Should We Move To A New Forum Platform?

[ArdWrknTrk]

Funny!

I did have to create a stronger password, but I certainly didn't have any Captcha.

I would have noped right out if I saw that.  

[BigBrother-84]

Well, I’m even stuck on the “Contact us” page.

[Gary Lewis]

Jim - I see you made it in.

Jeff - I created a new member for you and you should have an email through which you can create a p/w and get in.

[85lebaront2]

I just did also.

[Gary Lewis]

Bill - Did you have any problems getting in?  What were the steps?

And, now that you are in how 'bout posting?  Try to include a picture.  See what the options are for fancy editing.  Add a Youtube.  Just see if you like it.

[Gary Lewis]

And now you can log in to the forum via the New Bullnose Test Forum menu item at the top of the page.  But you can still get to the forum outside of the website, which we don't want because you won't have the menu to allow you to get to the documentation.

So we are working on resolving that issue.  Meanwhile please test!

[BigBrother-84]

Gary Lewis wrote

Jeff - I created a new member for you and you should have an email through which you can create a p/w and get in.

Wow, I finally was able to get in!  But what a journey!

Gary, I never received such email.  So I tried to create an account using different settings (screen name, passwords, email address).
I finally was able to create "BigBro2", received the confirmation email, and it was done.

Once inside, I tried to log in with "BigBrother-84", but since I didn't know the default p/w, I wasn't.
So I clicked "forgot my password", I received an email, I entered a new p/w, and done!

Can you delete BigBro2?  Or should I keep this second account just in case, for testing purposes?

[Gary Lewis]

Jeff - Sorry you had such a problem.  

But I'm glad you got in, finally.  And you didn't know the password because I didn't set one.  You were supposed to get an email allowing you to set one.  Obviously I don't know why you didn't get one.  

But I did delete BigBro2.  And I see that you tried to establish BigBro but the system says you canceled it.

Now that you are in PLEASE test the system.  Try posting pics.  Put your Youtube up.  Check out the editing abilities.

[BigBrother-84]

Gary Lewis wrote

Now that you are in PLEASE test the system.  Try posting pics.  Put your Youtube up.  Check out the editing abilities.

You bet, I'm gonna have fun and warm up the engine!

First impression...  The welcoming is a bit cold.


I get this message here and there, when playing in my account settings:


And sometimes it just says «Go away!».

Ok ok...  I won't insist.


EDIT:
• When I click "close", it kicks me out and I just get a blank page.  Have to refresh to get back.
• Even if I just try to sing out, I get this message.

[Gary Lewis]

That's Chris/ckuske playing with how we can keep people from logging onto the direct site.  We don't want them going there because if they do they won't have the menus that get them to the documentation.  And since it looks identical to getting there via the webpage they will be confused.

So he is trying to figure out how to keep them from going there.

[BigBrother-84]

LOL!
This operation is successful.  So much that there won't be a lot of members long staying in this so welcoming community.

[BigBrother-84]

Hahaha!

I just cannot get in this forum now.

«Go Away!»

[Gary Lewis]

Scroll up and click on New Bullnose Test Forum.  That's where we want you to go.

[BigBrother-84]

OK.

But once in the forum, any button I click gives me this message:


I'll give some time to Chris and will comme back later.  Anyway, it's dinner time now.

[Gary Lewis]

Yeah, I'm getting the same thing.  Kinda offputting, right?  I've told Chris about it.

[Gary Lewis]

Chris took the code out for now.  So test it out, please!

[ckuske]

You guys need to get on board with the developer humor. Sheesh.

[Gary Lewis]

Yes, it was certainly funny when I first saw it:

But when it popped up when I was trying to post:

Still, having done a bit of coding myself, I see the humor in it even when this time it bites me.  And I also see the huge possibilities it represents.

[ckuske]

Bugs can be justified as “gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet”..

Seriously though, I’ll try to figure out a decent way to have a “test mode” for this functionality that only people that know about it can activate for now.

[Gary Lewis]

Not worried about it.  We need to figure out how to redirect people to the embedded version or they will be lost w/o the menu.  We already know that InVision works as a forum platform so while I want people to test so we don't have surprises down the road, I'm confident that they are going to find that it works.

So I'm happy to be the guinea pig to test "redirects" as you come up with them.  And I'm ever so thankful that you are doing it.