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Site Management => Site Support / Feedback => Topic started by: Dysko on February 08, 2007, 06:40:39 am

Title: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Dysko on February 08, 2007, 06:40:39 am
When I get to the homepage (not the forums), on the top of the page there is the "Forums" button highlighted instead of the "Home" one.

Clicking on the "Forums" button, however, will take me correctly to the forums.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: jr2 on February 08, 2007, 07:17:45 am
Very true

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Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: achtung on February 08, 2007, 11:59:58 am
I hope you're joking on the second one jr2 :p
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Tyrian on February 08, 2007, 04:02:55 pm
No, he's not.  I have the same problem in both of those screenshots.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: jr2 on February 08, 2007, 05:03:30 pm
BTW prolly important info:
hard-light.net looks different on IE, FF, and AOL Explorer (IE + extra stuff from AOL)
I'm using FireFox 2.0.0.1 for those screenies (as you can see!)
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: achtung on February 08, 2007, 05:10:12 pm
There's nothing wrong with the second pic.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: jr2 on February 08, 2007, 05:23:36 pm
...and I even circled it for you!!
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: fsi.scsi on February 08, 2007, 05:33:53 pm
uhh.. so the "Home" tab is active when you're posting.

That is bad.. how?
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Tyrian on February 08, 2007, 05:43:06 pm
I'm a perfectionist.   :D
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: haloboy100 on February 08, 2007, 05:51:08 pm
well other then that, i am also getting other problems. mantis is not appeearing on the top banner(which is PARTICULAIRLY bad since i really need to post another problem), and i noticed under "hosted" there are a number of new sites....that are 4 YEARS OLD.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: achtung on February 08, 2007, 08:32:56 pm
...and I even circled it for you!!
That's not a bug, it's saying "you are in the forums and not profiles, calendar, members, etc."  That's the way SMF works.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Goober5000 on February 08, 2007, 10:00:01 pm
When I get to the homepage (not the forums), on the top of the page there is the "Forums" button highlighted instead of the "Home" one.
Fixt.

mantis is not appeearing on the top banner(which is PARTICULAIRLY bad since i really need to post another problem)
That was the HLP Mantis, which was removed because 1) it was never used for HLP-related problems; and 2) we now have the Support forum, which is what the HLP Mantis was designed to do in the first place.

If you were looking for the SCP Mantis, it's listed at the SCP option under External Sites.

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and i noticed under "hosted" there are a number of new sites....that are 4 YEARS OLD.
They're still hosted.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: haloboy100 on February 08, 2007, 10:08:11 pm
thats the thing. if there 4 years old, then how come only NOW your hosting them?
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Goober5000 on February 08, 2007, 10:22:02 pm
They've been there the whole time.  The toolbar just never linked to them before.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: haloboy100 on February 08, 2007, 10:39:11 pm
but still, why only NOW add them to the toolbar?
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Fury on February 08, 2007, 10:59:38 pm
That was the HLP Mantis, which was removed because 1) it was never used for HLP-related problems; and 2) we now have the Support forum, which is what the HLP Mantis was designed to do in the first place.
Mantis was never really used by hosted projects (their loss), that's true. But Mantis had/has totally different purpose from a support board. You as an SCP member should know that.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Turey on February 08, 2007, 11:00:05 pm
but still, why only NOW add them to the toolbar?
This is just a guess:
Because Goob can now take a break from SCP coding now that 3.6.9 is out, so he has time to catch up on some old stuff.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: achtung on February 09, 2007, 12:48:15 am
but still, why only NOW add them to the toolbar?
This is just a guess:
Because Goob can now take a break from SCP coding now that 3.6.9 is out, so he has time to catch up on some old stuff.

Of course, a bigger list always looks better you know.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Goober5000 on February 09, 2007, 12:48:28 am
but still, why only NOW add them to the toolbar?
Because I only NOW got access to edit it.  I've wanted to add them for a while.

Mantis was never really used by hosted projects (their loss), that's true. But Mantis had/has totally different purpose from a support board. You as an SCP member should know that.
Considering how it was never used by anyone for HLP-specific problems, it was almost universally confused with the SCP mantis, and HLP problems are policy issues better suited to discussion and consensus than reporting and fixing, I fail to see its usefulness.  What was the "different purpose" you had in mind?
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Fury on February 09, 2007, 01:13:40 am
Eh, it's purpose was to provide a common bug-reporting system to hosted projects. I don't know where you ever got the impression it should've been used to report HLP problems, there were never even categories for that. Since it was never used, I don't care if its completely removed though.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: jr2 on February 09, 2007, 07:29:37 am
...I don't know where you ever got the impression it should've been used to report HLP problems, there were never even categories for that....
Ehm, I saw an HLP Mantis once, though... it looked exactly like SCP Mantis, except I couldn't log in (I think their login lists were separate)... but it didn't last too long, IIRC.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Goober5000 on February 09, 2007, 08:27:57 am
Eh, it's purpose was to provide a common bug-reporting system to hosted projects.
Oh, I understand what you mean.

Well, the projects have been handling that by simply having people post on the forums.  I guess we'll keep doing it that way.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: karajorma on February 09, 2007, 09:07:44 am
I liked the idea of using Mantis for MindGames actually. Unfortunately MG is sleeping at the moment so I never had the chance to try it out.
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: Goober5000 on February 09, 2007, 07:34:11 pm
It's coming...

It's been sleeping...

MINDGAMES


(Whoops, sorry, wrong promo. :nervous:)
Title: Re: Little problem with the homepage
Post by: jr2 on February 10, 2007, 03:21:41 am
The second pic I mentioned above (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,45289.msg923265.html#msg923265), the "problem" could be solved by renaming "Home" to "Forum Home" or something to the same effect... :nervous: