Forum Modifications

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:05 am

Okay....There is going to be a few modifications done to this forum.

1st will be custom titles. Everyone will be able to place some text under thier name.

2nd will be gender. People will be able to know if you're a male or female. It'll be under your avatar.

3rd will be a quick reply A box will appear at the bottom for you to type in a quick message.

4th will be a modification for the moderators. We will be able to merge threads.

If there is any other type of modification you like this forum to have, please post and describe what it does.

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:57 am

Woah, COOL.

I can't think of many other modifications yet, though. *shrug*

Vilkacis · Post by **Vilkacis** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:47 am

Quick reply... bleh. I scoff at ye!

Anyway, I saw a neat mod the other day that lets people see your sig when they view your profile.

There was also a mod I saw that allowed you to do a forum search just by topic title (right now you can search by title and message, or just message, but not just by title).

I think those would be good additions, but don't bother if it's going to be too much trouble.

-- Vilkacis

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:11 am

Custom titles? What about the thing Vilkacis said in some thread somewhere?

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:27 am

There well be a string of title text below your name which you can set.
It looks like this

Silverclaw · Post by **Silverclaw** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:52 am

Sounds great!

hmm, is it possiable to get a spell-check thingy?

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:54 am

Vilkacis wrote:Quick reply... bleh. I scoff at ye!

Anyway, I saw a neat mod the other day that lets people see your sig when they view your profile.

There was also a mod I saw that allowed you to do a forum search just by topic title (right now you can search by title and message, or just message, but not just by title).

I think those would be good additions, but don't bother if it's going to be too much trouble.

-- Vilkacis

Ummmmm...do you mind going down the list of modifications and pointing them out?

Thanks

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/catdb.php?db=1

It should be under "Addons"

I'm going to be very busy the next couple of days. I just found out a night driver has quit. That means long hours. Bleh!!

The mods should be in place this coming Monday. (I'm off that day.)

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:08 pm

how about a profile picture, you know when someone looks at someone elses profile, theres an extra pic thats in there, and im not talknig about the avatar.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:17 pm

Shadow Wulf wrote:how about a profile picture, you know when someone looks at someone elses profile, theres an extra pic thats in there, and im not talknig about the avatar.

Do you mean an extra picture that only appears in THIS window? ...Like maybe a larger pic, or even a photograph of the real person?

http://www.calypso-blue.com/werewolf/pr ... file&u=360

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:20 pm

Vilkacis wrote:Quick reply... bleh. I scoff at ye!

-- Vilkacis

Oh wait....you don't like a "quick reply" box?

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:22 pm

Vuldari wrote:
Shadow Wulf wrote:how about a profile picture, you know when someone looks at someone elses profile, theres an extra pic thats in there, and im not talknig about the avatar.
Do you mean an extra picture that only appears in THIS window? ...Like maybe a larger pic, or even a photograph of the real person?

http://www.calypso-blue.com/werewolf/pr ... file&u=360

yes exactly so.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:23 pm

Figarou wrote:Oh wait....you don't like a "quick reply" box?

After using the quick reply box, I'm beginning to really like it.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:27 pm

Lupin wrote:
Figarou wrote:Oh wait....you don't like a "quick reply" box?
After using the quick reply box, I'm beginning to really like it.

"Quick Reply Box"?

How does that work?

Vilkacis · Post by **Vilkacis** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:28 pm

Figarou wrote:Ummmmm...do you mind going down the list of modifications and pointing them out?

Sure thing:

View Profile Sig:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=149836

Search Title Only:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=298529

-- Vilkacis

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 pm

Vuldari wrote:
Lupin wrote:
Figarou wrote:Oh wait....you don't like a "quick reply" box?
After using the quick reply box, I'm beginning to really like it.
"Quick Reply Box"? How does that work?

theres a box at the bottom of the thread to let you reply something really quick in the same page with out having to go to the reply page, but you cant have smilies, its only for something you want to say quickly.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:31 pm

Vuldari wrote:"Quick Reply Box"? How does that work?

There's a box at the bottom of the thread display page that you can quickly type a message into, instead of hitting the reply/quote buttons on the page.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:31 pm

Shadow Wulf wrote:
Vuldari wrote:
Lupin wrote:
Figarou wrote:Oh wait....you don't like a "quick reply" box?
After using the quick reply box, I'm beginning to really like it.
"Quick Reply Box"? How does that work?
theres a box at the bottom of the thread to let you reply something really quick in the same page with out having to go to the reply page, but you cant have smilies, its only for something you want to say quickly.

Sounds like it would just encorage people to spam the boards even more with short, meaningless messages like:

"Cool" -/end post

or "Me too" -/end post

Do we really need to make that even easier to do?

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:34 pm

Shadow Wulf wrote:theres a box at the bottom of the thread to let you reply something really quick in the same page with out having to go to the reply page, but you cant have smilies, its only for something you want to say quickly.

Actually you can use smilies, you just have to know the what the code is.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:34 pm

hmmm, your right. we get that at another forum, mabey its best if we dont do it, besides it will make it too lazy for typers

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:37 pm

Vuldari wrote: "Cool" -/end post

or "Me too" -/end post

Do we really need to make that even easier to do?

Yes

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:38 pm

Vuldari wrote:Sounds like it would just encorage people to spam the boards even more with short, meaningless messages like

It doesn't make it that much eaiser. If someone is going to post a meaningless message, nothing short of enforcing a minimum post length is going to stop them.

Searif · Post by **Searif** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:40 pm

good Ideas fig, especially the custom titles

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:41 pm

Vilkacis wrote:
Figarou wrote:Ummmmm...do you mind going down the list of modifications and pointing them out?
Sure thing:

View Profile Sig:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=149836

Search Title Only:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=298529

-- Vilkacis

Ok...thanks.

outwarddoodles · Post by **outwarddoodles** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:48 pm

I think the other ideas are great, especially the gender idea, no more mistakes! Now what should my custom title be...

While I don't like quick replys, maybe it's just me. Yet I always love the quality of posts, no 'yeah' 'cool' or 'me too', I can't deny that I've done that but those are quick replies, and your creating a box just for that.

Silverclaw wrote:Sounds great!

hmm, is it possiable to get a spell-check thingy?

Slap on a spelling and grammar checker and corrector! My dreams come true! I have to say I would really love the spelling checker, I don't have very good spelling myself.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:24 pm

For those who doesn't like the quick reply (Actualy, it'll be a "super quick reply") You can turn that off in your profile. Or by clicking on the quick reply button.

Also, you'll be able to put in your date of birth. People can see it when they look at your profile. It'll also show up at the bottom of the main page if today was your birthday.

These items, plus a forum upgrade from 2.13 to 2.17 will be done on Monday, August 1st, 2005.