The PDGA Discussion Board will be down for a large portion of Tuesday April 28th as we migrate the old discussion board to the new website. We will also be switching software from ubb.threads 6.5.5. to vBulletin. This conversion will also allow users to have a single login / authentication for the entire website and users will see increased functionality including blogs, and the ability to upload photos and videos in the months ahead.

We have done extensive testing on the new board thanks to the hard work of our many beta testers. It is inevitable that we will have some minor configuration adjustments over the next several weeks but feel that users will be enjoy the new features along with a peformance increase the new software will offer.

If you are having issues please contact IT Lead David Gentry via email at dgentry@pdga.com.

Please note that despite efforts to beta test the software, there will surely be minor adjustments needed during the initial transition period. We also ask for your patience as message board users, moderators, and administrators get used to the new message board software. However, in the end we hope that you appreciate the new features and performance which vBulletin offers.

A couple of items noticed:
- Jeff_LaG has an avatar, but the rest of us can't set one. (fixed)
- Favorite Forums toggle is gone. I don't want to have to scroll past the list of a gazillion Club forums to find the one or two I'm interested in.
- [quote ][ /quote] UBB Quote codes aren't working. (fixed)
- It now takes two clicks to get to the latest unread post in a thread. It used to take one. (fixed: the down arrow goes to the latest unread post)
- The preview pane doesn't look like my post at all when using bullets. (I'm using the WYSIWYG editor). Edit: The bullets didn't show up the post either. Switching to manual.
- Saving some items in the UserCP gets an error about not finding a security token. The UserCP becomes unusable.

Email sent to dgentry.

Youtube video objects also did not survive the transition.
Check the YouTube video Cl*censored**censored**censored*ics thread in Miscellaneous

The censorship of words assumed to be naughty is going to get old really fast.

Why did my display name revert back to my freaking log in? Why can't I change it back to CENT?

It looks like a lot of people's display names reverted back to their log in names...Give us the option of changing our names!!!

When you find an issue with the existing board please let us know about it so that we can make the necessary corrections. The easiest way to contact us is to send an email directly to boardconversion@pdga.com. You can also post a message here (http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=31607) to inform other users of these issues and to discuss the issue but an email is the preferred method of communication.


Please note that despite efforts to beta test the software, there will surely be minor adjustments needed during the initial transition period. We also ask for your patience as message board users, moderators, and administrators get used to the new message board software.

Please relax, Cent, and read the above messages.

If I really wanted to, I could do a lot of damage with this kind of information...The board should be shut down until you figure out how to allow us to change our display names.

And I did email Gentry son.

Email sent.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7521/pdgaerror.png

Can someone tell me how to change my user name back to LONGERBONE. This new site has my pdga# as my user name.

Thanks in Advance

Can someone tell me how to change my user name back to LONGERBONE. This new site has my pdga# as my user name.

Thanks in Advance


That's also your login too...The PDGA doesn't see the issue with displaying our logins. Gentry says 90% of the message board users are cool with changing our display names to our logins. We should have our passwords displayed as our location too.

I'm really surprised that 90% of the users have contacted Dave already.
What percentage of users had a different username than login?
Yesterday I contacted a moderator who passed along my request to someone else who may be able to help. I'll pass along the pertinent info when I hear back.
Thanks to everyone working on this update. I see the 'Quotes' are already displayed more clearly than yesterday.
fossil

A couple of items noticed:
...
- Favorite Forums toggle is gone. I don't want to have to scroll past the list of a gazillion Club forums to find the one or two I'm interested in.
.

There is a 'Subscribe to this forum' option under Forum Tools, and a 'Subscribed Threads' link in the Quick Links dropdown.

Took some exploring to discover and it is different than before but it works fine for me.

I now see there is a similar option under Thread Tools

When i click on "User CP" i get the below message. So far, old board 1, new board 0.


"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

When i click on "User CP" i get the below message. So far, old board 1, new board 0.


"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

Same thing happens under Quick Links if you click on Control Panel, but you can get in if you click on 'Edit Signature' or 'Edit Details'

Back button just redirects to the same error page.

Click-click-back-back no longer works. The link from PDGA # in a player's profile to their PDGA player stats page is missing. Can this feature be added back?

NEW DISCUSSION BOARD Q&A:

Q: What's with the "Security token issue with the UserCP?"


A: It turns out that this is a known small bug in the software that pops up every now and again and should be fixed in the next release of vBulletin. Use this url to get to the UserCP without hitting the error page:


http://www.pdga.com/discussion/profile.php?do=editprofile (http://www.pdga.com/discussion/profi...do=editprofile)


Q: Why can't I change my login name? I want a different display name from my login name.


A: We have added a custom profile field called "Display Name" which will supersede their login name if it is filled in.


Q: Why aren't graemlins working from previous board?


A: Graemlins and smilies have been moved over and should now be shown.


Q: Why isn't home (www.pdga.com (http://www.pdga.com/)) working from the discussion board?


A: That was fixed as of this morning.


Q: Why were users not able to upload or change avatars?

A: This was a small config issue that was tracked down and fixed.


Q: Now that avatars are enabled, why do some avatars appear enormously big? In the user control panel, it says that avatars must be a maximum size of 80 X 80 pixels or 19.5 KB, whichever is smaller. Some avatars are clearly over that.


A: The restrictions are in place now, however if avatars from the old message board were ported in, they can get around the restriction limits until the user edits their avatar.

We will allow a grace period for users to comply with the new restrictions. However, at some later point TBD, we will begin removing old avatars that do not meet the current standards.

NEW DISCUSSION BOARD Q&A:

Q: What's with the "Security token issue with the UserCP?"


A: It turns out that this is a known small bug in the software that pops up every now and again and should be fixed in the next release of vBulletin. Use this url to get to the UserCP without hitting the error page:


http://www.pdga.com/discussion/profi...do=editprofile (http://www.pdga.com/discussion/profi...do=editprofile)





Your link is bad...

How do I change the default order of threads in a forum? It seems like it is defaulting now to thread rather than last post.

Your link is bad...

Fixored. :)

Can someone tell me how to change my user name back to LONGERBONE. This new site has my pdga# as my user name.

Thanks in Advance

If you go to the User CP and click 'Edit your details', there is a new field called 'Display Name' under 'Additional Information'. This is what will be used for display across the forum. We've brought in all the old display names from the old forum and we're working to make sure that we have that properly replaced in all the locations across the new templates.

When i click on "User CP" i get the below message. So far, old board 1, new board 0.


"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error."

Try clearing your browser's cookies if this error message persists. You will have to log back in, but it should address the token issues.

Said I need to enter a security key when changing my time zone. Currently set to somewhere like Vienna. If I don't change my time zone, my posts are showing about 5 hours forward or 19 hours behind.

Weird.

If you go to the User CP and click 'Edit your details', there is a new field called 'Display Name' under 'Additional Information'. This is what will be used for display across the forum. We've brought in all the old display names from the old forum and we're working to make sure that we have that properly replaced in all the locations across the new templates.


You still cannot change your display name...

Try clearing your browser's cookies if this error message persists. You will have to log back in, but it should address the token issues.


Tried it......didn't work. I am still unable to access my User CP due to the token issue.

Tried it......didn't work. I am still unable to access my User CP due to the token issue.

How bout now? I made a template edit that might help.

Mine works now from the UserCP now. No more going trough my messgaes.

Thanks

Tried it......didn't work. I am still unable to access my User CP due to the token issue.

How bout now? I made a template edit that might help.


You da man...... :)

Please fix this asap so threads from 2005 arent sorted to top of forums:

Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager (should be able to set on parent and it will propagate)

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6978/forumdisplay.jpg

Ok, maybe I'm missing something, but this is driving me mad.

All I want right now is to show the threads in the order of those with newest posts first... like how the old board was.

So I click the Date of last post column and it obliges.

Then, after I read a message and click "back" or click any of the other ways to get back to the listing, it goes back to listing the posts oldest first.

There doesn't seem to be a CP setting to chose this setting, and that it isn't sticky makes it really annoying to read anything.

Am I missing something?

Thanks.

it has to be set per forum by the admin as I posted above. (the image is from my vbulletin admin CP)

it has to be set per forum by the admin as I posted above. (the image is from my vbulletin admin CP)

Thanks Jebb...

Not sure how I missed your post right above mine. I must have been blinded by the frustration of not being able to figure it out...:rolleyes:

Please fix this asap so threads from 2005 arent sorted to top of forums:

Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager (should be able to set on parent and it will propagate)

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6978/forumdisplay.jpg

FYI, the administrators were contacted yesterday afternoon about
this. It appears that threads are still being sorted alphabetically
(instead of by date) in some forums, which brings up very old threads.
I expect them to get this issue fixed in due time.

Looks fixed. Now if the quick reply box could be turned on without having to click an extra button.

AdminCP -> Message Posting and Editing Options -> Quick Reply -> Click Not Required

Q: Why can't I change my login name? I want a different display name from my login name.


A: We have added a custom profile field called "Display Name" which will supersede their login name if it is filled in. This is a test, I have tryed to change my display name again.

I changed it again, then logged off, cleared cookies, logged back in and tried to change it again.

Now what name is going to show up???

NOPE!!

This is seriously messed up. I'm sorry, but tis so.

The post times are showing up in GMT rather than the localtime configured in the UserCP.

Testing to see if Pizza God is showing up yet..


Nope!

I'm beginning to think that getting things changed on this website is a sickening and wholly unnecessary bureaucracy; I could have had all these issues fixed after 20 mins in the admin control panel.

I'm beginning to think that getting things changed on this website is a sickening and wholly unnecessary bureaucracy; I could have had all these issues fixed after 20 mins in the admin control panel.


Glad to have you on board...$75,000 didn't include fixing the bugs.

This is a test, I have tryed to change my display name again.

I changed it again, then logged off, cleared cookies, logged back in and tried to change it again.

Now what name is going to show up???

NOPE!!


I have been silently waiting for this to work out but, frustration is setting in.

Glad to have you on board...$75,000 didn't include fixing the bugs.



Ive been away awhile. Are you saying this crappy new site cost 75 grand?

Crappy may be strong, Im sure its a great site, but I think it sucks and am sick of looking at pictures of the same people and generic ads. Gimme a break, like the PDGA doesnt make enough money as it is.

I'm beginning to think that getting things changed on this website is a sickening and wholly unnecessary bureaucracy; I could have had all these issues fixed after 20 mins in the admin control panel.

Jebb, did you ever contact the PDGA about volunteering to help out as an admin?

If not, then your complaining about things which your expertise could have supposedly resolved in a more timely manner is just as sickening.

Ive been away awhile. Are you saying this crappy new site cost 75 grand?

Crappy may be strong, Im sure its a great site, but I think it sucks and am sick of looking at pictures of the same people and generic ads. Gimme a break, like the PDGA doesnt make enough money as it is.


It will probably end up costing much more than that once everything is finished. There were no formal RFQ's sent, Theo "found" a company that said they would do it for $75,000. It wouldn't surprise me if this is one of the ways they could launder the profits, to stay "non-profit". I would be interested to find out if there is some kind of direct, or indirect connection between the pDGA and this "company". You can find more information here (http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=28707) see post #19 specifically.

Jebb, did you ever contact the PDGA about volunteering to help out as an admin?

If not, then your complaining about things which your expertise could have supposedly resolved in a more timely manner is just as sickening.
No less than 3 times actually.

Click-click-back-back no longer works. The link from PDGA # in a player's profile to their PDGA player stats page is missing. Can this feature be added back?


Maybe just put player ratings back under the user's name. I've heard it's easy to do and WalMart is running a sale on tissue paper for those that can't stand to see their rating posted.

Does the discussion board seem too wide? I've tried it in 3 browsers and the page width is wider than any of the browser windows. Not just threads but the whole template.

I just spent half an hour sending my first PM on this new board. I lost all my contacts. some of that time was trying to get contacts back.

I have a huge computer back ground. details not need. why make things so hard to find, do and understand. some of us have much better things to do than figure out how to do things we once knew have to do.

This is crazy.

Looks like the UBB URL coding in sig's are no longer being honored.

The admins/moderators are having fun playing the Third Reich.

Looks like the UBB URL coding in sig's are no longer being honored.The admins/moderators are having fun playing the Third Reich.

Seriously, Cent?

Moderators have absolutely nothing to do with board settings, and do you think the administrators deliberately turned off that feature just to thwart message board users? I'm almost 100% positive that this is simply an artifact of the board conversion, which a simple e-mail to the administrator could easily fix in a jiffy.

When you find an issue with the existing board please let us know about it so that we can make the necessary corrections. The easiest way to contact us is to send an email directly to boardconversion@pdga.com (boardconversion@pdga.com).

Thanks,

David Gentry
PDGA Tour & IT Manager

Please consider, Cent, whether being antagonistic towards the board conversion and PDGA employees & volunteers is the most productive method to fix existing issues. You win more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

Seriously, Cent?

Moderators have absolutely nothing to do with board settings, and do you think the administrators deliberately turned off that feature just to thwart message board users? I'm almost 100% positive that this is simply an artifact of the board conversion, which a simple e-mail to the administrator could easily fix in a jiffy.



Please consider, Cent, whether being antagonistic towards the board conversion and PDGA employees & volunteers is the most productive method to fix existing issues. You win more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.


All flies were once maggots...

Please consider, Cent, whether being antagonistic towards the board conversion and PDGA employees & volunteers is the most productive method to fix existing issues. You win more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

Is this the kinder/gentler moderation process, or just another example of complete inconsistency in message board moderation?

Still trying to figure out how to change Display Name and avatar.


OK avatar change worked but why cant I change my display name back to DrewPac

why are posters screen names not showing up at all anymore?????????????????????????????

I was able to speak w Dave Gentry on the phone Thur and we made it through about 1/4 of the admin control panel and got some minor things corrected. Hopefully he will get back in touch soon...