation / "like" system would be absolutely brilliant, as mentioned before. It would certainly be handy with regards to quickly summing up how the community feels about advice/news/comments.

    It'd also be cool if the smileys were minifig heads... Although it has no effect on the functionality of the forum.
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    More forum downtime this evening, vanilla 'we are over capacity' page coming up.
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    ^ Yeah I got that too.
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    I didn't get that, but I did notice slower performance when pulling up pages.
  • atkinsaratkinsar Member Posts: 4,258
    edited July 2012
    An Amazon buying page that has a column containing the price for each Amazon site so you can quickly see which site is cheapest on a list of sets would be very useful. Currently this is only possible to do for one set at time. This idea came out of a discussion with @cavegod.
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    It's on the to-do list for when I get back...
  • ChanMcLChanMcL Member Posts: 1,224
    Would it be possible for a name change on the forum?? Thanks
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    Yes, PM me
  • RikTheVeggieRikTheVeggie Member Posts: 356
    Found a (very) minor bug today, not sure if this is the right thread to list it but here goes..
    Type something into the search box, eg "b-wing" and underneath the results is a thin 'empty' result which when clicked redirects back to the current page.

    The HTML is:


    This can also be seen by typing rubbish into the search box - rather than seeing nothing or a dummy entry saying 'no results', the thin line is displayed.

    Very minor as I say, and probably even by design, but QA at work have raised sillier things than this for me to fix so I thought I'd pass on the love :)
  • caperberrycaperberry Member Posts: 2,226
    If you post a link to a Brickset set page on FB, it doesn't find an image to include e.g. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=9496-1

    All the other pages seem to work very nicely.
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    May we have the "Mark all as read" function back. I used it regularly and no doubt outhers did as well.
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Member Posts: 3,639
    ^I second that request from @Shellz.
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^ I would assume this function will be returned by the Vanilla folks sooner rather than later. I don't believe we have any control over this, though.
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    There are threads hat don't interest me, for example store bargains in other countries but to make them show as read I now must open them even though I won't read the posts.

    Also, the white/grey difference isn't distinct enough for those with vision problems.
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz said:

    There are threads hat don't interest me, for example store bargains in other countries but to make them show as read I now must open them even though I won't read the posts.

    Also, the white/grey difference isn't distinct enough for those with vision problems.

    Agreed!
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^^ The Category View may be your preferred view as opposed to trying to check off each and every thread.
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    Hey everyone, you can both hide entire categories or mark them as read. Just click on the Categories link on the right hand side of the page, then on the categories page just hover over the categories to get a gear icon. Clicking this gear icon gives you the option to hide or mark as read.
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234
    ^ Good tip. Thanks!
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    Thanks, to an extent that works, but I also have no interest in buying SW sets and there are many posts about them, so for me the Mark All as Read function was perfect.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    I'm getting very strange behaviour. Threads that have been added to (I can tell by the time) and not read, but not appearing as new. Whereas threads I have read are occasionally appearing as having new posts.
  • ChoochChooch Member Posts: 148
    Having the same issue as @CCC - threads are showing new items when I first log on to the Forum but if I do something and come back to it, refreshing the page, it shows I have read ALL of the threads, when I haven't.... very weird
  • timinchicagotiminchicago Member Posts: 239
    ^ I am having the same issue. Also when I navigate away from the site (still logged in though) and return, everything is grey and all the "new" notifications are gone. Very frustrating.
  • evantylerevantyler Member Posts: 86
    ^ I am having the exact issue as @timinchicago --no yellow "new" notifications anymore, and everything is grey
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    edited August 2012
    I will be escalating to Vanilla support later...
  • ChoochChooch Member Posts: 148
    @Huw - thank you
  • legomaniaclegomaniac Member Posts: 12
    I would like to be able to sort the database by year and month of set release.
    Thanks,
    Darrin
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,087
    You can sort by year but we don't record month of release as it differs across the world.
  • rocaorocao Administrator Posts: 4,290
    ^ Perhaps we could start capturing releases by quarter, though? There's a big difference between 1Q2012 and 4Q2012, and I think a quarter is enough lag time for most of the slower geos to catch up.
  • rmarkworthrmarkworth Member Posts: 88
    When doing searching: Once you have narrowed down your search by theme (combobox underneath "Narrow your search"), you can't just select other themes. :( Why is that box now filled only with the selected theme?!?
    (PS: Even the back-button of the browser won't give you the page before where you had all themes available in your search...)
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