New Acorn Domains Info

Admin · Mar 25, 2016

Hey Everyone, I thought id make a quick hit list of FAQ's which might save a couple of questions from the get go.

Please bear with us while we bug track, tweak and make adjustment to the style over the coming weeks, all bug reports are most helpful and there will be a bug report thread and discussion thread created for members to feedback things they dislike or if you find a bug/style issue that needs resolving.

Discussion Thread : http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/new-setup-discussion-thread.139337/
Bug thread : http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/new-setup-bug-and-suggestion-thread.139336/

Couple of points :

Adult forum needs opting in again, you can do that via your preferences and setting "Yes", please note that opt in selection isn't instant, you will need to wait for the crons to run before you get promoted to that group. ( normally within the hour )
If you wish to ignore posts in a certain section from showing in "new posts" you can do so by going to your account page and selecting the "Ignore New posts section" ( http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/account/new-posts )
The default style is wide and responsive with user info to the left of posts, we have included additional sub styles which include :
- Default Full width theme
- Full Width alt Postbit ( user info and avatar above posts ) **Experimental Beta
- Fixed width (1200px wide) (user info and avatar left of posts )
- Fixed width Alt Postbit ( 1200px wide ) ( user info and avatar above posts ) **Experimental Beta
  
  You can select the "narrow" style from your account preferences ( http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/account/preferences ). If bug spotting please outline if you are using the narrow theme
Avatars may look blurry compared to the old setup, this requires you to re-upload your avatar in better quality (larger) formats and square dimensions to cover all aspect sizes we are using or may use in the future.
It was requested to have the ability to switch back to "desktop" view instead of using responsive, you can do this ( when viewing on a mobile device ) by clicking the link right at the bottom of the site. Please note this is not default functionality for touch devices and is not designed to work this way, so it will have bugs which we wont be supporting and therefore it's your choice as to whether you use it or not.
Statistics - This comes up with every migration that's done. Just to note the import was 100% successful with no failures, the reduced statistics are due to the fact that the stats had not been rebuilt on vbulletin for a considerable amount of time, meaning all removed posts, pruned or deleted members etc were still counted as a statistic even though they were no longer in the system. The representation of the current stats are exactly whats in the system. This also goes for your personal statistics, if you are showing less posts it may have been a section being deleted on the last setup or posts simply being deleted/moderated on the last setup which were then not taken off the statistics.
User Flags, Members can disable these from showing on their avatar and profile, Admins however will still see it regardless of whether a user disables it or not.
Member packages - some features like signature links are limited to your account type. Signatures need to be reestablished if you are a full member or exclusive member. There are free hosting accounts for paid members (a deal arranged with Jolt ), there is a clear and full Features table giving a breakdown of membership features for different account types on the upgrade page. You can still use Acorn for free but without a donation will not be able to post in the premium domains thread or have a signature link, everything else you will be able to do on a free account.

I will add to the list above as necessary. The thread will be locked for replies to make sure we keep discussions and bug report threads on track and easy to follow.