View Full Version : sauggestion for the forum
why not change the default listings of threads to be from the begining? at the moment it is only showing threads posted (or threads that have been posted in, im not sure) in the last 30 days. that could get very confusing after the forum has been alive for more than 30 days (im being optomistic there...). im sure there is an option in the admin pannel where you can set that as default without each user changing it individually
jack
Noted, I'll see what can be done.
maradona
18-06-2003, 16:15
IMO the forums are busy enough for the default to be 30 days which will perhaps allow things to run a bit easier
Plus its not as if things get deleted after the 30 days as the older topics can still be searched and contributed to and users can change the default themselves
btw good choice picking vbulletin :)
*plug*
http://www.xtratime.com/forums
music-is-redundant
18-06-2003, 17:15
I agree with that Jack and we'll see what we can do. I used to post on a forum where all threads got deleted after 30 days and that was rather confusing.
Amanda Graceywire
18-06-2003, 17:23
*cough* 'tis done...
and also disabling registration :/
jack
Lover of Outrage
19-06-2003, 13:58
How's your forum coming Jack?
And the spelling course? ;)
Originally posted by Lover of Outrage
How's your forum coming Jack?
i was actually thinking about setting one up today on the only free host that supports php and mysql that i know of and then i got an email saying that ALL pages are going to have a frame advertising google on the side. ill have a look to see if using PHP gets around it (lycos dont put embeded adverts on php pages)
jack
misseuropa
19-06-2003, 17:46
meep, am i the only one confused over what all the new icons mean next to the threads..as in the envelope ones, um just as the old forum told me if there were new posts &now there millions of different ones:confused: i feel really silly now as its probably just me who is confused!
&can we get rid of the word limit on PM's?
&&some more smilies? i miss the shock one + animated rollyeyes, hehe.
sorry for going on &thankyooou to the people who brought the forum back :) x
deadstars
20-06-2003, 08:43
Originally posted by misseuropa
meep, am i the only one confused over what all the new icons mean next to the threads..as in the envelope ones, um just as the old forum told me if there were new posts &now there millions of different ones:confused: i feel really silly now as its probably just me who is confused!
I'm with you dude.... There seem to be too many icons... how many times can you make a message read and unread?
puzzling....... :o
thanks for the smilies! :D the embarrassed one is just the cutest!
Sleepflower
20-06-2003, 08:50
It's great isn't it! :cool: Much better than that silly one which looked like it was yawnng :o
Amanda Graceywire
20-06-2003, 10:58
Glad you like that one - I made it from scratch :)
Right, forum icons... There is a legend at the bottom of each forum telling you what they mean, but I'll do a quick explanation here too:
http://forum.foreverdelayed.org.uk/images/fdp/newfolder.gif - New post(s) in the thread
http://forum.foreverdelayed.org.uk/images/fdp/newhotfolder.gif - New post(s) in the thread, and the thread's had more than 40 replies or 150 views
http://forum.foreverdelayed.org.uk/images/fdp/folder.gif - No new posts
http://forum.foreverdelayed.org.uk/images/fdp/hotfolder.gif - No new posts, and the thread's had more than 40 replies or 150 views
http://forum.foreverdelayed.org.uk/images/fdp/lockfolder.gif - Closed thread
If the icon has a dot in the middle, it simply means it's a thread you've participated in.
misseuropa
20-06-2003, 12:17
aww thanks for the explanation :D im so silly i didnt notice it at the bottom :rolleyes: tis just once i've read a thread it still says there are new posts until i log out&in again:confused:
anyway thanks again for changing things &the new smilies are cute :mrgreen:
deadstars
20-06-2003, 12:33
http://orion.lunarpages.com/~foreve3/forum/images/dot_newhotfolder.gif
http://orion.lunarpages.com/~foreve3/forum/images/dot_folder.gif
what do the dots mean? Is it that you have posted in the thread. As in you meaning me, as in me being myself....
wibble! :o
T'anks for splaining the others, i never seem to get to the very bottom of a page! :eek:
Originally posted by Amanda Graceywire
If the icon has a dot in the middle, it simply means it's a thread you've participated in. [/B]
jack
manic cow
20-06-2003, 13:53
Originally posted by misseuropa
tis just once i've read a thread it still says there are new posts until i log out&in again:confused:
It's doing that to me as well. Well, I don't log in and out again, I just click "mark forum as read" or whatever it is... :)
misseuropa
20-06-2003, 14:48
Originally posted by manic cow
It's doing that to me as well. Well, I don't log in and out again, I just click "mark forum as read" or whatever it is... :)
ahh thanks, i didnt notice that ickle option:rolleyes: :)
Originally posted by misseuropa
aww thanks for the explanation :D im so silly i didnt notice it at the bottom :rolleyes: tis just once i've read a thread it still says there are new posts until i log out&in again:confused:
Yeah, I get that too.
What happened to those cute smileys? I don't like the new ones.
[stamps foot angrily]
Any why don't we get rid of the little rolleye-shit? Why can't we never have it my way? WHY? :confused:
Lover of Outrage
20-06-2003, 18:40
You know what stamping foot gets don't you! Right, over my knee. Hmm hand or slipper? :twisted:
Damn!
[tries hard to avoid erection]
I'm at the library! :(
... can someone please post pictures of Alanis Morrisette?
here (http://members.lycos.co.uk/neonbarbedwire/forum/index.php) is my forum. it took me about an 2 hours to set up and those 2 hours included watching big brother, lycos being VERY slow and the uploading not working for a bit. there is a problem with anything to do with emailing (it complains when you sign up but just ignore that) but i am pretty sure that is to do with the free server i am using. the other option is using an SMTP server and the email server i use isnt working for that.
i have not got a custom skin because i do not claim to be any good at anything like that, and if i could really be bothered i could install another ready made skin, and i will do that eventually.
that is about an hours work and about another hours tweaking. quite a bit less than 3 weeks...
jack
Will this do?
http://foreverdelayed.homestead.com/files/for_sheila.jpg
:lol: :lol: :surprise:
Originally posted by Sven945
here (http://members.lycos.co.uk/neonbarbedwire/forum/index.php) is my forum. it took me about an 2 hours to set up and those 2 hours included watching big brother, lycos being VERY slow and the uploading not working for a bit. there is a problem with anything to do with emailing (it complains when you sign up but just ignore that) but i am pretty sure that is to do with the free server i am using. the other option is using an SMTP server and the email server i use isnt working for that.
i have not got a custom skin because i do not claim to be any good at anything like that, and if i could really be bothered i could install another ready made skin, and i will do that eventually.
that is about an hours work and about another hours tweaking. quite a bit less than 3 weeks...
jack
Yet it's 5 days since you said you could do it, why haven't you done it quicker?
Lover of Outrage
20-06-2003, 18:52
Hmmm hand, I love to see it's inprint left on your skin.
Originally posted by Methadone Pretty
Yet it's 5 days since you said you could do it, why haven't you done it quicker?
because i couldnt be arsed, and had no real reason to do so. if i was in charge of an up and running forum with users getting pissed off with it not being around i could (and most definately would) have done it earlier. but seeing as though my only need to do it was to show you that i could do it in 2 hours then i thought it could wait for a bit.
and the email problem is a well known problem and i am working to fix it.
jack
How convenient.
And the evidence that it took two hours is where?
Do you not think if you were trying to prove the three weeks ridiculous, you would have had the forum up within 2 hours of this coming back?
Originally posted by Sven945
here (http://members.lycos.co.uk/neonbarbedwire/forum/index.php) is my forum.
jack
Well done Jack. I like the name too.
relic
Hang on, Jack set up a whole new forum just to prove a point? :lol:
Lover of Outrage
20-06-2003, 19:00
Jack I couldn't get it up!
Oh it's alright it's come now.
You know there are pills for that now, right? :o
"gets coat and umbrella"
Originally posted by Methadone Pretty
How convenient.
And the evidence that it took two hours is where?
Do you not think if you were trying to prove the three weeks ridiculous, you would have had the forum up within 2 hours of this coming back?
because to be honest i couldnt be arsed. my only real need to do it was to proove that it didnt take 3 weeks to create a new forum. and maybe i am lying (which i am not, but maybe you dont believe me) 5 days is a hell of a lot shorter time than 3 weeks.
jack
Originally posted by relic
Well done Jack. I like the name too.
relic
thanks. that was a name that a thought of starting a bootlegs site with, but i just gave up. i was being nice to lycos by not signing up again :P
jack
Terminal Young Thing
21-06-2003, 11:51
What exactly are you trying to prove anyway.
That it could be done quicker?
Well I knew that to.
And I also knew that we would be back, and now we are, I don't care.
Originally posted by Terminal Young Thing
What exactly are you trying to prove anyway.
That it could be done quicker?
Well I knew that to.
And I also knew that we would be back, and now we are, I don't care.
i was saying that it is unacceptable for a foum to be down for 3 weeks when they were just getting this board up. if there were other reasons then if we were told about them then fair enough. but we havent been told about them.
and it was other people here (i think Lover of Outrage was one of them) who was encouraging me to do it. you cant please everybody it seems :rolleyes:
jack
but.. Jack Darling.. noone but you really seems to care? So what's the matter? :(
Lover of Outrage
21-06-2003, 13:37
Unacceptable. Jack honey chill you're turning into a dad before you're time, you are far too serious.
I know I encouraged you to do it, thought it would give you something to do.
music-is-redundant
21-06-2003, 14:27
Originally posted by Sven945
thanks. that was a name that a thought of starting a bootlegs site with, but i just gave up.
jack
Now that is something I would like to see, you know :)
Terminal Young Thing
21-06-2003, 14:45
Why is it fucking unacceptable?
Maybe they did have better things to do.
And why on earth do they have to answer to you?
If they wanted to tell us, then then would.
Originally posted by Sven945
i was saying that it is unacceptable for a foum to be down for 3 weeks when they were just getting this board up. if there were other reasons then if we were told about them then fair enough. but we havent been told about them.
and it was other people here (i think Lover of Outrage was one of them) who was encouraging me to do it. you cant please everybody it seems :rolleyes:
jack
You can't please everybody, but you weren't trying to please anybody, so don't try and make out you are now being hard done by.
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