feedback / suggestions
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feedback / suggestions
the board seems to be going well! nice one
here's a few add-ons for phpBB which i've found really useful on the various forums i run
they fall into 2 categories - forum stuff (add new features to the board software) and admin stuff (give administrators more tools)
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FORUM STUFF:
Quick Reply Hack with Quote (quick reply box at the bottom of every topic page)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/540
Search Posts by Time (the drop down on HL that allows you to show all posts in last X minutes/hours/days)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/348
Statistics (forum stats!)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/477
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ADMIN STUFF:
Account Activation Overview
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/483
eXtreme Styles (caches templates for speed, and allows PHP code in .tpl files)
http://www.phpbbstyles.com/viewtopic.php?t=356
Log Registration IP
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/2975
there's a stack more that i've used on HL but i found that adding too many means upgrading is a nightmare
those few that i've mentioned add key functionality, and more importantly they are pretty straightforward to do, and the admin ones in particular dont usually involve any code changes - its all just a case of dropping new files into certain folders
here's a few add-ons for phpBB which i've found really useful on the various forums i run
they fall into 2 categories - forum stuff (add new features to the board software) and admin stuff (give administrators more tools)
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FORUM STUFF:
Quick Reply Hack with Quote (quick reply box at the bottom of every topic page)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/540
Search Posts by Time (the drop down on HL that allows you to show all posts in last X minutes/hours/days)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/348
Statistics (forum stats!)
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/477
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ADMIN STUFF:
Account Activation Overview
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/483
eXtreme Styles (caches templates for speed, and allows PHP code in .tpl files)
http://www.phpbbstyles.com/viewtopic.php?t=356
Log Registration IP
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/2975
there's a stack more that i've used on HL but i found that adding too many means upgrading is a nightmare
those few that i've mentioned add key functionality, and more importantly they are pretty straightforward to do, and the admin ones in particular dont usually involve any code changes - its all just a case of dropping new files into certain folders
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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You're a star!
Quiff Boy: YOU ARE A STAR!
I'll look into them ASAP!
I'll look into them ASAP!
no worries
one other comment - its a bit hard to distinguish between the icons for forums with "new posts" and those with "no new posts"
i found that on the HL "industrial groove machine" style (which had similar icons to this one) i had to colour the "new post" ones in - have a look at that theme on HL - they're blue and (i hope) stand out a bit more...
your current theme is very monochrome - i'd maybe suggest choosing 1 other colour (something nephlimiy - green? brown? khaki maybe?) and adding splashes of it to the colour scheme (a:hover links, topic icons etc) - it will liven the whole thing up
if you want to use the HL blue "new" icons let me know and i'll zip them all up for you
one other comment - its a bit hard to distinguish between the icons for forums with "new posts" and those with "no new posts"
i found that on the HL "industrial groove machine" style (which had similar icons to this one) i had to colour the "new post" ones in - have a look at that theme on HL - they're blue and (i hope) stand out a bit more...
your current theme is very monochrome - i'd maybe suggest choosing 1 other colour (something nephlimiy - green? brown? khaki maybe?) and adding splashes of it to the colour scheme (a:hover links, topic icons etc) - it will liven the whole thing up
if you want to use the HL blue "new" icons let me know and i'll zip them all up for you
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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You're right! I have been trying to modify the new post icon this morning, but it doesn't look nice.
I've also tried to change the icons to this indianstyle Nephilim logo,
"totem" I think it's also called. New posts will glow in yellow/orange, but like above.. it dosen't look nice.
I'll check out the theme you mention at Heartland and get back soon.
I've also tried to change the icons to this indianstyle Nephilim logo,
"totem" I think it's also called. New posts will glow in yellow/orange, but like above.. it dosen't look nice.
I'll check out the theme you mention at Heartland and get back soon.
- TheBoyNextDoor
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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you have 2 options for galleries - one thats fully intergrated into the forum, or that just shares the users db
heartland uses a standalone gallery that plugs in to the user db - the main two for this are 4images (which HL uses) and coppermine (i'm not a huge fan of this one)
the main option for one that plugs straight into the forum is written by a guy called smartor - Smartors Photo Album
i'd try smartor's album as its pretty easy to get up and running and does the job quite nicely
heartland uses a standalone gallery that plugs in to the user db - the main two for this are 4images (which HL uses) and coppermine (i'm not a huge fan of this one)
the main option for one that plugs straight into the forum is written by a guy called smartor - Smartors Photo Album
i'd try smartor's album as its pretty easy to get up and running and does the job quite nicely
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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wow, something's very wrong with my pcTheBoyNextDoor wrote:No, that's not intentional. Hrm. Wonder why it does a such strange behaviour.kazamel wrote:I can't seem to be able to paste text when I post a reply. Is that intentional?
EDIT: It works for me though.
i can't ctrl+c anymore in IE6. sorry, it was a pebkac
I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects.
like the new bronze logo...
next step - get that bronze colour repeated throughout the site
change all the :hover links from that orange to something a bit more like the colour of the logo
in the css:
current colour: #FFCCOO (might be written as #FC0)
try one of these:
#DF773F
#D0672E
#A54113
which ever you settle on, try setting H1 and .maintitle to have the same "color" in the css too
next step - get that bronze colour repeated throughout the site
change all the :hover links from that orange to something a bit more like the colour of the logo
in the css:
current colour: #FFCCOO (might be written as #FC0)
try one of these:
#DF773F
#D0672E
#A54113
which ever you settle on, try setting H1 and .maintitle to have the same "color" in the css too
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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show all the smilies on the main posting page & remove that "more" link
open includes/functions_post.php
find about line 725
change the value to about line 725
open includes/functions_post.php
find
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$inline_rows = 5;
change the value to
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$inline_rows = 8;
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- TheBoyNextDoor
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