New Features introduced with vBulletin 4.1.7

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Well, that was a busy three days! It's really easy to install a "generic" version of vBulletin, but it's a lot of work to customize it.

The new vBulletin 4.1.7 is a very mature product. It has so many new features. For example, while typing this message I saw the autosave feature alert me that my draft had beed saved. This means that if my browser crashes or my cat walks on my keyboard and erases everything I wrote, I can get it back and it won't be lost. That has been a huge frustration for lots of folks in many forums all over the internet. It's a great new feature.

And now we can embed videos!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH8ObibNCoo

Just click on the "Insert Video" icon up there next to the "Insert Image" icon.

Oh, and this new comment box I'm typing is is a lot better than previous verions.

Well, that's it. Gotta get this posted. I need to browse around the site to ensure everything is working properly. Please send me a PM if you see any anomalies, or if you have suggestions for features you'd like to see added. And on that note, the link to the Bible Database is due to a request by Kathryn. So speak up if you want any features added to this site! I'd love to provide any service I can.

:signthankspin:

[Richard Amiel McGough]

This is a great new feature. How many times have you accidentally closed your browser or navigated away and lost your post? We now have two safeguards against that. First, there is the autosave, and second there is the confirmation dialog. To see it in action, begin typing a message and then hit the back arrow on your browser. I just did it. It works great. And I just saw the autosave notification. Of course, that shows how slowling I'm typing. Part of the reason is that I've been coding for three days non-stop and that wears out a 52 year old brain, but the other reason is these sentences are rather long and it would take a speed typist half a year just to keep up without the autosave going off for the third time in this one post! Uh ... well ... you know what I mean!

[Richard Amiel McGough]

The comment box (in which I am writing this post), does not have the kinds of IE 9 bugs that I saw in the 3.8.6 version.

It aslo has superscript and subscript! A mathematicians dream! And Physicists love it too!

e = mc2!

Wow! I can finally type it in my own forum! Will wonders never cease?

The autosave just notified me ... :specool:

And the night rolls on ...

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Here's a bug I need to fix today. The "indent" code does not work properly. It doesn't put any space before or after the indented text:

This is some text before the indent.

This is some indented text.

This is some text after the indent.

And if you add your own spaces before and after, the software usually removes them for you! How nice ... :mad:

So don't panic - the Forum Mechanic is on the job.:typing:

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Here's a great new feature of the comment edit box, called CKEditor:



We
can
lay


out
our
stuff


in
tables
:thumb:




Just click the Table icon on the bottom left of the icon list in the editor.

You can learn more about the CKEditor here.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry.php/2480-vBulletin-4-1-4-The-new-all-new-WYSIWYG-text-editor-powered-by-CKEditor

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Here's a bug I need to fix today. The "indent" code does not work properly. It doesn't put any space before or after the indented text:

This is some text before the indent.
This is some indented text.

This is some text after the indent.

And if you add your own spaces before and after, the software usually removes them for you! How nice ... :mad:

So don't panic - the Forum Mechanic is on the job.:typing:
I did a little hack to fix the indent problem. I styled the div tag so it has a top and bottom margin of 15px if it is found in the post content section. Now it works.

[kathryn]

Hi Richard...thanks for putting in that link to the database. I was wondering...I just tried it, thinking it would solve the problem of having to leave the post I'm working on to get a link. I wrote half of my post, went to get the link and my post was gone. Could you tell me how to do this properly? Thank you!

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hi Richard...thanks for putting in that link to the database. I was wondering...I just tried it, thinking it would solve the problem of having to leave the post I'm working on to get a link. I wrote half of my post, went to get the link and my post was gone. Could you tell me how to do this properly? Thank you!
Hey there Kathryn,

Are you sure your post was gone? I set it up so that when you click the link it is supposed to open in a new tab (or window). Maybe your post was still there on another tab?

What browser are you using? If it's not too old, it should have "tabs" across the top so you can have many different pages open at the same time.

In any case, if you ever lose your post, you don't need to start over because if you go back and click "reply" again, you will see a link in the lower left corner of the Editor (the box you type your comment in) that says "Restore Auto-Saved Content." Click that, and your previous post will reappear! I used this feature today. It's really cool.

:specool:

[Twospirits]

Here's a great new feature of the comment edit box, called CKEditor:



We
can
lay


out
our
stuff


in
tables
:thumb:




Just click the Table icon on the bottom left of the icon list in the editor.

You can learn more about the CKEditor here.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entry.php/2480-vBulletin-4-1-4-The-new-all-new-WYSIWYG-text-editor-powered-by-CKEditor


Hi Richard,

I tried to click on "tables," "rows" and "columns" at several different times. None of them work. Any suggestions? All other icons seem to work okay.

God bless---Twospirits

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hi Richard,

I tried to click on "tables," "rows" and "columns" at several different times. None of them work. Any suggestions? All other icons seem to work okay.

God bless---Twospirits
Good morning Henry, :tea:

What browser are you using? There are some known issues with the new comment editor and various browsers.

vBulletin just released anothe update that is supposed to fix some of the bugs. Man, just moderating and maintaining a forum sure can become a fulf time job!

All the best,

Richrd

[Twospirits]

Good morning Henry,

What browser are you using? There are some known issues with the new comment editor and various browsers.

vBulletin just released anothe update that is supposed to fix some of the bugs. Man, just moderating and maintaining a forum sure can become a fulf time job!

Good afternoon Richard, :yo:

As a rule I use Google. I tried a few different browsers, MSN and Bing, but none helped.

Thanks for the info. Hope they can fix the bugs, they would be great to use. You are doing a great job!

God bless---Twospirits

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Good afternoon Richard, :yo:

As a rule I use Google. I tried a few different browsers, MSN and Bing, but none helped.

Thanks for the info. Hope they can fix the bugs, they would be great to use. You are doing a great job!

God bless---Twospirits

Ah ... those are the "Search Engines" you use. When I asked about your browser, I meant Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox (FF) or Chrome, or some such. And when you check, you can click on the Help > About (or something like that) to find the version number like IE 8.1 or FF 3.6 or whatever. That will help me debug your problem.

The tables are really cool!

And you can use them without using the "table" button if you don't mind writing a few tags like this:




Hey

there



Henry!

:icon_hello:





To do this, you will want to click the "Switch Editor to Source mode" button in the upper left corner of the editor.

It will then look like this when posted:



Hey
there



Henry!
:icon_hello:




You can just copy/paste the code and use it as a template if you want. Just replace the text I wrote with what you wrote.

Of course, it would be a lot better to find a solution, so please send me the version info of your browser so I can dig into it.

Thanks!

Richard

[Twospirits]

Ram wrote,

Ah ... those are the "Search Engines" you use. When I asked about your browser, I meant Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox (FF) or Chrome, or some such. And when you check, you can click on the Help > About (or something like that) to find the version number like IE 8.1 or FF 3.6 or whatever. That will help me debug your problem.


Always did get messed up with internet terms and the use of computers. :lol: When it comes to computers I---well you know what I mean.

Okay what I have now and use is Firefox 3.6. I also have IE 9.0 but use Firefox daily, so I hope this helps.

And thanks for what your doing, I really appreciate it. Thanks for the template I'll copy/paste and save it.

God bless---Twospirits

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Always did get messed up with internet terms and the use of computers. :lol: When it comes to computers I---well you know what I mean.

Okay what I have now and use is Firefox 3.6. I also have IE 9.0 but use Firefox daily, so I hope this helps.

And thanks for what your doing, I really appreciate it. Thanks for the template I'll copy/paste and save it.

God bless---Twospirits
I know how you feel about computers. Don't blame you one bit! Try making a living with them and see how you feel. Here's a couple of my favorite icons for you:

:break: :smash:


As for your problem with tables - could you pop open IE 9 and see if it works? And how about upgrading to the latest version of Firefox? It's pretty fast and easy. If the problem persists after that, I'll dig in deeper. I like squishing bugs, but if simple updates fix the problem that's even better.

OH, and some of the bugs in the editor were fixed in the latest upgrade to the forum software. I just did the HUGE update from 3.8.6 to 4.1.7 and the next day they put out 4.1.8. So I'll wait a couple days to review the reports of those who are using it to see if there are any new egregious bugs introduced in their attempt to eliminate the old egregious bugs ... :mad: ... but it's all good. The more you do it the better you get. It's as much an art as a science.

[Twospirits]

Ram wrote,

As for your problem with tables - could you pop open IE 9 and see if it works? And how about upgrading to the latest version of Firefox? It's pretty fast and easy. If the problem persists after that, I'll dig in deeper. I like squishing bugs, but if simple updates fix the problem that's even better.

Hi Richard,

Yes I tried IE 9, didn't work. After I read your post, I upgraded my Firefox to 8.0 and still the table, rows and column icons are not working.

It seems these are not compatible with my computer.

Anyone else out there have this problem?

God bless---Twospirits

[heb13-13]

I know how you feel about computers. Don't blame you one bit! Try making a living with them and see how you feel. Here's a couple of my favorite icons for you:

:break: :smash:


As for your problem with tables - could you pop open IE 9 and see if it works? And how about upgrading to the latest version of Firefox? It's pretty fast and easy. If the problem persists after that, I'll dig in deeper. I like squishing bugs, but if simple updates fix the problem that's even better.

OH, and some of the bugs in the editor were fixed in the latest upgrade to the forum software. I just did the HUGE update from 3.8.6 to 4.1.7 and the next day they put out 4.1.8. So I'll wait a couple days to review the reports of those who are using it to see if there are any new egregious bugs introduced in their attempt to eliminate the old egregious bugs ... :mad: ... but it's all good. The more you do it the better you get. It's as much an art as a science.

Richard, this is for you in honor of all your hard work and grit needed to get through all the problems.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkLq1j1kOaU

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Richard, this is for you in honor of all your hard work and grit needed to get through all the problems.

Thanks for the morning smiles Rick! As a technical guy, you know the buggy mess that lies under the hood of most software, especially web software that has to work with dozens of versions of the major browsers, each with their own set of bugs! But there is a certain sense of satisfaction that comes with making it all work, especially when thousands of conversations begin to buzz and bloom ...

[heb13-13]

Oh yeah, I'm pulling my hair our right now with a Web Dispatcher I am trying to configure to load balance Java App Servers. Throw some SSL certificates on top of that and a requirement to be able to communicate outside the firewall into Internet land and you have a real recipe for craziness (ensuring that everything is secure).

:anim_32: Here's to ya, bro.