I just upgraded from 1.2.13 to 1.4.3 and have discovered a minor issue.
Previously, when somebody added a post to a thread, their profile information appeared in a small box to the left of their posting. This way, it took up very little screen real estate.
Now, for some reason the user information is in a large region directly above each post, taking up tons of space.
I can't seem to find where to control this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
-David
So the postbit style has changed?? Change it in UCP > Edit Options > Thread View Options > Display posts in classic mode > **tick**. 1.4 comes with a new horizontal postbit, it was quite a major new feature actually. To set the default for guests and new users, go to ACP > Configuration > Show Thread Options > Post Layout. If you want to remove it, see
this thread.
(2008-11-06, 07:08 PM)Matt_ Wrote: [ -> ]So the postbit style has changed?? Change it in UCP > Edit Options > Thread View Options > Display posts in classic mode > **tick**. 1.4 comes with a new horizontal postbit, it was quite a major new feature actually. To set the default for guests and new users, go to ACP > Configuration > Show Thread Options > Post Layout. If you want to remove it, see this thread.
Thanks so much Matt!
Two more questions:
1) I have changed the settings in the ACP, but I assume that this does not affect existing user accounts (only new users and guests). How do I change all of my old users?
2) I notice that the postbit is showing certain information twice: user name, picture, stars, etc. Can you please remind me where I control what shows up there?
Thanks!
1. Steps on how to force it on current users can be found in the link I gave. But... as you want to force the
classic postbit, run this in PHPMyAdmin or whatever database manager you have:
UPDATE `mybb_users` SET `classicpostbit` = '1' WHERE `classicpostbit` = '0'
And now they'll all be on the classic postbit, they can't change it as you removed the option (if you did that from the link I gave) and guests and new users will use it too
2. Can you post up a printscreen?? Make sure ACP > Templates & Style > Templates > *expand template set** > Postbit Templates > postbit_classic is default (i.e. the name is not in
green). In fact you should make sure all your templates are default when going from 1.2.x to 1.4.x.
Thanks again, Matt. I reset the Postbit template back to default, and now it looks great, but I it is missing some of the custom fields that I have users add (such as school name, department, etc.). Can I now edit that template to add the missing fields back in?
Yeah you can now edit those back in, but you should edit
postbit_author_user. In case you can't remember what to add, you need {$post['fid
X']} where the X is the ID of the profile field in ACP > Configuration > Custom Profile Fields. Let me know if you need any more help with this