It looks OK, but now, when I view a product's promos, I have to scroll down a bit to click the promo, scroll back up to view the promo, scroll down a bit to click the next promo, scroll back up to view that promo, scroll down a bit to click the following promo, scroll back up to view that promo, scroll down a bit to click the next promo, scroll up to view that promo, scroll down a bit to click the next promo, scroll back up to view that promo.

Please add back the advance and reverse arrows on the promos to eliminate the above.

Thanks for the walk-through.

dr_bernie posted at 7:00PM Sat, 23 January 2016 - #4250909

I can't believe you guys are still hanging on to a dream that will never materialize. Let me spell it to you loud and clear:

Don't hold your breathe for a C9 release because it will never happen.

Personally my concern isn't for a C9, my concern is that ALL new DAZConnect products will not currently run natively in Carrara OR Poser (Dson doesn't work either). Let's face it, some of their PA are first class and it is a shame that their new releases won't fly on or through anything but DAZStudio. That was all I was getting at. Jack Tomalin, as an example, a vendor whose products you have used, is on board with the DAZConnect releases and it would be much more difficult for some of us (me) to have to port his future products through DAZStudio (which I currently don't use) and then export them export them as FBX or obj into 3D programs we are (I am) more comfortable with.

wheatpenny posted at 2:44PM Sat, 23 January 2016 - #4250619

"As of right now, Daz is saying that all their previous content will continue to be available as non-encrypted and they have no plans to make new content connect-only,...."

"and they have no plans to make new content connect-only," Well, that "truthful" statement from DAZ lasted almost 24hrs wheatpenny (no reflection on you). As of today at 3PM Pacific, they have six "DAZConnect" ONLY products in their store. Promotion on some of them doesn't change the fact that they are for sale without promotion with the same "DAZConnect" ONLY restriction that they claimed would NOT happen. Fool me once....

tsartist wrote: "...What happens to my Bryce and Carrara content?"

"Products created for Bryce and/or Carrara can still be purchased through the website and installed through Daz Install Manager. Bryce maintains the ability to use Daz Studio content through the Bryce bridge. Carrara cannot currently consume encrypted files installed using Daz Connect. Your options for Carrara are to either export FBX or OBJs out of Daz Studio or use unencrypted versions of your content downloaded and installed through Daz Install Manager."

The real importance is in this one of many FAQs (listed above) about "DAZConnect" and Daz's new DRM products. "The first is the line:Products created for Bryce and/or Carrara can still be purchased through the website and installed through Daz Install Manager" As we all know, DAZ does not have very many product created ONLY for Carrara.

Secondly: "Carrara cannot currently consume encrypted files installed using Daz Connect." All new products will eventually be (according to their FAQs) encrypted (DRM) for use with primarily DAZStudio. You MAY be able to convert THROUGH DAZStudio 4.9 to FBX or obj files after DAZStudio 4.9 has decrypted BUT if you run the "DAZConnect" feature on DAZStudio 4.9 (and this is according to their vague FAQs) that feature will, as updates become available, render already owned DAZ products that are installed in certain folders, unusable to Carrara through it's browser. The forum topics over at DAZ about this are mostly found in the DAZStudio area, but the Carrara/Poser/Bryce users there are talking of backing up all their owned content on drives other than the one that contains DAZStudio. Are many paranoid for no reason? Wrong! My first DAZ product was purchased thirteen years ago. I own thousands of DAZ products and I have always backed them up on CDs, DVDs, or external RAID drives. Now I'm glad I did. I like DAZ3D, but when it come to trust your not going to find it on the internet.

BTW - DAZ is also talking of future "cloud" based product storage (meaning you can only link to your purchases through their site). They claim this will relieve the users of using up so much storage at the local level. Are you kidding? Terabytes are so cheap nowadays, everyone could store the Library of Congress on their desks. They (the DAZ FAQs and forum administrators) even state they intend to put a "poison pill" trigger in their encryption should DAZ3D go out of business then those using DAZStudio will have non-encrypted access to the DRM products they have in their product libraries.

Bottom line is that I would be surprised if DAZ3D currently has more than 100 Carrara ONLY products which wont be affected by the new DRM policy. And for new characters, clothing, etc. a Carrara user will have to export this new content from DAZ3D through DAZStudio4.9 which means I would have to have DAZStudio4.9 installed and "DAZConnect" invoked by my own "OK" key-press and that gives permission to DAZStudio4.9 to make product updates (with encryption) my older DAZ content that is located in library locations known to Studio.

Carrara users ...Caution Caution Caution. To "Sueposer"... you are so correct in your statement, "Thank goodness for other vendors!"

The latest four products released by DAZ3D will NOT WORK WITH CARRARA, nor will most future releases by DAZ3D. Read their latest FAQs and their forums about the new DRM products and Carrara incompatibility. Also, if you run "Daz Connect" feature in the new DAZStudio 4.9, it will, depending on file locations, update current DAZ product files in your runtimes and render them unusable in Carrara. Read ALL the FAQs...and also "between" the Daz3D lines.

Quote - If our pleas for a user friendly website are worth less in dollar value than the web-designers EGO - then forget making a profit in these hard times.
Are you listening at all?!

I agree. It's seems to be all about egos, and not just the web-designers. And in answer to your question... No one with power is listening, so don't bother asking.
As stated by others, if you have to search, do it with Google or else just waste time with this search engine.

These companies' website design abilitiies make you wonder about your stored credit card information... or is it just me?

Quote - There is an update notice on the RDNA home page:

"Hello everyone, we appologize for the delay in re-opening. We are nearly ready to re-open the doors to the store and the forums. We will use this space to keep you informed. Again, thank you for your patience."

If the site goes live and is glitch-free then it will really be worth the wait. I would appreciate it a lot more that they have a fully functional site that opens later than scheduled over one that opens as scheduled with issues.

According to Syyd, RDNA is up and running today (the 28th at noon). I must be somewhere in a "blackout" zone 'cause it ain't so on my screens.
Here's what she says:

http://forum.runtimedna.com/showthread.php?90960-Welcome-to-the-ALL-NEW-Runtime-DNA!

Quote from LYNE above...

Quote - Everything is TOO TOO BIG!!!!! WITH SMALL TYPE!? ...

....and again TOO BIG .. buttons are TOO BIG and look really hodge podge on the  page(s) The harder you make it for us to shop.... well... need I say more? I spend from $100-$200 a month here...THAT is going to change...if not vanish entirely! As another person here said: they have never ever seen you roll back changes!  :( 

At least HiveWire is a simple straight forward look and function...  !

LYNE,
I agree with all you've said, but I'm begining to worry about the future look of RDNA too. Here's what SYD posted on facebook on June 20th about the still closed (as of June 26th) RDNA site.

QUOTE from Facebook :

STATUS UPDATE: REBIRTH OF RUNTIME DNA

WE ARE actvively working on having the forums up by tonight or tomorrow morning.
VENDORS: You were mailed an access key. Please make sure to get into your pages. Please read that email for instructions

MEMBERS: We are working around the clock to finish. The store has some great new features, bigger better product pages and thumbs, search features, wishlist features, purchasing features, etc.

BACK TO WORK FOR ME!

Syyd

END QUOTE

Yikes!
What is with these broker sites with huge product pages and huge "thumbs"?
I can't even view some vendor's main graphic with out scrolling. It's like trying to view one of your great animal textures but only seeing first the hoof, then the body, then the head, but never the entire animal.

If RDNA follows suit with "bigger" and "better" pages and thumbs, let's hope HiveWire3d doesn't catch this "re-design" bug also.

And LYNE, if you do move, let us know on your site or this one.

Quote -
RDNA opens on the 25th.  Today is the 24th.   I just hope they didn't screw their site up like Renderosity has.

Fingers crossed for RDNA.

And it must still be the 24th because RDNA isn't opened yet (9:50PM here). (LOL)
I would guess this takes some heat off the DAZ3D new-site designers.
Off to sleep... see what tomorrow brings.

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Yet another example of what ain't broke, don't fix. Something RMP doesn't seem to understand. Lesson never learned. :mad:

Doesn't work for me either. Firefox 30.0 and IE 8 through 10.
Is their any 3d site that works after "they" fix it?
RuntimeDNA was also to re-open today after "new & improved". They're broke too.  Nada, zip.
Tried to check out some of SAV's stuff here today but couldn't get past his first page of products.

Whle I'm at it, the "Preview Reply" here at the forums has left hand margin issues and "Quote" issues depending on the width of the wrap-around.
And as you can see the "Quote" in this entry doesn't even say who's quoted and had it been a long thread - you'd never know.

Secure?

Login, then "MY ACCOUNT" -> "MY CREDIT CARD PROFILES" (on left of page) and you will see that the page on which you enter/change you credit card numbers is NOT on secure server.

Thanks, but I'll sit back and wait before I hit checkout.

Quote - ...the use of a negative is not truly needed to create a boolean mesh for export. ...

Thanks Bruce. I never thought about not having to add a negative object to export since my booleans always seem to end up having more than one on my rare occasions of export.

Just bumping this up with a thanks... color heading for favorite vendors tricked the old eyes. :)