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Stryder said:
[URL='http://www.example.com']example no parse[/URL]

the old [noparse] tag is Vbulletin and isn't available in Xenforo's software, however Xenforo uses a set of [plain][/plain] tags instead.

As for the LaTeX rendering, that's using MathJax which runs a separate set of parsers from it's own core Javascript source. If it's included on the page it will attempt to parse (after page load) anything that looks remotely like LaTeX (if the correct start and finishing characters are used) This means that LaTeX will appear to render everywhere and anywhere. The [plain] tags in this instance will not stop it from rendering in LaTeX (If you want to show the source itself I'm sure there is either a way in the LaTeX itself or just by omitting the the opening and closing magic characters.)
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Thanks for the info!
 
Nice and smooth...awesome. The login even works better. One issue i see is perhaps a little more contrast in the response box and the rest of the page.
 
Strange, but I'm not sure that TeX is working in all subforums.

Testing here.

$$\oint \vec{E}\cdot d\vec{s} = -\frac{d\Phi_B}{dt}$$

Hmmm... what am I doing wrong? I'm using [tex][/tex] tags.

Edit: hmm... it seems that it doesn't render until you reload the page. Is that right?
 
James R said:
Strange, but I'm not sure that TeX is working in all subforums.

Testing here.

$$\oint \vec{E}\cdot d\vec{s} = -\frac{d\Phi_B}{dt}$$

Hmmm... what am I doing wrong? I'm using [tex][/tex] tags.

Edit: hmm... it seems that it doesn't render until you reload the page. Is that right?
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It's either rendered using the fonts the browser has available, font's from the server or it uses images (to my knowledge) If you are seeing a delay in how long it takes to render it's likely down to your browser. (Firefox, Chrome and Safari are suppose to be natively supported. Internet Explorer is apparently slower and might not have native support, although I could be wrong)
 
Plazma Inferno! said:
Hi.

As you've probably noticed SciForums had a major update. I apologize we didn't left any notice, but we had to think and act fast.

SciForums isn't on vBulletin software anymore. The reason for this change was vB software vulnerability, lack of support.
We've been playground for hackers lately thanks to this vulnerability. Also, your security and your private info have been compromised, so we had to find a new solution as soon as possible.

We've chosen XenForo software, which is basically developed by the team that was behind old, stable versions of vBulletin. They've kept the similar look and features.

Some things are not working due to fact that we still didn't set all permissions and settings.

Your help would be appreciated, so you can use this thread to report all bugs and things that don't work properly, so we can fix them promptly.

Thank you for your patience and sorry for all inconvenience.

SciForums Staff
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It's been awhile sense I've posted here, but I already like this software upgrade. I got to liking the LIKE button in another forum. I'd like to see more people set up their new avatars or the same old ones. Anyway I haven't been doing much forum posting anywhere these days, because of other priorities but I will make an effort to throw in a post every now and then.
 
Latex broken

$$\int^b_a f(x)\,dx$$

Umm, so why $$\int_V D(x,y,z,t) \,dV = \text{constant}$$ didn't render in P&M
 
QuarkHead said:
Latex broken

$$\int^b_a f(x)\,dx$$

Umm, so why $$\int_V D(x,y,z,t) \,dV = \text{constant}$$ didn't render in P&M
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Rendering falls upon your browser. If it's not rendering then it will require a reload to cause it to parse. (Internet Explorer is known to be slow or cease responding with MathJax.) It's a post-process in the sense that the code for formatting is presented to your browser (e.g. in LaTeX) and the javascript works out how to handle it. If the javascript takes too long, or ceases functioning then it will not render correctly.

The only thing that defines where it is and isn't available on the site is where the MathJax .js file is embedded. It should be available across the whole site by default due to how it's been integrated.
 
Gremmie said:
I think it does that to everyone...
At least it does to me as well.
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It is kind of annoying. Especially when using my phone. My phone only shows me the list of forums, and not the list of newest posts on the right hand side.
 
James R said:
Can we have links underlined or in a different colour or something?

Currently, I have to mouse over anything that looks like it might be a link to see if it is.

For example: The default behaviour: Link to Sciforums home page

Better?: Link to Sciforums home page
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Certainly better.
I just leave the entire link exposed since the new software is in place, that way it's obvious what links are. Esthetics suffer, but yeah..
 
I was banned and I couldn't log on. The ban list isn't shown if you're not logged on, so I couldn't look at it and find out the duration of time my ban was effective, if not permanent. I did not get an e-mail from the site explaining my ban period.

So when you get banned you have no clue as to the duration of time, you're just banned left to wonder why, and for how long. The why I don't really care about, as the "why" has never been a valid reason in the past, so I just figured there was no valid reason once again. The time is what I needed to know.
 
Motor Daddy said:
I was banned and I couldn't log on. The ban list isn't shown if you're not logged on, so I couldn't look at it and find out the duration of time my ban was effective, if not permanent. I did not get an e-mail from the site explaining my ban period.

So when you get banned you have no clue as to the duration of time, you're just banned left to wonder why, and for how long. The why I don't really care about, as the "why" has never been a valid reason in the past, so I just figured there was no valid reason once again. The time is what I needed to know.
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I'm sorry for that. Next time I ban someone I'll make sure to leave them a message (until this matter is resolved of course). Thanks for the feedback.
 
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