Ah, if I’m understanding correctly, the name shown in quoted material is the old display name, which now mismatches with the current user name in use. (Or it may mismatch, for those with a different username and display name on the old site.)
I think part of that is the mismatch of username and display name. You’ll recognize some of that list by their old name I’d bet. I spot checked the list and it seems accurate. I guess that’s a side effect of being online for 27 years, some of our most prolific contributors haven’t been here for...
Yeah it’s going to take some time to figure out all the nuances. I do believe once we get past the “but we have always done it that way” bias life will be good. But getting there may be a little painful. :)
For the new/unread posts I’ll poke around. I think if the thread name is bold clicking...
I believe clicking a thread title will take you to the earliest unread post in that thread. You can tell if the URL has /unrtead at the end of it:
E.g. https://army.ca/forums/threads/canadian-topgun-pilot.133461/unread
There isn't a "new" button like we used to have, but this should have the...
Folks, I am very happy to welcome you to the new Army.ca!
You will notice a lot of changes, most for the better, and some we will have to work through. For the techies in the group, we have migrated away from using Simple Machines to using XenForo. The former was a great foundation, but was...
Heads up I am doing a dry run on this upgrade over the next couple of days, and expect to take the site offline to do the final upgrade... well, probably around the 24th/25th. It may take a couple of days to complete the migration, upgrade, and configuration so please be patient!
Folks,
I am planning to attempt a major forum upgrade in the coming days. The upgrade will swap out much of the software we use in an effort to simplify and modernize the site. In order to head off problems, I need everyone to do two quick things:
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