Forum Update Tuesday Dec 8

[Janet H]

How do I manage my subscription options?

Re: Auto Thread Subscription On Reply

Ditto here. I'm still thrashing thru forum help and CP options for help on this. Subscriptions should not be opt-out. Nothing. Suggestions from anyone would be much appreciated. I think the site admins are a bit overwhelmed with all the new issues. So, patience and forum user participation are in high demand here. Hang in there, this too will pass!

Subscription options can be managed in several ways.

You can set your subscription defaults in your user Control panel..
http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/usercp.php > Options

Scroll down a bit and changed your default settings for subscriptions as well as your notification options. Don't for get to go to the bottom of the page and save.


You can also manage existing subscriptions from your User CP. Check the sections further down on the left side for "subscriptions" Here's a direct link: http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription

Another way to can manage subscriptions is from the thread tools drop down menu that displays at the top of each thread. This is useful if you have set your default to 'subscribe" but don't want to subscribe to a particular thread.



Subscription settings are complex but highly configurable. You will get the hang of it

 

[daveb-SMB]

Ok, might have already been queried but can't find member gallery links on posts?

Otherwise, fwiw, I like the clean modern new look.

To find a members album, one way is to click on the members screen name and click on view public profile. Look to the right and you'll see the members join date, number of post made, profile data (if any) and their album or albums. In the future most active members will probably be posting specific albums. I'm told each new album will only hold a limited number of pictures. That said I believe the old albums have been grandfathered in. For instance my old forum album is full and if I want to add more images I'll have to start a new one which will not be able to hold the number of pictures the old one has now. I think this will be a huge benefit. If you've ever looked at my album you would have noticed a variety of types of photos in it. Several are images of vehicles at SMB in various states of construction. I also have a number of wiring diagrams along with quite a few trip reports and places I've been over the years. Now I will be able to categorize each album. This should reduce a member or myself from having to hunt down a particular picture. By adding information to the album title, it should make things easier to navigate.

Currently I do not know if I can move certain images form my old album into new specifically named album.

 

[MountainBikeRoamer]

Hey -- just wanted to chime in and say I'm really digging the "fine-tuned" new look of the page! (Now that a bit more color has been added (and the stark white backgrounds have been toned-down!) The light brown "dry lake bed" screen-fill borders left/right are a pretty nice touch too, and help reduce the amount of screen glare when viewing the forum at night in a darkened room.:d3::d3::d3:

(Although.....thinking as I'm typing here......to that point --- I still think it could perhaps be a *little bit* darker in the beige "fill" area around the main boxes. Maybe the main boxes could go the color of the current "fill" area, and then the "fill" area could go darker to provide the needed contrast between the two.)

It's SO close to getting the page's contrast levels to a point where you don't have to squint to look at it under low-light evening conditions. Maybe I'll do a quick photoshop study and post an image (again, very humble/respectful admission this is still strictly IMHO!!!)

In any event ---- it's beyond fantastic to have this modern update to the SMB Forum, (and to clearly have the fantastic/dedicated people in the first place who have been making it happen!!!)

Again --- can I say (to any and all who are responsible for making this page happen/keeping it going?) ---- BIG THANKS for the awesome page. This forum provides at least half of the world-class experience that is owning/driving/modifying (and oh yeah...camping in!) Sportsmobiles. Great vehicles that are absolutely the product of their great community.
:b5::b5:

 

[ert01]

Subscription options can be managed in several ways.

You can set your subscription defaults in your user Control panel..
http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/usercp.php > Options

Scroll down a bit and changed your default settings for subscriptions as well as your notification options. Don't for get to go to the bottom of the page and save.


You can also manage existing subscriptions from your User CP. Check the sections further down on the left side for "subscriptions" Here's a direct link: http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription

Another way to can manage subscriptions is from the thread tools drop down menu that displays at the top of each thread. This is useful if you have set your default to 'subscribe" but don't want to subscribe to a particular thread.


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Subscription settings are complex but highly configurable. You will get the hang of it

Perfect! Thanks

 

[SCBrian]

I havent looked through the whole thread but the time is way off. Do we need to select a time zone or is this forum controlled.

FYI....Showing 10:02pm when actual is 5:02pm

 

[daveb-SMB]

I havent looked through the whole thread but the time is way off. Do we need to select a time zone or is this forum controlled.

FYI....Showing 10:02pm when actual is 5:02pm

Yes you do.
User CP > Edit Options > Date and time options > select your time zone and save the changes

 

[Janet H]

I havent looked through the whole thread but the time is way off. Do we need to select a time zone or is this forum controlled.

FYI....Showing 10:02pm when actual is 5:02pm

You need to select a time zone.


Go here: http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions

Scroll down to time and date settings and change as needed. Then scroll ALL the way down and hit save.

 

[SCBrian]

You need to select a time zone.


Go here: http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions

Scroll down to time and date settings and change as needed. Then scroll ALL the way down and hit save.

Thanks Dave and Janet. Done!

 

[Ben10281]

For Tapatalk users, I have been trying to log in to the forum via Tapatalk since this post started and with no luck. Today I figured out that I had to delete the old SMBforum from my "Following" list and do a new search for sportsmobileforum and a new entry came up and I was able to log into that one.(It has the new SMB Forum logo on it)

Hopefully this works for others.

On another note, I no longer have any of my old bookmarked or subscribed threads, anyone else have that problem??

 

[macmcintire]

I've now spent some time playing with this site and I'm starting to like it better. However, I'm still seeing ads on the right side and embedded in posts, even though I thought I have turned off the ads. I particularly hate the ads within someone's post.

 

[Janet H]

I particularly hate the ads within someone's post.

You need to be logged in....

 

[ert01]

For Tapatalk users, I have been trying to log in to the forum via Tapatalk since this post started and with no luck. Today I figured out that I had to delete the old SMBforum from my "Following" list and do a new search for sportsmobileforum and a new entry came up and I was able to log into that one.(It has the new SMB Forum logo on it)

Hopefully this works for others.

That did the trick for me! Thanks for that tip!

 

[Steve_382]

Seems like most of the images from pre upgrade posts are much smaller than before. The trip reports all have much smaller photos than I recall. Could be partly due to the right side of the page being taken up by ads.

 

[ert01]

What's the difference between the HOME button in the top bar and the SPORTSMOBILE FORUM button? The both take me to the same homescreen...

 

[trailsurfer]

How do you search and open individual members galleries? I miss the feature of the option of opening a members gallery directly from one of their posts or profile.

 

[Janet H]

What's the difference between the HOME button in the top bar and the SPORTSMOBILE FORUM button? The both take me to the same homescreen...

Right now they are the same. Down the road we hope to have a more expanded home page with features and articles.

 

[Janet H]

How do you search and open individual members galleries? I miss the feature of the option of opening a members gallery directly from one of their posts or profile.

Right now you can find a members albums/gallery by clicking on their profile. There is a drop down menu from their username next to every post they make (see below) with a link to the profile. In the coming days we should have a direct link on that drop down to their albums.

 

[REF]

Thanks for the tapatalk suggestion, it worked, deleted old and loaded new. On another note, I may have missed instructions on this but is there a "timeline" button in the works? Would be nice to have one in the header next to "new posts", I've been using the "new posts" button but not the same, also would be nice to get the "participated" button back in the header, a nice way to shortcut getting to threads and conversations you've been involved in. Any word on restoring our saved "subscribed" or "following" posts from before the swap over?

 

[rallypanam]

I am not sure but you can click edit images to add info. I'll look into the file name issues but am not hopeful.

So since I don't see any follow up, I'm assuming all the picture captions are gone forever? That's unfortunate.

 

[Pschitt]

Sure. Take a look at this post : http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=148073&postcount=18

You'll notice that in the same thread, other posts normaly display images...

Many thanks for all the work you're doing to make this forum better !

Any news about missing images in some threads?

Is it a way to edit old thread to correct some errors that happened due to the forum change?