New Stuff

[TG]

I've made a few changes on the forum.

You might notice in the post editor that there's a couple of new buttons.

Yup, there's new bbcodes.

If you click the link for 'vBcode' at the very bottom of a page, you'll be able to see the complete list.

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I've also changed the way threads display a bit. Your signature will only appear in your first post in a thread. This will speed loading up a tad, and will save some screen realestate.

I'll update here as I change things that you might notice. ;)

--- 20 Jan 2006
I've changed the time display from absolute to relative - (ie, to show '1 minute ago' etc)
Added the Welcome Panel at the top of the screen
Added an option to user control panel to delete your own user account.
I've added a PM button in the postbit, so you can PM a user directly from their post (instead of clicking the username, and send PM)
A whole lot of new bbcodes - check the vbcodes listing that's available at the bottom of a thread / new post. ("vbcode is on" link)
Something which only affects new users - There is an automatic PM sent when their account is activated. Gives some info about applying to the clan.
(That's what that TestUser was about that some of you saw earlier)

[Bass]

Excellent ! Can only be good as the site is often quite slow :(

[Darnit696]

I like the change to the way time displays.

[Darnit696]

Perhaps we could tidy up a bit. I'm not up to speed with the correct manners for forums but we've now got three threads for Clan matches/practise... or is it four... :)

[Ruslan74]

when do we get the playboy theme installed? :rolleyes:

[stoke]

YEA ! Where's this elusive playboy theme ?

[Bass]

Looking good !!! Very nice TG .. :)

[Darnit696]

There appears to be an error in the vbcode examples pertaining to the me action output.

(also proving that I can read past the first five lines of a post / page if I want to... :p )

[TG]

You're quite correct. Unfortunately, due to the way it works, it will always be incorrect. Nothing /me can do about it unfortunately.

[Darnit696]

Correct!!!! At last!!! All those years of institutionalized education finally paid off. :D

[TG]

I've added an auto prune for the shoutbox, which means that there will only be MAX 48 hours worth of shouts in the archive.

[TG]

Right - some major changes to the shoutbox. I've removed the smiley code - sin ce I've disabled them anyway, there was no point in building the stupid list. (Smileys still work!)

The majorly biggest change - NO MORE AUTO REFRESH!

You HAVE to hit the sparkly new 'refresh' button in order to refresh the shoutbox. This should speed up the site slightly. Don't go overboard by sitting there constantly clicking 'refresh' ya hear?

[stoke]

My refresh button does not sparkle any more :(.
/me goes off to sulk in the corner.
/me protests the relentless march of technology :p.
P.S. Thanks TG.

[TG]

Well, stop rubbing it. You know it goes all red when you rub it.

[doobiwan]

I promise I won't push it.

Opera has an auto Refresh I'll set to 5 second intervals . . ;)

[Bass]

Thanks a million TG !! Changes have all been good so far ! :D

One quick question - can I set how many shouts to display by default - the list seems to have shrunk, so I now HAVE to go look in the archive most times ... ?

[TG]

No, it's changeable on a global scale only, not individual (pity). I reduced it so that the SQL result at every refresh would be a tad smaller, thereby using less bandwidth. If it's a problem for a few people, I can raise it again.

[Bass]

Hmm - with changing the refresh to be manual that should have taken quite a load off SQL, so shouldn't be too much of a problem to increase the size slightly ... my 2c :)

[TG]

Right. A couple of new things for the past few days:

The Shoutbox is now known was the War Room. I have extended the display back up to the last 30 posts as it was before.

I have added a button to the SB for displaying the available BBCodes. It will popup a window - it might get blocked by some popup blockers - not sure. Works fine for me tho.

New stuff for today:
If you have unread PM's, a little flashing envelope icon will appear on the top right of your screen to attract your attention - especially useful if you have the popup notification switched off.

You might notice on my post headers that there's a nifty lil dropdown link called 'My System'. This shows my computer specs.

This is a new profile option - by default it is DISABLED.
You can enable it by going to your UserCP (usercp.php), edit Options, and fill in the fields. Remember to ENABLE it.

Enjoy.

[Ruslan74]

so when are we getting the Playboy theme for the forum baas? :p

[TG]

ANOTHER new thing...

If you edit your profile, you'll spot a field to enter your BF2 PID - If you do that, you will get a nifty lil BF2 Icon (like the one on mine) - if you click it, it will take you to your BF2Tracker stats page.

Yet another new thing (YANT) -

xFire support! For you guys who use XFire - if you edit your profile, you can set your xFire username, and hopefully it will show your xFire info on the postbit. I don't use xFire, so I can't test this. Will someone please go add that info, and then post a reply here so I can see how it looks?

[TG]

Thanks Ruslan - I'm going to change its location slightly.

[Ruslan74]

it works nicely... thanks TG! now if more guys would actually use Xfire so we knew where they are online... :rolleyes:

[Darnit696]

Thanks for the efforts TG.

[Ruslan74]

TG, the Xfire location seems better either next to the poster's name or just next to the Join Date, etc. info. What do you think?

Smack in the middle looks a bit... odd? or is it just me?

[TG]

Oy, I'm busy with the location - I'll let you know when I think it's final ;)

EDIT:

Arrgghhhh!!! I FINALLY got it right!
Damn, what a pain in the ass!

[Ruslan74]

muchas gracias compadre!

:D

[fivel]

TG, this looks fantastic, not only do we have a very active clan, but an awesome forum.

[Ruslan74]

now for the elusive playboy theme.....

:rolleyes:

[Bass]

Wow !! Very nice !!!! :D

[NerdBoyZa]

TG - this is awesome. :D :D :D :D

It betters most of the "professional" forums I visit. Well done.

I suppose you want payment now..... like each member sacrifices themselves for 1 TK each for every cool change you make - You'll be top of the pops before you know it.

[TG]

Hehe :)

I'm glad you guys like what I'm doing.
Don't be shy to speak up if I do something that you don't like.

[rainy]

Very nice :D

Where do you do this 'My System' stuff?

[stoke]

@useless : Mebbe we need to send a strippogram to TG's house.
Seems he'z not getting the messgae about the theme change properly :p.

[fivel]

Very nice :D

Where do you do this 'My System' stuff?

UserCP--->Edit Options

[Ruslan74]

i am just afraid to post it again... or else i will be banned for spamming the forums... :p

[NerdBoyZa]

I second Stoke.

WHERE'S THE PLAYBOY THEME???

[Ruslan74]

lol... TG... i had nothing to do with this... :rolleyes:

[TG]

*sigh*

Next person to ask about a Playboy theme gets a week's ban off the forum!

:D

[stoke]

Deathly silence fills the space ... :p

/me ears hurt
/stoke wonders when the U63r L33t N@kk3d F3m@l3 F0rm theme will be implemented !

[TG]

Make that a shoutbox ban!

[NerdBoyZa]

TG.

The change you made recently with the Sig only repeating once on your first post - that seems to only happen on each page. If I post a reply on every page, it doesn't track that you posted on the previous page. It's not a problem, just an observation. :p

[TG]

Yeah, it's a per page thing.
Just makes the actual page load a tad quicker. Bad description - sorry.

[NerdBoyZa]

No worries.

[Ruslan74]

i removed sigs and avatars from my forum browsing at work, it slows my poor clandestine dial-up too much... talking about being addicted to forums.. :rolleyes:

[sss]

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/2260/sshotlrgsch46tv.jpg

[Gathu]

Just Testing....

[doobiwan]

Aw man, now I want one of those in a Booster pack!!! - "Rebel Forces" . . . :)

[SaintMg]

Sweeet. I'm digging it, i loved flying the x-wing around