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We are going to be shutting this forum down shortly (today, Fri Dec 9th) and upgrading to some new forum software. This forum will be available as reference, but will be locked down.

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You will need to re-register in the new forum. Thanks for your patience and understanding thru this transition.

See you on the flip-side.
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  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    woohoo, new forum software. i'm just testing it out ...

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    Whoop, very slick.
    I see you can't send whispers on here anymore. Private messages instead i assume?

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    Also my repair thread has vanished!

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    prj-

    no more whispers, there is a new direct messaging feature.

    when did you post your repair thread? were you doing that today? or was this an ongoing older thread?

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    it was a week or something old, but had been posted in today. in my profile section it says chris posted a response but when i click to go to the thread the page is blank.

    It was in the repairs section, looks like only the general section has been transferred over so far?

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    sorry about that ... not sure why it didn't get pulled in with the rest of the import i did this morning

    i'll look into it. in the meantime, could you just restart the thread. thanks

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    yeah no worries.
    cheers justin

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • kiteboarderkiteboarder November 2010
    Posts: 563

    Hey Justin! This is like a Facebook Firewire. Firewire Facebook. Firebook. Facewire. FaceFire... Hehe. At least the sign-in was.

    Signatures... Yay!!!

    -Danny

    FW Retro Quadfish 5'6" - RF Spitfire 5'8" - RF Stealth 6'0"
  • JVSouthCoastJVSouthCoast November 2010
    Posts: 37

    Good to see FW has a continuous improvement approach. Questions - how do I access discussions that I have bveen following i.e. Deviant Fin? Do the categories still exist eg AddVance which I follow?. Thanks

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    the deviant fin is under "technology"

    http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/forum.php#/discussion/242/the-deviant-fin/

    everything should still exist ... just moved around ... trying looking in categories in the right side column ... sorry for the confusion

  • JVSouthCoastJVSouthCoast November 2010
    Posts: 37

    I can see only two categories on the right hand side - All Discussions and General. J

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    JV, really?! something is up then ... i see about 20 categories ... okay hang in there, i'm testing

    thanks for your patience

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    JV ... refresh the page and look again ... i fixed that issue ... you should see all the categories now

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    prjwebb .... i'm betting you can find your repairs thread now?

  • JVSouthCoastJVSouthCoast November 2010
    Posts: 37

    Sweet as - works fine now thanks.

  • corepersonaltrainingcorepersonaltraining November 2010
    Posts: 681

    hey justin....no link back to the website home page etc like old forum...handy for cross-referencing and so on...or maybe its just not showing on my laptop...running firefox...

    dave

    6 foot...85-90kg...30+ years surfing . . . FLEXFIRE 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 and others (mostly nev's)

  • corepersonaltrainingcorepersonaltraining November 2010
    Posts: 681

    also, maybe a way to have out vital statistics on our profile instead of a sig, so not to clutter threads...

    and are we limited to "bold, italic and header" when coding??

    wannabe geek dave

    6 foot...85-90kg...30+ years surfing . . . FLEXFIRE 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 and others (mostly nev's)

  • justo82justo82 November 2010
    Posts: 450

    good stuff!!!

    only one problem I've found and that is I can't view the forums on my iphone (so much easier than turning on the computer). Well, I can read about 3-4 posts on each thread but can't go between pages, or sc

    6'3" - 90kg - Perth WA - 600 Spitfire - 606 DD Flexfire - 606 Random Fish - 602 Rusty C5 Hipster - 605 Byrne Shortboard - 610 Tufflite Fun Gun - Only Board I use ever --> RF Spitfire
  • OxOx November 2010
    Posts: 358

    I like everything about the new forum, but I don't like that you cannot automatically see the pictures. You have to click on the link to open the picture. I liked it better when you would open the discussion and there would be a BIG OL' picture of Nev doing some crazy sh@t and/or a picture of Iggy riding his board in the snow somewhere. That is my one and only complaint. Maybe it is my computer though. Is this going to be the norm?

    R.I.P. Andy Irons
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    Corepersonaltraining:

    to access the forum within the structure of the Firewire website go here:
    http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/forum.php

    i'll look into options for better displaying personal info ... but for now, the sig area will work

    justo82:

    to access the forum for mobile phones/devices go here:
    http://www.firewiresurfboards.com/forum/


    email notification links are still a little screwy ... i'm working on resolving that

    Ox ... i'm in complete agreement with you ... i can't stand the fact that the pictures aren't immediately viewable ... that's something i'm actively working on

    thanks all for the input

  • OxOx November 2010
    Posts: 358

    Thanks, Justin. Keep up the good work.

    R.I.P. Andy Irons
  • corepersonaltrainingcorepersonaltraining November 2010
    Posts: 681

    thanks justin....

    and ox..i thought pics were reduced so people didn't have to see me in a bikini..!!..

    6 foot...85-90kg...30+ years surfing . . . FLEXFIRE 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 and others (mostly nev's)

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    Ox-

    i've been talking with the forum software devs and they clued me in to making images appear inline ... when you click "attach a file", "select file" and after it uploads .. there's an "INSERT IMAGE" button ... if you click that it will insert the image inline ... like soimage

    Attachments
    		 TajHeli-Montage-copy.jpg 82K
  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    Also if you have the image on facebook or photobucket or flickr etc you can just put the link inside the [IMG] and [/ IMG] tags

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    another way to track discussions ... if you're in the 'discussions' view ... all the way right, there is an outline of a star ... star that and in your activity it will keep a list of what's going on in discussions you are watching

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    I've got a lot if posts saying November 2009 Justin.
    Does the clock need tweaking or is it something I need to do in my profile?

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • OxOx November 2010
    Posts: 358

    I have clicked on the star and commented on a number of posts, but I never receive email notifications anymore.  When I come to the forum home page, I do have a red indication sign over my inbox tab, but that is as far as it goes at notifying me.     

    R.I.P. Andy Irons
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    email notifications seem to not be working. 


    the best way for now is to star a discussion and login and look for the red indicator over your inbox tab.

    it's a pisser, i'm working on it. 

    prj - thanks for the nov 2009 comment, i'll look into that.

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    It seems to be loads of different dates depending on who has posted. Strange

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • TopherTopher November 2010
    Posts: 79

    To go back a page I always have to click back twice, first time the screen jumps up or down to where the page first opened, then oinly if i hit back again will i go back to a previous page. 

    Only site/forum that does this. 

  • davedave November 2010
    Posts: 37

    gotta ask but why change the look of the forum?I liked it the way it was.Dont fix what isnt broken i say

  • prjwebbprjwebb November 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    hey Justin, just to update, the random times seem to only be on my iphone. on my laptop it's fine.

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • chrischris November 2010
    Posts: 4,998

    just wait.   give it a little time, let justin work his magic and pretty soon you'll be claiming it.  

    I am the fastest way to Firewire Zen. Ask and you shall receive...
    (6'0/175lbs/28/SoCal - 502PT/508DM/508SP/508SR/509FY/510MB/600AR/602FE)
  • chrischris November 2010
    Posts: 4,998

    i have been posting TOO MUCH and i already am digging this one.  

    I am the fastest way to Firewire Zen. Ask and you shall receive...
    (6'0/175lbs/28/SoCal - 502PT/508DM/508SP/508SR/509FY/510MB/600AR/602FE)
  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    guys, thanks for your patience, i'm working on this stuff

  • JustinJustin November 2010
    Posts: 105

    devtest3

  • OxOx November 2010
    Posts: 358

    That should be the name of the next Firewire surfboard model "devtest" 


     


    I just keep seeing the name so much it started sounding cool to me. 

    R.I.P. Andy Irons
  • iggyiggy November 2010
    Posts: 1,303

    Finally!!!!! I'm back muhahahahaha. Solved my problem by login on my PC through the option of loging in for mobile devices, this solved the issue for me.


    Why did you guys decided to change the forum "format"???.

    165cms 75-80Kgs. Potatoe 5'6",spit 5'8",dom 5'10",quadra 6'0",flexfire 6'2",flexflight 9'0"
  • MeddleMeddle November 2010
    Posts: 30

    I'd really like a way from the discussions page to jump to the last post / page of posts.  Right now in threads I'm following with multiple pages I have to click the thread and then click the last page number to see the latest posts.

  • iggyiggy November 2010
    Posts: 1,303

    No more email notifixatioms when peoplenwrite on threads you are folliwing or bookmarked??

    165cms 75-80Kgs. Potatoe 5'6",spit 5'8",dom 5'10",quadra 6'0",flexfire 6'2",flexflight 9'0"
  • markpmarkp December 2010
    Posts: 1,287

    we're working with the developers to resolve that. that's the only thing I miss. you can check discussions from time to time and see who posted last on a particular thread, but its not as good as the notifications. hope to have a solution soon. 

  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    Iggy, we changed the format because a newer "better" version of the forum software was released ... it's worth staying up to date on software releases like that as they are usually plug security holes and offer better features. however, as is obvious, things aren't always perfect. all in all, i think this forum is superior to what we had. i'm still learning how certain things work, such as the notifications issue ... which i've been trying to track down. 


    Meddle, i hear what you're saying, i'll look into it, although it won't be right away. 

  • dopedsdopeds December 2010
    Posts: 22

    at the categorys section on the right is no link to the sweet potato and two links to the spitfire. can you please fix that.

  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    dopeds .. that is all auto generated ... try searching in the search box for sweet potato

  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    DEVTEST

  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    can anyone else please post a quick test post? thanks - J

  • prjwebbprjwebb December 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    hey justin, bit of a small thing but worth mentioning, i've got a yellow unread symbol next to the sweet potato thread even though i've checked it a few times to try and get rid of it. not sure why that's happening. 

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    use whiteout? :D

  • JustinJustin December 2010
    Posts: 105

    prj


    if you're talking about the star next to the thread in the conversations view, that's the "bookmark/follow' symbol, you should be able to just click/uncheck that

    if not, then just ignore it for the time being. 

    we're working furiously on getting the general email notifications working ... i'll look into all this smaller stuff after that's complete

    thanks for your patience

    J

  • OxOx December 2010
    Posts: 358

    The unsung heroes.  Thanks, Justin, for trying to make the forum a more user friendly place.  Just a quick note, I sometimes have a issues while writing in the comment box.  The page will freeze up on me while I write in a comment or if I try to go back and edit a specific comment it won't let me.  Not everytime, but more times than not.  I thought it might be my computer, but it happens on my PC, my laptop, and other people's computers too.  All with the same outcome. 

    R.I.P. Andy Irons
  • prjwebbprjwebb December 2010
    Posts: 2,177

    It seems like there's an auto save while you're typing a reply Ox, maybe it's that.

    I don't mean the follow star Justin, just the '1 New' bit next to an unread topic. As I said it's not a big deal. Keep up the good work!

    6'0" 170lbs
    6'2" x 18.44" x 2.38" Taj
    6'0" x 18.81" x 2.38" Taj CBD
    5'8" x 19.25" x 2.31" Sub Scorcher
    5'8" x 20.00" x 2.38" Spitfire RF
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