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What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:18 pm
by TheCatt
What needs to change/improve?
We've added
* Youtube/Media links
* Profile on left-hand side
* Expanded width of forum.
Comments heard so far:
* Make it even wider (Malcolm)
* Clicking on entire thread, not just the thread URL
* Easier pop-up / way to enter URL information
Quick reply seems inconsistent. Is that everywhere or just some forums?
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:22 pm
by GORDON
I've started fixing "Quick Reply." I fixed it in 5-or-so forums last night then got tired of doing it, planning on finishing it today or whenever.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:28 pm
by Troy
It's still narrower to me than the old forum. Zoomed in to 110% on the browser makes it better, but isn't ideal i guess.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:13 pm
by Alhazad
If you're accepting cosmetic suggestions, I prefer the sharp corners and complete grid-lines of the old board to the new, softer, 'rounded-everywhere' look. It suits, somehow.
And the dtman logo instead of phpBB. Gotta have that.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:15 pm
by GORDON
Alhazad wrote:And the dtman logo instead of phpBB. Gotta have that.
I was looking into that last night, and it isn't as easy as on the old board where there was a setting to just change the path of the logo... at least not that I could find in 10 minutes. But I'm working on that.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:33 pm
by Stranger
Cool, i finally stumbled upon the new forum! I was on the other forum and thinking, damn its been really dead hear lately..
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:41 pm
by TPRJones
The logo up there is stored here:
http://dtman.com/forum3/styles/prosilve ... e_logo.gif
Just changing the file at that location will likely do the trick. Be sure to use the same height-to-width ratio or it might squeeze it.
EDIT: Alternately you could change the filename/location in the first global entry in this file:
http://dtman.com/forum3/styles/prosilve ... ageset.css
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:19 pm
by GORDON
Should I add a new forum, "Health and Fitness?" We have two threads running that are basically the same thing. We could have a lifting thread, a swimming thread, a weight loss thread... a thread for different kinds of diets... a stupid-people-at-the-gym thread, and a thread about how much elderly people suck and need to be rounded up and put into camps.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:26 pm
by TPRJones
Don't forget a thread about refusing to exercise and eating your way into an early grave. I'll post in that one.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:11 pm
by GORDON
GORDON wrote:I've started fixing "Quick Reply." I fixed it in 5-or-so forums last night then got tired of doing it, planning on finishing it today or whenever.
Quick Reply should work in all forums, now.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:21 am
by Leisher
TPRJones wrote:Don't forget a thread about refusing to exercise and eating your way into an early grave. I'll post in that one.
I won't because I'm in denial.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:39 am
by GORDON
Unless anyone can think of any objections, I'll kill the old forum next time I have the leisure to do so.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:55 am
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:Unless anyone can think of any objections, I'll kill the old forum next time I have the leisure to do so.
i wouldn't kill it per se, just renamed/hide it.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:38 am
by Troy
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:Unless anyone can think of any objections, I'll kill the old forum next time I have the leisure to do so.
i wouldn't kill it per se, just renamed/hide it.
Gotta keep a "complaining about old people" repository for future generations.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:39 am
by TPRJones
Might as well watch it crash and burn as the server gets updated.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:20 am
by Paul
I don't like how the stickied threads are at the top, not segregated from other posts in the section.
A simple solution would be to unsticky the unnecessary ones.
I sound like Jim Crow segregationist turned Nazi.
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:26 am
by TheCatt
I agree, it's be nice if the stickied posts were separated.
Also, Submit should be default button (tab-space), not the preview stuff
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:30 pm
by GORDON
I'm noticing that the oldest posts in the General forum are less than a year old. What happened there?
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:44 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:I'm noticing that the oldest posts in the General forum are less than a year old. What happened there?
I see ones from 2007?
Re: What new forum (phpbb) things need changing?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:47 pm
by GORDON
The oldest threads I see were last replied in 2009. You see more than 18 pages of posts? I can see over 60 pages in Internet Links.