Testing wanted: QGL forum
trog
AGN Admin
Brisbane, Queensland
28168 posts
We're migrating the QGL forum to a new box soon and some changes needed to be made code-wise to support this move.

If people who still use that old forum wouldn't mind using this URL instead:

http://staging.ausforums.com/x/439207/

... and letting me know of any issues, that would be awesome and appreciated.

Known issues:
- Messages and User profiles load in the stupid old broken generic ausforums.com template. This is known/expected and is just because of the domain name - if you are really motivated you can edit your hosts file and set it to point to 203.220.0.238 and those things will work.
- post editing is horribly broken

FAQ:
Q: Is this preparation for shutting down the QGL forums and making everyone move to AusGamers?
A: No, we're going to all this trouble so people can still use the QGL forum. Douche.

Q: But you're going to make everyone move one day, right?
A: No. Our goal is to try and make the AG forum more appealing; our first attempt at that (when time permits) will be to just offer an optional QGL theme/skin which we'll make as close to this as possible.

Q: When will you make search work?
A: It already works! Oh, you mean on the QGL site. Probably never; it's a huge pain in the ass. But maybe.
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08:09pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Trin
Brisbane, Queensland
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icles
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08:11pm 05/11/09 Permalink
imitation
Brisbane, Queensland
2871 posts
I went here and tested it, I don't understand, there is another way to access qgl forums, other than qgl.ausforums.com?
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08:24pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Jim
Brisbane, Queensland
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08:27pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Protius
Brisbane, Queensland
4086 posts
Eww that ausforums view is disgusting, who would use that?!
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08:28pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Strik3r
Brisbane, Queensland
1675 posts
ITS A TRAP
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08:28pm 05/11/09 Permalink
tequila
Brisbane, Queensland
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08:29pm 05/11/09 Permalink
imitation
Brisbane, Queensland
2873 posts
who'd have thunk it
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08:30pm 05/11/09 Permalink
whoop
Brisbane, Queensland
14818 posts
posting in a test thread
beep beep chugga chugga big red car
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08:33pm 05/11/09 Permalink
$ack
Brisbane, Queensland
1007 posts
It's the Rapture!

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08:34pm 05/11/09 Permalink
d0mino
Brisbane, Queensland
4436 posts
holla!
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08:43pm 05/11/09 Permalink
jmr
Brisbane, Queensland
6527 posts
It's quicker

Feels like a XEON
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08:47pm 05/11/09 Permalink
tequila
Brisbane, Queensland
3891 posts
trog, when I login to that site from your OP, it redirects me back to the base URI (staging.*) with no /index.php/439207/?agn path etc

also it looked like this;

http://unix.org.au/~brett/images/badqgl.jpg
^ fully loaded

firefox / xp yada yada
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08:53pm 05/11/09 Permalink
greazy
Brisbane, Queensland
2163 posts
Make the search link link to the ausgamers search page.
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08:55pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Twisted
Brisbane, Queensland
10810 posts

Just noticed when you edit your post it has the area set as "Wireplay - CS News". But then I've noticed that's on the production site too :)
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08:59pm 05/11/09 Permalink
amms
Brisbane, Queensland
388 posts
it seems to work fine for me.
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09:17pm 05/11/09 Permalink
trog
AGN Admin
Brisbane, Queensland
28173 posts
trog, when I login to that site from your OP, it redirects me back to the base URI (staging.*) with no /index.php/439207/?agn path etc
oh yeh that's a known issue too; I'd add it to the list but EDIT IS BROKEN!@#

edit: HAI AMMS!
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10:22pm 05/11/09 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
4701 posts
So wait, when I go to the staging.ausgamers version, is this AusGamers Forums on steroids to look precisely like QGL?
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10:29pm 05/11/09 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
4702 posts
Actually yeah, just saw the different editing stuff.
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10:30pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Skitza
Brisbane, Queensland
8902 posts
I dont know if I want to remember a new shortcut... staging post k!
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10:41pm 05/11/09 Permalink
tequila
Brisbane, Queensland
3907 posts
I'm sure there's a few of us that would happily lend a hand if you had code work to do
just setup a staging svn, no one can break anything this way
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10:51pm 05/11/09 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
4703 posts
Yeah give us access to your PHPz!
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10:56pm 05/11/09 Permalink
mongie
Brisbane, Queensland
6802 posts
Two reasons why people wont use the ausgamers forum.

a) Dumb url. Why not forums.ausgamers.com or something?

b) Dumb theme. Obviously you plan to address it, but even if I liked the ausgamers colourscheme (and for the main site, its ok) I would still think that the forums were terrible (they are).
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10:57pm 05/11/09 Permalink
tequila
Brisbane, Queensland
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^ you don't care enough unless you've written your own qgl template site based on the rss feed
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10:59pm 05/11/09 Permalink
FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
2093 posts
Following Ruperts strategy ?
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11:02pm 05/11/09 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
4704 posts
Or you've added your own PHP forum version inside their staging server. Muahahah
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11:10pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
3099 posts
^ lololol teq's on Whingepool looking at gaming configurations

Eww that ausforums view is disgusting, who would use that?!

*sigh* Me. And many others. And we prefer it. The end.
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11:17pm 05/11/09 Permalink
qmass
Queensland
9552 posts
trogdor can you please add some kind of option to the ausgamers forum to increase the table width (or whatever it is if its not a table any more) Ill stop using the QGL forum if the ausgamers version isn't quite so retarded... and by retarded I mean made for tools still using 1024x768

last edited by qmass at 23:21:44 05/Nov/09
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11:19pm 05/11/09 Permalink
fade
Brisbane, Queensland
3860 posts
if you skinned ausgamers i'd switch in a jiffy.

the white hurts my eyes in a dark room.
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11:24pm 05/11/09 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
4705 posts
I need a work-safe, boring ass version of QGL.. PLS?!

Just some whites and some sky-blues and uncontrasting black text.
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11:27pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Opec
Brisbane, Queensland
5968 posts
Looks the same to me.
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11:57pm 05/11/09 Permalink
Opec
Brisbane, Queensland
5969 posts
ROFL ok I see what you mean about edit being broken... I think I'll stick to the old forum for now.
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11:58pm 05/11/09 Permalink
d[o_0]b
Brisbane, Queensland
3389 posts
changed my bookmark url so here go's i guess?
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12:18am 06/11/09 Permalink
d[o_0]b
Brisbane, Queensland
3390 posts
editing really does suck.. guess my posts are going to be be even worse than usual for a while.

another thing when you're post limited and try to post your text doesnt come up in the little box thing on the redirect page..
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12:24am 06/11/09 Permalink
d[o_0]b
Brisbane, Queensland
3391 posts
and i cant get back to the forum after i post... it doesnt autoredirect and the links broken as well..

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12:27am 06/11/09 Permalink
whoop
Brisbane, Queensland
14824 posts
trogdor can you please add some kind of option to the ausgamers forum to increase the table width (or whatever it is if its not a table any more) Ill stop using the QGL forum if the ausgamers version isn't quite so retarded... and by retarded I mean made for tools still using 1024x768

hooray for being a hoarder and never throwing anything away, I just found my ausgamers -> qgl greasemonkey script sitting in a backup dir from a few months ago :D If you're using firefox it's possible to make the ausgamers forum wider so it fills your entire screen using greasemonkey.

It's probably possible in other browsers too but I have no idea how to do it.
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ctd
Brisbane, Queensland
7822 posts
qmass wins the mystery of the stretched ausgamers :P


last edited by ctd at 02:38:05 06/Nov/09
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01:28am 06/11/09 Permalink
qmass
Queensland
9553 posts
it looks like its zoomed...all the images are blurry? try resetting the zoom.

edit: yeah im pretty sure that is what it is. Just tested zooming then closing the site and reloading it and firefox stores the zoom from the previous view.

last edited by qmass at 01:49:41 06/Nov/09
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01:46am 06/11/09 Permalink
natslovR
Sydney, New South Wales
6353 posts
It's just as shit as the original on iPhone, so I'd happily use it
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08:41am 06/11/09 Permalink
trog
AGN Admin
Brisbane, Queensland
28174 posts
Two reasons why people wont use the ausgamers forum.

a) Dumb url. Why not forums.ausgamers.com or something?
www.ausgamers.com/forums is a dumb url for the forums?
b) Dumb theme. Obviously you plan to address it, but even if I liked the ausgamers colourscheme (and for the main site, its ok) I would still think that the forums were terrible (they are).
ffffffffffucccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkking hell
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10:07am 06/11/09 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
3104 posts
trog, can you tell how many active QGL interface ppl there are compared to active AGN peeps? Just a %age will do if you don't want to give away numbers.
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01:02pm 06/11/09 Permalink
mongie
Brisbane, Queensland
6805 posts
www.ausgamers.com/forums is a dumb url for the forums?


No, thats fine, but http://www.ausgamers.com/forums/general/ is a dumb url.

ffffffffffucccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkking hell


what?
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01:03pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Obes
Brisbane, Queensland
8139 posts
Q: Is this so trog can generate more fat qgl loot for his bandana collection ?
A: probably.
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01:25pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Jim
Brisbane, Queensland
10692 posts
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it's so we can move the site to another host, but pick up as many bugs etc as possible and get them fixed beforehand
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01:32pm 06/11/09 Permalink
infi
Brisbane, Queensland
14144 posts
Q: Will this improve the quality of discussion on QGL?

A: Probably not.
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01:37pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
3106 posts
It's impossible to improve on perfection, infi.

Also, bug-fix https auto-links already.
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01:56pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Opec
Brisbane, Queensland
5973 posts
I liked the ausgamers post reply feature but I really don't like the colour scheme :(. I really tried really hard to like it but white background and black text just hurt my eyes... So I stuck with old QGL forums which some small compromise i.e. manually quoting people etc. I'll force myself to use ausgamers again and see if I can make myself like it ....
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02:23pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
3110 posts
Another essential AGN interface feature that is missing is 'delete post'

Implement that already too, bloody annoying having to go to QGL to delete things that I wished I hadn't posted...
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02:26pm 06/11/09 Permalink
E.T.
Queensland
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Hi Chris :)
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02:36pm 06/11/09 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
3113 posts
Hai E.T....if that is your real name... *shifty eyes*
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