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*Welcome to the new TechExams.net!*

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I'm pleased to introduce to you the new TE! Took a "tad" longer than expected, which was expected but it took even longer than that.

This upgrade was what we internally refer to as phase one of TEv4 and besides a major forum upgrade provides us with a better system for integrating additional features. Phase two will be spread out over the next several weeks and includes integrated blogs, a new test engine (including new practice exams) and more.

The forum upgrade by itself introduces a whole bunch of new features of which I will list some of the imo best:

- Much better editor (box I'm typing in now) that amongst many other things supports an auto-save draft feature.

- Notifications menu (top right of page, the counter) - Although it was available for our forums earlier, if you use Google+ you'll find it very familiar. Currently notifies you of new PMs, new rep, and friend requests. I'll add more in the future, perhaps when you get a reply to a subscribed thread.

- Better search - Not directly something you'll notice, but once we finish phase 2 of the upgrade you'll be able to search blogs, articles/TechNotes, and the forums in one search. [Search tables are still rebuilding, so results are incomplete for a while]

- New Mobile Style - A new mobile theme that supports iPhones and Androids, and soon other mobile browsers. There's an update coming that fixes a whopping 122 bugs so consider this one in a test phase.

There are still several things I need to do to but they don't require the forums to be closed. That includes some cosmetic changes as well but if you notice something unworkable or simply not functioning please let me know (either by posting here or PM-ing me). I hope you like the new design! Still needs some tweaking (including some font size changes) which I'll do this weekend.

Several maintenance routines and cache rebuilding might cause the site to respond slower than usual. I'm keeping a close eye on the server and we may have some additional down time during the weekend.

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    jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Booya!!
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    djfunzdjfunz Member Posts: 307
    It looks so pretty!
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    EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I'll be honest, I liked the former look of the forums. This one looks too fancy, but I guess I need to get used to it.

    I like the auto-save feature in the quick-type box, love it. More than a few times, I've accidentally hit the backspace button and lost all my text.

    @ Johan

    - I cannot find the User CP button we used to have before, tucked away somewhere?
    - The add rep button kinda blends into the grey background when you hover your mouse over it, can we have a different colour please?
    - Can we add the English dictionary to the site? Colour is red-lined. I dont want to call it Color, I know this aint a big deal, just something I noticed.

    And you know what Johan, you rock! YOU da man!!
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    WebmasterWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 Admin
    Essendon wrote: »
    - I cannot find the User CP button we used to have before, tucked away somewhere?
    It's the Settings icon left from Log Out at the top right of the page.
    Essendon wrote: »
    - The add rep button kinda blends into the grey background when you hover your mouse over it, can we have a different colour please?
    Yes (that's one of the cosmetic changes I was referring to).
    Essendon wrote: »
    - Can we add the English dictionary to the site? Colour is red-lined. I dont want to call it Color, I know this aint a big deal, just something I noticed.
    Isn't that FF / your browser?

    Edit: I just noticed the first quote above overlaps the title - added to list.
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    Dr ITDr IT Member Posts: 351 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Fantastickoo Keep up the good work...
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    Mike-MikeMike-Mike Member Posts: 1,860
    it looks sweet!

    there used to be a "new posts" button, is that the same as "today's post" now?
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    WebmasterWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 Admin
    Mike-Mike wrote: »

    there used to be a "new posts" button, is that the same as "today's post" now?

    Ah, I should have mentioned that. The What's New option (top left) basically replaces the "New Posts" feature but will also show new blogs entries and articles/TechNotes.
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Nice work so far so good!
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    EveryoneEveryone Member Posts: 1,661
    That explains the "Internal Error 500" last night." :P

    Looks good! What no one else uses any other forums that have upgraded to this version of vBulletin? A couple car related forums I'm on upgraded to this quite some time ago, so I guess I'm already used to it. :P Maybe I'm just a bit of a forum junkie.
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    mikedisd2mikedisd2 Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Nuts, it doesn't fit into my browser anymore.

    Wouldn't mind it being a few shades greyer to be gentler on the eyes.
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    DevilsbaneDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Well this explains why the forums were down last night!

    Change always disappoints me at first. When things move around I get concerned. But with all of the new features I think this should be a big win.

    Way to go!
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    WebmasterWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 Admin
    mikedisd2 wrote: »
    Nuts, it doesn't fit into my browser anymore.

    Wouldn't mind it being a few shades greyer to be gentler on the eyes.
    Ok, changed the minimum width a little so it should fit in 1024x768 again (assuming that's what you have). I'll take a look at our second request after I get some sleep because right now even #ccc is bright.

    Thanks for the feedback so far.
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    RobertKaucherRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Awesome!
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    erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Well done, Johan!

    I can't wait to see how TE looks on my phone.
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    hiddenknight821hiddenknight821 Member Posts: 1,209 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Wow. Not bad at all. I guess I would have to get used to it since the new layout is pretty much eye candy. :)
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    PristonPriston Member Posts: 999 ■■■■□□□□□□
    When I search for posts by my username I get
    Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
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    SteveLordSteveLord Member Posts: 1,717
    Looks great on iPad finally.
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    CodeBloxCodeBlox Member Posts: 1,363 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I personally like the new look! IMO, change is good! :)
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    pham0329pham0329 Member Posts: 556
    sweeet! The new color scheme is way better than the old one. Nice job!
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    KrisAKrisA Member Posts: 142
    That explains why I couldn't get on the forums at midnight!... Looks good so far, keep up the GREAT work
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    themagiconethemagicone Member Posts: 674
    I'm going to disagree here, I'm not a fan of the "block" style. I like the much flatter style, easier to read.
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    cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    Looks very clean. Good job 709-495.gif
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    jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    It looks great. Nice work.
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    NightShade03NightShade03 Member Posts: 1,383 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Awesome job on the new look.

    FYI - Logging in gives me a "Unknown redirect" error. The login happens fine, just seems to get confused on the redirect. Not a huge deal.
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    alan2308alan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I'm liking it. And this is coming from an old crotchety guy who generally hates change. :D
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    demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819
    umm the mobile site wont work on android 2.2 with the dolphin hd browser (the most popular one it beats out the normal one)
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    nastynate604nastynate604 Member Posts: 61 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I am finding that I cannot create new posts using Chrome or Firefox, only IE. When I try and create a new post with either Chrome or FF the editor will not show up, it just turns grey. Any thoughts on this? Other than that great job! But please try and fix the above, I hate using Internet Exploder.

    Thanks!
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    nastynate604 wrote: »
    I am finding that I cannot create new posts using Chrome or Firefox, only IE. When I try and create a new post with either Chrome or FF the editor will not show up, it just turns grey. Any thoughts on this? Other than that great job! But please try and fix the above, I hate using Internet Exploder.

    Thanks!

    Just tested and it works fine for me in FF 6.0.2.
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    CodeBloxCodeBlox Member Posts: 1,363 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Works for me. I do notice that it creates the post in the "quick reply" automatically.
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    nastynate604nastynate604 Member Posts: 61 ■■□□□□□□□□
    What about chrome?
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