Forum Upgrades! 2025

Glenn reply :

Welcome to the new forum design! This new layout improves usability with more efficient use of screenspace, better security, and enhanced performance. Not only that, but it provides MANY new features. Most notably include: RSS feeds, user center, buddy list, enhanced private messaging, security and spam-fighting enhancements, and much more....

Here are just some of the changes:

Feature Additions:

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Private Messages Buddy List

Buddy list integration in view profile and topic displays

Carbon and Blind-Carbon Copy address boxes in Private Messages

User Panel - buddy list, private messaging center, profile, etc.

Private Message ignore list

Forward Private Messages

Private Message to Admin button for members

Private Message storage folders

Alert Moderator button on posts

Private Message away/vacation status options

New template using tabbed menus and 3-d overlays

Search field to add members to the list for searching or private messaging

Message Index icon for moved topics

Broadcast private messages

Topic summary on preview post page

Disable media and link viewing to guests

Time-friendly enhancement to user greeting

Media Center

Integrated RSS feed links

Sorting in detailed version check

Draft Private Messages

Online/offline status in profile and posts

Bug Fixes:

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ICQ improvements

Sending email notifcations to deleted members

Validation code for Forgot Password feature

Layout bugs in Opera browsers

Censoring in quotes

Quotes and apostrophes allowed in welcome private message

Custom date format functionality

Split post updates total posts

Jump menu appearance for guests

No conflicts with lowercase board ID versus same in uppercase

Year handling

Link wrapping changed to clip and added ellipses

MSN pop-up improved and made compliant again

Various layout bugs

Updated help files

Jimzee reply :

Holy crap! Love the new look! I can't get over how different it looks. Some of those improvements you explained, I don't even know what they mean. Thanks Glenn. 8-)

rfrazier reply :

I didn't know what to do with the site being down for hours! :-[

This new layout is crazy different!

T-rig reply :

New and improved BR. Thanks!

guest reply :

HOW COME i HAVE TO KEEP CENTERING THE SCREEN EVERY TIME i CLICK TO A NEW ONE, ANY WAY TO STOP THAT

guest reply :

And I lost all my storage~~~~~~~~~ :'(

Gatorbassman reply :

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And I lost all my storage~~~~~~~~~ :'(

What storage?

guest reply :

I had sevral addresses and phone numerhs in my message storage,including yours

Gatorbassman reply :

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I had sevral addresses and phone numerhs in my message storage,including yours

Now maybe you'll stop calling my wife.

I am sure Glenn will have a backup of it somewhere. He was up all night working on this so I'm sure he's sleeping. You should see all the new admin stuff we have to learn.

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

Looks good boss, thanks for all the hard work.

guest reply :

OK Heres the problem, it only happens when i come here. There is a left to right scroll bar on the bottom of the screen and I keep having to center the screen, every time I click to the next screen or pot. Welcome told me to adjust Pixles. didnt work except the text got smaller. I an running IE 7, yahoo crawler and I am working on a new Dell, with very little computer knowledge HELP , it's driving me nuts

PS It doesnt happen on the BR Home page or articles only when I get to the forums

Mrs. Matstone reply :

Everything looks great guys. Nice work.

Tin reply :

I'm really liking it. Good job Glenn

maxke01 reply :

running smoother, its ok

Bankbeater reply :

You did a good job Glenn, Its looking good!!!

guest reply :

I also have the problem with the image fitting my screen.

I have to use the horizontal scroll bar to center the image.

That being said.

HOLY guacamole what a totally cool look.

The features are awesome,

It makes a hillbilly proud to be part of such technocomplexplaystation3 type forum

Sam reply :

Kool.

I just wish I understood what all these upgrades mean.

The opera one looks good!

John J. reply :

Kudos to you Glenn! Outstanding work!

I like the new look, very well done!

Micro reply :

Very nice.

Jake. reply :

Thanks Glenn!

Bassnajr reply :

Hey all...

Thanks to Glenn and all the mods. and folks who keep this thing going and always improving !!!!!!!!

For us guys in the North, this is our fishing for 4 or 5 months or so!!!!

BRAVO!!!!!!

Alan

=Matt 5.0= reply :

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OK Heres the problem, it only happens when i come here. There is a left to right scroll bar on the bottom of the screen and I keep having to center the screen, every time I click to the next screen or pot. Welcome told me to adjust Pixles. didnt work except the text got smaller. I an running IE 7, yahoo crawler and I am working on a new Dell, with very little computer knowledge HELP , it's driving me nuts
PS It doesnt happen on the BR Home page or articles only when I get to the forums

Same here my man. I'm using Safari as a browser...

slomoe reply :

forum looks good. Just gonna take time to get used to and learn what all this new stuff does.

Long Mike reply :

For those of you with the scroll bar problem, change your screen resolution to at least 1024X768 pixels. This should correct your problem.

Glenn, a VERY nice job.

Glenn reply :

Thanks guys.

For the "centering" issue. The new layout uses more width, which means for a few folks you'll need to adjust one of two things (or possibly both).

1. Way, waaaay up in the upper right corner of your browser, click the button right next to the red X (should be the middle button - looks like a square).

2. If that doesn't fix it, then right-click anywhere on a clear area on your desktop (not an icon) and select "properties" from the menu. Now click the "settings" tab. Now change the screen resolution to something OTHER than 800x600 (I recommend 1280x1024) and click "ok", then follow the instructions in the prompts. Things will seem really small to you at first, but try it out for awhile. Once you get used to it, you won't want to go back!

Please note I'm working on a few glitches that affect only people who stored past personal messages, myself included.

Also, please click the Help link above to learn how to use the new features.

Reelmech - you're absolutely wrong. Dialup and 800x600 screen resolutions are things of the past. You're in a very small minority (about 5%).

slomoe reply :

I just subscribed to the feeds. Its great. Now I can check on all the latest post without checking each section of the forum.

MALTESE FALCON reply :

I like the new look. Thanks for all your hard work Glenn.

Like a few others, there are alot of new features that I don't even know what they mean. (very computer challenged)

Now I have to go plow 8" of snow.

IS IT SPRING YET?

Falcon

guest reply :

&^#&^#()(*$^)^$@_&(@&_

NEITHER WORKED STILL GOTTA SCROLL!!!!!!!!

NJBassDevil3254 reply :

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&^#&^#()(*$^)^$@_&(@&_
NEITHER WORKED STILL GOTTA SCROLL!!!!!!!!

I have to scroll to the right also. I dont even have a settings tab when I click on Properties. I dont know what to do to fix it. Any help?

-Drums- reply :

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Thanks guys.
For the "centering" issue. The new layout uses more width, which means for a few folks you'll need to adjust one of two things (or possibly both).

1. Way, waaaay up in the upper right corner of your browser, click the button right next to the red X (should be the middle button - looks like a square).

2. If that doesn't fix it, then right-click anywhere on a clear area on your desktop (not an icon) and select "properties" from the menu. Now click the "settings" tab. Now change the screen resolution to something OTHER than 800x600 (I recommend 1280x1024) and click "ok", then follow the instructions in the prompts. Things will seem really small to you at first, but try it out for awhile. Once you get used to it, you won't want to go back!

Please note I'm working on a few glitches that affect only people who stored past personal messages, myself included.

Also, please click the Help link above to learn how to use the new features.

Reelmech - you're absolutely wrong. Dialup and 800x600 screen resolutions are things of the past. You're in a very small minority (about 5%).

Hey Glenn,

FWIW, I'm on a Mac laptop (1440x960 res) and am seeing the horizontal scrollbar issue on both Firefox 2.0 (2.0.0.11) and Safari 3.0. Also, overall the page layout looks a bit off*, which is what I believe is causing the horiz. scroll bar to show. I don't really care about Safari, but the previous version laid out perfectly in FF on the Mac.

*It looks to me almost like there could be unclosed div(s) (or something like that) in the updated layout markup. Or maybe it's an odd CSS bug. I know that various iterations IE can be much more forgiving of some of these issues than Firefox or Safari (which are truly "standards compliant" browsers).

Anyway, I'd be glad to provide some screenshots if you like.

~Rich

Glenn reply :

To all experiencing the "horizontal scroll" issue that have changed your screen settings and are still seeing the problem. Please clear your cache, close all browser windows, and then restart your browser.

.dsaavedra. reply :

i like the new layout. no problems here yet. its different but im sure i'll get used to it.

surfer reply :

This seams like the place to post any quirks / bugs. A small one I noticed is the all button only brings up the first page of a topic instead of all the pages like it used to. I am not experiencing the page width scroll issue though.

Thanks for all the hard work Glenn.

guest reply :

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To all experiencing the "horizontal scroll" issue that have changed your screen settings and are still seeing the problem. Please clear your cache, close all browser windows, and then restart your browser.

Sorry Glenn still no luck! I know you will get it

NJBassDevil3254 reply :

How do a erase my Cache?

fishbear reply :

Glenn,

You did awesome on the changes... This is absolutely fantastic. Love it. Keep up the good work. As always BR rocks due to your hard work. (and lack of sleep I am sure)

SimonSays reply :

I'm using Firefox also, and I don't get a horizontal scroll bar but the forums seem to be...off a bit...

for example....

my resolution is 1280x1024, but don't tell me to "turn my resolution down" this is the native res of my monitors and a website should be developed for most resolutions...

good job on the site also!

Redlinerobert reply :

The new site looks AWESOME. I like most of the guys (and gals) here really appreciate all the hard work you;ve done for us to make the site better, newer, cooler, and easier to navigate. Like anything new, there will always be minor issues to deal with, and dealt with they will be I am sure.

Thanks for all that you do for us Glenn and BR team!

NJBassDevil3254 reply :

This is what the guys with the scroll problem see...

skunked_again reply :

i dont have to scroll side to side but it seems to take a while for the pages to load now.

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

Where am I? : 8-)

Thanks for the hard work Glenn

shimanogloomis man reply :

i like the new look

Glenn reply :

Firefox/Opera users, I'm aware of the issue. But please keep in mind that less than 17% of visitors here do not use IE, so the issue will be prioritized accordingly.

Again, the scrolling issue is resolved by clearing your cache and restarting your browser.

I do not have the time to provide computer support here. Look up "clearing cache" on Google to learn how to do it. Again, key is to close your browser and restart after clearing cache.

NJBassDevil3254 - looks like you may have a Norton firewall setting that blocks ads. Nothing I can do about that here.

guest reply :

Hey Glenn: I adjusted the pixels, I cleared the cache and i still have a space about 5 or six inches on the forums only Ther articles, Home page etc all OK . Alpster called and he had one of his computers onto IE-7 and he saw the same thing. I am sorry and not hurrying you just telling I even did all you said and a restart to no avail.

Glenn reply :

I think you're seeing what you're supposed to see. The forums WILL NOT CENTER on your page any longer. They are flush right by design. See screenshot below.

You should not need to scroll left-right, however.

guest reply :

Got it !!!!! NORTON AD/ Blocker , turned it off and all is well!!!!!!!! When I come here I have to turn it off first. All I was seeing was a whited out space, so I defeated both the ad and Pop up blocker and the scroll bar dissapeared!

Jimzee reply :

Muddy, add BR to your trusted site list on Norton and all will be fine. I am running IE 7 and Norton Internet Security and DSL and have no issues at all. If I knew how to take a screen shot I would show you what mine looks like.

Blaine,

guest reply :

Yo Blaine how do I do that, I can't fiind where to ad trusted site

Thanks Dominick

PSI see the place tio do it. It's not email do I click Domain, what is the address I need to insert

SimonSays reply :

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I think you're seeing what you're supposed to see. The forums WILL NOT CENTER on your page any longer. They are flush right by design. See screenshot below.
You should not need to scroll left-right, however.

This might just be a Firefox issue...but mine seems to be flush left, as you can see in the picture.

RobbyZ5001 reply :

Tools-Internet Options-Security-Trusted Sites- Add www.bassresource.com

NJBassDevil3254 reply :

Yup! The Norton change worked! Thanks Muddy and Glenn!!

guest reply :

It's in the Norton not IE-7

Jimzee reply :

Sent ya a PM Muddy.

guest reply :

I get a full screen view on ie7 but on mozilla, my preferred browser i still have to scroll.

I have the resolution set at 1280x1064, i cleared the cache, my norton protection does not include ad pop up blocker so it is not active, I added Bassresource.com as an exception to my firefox toolbar pop up blocker.

any other firefox users have any more suggestions? this truly sucks.

=Matt 5.0= reply :

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I think you're seeing what you're supposed to see. The forums WILL NOT CENTER on your page any longer. They are flush right by design. See screenshot below.
You should not need to scroll left-right, however.

This might just be a Firefox issue...but mine seems to be flush left, as you can see in the picture.

Running Safari...same problem here.

guest reply :

Not the Norton Anti pop up, go to anti spam and defeat the ****

LOOK AT THE SCREEN PICTURE GLENN POSTED< A FE WUP< THAT AD ON TJHE LEFT HAS TO APPEAR< OTHERWISE SCROLL BAR

Nicky reply :

I decreased my text size in firefox and everything is centered now.

Glenn reply :

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I think you're seeing what you're supposed to see. The forums WILL NOT CENTER on your page any longer. They are flush right by design. See screenshot below.
You should not need to scroll left-right, however.

This might just be a Firefox issue...but mine seems to be flush left, as you can see in the picture.

Running Safari...same problem here.

Refresh your browser (CTRL+R). I've made a partial fix for "other" browsers.

[begin rant]

This is why I hate Firefox. If you're a developer... you hate it. It's extremely unforgiving, causing to you to re-code entire sections of a site (like now) for one cosmetic issue for a minority of visitors. At least IE is smart enough to understand variances in coding styles.

[/end rant]

cajun1977. reply :

very cool upgrade glenn

guest reply :

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This is why I hate Firefox. If you're a developer... you hate it. It's extremely unforgiving, causing to you to re-code entire sections of a site (like now) for one cosmetic issue for a minority of visitors.

And that's exactly why WE LOVE YOU !! :-* :-* :-*

PS - Is now a bad time to mention that threads with multiple pages of posts no longer have an "all" button for viewing the enitre thread? :-X

Troutfisher reply :

I like the new look! Good job Glenn!

Glenn reply :

I removed the "all" links because, it turns out, that was a major cuplprit for the slowness.

Cigarlover 1 reply :

New look BR works great from this end. Love it!

Thanks Glenn!

FishinDaddy reply :

I have several problems.

One, about halfway down the screen the posts go from centered to left justify.

and B, on my CP there is several pages of blank space as I scroll down to see anything.

Neither a biggie but they are irritating. I love the new look otherwise.

Also I am one of the 17 percent of second class citizens that refuse to use IE.

bowtech_182 reply :

I like the new forum look, but I have been trying to PM Catt all day and I get some crazy error message. This is what it says

Error: Untrapped Error :

Unmatched ) in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/|A VERY good friend of mine works at Greenwich Photo, a premier shop in a ritzy town. I know he can be trusted if you can't find any other way. He is one of our 30 yr veterans for "opening day" (trout season). We have a crew that goes every yr. About 7 or 8 of us have 30+ yrs straight going!! (our dads started it) I even flew back from Sapporo Japan one yr just to keep the streak going. In other words,...we're tight. <-- HERE

Let me know if I can help.

PS- Ain't coffee even better at #:45am?

I'M GOIN' FISHIN'!!! (and I'm on vacation!)|/ at ./Sources/Load.pl line 947.

If Anyone can get a hold of Catt, will you please let him know that I would like to chat with him.

Andy

maxke01 reply :

things seem to have sped up here

guest reply :

Wow now that I can see evrything, I do not what 1/2 this stuff even does

THANK YOU GLENN 8-)

Live.2.Fish reply :

WOW!!! This new look is SWEET!!!

Well Done Glenn!!!

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

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Also I am one of the 17 percent of second class citizens that refuse to use IE.

That's a Mozilla thing. (Left justify). I switched back to IE, all better.

Tpayneful reply :

I noticed that the "GO" button is missing on the link box at the bottom that says >> General Bass Fishing. I used to click on that to get back to the main forum page.

Glenn reply :

Look to the left and click "board" instead.

llPa1nll reply :

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I think you're seeing what you're supposed to see. The forums WILL NOT CENTER on your page any longer. They are flush right by design. See screenshot below.
You should not need to scroll left-right, however.

This might just be a Firefox issue...but mine seems to be flush left, as you can see in the picture.

Running Safari...same problem here.

Yea I have the same issue not huge just mildly annoying. I am running 2Macs and 1 PC all using the latest version of FF. It will get fixed when it gets fixed. Love the new features and look. Great work as always Glenn!!!

Many Thanks...

-Drums- reply :

It now appears to be fixed in both FF and Mac Safari. Awesome Glenn!

Bass Smacker reply :

Glenn the sight is looking good

fishfordollars reply :

I just got back from fishing for four days. What a change. Nice!

Davis reply :

Nice job Glenn. With all changes in life we need to get used to things.

Appreciate all you do for the fishing community.

Lard_Bass reply :

Glenn,

Nice job on the new look. I have several issues and don't know if they have been covered. In the top tool bar, "Home" and "Fishing Forums" text is the same color green as the box it's in. I tried switching the color schemes in IE for visited websites but had no luck.

Also, the search function doesn't work. I did several searches on easy to find words and the search came up empty.

Thanks for all your hard work.

-LB

Jake. reply :

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Also, the search function doesn't work. I did several searches on easy to find words and the search came up empty.

I'm having the same problem.

Tpayneful reply :

Thanks Glenn! I can back to the main thread now!

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