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About the New Forum
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Posted By:
Alex
in San Diego
Dec 30, 2004
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Well, here's the new look for the forum. It's quite different. In fact, it's no longer really a forum. It's more like a community blog. The main feature that's been added is that members have quite a bit more freedom in what they can post. There are smilies. Members can also upload images (as long as the images aren't too big... thumbnails would be preferable). Entries can also be assigned to categories (I need to go through all the old posts and do that manually). Oh, and soon members should also be able to edit their entries. Well, some members at least (that's going to have to be a privilege a member earns since somebody could wreak serious havoc if they decided to abuse that).
I've been meaning to upgrade the forum for a while, but when I looked around at the options I realized that I couldn't install new forum software without losing all of the existing posts. Since I didn't want to do that, I've decided to import all the existing posts into the software that I use to run my blog. Which is why the forum now looks like a blog. Anyone can add comments, but it's a bit harder for non-members to post topics. That's because the software really isn't designed to allow anyone except a member to post an entry.
The new forum definitely needs more work. But for now, at least, it's up and running (I hope). Comments? Worse/Better than before?
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Nick
in Merrie Olde Englande
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 06:10 PM
How did you clever people get photos to go with your profiles? |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 06:13 PM
It's my fault for not explaining that. I'm going to add a link at the bottom of each page to explain how to do it, but in the meantime check out my instructions on page six of this thread:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forum/forum_comments/2168/P60/ |
Mitch K
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 08:45 PM
The newest look... oh yes, this is it! I really like it. And now the font looks just fine.  |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 08:47 PM
Ah, you noticed I changed it. I appreciated your comments. I was thinking there were too many frames/tables myself. |
Myst
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 09:40 PM
I really like the way this forum/community blog is starting to look Alex.
I do believe it is going to take off like a rocket ship to the moon! |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 10:14 PM
Yes, it's doing just fine. And why not Mars? Come on Myst, add a little excitement. I want to pee on the Mars rovers with the Martians. |
Myst
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 10:20 PM
How about the furthest reaches of the Universe? Now that would be fun! |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 10:22 PM
Ooh! Yeah! I like that one better! Lets go! |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 | 11:11 AM
"I must say that, out of all the possibilities for your avatar, batman would have ranked pretty low."
-Batman is only the best Super Hero ever. Being self-made...his powers do not come from an alien sun, a magic ring, an island of women, or from some potion that makes him big. He has studied, trained, learned how to look moody even though he's got a bazillion dollars, & he has the best get-around vehicle. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 | 04:00 PM
I agree with that, but I still don't think he's the best super hero, although definitely one of them. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 | 05:17 PM
Wouldn't it be a little hard to impersonate you? A person would have to have the same avatar, or is that a common avatar? I don't know much about these things which is why I ask. And why would someone impersonate you? To cause trouble and not get caught, or to get you kicked off of the site, or something else? |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 | 05:29 PM
Two members can't have the same screenname as each other, but a nonmember can have the same screenname as a member, which can make things a little confusing. However, the only way to avoid this problem would be to only allow members to post comments.
A nonmember, however, can't have an avatar.
In case somebody is impersonating somebody else, it is possible to check on their ip address.
Oh, and you're right. I do use message board and forum interchangeably. I guess I should be consistent. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 | 05:30 PM
Ah, thanks for clarifying that for me. I still don't see what kind of retard would do that though. |
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 | 05:32 PM
So then it's not possible to impersonate anybody unless your both nonmembers. |
Mitch K
in Canada
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 | 12:59 AM
Hi Alex!
Just checked on the "DNA Perfection??" thread, and everyone who posted there has been recognized as a member, including Toby Alexander. How come?:-S |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 | 02:09 AM
That's because I had made a mistake in the software code. Thanks for catching that. Luckily it's only been like that for a couple of hours. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 01:57 PM
What about splitting the forum into categories? There are 3 or 4 Turin Shroud threads, quite a few Ebay threads...some people post about the same thing, but title it differently...so if someone scans the topics, they may not realize "obscure title here" is about the UFO seen resting on the White House lawn...so they post a new thread about the same thing.
Another board I visit just has a few main categories (4 I think), and then from there, no more than 4 subcategories. You might have General Hoaxes, Internet Hoaxes, Headline Hoaxes. And then inside general hoaxes you have religious, political, misc. Under Internet you could have websites, ebay, misc. Headlines would be from news stories of course...
I don't know. I was just thinking that keeping the different threads straight might keep the duplicate threads down. Incidents of duplicates on the other board is rare...and the site owner does move some threads from one category to another if he thinks it's more appropriate somewhere else, though there is always a little link in it's place for a week "such and such thread moved to politics". |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 02:38 PM
The forum actually can already be split into categories. Just click on one of the category links. But maybe if I listed what the categories were, that would be more helpful. The only problem is that I can't figure out an elegant way to show all the categories, besides listing them all at the top or the bottom of the page. |
Glamcat
Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 03:22 PM
After posting a new topic, is there a link to get back to the main page? |
Alex
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 | 03:31 PM
Actually, there isn't. I hadn't noticed that before. But you can create one. Click on the login link. Then click on 'My Account'. Then click on 'Quick Links'. That will let you put whatever links you want at the top of the toolbar on the 'publish' page.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there's a way for me to automatically program those links in for every member, but I'll see what I can do. |
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