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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69  Posts: 80/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Okay. For some requested features: User CP - very possible. I think we should just separate the 'properties' and the 'preferences', to use Windows words. IE, everything Profile, everything that people see when they go to your profile or view your posts should be in one page. The rest, everything that affect how you see the board; Posts/Threads per page, User timezone, post radar should be in another page. Ability to disable "all" layouts. Quick and easier browsing. Check "Signatures and post headers" in Edit Profile. Quick Reply? Certainly. Search will return. "X already made feature Y! Steal it!" For the most part, no. We're trying to make something that looks good and feels like it was done by the same team. Not a patchwork of features. Sure, we will find use for the code for implementation tips, but I'm sure a lot of us would prefer to code it ourselves so that we know the code. And for one thing, feature Y might not even be that good, useful or important. Last of all, we're trying to simplify the board, too. This is not a feature request thread. This is more than anything else a thread on how to make your user experience easier and better. I wouldn't be surprised if this involved one or two or twenty new features, but that's starting in the wrong end. What this means is that stuff like MAKE A NEW POLL BUTTON U HORES is not needed. Those will be fixed when we redesign the user interface anyway. It's cosmetic, it pertains to the current version of the board look rather than the one we're trying to assemble here and it, frankly, wastes space. Mention stuff you'd like to be able to get to easier, and how that would be fixed. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 513/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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What's about uploading the photo album pics little ofter? Oh wait that dosen't make the board easier to use...  Uh making an PHP script for uploading photo album pictures that only admins can use? So we don't have to wait on Acmlm's FTP uploading for the pictures...  |
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Blades Paratroopa I hack rom; me admin Level: 21  Posts: 30/151 EXP: 45354 For next: 4589 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pr�vost, Qu�bec, Canada Since last post: 31 days Last activity: 5 days |
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| 2 options 1.See all new threads since last visit. 2.See all of a user's thread he posted in and the username of the last replyer Both of these feature I use quite often on phpBB based forums. |
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Toxic in a sublime state of mind Level: 75  Posts: 395/2857 EXP: 3732709 For next: 94195 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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Originally posted by Blades Like, recent posts? Erk has that exact feature at his place. I don't use it too often though. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 130/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Alright, I got a couple... -A working smilie click-to-add bar. This can be done with some simple script... [insert in header somewhere] [INSERT SCRIPT TAG HERE] function smilie(code) { document.REPLIER.message.value+=code } [INSERT /SCRIPT TAG HERE] [insert above Submit Reply button] <  ')">[repeat for other smilies]I actually have Proxomitron add this for me at the moment and it works great.  -When replying to a PM, have the original message in a separate box, so you don't have to delete all the stuff from previous messages (you know how it is when you get like 8 replies back and forth and got a dozen quotes in one PM from all the previous messages, and the title's like "Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey"). -If you have any PMs, display it on every page. A simple "New Private Message" with a link to your inbox smucked somewhere at the top (maybe just below the banner/online users) will do. [edit] Stoopid XMP tag ignoring line breaks, and stoopid board removing the script tags inside even though they can't do anything.  [edit again] and stoopid code tag not closing despite the fact that I did close it, and stoopid board still messing up the script tags even though I disabled them with the <  *Kicks code tag* close damn you. Ah hell, I'll do it myself. (edited by HyperHacker on 03-21-04 01:57 PM) (edited by HyperHacker on 03-21-04 02:01 PM) (edited by HyperHacker on 03-21-04 02:04 PM) |
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knuck Hinox Banned until 19-58-5815: trolling, flaming, spamming, being a general fucktard... Level: 62 Posts: 73/1818 EXP: 1894574 For next: 90112 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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| Well add anything that make the board easier, but not a control panel. It's just waaaaaaaaay easier to click edit profile than go to user CP and only after that click in edit profile.  |
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Lord Rahl Snap Dragon Level: 43  Posts: 45/792 EXP: 544657 For next: 20389 Since: 03-15-04 From: Temple of the Winds - Training Room Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 7 days |
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| About all I can think of is dropping "Mark Forum Read" from the top bar to next to the name of the forum. With it on the top bar, I have a habit of hitting links next to it when I try to mark the forum read. That, and on a multi-page topic, get rid of the page one link on the forum page. You can click on the title of the topic to read the first page, so it's wasting space in my mind. |
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Cymoro PATRICK DUFFY WILL LASER YOUR SOUL   Level: 67  Posts: 111/2216 EXP: 2549743 For next: 43129 Since: 03-15-04 From: Cymoro Gaming Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Admin panel, maybe? Makes Administration jobs easier. | |||
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Tuvai Permanently banned for account hacking. Level: 24 Posts: 96/211 EXP: 74894 For next: 3231 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 566 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| I think this board needs some security/anti-lamer upgrades first before adding features meant for functionality and/or ease. I don't think I need to explain this, do I? How many times is that Lihead dumbass going to signup, just to get banned? Yes, he DOES get banned shortly after he registered and acts like a shithead, but he can and does register, and that's the point. He mustn't even get the chance to register, or at least not as easily as it currently is. Let's face it, the register page is a security swiss cheese; way to easy and open to 'attack' and get through; so is an IP ban. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81  Posts: 367/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by Tuvai I think the best and easiest way to counter things like that would be email account activation. Even though people could have multiple emails, still it would limit them a lot of how much can be done now. |
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Angel Hardhat Beetle Level: 37  Posts: 29/573 EXP: 335160 For next: 3093 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 11 hours |
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Squash Monster New Age Retro Hippie Togateiru Fohku Kohgeki!! GRUNGE no HAMSTER otona bite Peace love and turnpike! Level: 40 Posts: 21/677 EXP: 430507 For next: 10802 Since: 03-15-04 From: Maryland (of the Country Between Canada and Mexico) Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| In the user controll panel set of ideas, I'd like to see the post layout portions seperated out from the rest. If they had their own page, the boxes could have more room, and the preview could be included on the same page (which would speed debugging layouts up a bit). And maybe more options than just "(sample post)" could be included for the sample text, to help with stretchyness or scroll bars or what have you. | |||
FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 217/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Jesper: IMO, making the board easier to use does deal with cosmetics. As for the security: Perhaps email registration would be good. The register page will only require an email address, and a key gets sent via email. During the period between the registration and activation, the user's data is stored in a seperate table (like `users_unact`) for up to 48-72 hours. After 48-72 hours, the record is cleared. Another idea: Administrator activation. Only if the new user's IP matches a banned user. This should filter out most banned people, the admin activation part is because dial up users often share the same IP with hundreds (and even thousands) of other people around the globe. (edited by FreeDOS on 03-21-04 04:21 PM) (edited by Acmlm on 04-18-04 05:07 AM) |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 98/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by Blades1. "Mark forums read", anyone? It's not as automatic but it helps a great deal. Originally posted by FreeDOSActivation of any kind is a good idea; we're working on implementing it. As for cosmetics, I meant fixing problems in THIS layout, because the layout we'll end up using will be rebuild from the ground up, so it won't matter anyway. Originally posted by Squash MonsterI've been sketching up such a thing for ages. As for the sample text, simply adding text at the very end of the post header works great for now. |
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