August Platform Upgrade [Complete]

August 2024 Major Overgrow Platform Update

Due to complex software upgrades scheduled for August 26th and 27th, please anticipate downtime. The site may not be reliably accessible or may be in read-only mode during this period. Thank you for your patience!

Update 28/8/2024 15:45 PDT Upgrade complete

Stay tuned for presentation of changes and new features.

List of new Features

These updates are designed to enhance the overall user experience, making the platform more navigable, customizable, and engaging.

  1. New Sidebar Navigation Menu: Customize your sidebar with categories, tags, and chat channels for easier access to your favorite sections.

  2. Personalized Navigation Menu: Configure the navigation menu to quickly find what you care about most, with a user-friendly interface that provides more contextual information.

  3. Notification Tabs: Organized notification tabs allow you to easily manage replies, likes, and mentions without leaving your current page.

  4. Automatic Header Links: Headers in posts automatically become linkable, making it easier for others to navigate long posts.

  5. Experimental Do Not Disturb Mode: Temporarily mute notifications and take a break with this experimental feature.

  6. User Status: Share your current status (e.g., on vacation, in focus mode) with the community using a custom emoji and message.

  7. Distinct Visual Style for Personal Messages: Personal messages now have a unique “bubble” style, clearly distinguishing them from public discussions.

  8. Message Drafts: Easier access to your drafts with a visible count of drafts in progress directly in your user drop-down.

  9. New Image Grid: Arrange images in a grid within posts for a more organized and visually appealing layout.

  10. Simpler Poll Building: A more user-friendly and streamlined interface for creating polls.

  11. Powerful Table Editor: Edit tables in posts seamlessly with a new spreadsheet-like editor.

  12. Search History: Access your recent searches easily through the search magnifying glass for quick reference.

  13. Notify Topic Participants: Use @here to notify all participants in a specific topic.

  14. Chat with Threads: Introduce chat threads within main chat channels for focused mini-conversations that can be referenced in forum topics.

  15. Related Topics (AI): Get AI-generated suggestions of related topics at the end of discussions to keep you engaged in similar content.

  16. Semantic Search (AI): Enhanced search functionality that understands the context of full queries, not just keywords.

  17. Topic Summarization (AI): Recap long discussions within topics or chat channels into concise summaries to stay informed quickly.

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After migrating the database and resolving upgrade issues for several hours, we are back online!

Thank you for your patience…

It’s time for me to go sleep, it’s 1 AM here. Please report any bugs in this topic.

The majority of the work has been completed, and in the next few days, I will be introducing new features and explaining all the changes.

Stay tuned!

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Looking good so far! Get some rest!!

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The message update on mobile… fuckin chefs kiss, thank you.

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:+1::+1::+1::+1: so far so good

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Many relieved stoners out there…

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Iv got quite a few new likes… from years ago.

Thank You LJ…

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rest well Mr. @LemonadeJoe

i respect and also are very grateful for your time and efforts that help make
Overgrow the special family & community we all love and share together.

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Working fine for me .

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Well played LJ well played!

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Woohoo, loving the new look! Thanks @LemonadeJoe

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Hello @LemonadeJoe I’m only able to upload 1 file at a time now?

Thank you

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Cant wait to see the new changes!

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Everything is looking great Joe, thanks very much for all your hard work.

Yes, you can still upload multiple files but you have to do one, wait for it to upload and then do the next and so forth. Not sure it that was intentional, will have to wait for Joe to respond tomorrow when he is up again.

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I thought bad wifi made loading pics slow lol this makes it a chore! Otherwise upgrades look pretty good!

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I hope the latest and unread quick searches come back.

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Big Thanks to all the one
that make all that possible

Bare

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Really like the new upgrade good Job Joe looks great.

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Pretty much faster now
Arriba, thanks for the upgrade …
beer3|nullxnull

Edit: no green pips but green poop? :joy:

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I am really liking the new site design so far!

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