It's time for another DU3 PREVIEW! ... Don't be afraid to go over there and POST!

[Skinner]

Many of you are aware that the DU administrators have been working on a complete overhaul of the DU software, which we call "DU3". We have been working hard for the last few months, and we are excited to open it up again for another preview. You can preview the software (AND POST!) at our special preview website:

http://www.du3preview.com


WHAT'S NEW ON DU3?

For a complete explanation of how DU3 improves upon DU2, read this thread: http://www.du3preview.com/10136

If you have already seen an earlier preview of DU3, here is a post listing the upgrades since our last preview in February: http://www.du3preview.com/1013143

* The "My Subscriptions" function is done. You can subscribe to any Group, have it appear in your left-hand navigation, and easily follow it on your "My Subscriptions" page.

* Forum and group have been renamed and re-organized. New forums and groups have been added.

* The "About this forum/group" pages are all working, and a description of each forum/group has been added.

* We now have a "Self-delete" function which allows you to completely delete your own posts.

* There is automatic mobile device detection. And you can set your preferred format through your "My Account" page.

And if you like what you see (or even if you don't), please take a moment to http://www.democraticunderground.com/donate.html">Donate to DU. :)

Please kick and rec this thread so more people can see it.

Skinner
DU Admin

[blondeatlast]

1. GD: Soapbox. Oooh, that oughta be good! Thanks; this place is awesome as is,

and it just gets better.

[hwmnbn]

2. k&R

[a2liberal]

3. K&R (n/t)

[Skinner]

4. Don't be afraid to post!

http://www.du3preview.com

[The Straight Story]

9. After I get home and have a few drinks I promise I will post something there

:evilgrin:

[slay]

5. K&R

gotta run but will check it out and post later Skinner. :hi:

[madrchsod]

6. most excellent!

how many versions has kos or jimmy had?:rofl:

[woo me with science]

7. OMG! A whole forum for talking about DU!!!!!

I love it. :rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

37. So if you talk about "DU Meta-discussion", would that be considered a

DU Meta-Meta-discussion?

[woo me with science]

59. There will be infinite forums!

Like string theory!

[woo me with science]

8. Love the self-delete option. nt

[Ninjaneer]

10. Do we have to re-register to post? I tried logging in but says my ID doesn't exist...

Looks great though!

[Skinner]

14. You should be able to log in with your DU account.

There is a password retrieval function over there if you need it.

[Ninjaneer]

20. It says there's no one with my user ID and when I try to enter my email

to retrieve ID or PW, it says that it doesn't belong to any user account.

[demmiblue]

21. Who Can Participate?

"Anyone can browse and read the DU3 Preview website, but not everyone can log in and post.

Only active DU members who registered before January 19, 2011 are eligible to log in and post on the DU3 Preview website. During this software preview, the DU3 Preview website is not accepting new registrations."


:hi:

[Ninjaneer]

23. Thank you,

guess I got a bit too excited and didn't do much reading :dunce:

[bobbolink]

30. It doesn't accept my password, either. I tried twice, and since I just used it to log in normally

here, it isn't me.

Well, you said to expect bugs. :)

[obxhead]

11. Looking good!

Format looks great so far. :)

[NYC Liberal]

12. Looks like we'll be able to subscribe to keywords (under "my Subscriptions")?

If so, terrific!

Now we just need a way to HIDE threads based on keywords!

DU3 is looking good.

[Skinner]

29. Eventually we will give you the ability to hide by keyword.

But we aren't going to program that for a while.

[housewolf]

13. Where's the DU Marketplace?

I assume it's hiding someplace, but I check a number of places and didn't see it

[Skinner]

17. It's under Economy and Jobs

http://www.du3preview.com/?com=forum&id=1115

[hlthe2b]

15. I'm just curious when you are hoping to do the big switch over?

No hurry--just curious....;)

[Skinner]

18. Hopefully in the summer or fall.

We still have a lot of work to do.

[steve2470]

16. k&r nt

[MineralMan]

19. Well, I'm having a look. Might as well get used to the new DU.

Looks good so far, but it will take some time to get oriented.

[leftstreet]

22. Does 'soapbox' replace GD?

Will there be a GD politics and/or GD election?

[demmiblue]

26. I was wondering the same thing. Found this:

"You'll have noticed from the list above that along with a few cosmetic adjustments we've also made some fairly significant changes to the "classic" lineup of DU forums. The most important of these are:

General Discussion
We have separated the General Discussion forums in a new way which we hope will make it easier to find the type of discussions you're looking for. Instead of General Discussion and General Discussion: Presidential we now have General Discussion: Recommended Reading and General Discussion: Soapbox.

<snip>

The old DU2 forum Editorials and Other Articles has been rolled into General Discussion: Recommended Reading and the purpose of this new forum is for cross-posting stories and articles found elsewhere on the Web. In this regard the forum is something of a hybrid between the old Editorials and Other Articles forum and the General Discussion forum.

The new General Discussion: Soapbox forum is for posting your own thoughts and rants on politics, issues, and current events. Need to get something off your chest? Just saw a teabagger getting demolished on cable news? Presidential speech coming up at any minute? Post about it here."

http://www.du3preview.com/10136


Makes sense to me! However, I am sure there will be some growing pains meshing GD and GDP together.

[intheflow]

36. I love the new breakdown!

GD and GDP have both been... contentious... places over the years. I think Admin has discovered part of the problem: Some people post from their own point of view (soapbox) and some informing DUers through links (recommended reading). It's kind of like a breakdown between news sites and blogs. People will gravitate to the format they prefer. It's an interesting premise, anyway. I hope it works!

[trud]

24. what happened to the gardening and loners groups? n/t

[Skinner]

28. They are there.

If you view your Forums & Groups page in "Show All" mode, then you can see all the forums and groups on one page.

http://www.du3preview.com/?com=forums&mode=show_all

Or you can find them in their categories:

Gardening is under "Recreation & Leisure": http://www.du3preview.com/?com=forum&id=1177

Loners is under "People & Social": http://www.du3preview.com/?com=forum&id=1180

[trud]

39. thanks, but

I would prefer to see gardening under home & family, where it is now. Lots of us garden to provide food, not for recreation and no way is it leisure.

[JDPriestly]

25. What is a "subscription" to a group?

Is it a preference? Or will there be some requirement in order to "subscribe"?

[Skinner]

27. You should try it!

Go to a group.

Click the orange button that says "Subscribe to this Group."

The group will appear on your left-side navigation, on your Forums & Groups page, and on your "My Subscriptions" page.

New threads from subscribed groups will appear on your My Subscriptions page.

[mogster]

31. Looks good

Hope the Greatest will still be in the new version.

[Ohio Joe]

32. K&R - nt

[JoeyTrib]

33. Saw it.

I guess we'll all get used to it.

[keopeli]

34. Question: When I mark a forum as "Read," why do the same posts still

appear in my "My Subscriptions" list. Since I've already read them and even pressed a button to say I've read them, I expected they would no longer appear in my list of subscribed posts. This may be too much to ask, but it seemed curious to me.

All in all, it looks and feels great. As always, clean, fast and contemporary. Good job!

[Skinner]

45. The mark function works the same on DU3 as it does on DU2.

It changes the color of the folders, threads, and replies from yellow to white so you can keep track of what you have read.

[Overseas]

35. K&R! //nt

[eridani]

38. You are doing away with the "recommend" feature entirely? n/t

[Skinner]

46. No.

But it is unlikely to appear in its current form.

[intheflow]

61. Will there still be a Greatest Page?

It's kind of my forum of choice. There's always so much crappola one has wade through in the forums. I hate clicking on a promising thread title and getting an inside joke, one word post, etc. The Greatest Page brings the cream to the top.

[eridani]

62. It is particularly useful for information sharing posts

People tend not to comment on them much, and K&R for more highly rated ones keeps the information on top for awhile.

[trud]

40. one thing I would like

is a way to say, don't display pictorial signatures or whatever they're called. Currently I block individual ones with adblock, but it is a nuisance.

When I am reading, I don't like a lot of clutter on the screen (some are huge, some are offensive), and I esp. do not like stuff that flashes.

[Skinner]

47. On the current DU website you can hide signatures.

Just select Options > Edit your preferences then look for the words "Display signatures?" Select no and click update.

[trud]

55. Thanks! n/t

[nc4bo]

41. HeeHaw I got to christen the Artists Group with a cactus wren - Heehaw LOL

I like it.....I think. I'm such an ole fuddy-duddy when things I've gotten used to change but it's cool.

Good job guys!

[whyzayker]

42. Has The Dungeon been 86ed?

Just askin'

[Skinner]

48. I don't know which dungeon you are referring to.

But all the forums and groups from DU2 exist on DU3. So it's there. Click the "Forums and Groups" tab and then browse around to find what you're looking for.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

43. No more images in sig lines? -nt

[Skinner]

49. Currently, no.

Not sure if we are going to program that functionality or not.

[intheflow]

60. Oh, please do!

I love seeing the pictures in the sig lines - it customizes posters and has recognition power for me in a way their screen names never do.

[aintitfunny]

44. Looks Great! (eom)

[Octafish]

50. Will Journals be transferred to DU3?

If not, what happens to DU2 posts and the archived stuff?

PS: New site looks great. Then, again, the old site was the best on the 'net.

[graywarrior]

51. .

:scared:

[midnight]

52. I logged into the new DU3 and tried to navigate the cooking and baking

forum. I'm waiting for someone to post a carrot cake recipe for me and cannot figure out how to look beyond the six topics listed. Any suggestions on how to search on a particular blog for more topics in a particular forum... Thanks...

[pacalo]

53. K&R!

[Pharaoh]

54. still looks

like an inferior site to me.

i like the videos on the left on the home page.

[myrna minx]

56. This is exciting. I remember how amazed I was with DU2 and this is just as wonderful. Thanks! K&Rn/t

[GillesDeleuze]

57. WHERE ARE THE VIDEOS.. THE REASON I CHECK DU

more than once daily..

[Lone_Star_Dem]

58. Skinner, I've tried for the past two days to log in and it won't let me.

I've entered the same username and password I use on this version, but it says:

"Incorrect Password

The password you entered for that username is incorrect."

Yesterday I reset my password for my account on this version and then retried today. It still gives the same error.

I've had that problem a few times in the past on this version as well. I've not yet attempted to have the new version resend me a password out of fear it will mess up somehow and not arrive at my email (as has happened each time in the past on this old/current version) but still end up resetting my password. Or whatever it is it does that then leaves me unable to log on until I contact elad for a new one.

It's not a huge big deal at the moment, but I thought I might mention it now before you go live with the new version. :)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

63. Update:

I got brave and had the new DU3 send me an email with a new password. Worked like a charm. It also appears I can still log in here so all is beautiful in the land of Lone_Star_Dem.

:)