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Moderator: Kevin
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:Now it is much harder (for me at least) to discern stickies/announcements/new posts,
Stickies are the same, just a different icon. I guess they also got rid of the "Sticky:" text at the beginning. Announcements are FAR easier to discern since they are completely separate from the rest of the threads in the forums. New posts are difficult if you've got red/green colorblindness like yourself, but those are standard phpBB 3 icons.
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:the icons for PM and such got moved. The links for 'view new posts' etc got moved.
Not sure what you mean about PM icons. If you mean the link to your PM box, that just went from the center to the left. The 'view new posts' just went from the right to the left. Those are standard to phpBB 3. I honestly have a hard time understanding why this is a big deal. I was more disappointed in how they changed the 'view new posts' page, since the forums that the threads are in are more difficult to identify than before.
I agree that the 'view new posts' page is different and harder to read, and I don't really like how it doesn't prompt you to login before showing you your new posts, since that was the old behaviour and now I have to click the bookmark, click login, hit login with my info, and then reload the bookmark as opposed to the old system of loading bookmark and hitting enter. Like I said, I'll get used to it.Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:No more html.
That was a security decision by the phpBB developers. The need for it isn't as great as it was, since the BBCode for links and images was improved. If there's a must have html feature, we can always add custom BBCodes. I can actually do that from the admin control panel.
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:Links and stuff just don't make sense, layout-wise.
How so?
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:The layout seems really bulky with lots of wasted space.
Again, that just seems to be the way phpBB 3 was made. If you check out polls on the CBE forum, the spacing is exactly the same.
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:I know that a large part of that is theming,
Actually, my opinion is that very little of it is the theme. But Steve and/or Cyril would know more about that since they've been in the code.
Kevin wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:EDIT: and I just got hit with the 'at least one new post' thing that didn't post my comment. Is there a way to turn that annoying 'feature' off?
That' one of the best features, IMO. Completely prevents posting something in a thread, only to find out that someone beat you to it. I think the option to turn it off is a global setting for all users, but I can't seem to find it at the moment.
lordtottuu wrote:The CSS for the polls is clearly broken.
Cyril wrote:lordtottuu wrote:The CSS for the polls is clearly broken.
Can you post a screenshot? If you're referring to the (arguably excessive) spacing, that's just the way phpBB 3 does it. Formatting it differently would involve redoing the template HTML and style from scratch, and I don't think that's worth the time investment.
bhtooefr wrote:The only thing that phpBB3's lack of HTML makes impossible is tables, IIRC.
(I have used tables in posts here before...)
However, they can be simulated with a PNG, although with massive loss in functionality. Also, I can just link to a page with the tables.
titan wrote:I have a question: what's with people's names being different colors? Sometimes their black, sometimes dark blue, and sometimes light blue.
mattsteg wrote:titan wrote:I have a question: what's with people's names being different colors? Sometimes their black, sometimes dark blue, and sometimes light blue.
Color coding.
titan wrote:mattsteg wrote:titan wrote:I have a question: what's with people's names being different colors? Sometimes their black, sometimes dark blue, and sometimes light blue.
Color coding.
Thanks for the enlightening answer. What does the color coding mean?
lordtottuu wrote:To me thats broken. I don't quite think you need to redo the HTML in the template files or style from scratch to make it look better. All you need to do is center the content and reducing the irritating spacing.
lordtottuu wrote:The advantage of using template systems and CSS is that you can tweak it to look exactly like you want it, isn't it? Hell, you can even change the entire positioning so that the radio button is to the left of the text without touching the source markup. Isn't the Zen Garden proof enough?
Flying Fox wrote:titan wrote:Thanks for the enlightening answer. What does the color coding mean?
Go to the board index page, and the scroll to the bottom. Look for the line that says "Legend: ...".
lordtottuu wrote:To me thats broken. I don't quite think you need to redo the HTML in the template files or style from scratch to make it look better. All you need to do is center the content and reducing the irritating spacing.
The advantage of using template systems and CSS is that you can tweak it to look exactly like you want it, isn't it? Hell, you can even change the entire positioning so that the radio button is to the left of the text without touching the source markup. Isn't the Zen Garden proof enough?
Kevin wrote:Flying Fox wrote:titan wrote:Thanks for the enlightening answer. What does the color coding mean?
Go to the board index page, and the scroll to the bottom. Look for the line that says "Legend: ...".
I also put it in my FAQ.
Cyril wrote:Heh.. Sorry. I didn't mean to one up you. Its just that the polls look incomplete and broken which is in contrast to the other parts of the site. Again, I am not nit picking for nitpicking sake.Also, I redesigned the entire site using CSS. I don't think you need to clue me in on the advantages of stylesheets.
Kevin wrote:If they were willing to let a feature go just so their code validates correctly, I am assuming their markup should be cleanly structured as well. I confess, I haven't looked at the markup that thoroughly but it seems correctly done to me.And what makes you think phpBB is as flexible as the Zen Garden?
FireGryphon wrote:Not sure if this is due to the forum upgrade, but one of my threads does not show up on the front page regardless of how many replies it gets: http://www.techreport.com/forums/viewto ... 37&t=56792
Why is that?
PerfectCr wrote:FireGryphon wrote:Not sure if this is due to the forum upgrade, but one of my threads does not show up on the front page regardless of how many replies it gets: http://www.techreport.com/forums/viewto ... 37&t=56792
Why is that?
Your threads have been banned from the front page, it's a Phpbb conspiracy against FG!
Hoser wrote:One thing I don't like is that the new forums don't reset the cookies when I leave and then come back. I don't read every thread that has new postings so there's a lot of unread ones. I have to manually mark all forums read or when I come back they are still marked as unread. The old version would just reset itself once I logged out and only post unread topics since my last visit.
Hoser wrote:Agreed. And in my case, the older threads still show up but with a "read post" icon next to them. I'll post a screenshot if I am not making myself clear.One thing I don't like is that the new forums don't reset the cookies when I leave and then come back. I don't read every thread that has new postings so there's a lot of unread ones. I have to manually mark all forums read or when I come back they are still marked as unread. The old version would just reset itself once I logged out and only post unread topics since my last visit.
Captain Ned wrote:From what I've read the Hot Threads box only shows newly-created threads, not newly-posted-to.
sroylance wrote:I figured it was something like that; I just wasn't sure if it was intentional or not.Captain Ned wrote:From what I've read the Hot Threads box only shows newly-created threads, not newly-posted-to.
That wasn't the intention, but AFAICT that was the result. I was sorting threads by the wrong field. I've changed it to sort by when a thread was posted to, it should be working more like the old one now.
Hoser wrote:One thing I don't like is that the new forums don't reset the cookies when I leave and then come back. I don't read every thread that has new postings so there's a lot of unread ones. I have to manually mark all forums read or when I come back they are still marked as unread. The old version would just reset itself once I logged out and only post unread topics since my last visit.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:Do you manually log out? That should reset that feature. I don't think it's a cookie aspect.
