Welcome to the New Server

[Krieg]

...and a side benefit...

This is the first time I've come back after an upgrade to find that the background/skin/icons are less appealing than before.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Also, I really like the last seen and last post telling you how long ago it was. Different from the old date/time, but I thing I like this more.

 

[thalmin]

WHAT!?!? I missed the grand reopening by 2 hours? You could have at least waited for me. You knew I had to work until 8 (CST).

This is really nice. Thanks everyone who made this possible.

 

[BSF]

I just jumped back on EN World after a day of goofing off. Great work to the implementation team! I haven't thoroughly tested everything yet, but the stuff I have checked is running great. I can't wait to see it tomorrow in the middle of the day.

 

[Allanon]

Everything's looking great so far. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who made it possible.

 

[Gez]

I was impressed by the speed at which the "thanks for posting" screen appeared after sending a reply. I first thought I had shifted to another tab or something...

 

[the Jester]

Also, I really like the last seen and last post telling you how long ago it was. Different from the old date/time, but I thing I like this more.

I would like it better if it didn't round off- I see a lot of "a week ago" but no "ten days ago". That's a big issue if you're trying to find something from a certain date.

Don't get me wrong though- the upgrade is fantastic, extremely fast and very cool. So far that (no post date/time, which is a personal preference thing only) and the new thread bug issue are the only things I've found that I don't dig on.

Thanks very much for all the hard work, all you guys, and also to everyone who donated for the new servers. Money well spent!

 

[Plane Sailing]

Well done guys!

 

[Castellan]

Great work, guys! The new server is awesome!

I have one suggested change, though it's a very low priority one. For folks who still have 800x600 displays (as my laptop does), the new setup makes the display wide enough that I need to scrub the horizontal thumb left-and-right to read posts.

The relevant HTML follows: it's in the footer of a page, and I'm using the "Slate" theme (if it matters).

<!-- / close content container -->
<!-- /content area table -->

<form action="forums.php" method="get">
	
  <table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="912" class="page" align="center">
    <tr>
	
		<td class="finalfoot">
			<select name="styleid" id="ressel" onchange="switch_styleid(this)">
				<optgroup label="Quick Style Chooser">
					<option value="82" class="" >-- Default</option>
<option value="2" class="" selected="selected">---- Slate</option>
<option value="47" class="" >------ Large Text</option>
<option value="45" class="" >------ Stealth</option>
<option value="79" class="" >------ Sky</option>
<option value="49" class="" >---- Player's Handbook</option>
<option value="51" class="" >---- Electric Blue</option>

				</optgroup>
			</select>
		</td>

Essentially, the "quick style chooser" sets its width to 912 pixels and the whole page adjusts to that.

Again, I'm not expecting a change on this before much more important things, but when you get a chance, it'd be great.

Thanks, again folks for such an awesome upgrade!

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

My employer thanks you

Thanks to everyone who made this happen. My employer will be so happy to see my improved work performance. Less time waiting for pages to load = more time for work...unless I get involved in a few new story hours now that the site is so speedy...OK, maybe they won't be so happy after all