BDv1.0 Features I dig

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:33 am

Let me say how much I love all the UBB buttons above my posting space.

I like having all (most) of the emoticons visible--even though I rarely use them.

Most of all though, I love the automatic "Mark as Read" function, and I especially like that it marks it by individual thread based.

I'm having so much fun.

I need to fix my sig though and link it to something cool. Hmmm... what could I link to?
Pariah?
Fudge?
My Genre Clash rules?
Other?

And none of the above is quoted, really. I'm just trying to nest a list in a quote.

For fun.

[edit to remove extraneous [/quote] tag added by the board--I used the button to put in the first, but then typed the end tag manually]

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:36 am

And don't forget how much I like the View Post/View Forum option after you post.

Very convenient.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:38 am

I think I'm going to like the "Private Message" function, it looks nifty.

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:40 am

Already I like it, and it looks like we'll get something like 30-50 messages in there before the box fills up.

Can't complain about that.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 12:43 am

I really really! Like the private message boxes. Go Control! I also think the 'view your posts' function is nifty.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:32 am

. (Double post)

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:33 am

Great, we can rank people by number of posts. That's going to get entertaining

I also like the little scroll bar at the bottom of reply posts

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:37 am

Eliahad wrote:I really really! Like the private message boxes. Go 32! I also think the 'view your posts' function is nifty.

Don't look at me. I'm just some guy. Thank Control.

Have you noticed the search_id of the "View your posts" function? In other words, its URL?

Eliahad wrote: Great, we can rank people by number of posts. That's going to get entertaining I also like the little scroll bar at the bottom of reply posts

The ranking will only get worse; titles are on their way. I'm told.

What do you mean by "reply bar?"[/quote]

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:43 am

3278 wrote: Don't look at me. I'm just some guy. Thank Control.

I don't know WHAT you're talking about

(silly silly silly me)

3278 wrote:What do you mean by "reply bar?"

[/quote]

"Topic Review," below the box in which I am typing to reply to your message, there is a bar labled "Topic Review" and it has the nifty little scroll bar. I think it's neato.

Post by **Control** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:56 am

Is topic review useful? A great deal of work has gone into reformatting it to work with the non-standard template - or "skin" - v1.0 uses, under the assumption that it would be useful. Is it?

An explanation should be given for a portion of that sentence: templates are the means by which phpBB2.0 admins control the appearance of their boards. The current template varies much more than most from the default template, which complicates matters somewhat.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:46 am

It's VERY useful, there were plenty of times on EZBoard where I wanted to check something written, then returned to the original page only to find my post deleted. For absentminded people like me, it's a life-saver. I prefer the creme-savers though...mmmm, raspberry.

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 3:09 am

...mmmm, raspberry

No. Strawberry.

Jackass.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 4:19 am

I'm so used to just doing [Ctrl+N] whenever I make a significant post - something where there's massive quoting - that I think I'll end up forgetting to use it. That's because I'm really stupid.

Nexusvoid · Post by **Nexusvoid** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 4:58 am

Or just shift-right-click on the reply button.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 5:02 am

Shouldn't that be [Shift+Left Click]?

Nexusvoid · Post by **Nexusvoid** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 5:16 am

Sure, but I was merely acknowledging out left-handed users. Never let it be said that I am prejudiced toward the use of any hand!

Now, as for me, I , being right-handed, would use [shift-leftclick], but, as I said, I was merely ackknowledging our left-handed brothers and sisters.

...

Is it getting hot in here?

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 5:18 am

Courting the southpaw vote, Senator?

Nexusvoid · Post by **Nexusvoid** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 5:22 am

Well, I believe the statistics say that 1 out of every 9 people is born left-handed, so that's 11.111111111~% of the vote that's almost guaranteed to me.

Nexusvoid · Post by **Nexusvoid** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 6:28 am

Oh, and did I mention how much I love the fact that all external URLs open in their own window without having to do it manually?

Kwyndig · Post by **Kwyndig** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 8:03 am

I just have to say I love the whole board. It may take some getting used to, in my case. Oooh, preview with text box below! Wow!

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 5:20 pm

Yeah. I agree with that. It will take a bit of getting used to. What did you ever decide about the 'mark forum read' thing? You were saying something about that, 32...

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 8:45 pm

What did you ever decide about the 'mark forum read' thing? You were saying something about that, 32...

I don't know; I'm not the administrator of this message forum. I don't make any decisions. Capiche?

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 9:29 pm

Oi!

By the way, Bethy, in the posts at the top of the thread I can only see a box with an X and no picture.

Post by **Control** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 10:42 pm

Liniah wrote: By the way, Bethy, in the posts at the top of the thread I can only see a box with an X and no picture.

More details on this problem, please.

Bethyaga · Post by **Bethyaga** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 10:49 pm

She was referring to my avatar, which was not showing up, and instead just displayed the box with the X. I had removed the avatar by the time you got to the thread. Now it's back, and it's working fine.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 11:45 pm

I'm at home now. I can see the pic now.

By the way, one feature that I think rocks is the 'view your post' or 'back to the index' choices right after you make a post. Some bords have one and some have the other. They can both be useful at times. It really kicks ass that we have a choice.

Post by **Control** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 12:35 am

I'm at home now. I can see the pic now.

In this case, location isn't the issue; there was a profoundly broken feature that has now been repaired.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 2:35 am

After I read Bethy's post I figured that. I was just saying...

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 3:09 am

So vere doez vone geet vone uff zees Avatarzzzzz? Or rather, where'd you get yours Bethy?

Post by **Control** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 3:40 am

Any jpg or gif file can be an avatar. It can be uploaded from the internet or from your local computer. It should be 70x70 pixels, and no more than approximately 6k. For instance, your current perpic should function perfectly fine, although the size should be increased to 70x70.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 3:50 am

And does this mean that an avatar uploaded from any location is then floating around server side and I don't have to worry about it anymore?

Post by **Control** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 4:33 am

Eliahad wrote: And does this mean that an avatar uploaded from any location is then floating around server side and I don't have to worry about it anymore?

Correct.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 11:04 am

I can't get my perpic to load and stay....

Eva · Post by **Eva** » Wed Mar 13, 2002 3:53 pm

Mine does the same thing, although yours seems to be working now.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 4:19 am

I love that the review topic scroller thing at the bottom goes in reverse order. Newest posts are at the top. I think that's tres nifte.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 11:01 am

Eva:: So is yours. G'Bless Control for fixing it.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 5:00 pm

I think my favorite features are the statistics - go figure. The memberlist that tells you when everyone joined, how many posts they have, etc., and lets you sort by /anything/. The stuff in people's Profiles, like percentage of total posts and posts per day. That shit is incredible, and it can't be that hard.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 2:41 pm

Whoa. I can read 32's profile. Without squinting. Or making a nose print on the monitor.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 8:43 pm

Cash...suggestion: clean your monitor. so much grease from your nose.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 11:25 pm

Getting a new booster seat would help too, you've graduated from the phone book.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 12:58 am

I'm already standing on the computer desk....

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:08 am

Okay, remember those step-aerobics doodads, get one of those.

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 4:46 am

That's possibly my favorite feature. I like knowing exactly how much goofy random shit I've contributed to this madhouse.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 4:46 am

Another thing I just noticed.

You can see who is browsing in what forum. NIFTY!

Kwyndig · Post by **Kwyndig** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 6:28 pm

Yep, that means you can ambush people...

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 12:36 pm

The booster seat is *on* the phone book.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 4:32 pm

Then you're just going to have to deal.

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 7:24 am

Cash - maybe you should go in for hormone treatments.

Cazmonster hides his boy/girl gun.

The Eclipse · Post by **The Eclipse** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 7:26 am

I really happen to dig being able to list people according to post count

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Mon Mar 18, 2002 9:58 am

So you can see how much you ahve to post-pump to beat them?

BDv1.0 Features I dig

BDv1.0 Features I dig

One more

Private Messages

PM

Woooo

Uh-oh...

Uh-oh...

Uh-oh...

Uh-oh...

Yes...

Creme Savers

Avatars

Hrmmm

Hrmmm

The Percentage

Raise Up!