UG Forum updates, etc

[mugzy]

Toward the end of the week we will be making some changes to improve the forum. There will be some changes to speed up the forum, improve user experience with mobile devices such as making the fonts a little bigger and maybe adding a couple of modifications. Most users will notice nothing.

Thank you

 

[ATLRigger]

i hope y'all upgrade to a more robust server than Cloudflare to improve site speed.

 

[mugzy]

i hope y'all upgrade to a more robust server than Cloudflare to improve site speed.

Cloudflare is a content delivery network to (CDN) which is a network of proxy centers to improve speed worldwide. Do you have another suggestion? Is cloudflare specifically causing you issues? Thank you for the feedback.

 

[ATLRigger]

I haven't been a {web} developer in three or four years, so I'm out of touch, but...
cloudflare isn't a true CDN. It's more of a reverse proxy that serves cached versions of a site from different locations.
I used MaxCDN. Amazon Cloudfront is another option.
The last forum I did MOD work was when I worked at PelicanParts.com, which had about 2 million unique visits/years.
Fee free to DM me if you wish to chat more.

 

[ATLRigger]

https://www.stackpath.com/products/ddos-protection/

 

[Deadhead]

Thanks for putting in work

 

[Gibsonator]

can you look into fixing where you can manage attachments?
a lot of us have issues uploading pics.
not enough space available to upload new pics.
I for instance cannot delete older attachments in order to have space to upload new ones.
I think more people would upload pics if it wasn't so much trouble.

 

[BrotherIron]

Excited for the changes but I'm alredy impressed.

 

[BigSwolePump]

Appreciate the time that you put into the board for us. Thanks

 

[mugzy]

can you look into fixing where you can manage attachments?
a lot of us have issues uploading pics.
not enough space available to upload new pics.
I for instance cannot delete older attachments in order to have space to upload new ones.
I think more people would upload pics if it wasn't so much trouble.

I'm having a look into this.

 

[HydroEJP88]

Thanks for the update and the work put into our home

 

[ATLRigger]

can you look into fixing where you can manage attachments?
a lot of us have issues uploading pics.
not enough space available to upload new pics.
I for instance cannot delete older attachments in order to have space to upload new ones.
I think more people would upload pics if it wasn't so much trouble.

In the meantime, here's a temporary solution:
1) Upload ur pics to Google Drive, or DropBox, or some online cloud storage.
2) when you go to add a pic to this forum, simply choose (from URL) instead of (from computer)

 

[CJ]

Can we drop the colors that hurt my eyeballs? :32 (6):

 

[German89]

Can we drop the colors that hurt my eyeballs? :32 (6):

Which are?
Rose pink?
Red?

but not orange?

 

[Sicwun88]

Sounds good!!!

 

[mugzy]

Some things are happening however you should really notice very little difference. Mostly background changes.

Mobile devices may notice some cleanup.

 

[Rhino99]

In the meantime, here's a temporary solution:
1) Upload ur pics to Google Drive, or DropBox, or some online cloud storage.
2) when you go to add a pic to this forum, simply choose (from URL) instead of (from computer)

I use imgbb
https://imgbb.com/

 

[Rhino99]

Id like to just throw this out while you have someone working on the site:

1. Find out why the edit tab comes and goes at will. Commonly you can only edit a post for 15 minutes. This prevents arguments because a user goes back and changes a post.

2. maybe change that we have to have had a post within 2 days to post in certain threads. Sometimes i get busy and dont get a chance to post for a couple of days then want to contribute something but cant.

 

[mugzy]

Id like to just throw this out while you have someone working on the site:

1. Find out why the edit tab comes and goes at will

2. maybe change that we have to have had a post within 2 days to post in certain threads. Sometimes i get busy and dont get a chance to post for a couple of days then want to contribute something but cant.

1. I will look into the edit thing.

2. The post in two days only applies to one section of the forum. You can post in the other 96% of the forum.

 

[Rhino99]

Thank you.

I do know about it being 1 section, Murphy's law dictates it's always that section, lol