O/T new forum

[khawaga]

Hooray! The forum has leapt forward 10 years in one night...





... to 2005 XD

[Barnared]

Good but still unusable without blockadder

[Aldo1983]

2005 might be pushing it.

[khawaga]

Sooo... on first glance:

We have a search function, but no way of returning only AberdeenMad threads.
We have PMs, but our postcounts and histories have been eradicated.
Old threads are quicker to find, but any thread older than 1-1-2015 has been deleted.

Hmm...

[Aldo1983]

I tried uploading a picture but couldn't get it to work.

[Barnared]

Post numbers are zeroed, no biggie for me.
I can now attach files from device.
If threads older than a year have been deleted that's not great.

- I don't like automatic edit logs.

[khawaga]

On the plus side, it's now very obvious from the template that this forum is run on a stock vBulletin platform, so we can harangue Sibo's "developers" into switching on/off the features we want XD

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[Barnared]

Not sure why but it seems any image I've ever posted will not display now.

[khawaga]

Not sure why but it seems any image I've ever posted will not display now.

Could be a change in BBcode formatting, although there does also seem to be a new problem with posting images via URLs. I had to upload the one above.

[Barnared]

No more hunting through pages looking for a reply button

[Barnared]

No more hunting through pages looking for a reply button

You can quote your own sh!t. Maybe it is 2005 after all.

[khawaga]

2005 might be pushing it.

To be fair, vBulletin 4 (which this site has just been upgraded to today) was released in 2009. Unfortunately vBulletin were several years behind the curve as well XD

[Aldo1983]

There's only about 8 posts per page but the last post automatically goes onto the next page as well.

This upgrade proves they never put a man on the moon.

[Barnared]

Mobile version looks ok too but has no posting reply options at all. Basic text and nothing else.

[TheDeeDon]

it least it has a more modern feel to it, hopefully a step in the right direction and come the 2017 upgrade we may have come close to where it should be at.

[The_Verninator]

Well lucky white is my fav colour...not

Wait and see

To add where's the home button on each post..wee shortcut back to the main forum

And where the f*ck is my post count it gone...that the second f*cking time that's happened

F*CKS SAKE

I demand a re-count

[simarooskimoose]

Fancy a sweepy on which long-standing member flounces out in a hollow protest at their post count being erased?

[Pacman1903]

Willie Hills and this upgrading in a week.

Whys the post counters zeroed

[Pacman1903]

Nae a huge problem.

Nae a toys oot the pram issue.

Hopefully we can get some more beauts on here spouting pish donwards and upwards

[redscot]

Looks p!sh to me.

[swaddon]

I dinna like change and my post count has been erased.

I'm aff. Goodbye forever. Down with this sort of thing. I'm writing to my MP.

[swaddon]

Even all the Classic Threads are now gone. Apart fae two of them.

[Pacman1903]

Even all the Classic Threads are now gone. Apart fae two of them.

I thought you were leaving?

[swaddon]

I thought you were leaving?

Nae other forum would have me.

[Pacman1903]

My tablet winna let me use this site.

Thats f@cking sh@te

Phone is fine though

[Pacman1903]

Also, after all the moaning about getting the search function back, its f@cking gone again

Multiple same threads it is then

[ILikeJam]

How come Pacman has a wee flower underneath his avatar?

[EintrachtFrankfurt]

Footymad finally hits 2006.

[Pacman1903]

Maybe it indicates that im nae allowed to use this site on my tablet

If you click on the flower it takes you to an unavailable site

[The_Verninator]

Maybe it indicates that im nae allowed to use this site on my tablet

If you click on the flower it takes you to an unavailable site

Or it denotes deviant posters...you are on footymads watchlist

[scobiemacd]

Just seeing if typing '****' is banned.


edit. it is.

[Giant_Jouster]

Testing testing hello 2016

[scobiemacd]

Pikey mad ban lifted !:D

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

FFS I cant log in so have had to re register, there goes my 15 years on the forum ....or was it 12?

On the plus side , we can post videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001SAQZmkP8

:o:rolleyes::confused: ............................Now how do we post pics?

[AberdeenArnold]

Ach well, at least it lived up expectations.

It's sh1te XD

I'll get used to it though.

[AberdeenArnold]

Pikey mad ban lifted !:D

Dirty jute mink cocksuckers.

I'll be banned when i'm ready.

Edit, some "special" words have slipped through again XD

Mother****er

[AberdeenArnold]

http://i63.tinypic.com/24qog9h.jpg

Photo test of god

[Pacman1903]

Or it denotes deviant posters...you are on footymads watchlist

Ahhhhhh

[AberdeenArnold]

Here Gospel min B)

You can reply and quote yourself.

You are gonna love it, batter in min :P

[Brian Grantland]

Maybe it indicates that im nae allowed to use this site on my tablet

If you click on the flower it takes you to an unavailable site

It is an outdated messenger app that's long gone but since this is an update to a decade ago tech...

You will use the same email address for that, that you use for this...

Or as has been previously mentioned you're a deviant...

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

test

http://i.imgur.com/ThF7V9V.jpg

[AberdeenArnold]

Ach well, at least it lived up expectations.

It's sh1te XD

I'll get used to it though.


It is an outdated messenger app that's long gone but since this is an update to a decade ago tech...

You will use the same email address for that, that you use for this...

Or as has been previously mentioned you're a deviant...


Looks like a flower to me.

I think it something to do with ***ual orientation :P

[Brian Grantland]

This could be a great few weeks on this site, it's unmoderated and anyone who was banned can get in.

Blood letting ahoy

[Pacman1903]

Testing

****, piss, ****, ****, cocksucker, mother****er, tits

The 7 words cant say on TV is the 3 you can on abmad

[therealsouthstander]

http://i63.tinypic.com/24qog9h.jpg

Photo test of god


That's nae God , God has a tash !

[AberdeenArnold]

****
****er
****ing
Cock
Cocksucker
****
Bull****
Dick
DickHead
Pish
Fud
Fanny
****

All the words above are acceptable now, green light for abuse, green light

[Pacman1903]

http://i63.tinypic.com/24qog9h.jpg

Photo test of god

Looks like hes lost a filling and is trying to locate what tooth it came from with his tongue

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

Nah he's sookin a cola cube



Edit to ask....... How do you get your avatar back? Cause Im a new account will I have to get a certain amount of posts before I can get one?

[Aldo1983]

Packers!? You trying to groom us with your wee flower?

http://i63.tinypic.com/2wn1uh0.jpg

[FiGi]

This new site looks alot like the AFC Chat one does it not?

[Pacman1903]

Aye f@ck knows what thats about.

[khawaga]

Nobody has used ICQ in the English-speaking world since the Russians bought its faltering carcass from AOL in 2010 XD XD XD XD

I'm looking forward to seeing what this forum does next year when that Harvard thingy "The Facebook" is launched.

Also, f uck this:


You have included a total of 5 images in your message. The maximum number that you may include is 4. Please correct the problem and then continue again.

[Aldo1983]

Do you know what would be nice? Someone to come along and explain a couple of things to us. Like what's the stars for, why is packers trying to groom us and why can't j post a picture using the wee thingy on here?

[Mason89]

Do you know what would be nice? Someone to come along and explain a couple of things to us. Like what's the stars for, why is packers trying to groom us and why can't j post a picture using the wee thingy on here?


That would be nice. You'll need to ask on another forum for the answers

[DonsRUs]

Hilarious :D I can imagine several on here greeting into their frosties that their post count was gone overnight.....

[irnbru1903]

Six posts per page ... my attention span does not last long enough to get through more than one or two pages. Just when you start to get used to all the quirks and inadequacies of the site they pull the rug from under you.

Honestly though I just logged in to see if I have a flower like Pac.

[irnbru1903]

40 posts per page now ... much better but no flower! Pac must be a special case.

[AberdeenArnold]

Where's the like button.

I expect another "scheduled update" to fix this.

Get yer finger oot Simon and co

[Jupiter]

They could have explained that you have to login with your username instead of your email address. It took me ages to figure that out.

[Pacman1903]

Maybe the flower means im now a mod.

If so my first act of business is to un ban the word c@nt(once i work out how to be a mod)

[AberdeenArnold]

They could have explained that you have to login with your username instead of your email address. It took me ages to figure that out.

That's to thin the herd.

I had the same problem, good point.

[ObanRed]

They could have explained that you have to login with your username instead of your email address. It took me ages to figure that out.


It's taken me until i read your post to figure that out !!! Cheers for the heads up ;D

[Pacman1903]

Did the word "username" nae give it away. Thats not even being a luddite, thats just an attention issue

[Jupiter]

Did the word "username" nae give it away. Thats not even being a luddite, thats just an attention issue


Eventually it did give it away, but I just assumed it would be the same login details as before.

[Brian Grantland]

The idea of pac as a mod is frightening...no more slagging of the 'music' he listens to

[Pacman1903]

Any bad words on my tunes. 10 day yellow

Any bad words on Cheap Trick, lifer

[MalagaSheep]

This is balls

[Pacman1903]

This is balls

Elaborate min

[Aldo1983]

That's to thin the herd.

I had the same problem, good point.

I was the same (thick smiley face)

[khawaga]

Do you know what would be nice? Someone to come along and explain a couple of things to us. Like what's the stars for, why is packers trying to groom us and why can't j post a picture using the wee thingy on here?

Looks like everything is still on the default settings, so try this:

vBulletin Manual v4.2.3 (https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html?manualversion=40203500)

edit - that's a link above btw, christ knows why its nae a different colour to show its a link :?

[Stef]

Hello everybody
Just trying out the new board.

[Pacman1903]

At least everyones avatars are nae chopped now

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

At least everyones avatars are nae chopped now

Mine is :( cause i can't log into my old account

[Brian Grantland]

all bar 2 classic threads has disappeared

brilliant :(

thon matthew from spar was a proper pick me up
gone
sibo u bollix

[Barnared]

****
****er
****ing
Cock
Cocksucker
****
Bull****
Dick
DickHead
Pish
Fud
Fanny
****

All the words above are acceptable now, green light for abuse, green light

you still can't say addblocker though !....(blockadder)

- well you couldn't this morning :O

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

pine *******

[Pacman1903]

Dick smoker

[khawaga]

all bar 2 classic threads has disappeared

brilliant :(

thon matthew from spar was a proper pick me up
gone
sibo u bollix

Even better than that, any thread started before 1st Jan 2015 has been deleted, even if it was active and replied to recently.

Nice picking of an arbitrary cutoff, Sibo. :O

[PittodriePile]

This looks decent on first shotty! Wondered this for ages but with the new look I've decided to ask, how does one get an avatar? Does this option open up to me after a certain amount of time served?

[Barnared]

Is there a word limit per post? Lots of lengthy posts in the Ali thread are cut in half.

[Pacman1903]

Surely this isnt the finished article

Must be some tweeks to be done

[Pacman1903]

This looks decent on first shotty! Wondered this for ages but with the new look I've decided to ask, how does one get an avatar? Does this option open up to me after a certain amount of time served?

It was post related pal, but i kept mine even though i had no posts as of today

So i dont know now min

You can say fanny balls cock sucking dick face though

Which is nice

[aurora_borealis]

Another change, and where's all.our posts gone?

[The_Stolen_Bus]

That's to thin the herd.

I had the same problem, good point.

and me - sorted it eventually.

At least its faster now!

[khawaga]

Surely this isnt the finished article

Must be some tweeks to be done

It's lazyarsed implementation to roll out a platform to live and then just expect the users to find all the bugs for you.

This looks like someone (Sibo) just installed the the default setup of vBulletin, dumped a Footymad logo in the corner, ported over every thread started after 1-1-2015, then switched it on and went back to counting ad revenues in the pub.

[Pacman1903]

So fit bugs have we got so far

1)search function gone (again)
2)post count eradicated
3)home button missing
4)classic threads gone.
5)like button gone
6)possibly a word limit
7)i have a flower
8)c@nt is still a banned word

[Barnared]

It's a phukin weird wee flower ana. One red petal and all the others are green !

I like it though, suits you

[Pacman1903]

Has anyone tested "*******s" yet

Edit- Ach

[Grimm]

Looks miles better on my tablet like. Used to admin on boards similar to this years ago, they can be customised more or less as much as you like, so if we moan to SF Ed enough we should get it sorted!

[Gervaise_Brookhampster]

Has anyone tested "*******s" yet

Edit- Ach

See post #76

[khawaga]

So fit bugs have we got so far

1)search function gone (again)
2)post count eradicated
3)home button missing
4)classic threads gone.
5)like button gone
6)possibly a word limit
7)i have a flower
8)c@nt is still a banned word

These aren't really bugs, they are either default settings for vBulletin that nobody has bothered to change or test, or "executive decisions" made by Sibo to cut down the effort required to switch to a new bit of software.

So:

1) There is a search function. In fact, there are at least two - the main box at the top right hand of the site, and the "search forum" option in the top right of the Stand-free forum (and all others).

However, there are two problems. Firstly, the main search pulls posts from all forums on the site, not just AbMad's forums. This is because nobody bothered to explain that vBulliten uses subcriptions to narrow what you see, that the main search uses all forums you are subscribed to, and that we are subscribed to all of them by default.

Secondly, only threads that have been posted to since the switchover will show up. This is probably because nobody has bothered to index the posts that were ported over from the old site so they can be searched.

2) Post count. This falls under "executive decision" - probably viewed as too much time to be bothered to set the post counts.

3) Home page. One for "nobody has bothered to change or test". The default configuration of vBulletin would make the Footymad root page the home.

4) Dead threads. "Executive decision" - either too much effort or, being generous, an incompatibility issue. Not really thought through though as a fair number of the killed threads were still active.

5) Likes. "nobody has bothered to change or test". not a default vBulletin feature AFAIK. Might be possible, who knows.

6) Post length. "nobody has bothered to change or test". most likely due to a vBulletin default character number. Sibo needs to increase the value in the site char limit parameter.

7) Pacs gay flower. "nobody has bothered to change or test". The flower denotes ICQ, which was still around when this software was rolled out in the late 2000s. Sibo should be able to turn ICQ support off by unticking a box.

8) C@nt.

I agree that the most frustrating aspect of this is the lack of involvement by Sibo in engaging his own users - no headsups, explanation of changes, feedback, nothing.

It's around this time that the subject of moving this community away from here to a voluntary forum that we have more control over seems quite appealing again, especially as there don't seem to be any representatives of FootyMad present on these forums to give a shyte about us talking about it these days.

Didn't someone have a suitable domain and server kicking about?

[Pacman1903]

Nothing gay about my flower mate

[Mason89]

75

The upgrade has improved the ads.

[BorneoRed]

First look and not too bad.

Still the usual comedians on here though ;D

[InLudoVeritas]

Underwhelmed

[InLudoVeritas]

Right then, Aberdictionary - A

;D



I've just rated this thread as excellent :-)

[khawaga]

Nothing gay about my flower mate


I'm sorry. It's very pretty, really brings out the colour of your eyes.

I'll see you a flower and raise you a freakish gingerbread mannie

[InLudoVeritas]

.

[Pacman1903]

I'm sorry. It's very pretty, really brings out the colour of your eyes.

I'll see you a flower and raise you a freakish gingerbread mannie

I am totally f@cking jealous

[awafaehame]

Christ I had to check the address I was on, thought I had logged into afc hat..........

Anyway, like everything else, will take a little while to get used to, but I am sure eventually, we will all have forgotten what the old site used to look like.

[Redtothebone]

Testing testing 123 :)

[blinlemon]

****
****er
****ing
Cock
Cocksucker
****
Bull****
Dick
DickHead
Pish
Fud
Fanny
****

All the words above are acceptable now, green light for abuse, green light

The auld site sweary filter test piece...

DAPHNE BROON'S PISHFLAPS

[blinlemon]

Yaaaaas!

[Barnared]

I am totally f@cking jealous

What does it all mean? :?:D


now how do you multi quote thingy?

[swaddon]

I see the auld post counts are back.

[Pacman1903]

Aye but fars the leader board. Im i rightfully on it nooo

[Pacman1903]

I see 48 folk have been perving on me

Look guys ill just post a pic of my handsome self if you are that intrigued at the mystery of Pac

[Brian Grantland]

I eagerly await someone having the msn chessman

[gervaise_brookhampst]

Do Gifs work

http://38.media.tumblr.com/61f22cba51f21bcea61667de2b4559aa/tumblr_mi424567qO1r89qoso1_500.gif

Yup

http://i.makeagif.com/media/6-11-2015/6tOe6a.gif

[swaddon]

A new development! Threads from 2014 are now available.

[MalagaSheep]

It will take a bit o getting used to! No that keen yet!

[Pacman1903]

http://i64.tinypic.com/11uca3t.gif

[Pacman1903]

http://i67.tinypic.com/ml15vn.gif

[fatshaft]

Don't thank me, just throw money O:)

Very belated, long overdue, and horse has probably long since bolted, but I guess Sibo was really hurting in the pooch, and better late than never I suppose.

[Pacman1903]

Does that mean your back to stay min

Could do with a few more

[fatshaft]

Does that mean your back to stay min

Could do with a few more

Well, I shouted since about 2005 for this software to get into the 21st century, took Ed's patronising insults for me to give up finally for a second time.

So aye. Now, fit wi gan tae spik aboot? :?

[simpson_1903]

Clicking on a thread takes you to the first page, much preferred going to the page with the most recent post.

[Barnared]

Clicking on a thread takes you to the first page, much preferred going to the page with the most recent post.

Click/touch on the last poster here on the right and it will take you to the last post.
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