Today we have pushed out a new look with added  features to these areas.

Here is the Front page article for everyone to view:

http://www.renderosity.com/forum-contest-updates-cms-17384

If you have any issues you would like to report on either of these please list them here and we will work to answer your questions and or get any issues resolved as quickly as possible.

Thanks

Just wanted to share one of the new features. Sadly, we currently support only YouTube and Vimeo links.

This is HIDEOUS!  The forum thread listings are MASSIVE fonts.

Then, when you actually try to read a post, the text is so tiny it's unreadable.

And, as usual, the stupid icons are all MIA.

no issues other than "mark all read" reverts to current forum, rather than forum list.  plus I gotta refresh page to see my post.

giant layout and big text not worries, can reduce them, but it made me re-upload avatar so it wasn't widened. :crying:

I like how it allows bigger image posts.

the forum font is a bit on the large side perhaps but other than that, it seems ok at the moment.

Yes Miss Nancy I noticed that as well.  I will ask the Tech's to see if we can get that changed back to where it takes us back to the Forum list.

Thank you to the programmers for these updated and amazing forum changes. Awesome Awesome, I LOVE IT!!   These changes (like all others) are based on member feedback from survey's, forum requests, sitemail requests, emails, etc . Unfortunately no matter what there will always be some that don't like any changes and we understand but these changes were made based on mainly due to member feedback so we think that most will love them and that makes us very happy!!.  Sometimes it's a matter of getting used to new things but once given a chance it all turns good!!

Thanks again to our amazing programmers and to our amazing members who give great feedback and suggestions that allows us to continue to get better and better!!

I agree on the size of the blocks for each post in the forum is too large - on a monitor with a desktop it's overwhelming, though it probably looks good on a phone or tablet (where the body text of the thread itself may be too small). Some scalability, whether automatic or manual, would be helpful. The little icon next to each post or thread, however, is too fussy - if it's not just, as Glitterati says, that the icons are missing. In any event it makes it harder to sport the change from read to unread - a simple blob would be better.

Yes, a big THANK YOU THANK YOU!! I love the changes as well and appreciate all of their hard work and dedication! We have the greatest team and members anyone could ever ask for!!! LOVE RENDEROSITY!!!!

Just wanted to share one of the new features. Sadly, we currently support only YouTube and Vimeo links.

Love it!!!!

That post had two paragraphs in the entry box, it's posted as a single block of text. This is a second paragraph, separated by a blank line. This is a third paragraph, with no additional blank line after the second.

That post had two paragraphs in the entry box, it's posted as a single block of text.

This is a second paragraph, separated by a horizontal line.

This is a third paragraph, with an additional blank line.

@RHaseltine - if you are attempting to type HTML I'm stripping it. Just type your comment like you would in MS Word. If you want to insert a horizontal line use the line tool at the top of the editor.

in safari you scale it down using cmd-.

If you refresh your page you can see that we have enlarged the thumbs.

Good god, what in blazes happend? Why is everything so BIG. Fontsize 21 for the topictitles? Size 14 is large enough. The header in photography is messed up.

Good god, what in blazes happend? Why is everything so BIG. Fontsize 21 for the topictitles? Size 14 is large enough. The header in photography is messed up.

We will get the header cleaned up in that forum.

    Miss Nancy - Just wanted to let you know that we have corrected the Mark all Read issue.  It now takes you back to your Forum List.

o.k., thx fr that! works good here.

This is really terrible.

The large forum topic font makes it impossible to get an overview of the topics.

You no longer can use the same zoom factor for the thread list and the forum topics.

I wish you would actually use a modern PC with a large screen monitor to test these changes instead of a tablet of iPhone.

I was about to complain till I realized that the [Top Of Forum] button does what I wanted. But I still think that the 'breadcrumb trail' approach, e.g.

Forums > Community Center > Forum & Contest Module Changes

...is more useful.

And I'd still love to see a way to bookmark/link to a specific post

And I'd still love to see a way to bookmark/link to a specific post

Not a bad idea. I'll look into making this easier for you guys. Try to get it later today. It is possible now but you have to kinda know the anchor tags.  UPDATE: I added a 'Copy Link' button that will allow you to copy the link to that specific post. Then you can use that for whatever.

no issues other than "mark all read" reverts to current forum, rather than forum list.  plus I gotta refresh page to see my post.

giant layout and big text not worries, can reduce them, but it made me re-upload avatar so it wasn't widened. :crying:

I like how it allows bigger image posts.

If inside a specific forum the 'Mark All Read' now redirects back to the forum list page, if inside a thread the 'Mark All Read' redirects back to the parent forum thread listing page. The global 'Mark All Read' from the 'Manage' dropdown redirects back to the forum list page as well. 

A lot of the legacy code allowed weird sizes for avatar images, so we have to handle the different sizes by centering and zooming instead of scaling. Going forward, actually since a few months ago, avatars will resize down to 200px x 200px on upload. So if you have any weird avatar issues I recommend uploading a 200px x 200px for now until we get into the core platform and make this more apparent.

Also, you can now upload multiple images per posts!

Please say you are going to fix the sizing for the topic headers in the forums.  They make my eyes hurt, just too huge :-(

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2883672&#msg4178996

yea, it works!  thx fr that, BWS

Also, our signature lines, can they be put into a slightly different coloured area?  Right now they look like they are part of the posts, directly under.  Perhaps alter the CSS so that area is a lighter or darker colour?

That post had two paragraphs in the entry box, it's posted as a single block of text.

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This is a second paragraph, separated by a horizontal line.

This is a third paragraph, with an additional blank line.

@RHaseltine - if you are attempting to type HTML I'm stripping it. Just type your comment like you would in MS Word. If you want to insert a horizontal line use the line tool at the top of the editor.

No HTML, just one or two carriage returns between would-be paragraphs. It looks as if scripts from Renderosity and Google need to be allowed for the text box to accept multi-paragraph replies. We'll see if this post posts correctly (there doesn't appear to be a way to preview a post without actually posting). And now the text box isn't scrolling when I hit enter, until I type a character.

On a separate issue, it looks as if topics with unread replies have a coloured subject line have a coloured subject line and those which have no new replies have a white subject line. All well and good, but that means there's no longer a difference between visited and unvisited links. Better, to me, to have only a graphic marker for threads with new posts and to allow the browser's visited-link colour to serve as an indicator or threads that are being read.

Also, our signature lines, can they be put into a slightly different coloured area?  Right now they look like they are part of the posts, directly under.  Perhaps alter the CSS so that area is a lighter or darker colour?

@3d-Arena - We have given you the ability to change the text color and highlights though the text editor. We are trusting you guys not to go to crazy with it. If you want to change the color of your signature go edit it in your forum settings and change the color to whatever you desire, but please keep it under control. I hate lime green.

And I'd still love to see a way to bookmark/link to a specific post

Not a bad idea. I'll look into making this easier for you guys. Try to get it later today. It is possible now but you have to kinda know the anchor tags.  UPDATE: I added a 'Copy Link' button that will allow you to copy the link to that specific post. Then you can use that for whatever.

The new 'Copy Link' button was obviously working for a short while but it's now just a grey square (at least for me) - more info in this post... err... can't link to the post... so this thread... http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2883672&page_number=1  ;o)

Now of course I will absolutely have to use lime green ;-)

I don't like the behaviour of the "Quote" button - scrolling to the bottom of the page before opening the test entry box (But that's just a personal dislike - I bet there are people who love it!  ;o) 

Opening the text entry box just under the post you're quoting seems the most logical to me.

i posted a new thread to the Poser forum, but it isn't showing in the forum?

not sure where it went

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2885902

Yeah I don't see it either MistyLaraPrincess - but if you have the url so it should be there.  I will get them to look into it,

MistyLaraPrincess that ussue should now be corrected and you should be able to see your post. 

I don't suppose we could get a link to the latest post in a thread added?

It's really annoying to have to scroll down an entire page just to see that there's been one new post.

It can't be too hard to program, since just about every other forum on the internet has that feature...

just noticed BWS removed "speaker" button below admin posts.  should obviate any imbroglios

I already got to use it in poser forum!

It's a bad joke??? I see all forum as if i had make a BIG ZOOM. I don't change my pc.

And the horizontal scrollbar is always everywhere, except on the summary page...

Contest Entry Form - or not...

Looks good - nice and simple. Looks are deceptive - it would be nice if it actually worked...

Terragen Classic Theme Challenge - http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1416 ) and click on the blue 'Submit Entry' button. A nice easy entry submission page appears.

• I upload a thumbnail... no indication whether it's uploaded or failed.

• I upload my image... no indication whether it's uploaded or failed.

I assume that it's just not showing the filenames. So I type my description, and hit 'Submit Entry'.

The entry submission page is loaded again, blank. Nothing to say whether the entry's been received or whether somethings gone wrong.

So I decide to post here on this thread - I click the Forums link from the top of page and get the Forum page ... with a red bar at the top saying "Thumbnail Required. Image required."

Oh dear! I just got a dialog that "We were unable to upload to your Amazon S3 account" - is that to do with my attempted upload or is it something completely different?

(Firefox 33.0.2, Windows 7)

Notification ebots should be corrected at this time. 

Please let me know if you see that you are still not receiving them.

Contest Entry Form - or not...

Looks good - nice and simple. Looks are deceptive - it would be nice if it actually worked...

Terragen Classic Theme Challenge - http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1416 ) and click on the blue 'Submit Entry' button. A nice easy entry submission page appears.

• I upload a thumbnail... no indication whether it's uploaded or failed.

• I upload my image... no indication whether it's uploaded or failed.

I assume that it's just not showing the filenames. So I type my description, and hit 'Submit Entry'.

The entry submission page is loaded again, blank. Nothing to say whether the entry's been received or whether somethings gone wrong.

So I decide to post here on this thread - I click the Forums link from the top of page and get the Forum page ... with a red bar at the top saying "Thumbnail Required. Image required."

Oh dear! I just got a dialog that "We were unable to upload to your Amazon S3 account" - is that to do with my attempted upload or is it something completely different?

(Firefox 33.0.2, Windows 7)

Just wanted to let you know that the tech has reported back that this issue has now been corrected.

Contest Entry Page

Closer, but still not there... Thumb/Image size limits on 'Submit Entry' page and 'Contest Page' need to match

• Contest entry page http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1416 says "Thumbnails must be no larger than 100 by 100 pixels"

• Submit Entry page http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?entry&upload&c=1416 says "Thumb Size: 300px * 350px"

My thumbnail is 100x100 (as required by the contest) and 3.29KB. When I try to upload it I get this...

Thumb/Image size limits on 'Submit Entry' page and 'Contest Page' need to match

(P.S. Do I get paid for testing this for you?   ;o)  LOL

Contest Entry Page

Closer, but still not there... Thumb/Image size limits on 'Submit Entry' page and 'Contest Page' need to match

• Contest entry page http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?ViewContest=1416 says "Thumbnails must be no larger than 100 by 100 pixels"

• Submit Entry page http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?entry&upload&c=1416 says "Thumb Size: 300px * 350px"

My thumbnail is 100x100 (as required by the contest) and 3.29KB. When I try to upload it I get this...

Thumb/Image size limits on 'Submit Entry' page and 'Contest Page' need to match

(P.S. Do I get paid for testing this for you?   ;o)  LOL

Sry about this. Yeah paid in love. Seems this wasn't related down to our contest mods. All thumbs for all contests will now be 300px x 350px. Groovy Ah!!

Hi Danny,

Our programmer wanted me to let you know that he has fixed on the open contest. 

Are we not supposed to see (or navigate to) all the pages in the thread from the main forum section anymore?

This thread has two pages at the time of this post, but I have to go into the thread to be able to navigate to the second one.

In the Poser forum, the thread "Possible Poser 10/PP2014 Bugs" has navigation for the first 2 pages in the forum section, and is actually 8 pages long.

Kind of makes navigating more difficult, and flies in the face of the ideal of "ease of use."

 WHY did you make the icons ROUND?!  That shape cuts off many parts of our icons... and that's the least of this NEWEST mess!  As was said already, the whole forum is HUGE yet the text is tiny...and the icons on the bottom make no sense now! I can't figure out how to add a picture... and I can NOT EDIT my post (with in a minute of posting, like I used to).... Just what kind of electronic device are your programmers writing the site code FOR?? Surely not an ordinary computer with a MONITOR?!?!   I try to spend as little $$ as I can these days, gave up my Prime, and I don't come here anymore for days on end... just check my OLD and FAV venders once in a while, and I post to my FREESTUFF thread... but gee whiz... not that anyone will care, but I had to TRY to have my voice heard.... :(    (It's very obvious from the last major change that no one made any changes BACK to features so many wanted to keep.)

 WHY did you make the icons ROUND?!  That shape cuts off many parts of our icons... and that's the least of this NEWEST mess!  As was said already, the whole forum is HUGE yet the text is tiny...and the icons on the bottom make no sense now! I can't figure out how to add a picture... and I can NOT EDIT my post (with in a minute of posting, like I used to).... Just what kind of electronic device are your programmers writing the site code FOR?? Surely not an ordinary computer with a MONITOR?!?!   I try to spend as little $$ as I can these days, gave up my Prime, and I don't come here anymore for days on end... just check my OLD and FAV venders once in a while, and I post to my FREESTUFF thread... but gee whiz... not that anyone will care, but I had to TRY to have my voice heard.... :(    (It's very obvious from the last major change that no one made any changes BACK to features so many wanted to keep.)

To add a picture you will click the "picture image" in the body of the message. Here you will be able to add a image or a file.

To edit a thread you will have 15 minutes after your initial post. Click on the Subject of your post, 

then the icons will appear for you to be able to edit.

Are there any plans to reduce the size in the topiclists because this size is ridiculous.

just hoping that you can add the ability to attach zip files to forum posts.  I don't see any way to attach them in safari.

Contest 'Submit Entry' Page

Woo-HOO! It finally worked! (actually all I know for sure is that it told me it worked, but I take that as a promising sign...  ;o)

By the way - who choose 300 pixels wide by 350 pixels high as the size for contest thumbnails? (the other way round, 350 wide by 300 high, is rejected - I tried) It may be fine for portrait-style images, but annoying for landscape-type images...

...still waiting for the ephemeral "Link To This Post" button to reappear...

I'm still getting just a dark grey square (Firefox 33.0.2, all plugins and addons disabled)

The "Report Abuse" button (orange with an exclamation mark in a circle) doesn't have any helpful little pop-up hint to tell what it is (all the other buttons do)