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About the New Forum
Posted By:
Alex
in San Diego
Dec 30, 2004
 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?
Category: Site-Update; Replies: 124

Comments
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Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 06:23 PM
can read tIF you his, I don't care. If you can read this, I still don't care.
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 | 06:25 PM
It was supposed to say: if you can read this, I don't care. If you can read this, I still don't care.
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 04:16 AM
The words should be bolder when you emphasize them. Are emphasize and supersize related. Could you walk into McDonalds and sat:"Yeah, Uh...give me a number 2. Oh, and emphsize that.
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 04:17 AM
*say, not sat
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 | 04:18 AM
And Emphasize. Whats wrong with me?
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 01:18 PM
I just fixed that. Of course, I still need to do something so that the names of non-members get displayed. The software has no problem displaying non-member names in the comments, but it's designed to only allow members to post topics.
Myst
Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 05:43 PM
It just took a few to update Paul...look again.
Charybdis
in Hell
 Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 06:53 PM
Is it possible, for multipage topics, to also put the page choices at the top of the page for when we know we want the very last page and are too lazy to scroll all the way down to the bottom?
Myst
Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 07:19 PM
I agree charybodis. Is there any way to do that Alex? I'm wearing my finger out with the scroll button. LOL
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 08:43 PM
Pagination at both the top and the bottom! How about that! Any more requests? (I like the ones I can actually fulfill)
Myst
Member
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 | 08:54 PM
Thanks Alex!

Now I am just a contented kitty cat.
Myst
Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:01 AM
Wow! I like the tables. Looks really nice Alex.
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:35 AM
I'm trying to make the board look a bit more like it used to.
Myst
Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 01:56 AM
Oh yeah! Looking really good.
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 02:04 AM
Dat's what I'm talkin' 'bout! cool smirk I like this Alex. This is cool.
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 03:24 AM
Whoa! I got member avatars to work. Now I just need to find a less geeky avatar.
Alex
in San Diego
 Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 03:30 AM
To make your own avatar (if you're a member):
1) create a 50x50 image.
2) upload it to a server. There are plenty of free image hosting sites around to upload it to. Or if you email it to me I'll upload it to my server (once).
3) You need to copy down the url path to your image.
4) Click on 'login' above. Then click on 'my account'. Then click on 'edit my profile'
5) in the field labelled 'avatar' type in the url of your image.
6) Update your preferences, and you're done.
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI
 Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 03:44 AM
Thank you Alex. Now I can be the hamburger guy from McDonalds. Remember him?
Myst
Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 03:45 AM
woooohoooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Thank you Alex. grin
Myst
Member
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 | 03:59 AM
Testing...Testing....Can anyone tell what my avatar is?
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