01-24-2003, 07:27 AM | #1 | ||
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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What we still need to do.
[list=1][*]Find out how to import the posts from the UBB[*]Design a pleasant looking interface for the board[*]Install hacks to add extra features[*]Add the forums that were not imported (Game Reviews, College Football, etc)[/list=1]
You can still view the old forum at http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi |
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01-24-2003, 07:52 AM | #2 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Sylvania, Ohio
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Just a note for everyone.
When you Login to the new board you use your username and password instead of the old login name on the old board. It took me a minute to figure that out... Otherwise, I love the new digs so far |
01-24-2003, 07:55 AM | #3 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
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As y'all see little things that need to be fixed, make sure you let Ryan or me know.
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01-24-2003, 07:56 AM | #4 |
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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I would advise everyone to check your preferences in the User Control Panel.
If you want a pop up box when you get a message, click yes to "Pop up a box when you receive a Private Message?" You may also have to enable private messaging. |
01-24-2003, 07:59 AM | #5 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
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Also, edit your profile.
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01-24-2003, 08:08 AM | #6 |
Pro Starter
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Location: Rennes, France
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Alf checking in. Was wonderinf how long it would take as I've seen Ryan S working this morning
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01-24-2003, 09:13 AM | #7 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Can you change the default number of posts per page to 50 (it appears it's 10 right now)?
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01-24-2003, 09:17 AM | #8 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
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A---That is user defined, the max being 50 right now.
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01-24-2003, 09:19 AM | #9 | |
Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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According to the control panel, we should have 50 posts per page so maybe you will need to change a setting in your user control panel. |
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01-24-2003, 09:24 AM | #10 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Thank you, somehow I overlooked that one. I just love having more options that one can remember to set and just think, some folks felt we should have stayed with the old software. |
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01-24-2003, 09:27 AM | #11 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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what kind of hacks are you guys looking for?
My suitemate has a VB board on his server, so I'm sure he has numerous. |
01-24-2003, 09:38 AM | #12 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Since I never seen the admin panel for vB, I wonder about the thread icons. I see the following:
- read (open folder) - have a post in the thread (black dot) - not read (red folder) Shouldn't the thread with new posts since the last visit be the red folder or something? Is this something I set. Right now, I can't see the icon difference for new posts in existing threads. |
01-24-2003, 09:41 AM | #13 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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Could we borrow some "skins" and hacks from the FOBL forum? Also will avatars be turned on eventually or was that a design decision to keep them off?
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01-24-2003, 09:55 AM | #14 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
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I decided to keep Avatars off. IMHO they are WAYYYYYY more annoying than they are an addition to the board. Signatures allow for enough "self-expression."
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01-24-2003, 09:57 AM | #15 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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Avatars can also be turned off on a per user basis in vB, so no one would have to see them if they didn't want to see them. Although after what has happened at the OOTP forums with avatars I can certainly understand not wanting them here.
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01-24-2003, 10:35 AM | #17 |
Strategy Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Carolina
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FYI, NONE of my dynasty reports made it over here.
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01-24-2003, 10:38 AM | #18 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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I think they are still working on that part.
Although if I don't see mine converted here, I guess we can copy and paste them. Todd |
01-24-2003, 11:19 AM | #19 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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I think the thread ratings would be nice to have in the more serious forums like Strategies and Dynasties.
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01-24-2003, 11:33 AM | #20 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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Is there a way for the creator of a poll to see who voted for each choice? I'm just thinking of potential uses for polls in a dynasty.
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01-24-2003, 11:40 AM | #21 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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At Apolyton, you have to login in to vote in a poll. That way, you can only vote once per username. The pollster then can track all results and comments by username.
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01-24-2003, 11:45 AM | #22 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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I hope that's the case here. I know it tells me that I've already voted in a particular poll, but I haven't tried to see if you can vote as a guest.
OK, I logged out,, and it won't let you vote as a guest. Cool. Last edited by Craptacular : 01-24-2003 at 11:49 AM. |
01-24-2003, 01:10 PM | #23 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Calgary
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Avatars
Good call on the avatars, SkyDog. It really helps us still on dialup.
I hope we don't see the general discussion forum littered with polls. This change is the best thing that has happened to me all week... |
01-24-2003, 01:32 PM | #24 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Wow! Looking good. This will take some getting used to. Is the address change permanent?
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01-24-2003, 01:35 PM | #25 |
FOF2 Guy
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Location: Paris, France
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Darkiller checking in
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01-24-2003, 01:56 PM | #26 |
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Avatars & Thread Ratings
Well you know that I always have to go against the grain so I ask, what is the point of turning off Avatars for everyone when it could be left up to the individual user? As far as not wanting stupid or offensive pics that can always be dealt with by the moderators. If someone doesn’t like a particular avatar they have the option of sending the post to the moderator who then could disable the avatar in question if need be. Besides that if someone really wanted to they could just include a pic inside their post each and every time, which forces everyone to see it as opposed to having it in the members section and making it the individuals option to see it or not. Just kind of makes sense to utilize the most options that the new software offers especially if it doesn’t really hurt anyone to do so.
Also, rating a thread would be an excellent option to have turned on especially for dynasties and such. This should not exclude the General Discussions section either since there are a lot of threads that would deserve a 5 star rating, like those pointing out add-ons and such, so that others won’t miss out just because of a thread title or perceived subject. Just my 2 cents. |
01-24-2003, 02:20 PM | #27 |
College Starter
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Location: Houston, or there about
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Tasan checking in....did all the dynasties get moved over yet?
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01-24-2003, 02:27 PM | #28 | |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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I see taht you have HTML code enabled. You might want to turn that off.
From the FAQ: Quote:
Apparently the BB does not try to filter out any jscript code so you coudl get people doing popup windows and all other kinds of annoying crap. |
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01-24-2003, 02:43 PM | #29 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley
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PLEASE DON'T TURN OFF HTML!!!!!!!!!!!
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01-24-2003, 02:52 PM | #30 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Can you perhaps post another sticky where we can post thread titles from the old board that we'd like moved to the new one?
The request posts could be deleted once the thread has been moved. I'd like to have the "FOFC Numbers Racket" thread moved over, if possible.
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01-24-2003, 02:59 PM | #31 | |
Go Reds
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Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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There is a really sweet hack that can display crazy things like.. Top Posters, Biggest Threads, etc. |
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01-24-2003, 03:01 PM | #32 |
Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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Also, if we aren't using avatars, Ryan, if you know how, you might want to edit the postbit$ data so that the extra space between information isn't there.
Little peeves, I guess! Actually, I can do that on my own when I decide to make a skin. |
01-24-2003, 03:03 PM | #33 | |
Go Reds
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Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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I'm an avid thread rating hater as well. |
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01-24-2003, 03:04 PM | #34 | |
Go Reds
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Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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Only if you are an admin can you see who voted, I do believe. Sorry. |
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01-24-2003, 03:07 PM | #35 |
Go Reds
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01-24-2003, 03:17 PM | #36 |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Somerville, MA
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just breaking up the quinta-dola here
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01-24-2003, 03:23 PM | #37 |
Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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Heh, could you tell I just arrived?
Let's also not forget the quote thing! You could probably ask the FOBL where they got it. It's great, anyone can add a quote. |
01-24-2003, 03:33 PM | #38 |
Pro Rookie
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Location: VA
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I feel weird.
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01-24-2003, 03:55 PM | #39 |
College Prospect
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For a huge database of vBulletin hacks go over to the following site:
http://www.vbulletin.org/ Almost all hacks the exist for the VB system of forums are listed, and avalible to download off of that site. |
01-24-2003, 04:28 PM | #40 |
Pro Starter
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Location: Willow Glen, CA
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Vince Checking In
What up all...it's going to take some getting used to, but it seems like it worked pretty well
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01-24-2003, 06:53 PM | #41 |
Ice Cream Man
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Location: Bay Area
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I think that we should allow avatars since the individual user can choose not to view them.
Just my 2 cents. |
01-24-2003, 06:55 PM | #42 |
Pro Rookie
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Location: Chicago, Ill
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I just don't see any logic in why we don't have avatars on.
If you don't like them (I don't), then turn them off. If you do like'em, keep it on. Neuqua
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01-25-2003, 08:59 AM | #43 |
Coordinator
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Ditto on the avatars - no idea why they'd be disabled for everyone if each individual can turn them off.
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01-25-2003, 09:38 AM | #44 |
College Prospect
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Location: The Flatlands of America
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[s]One suggestion to make...
Could you increase the width of the 'Your Reply' box.[/s] Nevermind. It's a netscape problem. My reply box, in netscape, is the same width as the subject box. Oh, and another... The 'Quick Reply' hack is nice. And while I'm rambling... Those 11 smilies look kinda lonely. And since everyone else has mentioned it... Turn on the Avatars!
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01-25-2003, 11:04 AM | #45 |
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Yes. Listen to Scarecrow and Turn on Avatars already. Please.
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01-26-2003, 04:47 PM | #46 |
Hall Of Famer
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Any word on the old forums conversion yet? I think it would be very detrimental to the popularity of the Dynasty Board if there was no way to move those over.
SI
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01-26-2003, 07:24 PM | #47 | |
Quarterback
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Location: London, England
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We are currently trying to get in touch with the creator of the import utility to try and find out why the thread import failed. |
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01-27-2003, 12:07 AM | #48 |
Hall Of Famer
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Location: Back in Houston!
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Cool, Ryan. Thanks a lot for the update. I'll just keep posting over there so it's all in one place.
SI
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01-27-2003, 02:03 AM | #49 |
Pro Rookie
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Thanks, Ryan!
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01-27-2003, 02:09 AM | #50 |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sweden
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I'd like the Quote of the Moment hack installed again, if possible...
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