[not tweety bird]

Though I am a HUGE fan of vBulletin message boards (once you get used to them), I'm not sure it was such a great idea to switch this message board over. After all, the folks here on CAD message board are VERY used to the phpBB board and CLEARLY there are some glitches.

YOU ARE NOT BANNED! At least I don't think so. I hope I'm not banned because this whole alter ego thing is weirding me ot. It appears that a lot of people got messages that they are banned. I'm wondering how not steve is going to handle this. Not not steve? Who knows.

For those who are frustrated- once you learn to use this new message board, you'll like it. The User CP (control panel) is a VERY useful tool. You can keep track of threads you've posted in so you don't have to go through the huge lists to find the thread you were looking for. Also, you can skip to the first unread post in a thread you are following. That's a feature I really like.

So, hang on and let the admins get this thing worked out.

I wish I'd known to expect it, though. I haven't been on in a few days so I don't know if the made an announcement or not. But I freaked out little when I found out I was banned. For life. That sucks.

[Kate]

Personally I liked the old board...I found it was way more user friendly.

I had the same as you TW. Tried to log on & found I was banned...for life.

Some of us WORK for a living. Some notice would have been really nice!

Can't have avatars, nor picture in signatures either. At least with an avatar most would know who each other is!

-Wildkat-

[not tweety bird]

I don't see the "skip to first unread post" button, but I imagine they'll add it later.

Yeah, some notice would have been nice. I think MOST of us work for a living- lol. I haven't messed in the User CP to see what options we have. We should be able to have avatars and pictures in sig etc. You should be able to have a profile pic, too. vBulletin has a lot more features than phpBB but that doesn't mean they've added them all.

[DarlinRebel]

Originally Posted by Kate

Personally I liked the old board...I found it was way more user friendly.

I had the same as you TW. Tried to log on & found I was banned...for life.

Some of us WORK for a living. Some notice would have been really nice!

Can't have avatars, nor picture in signatures either. At least with an avatar most would know who each other is!

-Wildkat-

Play around in the CP User panel, you can add a Profile pic. Avatars are disabled.

[MaL]

Any way to set the forums to sort by last post date/time instead of the default of sorting by alphebetical order on the topic title?

[DarlinRebel]

Originally Posted by MaL

Any way to set the forums to sort by last post date/time instead of the default of sorting by alphebetical order on the topic title?

I tired to set it in the USER CP, but it only changes how you view what is in a thread, not the list of threads. So far you have to change it EVERYTIME you enter a Forum, so I'm guesing that it's a default on the Admins end.

[Kurb]

What about PM's? Can we send them and what about the PM's we saved in our box?

Any idea how to get those?

[DarlinRebel]

Originally Posted by Kurb

What about PM's? Can we send them and what about the PM's we saved in our box?

Any idea how to get those?

Looks like all the old ones are gone. I just sent you one, see if you got it.

[not tweety bird]

Originally Posted by Kurb

What about PM's? Can we send them and what about the PM's we saved in our box?

Any idea how to get those?

I didn't have any important PMs but if you had some and lost them that really sucks. That's the kind of stuff they should have planned out ahead of time so that they didn't get lost- or at least warned everyone well in advance so that you knew to get the important info copied somewhere else.

The vBulletin boards I've used have a lot of options and very few quirks- so, with time I'm sure, will this one. They do need to reset probably MOST of the default options but I imagine that if we hang in there, they'll get it right.

I'm sorry if I sound like a cheer leader for CAD. I don't mean to- but, again, I have a lot of compassion for admin's in a situation like this. I'm sure they're working on it.

[fdog]

I HATE IT!!
(fredog, also banned for life)