Forum Updates and Down Time

[Darren]

While discussing genetic genealogy will inevitably lead to comparisons and discussions on other testing companies, this is a Family Tree DNA forum. Please let's keep the discussion focused on Family Tree DNA or genetic genealogy in general and avoid entire threads discussing other companies....

[Darren]

There is a current bug with the like link which is causing the problem. At this time I don't have a time frame as to when it may be corrected. I am sorry for this problem.

-Darren
Family Tree DNA

[Darren]

I agree a prominent forum link would be beneficial and I have passed this suggestion along.

-Darren

[Darren]

Let's please return this thread to the topic on hand. Thank you.

-Darren
Family Tree DNA

[Darren]

I agree something more prominent is needed for the forum and this is something I have suggested.

-Darren

[Darren]

You can click on the New Topics link to the left of the Today's Posts it is similar to the New Posts of the previous versions in that it will show you the any threads that have had new activity since you last logged in. You can then click on the blue icon with the double white arrow to the far right...

[Darren]

Can you please provide me a specific example of this? I am not able to duplicate it.

-Darren...

[Darren]

The Like button has an error with it as well, giving that issue with You can't like the same post twice, even though there are no likes on that specific post. I currently disabled that option as well.

Sorry for the troubles.

-Darren

[Darren]

Well, at least as of now the smileys are showing back up.


-Darren

[Darren]

I confirmed the smilies are broken, so I have turned off that option for now.

-Darren

[Darren]

Today's posts can now be viewed without having to log in, and without having to go through the re-capthca.

-Darren

[Darren]

I created a template with a larger font size of 20. At the bottom of the forum page there will be the forum style drop down list on the left side. There are a bunch of options with the default being Default vB5 style. There is now a style called Large Font. Hope this helps.

-Darre...

[Darren]

Hi KATM,

When I pulled up the new topics today I noticed that to the far right of the topic it will sgive a Last Post by:
by Darren 29th September 2018, 08:38 PM Then there will be a blue icon with a double right pointing arrow. Clicking on this will take you to the last post in that...

[Darren]

Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out, I confirmed indeed it is the 10th. I have updated the posting to reflect that. Sorry.

-Darren
Family Tree DNA

[Darren]

Hello all, I also wanted to place this message here,
the Family Tree DNA forums will be down for scheduled maintenance starting September 10th. Please check back mid-September for new features.

So we will be down for a couple weeks. I am sorry for the inconvenience this causes....