YourMicro.com Site Upgrade Update

[yourmicro]

As you've probably noticed, we have successfully upgraded to vBulletin v3.6.0! We ended up having to set up a second server to do the database munging and then copy it back over, in order to not take down the other sites; only issue was that we were forced to roll back to an earlier backup for the upgrade to work, so posts since Sunday AM were lost. You'll see that we've got the default skin at the moment, because we wanted the forums to be online for posting as soon as possible, but don't worry, we will of course be applying the new UI to the Forums! Thanks for your patience during the upgrade, and get ready for a number of exciting new enhancements! :)

[alfred]

Im loving it already man.....looks awesome....love the new features.:)

[hockeypux19]

Frickin sweet!!!

[Roelof]

Call me old fasion but I did like the old forums......
Beside that it seems a bit slowly.

[alfred]

It seems like the mods have more control, like in peoples avatars....i noticed that yesterday that only mods are the ones allowed to upload an avatar for members. Which is good.................Keeps the content nice and clean.

[Silver Supra]

And on that note, thanks for changing my avatar for me Alf. If you go to "User CP", then to "Edit Options", then all the way to the bottom, you can change the forum skin. The one at the bottom of the list is the one that's in the good 'ol YM colours.

[Xtant3150c]

Yah man great job on the new layout!!!:cool:

I am glad to see the manage attachments button for sure!;)

[alfred]

Yeah i also love that feature......post counts may not be so high but its nice to have it.......

[yourmicro]

Frickin sweet!!!

Thanks guys; as you can see, it's still in progress, but it's coming along! :) :cool:

[alfred]

Do your thing Dave, im really digging the new look.:D

[microRS4guy]

one thing i want to ask about is. are the forums going to take up the hole browser page in the future? on my screne they are only taking up about half of the browser page right now. is that just my pc or is everyone noticing that

[hpidriver]

Call me old fasion but I did like the old forums......
Beside that it seems a bit slowly.
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(i have to add this because now there is a 10 character minimum)

[homer]

Very nice...

btw, is it me or are the loading times of the pages of YM a tad longer than the old layout?

[alfred]

I dont seem to have that problem buddy.......mine loads up just as fast as the older version.:D

[alfred]

Did you check your screen resolution......mines set at 1280 by 800, and it looks fine to me.

[microRS4guy]

alfred- my screen resolution is the same as it was for te old yourmicro. it just has a bunch of empty white space on the right side

[microRS4guy]

as you can see im my screen shot. the right of the page is all white

[alfred]

I just want all the members to know that the space to the right will be used to put information and ads.........so thats why that space is blank........

[pomme de terre]

The right side for me is very wide so the forum is kind of squished to one side. Is this normal?

[Namuna]

The "squished" forums is because the right side is soon to be filled with more YM content! :)

[alfred]

If it bothers you then just go to the bottom of the screen and on the left hand side you can switch the format version to two.

[alfred]

This is what version 2 looks like.....a much fuller screen if you dont like the new one at all then just switch.;)

[oXYnary]

I just want all the members to know that the space to the right will be used to put information and ads.........so thats why that space is blank........

Thats a huge amount of space. Oh I know revenue and all, but putting it on the left would help "fit" ads to a certain proportion while leaving the rest of the browser to fill up however big the user has the window. If you put them to the right, you are automatically stopping how large the forums can be expanded.

[alfred]

I really dont have anything to do with it, i asked Dave and thats just what he told me. I like the new look and the features, way better then the old forum.

[yourmicro]

Thats a huge amount of space. Oh I know revenue and all, but putting it on the left would help "fit" ads to a certain proportion while leaving the rest of the browser to fill up however big the user has the window. If you put them to the right, you are automatically stopping how large the forums can be expanded.

oXYnary, how do you like it now that some of the content has been added? Can you explain what you mean RE left/right - the site will always expand to fill 92% of your screen regardless of resolution, and any space not used by the fixed width sidebar is allocated to the Forums. :)

[alfred]

I am so liking the look now........

[yourmicro]

I am so liking the look now........

:D :D :D Obviously there's still some polishing to be done etc. but thanks for the positive feedback, makes all the hard work worth it! :)