Marc Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Hey all If you're reading this then the upgrade has been successful! There have been a fair number of changes in this upgrade, and here they are. The forum software is new (obviously). We have cleaned up and removed some older forums that weren't being used. The topics have been merged into other more relevant forums, so all the data still exists. We have also shuffled around the forums to better reflect the state of the industry today (ie. the jobs forums are higher up and have more prominence; the Houdini forums have been reorganised and renamed; etc.) Some new forums have been created ie. http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?/forum/66-education/ http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?/forum/68-pipeline/ They seem fairly self explanatory . In addition to the forum upgrades, we've rolled out a new blog on our home page. There are quite a few new things to read, and it's been well maintained by Leo (thanks Leo ). If you feel like you have a journalistic bent, then please let us know, we'd love for you to be a part of the new homepage. There is also a completely new gallery. It's been written from the ground up to be simpler, easier to use and hopefully faster. Please make use of it to show off all your amazing images that you create in Houdini. It will be activated in a few days time. And last but not least, in the next few days the wiki will be replaced by a completely new wiki. We've converted all the mediawiki pages to dokuwiki. Dokuwiki is easier to use, and more importantly not a complete mess like mediawiki is. So there you are. It's a complete overhaul, I hope you enjoy it. All the changes have been made with you in mind, to make things easier to find, easier to read and hopefully easier to contribute. od|force is one of the finest communities on the net, so thanks for all your contributions, it's certainly nothing without you. Thanks and have fun! Marc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdg Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I like it! Got a fresh almost spring like feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarti Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 YAY !! Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kare Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Its looking gud and much faster., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarti Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 another thing : - i have in mind to upload on YT ( videos ) time after time small tips i used / discovered during my projects . since there isnt any 'tips-n-tricks' section , should i post them on 'Education' section or that is left for announcing commercial tutorials ? !thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetu Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Looking good, and the functionality feels great. Well done, and a big thank you for the long-term dedication! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_K Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Nice work guys! Really like the new look and added functionality. Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkinmonkey Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Congratulations for the new layout, I like it a lot... for now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik_JE Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Looking good Marc. I see you ditched the fixed width when going live. Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 - i have in mind to upload on YT ( videos ) time after time small tips i used / discovered during my projects . since there isnt any 'tips-n-tricks' section , should i post them on 'Education' section or that is left for announcing commercial tutorials ? The education forum is absolutely the perfect place to put those. You can also embed the videos into the posts you put up. Thanks M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryew Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 The new site is very slick, but seems to have more whitespace than before so less posts fit on a page without scrolling. I've run through my settings and don't see a way to change this (aside from shrinking my browser display, which will affect every webpage so is not an option I'm keen on) - is it possible to add an option to adjust spacing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarti Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 The education forum is absolutely the perfect place to put those. You can also embed the videos into the posts you put up. yes . the ability to embed videos and have those videos uploaded into a place where 'disk drive space isnt a problem' made me think about that like a very convenient way . thanks for clarifying the section's purpose too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanostol Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 it looks great, thanks for Your efforts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) The avatars in forum listings look good. Will take a couple days to get used to EDIT: Btw would be very cool if we could get certain amount of time before a post is marked for "edited". I think vb_bulletin forum allows 5 mins where editings will not be marked in that time after the post is created. Edited September 23, 2012 by magneto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomad Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The animation on the gif-animated avatar no longer works ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik_JE Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I just noticed a thing. When browsing View New Content and licking on a thread you get taken to the first post on Page 1. It would be good if it either kept track on what post was the last you read in the thread and jumped to the next or if it just jumped to the last page. I think i recall the last version of the foruming doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetu Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 When browsing View New Content and licking on a thread you get taken to the first post on Page 1. It would be good if it either kept track on what post was the last you read in the thread and jumped to the next or if it just jumped to the last page. I think i recall the last version of the foruming doing this. I noticed the same. Now you have to click the circle/star before the thread name to get to the newest unread post. I guess that's ok, just different. (although I would prefer the earlier behaviour, given a chance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magneto Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I also think the new threads should have a darker background, just the blue circle isn't very noticeable IMO. Also not sure if it's me but when I click the smiley icon in the editor, all I see is "missing image" icons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyei nightmare Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 but i miss the list of relevant or interesting topics of the past version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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