Beta Release - Fri Apr 5, 2002

Beta Test Free Republic ^

[John Robinson]

Today's installment of beta testing joy.

• New, strange, link tree. Right here This will probably become some form of links database.

• Installed new style sheets, including the start of the "Blue Bars" style sheet. Check it out here

[John Robinson]

Links Directory ping.

[John Robinson]

"Blue Bars" is titled "Patriot" BTW, just in case you were looking for that title. It's similar to the original beta, before the mutiny.

[petuniasevan]

All right! Outdated home page, and lotsa stuff in BLUE to make my eyes water and blur.

Can't you tell it's late here, John?

[Jim Robinson]

John, I tried it. This is going to work out great! Thanks!!

[Sandy]

before the mutiny

ROFL! You rock, John. Thanks for everything.

[Budge]

John, I see a lot of complaints about the 'flag sidebar' in many posts about the new system. Frankly, I LIKE seeing it, I hope it is an option. (I didn't update screen with "Patriot" yet to see if it works yet, but will.)

I changed my settings experimenting the last BETA round, now I can no longer get to that page to get it back.

Trying to find "General Interest" is now a pain, and I can only do it occasionally. I really liked the BETA before it went online.

Can you add individule setups when I click on my name?

[heleny]

I'm sorry I haven't tried the current beta release, but I have two comments on the current format (but I preferred the beta version a few weeks ago, shortly after it the banner "advertisement" for the beta release).

When I change the Thread Pagination and other selections for my User Preferences, the old selections sometimes remain deep red (instead of changing into blue, although they do lose the boldface font). Sometimes they become blue, but when I change back to the original choice, the 2nd selection doesn't return to blue. Maybe it's just my computer -- Netscape 4.7, Win 95 -- and this doesn't matter much.

Is there a way to see a longer self-search (or My Comments) list?
Sometimes I like reviewing older articles, such as if I miss FR too many days. The list used to be very long, but now I can only find very recent posts.

Thanks so much for all your work!

[ken5050]

Did you ever get my Freepmail about a suggestion for FReepmail deletion?.....

[xm177e2]

I've made two CSSes (like the old ones), would you like me to email them to you? They're standard blue and red themes.

[Neets]

Hey, I'm really liking this!! I'll get used to the blue..it's my favorite color anyway..heheeh..thanks for all your hard work.

[kassie]

Thanks for the heads up. It is differnt. Blue is my favorite color too. It also helps highlight the different areas in a post. I like it. When does all of this take affect?

[Neets]

Not sure when kassie..but I can certainly live with it...more user friendly IMHO.

[Soaring Feather]

What I have seen I like. Last weekend, I saw a nice blue border I thought was nice.

Since I have never posted a news article, so I don't know about changes dealing with that part of the new software.
My knowledge of writing software is none.

I do however, very much enjoy FreeRepublic. Most especially the poetry thread.
Thank you much.

[sistergoldenhair]

Check this out.

[billbears]

I like it. Of course I like this style we're on now. Could you put a little more blue into it though?!?! Geez, I mean I like blue and all, but really!! LOL, I do like it, especially the way the comments and threads are separated into boxes

[John Robinson]

Yes, please do.

[HairOfTheDog]

I am in the "Patriot" clothes and like it very much! - Thanks a lot for this... checking out some of the other new things shortly!

[HairOfTheDog]

Minor (I hope) but important request... in the Patriot style, I lose the "color-changing links" on the reply numbers (in Self-Search) that tell me which replies are new, and which are old...

(And if you could tell me what those "color-changing links" are called so I can stop sounding like an idiot when I talk about them, that would be great!)

;~D