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Hi Guys,

I just thought there should be one place on this forum where you can get direct, no-nonsense answers straight from the Editor. Suggestions, queries and more welcome here.

Please don't post troubleshooting or generic questions here, this is only for those who want to ask questions about the content that Digit provides, the direction Digit's headed in, suggestions for upcoming issues, www.thinkdigit.com, etc.

Great idea Raaabo. Good to see you posting again. I will have a few queries lined up in a week or two specially for you. Might just help me in some of my projects.

One humble suggestion : Is there no way you can improve the present status of the forum? There's gotta be something you can do and we can help. All I want is :

A forum which takes lesser time to load.
A system wherein links are in blue colour so that we may be able to distinguish between words and links. (Helps keep spammers at bay easily).
No advertisements for those who are logged in to the forum. (Anyway most number of visitors are Guests and the members don't click at all)

I can assure you that these three simple suggestions, if implemented will go a long way in taking this forum back its olden glory days. More members will stay. This will only help those looking to interact with you here as a well maintained and clean lobby always makes a good impression on the Interviewers.

Our technical team just made some changes yesterday, which has helped the site and forum load a lot faster than it was before. Let me know if you guys have noticed this.

URLs now appear in blue.

As for advertisements, as any other editorial person I would like nothing more than an ad free experience everywhere I go, or spend time, however, we have to be realistic, and accept the advertising for what it is. Compared to a lot of other forums, and other media, I would still say that thinkdigit has fewer in your face ads. We have been trying to place ads in a way that it will interfere with content as little as possible. I'm open to suggestions on how we can improve this to benefit both advertisers as well as forum members.

I will also be focusing on making the broken Ajax work again.

Thats a good idea Raaabo.

There are advertisements in every site, but in Thinkdigit, I feel they are highly more noticeable and interfere with our browsing. The thing which actually annoys me and most of the people is the narrowness of the forum.

The blue which you used was hurting to the eye. Please use a blue which does not do so. Even I would agree with you about ads being necessary, but can you please give us our forum width back? Content is why people come here, so if you must keep ads, then please make sure that it does not hinder the reading flow. One easy way to do this is to keep the ads above and below the forum. Above the first post on every page and below the last post or even better below the quick reply box.

Yes, I agree with ico. The ads here are especially annoying. Not so much the image based ads, but the flash based ones. These are the ones that eat bandwidth too. Text based ads are even less of a problem, as long as they are placed in such a way that they don't hurt our reading flow, as suggested above.

As for the forum speed. I wish I could say better, but I just did an apt-get for Opera so that there is no cache factor to speak of. The page took 15 seconds to load. This is not good at all, especially considering that I am getting download speeds of 60Kb/s. Please address this issue as many people have much much slower internet connections, I can't imagine how long the page must be taking for loading on their computers.

EDIT: This blue looks better than the older bright one.

Regarding the loading time for website, there has been a noticeable improvement for me.

As far as ads are concerned, they are more noticeable, like everyone is saying. But we are saying this from a long time. It seems no one cares about this.

Another thing. I would like links colour to be black only.

BTW, this error still occurs on replying, eventhough I am replying for the first time.

The following errors occurred with your submission:

This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 29 seconds.

Great idea Raaabo. Indeed there is some improvement in loading time for website..

Here are some of the suggestions from my end:-
1. Link colour should be reverted to black.
2. When we click on Edit Button to edit a post, it opens in a new window! Can u fix that forum bug? It's quite irritating, specially when we have to edit our post for trifle things.
3. Not to forget mentioning, those Ads? I really can't understand why day by day the no. of ads is increasing by leap and bounds? As ico mentioned its quite irritating to surf this forum in a narrow width. Hmmmm can u install some forum plugin that lowers the no. of ads for a logined member, but keep the no of ads same of a non-logined member/Guest? If this is implemented then it will be great and will help a lot to regain activity from its old members? Frankly there was a time when TDF used to be my homepage, but its no more longer my homepage! Just think from this view, "What will be the use of Ads when no-one 'actually' visit this forum"..This forum is running because of good & OLD posts by old member and that's the reason u see so many guest in this forum viewing pages..But soon the no. of guest will decrease as this forum is not getting updated..Hope u get my point

4.Just a thought:-

Can you make a function which gives option to select some 'cool' & 'good' themes..Such as choice of theme? Kirsch Theme, Evo Theme, and other good one..User will select a theme and from then onwards whenever he open forum, it opens in respective theme?

Hello! I am The Sorcerer. 3 questions, for now:
Out of curiosity, one of your testers already got a lian li a71f case, so do readers will get an opportunity to get to read a review about it?
Also I was wondering if there would be an active admin who will be empathetic and work towards the progress of the forum?
May I ask your real name?

The Sorcerer said:
May I ask your real name?

abe, he's the editor, read his name in Digit editorial ;-)

(actually spelling yaad nahi, or I would have written :))

)

@raaabo, hmm, another good move, have some ideas, would post later

And, let d links be blue. Its my fav color :-D

@ Krazzy I am of the opinion that if URL's are black, then how do you distinguish between them and any normal post? I think URL's in posts should be blue at least. I don't if they are not blue anywhere else.

@ Raaabo Yeah, give us an option of choosing theme please. Kirsch theme is great. Very good for those who are here to read. Please take heed of my suggestion with respect to ad placement. As an editorial person, you very well know that we all are here to read posts, not to view ads etc. So please ensure that ads don't hinder our reading process. Also, as we have been saying. 90% of visitors are guests, so why not remove ads for users who are logged in? The "other" forums that we visit do this for sure. I can even link you to one forum, where most of our old and respected members have migrated to. They manage to run so well sir, then why not us.

You and Anorion are our only remaining hope.

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@ The Sorceror His name is Robert Sovereign-Smith. Please excuse me if I have spelt it wrong.

@ Raaabo Did I tell you that I like the new message which pops in between automerged posts? Its so unobtrusive. Please make the ads that way too.

rhitwick said:
abe, he's the editor, read his name in Digit editorial
(actually spelling yaad nahi, or I would have written )

I don't read magazines, any of them, nor that I am interested. I used to read pc gamer and one of the magazines ages ago before jeff publications taken and used to write advertisement for the games in the form of review (IMHO) but that was really long time ago.

Hi there everyone,
Didn't know where to post this so am posting this here.

FOR DIGIT STAFF

I am very annoyed with the way Digit has handled my issue here. Despite mentioning my new address while renewing my subscription, my address wasn't updated. That is fine considering there might be a technical fault. But here starts the problem.

I sent two mails to the Digit Helpdesk (help@thinkdigit.com) but haven't even received a single reply regarding my address change. Two times I sent the old and new address but not even a response. Today, I came to know that my issue has arrived at the old address. Why is it like this? At least someone better encourage my query. Very sad.

Now the next day I will know that my gifts have been sent back due to the fact that I was not physically present there to receive the items. I thought that Digit has changed a lot in the past 2 years and had no problems before but as soon as I subscribe again, this has happened.

My details are-

Personal Info removed by Raaabo

And if I don't receive a response here too, what am I supposed to do? How do I reach the appropriate person to address my grievances? Hope my issue is looked at as soon as possible.

Regards,
Dr. Tapan Kumar Das

a4rocks said:
I sent two mails to the Digit Helpdesk (help@thinkdigit.com) but haven't even received a single reply regarding my address change. Two times I sent the old and new address but not even a response. Today, I came to know that my issue has arrived at the old address. Why is it like this? At least someone better encourage my query. Very sad.

And if I don't receive a response here too, what am I supposed to do? How do I reach the appropriate person to address my grievances? Hope my issue is looked at as soon as possible.

Hi Dr Das,

I've forwarded this as a mail to our helpdesk. Let me know if you do not receive a confirmation of the changes from them by Monday, 14th December.

You can also write to me at editor @ think digit . com (without spaces), in case you do not receive this confirmation of the address change.

Regards,

Raaabo

AKA

rhitwick said:
actually spelling yaad nahi, or I would have written

Robert Sovereign-Smith

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The Sorcerer said:
Out of curiosity, one of your testers already got a lian li a71f case, so do readers will get an opportunity to get to read a review about it?

Yes the review is coming, as soon as Michael gets a chance to write it

Raaabo said:
Hi Dr Das,

I've forwarded this as a mail to our helpdesk. Let me know if you do not receive a confirmation of the changes from them by Monday, 14th December.

You can also write to me at editor @ think digit . com (without spaces), in case you do not receive this confirmation of the address change.

Regards,

Raaabo

Hi Raabo,
Thanks a lot. Already received a confirmation of it by mail. Extreme thanks for the help.

And Raabo, congratulations for being the editor of Digit. I do know that it is too late a compliment now but I came to know it at the very last issue of my subscription 2 years back and thus just couldn't wish to you. Keep it coming. Me and my kids using whose ID I am responding in this forum are very enthusiastic to renew our subscription with Digit. My elder son especially was in tears when I had ended the subscription for his studies. Now it is again great to see him very happy with the new Digit. Even Digit has provided me with a lot of tech knowledge and can thus proudly say that I am a Digitian too. :thumbs:

A suggestion here - Can you include reviews of Music Systems and LCD/ Plasma TV? I think reviews for LCD TVs have started but for the other two - not yet. It would be great to see them.

Thanks again for your help Raabo and looking forward for an enjoyable experience with Digit.

With regards,
Dr. Tapan Kumar Das

Raboo. Hi,

In the month of October/09 I get three of my DVD's Not working and I contact the helpdesk through mail. They asked me to mail back the defective Disks back to digit head quarter at Mumbai. I send them through Registry on 17.10.2009 from "Bhotia Paroa- Haldwani Dist. Nainital" Post office. Registry Sl. No. 450.

But since then I had not got any response nor the DVD's.

Hope you will look into matter. Rest later.
My Add:

Personal info removed by Raaabo

Thanks.

Hi Toofan,

Let me know if you do not receive a response in a day or two.

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a4rocks said:
A suggestion here - Can you include reviews of Music Systems and LCD/ Plasma TV? I think reviews for LCD TVs have started but for the other two - not yet. It would be great to see them.
Dr. Tapan Kumar Das

We're thinking about including reviews for music systems as well, but we're still finalising the testing procedures (since it's a category we haven't tested before). We want to make sure that there is a standard testing procedure that can apply to all types of systems, is completely unbiased and fair, and meets industry standards; only then will you see such a review in Digit. Hopefully, we should have that all sorted in a few months.

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Oh, and links are back to black by popular demand. Sorry Krow

Why black again??
I agree with Krow,How are we going to distinguish links,I myself faced this problem in my very own posts,If Blue is not of everyone's taste make it yellow then :wink:

.
jokes apart,plzdo something to make links distinguishable

Now thats good. Links should be in black only. Blue seems annoying to read.

Hi Raaabo,

One thing I was thinking for a long time, why there are no ads of Digit in print media?
No, seriously, u r "The" most successful and old tech mag of India, why don't u advertise?

Now, don't say u don't need advertisement? Everyone needs it right?!

I'm not talking about advertising on print media about how good and awesome ur mag is? how it has helped public or how old it is...I'm asking about printing mag's cover page twice for any issue.
E.g. if its January issue, print the cover page once b4 its launching date (Next issue, coming soon etc title)
And another after it launches in market (released, published, on-stand etc title)

P.S. Saw ur ad in Mint. Good move. U guys got a full column where u were dedicated only one-two reviews. QnA, Review, Tips...good.

Would love to see u guys doing a TV Show like tech2 someday

(Am I being unrealistic? I don't know. Am I being emo? May be. Digit holds some important part of my life, so I sometimes tend to overdo things)

Could you please include an article featuring gadgets, PCs, softwares, hardware used and could be used in healthcare field? I am sure there are many docs who read Digit. It would be of great help to them. This is a huge area and is a bit untouched on Digit.

Raaboo,

can you please get this issue with BenQ rollover ad fixed.

The rollover ad stays expanded *img191.imageshack.us/img191/3501/tdfrolloverad.th.jpg

This is really really awkward. every time I scroll up the page or load new page that ad stays in expanded mode for few seconds not allowing me to use the drop down menu.

I am trying to get used to TechEnclave now as this forum is going worse week after week.

desiibond said:
Raaboo,

can you please get this issue with BenQ rollover ad fixed.

The rollover ad stays expanded *img191.imageshack.us/img191/3501/tdfrolloverad.th.jpg

This is really really awkward. every time I scroll up the page or load new page that ad stays in expanded mode for few seconds not allowing me to use the drop down menu.

I am trying to get used to TechEnclave now as this forum is going worse week after week.

+1...totally agree

desiibond said:
I am trying to get used to TechEnclave now as this forum is going worse week after week.

True! I think i'm here since 3 years but now i've registered at TechEnclave Forum and have started using it

Bye Bye! Digit..

Hi Raboo: Its well past one week but haven't got any reply.

desiibond said:
Raaboo,

can you please get this issue with BenQ rollover ad fixed.

I tried hovering over that AD in IE 8, FF, Opera and Chrome, and it worked as it was supposed to everywhere. Are you still having this problem?

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toofan said:
Hi Raboo: Its well past one week but haven't got any reply.

Please re-send your mail to help @ thinkdigit . com and CC me at editor @ thinkdigit . com, and I will get to the bottom of this.

Sorry for the delay and inconvenience.

*img694.imageshack.us/img694/2084/bugk.th.jpg

Even when I scroll the page, as you can see in the pic, the rollover ad stays expanded.

And when I click on edit, nothing happens and I see error at the bottom right corner:

*img697.imageshack.us/img697/3088/editerror.th.jpg

Continuing from this thread: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123454&page=3

Raaabo said:
I understand the complaints, and yes I'm guilty of being too busy to rectify things soon enough. Allow me to try and change that.

I recommending thinking about improving the forum's life by the time making/attempting/planning to make change the forum.You can try this similar pattern where it has worked resurrecting another Indian tech forum, but it should work here:

# Pick up 3-4 mods and give them moderator access throughout the forum. Don't choose people who are good advisors, rather choose those who can command and take care of the sections swiftly and won't be intimated so easily even if the majority of the people decide to go wild. Create order by flushing out the chaos.

# After a month/2 months of cleanup, depending who did what, assign super moderator acess who have cleaned the forums as admins- most likely 2. Give them a chance of around 2 weeks and then exchange the super mod rights with the other 2.

# Assign someone who is responsible enough to be something like an assistant admin. Let him make decisions what is good for the forum and make changes accordingly.
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This will take a lot of time (a year atleast) but its way more effective in the long run. As a tech forum who runs a tech magazine is naturally assumed to be ethically bound to make a healthy community.

Also, I think its best if apology is not used as well

. Don't take it in the wrong way, but these people have been loyalists for a very long time, and I am sure you agree that apologizing to people who hoped for a change for ages is pretty much equivalent to rubbing salt on one's wound. Make the call!

@Sorcy,
Mod thing I got, but why new admins?
What would they do?

First ask them to fix the site, then everything else...

@ Raaabo Give us forum width and avoid adding larger ads. Ads on the top and bottom (below quick reply) are okay. Also, please fix the forum. Whenever I send a VM/Friend request, I get an error. Also, when I post I get this please post in 30 seconds error even though my post has appeared.

^^^+1

And I would like to add something.

1. The "Post Quick Reply" button doesn't works it is redirects to advance page. And that "This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts" error is wat I always face even I'm posting ater 30 sec's and already the reply has been posted. Thats why we always encounter same posts two times(which we need to edit everytime).

2. The edit button never works in a single click.

3. The forum is so heavy that when I'm running utorrent the forum never opens, even doesn't get refresh. I need to pause utorrent each time if I need to reply to a thread, create a new thread or just refresh or clicking "new posts" links. Please make it light.

4. As krow said, make the forum wider please.

5. The ads is either side and top and bottom are no problem as said by krow. But this BenQ rollover add is really frustrating. I don't remember how many times I have clicked that add while cliking "New Posts". Please fix it.

6. And my last suggestion would be.....I know you all are really busy with the Magazine and for all your hard effort the magazine is No. 1 magazine of India(May be in the World). So assign some admins/mod for the forum. With whom we can interact if we r facing any problems and get fast reply. I mean if there is no problem assign some peoples who will only work as admin/mod for the forum. Otherwise you can also give mod permission to trusty, old members of this forum(like desiibond, Krow, rhitwick etc.) We can contact them for any prblem and in turn they can contact you(if needed).

Lastly thanx for the great magazine. Loooking forward for a great forum as well. And sorry for my bad english. Please manage.

We need active mods.

hi guys,

send mail to help@thinkdigit.com and editor@thinkdigit.com. I sent few thought to them yesterday.

desiibond said:
*img694.imageshack.us/img694/2084/bugk.th.jpg

Even when I scroll the page, as you can see in the pic, the rollover ad stays expanded.

And when I click on edit, nothing happens and I see error at the bottom right corner:

*img697.imageshack.us/img697/3088/editerror.th.jpg

I'm looking at the code to see why the error happens.

For the rollover AD. If you keep your mouse hovered over the ad it will stay large, move your mouse away from the ad and it returns to normal size.

I've tried IE 6 / 7 / 8, with the latest flash player version, on XP, Vista and 7, and I still cannot recreate a problem with that ad. It seems to function the way it is supposed to.

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The Sorcerer said:
# Pick up 3-4 mods and give them moderator access throughout the forum. Don't choose people who are good advisors, rather choose those who can command and take care of the sections swiftly and won't be intimated so easily even if the majority of the people decide to go wild. Create order by flushing out the chaos.

I will be reviewing the mods we have. Most of them are doing a splendid job. The problems with this forum are, however, not something the mods can fix, and thus when complaints are made, they are helpless.

The Sorcerer said:
# After a month/2 months of cleanup, depending who did what, assign super moderator acess who have cleaned the forums as admins- most likely 2. Give them a chance of around 2 weeks and then exchange the super mod rights with the other 2.

Again, the problems that exist cannot be solved from a control panel. The only rights the mods do not have are to this feedback forum, which is controlled only by team digit, and delete user rights. Other stuff like running SQL queries, or making announcements, which Admins can do, are also not possible for the mods.

The Sorcerer said:
# Assign someone who is responsible enough to be something like an assistant admin. Let him make decisions what is good for the forum and make changes accordingly.
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This will take a lot of time (a year atleast) but its way more effective in the long run. As a tech forum who runs a tech magazine is naturally assumed to be ethically bound to make a healthy community.

Team Digit will be taking more initiative here. So far, we've started interacting with the community in so many other ways, including offline interactions, and webinars, workshops and the like, apart from making sure the magazine and DVDs and Fast Track and Digit TV are done in time, so free time is scarce. However, we'll make a renewed effort here, starting today.

The Sorcerer said:
Also, I think its best if apology is not used as well . Don't take it in the wrong way, but these people have been loyalists for a very long time, and I am sure you agree that apologizing to people who hoped for a change for ages is pretty much equivalent to rubbing salt on one's wound. Make the call!

I'm also one of those loyalists, and am trying to make sure that we can fix whatever possible as quickly as possible. It will take a few weeks, but everything ought to be as good as new soon. I'm not ashamed to admit that in the past year or so, I haven't had too much time for this forum, and that was a mistake. As I've told you guys before, I treat other Digitians as family, and before even starting to fix the errors, I felt I should apologise for not making more time. I fail to see how me apologising is rubbing salt in anyone's wounds, and those who feel that way most certainly do not know me well enough, or long enough.

Here's what's going to change:

1. Code bugs have to be found and fixed. We have an action plan that should have this completely sorted in no more than a month. This applies to errors and the broken Ajax.

2. Things need to be speeded up again, and the theme needs to be changed. I'm open to suggestions for the theme. Suggest them here, and then we can then post a poll to decide on what themes are popular amongst the members. There is only one criteria, the theme should be minimalistic and fast when loading. I suggest Kirsch, because it was my favourite.

3. Some re-ordering of content has to be done - more forums and sub-forums to re-order all the hundreds of thousands of posts that are here. I'm also usually against deleting content, but I think a little pruning in sections will not hurt. I will need the mods to help me with this.

4. Trying to find a more fool-proof way of keeping the spammers off the forum, to enable a slight relaxation of rules for the others. This should end the "cannot post for 30 seconds" error, and the code fixes should prevent the double post error.

5. I'm also looking at other ways to improve the interactivity here, and will keep you posted on the changes made.

I will start a new thread once we start making changes in a week or so, to make sure everyone's aware of what's happening, every step of the way.

^^^Thanx raaaboo.

Wow...!! Atlast they are listening us.

Hope to see TDF in new way in new year.....!!

^^Thats great if you are seriously taking this matter. One suggestion. Can you please make mods which are more active. See this list. I never find online most of these mods. Or they dont even care to open this forum. Just seeing MetalHead Gautham online. But what about else. This forum need more active mods.

As I said, I will take the moderator list under consideration. Most of the mods / admins surf in invisible mode.

Made a few changes:

1. Re-ordered the forum home page to make a little more sense.
2. Added thread prefixes ("Want to Buy" & "Want to Sell"). So choose the appropriate thread prefix when posting in Bazaar.

Do you think it's better to have thread prefixes instead of the "I want..." forum? The prefixes enables anyone to sort by people selling or buying, so it might be better to have everything in one Bazaar forum, so that those just surfing can see both sellers' and buyers' threads... your thoughts please.

^^^Thats a great idea raaaboo. You are right. Rather than "I want...." the prefixes will be much better. And all the post related to transactions will be in same bazaar section and can be identified by WTB/WTS.

It's really a brilliant idea.

Hey Raaabo good to see you actively replying here.

Well, we had one "Forum Improvement..." thread, u made it sticky, how about digging it up?

And the basic requirement I think we need is speed, the forum loads so slowly in IE that it just diminishes the excitement of being connected with digit family for a newbie.

Then, obviously bug fixing...
>Edit
>Double post
>Quick reply
>Attachments
>Search function

As u mentioned Kirsch is ur fav, well it was our fav too...8)

>Got the point u r running out of people to dedicate themselves on forum work apart from their day-to-day responsibilities. Why not give temporary access to some trusty members who can do freelancing for you (it includes security issues, but it can be considered)

>If ads are impossible to ignore, how about disowning flash ads (anyway we use NeatDigit :-D

)

@Others, I think MODs are doing good job. Now we don't have the SPAM probs as previous so having 3-4 mods online always is not required I think.

I would suggest take 4 mods from existing and ask them their most suitable time for visiting the forum and order them as well.
Divide them as Day mod and Night mod (as not everyone would be able to MOD this forum everytime)
In day time MOD A will take care of forum on his suitable days of week (eg. Sun, Mon, Tue) and MOD B rest of the days. Similar for Night mods.

rhitwick said:
Hey Raaabo good to see you actively replying here.
>Why not give temporary access to some trusty members who can do freelancing for you (it includes security issues, but it can be considered)

>If ads are impossible to ignore, how about disowning flash ads (anyway we use NeatDigit )

I would suggest take 4 mods from existing and ask them their most suitable time for visiting the forum and order them as well.
Divide them as Day mod and Night mod (as not everyone would be able to MOD this forum everytime)
In day time MOD A will take care of forum on his suitable days of week (eg. Sun, Mon, Tue) and MOD B rest of the days. Similar for Night mods.

1. Full control access is a tricky deal, with, as you said yourself, security issues.
2. I know about NeatDigit, and I even featured it in the magazine, if you guys remember

Let me see what can be done about ADs. They will always be there, we can't avoid that, but let's see how we can improve them.
3. As I said, I'll see the activity of the current mods, and then decide. I will also see how we can increase the amount of time that other Admins spend here.

^ really happy to see u active Raaabo

the Re-arrangement of the forum is good Make's good sense ( but i did like the Old arrangement it was the TDF trade mark

)
iam still having the quick reply problem ( saying try after 30 secs but its already posted)
hope to solve it sooon

Really happy to see that Raaabo is active! I'm getting a feeling that this forum will undergo some good changes soon..

azzu said:
iam still having the quick reply problem ( saying try after 30 secs but its already posted)
hope to solve it sooon

I think that was the buggy / broken Ajax causing that. It seems to not happen when Ajax is disabled.

I've now kept Ajax disabled, so can someone post a few places and confirm that this stupid problem is now fixed? Temporarily, of course, because I will need to fix the darn Ajax and get quick reply / edit / other stuff working with Ajax sometime soon. Works for me in the mod sandbox...

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test... for double-post prevention errors

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Hmm.... it all seems to work now, without Ajax of course... I'll check back here later today for replies from you guys after you run some tests... I'm hungry now, so going home

Thanks for the replies, Raaabo.

Here are a few more problems:

1)
*img685.imageshack.us/img685/5218/snapshot1i.png I think you can notice the missing options. The text is missing over there. If you click on those empty rectangles, they do lead you to the desired page.

2)
*img683.imageshack.us/img683/7968/snapshot2h.png When I click on my name, it doesn't lead my to my profile which it does in other forums. So, when I tend to receive a visitor message, I have to find a random post of mine and go to my profile from there.

Raabo,

thanks for tying to fix the bugs in the forum. Edit looks to be fine now in Ubuntu FF. haven't testing it yet on IE8. will let you know.

regarding the rollover ad. that benq ad stays in expanded mode when page is loaded initially and then works the way it has to. Still it irritates a lot as I use the path under "Featured Story" to go through posts and because of this ad, i have to move the mouse carefully so that the mouse don't go to that border. Is it possible to put some gap between the path and the ad or just disable the rollover action and let that ad be just an ad.

also, In the images that I posted earlier, my mouse was NOT on the and it was nowhere near that.

Thanks raaabooo......Its really great to see you replying and modifying actively.

Wow......!! Both the buttons are working fine.....!!

Now please try to make the forum lighter.

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Posting using Quick Reply is taking so much time. Tried it 3times and the case is same. Dunno why. And ya that 30 sec problem is gone.

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Tried to delete a post. But its not getting deleted. Is this any problem related with code?? Or just a temporary problem??? Or providing the reason for delete is must???

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Yup the post got deleted after providing the reason.

Here is the video that shows the problem with rollover ad that stays in expanded mode:

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGbCIztxIY

sorry for the crappy quality but next will try to record using black mouse pointer and broad day light

ico said:
2) When I click on my name, it doesn't lead my to my profile which it does in other forums. So, when I tend to receive a visitor message, I have to find a random post of mine and go to my profile from there.

Fixed that working on the others

Yea, that thing is fixed now.

Secondly, I was thinking whether a fresh install of all the vBulletin scripts might fix most of the problems? Because I think, AJAX problems are actually quite deep. Image attachments also don't work. I do understand that you might have to do considerable amount of modifications even after that.

Ya its looking fixed now. All the features are working correctly and fast. Is there any way out to make the forum lighter. Because we always need to pause torrent when browsing through forums.

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Hey raaaboo please check the first problem posted by ico. The problem with Quick Links one.

ico said:
1) I think you can notice the missing options. The text is missing over there. If you click on those empty rectangles, they do lead you to the desired page.

Ok that's fixed as well...

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desiibond, I give up, I can't recreate your problem, and since you're saying it works the way it's supposed to after loading, I'm downgrading your "problem" to "weird one-off minor irritant". Just live with the ad while I fix other things.

Try playing minesweeper, it improves pointer accuracy

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Oh and as for the Ajax... huuuge problem and tonnes of code / modifications to go through before I find the error, so don't expect that fix before a few weeks.

I can keep doing minor ones like these though

, so keep those coming.

Specifics, please, like ico did. Makes my life much easier. Thanks ico.

Infact we should thank you.

Ok, changed the whole navigation bar to what the latest version of VB should have. tell me if you like this better.

Yes, this is certainly better. The community menu has also started to work now which it wasn't earlier.

Gamerz section is visited regularly and can be above the Education section on the main board. Keeping it at the bottom isn't justified.

A separate forum for the discussion of Broadband related problems (ISPs, plans, advice) can be made. Thats what many forums have done. Earlier we had BSNL and MTNL threads which were stuck in the Chit-Chat section, but they are now lost. Threads related to the ISPs and Broadband equipments are popping up in random sections, thats why I feel a separate section would/can be better.

I just saw that vBulletin 4.0 is out and it is a major upgrade. If ThinkDigit is planning to implement it on the site, then it is highly likely that an upgrade might solve most of the issues as it will be clearing out the bugged PHP scripts of the current version.

First of all, my Sincere respect to you for Starting this 'Clean the messup' mission. If you have started this mission before a week or two..would have been very nice of you. It is sad to know that only a rebel thread or members leaving only will grab your attention. What i mean is.. don't you know that there is problem with quick reply, edit, page loadings, ads, server downs, etc...etc... before? And you didn't paid attention towards these flaws. I am not blaming you.. coz, we are equally responsible for the bad time of this forum. And please understand that i said these words because of the love and affection i have towards this forum.

Any way.. my suggestions...

1) Content is what makes the members stick to the forum. If the forum is facing the bad time.. it is not because of the quick reply feature, roll over ads, edit buttons, theme, etc. All these problems will not have a chance before a information distribution and community creation. By the gods grace the community creation has been a success because.. every one in the forum loves every one. But the content is what lacking in the forum.. except in the chit chat section.. new threads are not rolling in... And there is only updation of old threads. There should be change in this attitude. Members need initiative for that change. And that initiative should be from you guys. Mods are not being active in general forum business and add admins in this department too(anorion is exception for this). Admins and mods Spend ample amount of time in sharing the information. After all they are the forum leaders.

2) Next major thing you should think about is about the attachments. Please fix the attachment bug or simply remove that feature.

3) At any point of time.. the number of registered users who use neatdigit or CSS who don't click even a single ad will be less than the guests who don't use neatdigit extension and CSS who don't click the ads either because of the ugly forum look. It is not the theme that is making the forum to look ugly.. It is the banners on the two sides.. Banner on left side is acceptable for some extent. I know that you are not the guys who made that decision.. but please do take the risk of telling our problems to your officials. And always remember that what most matters is, 'how forum will appeal to guests' as they are your future registered members

4) For good or bad.. Remove the Users' Post count feature.

5) And Change the head of CHIT-CHAT and FIGHT CLUB from 'Bandwidth' wastage to some thing other like 'FREE TIME TALK', 'GOD'S GRACE','HEAVEN'S SAKE','MOUTH FREAKS',etc. It really hurts to know when the section named 'BANDWIDTH WASTAGE' is the most active section in the forum.

6) A dedicated section for INTERNET, FREEWARES, GAMING CONSOLES, will increase the extent of information exchange in the forum.

7) I know this sounds awkward to you.. please increase the size of the user's avatar.

8) now after 7, what is the number??? A smiley? Please take care of this.. It hurts back there when i post a number and it converts into smiley.

9)A bit close interaction with the user's will be appreciated. I mean.. To send PM wishing for birthdays, Dropping a Email when he has been miserabled, Encouragement PMs if you see a new guy posting something good or great.

If i have posted something wrong, it should be obvious to you/everyone as I am a noob.

/me still scratching head.. what happened to TDF IRC channel?

vamsi_krishna said:
8) now after 7, what is the number??? A smiley? Please take care of this.. It hurts back there when i post a number and it converts into smiley.

Are this is a functionality not bug.
Its like u post ": - D" (more closer though) and it turns to :-D

9)A bit close interaction with the user's will be appreciated. I mean.. To send PM wishing for birthdays, Dropping a Email when he has been miserabled, Encouragement PMs if you see a new guy posting something good or great.

Tell me u r not serious!!! :shock:

VBulletin 4 out and its 175$ for just upgrade

just install a fresh vb package will solve most of the problems and
i guess its hardly takes 30 mnts for all.
but its not the geek way to solve problems
so just keep doing what your doing

just my thoughts

desiibond said:
Here is the video that shows the problem with rollover ad that stays in expanded mode:

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGbCIztxIY

sorry for the crappy quality but next will try to record using black mouse pointer and broad day light

You could have used fraps, gamer

.

Anyways good to see the changes. Looks like this time was the last we compalined about same problemss

.

vamsi_krishna said:
2) Next major thing you should think about is about the attachments. Please fix the attachment bug or simply remove that feature.

removing the feature is simply not an Option

vamsi_krishna said:
4) For good or bad.. Remove the Users' Post count feature.

Y is that ? i cant understand y tellin that ?

vamsi_krishna said:
It really hurts to know when the section named 'BANDWIDTH WASTAGE' is the most active section in the forum.

Your right , but changing the Name of the section wont solve the Problem

vamsi_krishna said:
6) A dedicated section for INTERNET, FREEWARES, GAMING CONSOLES, will increase the extent of information exchange in the forum.

Xcellent Idea Dunno about Internet and gamin consoles but Freewares would be GREAT

vamsi_krishna said:
9)A bit close interaction with the user's will be appreciated. I mean.. To send PM wishing for birthdays, Dropping a Email when he has been miserabled, Encouragement PMs if you see a new guy posting something good or great.

Great Suggestions Vamci anna

will be posting As much as usefull threads from now on

Tryin to make a Great Forum (LOVE TDF)

Great Changes Raaabo.. Great to see that you're implementing some sub-section..

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Here are some of the suggestions from my end:-

# The most irritating thing about this forum is the width of the pages.. Even they are worse that those ads.. If you increase the width of the pages then it will be of great help as we will be able to read through thread comfortably..

Here is the present Thinkdigit Pages:-
*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/21775/Present.jpg

Just imagine this page in this view(sorry for bad quality):-
*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/21776/After.jpg

Don't you think its rendering both the purposes, we can see ur Ads at the left hand side and at the same time enjoy the width of the page?

# Please disable "Show Post Count" thing and implement "Rep" system. This will greatly help to reduce those junk and useless post(Members who just post for the sake of increasing their post counts) and at the same time a Member's seniority can be noted using his/her Rep Value..

# Please add Internet sub-section in that Caught in WWW section.. Members can discuss about browers,websites and other internet related thing in that sub-section..

# Do change your avatar from "Raaabo was Here" to "Raaabo IS Here" :-D

Just Kidding..

just now seeing new sections

xcellent work raaaboo

OMG!!!
OMG!!!

Wishes are being full-filled even b4 they are made... :shock:

Raaabo, we are not used to such treatment, don't spoil us :-D

(Great going Raaabo, keep it up)

Krazzy Warrior said:
# Please disable "Show Post Count" thing and implement "Rep" system. This will greatly help to reduce those junk and useless post(Members who just post for the sake of increasing their post counts) and at the same time a Member's seniority can be noted using his/her Rep Value..

I'm against this idea. Previously numerous times this issue was brought and had been discouraged.
WE ARE ALL SAME HERE. No seniors, no juniors, NO REPs...

# Do change your avatar from "Raaabo was Here" to "Raaabo IS Here" Just Kidding..

rhitwick said:
Are this is a functionality not bug.
Its like u post ": - D" (more closer though) and it turns to

Tell me u r not serious!!!

yes I am buddy. Make a bot to do this instead of making a bot for posting news.

And about smiley, I know that, that is the day it works. But we use : - D rarely. but many members use 8 ) regularly. So, they should change the characters for that smiley.

@azzau, Post counts are making some users to post some irrelevant/useless data occasionally. So, Frequently I think about being on a rep system. But I think it's not fare. Coz.. it don't make any sense. (I mean, won't you listen to the person who has 1 rep power???). But this is just my idea. I know that many members will be against this one.

@raaabo, Thanks for listening. Great to see the forum being kept in a neat way. Now the next objective in this 'Clean the mess-up' mission is to get rid of these filthy Ads.

vamsi_krishna said:
@raaabo, Thanks for listening. Great to see the forum being kept in a neat way. Now the next objective in this 'Clean the mess-up' mission is to get rid of these filthy Ads.

Vamsi, I don't think ads can be removed.
If the forum is fast and not buggy, I don't think anyone should have probs with ads.
We can bear a few ads I guess 8)

This is surely getting better.

@everyone,
why don't come and assemble at our IRC? #krow @ irc.freenode.net?? Go here to join, *webchat.freenode.net ... Channel = #krow and Nickname = whateveryoulike

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rhitwick said:
Vamsi, I don't think ads can be removed.
If the forum is fast and not buggy, I don't think anyone should have probs with ads.
We can bear a few ads I guess 8)

Ads can surely be made to appear only on one side. That will give this forum some width and a better theme would do no harm!

ico said:
Ads can surely be made to appear only on one side. That will give this forum some width and a better theme would do no harm!

But, today I opened site on IE, and found ad on only one side i.e. my right side

No one is concerned with Ads as long as it don't bother our browsing experience. Now.. Nearly 40% of my screen is wasted because of Ads. And this is not something we find in any tech forum. Let them place text ads after every reply. Which will not bother much.

A humble request to raaabo, Take a look a krazzywarrior's idea. If you do like that it adds much to the eyes when navigating in the forum.

rhitwick said:
But, today I opened site on IE, and found ad on only one side i.e. my right side

I use Firefox with Adblock enabled,thats why I might not have realized.

If thats the case, the forum should be fluid towards the left side and extend upto the screen's edge.

Great, Visitor Message Error is fixed.. #threewordsforyou Good Going Raaabo.. Err excuse for Twitter Syndrome..

@Raaabo,
About the QnA section, I was thinking that we can have it under the Software section with the name of 'General QnA'. Making it read only will actually hamper the growth of threads and posts. The only thing which we can do and ask others to do is take care from now on.

It's cyberjunkie and Raaabo -- not just me making changes.

Look at the current sections for now, and suggest anything I've missed.

Some forums are locked as read only, I would like the other mods/admins help to start re-organising content.

Will start doing it myself over the weekend, but for now I'm going to be missing a few days planning the Feb issue of Digit.

Patience till then.

Will work on the theme and the Ajax as soon as I can.

Raaabo said:
It's cyberjunkie and Raaabo -- not just me making changes.

Look at the current sections for now, and suggest anything I've missed.

Some forums are locked as read only, I would like the other mods/admins help to start re-organising content.

Will start doing it myself over the weekend, but for now I'm going to be missing a few days planning the Feb issue of Digit.

Patience till then.

Will work on the theme and the Ajax as soon as I can.

highly appreciated for the effort u put up till now
we'll suggest for more sections till you become free

ohh, and yes In gaming section Rather than Casual gaming , Mobile gamin would be great or an additional section about mobile gaming(mobile , PSP , etc... gameboy)

lol everything is deleted on the HW section and other sections now.

Great Work Cyberjunkie and Raaabo..

Here are some suggestions regarding the sections that u made..

# Discussions sub-section's name should be reverted back to Chit-Chat.

# Please add Internet sub-section in that Caught in WWW section.. Members can discuss about browsers,websites and other internet related thing in that sub-section..

# Caught in the WWW forum should be above Education and Career Guide forum

# Need Some Active Mods so that we can move thread(QnA sections & Others) to correct section..

That's all for now and once again! Hats off to your effort! This was something like a New Year Gift for us..

First, please restore our forum width. Ads are fine with me, but annoying ads are not. Please remove the BenQ rollover ad. A simple banner is as noticeable. This is almost like NVIDIAGeek increasing post font size to grab people's attention, except that it is much worse. Seems like a cheap gimmick, nothing more.

If not, PLEASE, no ads on the sides and in between posts. cyberjunkie is a member at TE and the ads are much better managed there. It will do us no harm to take a leaf or two out of their book. One last compromise maybe something like keep the forum as is in terms of ads for those not logged in. Once we log in, keep ads only above the first post and user CP, etc buttons and also below the quick reply box. I come to this forum for reading and once logged in, I would like ads to be secondary and not in-your-face type.

We need active mods. Please look into this. Also, MORE so, we need active admins.

Please add an image resize feature like at TE. If any image is wider than the forum width as on any monitor, then it is resized to a width which is viewable easily, with a button on top to view it full size.

More suggestions will come up from me later.

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And yeah, I think someone should move the Gaming News Channel thread to the News section under Games sub-forum. Also, my vote is for Kirsch theme.

Thanx raaaboo and cyberjunkie for your effort. Its nice to see everything changed.

1. Please increase the forum width.

2. What is the difference between Software QnA and Solution in Software section??

3. What are the purpose of single sub forums within Hardware QnA and Bazaar under Hardware section??

4. Please look into the image hosting feature, doesn't works well.

5. As said by Krow try to introduce image resizing picture.

6. I've no problems with ad's. I know its necessary. But place them strategically.

7. We need more active mods(The only one I see is Anorion).

8. Look into rules and regulation section. Make it more strict and change whereever necessary.

T

My suggestion would be to bring back the classic Kirsch Theme !!

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And is 3.8.2 the latest vBulletin version ? Since the latest version can probably fix our minor bugs ..Right?

Raaabo is doing all the work. I'm suggesting a few things here and there. I'll try and answer a few questions..

2. What is the difference between Software QnA and Solution in Software section??

The Solution is like the Discussions subsection under Hardware. It's for discussing about software and not so much about troubleshooting software problems. Those queries belong in the Software Q&A section.

# Please add Internet sub-section in that Caught in WWW section.. Members can discuss about browsers,websites and other internet related thing in that sub-section..

Online Services subsection is for that kind of discussion. Browser discussion can go into Software solution.

3. What are the purpose of single sub forums within Hardware QnA and Bazaar under Hardware section??

I Want... (read only) is for people who are looking for particular hardware to buy but isn't listed in the main section. It's avoid any confusion.

Raaabo's FORUM RULES thread will be updated once we make all of the necessary changes and fixes. It'll have the explanations needed for the sections and subsections.

One more bug : I dunno if this happens to all, but sometimes the server responds late. It takes about 30seconds to load pages (even forum index). Its a random thing, with no pattern.

Good to see moderator field added at the end of forum index. Hope to see it filled though.

^ I am facing the similar problem.

even i am facing the same problem my last post took nearly a minute..
the server randomly takes a lot of time to load pages

Okay my post reply took 6 minutes to appear.

New year and new changes. I hope Digit forums sees better days from here onwards

Happy new year to team Digit.
Hope the bug fixes stay till the eve of next year :-D

Happy New Year!

I changed the forum to remove the left vertical bar for the avatar and member details. Now you'll have to scroll more, but you also get more width to read.

I'll make more changes tomorrow night, and see what can be done to fix things. I'm still having no luck with the Ajax, but I'll beat it into submission sooner or later. I asked for suggestions for themes (v3.8.4 and V4 compatible). Apart from Kirsch, I didn't see any other suggestions.

Come on guys... team effort... find some themes, and let's get everything up and running in Jan 2010 itself.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
1. Please increase the forum width.

There's more width now. Let me fix other problems before I can choose a theme and see if a variable width one works.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
2. What is the difference between Software QnA and Solution in Software section??

Will be updated in forums rules soon (a few days) once we freeze all the new sections based on feedback.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
3. What are the purpose of single sub forums within Hardware QnA and Bazaar under Hardware section??

Those are read only, and will be deleted once their contents are moved to the correct forums

krishnandu.sarkar said:
4. Please look into the image hosting feature, doesn't works well.

Attachments? That doesn't work at all. I think I'm going to have to start from scratch with either v4 or v3.8.4 to get everything working again. Am still trying to understand what caused it to break, so that I'll know how to fix it if it happens again.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
5. As said by Krow try to introduce image resizing picture.

once we have a new light theme, with ajax working, sure. Low priority for now.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
6. I've no problems with ad's. I know its necessary. But place them strategically.

I'm glad you take that attitude. It's only mature to realise that ADs are going nowhere. We'll try and improve placement, but not now, maybe once everything else works and a theme is chosen

krishnandu.sarkar said:
7. We need more active mods(The only one I see is Anorion).

Agreed

krishnandu.sarkar said:
8. Look into rules and regulation section. Make it more strict and change whereever necessary.

Yes, in about a week or two, looking to fix problems firstt, then add plugins, and then I can make rules

OK, sleepy now, will update you guys on more later

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Whoops, plugins were still disabled.

Testing doublepost preventor

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Oh and 8) will no longer show as 8/ use 8 / from now on to get 8/.

Regarding Theme:

Why not add some greenery in support for "Green Earth" like this one:

*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=6

This is one theme that I looks good but am not sure whether it is light or heavy:

*www.completevb.com/demo/index.php?styleid=42

Website width:

TDF on 1440x900 resolution: *img685.imageshack.us/img685/7469/1440900.th.jpg

TDF on 1024x768 resolution:

*img194.imageshack.us/img194/9543/1024768x.th.jpg

Is the forum optimized for low resolution display?

^yes it is.. The forum looks best on 1024*768 that's where the problem lies As most of the members run in high resolution than that.

RAboo Nice changes made in the forum. Ajax will really speed up the things.

Happy New Year to You and thinkdigit team.

Some critics about the magazine.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1197163#post1197163

Only my views.

Raaabo said:
I changed the forum to remove the left vertical bar for the avatar and member details. Now you'll have to scroll more, but you also get more width to read.

Hmm Pretty Good Work! Now apparently there is not much difficulties in reading through threads.. Well Done!But still you can replace that useless space on both side with width(just like i showed u in my screenshots @ previous page..

Raaabo said:
Apart from Kirsch, I didn't see any other suggestions.

Well this theme suggested by @desibond is good:-

desiibond said:
*www.completevb.com/demo/index.php?styleid=42

@desibond
Well, I really didn't liked that Green Earth Theme. Time Traveler theme is way way better..

Hats of to your effort Raabo and CyberJunkie!!!

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Some Other Requests:-
# Can you update this forum with new set of smileys? Smileys - Click Here ?? It will be great if we have this set of smileys..

# Just like u changed URL color to blue earlier.. keep it black but put an underline format to links. This will solve both the problem..

Is it possible to divide Mobile monsters into two sections

1) Laptops and netbooks
2) Mobiles and PMP

but the forum becomes damn slow sometimes please take care of it too.

I like this KIS forum theme or at least u can try a bit darker (shades of grey) background for posts.
A pure white background is very stressful for eyes if we are reading the forum for hours.

^^i agree with you.white background really hurts especially on crts.

*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=217
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=7
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=21
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=179
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=205
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=3
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=204

All taken from: *vbskins.com/page/1

These are my suggestions for themes. Also, I think an upgrade to vB 4 would be nice.

Krow said:
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=179

I like this one.
But, tell me will the flower sign come for every thread?
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=3

*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=3

And this one 2nd pref sans "$" sign

I still stand for the Kirsch theme. The above suggested skins can be modified I think. All are free skins. So, the flower and dollar and header can be changed AFAIK.

Just read the post count/rep debate. I am for the rep system because it will serve as a measure of useful posts made by the member. Both post count and reps should be there. No negative reps, just positive reps and report post button.

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Forgot to add, is everyone fine with the online/offline status icon? I think it should be changed. What say? It's good and more so, it works, but I think that if we are going to change the theme, then the icon should change too.

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Sub-sections could be added for Photography and Cars/bikes, etc. Photography sub-section is a must IMHO.

Well, here I chose some from Krow's link,

1st Pref:-

*vbskins.com/theme/ramadhan.html
Preview: *vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=220

2nd Pref:-

*vbskins.com/theme/square.html
Preview: *vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=152

3rd Pref:-

*vbskins.com/theme/rohan.html
Preview: *vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=176

Rest a few which I liked:-
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=170
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=188
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=215

i dont believe in the rep system. everyone is equal..
post counts are fine with me.

Nah I don't like the rep system honestly. Not that I am saying there aren't any perks for it, but there are many people who will take advantage of it. For example:

I HAVE 50 REPUTATION POINTS MORE THAN YOU, WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION MY ADVICE!!!

With respects, majority of the crowd in India is not that mentally disciplined and unfortunately many people with such colourful characteristics (such as showing off with post counts and worst of all- their degrees

- most likely falsified on the risk of being proven wrong by another person) show such behaviour in the forums. We could rather have something else in its place.
I would also suggest reinforcing rules on the market section.

^^^Agreed. Thanks raaaboo for answering each points and cyberjunkie too.
Its nice to see TDF in new version in new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR Team Digit

this benq ad is getting quite irritating.

anyways happy new year to all.

for themes i liked these as suggested by crow.

*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=179
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=3

1. The problem with attachments that I was saying, is this type of attachments starts downloading when clicked.
*img145.imageshack.us/img145/7181/attachmenthg.th.jpg

2. I think there is still some problem with forum width. I'm getting the increased width in some pages and the normal width in some pages.
*img709.imageshack.us/img709/9534/forumwidth.th.jpg

*img254.imageshack.us/img254/2816/forumwidth2.th.jpg

I'm also getting this Database Error sometimes. Please look into it.
*img514.imageshack.us/img514/756/databaseerrorb.th.jpg

^Even I get that sometimes.

As for themes.......I liked these(in the same order)
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=153
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=64
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=147
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=170
*vbskins.com/forums/?styleid=3
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=191
*vbskins.com/forums/index.php?styleid=176

My choise and taste of colour is very bad. Don't know hoy many of it will you like.

By the way how is the idea of uploading 4 or 5 best(thorugh vote by members/choosed by you) themes?? In this way we can choose from those 5 themes anytimes and will not get bored of any particular theme??

I mean look at the theme preview pages(any one). At the bottom left there is an option for choosing themes. Its not possible to upload all the themes. Thats why I said 4 or 5 themes.

Attachments are working for me. Was able to download and view some attached JPEG files. Can anyone else confirm this? Good job Raaabo and CJ! But the three attachments per post rule could be amended I guess. 10 per post should be the limit I think.

^^ OMG! Yea! I successfully downloaded some .zip and .txt file..

Though, when I try to open .jpg/.gif/image file it's opening but showing "No Preview Available"..

.. Try downloading image in this post! <Attatched>

The problem we were facing is that the attached images always gets downloaded when clicked. Looks like the problem is solved. But as mentioned by Krazzy "No Preview Available" problem is still there.

And as said by Krow.....The limit of 3 photos per page is really frustrating. Please increase the limit.

Krazzy Warrior said:
^^ OMG! Yea! I successfully downloaded some .zip and .txt file.. Though, when I try to open .jpg/.gif/image file it's opening but showing "No Preview Available".. .. Try downloading image in this post! <Attatched>

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3206&d=1262411096
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3206&d=1262411096

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The image

Code:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3206&d=1262411096

cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

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@ Raaabo: This tweet button is useless. Please move it to below post reply button after last post with other bookmarks. I have never seen anything tweeted more than zero times.

Image attachments don't work for me.

Good to see some admins making posts in the forum. Hope this increases.

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@ ico: Check the attachments here: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121649

^^^Nope its not working. Its getiing downloaded instead of opening the image and when opened after download its saying "Preview not available".

In the thread I posted, images downloaded from first post are working for me. Please try that.

[Attachment Test]

Edit: It doesn't work.

Edit:
@Krow & @ico Those images are showing "No Preview Available" error.. :???:

Seems like error of all other format other than image files are fixed..

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Try downloading files from here:- *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/misc.php?do=showattachments&t=79745

See .txt and .zip files are working but image file are not working..

Krazzy Warrior said:
Edit:
@Krow & @ico Those images are showing "No Preview Available" error.. Seems like error of all other format other than image files are fixed..

same problem here tooo

@Krazzy Tried the attachments from here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/misc.php?do=showattachments&t=79745 (the link you provided)

But as you said .txt and .zip files are working. But .jpg is getting downloaded instead of opening the image and even after downloading "No Preview Available" error is showing.

Well.......Other than this I'm facing one more problem sometimes. Don't know what this problem is called, I attached the screenshot below.

*img215.imageshack.us/img215/2334/error1xi.th.jpg

*img81.imageshack.us/img81/2271/error2y.th.jpg

Raaabo, please change the text for this smiley 8/
I don't know who else uses 8) but we sure use it 8 / in Must watch movies thread.
Even if some URLs are having 8 and / its turning to smiley too...

Plz, change the assignment.
Make it as previous...

@Krow & @ico Those images are showing "No Preview Available" error.. Seems like error of all other format other than image files are fixed..

+1. The image attachment is not working.

rhitwick said:
Raaabo, please change the text for this smiley 8/
I don't know who else uses 8) but we sure use it 8 / in Must watch movies thread.
Even if some URLs are having 8 and / its turning to smiley too...

Plz, change the assignment.
Make it as previous...

yes.. Must watch movies thread is a mess now.I request to change it to something else like 'B=)' '8}' 'B/' or some thing like that.

please i request again.please do something about this benq ad its getting irritating.

Please change the BenQ ad. It is misleading. It says Win BenQ LED monitor, while when I mistakenly clicked it I was redirected to a page which did not feature any contest. Merely the product specs. At the very least don't place unethical ads.

even sometimes this forum takes more than a minute to open threads.

Yes it is.. The forum looks best on 1024*768 that's where the problem lies As most of the members run in high resolution than that.

Actually, the forum is optimized for 1024x768 because over 70% of members run that resolution.

Is it possible to divide Mobile monsters into two sections
1) Laptops and netbooks
2) Mobiles and PMP

I'll look into that

Sub-sections could be added for Photography and Cars/bikes, etc. Photography sub-section is a must IMHO.

Excellent idea

i dont believe in the rep system. everyone is equal.. post counts are fine with me.

I agree, I hate the rep system too, and when we had it, people were signing up with 4 and 5 accounts to rep themselves, saying "Wow, excellent, thanks, repped you" all from the same IP, within 1 minute!

1. The problem with attachments that I was saying, is this type of attachments starts downloading when clicked.
I think there is still some problem with forum width. I'm getting the increased width in some pages and the normal width in some pages.

I'm also getting this Database Error sometimes. Please look into it.

Database error occurs when load is too much, we're trying to make it as light as possible on the database. When large images are posted, the forum width is affected. I'm looking into the attachments... actually I'm trying to start from scratch, with the latest stable version of vb, and adding things to it to see what breaks it.

Raaabo, please change the text for this smiley 8/

Done, some time ago, but confirming now

please i request again.please do something about this benq ad its getting irritating.

Oh come on! It's an AD! It's supposed to enlarge when you hover over it... if you don't want to see it, don't move your mouse over it. Besides there are so many ways you can stop it permanently for yourself -- for which you will find detailed tutorials in the forum itself.

I can't force the company to return money, and remove this AD just because you're too lazy to do something about it yourself, or don't like Flash Ads. Remember, it's these ads that are paying to keep this forum going in the first place.

Once the agreed number of page views and clicks are done with, that ad will change, on its own.

By the way how is the idea of uploading 4 or 5 best(thorugh vote by members/choosed by you) themes?? In this way we can choose from those 5 themes anytimes and will not get bored of any particular theme??

I'm trying to make sure that there will be at least a few themes for members to choose from once all the problems are ironed out.

Please change the BenQ ad. It is misleading. It says Win BenQ LED monitor, while when I mistakenly clicked it I was redirected to a page which did not feature any contest. Merely the product specs. At the very least don't place unethical ads.

I've asked our sales team to look into this, will get back with their reply once I get it.

even sometimes this forum takes more than a minute to open threads.

Server might be taking backups at that time, will check. Any specific time, or just random?

^ Today is a nightmare for me as far as forum load times are concerned. When i post anything it will stop reloading at some point and returns a database error. Remember those kinda hiccups when posting a lengthy answer.. One has to type the entire thing again.

Raaabo said:
Actually, the forum is optimized for 1024x768 because over 70% of members run that resolution.

Can we have it to stretch to full width of any resolution? tarey_g's addon does that and according to him it is easy to do if one knows a little of java scripting.

I agree, I hate the rep system too, and when we had it, people were signing up with 4 and 5 accounts to rep themselves, saying "Wow, excellent, thanks, repped you" all from the same IP, within 1 minute!

Point taken. Can we have a spoilers feature so that the movies and games thread posters benefit? As in add a tag and then the said part appears in a quote like box with "Spoiler content. Click to show." This feature is there on the other forum and is needed more here.

Database error occurs when load is too much, we're trying to make it as light as possible on the database.

I doubt if the problem concerns load. I say that the load on this forum is pretty less due to a severe lack of visitors. Max 200 visitors and we see a database error. It may be a problem with the bulky coding. I think this can be sorted out with a fresh install.

When large images are posted, the forum width is affected.

I have already requested for an auto resize feature, which enlarges images when we click a button on top the image.

I'm looking into the attachments... actually I'm trying to start from scratch, with the latest stable version of vb, and adding things to it to see what breaks it.

Thank you for continued and active support. I'm hoping for the best.

Oh come on! It's an AD! It's supposed to enlarge when you hover over it... if you don't want to see it, don't move your mouse over it. Besides there are so many ways you can stop it permanently for yourself -- for which you will find detailed tutorials in the forum itself.

I can't force the company to return money, and remove this AD just because you're too lazy to do something about it yourself, or don't like Flash Ads. Remember, it's these ads that are paying to keep this forum going in the first place.

Once the agreed number of page views and clicks are done with, that ad will change, on its own.

Even though I hate the ads, I take your point here. As I have previously requested, please move the side ad to the top or bottom. For one ad, we are losing on forum width for the entire page. One small suggestion: Instead of ads between post, I think it will be better for ads to be after the post and before signature. That way, the blank space will reduce and the forum will look more professional. Do other members agree?

I'm trying to make sure that there will be at least a few themes for members to choose from once all the problems are ironed out.

Yes, please do.

I've asked our sales team to look into this, will get back with their reply once I get it.

Awaiting your reply.

Server might be taking backups at that time, will check. Any specific time, or just random?

Random you may call it, but it happens most of the time. The forum in general has been extremely slow for the past few days. This has made me backup each post till it appears.

Thanks raaaboo for your continued and active support.

One more bug report. The forum does not allow me to login sometimes. This happens when I click on the Quote button while not logged in. It redirects me to a page asking for login. Then if I enter username and password, it returns me to the same page and asks me to enter the details again. It's a recurring loop. However, after entering login info, after being redirected to the login page, if I click on forum index link, it shows me as logged in. Anyone else facing this bug?

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Also, I notice the moderator column in the forum index page. Are we going to have section moderators?

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There is this mod called geetaj, he is not listed by Raaabo in forum rules. Who is this moderator? Never seen him make any posts in the forum.

Geetaj is a 9.9 employee.

Raaabo said:
Oh come on! It's an AD! It's supposed to enlarge when you hover over it... if you don't want to see it, don't move your mouse over it. Besides there are so many ways you can stop it permanently for yourself -- for which you will find detailed tutorials in the forum itself.

I can't force the company to return money, and remove this AD just because you're too lazy to do something about it yourself, or don't like Flash Ads. Remember, it's these ads that are paying to keep this forum going in the first place.

Server might be taking backups at that time, will check. Any specific time, or just random?

yes raabo i know that thing. :smile:

that ad is irritating because it still enlarges even if i am not hovering my mouse over it i mean if i try to click here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/index.php. situated above 'the user cp, faq, community, calender etc box. this enlarged ad opens up.

and krow is right the ad is misleading i have clicked many times there and it says nothing about contest.

Raaabo said:
Server might be taking backups at that time, will check. Any specific time, or just random?

anyways yes that occurs random.

One more bug report. The forum does not allow me to login sometimes. This happens when I click on the Quote button while not logged in. It redirects me to a page asking for login. Then if I enter username and password, it returns me to the same page and asks me to enter the details again. It's a recurring loop. However, after entering login info, after being redirected to the login page, if I click on forum index link, it shows me as logged in. Anyone else facing this bug?

krow i think its more of a opera bug.i also face this problem in this forum sometimes.but when i log with firefox no problem then.

Krow said:
One more bug report. The forum does not allow me to login sometimes. This happens when I click on the Quote button while not logged in. It redirects me to a page asking for login. Then if I enter username and password, it returns me to the same page and asks me to enter the details again. It's a recurring loop. However, after entering login info, after being redirected to the login page, if I click on forum index link, it shows me as logged in. Anyone else facing this bug?

Agreed. It occurs for me 90% of the time.. It's very very irritating..

One more bug report.. When I Log In the forum and click on Last Post button of any thread in index page, then the thread opens(last page) but it shows me that I'm logged OUT but when I click back to index page it shows that i'm logged IN..

In order to post in those thread I've to open the first post of that thread and click on last page which is very irritating..

It too occurs sometime when I click last post button from inside a sub-section.. Anyone else facing this bug?

quan chi said:
krow i think its more of a opera bug.i also face this problem in this forum sometimes.but when i log with firefox no problem then.

NOPE! I'm using Firefox and i'm facing that same problem as krow is..

I think we need new mods too. +1 for the spoilers feature. IMO, the rep system helps in the sense that people think a bit about what they are posting. This really improves the quality of the content in the forum, which is important. The rep system should be set up in a way that multiple accounts cannot rep themselves till they have a certain amount of rep to begin with. Also, disproportionately high reps are irritating and put-off the newcomers in the forum. How about a negative rep system? Dont like a post, give em a few negative reps, and the fellow will stop posting BS.

^^no reps please. negate a post and clean up posts with negative rating. Don't assign any -ve or +ve rep to individuals.

Agree with desiibond. No rep system please.

Raaabo said:
Geetaj is a 9.9 employee.

Oh well, my opinion is that mods should have some contribution to the forum. Inactive mods/admins should not be present. But, I guess it would be a little difficult to explain it to the company.

quan chi said:
yes raabo i know that thing.that ad is irritating because it still enlarges even if i am not hovering my mouse over it i mean if i try to click here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/index.php. situated above 'the user cp, faq, community, calender etc box. this enlarged ad opens up.

and krow is right the ad is misleading i have clicked many times there and it says nothing about contest.

It is well within our rights to complain for this issue. Before misleading ads are put through a lawsuit by some concerned party, please change the ad to be a little more truthful.

krow i think its more of a opera bug.i also face this problem in this forum sometimes.but when i log with firefox no problem then.

I use Firefox for Neat Digit Extension and the bug is present with or without the addon.

Krazzy Warrior said:
NOPE! I'm using Firefox and i'm facing that same problem as krow is..

Another suferring soul. Welcome to our club. :cry:

Anorion said:
IMO, the rep system helps in the sense that people think a bit about what they are posting. This really improves the quality of the content in the forum, which is important. The rep system should be set up in a way that multiple accounts cannot rep themselves till they have a certain amount of rep to begin with. Also, disproportionately high reps are irritating and put-off the newcomers in the forum. How about a negative rep system? Dont like a post, give em a few negative reps, and the fellow will stop posting BS.

I think that a report post button does pretty much the same thing as a negative rep. Suppose a person with a bad record full of negative reps actually makes a good post, then he will be judged by his rep value and not the content (especially by newbies). Bad posts should be reported and moderators should do the needful (give infractions, miserable, ban, etc.). I am for the positive reps, but this is a system which can be misused a lot. Maybe we make it that you have to spread reps to about 20 people before you can give it to the same person again?

desiibond said:
^^no reps please. negate a post and clean up posts with negative rating. Don't assign any -ve or +ve rep to individuals.

It is just like a report post button. Isn't it?

i am also against rep system this is better this way.

^^agree. no reps please.

The BenQ ad has disappeared and so has the View Forum Leaders which was next to Mark Forums Read on the index page.

[TOOGOODTOBETRUE]Please use this opportunity and move the side ad to the top. [/TOOGOODTOBETRUE]

^ Heh, +1

not to mention the thread has also become a bit faster.

Has to be a lot faster still. Even with my fast connection, TE and E open up faster.

tkin said:
I'm absolutely sick of this forum, its unusable now, everytime I write a post it hangs up resulting in either multiple post or no post at all. Its back to the dark ages now, what happened? Not enough revenue from ads? Wanna put more ads in between the posts??

Another suffering soul. Database errors are still prominent. All members are suffering. Please do that fresh install of vBulletin 4 as soon as possible.

Magazine Suggestion.

Hi Raboo
i think that Killer Rig Page in Every Issue is not so good.
if you ask me the value for me that half page
so there could be bring back Take a Crack or Crossword Page.

Thanks

Anorion said:
I think we need new mods too. +1 for the spoilers feature. IMO, the rep system helps in the sense that people think a bit about what they are posting. This really improves the quality of the content in the forum, which is important. The rep system should be set up in a way that multiple accounts cannot rep themselves till they have a certain amount of rep to begin with. Also, disproportionately high reps are irritating and put-off the newcomers in the forum. How about a negative rep system? Dont like a post, give em a few negative reps, and the fellow will stop posting BS.

NO NO, please for the love of god no reps, then people will post a lot of useless stuffs and continuously begs you for rep, it turns into an obsession, in one forum I frequently visit some guys were offering rare torrent invites for reps, please no reps [when reading the above posts rep=reputation, not that word that it sounds like :lol:

]

Now back to serious stuff, this is getting a bit tiring, as it seems the issue's not with posting as all posts get sent to the server normally but the issue is with the page loading, after a post is written the thread supposed to open but its not, and sometimes database error.

^^ yea, that Database error is occuring every 5 minutes.

Please don't disappear again Team Digit. Please keep updating us regularly about the status of this forum.

what a relief. The new Digit ad is much better and looks/works better than that junk BenQ ad. Thanks Raaboo

Yes, that new ad is a hundred times better. Now could someone please move the side ad to the top? Forums look much better when they are wide.

Hmmm now indeed it looks better! Just increase the forum width to 100% and keep all those ads intact.. THis is all what we need as far as display is concerned...

annoying roll over ad is gone. nice.

Wow the forum luks nice now and faster too...!! But a new problem arised.....that Database Error is coming up more frequently. And as everyone suggested please increase the forum width to 100%

there's database error like every 5 minutes. why?

^^ ya getting database errors...

Ya I got it few times too.

this is too much.i understand your problem. and i hope you also understand how irritating it feels getting database error now and then.

^+1. getting it since yesterday night.

Why is Google Custom Search no longer visible?

got one more problem - The post count are not increasing
i dont know whether its only with me or not...

Well the forum is changed a lot now

But RSS Feed is not working in firefox, pls try to fix it as it will be helpful in keeping tab of new posts and threads

anyways i think tdf forum is lot better than Tecen if they get rid of these minor problems.

The forums are back on track, good job guys, complements to all for devoting your time on this matter. Keep it up.

Yes, database errors are gone. Now it loads fast.

Yup......It seems faster and better now. Keep it up Team Digit.

We're working on the latest (non 4.0) version of VB at the moment. VB themselves have asked big board users like us to avoid changing to 4.0 before long term tests are done. So VB 4 will not be implemented in a hurry. We are working on getting the latest version running with all the necessary modifications and without any of the errors. That should happen soon.

We're all a little busy with Feb issue closing, so updates might be a little sparse, but we're working on this in the background. Still haven't been able to find what broke the ajax and attachments. Will let you know as soon as I do...

Ok raaabo here's some more suggestion:
1. I think Team Digit can afford assignig a small team for just this site. Which'll help us a lot. You can also assign from even the readers/members.

2. I know this is a "hatke" request. But could you please one more page?? One of which is completely for pre-assembled rigs. I mean you can divide budgets such as 12k, 20k etc etc and suggest the best rig on that budget. I know there is already a thread in forum but that never get's updated. I mean we get many threads everyday for the same budget and even same purpose asking for suggestion. This would help us to eliminate this and also get instant help, if no one is active.

3. This suggestion is for magazine. First of all thanks a lot lot lot for continuing Price Watch in each issue. But please increase the pages and add more catagories please. And only add VFM products there. The Killer Rig page, I think just does nothing. Rather remove the images and add simple text based configurations. In this way you can give us more budget specific rigs. I mean the basic rig is for 21k and then jumps to 81k and then to 1,51k??? Rather give us text based configurations and divide budgets in this way : 15k, 25k, 30k, 40k, 60-70k etc. And if you can't do this please try to do the same in website. If you even can't add one more page try updating the existing configuration thread every month. I think this would be possible for you.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
Ok raaabo here's some more suggestion:
1. I think Team Digit can afford assignig a small team for just this site. Which'll help us a lot. You can also assign from even the readers/members.

2. I know this is a "hatke" request. But could you please one more page?? One of which is completely for pre-assembled rigs. I mean you can divide budgets such as 12k, 20k etc etc and suggest the best rig on that budget. I know there is already a thread in forum but that never get's updated. I mean we get many threads everyday for the same budget and even same purpose asking for suggestion. This would help us to eliminate this and also get instant help, if no one is active.

3. This suggestion is for magazine. First of all thanks a lot lot lot for continuing Price Watch in each issue. But please increase the pages and add more catagories please. And only add VFM products there. The Killer Rig page, I think just does nothing. Rather remove the images and add simple text based configurations. In this way you can give us more budget specific rigs. I mean the basic rig is for 21k and then jumps to 81k and then to 1,51k??? Rather give us text based configurations and divide budgets in this way : 15k, 25k, 30k, 40k, 60-70k etc. And if you can't do this please try to do the same in website. If you even can't add one more page try updating the existing configuration thread every month. I think this would be possible for you.

Can't answer the 1st and 3rd query as I'm just a member but this thread is updated regularly and has all the pre-built rigs as you requested: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96218
Look in the first page for the rigs.

Raaabo did you do something with the page cache settings? It's caching old data.. Like when i close a thread, and go back, it shows the thread as open. I have to manually refresh :/

What about removing killer rig page and bring back Take a Crack or Crossword Page

Thanks tkin. Sorry everyone for the misunderstanding. But please look into 1st and 3rd suggestion.

krishnandu.sarkar said:
Ok raaabo here's some more suggestion:

3. This suggestion is for magazine. First of all thanks a lot lot lot for continuing Price Watch in each issue. But please increase the pages and add more catagories please. And only add VFM products there. The Killer Rig page, I think just does nothing. Rather remove the images and add simple text based configurations. In this way you can give us more budget specific rigs. I mean the basic rig is for 21k and then jumps to 81k and then to 1,51k??? Rather give us text based configurations and divide budgets in this way : 15k, 25k, 30k, 40k, 60-70k etc. And if you can't do this please try to do the same in website. If you even can't add one more page try updating the existing configuration thread every month. I think this would be possible for you.

I think at least one more price bracket would be good...

Have some query on Subscription...

I want to renew my subscription.
Planning to do the payment on or after Feb 17th. Will my subscription start from March, or April?

Hi all, you might start to experience some bugs like double-posts or "You cannot post so soon" errors over the next few days or so. Just wanted to let you know that this is intentional, and I've left Ajax on to re-start the troubleshooting process.

Forum has been upgraded to 3.8.4 PL2, but still the Ajax problems continue. Personally I think it's time for a new database, and a new start. Also trying to fix the width problem with a new theme. Will keep you updated on that as soon as I know something.

^ I think there are cache related issues.

Try posting a post and then Edit it. You won't be able to see the changes reflected. You'll have to do a hard refresh. And if you then go to the Edit page again, you still get the old contents.

Let me see whether it's still there or not.

It's still there.

AJAX is still not working. So, I guess it's the time for a new database and a new start.

Moreover, after the 4.0.1 update, vBulletin 4 is more stable. I guess it fixes over 200 bugs. You might consider it once again.

VB4 is still not completely tested in a production environment, but I will upgrade to that once it is ready. For now, I'll stick to solving the problems that exist, even after upgrading to the latest 3.8.X version.

D

Forums Getting Nicer.

S

a rare bird told me to watch this space on G^th |)4`/ :grin:

The following is a SPAM thread, created by some user of 5 posts...
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124080

Are our SPAM fighting tricks broken again???

Testing AJAX after removing fixed width limitation

Testing AJAX after removing fixed width limitation

Yay, test success

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

This thing has moved to the right.

Let's see whether AJAX works or not.

Edit: It didn't work.

Moreover, why is "View Forum Leaders" thing disabled? It really helps if you want to PM a Mod or Admin.

D

What happened to the DIGIT IRC ? It was fun!!!!!!

^^ You can join us now @ #krow @ irc.freenode.net

*webchat.freenode.net/?channels=krow

Can everyone test things and see if things are working fine now?

Ajax seems to have been fixed, double-posting is fixed, working on removing the Fixed-width without bugs...

Also looking for a new theme, will give you some suggestions soon.

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Digit IRC is dead... I'll buy some hosting and set up one on raaabo.com if you guys want me to... Maybe I can get irc.thinkdigit.com forwarded there as well...

Let me know if that's something you guys would like...

the smilies & avatars are not visible anymore

yes avatar's are not showing up.
New theme eh? I kinda got used to d red one :-D

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Yeeeeeeeeeee, quick reply fixed...
It really posted within seconds... good work Raaabo and team

And this time everything is opening very fast. good work if its permanent.

Otherwise thinkdigit website and forum are slowest of all websites I had gone through in my life.

Raaabo said:
Can everyone test things and see if things are working fine now?

Ajax seems to have been fixed, double-posting is fixed, working on removing the Fixed-width without bugs...

Also looking for a new theme, will give you some suggestions soon.

Okay, Logging in has become very fast. The Quote button can now be used for logging in. Thanks for this. Support is really appreciated. Smileys and avatars need to be fixed.

yea, Smileys and Avatars are not working.

I don't know why, but Quick Reply is leading me to a White page which is still loading. But as I can use QuickEdit now, I think AJAX is working fine.

Edit:

One more thing, please increase log-in timeout time to 30-45 minutes. It's actually irritating when you have to login back after 15 minutes of inactivity.

good work team ..... !! Its much faster now !! keep it up !

ico said:
One more thing, please increase log-in timeout time to 30-45 minutes. It's actually irritating when you have to login back after 15 minutes of inactivity.

For this check "remember me" option while logging in. It won't save ur password in system but will save ur session until u click log-out.

rhitwick said:
For this check "remember me" option while logging in. It won't save ur password in system but will save ur session until u click log-out.

Thanks a lot rhitwick

I was getting frustrated while typing long posts,by the time I finish typing and hit submit,It asks me to login again !!!!!!!!!! Earlier I used to get back what I typed after re-login, But everything is vanished now !!!!! Aaarrrgg and no emoticons tooo

rhitwick said:
For this check "remember me" option while logging in. It won't save ur password in system but will save ur session until u click log-out.

I'm not that n00b.

But sometimes when you forget to click it, then it gets irritating.

All other forums have that time more than 30 minutes.

Raaabo Sir, can you please remove this SPAM thread, it keeps on posting again and again;
Cell PhonesWholesale Sciphone And has got 105 views for no reason

And I don't think there are any active mods here. You need to do something regarding this.

Hey Raaabo, this is a cool theme...plz keep it...
I like it.

Kirsch theme applied... back by popular demand

Report bugs here please

^^^
This small thing:
*img24.imageshack.us/img24/8549/123ssk.jpg

And AJAX works perfectly fine now.

Awesome work Raaabo! Kudos!

One more thing, the icons of Digg, del.icio.us etc. are not visible over here:

*img688.imageshack.us/img688/4984/456n.jpg

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I am not able to change the image of my avatar

small problem....

*img403.imageshack.us/img403/773/93578996.jpg

old and unread post icon looks little similar.. so i cant differentiate them... can u pls change it to old style(icons only)??

^ no!! Kirsch rocks.

Inactivity timeout is now 30 minutes...

Anything else I'm missing? I'm still working on fixed width...

Yes d Kirsch theme really rox...

can u plz giv some time for Bazaar section, when v post a new thread in it, it doesn't appear soon it takes a long time to appear... like i sent a post almost 2 days back regarding the sale of my ipod nano but til date it has not appeared... plz do something regarding it...

Raaabo, Excellent work. The theme is really cool. But please fix the width problem. It is the only thing that is bothering right now.

I don't know if it is with only me or something else.. I observed that the pages are loading fast in IE8 than opera. The quick reply is taking more than 2 seconds in opera where as it is almost less than a second in IE8. Strange

Please place the side ad at the top (center alligned). Please.

Thanks for the changes. :doublethumb:

Raaabo said:
Kirsch theme applied... back by popular demand

Report bugs here please

Great, thank you

K

I have a problem with this website. I have ordered a copy last week online. The amount was instantly debited from my bank account. Its 7 days now and there has been NO RESPONSE to my e-mail to help@thinkdigit.com or my phone call to (022) 40789612. I have all the e-mail records as well as my order no.
Let me see if some responsible person replies to this thread. (As you can see from my join date I was a regular subscriber of this magazine those days when chip turned into digit but now losing confidence terribly)
Sorry if this has been posted in the wrong section. I was not able to create a new thread in the feedback section.

Very Well, just searched and looks like I am not all alone.

*www.consumercomplaints.in/com...e-c327011.html

Social bookmarking icon is missing:
*i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/ravi_9793/12-2.jpg

I get this error, when ever I change pages on threads.

Am using FF with Win7 64BIT. NeatDigit Forum add-in is installed for FF.

*img25.imageshack.us/img25/7442/tdferror.th.jpg

^ Try Disabling NeatDigit. NeatDigit actually uses JS to change the look of the site, so I think it might be causing problem after seeing your Error box.

Install Stylish and write a style for 'thinkdigit.com' (S icon in the bottom right corner) with following as the contents.

Code:

td[width="164"] {
width: 0 !important;
display: none !important;
}

.forumarea {
width: 100% !important;
}

#contentarea, #footerlink, #footertxt, .footerfixedarea{
display: none !important;
}


#header {
display: none !important;
}

#mainNavPart {
display: none !important;
}

#submenu {
display: none !important;
}

.topAd {
display: none !important;
}

table[align="right"] {
display: none !important;
}

#footer {
display: none !important;
}

It will give you no advertisements + full width. Of course, not the other features which NeatDigit has.

Instead, if you want to use TechEnclave's theme, then check out this thread.

The new look is pretty good. there are lot of icons missing though but Thanks Raaboo

asigh said:
I get this error, when ever I change pages on threads.

Am using FF with Win7 64BIT. NeatDigit Forum add-in is installed for FF.

*img25.imageshack.us/img25/7442/tdferror.th.jpg

Hi asigh, please make sure that you are using the latest 2.66 version of the extension, since Raaabo and team is making changes in the forum you may encounter some errors and some features may stop functioning.
Please report these errors in the NeatDigit thread so I can provide a quick fix

.

Also please let me know if the 2.66 update fixes your problem.

Good Work Raaboo !!

Great to see Kirsch Theme back... :grin:

Hmm and I don't think we need anything else except 100% forum width as far as display is concerned..

+1 for 100% width. Please remove sidebar banners and use fluid width krish theme.

ico said:
^ Try Disabling NeatDigit. NeatDigit actually uses JS to change the look of the site, so I think it might be causing problem after seeing your Error box.

Instead, if you want to use TechEnclave's theme, then check out this thread.

Okay friend, will give it a try...! Thanks.

tarey_g said:
Hi asigh, please make sure that you are using the latest 2.66 version of the extension, since Raaabo and team is making changes in the forum you may encounter some errors and some features may stop functioning.
Please report these errors in the NeatDigit thread so I can provide a quick fix .

Also please let me know if the 2.66 update fixes your problem.

I am using version 2.66. Now what..? By the way that error, which I posted I get it on Win7 64bit. At office I use XP, it is perfect here.

Where is the NeatDigit thread, I can post there..?

asigh said:
I am using version 2.66. Now what..? By the way that error, which I posted I get it on Win7 64bit. At office I use XP, it is perfect here.

Where is the NeatDigit thread, I can post there..?

NeatDigit thread : *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98035

Same case with me

, using XP in office and Win7 64 at home. Will have to check for the issue @ home tonight. I could not see the image you posted either, imageshack is blocked here in office.

^^
Sure let me know. Thanks.

asigh said:
I am using version 2.66. Now what..? By the way that error, which I posted I get it on Win7 64bit

Chked it buddy on my Win 7 64 home pc, the error you get is because your home pc does not have 2.66 version of the extension. That error was resolved in th 2.65 version. you can try uninstalling the extension entirely and then installing the new one, instead of update if there is a issue.

hope this helps.

tarey_g said:
Chked it buddy on my Win 7 64 home pc, the error you get is because your home pc does not have 2.66 version of the extension. That error was resolved in th 2.65 version. you can try uninstalling the extension entirely and then installing the new one, instead of update if there is a issue.

hope this helps.

And this sure did work. Thanks a million. My favorite forum is back again. That annoying modal nag is gone. For some reason I had the auto updates option -- for add ons disabled. All good now. Thanks...!

CTC - Update for the 7th here... click to continue.!

Not being able to change Avatar. Says, cannot save image. Am trying on a 28.0 K file..?

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asigh said:
Not being able to change Avatar. Says, cannot save image. Am trying on a 28.0 K file..?

Me too!!!!!!!

And please if possible post the Next Clue about CTC early around 7 AM because my college is from 8 am. Please Please Please. Just Requesting.

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Yeah..me too
When you say "on or after 10th", at least tell us how much "after"!!!

Hey, I was off for a week because I was out of station. Coming back I see TDF completely changed. Its amazing. Many bugs have been compromised. Thanks a lot raaboo. Please increase the width to 100%.

but still sometime the database error pops up.though it has decreased significantly as compared to the previous issues.the forum also have improved a bit.but if you reduce that database error it will become more better.

keep up the good work.

The forum still lags a LOT.

Takes a lot of time to open up threads and I still get Database error a few times in the day. But it gets okay in 1-2 minutes.

Time to change the host IMHO.

^ +1. i get the db errors mostly during the night.maybe coz theres too much of load on the server.

^ Last night's Database error was irritating. :/ It lasted quite long.

database issue is server side problem. The forum script itself has so many problems.
I think admin need to clean everything from forum.

1) Disable and uninstall all plugins.
2) Use Krish theme with all default files. No modified header or footer.
3) Just replace logo.

Run the forum for 2-3 days. If the forum runs smoothly, admin should modify header, footer and add ads.

Prefer keeping forum clean, light. Prefer using least plugins.
Just my 2 cent

I think admin need to clean everything from forum.

clean the 15000-something posts and now legendary football channel?

---------- Post added at 02:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:47 PM ----------

^ Last night's Database error was irritating. :/ It lasted quite long.

agree,and with my dloads goin on at full speed,posting each time took ages

XTerminator_09 said:
clean the 15000-something posts and now legendary football channel?

sorry for confusion, but by clean, I don't mean delete database.
I mean, clean site look and problems.

imo the current forum layout is excellent in terms of cleanliness and organisation as compared to other forums,which look relatively stale and unorganised.i only feel that something must be done to relax the load on the server when too many people login at the same time,mostly during the nights.

XTerminator_09 said:
imo the current forum layout is excellent in terms of cleanliness and organisation as compared to other forums,which look relatively stale and unorganised.i only feel that something must be done to relax the load on the server when too many people login at the same time,mostly during the nights.

Do you feel the need of:
1) Fuild width
2) Ajax features like drop down menu.
3) Missing images.
4) Little smaller header height
etc....

XTerminator_09 said:
imo the current forum layout is excellent in terms of cleanliness and organisation as compared to other forums,which look relatively stale and unorganised.i only feel that something must be done to relax the load on the server when too many people login at the same time,mostly during the nights.

The current forum layout is too cluttered compared to what we were used to about 2 years ago.

The current forum layout is too cluttered compared to what we were used to about 2 years ago.

hmm,maybe.rarely surfed back then,had all lol isp in our area.

Do you feel the need of:
1) Fuild width
2) Ajax features like drop down menu.
3) Missing images.
4) Little smaller header height
etc....

the ajax features are worth trying.the other features need to be actually implemented to get the feel of them.

A forum is considered very good if its very user friendly, clean and bug free.
This forum uses world best forum script, vBulletin, but still has lots of problem.

Like many uses says,
1) get database error
2) cannot change avatar
3) Drop down menu is not working.
4) You cannot use BB code in post, if you don't manually enter code.
5) width at many places is mismatch.
6) If you scroll to bottom, full page will be covered only by footer.
7) Normally half page is covered by header part.
8) Icons missing.

etc....

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Dear Rababoo
About the February Issue. The front cove was just Awesome.Following a LETTER FROM THE Editor was a surprise package. It the coming issue please provide a wide screen wallpaper of the February issue. This month the balance was just right between content and real world stories although the regular stuff wins the battle please take it in mind and cover some real world stories instead of same old stuff which user are familiar with.Special REQUEST FAST TRACK TO WINDOWS 7

the database error is still there and it has increased please do something.

hmmm are we getting a better server or not?

I'm really pissed off at writing the damned replies again & again and then 'waiting for reply.'

Hi Guys,

Any suggestions for plugins or features for Forum 3.0?

What I'm working on now:
1. Fluid width
2. Better spam protection
3. Smaller header
4. No bugs in code
5. Fixing avatar and attachments

Mods currently used:
1. Miserable users
2. Double-post prevention

Suggestions welcome. Oh, and Forum 3.0 will be VB 3.8.X-based, not 4.0.X-based, still not very sure about the stability and loads of 4.X.

Boss please change the font size to the earlier font, its really really small and we wanted a more bigger width and you are again decreasing it please please please increase it...

-save as draft option for threads. This is really helpful when making long posts, especially reviews, magazine previews and the like.
-A "hot threads" section up front, listing the five most active threads above the forum categories, as implemented in this site

We also need tags.

the forum has again become slow and shows data base error now and then.

Anorion said:
-save as draft option for threads. This is really helpful when making long posts, especially reviews, magazine previews and the like.

Oh, I asked it long ago.....it would be a gr8 help for me sure :-D

Please make the save option "Auto" in a duration of 5 secs. keep only the latest backup for recovery. Is versioning reqd?

Testing attachments

Testing large attachments

testing double-post

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:35 PM ----------

double-post prevention??

---------- Post added at 07:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:35 PM ----------

hmm very weird!

1) Enable reputation system.
2) Vbulletin plugin, permission based on post count. Will control spam.
3) Manual created question for new user registration. Will control bots registration.

---------- Post added at 08:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:06 PM ----------

Few more...
1) Forum jump plugin
2) itrade plugin for bazaar section.

D

And what about this Fastrack Wiki. It has been stinking from long time.

Why have online users and Birthdays been disabled?

We need that back as soon as possible. You get to know who all are online, which moderator is online in an instant.

the forum has again become too slow.

Devrath_ND said:
And what about this Fastrack Wiki. It has been stinking from long time.

Yes we need more people on it Devrath :-(

Hi Raaabo, posting second time (first time u deleted the thread when u banned someone)
*www.stopforumspam.com/

We catch a lot of spammers trying to register on forums. And we post their details here.
We currently have information on 724446 spammers since about December 2006. Here is the last 12 hours worth of spammers caught in our traps. Or enter an IP address, email address, or username below to search.

and

APIs

Oh hell, something is broken, and we are flooded with spams. Raaabo do something (or undo something)...

I'm fed up of reporting spams...

^yeah, they are suddenly bumping old threads, but cyberjunkie is fighting on the frontline

please bring back birthdays, forum leaders, online users features back. They were cool.

ravi_9793 said:
1) Enable reputation system.
2) Vbulletin plugin, permission based on post count. Will control spam.
3) Manual created question for new user registration. Will control bots registration.

No way man, I really don't believe in reputation. Other suggestions are good, but NO REPUTATION system.

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I'm sorry if this is a mistake to post here.

But, My baazar post is not aproved even after 4-5 working days. It is just a hosting offer i posted exclusive to Digit forum. Does it take 1 week time to aprove? Or is there any thing wrong in my post?

I searched the forum and read all the forum rules posted at *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/announcement.php?f=56&a=1 but could not find any mistake on my side.

Again, I don't know whether i should contact(via pm) Site Administrators Cyberjunkie or Anorion.

Pl. somebody guide me.

F

Hold that thought. I've seen the thread you mentioned although I'm not quite sure about the guidelines of the Bazaar section. I'll see if it is something I can do from my end as long as it follows whatever criteria is in place for that section.

Cheers.

^ Dear filledvoid, please bring pressure on admins to bring the birthdays, Online Users, Forum Leaders section back. We really miss those features.

@niceboy: feel free to contact us or pm the mods/admins in such cases.

F

^ Dear filledvoid, please bring pressure on admins to bring the birthdays, Online Users, Forum Leaders section back. We really miss those features.

Online Users :- You can access this list by moving to Quick Links > Who's Online

I'm not sure what was meant by Forum Leaders Section. Are we talking about a reputation point based system here?

As for Birthdays I'll inform them of that. Although I must say the proper folks who you should be asking those features for is from Raaabo , Anorion , Cyberjunkie etc. But I will remind them

.

And Niceboy . Would you please update the thread to include the Approximate Address you are from. The City name or Town Name should Suffice as I see the Bazaar rules states the following.

Rules: Note that this is NOT a Digit sponsored section, and thus we cannot help resolve disputes. Any deals that you strike up are at your own risk. We encourage members to buy stuff only from other members in their own cities, and also request posters to put the city that you are in, into the topic so that, say, a person from Delhi will ignore all posts made by people not from Delhi.

Once added I think I can approve the thread for now unless something else pops up.

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@Anorion, thanks for the advice. i'll remember that.

@filledvoid.. Because the thread is not yet approved(it is baazar section), i can't see the posted thread to modify anywhere. Do you want me to repost it with my location details? or there is a place on forums where i can find unapproved posts for editing?

Regards

only moderators and admins can see unapproved threads.
your are normal member you cant access it till it gets approved.

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@filledvoid.. Because the thread is not yet approved(it is baazar section), i can't see the posted thread to modify anywhere. Do you want me to repost it with my location details? or there is a place on forums where i can find unapproved posts for editing?

Woops My bad. Haha I guess I'm still getting used to this. I'll approve the thread for now just edit the location details in it. As long as no other conflict arises it should be fine

Cheers.

^my admincp is not working for some reason, or I would have approved it. Just go ahead and approve it.

@filledvoid, Sorry.. I was refering to a system.. where you can see the banned users, Miserabled users, Current mods, admins.

@anorion, why gou guys removed birthdays,People Online features from the main page?

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@FilledVoid, town name included in the post.

@Anorion, thanks very much for your support.

Btw, When I tried posting this ad around 6 months back, it is never approved and somebody banned me for life from this forum!! I mailed the magazine editor directly and requested him to see my ban explaining everything. I did not see any reply, but, when i tried logging in last week, miraculously, i came to know that my account is working again!! my ban is cancelled!

Thanks editor sir.

Actually, I was thinking that baazar section is dominated by a few hosting providers who might be the friends of a few moderators here! Because, I post regularly my hosting offers on WHT, FWS, DP and many other big forms and never faced a ban till now.

Anyway, happy to see that it did not happend again. Thanks every one.

Regards.

@niceboy,
Sorry to hear you were banned for posting in bazaar section.
I hope you will have good time over here now.

Sending mail to editor for forum issue is not correct way. You should have created a duplicate account and PM any active moderator or admin.

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@ravi_9793, Thanks and wish you good luck.

FilledVoid said:
Online Users :- You can access this list by moving to Quick Links > Who's Online

Yes, it can be accessed from there, but it's much much more convenient on the board index itself. Sending PM to someone is made simple.

If 50 people are online, then you have to flip through unnecessary pages in Quick Links > Who's Online whereas all the names were easily available earlier on the board index.

FilledVoid said:
I'm not sure what was meant by Forum Leaders Section. Are we talking about a reputation point based system here?

It lists all the Admins and Moderators. Sending PM is again made simple as you just have to click on the "View Forum Leaders" link which used to appear beside "Mark Forums Read" on the board index.

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Yes, it can be accessed from there, but it's much much more convenient on the board index itself. Sending PM to someone is made simple.

I was merely pointing out that the feature was still there. Although I do understand that it is a bit more convenient if it was available on the Home Page.

It lists all the Admins and Moderators. Sending PM is again made simple as you just have to click on the "View Forum Leaders" link which used to appear beside "Mark Forums Read" on the board index.

This definitely would make it more easier in sending Private messages.

Can any one help me with Sudoku..bit late i am

16 Times Database error for posting this post !!!
Tell me why one should no be frustrated ! Grrr..

thetechfreak said:
Can any one help me with Sudoku..bit late i am

you are not a bit late dude you are too late

head over to *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124404 for your Crack The Code queries...

Is there any possibility to lift 15 images per post restriction for posts in Reviews sections. Putting a full blown reviews is a big headache thanks to this rule. Also, if possible please setup TE style review section where we can put it in multipage format.

Gr8. Awesum. There are the words came out after seeing the new Home page. Everything is just too perfect. Thank you for providing us such a wonderful change. Now please look into the forum. Though the theme is boring but it's much lighter than the previous one.

Just one suggestion for forum : Do the same perfection in placing each and everything and make it 100% wide. If it's not possible, I don't care about the ad's in sides. But after the ad's there is lot unused space. What I mean is make the forum 95% wide and use 5% for the side ad's. That will be really ok.

I am facing Database errors and quick reply bugs now and then. Please nail those things.

And please make forum width fluid.

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desiibond said:
Is there any possibility to lift 15 images per post restriction for posts in Reviews sections. Putting a full blown reviews is a big headache thanks to this rule. Also, if possible please setup TE style review section where we can put it in multipage format.

Hi. This is a good suggestion. We'll take this into consideration. I also owe you a phone call, we still need to talk about pending forum issues and ideas

@ Vamsi and krishnandu -- fluid width for the forum is on our list of things. You should see some movement on that very soon.

I am hearing that IPB or Invision Power Board has moved ahead of vBulletin.

My suggestions, which have been posted previously:

Sub-forums for Photography, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, etc Designing, basically, an art sub-forum, which can even house our movies thread. All these can be clubbed to be one single sub-forum IMHO.

Please move the sidebar ads to the top or bottom of the page once users login. The featured story link is pretty much useless above the forum. I suggest that it be removed. Prior to logging in, the sidebar ads may be present.

and

tags. These would be for spoilers in the gamerz and movies threads. The Table tags should be able to create an excel like grid/table. Useful for putting comparision.

Please add an image resize feature like at TE. If any image is wider than the forum width as on any monitor, then it is resized to a width which is viewable easily, with a button on top to view it full size.

More suggestions as and when they come to my beak.

Cheers and regards from the Krow Klan.

Byte said:
Hi. This is a good suggestion. We'll take this into consideration. I also owe you a phone call, we still need to talk about pending forum issues and ideas

@ Vamsi and krishnandu -- fluid width for the forum is on our list of things. You should see some movement on that very soon.

Thanks mate.

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Hello to all :smile:

i recently joined this forum, about a month ago to be specific

with all humility may i kindly ask when will i be able to start my own thread/topic?

Perhaps, i have not fulfilled some forum rule & if so then please guide me to it.

Hoping to make new friends here from whom i can garner valuable technical (& non-technical

) knowledge.

personally, i believe that learning never stops & i am willing to learn as much as i can within the limits of my capabilities.

Thanking you all.

Hi!

I don't think there is any restriction on creating threads! Where exactly are you trying to create your thread?

insaneYLN said:
Hello to all

i recently joined this forum, about a month ago to be specific

with all humility may i kindly ask when will i be able to start my own thread/topic?

Perhaps, i have not fulfilled some forum rule & if so then please guide me to it.

Hoping to make new friends here from whom i can garner valuable technical (& non-technical ) knowledge.

personally, i believe that learning never stops & i am willing to learn as much as i can within the limits of my capabilities.

Thanking you all.

Dude don't take it personal. Its just a way to keep spmas away.

You have to have a minimal post count of 10-15 to be eligible for creating "threads".

Till then keep posting sane replies in threads that interest you.

I

rhitwick said:
Dude don't take it personal. Its just a way to keep spmas away.

You have to have a minimal post count of 10-15 to be eligible for creating "threads".

Till then keep posting sane replies in threads that interest you.

Thank You rhitwick :smile:

Is our site under repair??? I'm getting all possible errors. 404-Page not found. 501-Method not implemented aur na jane kaya kaya... Lets hope whatever is going on is god for TDF...

We're having some trouble... people working on it overtime. Hope it all gets fixed soon... I'm too busy finishing May issue to find out more details right now, but *fingers crossed*

May Issue is out now and I must say that it is one of the best since the open source special issue. Really, Digit has gone up a notch with this issue. Back to work on the forum then, eh?

whats next TDF? Red font with yellow back ground!!!!

Change the font color please..

Hang on.. Yes I'm not using any Stylish userscript.. Neither any addon.. Yes! Its fluid forum now..

Thanks!!!

Yes, its fixed now.

Jai ho, Jai ho...total "Jai Ho" song dedicated to whoever fixed the font...

WOW...!! Unbelievable...!! Yup, it got fixed...But in the right a link is showing "Upcoming Events". Why not move that to upper or below the forum.

i'm finally getting the forum at full width..
good job.. people

Come on guys, give us the spoiler tags! It is much need in the game and movie threads. Seriously, I don't think that this is some newbie forum, where we have to keep asking for basic things like to make edit work, to fix the font colour, etc. This is a big forum, where advanced features should be made available.

What's with the sidebar? I can't see any ads there, so why is just one link blocking the entire space? I have a square monitor, so I really don't see much of a difference in the width.

I cant understand one thing. This thread says from d editor desk but ppl are posting their feedbacks n probs. WTH;(

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Hi Guys,

I just thought there should be one place on this forum where you can get direct, no-nonsense answers straight from the Editor. Suggestions, queries and more welcome here.

I think people are just letting the admins know of their suggestions

.

500 Internal Server Error

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/24572/DIGIT.png

Can we have Online users and Birthdays back on the Index page?

I've put this on the website feedback thread but as I didn't get any reply, I am posting it here. I am sure Raaabo sir will reply and/or do the needful

I've put up 3 hardware reviews here so far (880gma ud2h,890gpa-ud3h and 790fxta-ud5...more to come in coming weeks) but the problem is it is restricted to 15 pics per post. I was wondering if you could remove that- at least on the reviews section.

Also there are couple of stickies over there which got nothing to do with review section. I was wondering if they could be replaced with basic guidelines for reviewers- for example no hotlinking and no plagiarism.

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ico said:
Can we have Online users and Birthdays back on the Index page?

yep, I second that.........

ico said:
Can we have Online users and Birthdays back on the Index page?

This would be a good idea

BTW Don't you think forum theme and layout should be changed??

^^^ yeah, how about updating from vb3 to vb4 like TE

As the May feedback thread is locked (though its only 31st May today), I've a question on the Geek attire article. The sites mentioned there, are they Indian vendor or international. If international, do they supply to India?

yup, lets move on to vBulletin 4. It is stable now.

Second that,but needs moar active users

XTerminator_09 said:
Second that,but needs moar active users

A quick upgrade to vBulletin 4 would surely get you those.

true,mods and admin need to take note of this

Ya......Please change this........this looks really boring. And TDF not at all fast. It's too slow than some other forums and websites.

I just encountered vBulletin Database error. It randomly happens a couple of times everyday. But gets fixed automatically after 3-4 minutes.

TE upgraded to VB4 I think, TDF should too.

^Will, in another couple of years, after which bug fixing will take a couple more.

D

Is there Checkpoint for CTC-2 because I haven't received the magazine yet and it would be unfair for us SUBSCRIBERS who receive magazine at the end of month.

A

yup, lets move on to vBulletin 4. It is stable now.

Also, why dont you add the scripts for spoiler tags and User Merging?

M

hi raaabo,
i wanna tell you that I really enjoyed listening to the videos of Mr. David J. Malan teaching CS50. I want them again in your DVDs. i hope you people didn't forget that the full series wasn't completed. Why did u suddenly stop givin' those videos??

Again Database error. It's some MySQL related problem.

ico said:
Can we have Online users and Birthdays back on the Index page?

Done

The Sorcerer said:
I've put this on the website feedback thread but as I didn't get any reply, I am posting it here. I am sure Raaabo sir will reply and/or do the needful

I've put up 3 hardware reviews here so far (880gma ud2h,890gpa-ud3h and 790fxta-ud5...more to come in coming weeks) but the problem is it is restricted to 15 pics per post. I was wondering if you could remove that- at least on the reviews section.

Also there are couple of stickies over there which got nothing to do with review section. I was wondering if they could be replaced with basic guidelines for reviewers- for example no hotlinking and no plagiarism.

CA50 said:
^^^ yeah, how about updating from vb3 to vb4 like TE

hmm, number of images per post is for all of VB, so could be a problem to accomplish. Will look into this to see if there's a way.

Krow said:
^Will, in another couple of years, after which bug fixing will take a couple more.

Sarcasm? No we're waiting to make sure everything is ironed out before we shift.

Aspire said:
Also, why dont you add the scripts for spoiler tags and User Merging?

Good idea. Will start on this soon after issue closing next week.

By the way. VBSEO installed, and user-friendly URLs included... can you guys help me test over the next few days by reporting bugs (if any) here please? Thanks to our extremely busy website team for getting this up and running.

---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:42 PM ----------

Oh and I forgot to mention, I've restarted the IRC server...

irc://irc.raaabo.com

You guys can idle in #digit or create your own channels. Bots allowed, but not in #digit. Name Services (NS) and Channel Services (CS) available.

I'm online whenever possible. In case the server dies, or hangs or is not reachable, please send a mail with subject "IRC DOWN" to editor @ thinkdigit . com and I'll have it up in a jiffy.

A

thats cool , now we can see who is online.....

A big big big thanks for VBSEO.

Excellent job for setting up VBSEO, Robert.

And oh for Who's Online too btw

R

HEy Anybody here...can anybody provide me with the 12 fast tracks of 2009 in pdf...dat is included with June 2010 Dvd ....I have bought dvd..i m unable to play it..or my pc is unable to pick that dvd.....but the other two dvd's worked fine......I can prove everything U need to know for proving dat i really bought the digit of dis month.......And i HAve really bought.......Plz Sumbody reply.....

ricky641 said:
HEy Anybody here...can anybody provide me with the 12 fast tracks of 2009 in pdf...dat is included with June 2010 Dvd ....I have bought dvd..i m unable to play it..or my pc is unable to pick that dvd.....but the other two dvd's worked fine......I can prove everything U need to know for proving dat i really bought the digit of dis month.......And i HAve really bought.......Plz Sumbody reply.....

Write to help @ thinkdigit . com and inform them and they will courier you the replacement.

M

Hi

I am so far not received my June 2010 issue of Digit.

When I contacted customer care on Wed 16-Jun-2010, I was given a AWB no 0454742166. Also the customer care has not reverted back as promised to me in my call on 16-Jun-2010.

However when I checked with the courier company the number does not belong to me, it has the name S Iyer, as can be seen from the attached image.

Some months back also I had this problem. I had to follow up regularly for a couple months to get my issues. For some months the issues were on time but again this problem. I am really sick of following with digit for non delivery of issues.

As a result I am considering to cancel the remaining subscription if possible as there does not seem to be an end to you logistics/delivery problems.

Mandeep

I

Hi folks..

for the 4th month in a row i received my issue (the magazine) damaged :sad:

the damage on the March & May issues were tolerable but my April & the current June issue were disastrous. when i opened my June 2010 package i saw the magazine was torn in the front, it was not only the front cover but also a few inside pages as well. the same happened with my April issue with the addition that the back cover was also torn :-x

After i contacted the Customer Care number (02240789612) they took note of my problem & aptly sent me a replacement of the entire package when i had asked only the magazine be replaced..thank you Digit :razz:

i contacted the Customer Care regarding the problem with my June issue on the 9th of this month, they said that a replacement would be sent by as of now i have not yet received my replacement of the June 2010 Anniversary Special.. :sad:

Before i started typing this post, i tried calling the Customer Care but there is no answer :?:

i humbly request the respected Editor to kindly consider my plea & look into the matter of packaging & dispatch. i hope the Editor or a concerned authority will make his or her best effort to resolve this unnerving problem of issues getting delivered in damaged conditions.

Honestly, i feel very ashamed to call up every month after i receive my issue, "complaining" about the physical manner/condition it was delivered to me. i understand & am aware that the Digit customer helpline has to deal with innumerable grievances everyday.

i await your responses my friends :smile:

I've a few suggestions :

it would be great if the magazine only can be found in the newsstands without the DVDs as well and it will even give the newsstand buyers a very good flexible choice.

As for Fast Tracks it can be included as a pdf in the DVDs as it will be more environment friendly and will save a lot carbon emission.

The Ft's and the mag can be also sold as a 6/12 months archive on a special edition CDs without the mag.

S

Hello Sir,

I want to take my point directly here, I am simply not impressed by the DVD's you provide with your mag. Did you saw the iPad review, is this how a video should be done and the review was disappointing also. The DVD's are total worthless.

These are my honest suggestions to improve your DVD's or else stop providing those craps.

And after I brought the iPad I find it difficult to read books, novels and magazine on a hard copy so please bring out a Digit iPad App and sell your mag in subscription basis out there(this is for who don't care for your DVD's) .

I may stop purchasing your mag if some improvement is not evident, I give you 6 month time and I hope you can bring out a Digit iPad App(Then digit can go international).

And if you need more clarification on what I mentioned above you can get back to me, I want a top notch high quality Tech Mag in India, not highest selling. Be like Apple not Microsoft.

^LOL, man stop now. Can't laugh anymore.

The iPad review was done by one of us i.e. Digit readers. You should appreciate that.
Want change, be the change. Why not try to contribute some quality content from ur side.

i sent a mail to

agent001@thinkdigit.com

in the 1st week of june for a buying advice but i was not replied for a long period then again i sent the same mail(forwarded) again but still i have not got any reply accept that automated reply.......

it's really making the image of DIGIT bad....

if agent 001 does not responds to the subscribers then what is it there for <<<

2.

i received :grin:

my june 2010 spl. issue mag. damaged/torn/ in a very bad condition :sad:

with front cover completely torn & also few pages inside as well were completely torn :sad:

.Further i have also not rcd the assured gift of Mini-Digit Booklet with the new subscription.

I contacted the Customer Care at help@thinkdigit.com regarding the problem with my June issue on 15 th when i rcd my issue, then they replied :grin:

that they have sent a replacement copy & the assured gift of Mini-Digit Booklet with the new subscription & i rcd my package :grin:

on (nearly) 23rd June but it was supplied with with the mini-skoar booklet only :sad:

(which i already had).

and then i replied them again with my grievances but still i have not got my reply :sad:

( i was eagerly waiting from 24th ) , but now i am writing to you after negligence of help desk as still i have not yet received :sad:

my replacement of the June 2010 Anniversary & assured Digit Mini Booklet nor any reply for the same.

i humbly request :lol:

you to kindly consider & look into the matter of getting replacement of damaged issue.

waiting for a prompt & early response. :lol:

Forum still slow and buggy. Database error pops more than once a day at least.

^^I think its time for a update

^^ Why is TDF not aggressive as TE, they keep improving themselves constantly. Recently they even introduced a mobile friendly version of the site.

What happened to the bumper draw to be held on 10 July 2010?

T

yeah i ws wonderin too wat hppnd 2 d bumper draw...

^^^
The bumper draw has been postpone to end of July...

Are there any date fixed so that we could at-least know when to look for the lucky winners ?

samratm said:
Hello Sir,

I want to take my point directly here, I am simply not impressed by the DVD's you provide with your mag. Did you saw the iPad review, is this how a video should be done and the review was disappointing also. The DVD's are total worthless.

These are my honest suggestions to improve your DVD's or else stop providing those craps.

And after I brought the iPad I find it difficult to read books, novels and magazine on a hard copy so please bring out a Digit iPad App and sell your mag in subscription basis out there(this is for who don't care for your DVD's) .

I may stop purchasing your mag if some improvement is not evident, I give you 6 month time and I hope you can bring out a Digit iPad App(Then digit can go international).

And if you need more clarification on what I mentioned above you can get back to me, I want a top notch high quality Tech Mag in India, not highest selling. Be like Apple not Microsoft.

this post looks as if Digit is serving you and that you will terminate a millions worth contract that you gave them unless they change the content.

Why doesn't anyone from the mag come to this forum to reply as to when the bumper draw is to be held???

---------- Post added at 08:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 AM ----------

Admirer Of Digit said:
i sent a mail to

agent001@thinkdigit.com

in the 1st week of june for a buying advice but i was not replied for a long period then again i sent the same mail(forwarded) again but still i have not got any reply accept that automated reply.......

it's really making the image of DIGIT bad....

if agent 001 does not responds to the subscribers then what is it there for <<<

Not surprised I too had asked him some questions & got no reply and now with the steep hike in subscriptions I am wondering whether to continue my subscription !!!

End of July, and the winners will be announced in the September issue, and online in August. Will tell you the exact date it will be announced a little later...

Raaabo said:
End of July, and the winners will be announced in the September issue, and online in August. Will tell you the exact date it will be announced a little later...

Thanks for replying. I had got this email & was really confused
'Dear Reader,

Thank you for your support in making the Digit Anniversary Issue a super-success. We sincerely hope you've had an enriching experience reading the Anniversary Issue.

Although we are happy to report that most of the Rs.4 crore in free gifts we promised have been claimed, we'd be happier still if all of you responded and claimed everything we are offering.

Also, we received numerous requests from our readers to extend the deadline for participation in Anniversary Bumper Draw. Its our pleasure to let you know that we have extended the deadline to enter the Bumper Draw to 10th July 2010. So those of you who did not look at the back page of Fast Track to DIY last month, please do so immediately.

Happy Participating,
Team Digit'

as the original date was 10th July anyway

Raaabo said:
End of July, and the winners will be announced in the September issue, and online in August. Will tell you the exact date it will be announced a little later...

O really take a look at Thinkdigit.com India > Technology Guide News and Reviews | Technology News, Information and Updates on Gadgets Online. & all can see that the winners for this draw are already announced.

Its a pity NOBODY from the mag comes here to inform us. Looks like a waste of time coming to this forum. I was getting put off my the way the staff behave with the subscribers, looks like I will have to opt out after my current 3 yr subscription gets over. :muttering:

hi guys, i registered in the contest by i didn`t get the assured prize, what to do. I registered through sms, and got a message saying that the details of the assured will be sent to me through sms. but till now no reply from digit, what to do???

Digit Anniversary Bumper Draw Result is out !

Check this out

if anyone of you is a lucky winner then congrats and don't forget to let us know so we could also join into the party

Is it only me or something else? when I go to a thread by clicking thread in index(which will be the most recent one in that sub-forum)... I will be taken page 1 instead of most recent post. Any help?

^ yeah I have experienced the same too

Yaaay !!! Truck load of spam in the forum today !

vamsi_krishna said:
Is it only me or something else? when I go to a thread by clicking thread in index(which will be the most recent one in that sub-forum)... I will be taken page 1 instead of most recent post. Any help?

I'm facing the same issue ...

@TDF Admin/Staff
THE SITE IS DANM SLOW & BUGGY! DO SOMETHING!!!

also check this out: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/discussions/130551-offtopic-forum-problem-everyone-please-join-2.html

Hope this catches there attention!

Digit Technology Discussion Forum - Tech Forum | Computer Hardware |Mobile Phones | Digital Camera Discussion Forums of India

- a huge huge name.

Please revert back to Digit Technology Discussion Forum

ico said:
Digit Technology Discussion Forum - Tech Forum | Computer Hardware |Mobile Phones | Digital Camera Discussion Forums of India

- a huge huge name.

Please revert back to Digit Technology Discussion Forum

Its because Forum is using default settings.
The title can be changed from header file of the theme.

I hate the database errors and sometimes inability to post using quick reply.

Raaabo DO SOMETHING :!:

@ mavihs & Cybertonic - I can understand you guys frustration about the the problems but plz stop shouting - it looks so bad - use bold fonts instead as ico has did.

HALP ! Save the Forum from downhill skiing .

Hi Raaabo, can we have a mod/plugin in place which could lock threads which are more than say 1 year old? This will check the unnecessary bumping of old threads by spammers/bots.

Secondly, if these are spambots only (i.e. software programs) then might I suggest putting human verification methods (e.g. captcha) in place for those who have <10 posts

gagan007 said:
Hi Raaabo, can we have a mod/plugin in place which could lock threads which are more than say 1 year old? This will check the unnecessary bumping of old threads by spammers/bots.

Secondly, if these are spambots only (i.e. software programs) then might I suggest putting human verification methods (e.g. captcha) in place for those who have <10 posts

yes, there are few similar vBulletin plugin:
Like:
Automatically Close Old Threads After X Days - vBulletin.org Forum
Prevent bumping old Threads - vBulletin.org Forum

Hi guys

I'm evaluating VB4, will let you know soon when we will shift to it. Also, I've found the site loading to be a lot faster, and I experience very few bugs, but I'll look at logs to see what the problem could be. Thanks for the heads up, I'll spend my Saturdays looking into this.

Any volunteers to help me fix it all on Saturdays? I could really use help bug testing and problem solving... we could connect on IRC while I test.

Got a lot of vBulletin database errors today, otherwise forum is fast.

I request all members to post bug and error reports at *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/130640-tdf-bug-reporting-page.html, and encourage others to do the same. it will help keep a central repository of bug tracking for me and make it easier to troubleshoot.

It's also a more descriptive title than this one, so hopefully people will find it easily and know what it's for instead of starting new threads.

Raaabo said:
Hi guys

I'm evaluating VB4, will let you know soon when we will shift to it. Also, I've found the site loading to be a lot faster, and I experience very few bugs, but I'll look at logs to see what the problem could be. Thanks for the heads up, I'll spend my Saturdays looking into this.

Any volunteers to help me fix it all on Saturdays? I could really use help bug testing and problem solving... we could connect on IRC while I test.

FINALLYYYYYY your here! :-D

so where have you been last couple of days?

Yes, the site is little faster today!

there only some ppl experiencing major probs! Good to here that your going to be looking into it & we are moving to VB4! :-D

I can volunteer! just tell me the time! :-D

Raaabo said:
I request all members to post bug and error reports at *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/130640-tdf-bug-reporting-page.html, and encourage others to do the same. it will help keep a central repository of bug tracking for me and make it easier to troubleshoot.

It's also a more descriptive title than this one, so hopefully people will find it easily and know what it's for instead of starting new threads.

Niceeeee!

hey, can you first shorten this "Digit Technology Discussion Forum - Tech Forum | Computer Hardware |Mobile Phones | Digital Camera Discussion Forums of India"! :-|

Also we need more mods, there are too much Spam these days! also can you shorten the interval for reporting Spam!

Upgrading to VB4 ( 4.0.6 - it contains bug fixes of version 4 ! ) will be a good thing and it will make the forum more stable.

I

Sir could you please inform me when is the last date to register for the e-learning course offered by training.com which was given as an assured gift in the June Anniversary Special issue?

i have received my unique access code through e-mail.

i have been going out of station frequently regarding family matters. i hope i am not late to register & avail the course (i have opted for the Linux/Unix learning pack).

S

Hi all
Please help . I am having pecuiliar problem. I wish to start a thread but unfortunately when I finish writing my message an error comes which says something like my message is too short. It must be atleast 10 characters.Now I have tried this in multiple systems no avail. I feel it is like something is disabled at the forum end.Please help me start a thread.
Thanks

^^ post your queries in this thread :

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/130640-tdf-bug-reporting-page.html

Can any one explain to me the exact use of these two thread:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/123086-editors-desk.html
and
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/1656-feedback-thinkdigit-com-web-site.html

I presume the that the second is for feedback, but what is the use of the first one

CA50 said:
Can any one explain to me the exact use of these two thread:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/123086-editors-desk.html
and
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/1656-feedback-thinkdigit-com-web-site.html

I presume the that the second is for feedback, but what is the use of the first one

The first one (this one) is for anything under the sun that you want to talk directly to me about. This could be about anything in the magazine (not just the 1st page), the DVDs, suggestions for general improvement, things you'd like to see, and anything to do with Digit that's not "Issue-based". So if it's feedback about the January issue, that goes in the relevant thread... here you could talk to me about my views on something, why does Digit review a certain way, how do we review, how do we choose stories... suggest some stories that you'd like to read, and ask me anything you'd like to...

The second link is for website related issues... suggestions for improvement of thinkdigit.com, telling us if you liked a particular article, etc. (That's thinkdigit.com, not thinkdigit.com/forum, by the way)...

I hope it's clearer now.

I got this email today but it was lying in the spam folder. Has anyone also received it. Is it genuine?

'Dear Ashampoo customer,

We are writing to you concerning an important issue. We regret to tell you that we also detected an unauthorized access to one of our server systems. We assume that the attackers were able to purloin data of customers. Sensitive data such as billing information etc. is not affected by this, because Ashampoo does not store this data.

We summarized all pieces of information concerning this incident for you and would like you to read the following website: Ashampoo® - We Make Software!

Yours sincerely,

The Ashampoo-Team

******************************************************************
About us:

Copyright © 1999-2011, ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. All Rights Reserved.

ashampoo GmbH& Co. KG, Felix-Wankel-Str. 16, D-26125 Oldenburg/Germany The registrar of companies:
Amtsgericht Oldenburg, HRA 3618 Company: HILCHNER& LESANI GmbH
General manager: Rolf Hilchner, Heinz-Wilhelm Bogena Sales Tax number: ashampoo GmbH& Co. KG,'

P

Raaabo said:
The first one (this one) is for anything under the sun that you want to talk directly to me about. This could be about anything in the magazine (not just the 1st page), the DVDs, suggestions for general improvement, things you'd like to see, and anything to do with Digit that's not "Issue-based". So if it's feedback about the January issue, that goes in the relevant thread... here you could talk to me about my views on something, why does Digit review a certain way, how do we review, how do we choose stories... suggest some stories that you'd like to read, and ask me anything you'd like to...

The second link is for website related issues... suggestions for improvement of thinkdigit.com, telling us if you liked a particular article, etc. (That's thinkdigit.com, not thinkdigit.com/forum, by the way)...

I hope it's clearer now.

regarding this sir, i had contacted you around 3-4 weeks regarding "Digit is Hiring" for the post of freelance writer. After submitting the storyboard, there has been no response yet and i am pinning a lot of hope. please let me know soon.

Hello i'm new out here and i dunno how to post a new thread... when i click on the icon it gives me this message:

"zubair.s.kazi, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

pls help...

regards

oh its okay again... probably some internal error... lol

zubair.s.kazi said:
Hello i'm new out here and i dunno how to post a new thread... when i click on the icon it gives me this message:

"zubair.s.kazi, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

pls help...

regards

oh its okay again... probably some internal error... lol

Hi, welcome to Digit Forum.

I think there is some restriction for posting new thread. Like you must have minimum 10 posts before you can start a new thread.

You can post a new thread anywhere except the Bazaar section. Bazaar section requires you to have made some posts.

K

publish testscore with all the nitty grity details on website

you should publish your test scores of reviews products here online on digit website itself. I know you are doing this with consumermate.com but still they are more laptop centric and does not cover all reviews properly.

Lets take the following example:
lets say you reviews the latest android phones a few months back and i just remember you did a review and dont know what models you reviews side by side, so instead of searching for the lost magazine you should publish the results on the website also with the sibling competitors as a whole, this way we know when the review was done and what was the pros and cons

consumermate.com doesn't show when the product was reviewed, the model could have been upgraded of the review could be obsolete.

also benchmarks scores and not published properly in consumermate.com

Hey, just asking, is it possible to increase the size of the pm folder, 100 is too little too less, I think 200 ought to do it, we'll all be very grateful for this.

It's 250 now.

ico said:
It's 250 now.

Oh my, don't know what to say, all hail the king(aka ico)

*2.bp.blogspot.com/_irWjshCRmds/TSqg22GmY2I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/Vi6prcZO5SM/s1600/Respect.jpg

Please change your courier service from smscouriers. They never update the site to track, and update the wrong information who rec'd the magazine. Like my last months magazine was recd by me. and they updated rec'd by wife.

no phone support too.

Ps : I'm still single

^LOL that was nice

dreatica said:
Please change your courier service from smscouriers. They never update the site to track, and update the wrong information who rec'd the magazine. Like my last months magazine was recd by me. and they updated rec'd by wife. no phone support too.

Ps : I'm still single

To avoid any more struggle with your lame courier services, I quit. Thank you for not changing it.

PS: If you guys comes up with subscription to iTunes, I will be back as subscriber even if you charge a bit more. Atleast I would get rid of physical copy which never reaches me on time, and when its out for delivery and you call the courier helpdesk the lame aunty says its been delivered. lol

^I wasn't aware that the Magazine could be tracked. But then why would you track it?

dreatica said:
To avoid any more struggle with your lame courier services, I quit. Thank you for not changing it.

PS: If you guys comes up with subscription to iTunes, I will be back as subscriber even if you charge a bit more. Atleast I would get rid of physical copy which never reaches me on time, and when its out for delivery and you call the courier helpdesk the lame aunty says its been delivered. lol

Agreed. SMC is pretty poor. Even I had the same problem with those lame help desk people a few months back. I mailed to digit on 10th and got the reply that SMC had already delivered the mag to me and on the tracking website the info was missing for the past 2 months. I finally got the mag on 20th.

Sarath said:
^I wasn't aware that the Magazine could be tracked. But then why would you track it?

If you dont receive the copy till 10th of every month, what would u do?

Cybertonic said:
Agreed. SMC is pretty poor. Even I had the same problem with those lame help desk people a few months back. I mailed to digit on 10th and got the reply that SMC had already delivered the mag to me and on the tracking website the info was missing for the past 2 months. I finally got the mag on 20th.

Yes mate. SMC are bunch of lazy people who doesnt even want to tell you the status. When I called thm they usually say its out for delivery and will reach you by today/tomorrow etc. Such a lousy courier service which is being used by the No.1 tech magazine that makes more ooh ohh ouch.

T

I think @Raaabo should start a separate section in the mag for Macintosh, tips and tricks, apps, install guide, etc....

Since more people are moving to mac platform in India now.

Yeah man. Metro Cities do have Apple stores but I feel Apple sells way more ipods and ipads than a Macbook.
Anyways, its your suggestion. I respect it. No fighting.

Here in my city, there arent many people that understand difference between iPod and mp3 player. I say I have a iPod they ask which brand? I say Apple. They go :shock:

The penetration of Apple products(other than ipod is poor)

thank you for bringing to my notice problems with the courier... For security reasons don't post your subscription numbers here, and instead please send an email to robert . smith at 9dot9.in and CC sourabha at 9dot9.in with the complaints. Add subscription number and the dates you receive them. We will take them to task.

As for Mac, we do cover Mac content now and then, but based on stats, the penetration of MacOS is still low with our readers. Still, not a bad suggestion, let me see what can be done.

C

I'm sure this has been asked infinite number of times...

Why can't you let us subscribe for ONLY the FTs and DVDs every month? It will definitely be beneficial for people who cannot afford the complete package. You can even consider adding an extra CD with some exclusive magazine contents, ads, useful links etc. in an interactive form in the long run.

Increase the pages of skoar or it is better to provide skoar as a suppliment insted of fasttrack.

Raaabo said:
thank you for bringing to my notice problems with the courier... For security reasons don't post your subscription numbers here, and instead please send an email to robert . smith at 9dot9.in and CC sourabha at 9dot9.in with the complaints. Add subscription number and the dates you receive them. We will take them to task.

As for Mac, we do cover Mac content now and then, but based on stats, the penetration of MacOS is still low with our readers. Still, not a bad suggestion, let me see what can be done.

Thanks Raabo for taking our complaints into consideration. My subscription has been expired but if u want I can still email the details, and if you are ready to take some steps against them I wont mind subscribing to magazine again ONLY if i know ur taking some measures to control the delivery. Else u just lost a reader coz I didnt purchased the current edition and no chance I will do that in future through newsstand coz I am quite frustrated by the responses I received from digit care and lousy courier service.

N

Hi Raabo,

I've posted a hosting offer on bazaar section almost 10 days back, but it seems it never went public.

Why this is happening to my bazaar posts?

niceboy said:
Hi Raabo,

I've posted a hosting offer on bazaar section almost 10 days back, but it seems it never went public.

Why this is happening to my bazaar posts?

hello.

Selling of services is subject to approval. We don't really allow services here unless a member has shown enough activity in recent times. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/143977-bazaar-section-rules-updated.html

This is because threads selling services in a way qualify as advertisements. Same could be said for your signature which I've edited now.

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ico said:
hello.

Selling of services is subject to approval. We don't really allow services here unless a member has shown enough activity in recent times. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/143977-bazaar-section-rules-updated.html

This is because threads selling services in a way qualify as advertisements. Same could be said for your signature which I've edited now.

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@ICO

are you Raaabo ? or the Editor on Thinkdigit Magazine ?? :grin:

PS : I know @niceboy has posted his query in the wrong thread.

Tech&ME said:
@ICO

are you Raaabo ? or the Editor on Thinkdigit Magazine ??

Hello mate. good to see you here

He is not Raabo. Obviously he doesnt work in the Mag :wink:

. But he is just clarifying Forum rules as that guy didnt know/read/pay attention to the rules of Bazaar section. As most people would probably post and in the end it would become a Advertisement area. I hope you understand what I mean to say.
Many people will join this forum to just post their Web Host service in Bazaar.

T

thetechfreak said:
Hello mate. good to see you here

He is not Raabo. Obviously he doesnt work in the Mag . But he is just clarifying Forum rules as that guy didnt know/read/pay attention to the rules of Bazaar section. As most people would probably post and in the end it would become a Advertisement area. I hope you understand what I mean to say.
Many people will join this forum to just post their Web Host service in Bazaar.

pun intended yaar :wink:

Tech&ME said:
@ICO

are you Raaabo ? or the Editor on Thinkdigit Magazine ??

No, I'm not.

Sir in the by demand threads it is said to request softwares. This is what posted

Software:*Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET
Download.com, Free Downloads
Encyclopedia - Softpedia

what i want to suggest is that Filehippo.com should also be listed. It is a very secure site. Have never faced spyware etc
Hope you tell the concerned team member.

abhinavmail1 said:
Increase the pages of skoar or it is better to provide skoar as a suppliment insted of fasttrack.

I'd love to. But only when enough people demand that.

chandra1212 said:
I'm sure this has been asked infinite number of times...

Why can't you let us subscribe for ONLY the FTs and DVDs every month? It will definitely be beneficial for people who cannot afford the complete package. You can even consider adding an extra CD with some exclusive magazine contents, ads, useful links etc. in an interactive form in the long run.

Because this is Digit, we offer Fast Tracks for people who missed the issue, based on popular demand, but you're not going to get a Digit package without Digit!

Hello Raaabo!
I had a suggestion for an article/monthly section/fast track/forum threads:
DIY to bring back Old/Outdated gadgets we have at our home
For eg. PS2(Eg. for DIY, using it as a DivX player, and playing videos off a USB), Old and prev. gen iPods (Touch, Classic), PSPs , Old phones, Old PCs, Old Cabinets (Modding etc.), Useless DVDs/CDs...

Ive seen some articles like these before, in digit and would LOVE to see more like these. I think its a good idea because not all of us like to throw away/recycle our old gadgets! And selling them is quite impractical cuz after using a product for 2-3 years you don't even get 1/4th the amt. of money you payed for it!
And btw the new Website is looking great!

how do i get my review of iPhone 4s published in digit? i have seen reader's reviews get published from time to time.. how do i get this done??
BTW, keep up the good work mate! the mag is fabulous and the dvd contents are very useful! three cheers for digit!

@ritvij Email to readersletters [@] thinkdigit.com or editor [@] thinkdigit.com with a appropriate Subject. If digit thinks its good enough they might publish it :wink:

i believe the iphone 4s had already been reviewed in the mobile phone test in this month's mag.

By all means send in your review to any of the above mentioned email ids though. Who know, maybe you can start writing regularly. We are always looking for fresh recruits.

r4gs said:
i believe the iphone 4s had already been reviewed in the mobile phone test in this month's mag.

By all means send in your review to any of the above mentioned email ids though. Who know, maybe you can start writing regularly. We are always looking for fresh recruits.

i read it but it was very short, i mean only a paragraph that too just outline..

i am currently in XII and the review is based on my experience with the handset.. I am mailing it now, if you guys like it.. great.. but if not please suggest some improvements!!

is digit price increased or march edition is a special edition??
(dont know if its correct place to ask)

pramudit said:
is digit price increased or march edition is a special edition??
(dont know if its correct place to ask)

Its special edition.

From when has March become a month for a special edition? Rs. 250 for only a extra dvd is way too high in my opinion.

Edit: it's Rs.200. Acceptable price for now

so march is newly added to the special edition section along with Dec & Jun!

oh yeah!

I forgot Diwali...

A bit of feedback from my side. Although I could have posted directly on th feedback thread but wanted to post it here.
1) The cover story by Siddharth Parwatay is one the best articles I have read for a long ling time. All the sub headings were very very well explained and written. There was a touch of everything it seems. Hacktivism, attention seekers, etc. Literally just about everything. Ok the map of the world was a bit confusion but yes it was good. Overall just an amazing article.

2) I think it's time you make major changes on how reviews are written. Atleast cell phone reviews that feature so many featured packed phones need change.
Rather than only grouping the phones only in budget. I think they should have a bit it space only for themselves.
Take for example the iPhone 4s. It was awarded the Editors pick. Not that I have any complaints with it I'd like to say that the ammount written about the phone was very less. I will be quoting you guys how you wrote- *

Everyone thought it would be the iPhone 5. And what emerged was the iPhone 4s. And it definitely wasn't the completely new iPhone people were expecting.*
The processor however with the Apple *A5 dual core clocking at 1 GHz. Minimum storage available is 16 gb as opposed to 8 gb earlier. The camera has been bumped to 8 mp with 1080p HD video recording capability. While the 4s arrived in India not long after the global launch, what went against it was the price.

Printed in page- 101. February 2012.*

A very good introductory part. But as you guys had conducted a review there was JUST NOTHING on how the actual performance of the phone is. On how iOS works better or worse. This phone was launched with a lot of noise with it and most readers would be quite eager to read about it irrespective of whether you had already reviewed it earlier or not.*
So I think each phone should have it's own space in the form of a paragraph below it's name which should be *subheadings.*
Please don't take me wrong with this. But as a loyal reader felt I had to directly say it to you.*

Then again on the last paragraph it was written*

Also the improved camera optics and improvements in iOS 5 worked in favor of iPhone 4s which was awarded the Editors pick

again nothing much written about it. *

How about printing photos taken from the test phones? Since too much printing will make costs higher you can print only the photo of test scene from the best of camera performers and another from the more average or lower performance.*

3) Thanks a lot for the videos of CES Vegas. Absolutely lived them. I think vids of event that team digit can't visit personally but are significant should also be included. *

4) also liked the devworx section a lot. The buyers guide regarding Smart TV was also nice.*

5) FT to Networking was again very good. I think it has helped many people and solved many queries.*

I think I hav given enough feedback for now. Wanted to post a response for the letter of the month but will do it at a later time

@Raaabo sir Y U NO REPLY?
*troll.me/images/y-u-no-guy/y-u-no-reply-thumb.jpg

sir can we please have a fast track on DIY projects or on Blender....? holidays are ariving so many people would like to try them..... i know digit had done a DIY ft in june 2010 but there are many projects which you people can choose and amaze us with some cool things....

no reply...

raaabo sir... u got my review?

TheLetterD said:
Hello Raaabo!
I had a suggestion for an article/monthly section/fast track/forum threads:
DIY to bring back Old/Outdated gadgets we have at our home...

Yes we did articles like that before. We can look into a refresher again in a DIY section. Might be a laugh to do as well

thetechfreak said:
2) I think it's time you make major changes on how reviews are written.

The rest of your post should have been in the feedback section for the month, as it pertained specifically to that month. Thank you for the feedback though.

As for reviews, yes, we're going to try and publish more indepth individual reviews. The problem is space in magazines are expensive. We will try and make up for it by putting video reviews of a few products in the DVD, and perhaps 1 or 2 more pages for really good products. Personally, the 4S was a little disappointing, and deserved no more space than it got

pramudit said:
sir can we please have a fast track on DIY projects or on Blender....? holidays are ariving so many people would like to try them..... i know digit had done a DIY ft in june 2010 but there are many projects which you people can choose and amaze us with some cool things....

We are planning more DIY articles, yes. However, about blender, I don't know. I think the forum would be a better place for people to start such DIYs. For the magazine and Fast Track, we always have to try and look at our entire readership, and what they'd like. We do some niche stories and FTs from time to time, but something tells me Blender DIYs would be a little too niche.

Other members feel free to vote and shout me into submission if I'm wrong. If a majority of people here want it, I'm willing to change my mind.

Raaabo said:
As for reviews, yes, we're going to try and publish more indepth individual reviews. The problem is space in magazines are expensive. We will try and make up for it by putting video reviews of a few products in the DVD, and perhaps 1 or 2 more pages for really good products. Personally, the 4S was a little disappointing, and deserved no more space than it got

sorry raaabo sir, but digit has never let personal views affect any review of a gadget.. that's why i read digit, for unbiased content. But what was written in the mad about the 4s was only 7 lines and that too mentioned that it is disappointment. it should deserve at least half a page if possible or even seven lines are enough if you provide the good and bad about it but all that was written was that it is a disappointment over the iPhone 4. that's my view on it..

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Raaabo Sir,

Would like to bring to your notice about the Digit YouTube Channel.

Some videos appear jagged. See the below screenshot. [ tested with IE, Chrome, Safari on Windows 7 ]

*i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m525/tech2me/digittv.jpg

Could you look into the matter...

S

hi Raaabo

would like to give some feed back--->

there are rarely any content for MAC users...n so is the case with the dvd content...
and there is absolutely no content for windows x64 users
do include them also!
rest...the dvd contents are not very useful
the game demos and full free games are worthless..plus most of the dvd's space is covered with huge video file's size...please improve these contents!
For the Fast Tracks it looks like a reflection of wikipedia!
seems digit is out of Tech-writers?
sheer disappointment at times

they ain't seem to get interesting while reading em..
secondly,
have seen DVD's quoting a boastful title stating "so and so" GiGs of video and games...please do not quantify it in terms of file size...and please please provide stuffs for 64 bit systems...
btw
i use MAC PRO (12 core processor) can you please publish articles pertaining to how can i make the most out of it?i basically use it for video editing and supermassive gaming using bootcamp!
am a subscriber since last couple of years,
and never came up with any such article

it would sound professional if digit's article resonate with upcoming technologies and tech trends...
have read MIT's technology review...why cant digit produce such intricating yet lucid interesting articles?
hope it reflects in future issues!
btw
must say, i really like the way digit is campaigning for the app-developers and appreciating them..you ppl motivating and driving them in a good sense

"super-like" for that

keep up the good work

Yeh Same With Me Cant Get Any Thing For Mac In The DVD ...

Please Try To Add Some iMovies And Aperture Tutorial In The Mag and Other other Soft For 64 Bit Windows 7 !!!

Please ...You Guys Rock !!

S

FAST TRACK series going tooo boring!
please roll out interesting topics
DIGIT has been losing its charm

hi,Raaabo sir
some feedback/suggestions

you guys should add pdf's of fastracks of recent(like FT's of past 3 months) previous issues in you digit dvd's.fastracks are very educating and for people like me who can't get digit regurarly we miss out on good fastracks like the one on nanotechnology
i loved the new format of rig config's in the section "DIGIT Killer rigs"
make skoar! a regular feature(or provide skoar issues every alternate month)

keep up the good work!

//MOD:

Tech discussions deleted. This is for Digit Feedback. Doomgiver, there was no need for you to reply here. Next time, ask a MOD to create an splinter cell, if you really have the urge to reply.

Sir,
1)Please make the Digit books quality of paper better.
2)Put only the important points required,Dont stuff the info into the magazine.
3)When ever i read Digit,I just feel you'll write excess.Make the font better.
4)Change the format and design.
thanks

R

I have a few suggestions about DVD content
1)Plz Provide more HD game trailers.
2)And if possible video review of the games like the one from gametrailers but made by you guys.
3)And also videos of different PC related stuff like assembling a PC,or overclocking or similar videos DIY videos like u used to show on digit TV.
4)More TED videos and I feel HD movie videos are a waste of space since most of the movie trailers that is given aren't even released here.

The Digit june edition details have been published on Digit facebook page but no thread has been made on TDF. Please make the thread regarding June edition....

Can't you guyz start COD as one of ur payment methods ?

Re: ThinkDigit Forum - bugs, suggestions etc.

for goodness sake pls provide all the weblinks in a magazin in one single weblink
such as tinypaste

How many times have u tries to actaully type a link into the browser??
now try typing all the links in a browser and see how dat feels :-x

sir,
i've sent an email about the previous issue.(july)
no reply about it whatsoever.
i need to know if its reaching you, or just being spammed.
yours sincerely,
amruth kiran

Agree with the suggestions made since my last post, will try and implement them. COD is an option, write to help@thinkdigit and they will guide you. I'll look into the links. I was on leave, and when I came back I was busy with forum upgrading, and a million other things. I'll try and respond quicker in the future, my apologies.

thetechfreak said:
A bit of feedback from my side. Although I could have posted directly on th feedback thread but wanted to post it here.
1) The cover story by Siddharth Parwatay is one the best articles I have read for a long ling time. All the sub headings were very very well explained and written. There was a touch of everything it seems. Hacktivism, attention seekers, etc. Literally just about everything. Ok the map of the world was a bit confusion but yes it was good. Overall just an amazing article.

Wow thanks a lot TechFreak ! You made my day

Sorry for the late reply , but I just saw it...

Its a thing that i noticed, when i read DIGIT magazine.
Shortened URLS are really a good alternative for long hyperlinks. It reduces space and also easy to accessible.

But, sometimes i confused with the hyperlinks that has O(capital O) or 0 (Zero) in the shortened urls for the digit articles.
Since shortened urls are case-specific, the result is - PAGE NOT FOUND.
I've to experiment with O's and 0's to actually get the desired topic.

My suggestion is to use some different font or different zero (slashed/dotted) that can differentiate between Capital O's and 0's.

Anyone had the same problem or its just me?

^^ I think that's a fair complaint.

Also, I wanted to prebook October 2012 edition. But the text in red don't let me do that. I am worried.

*i.imgur.com/9dmzL.jpg

I tried Opera, Firefox and Chromium. Getting this message across each one of them. Can it be resolved by tomorrow?

Update: Ok. So despite my apprehension, I went through with the pre order on Firefox. And transaction went smoothly.

I would just like to point out here to the person concerned, that despite the fact that I was billed Rs 169 (the offer price for Oct 2012 edition), I got a confirmation mail that I was billed Rs 150. And that was repeated in the mail from thinkdigit.com too.
Not a big deal, but a point worth looking into.

When will i receive the copy of digit october? I have already paid for it online on 29 sept.

Have you guys stopped posting and seeking previews and feedback of of magazine?
no november thread and december threads.

Have you guys stopped posting and seeking previews and feedback of of magazine?
no november thread and december threads.

I am really disappointed with the Digit December 2012 issue.

No feedback thread yet? Waiting for one to come to up to post feedback.

For the simple reason of the lack of a feedback thread for December 2012 issue I'm forced to post here. To begin with I'm hugely disappointed this month. I found the magazine fundamentally lacking (sorry to say that although I am a huge fan)
Here are a few things I complain of-

1. In page 116, you guys in quite a normal tone asked us to p*** on Steve Jobs grave if our "heart so desires"
IMO such immature troll comic type language is not unacceptable from a magazine of your stature. Just because he created Apple which doesn't do things that always pleases the geek world doesn't mean you will ask people to do such things. A guy who has done so much for the tech world gets disrespected like this by the most read Technology magazine in India? It's unacceptable
No I'm not a fanboy.

2. Some really bad glaring errors like, in pg.90 in the Encyclopedia Technica you guys wrote Eric Schmidt was born on 27 April 1995.

3. Also the cover story felt like reading a comic of some sorts. In the story "9 ways earth could reach doomsday" was there really the need of things like "Zombie Apocalypse"?
Also things like Polar ice dissipation don't happen overnight.

4. Game reviews by your magazine look like a joke. Seriously, the Hitman Absolution review was too short and lacked IMO.
It was a 400 word article(I counted) and hardly spoke how the game actually is. The article gave only a brief idea. I could find no info about the storyline and only one sentence about the sentence was written. No mention of recoil, etc

The Assassins Creed III review and Halo 4 reviews felt somewhat better. They atleast touched in brief about various aspects of the game.

5. Also I find you guys biased against Apple. Something being Apple means it's overpriced and substandard. Why so much criticism against Apple entering the smaller sized tablet category? Steve Jobs might have said 7 inch is too small but market scenarios do change over time (it's 2 years since he said it in 2010)
Merely saying "We gave iPad the best tablet Zero-1 award" is NOT a good enough clarification against the prejudice you have developed against them.

I hope I haven't hurt anyone's sentiments with this post. I am a big fan and a well wisher of your magazine. Shall always remain one

^^ Agreed. I didn't renew my digit subscription when it ended a few months back. The only reason I bought the December's edition was because it was a collector's one and I wanted the encyclopedia technica. While the FT was decent I have to say I was disappointed by the content of the magazine. Things as fictional as zombie attacks should be kept as side stories, not a major part of cover stories. I prefer more quality, TECHNOLOGY "articles".

Used to Buy digit occasionally. Stopped doing it after the Pathetic Anniversary edition full of Advertisements. Another Special issue turns out to be pathetic, apparently. Why do you charge the extra bucks, huh?

thetechfreak said:
For the simple reason of the lack of a feedback thread for December 2012 issue I'm forced to post year. To begin with I'm hugely disappointed this month. I found the magazine fundamentally lacking (sorry to say that although I am a huge fan)
Here are a few things I complain of-

1. In page 116, you guys in quite a normal tone asked us to p*** on Steve Jobs grave if our "heart so desires"
IMO such immature troll comic type language is not unacceptable from a magazine of your stature. Just because he created Apple which doesn't do things that always pleases the geek world doesn't mean you will ask people to do such things. A guy who has done so much for the tech world gets disrespected like this by the most read Technology magazine in India? It's unacceptable
No I'm not a fanboy.

2. Some really bad glaring errors like, in pg.90 in the Encyclopedia Technica you guys wrote Eric Schmidt was born on 27 April 1995.

3. Also the cover story felt like reading a comic of some sorts. In the story "9 ways earth could reach doomsday" was there really the need of things like "Zombie Apocalypse"?
Also things like Polar ice dissipation don't happen overnight.

4. Game reviews by your magazine look like a joke. Seriously, the Hitman Absolution review was too short and lacked IMO.
It was a 400 word article(I counted) and hardly spoke how the game actually is. The article gave only a brief idea. I could find no info about the storyline and only one sentence about the sentence was written. No mention of recoil, etc

The Assassins Creed III review and Halo 4 reviews felt somewhat better. They atleast touched in brief about various aspects of the game.

5. Also I find you guys biased against Apple. Something being Apple means it's overpriced and substandard. Why so much criticism against Apple entering the smaller sized tablet category? Steve Jobs might have said 7 inch is too small but market scenarios do change over time (it's 2 years since he said it in 2010)
Merely saying "We gave iPad the best tablet Zero-1 award" is NOT a good enough clarification against the prejudice you have developed against them.

I hope I haven't hurt anyone's sentiments with this post. I am a big fan and a well wisher of your magazine. Shall always remain one

Ok Got the answer why they stopped the feedback threads.

Some of the GDC videos are not audible & not understandable.

Sir, I didn't get my january issue yet. I have already tried contacting customer care, but they only say that it was delivered.

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Hi Raabo,

I've been a Digit reader for over 6 years now and this is the first time I'm writing with feedback to you since this issue is likely to force me to not renew my subscription.

I've seen numerous typos in Digit in the last 2-3 months - seems like nobody cares to read the articles before sending it out to publishing. In Dec issue, I thought it was a one-off bad month but this has continued to happen in Jan edition as well. Feb edition was worst of all.

I can't imagine so many typos in a college magazine let alone one that is sold in market and claims to be no.1 magazine of India.

Apart from these typos, there were 10-15 pages missing in my Dec copy and one DVD was missing as well (there were 2 copies of Extraa DVD and third one was Alpha). I did not bother to write to helpdesk since those pages did not excite me much (Zero 1 awards). I thought I can excuse you guys this one time but 2 months down the line, I'm pissed big time due to other issue.

Request you to check why such errors get through to printing and address the issue.

Excuse me for being rude but I certainly will stop my subscription if one more half-baked edition comes through to me. I'll never complain of bad articles since such opinions will vary from person to person but typos are such a turn-off. Send me my copy a month late but do quality check at your end please. Hope you understand my concern.

If I'm able to find some time, I'll retrace and pinpoint these typos. However, I'm sure you would already be aware of the issue.

Thanks.

Edit: have put this on suggestion box thread as well.

A

Here goes the list that I was able to retrace in half an hour.

Jan issue
Page 6: help!!! "regarding out service"
Page 116: Flickr or Flicr
Page 126: you are choose to play as any character
Page 126: While playing the alone isn't necessary

Feb issue
Page 12: We even sae new Android and PC
Page 28: Dark Arisen release date bit
Page 98: Check "Airtel's free facebook" story

There are many more like these and it reflects very badly on Digit. Please get this issue resolved at the earliest and get back to the quality way you guys have been for so many years.

There was a lucky draw kind of thing in surveys regarding Icons of Trust. A list of winners was also printed in the digit magazine, and it said Prizes to be Announced Soon. So, when exactly ?

*edufor.fosspowered.com/img/image.php?di=RI1G

Since a lot of my time goes in replying to email, which still seems the most popular way for readers to communicate with us, I am rarely on here. also for some reason though I'm subscribed to this thread, I get no email updates from it!

However, I still want to address some of the problems.

I hope the typoes have been reduced to almost nothing now.

ADs are always going to be there, sadly. Nothing I can do about that, but special issues have more content pages, and we try and maintain the ad:edit ratio.

For those getting missing pages, or two of the same DVDs in a pack, please make sure to write to help@thinkdigit.com and get a replacement. We will send it to you free of charge.

thetechfreak: I hope the interactive SKOAR! has done away with the small word count for game reviews problem.

Will there be a CTC contest this year? If so, when?

Pray that CTC won't happen at exam time.

I have never sent an email to the editor, in my whole experience with digit over the last 7-8 years. (Bought every issue from stands). Partly because I never needed to, and partly because of the procrastination. But seriously digit have never given me a chance to say anything. It's constant endeavor to improve have always kept the quality on track.

So I would not miss a chance to write a few words today, particularly since I have received the September issue today. (alas it missed my b'day by a day

).

Raaabo said:
Since a lot of my time goes in replying to email, which still seems the most popular way for readers to communicate with us, I am rarely on here. also for some reason though I'm subscribed to this thread, I get no email updates from it!

At the risk of sounding dumb (giving suggestion to the one who 'know it'all), I would like to suggest to try to re-subscribe to this thread. From thread tools above, click Unsubscribe. Then when the thread open again, click, subscribe and select the frequency of notification you want.

Raaabo said:
I hope the typoes have been reduced to almost nothing now.

I never had problems with typos, as long as those are not in the figures. Like in prices. But from a magazine which have 'digit' in its title, I think a typo in digits would be a hard thing to pull off anyway.

Raaabo said:
ADs are always going to be there, sadly. Nothing I can do about that, but special issues have more content pages, and we try and maintain the ad:edit ratio.

I have no problem with the ads. You can even put more in it. But, IIF you can shift ads from right side pages to the left sides. You know... since it would help. (How? I would leave it to reader's discretion. Hint: Reading experience.)

Raaabo said:
For those getting missing pages, or two of the same DVDs in a pack, please make sure to write to help@thinkdigit.com and get a replacement. We will send it to you free of charge.

With the bull**** MTNL grievance center (do they even have one?), I am living with no "broadband" for 4 days now. So, the DVD's would occupy me for a few days, exploring Visual Studio 2013, playing 12 free games and the interactive Skoar edition!

A few notes on the magazine itself:
I wish I had this fast track on PC Hardware before I upgraded to Core i5-4570 last week. [And I would like to take this chance to boast about my upgrade since 7 years from a Pen 4 system (later AMD E350n for few months). So I have accompanied i5 with MSI H87M G43, and a 1 TB WD HDD. I would soon like to give my new born PC a fresh makeover by installing an SSD, right after I increase the graphics capability by adding a dGPU.

]

I have noticed more editor type articles in the mag. Seems a good read. Regular articles cover wide range of topics from Android to PC and everything in between. Tips and Tricks section is as always informative. Zoop app is nothing more than a QR code scanner. (far from Augmented Reality, that excited me). And, MFD comparison could have a little budget models. Like in the range 3-7k.

So, that's it for my quick review on a short look of the Sep edition.

PS: We hope, digit follows the "Don't be evil" motto, since the Chip magazine declared to shut down.

Hey vyom,

We weren't evil before and won't be now, though we might come across as evil to some companies from time to time, but only with truth and fact based articles.

Apparently the subject line was marked as spam for me

so figured that one out. Anyway I use tapatalk now from an iPad, so it's a little easier to keep track, but I must find my keyboard quick. All these long posts I'm making on the darn touchscreen are getting irritating fast!

Ads will usually be on the right. It's a mentality I have tried to change with advertisers and failed miserably. They demand an RHS, and in fact all want ads in the beginning pages only. I'm fed up of trying to tell people that context is better, for example, you're selling a stupid laptop in your ad, allow me to put it in the laptops section, or in the bazaar section, where it will be more relevant, instead of in the first few pages within the news section, but no, who can explain that to an ad agency, who want to go running to their account and say "See, we got your ad to appear in the first 20 pages!"

It's also why most readers think the magazine is full of ads, because for the first 40 pages you see content-ad-content-ad... being repeated. This gives the impression that "half the mag is ads" where as we maintain a minimum 4:1 and more often 5:1 edit:ad ratio, sadly, by the time you reach page 50 you don't realise all the ads have dried up now, because you're too pissed at the 20 ads in the first 45 pages. I give up on that aspect, so I hope you guys can live with it.

@Raabo: Can you also please answer my query regarding CTC?

sygeek said:
Will there be a CTC contest this year? If so, when?

I'm thinking either December or January, so possible this year or next.

I am glad to see u Robert smith sir in forum for the first time.
can we interact here?
WITH DIGIT U PROVIDE DEMO GAMES.
BUT I CAN NOT INSTALL MOST OF THOSE GAMES.
I want to learn formating c-drive of my PC.
Sir Robert when I post something in forum, and get a reply ,
I do not get any notification in my email id. What to do ?
my email= ...................@gmail.com

Raaabo said:
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Hi Guys,

I just thought there should be one place on this forum where you can get direct, no-nonsense answers straight from the Editor. Suggestions, queries and more welcome here.

Please don't post troubleshooting or generic questions here, this is only for those who want to ask questions about the content that Digit provides, the direction Digit's headed in, suggestions for upcoming issues, www.thinkdigit.com, etc.

1.WHO ARE ADMIN/MANAGER/ GOVERNING BODY IN FORUM?
2.IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY TO MAKE PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP HERE?
3.I can not get digit magazine within first week.
4. why do u provide same softwares [repeatedly] in every cd-s?
put new and more useful softwares plz.
5. I do not like advertisements in ur magazine.
linally I want to say that digit is my most favourite magazine.
plz keep our requests and views which u do truly.

Subhankar Mondal said:
I am glad to see u Robert smith sir in forum for the first time.
can we interact here?
WITH DIGIT U PROVIDE DEMO GAMES.
BUT I CAN NOT INSTALL MOST OF THOSE GAMES.
Most probably your PC can't handle the games. Is you PC age old?
I want to learn formating c-drive of my PC.
That means you want to Re-install the OS. Just take backup of everything, insert the OS disc, and boot from it. If you face problem, create a thread in Software section.
Sir Robert when I post something in forum, and get a reply ,
I do not get any notification in my email id. What to do ?
my email= ****.***@gmail.com
Just unsubscribe from this thread, and re subscribe with instant email notification enabled.
Don't post your email here. This is a public forum. Edit your post, and remove it.

1.WHO ARE ADMIN/MANAGER/ GOVERNING BODY IN FORUM?
Refer this page: Show Groups - Digit Technology Discussion Forum [Quick Links -> View Site Leaders]
2.IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY TO MAKE PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP HERE?
This is not facebook.
3.I can not get digit magazine within first week.
Write an email to helpdesk ID of digit. Refer magazine for ID's.
4. why do u provide same softwares [repeatedly] in every cd-s?
put new and more useful softwares plz.
I dont have digit authority, but from my experience, the same software you are talking about are the necessary ones which don't take much space and which are way too essentials, to not include them.Besides, not every person buy every issue.
5. I do not like advertisements in ur magazine.
Refer this post, Raaabo have explained it in a very good manner. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/123086-editors-desk-15.html#post2001243
If you still don't get it, that's your problem.
linally I want to say that digit is my most favourite magazine.
plz keep our requests and views which u do truly.

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PS: I represent no representative of digit. And views expressed here are strictly my own personal views.
PS2: Writing in CAPS is equivalent to shouting online. So keep that in mind.

I think its time you change that boring ios-type of interface from the discs. Reusing that thing from years, seems like a cheap move..

As a suggestion: Maybe you can try in "Windows 8 tile" style..

Vyom said:
Replies in dark green.
PS: I represent no representative of digit. And views expressed here are strictly my own personal views.
PS2: Writing in CAPS is equivalent to shouting online. So keep that in mind.

Many thanks for details reply.
I am new in forum, kindly forgive my mistakes.
I have deleted my email id from above .
Please teach me to install the games in digit cd-s. my pc is new and supports everything.
still I dont know how to install most of the games which are in CD-1+2...

Subhankar Mondal said:
still I dont know how to install most of the games which are in CD-1+2...

Install steam client first..

Subhankar Mondal said:
Many thanks for details reply.
I am new in forum, kindly forgive my mistakes.
I have deleted my email id from above .
Please teach me to install the games in digit cd-s. my pc is new and supports everything.
still I dont know how to install most of the games which are in CD-1+2...

The games included are Steam games. You need to install Steam first to play those games. The instructions are included with the games.

The games included are Steam games. You need to install Steam first to play those games.

Plz post links for streams .I saw no option to download anything.
I want to play all games in the skoar dvd[ provided with digit mag].

Why not open a new thread for this and continue there?
Make the OP learn some good habits...

Digit Holiday Gift Blowout is a drooling offer.

Is there any catch here?

A

I am not getting one part..

I am not a subscriber now,

If I opt for this offer, shall I get the magazines + DVD + Fast track? or only the magazine? and for which month I will get them?

There might be some catch.

As far as i get, anyone can get these offer if they are within 5000.
You will get magazines + DVD + Fast tracks for 299/- and it will be for OCT,NOV and DEC.

I guess the catch is, you have to be an 'existing' subscriber of any of the magazines mentioned under the 'terms and conditions' section.

^ Correct. Its only for existing subscribers..

M

i was going to subscribe..But it is only for existing subscriber of cip,data quest etc or DIGIT..

S

Gearbox said:
^ Correct. Its only for existing subscribers..

This is applicable to Digit past subscribers also.

P

Hi,

I am unable to post a new thread.

punna111 said:
Hi,

I am unable to post a new thread.

Everything is fine. It's just that, we have manual moderation before the thread is posted. This is to ensure spammers doesn't pass away and keep the forum clean. Manual moderation takes some time depending on availability of moderator.

It'll be automatically fixed, after 5 posts. So please co-operate with us for the time being.

Am closing this thread. For forum suggestions, use the new thread please:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/feedback/181792-2014-new-tdf-suggestions.html