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Title: New Forums
Post by: Talad on April 24, 2006, 01:07:03 am: Hi, we just switched to the new forums, but there still a lot to do. We would like to improve the overall skin of the forums, making it more PlaneShift-like and also change those terrible smileys :)

Just wait few days before posting tons of requests for forums.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 01:21:04 am: I'd like to put in a vote for the smileys on http://www.invisionadds.com/files/index.php?act=file&f=213

Round smileys are so last year :P

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Kixie on April 24, 2006, 01:27:09 am: Yeah, our's were so much better. These newER ones are close, but still too crisp. The other ones were pixilated, and somehow looked better.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Caarrie on April 24, 2006, 01:29:57 am: you might be interested in this mod http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=77.

Have fun,

Illori
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 01:33:52 am: Er. It's not that we need more smileys, just different smileys.

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Caarrie on April 24, 2006, 01:37:35 am: You dont need to use all of them just want you want

illori
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Valbrandr on April 24, 2006, 01:44:32 am: Well the new forums are crisp looking... the skin could be cooler but I guess that will be worked on soon enough.. Change is not always a bad thing :o
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 01:45:20 am: I'm thinking we need to replace the default pool of avatars with some more PS-y ones as well ;]

Oooh. This is cool. I tried to post and got this:
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Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: StarsAndBars_1018 on April 24, 2006, 01:54:21 am: It's not every day that this sort of thing happens.

Guess I have to re-do my bookmarks. :p
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Kixie on April 24, 2006, 02:09:33 am: Quote from: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 01:45:20 am
I'm thinking we need to replace the default pool of avatars with some more PS-y ones as well ;]

Oooh. This is cool. I tried to post and got this:
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Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

josePhoenix
Now THAT is neato. I always wondered why they never thought of that. I like the smileys too. This batch is nice.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Talad on April 24, 2006, 03:25:03 am: Very proud of the new smiley set I've added :sorcerer:

Hope you like it! :D
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: neko kyouran on April 24, 2006, 03:34:26 am: ;D

:thumbup:

Yep, I do. Also, I was messing around with the thread options. Very neat. Really yenjoy the stats it keeps. Question though, i take non important people like me do not have avy ability? There is options for pre-existing ones and such, but upon selecting them, nothing happens after pushing the save changes button. I don't mind not having an avy, its just it might confuse someone. Just thinking ahead so that the forums don't get filled with "OMG why can't I get an avy!!!??!!! Theres the option but it don't do nothing!!!!11one"

:innocent:

Oh yeah, I also seem to have set an option that has the newest post showing first, rather than it being last. It is confusing the crap out of me, so I'll think we'll be changing that one back to like it was before.

Edit x2: Found it and changed back. Much better. now to figure out how to get it to go back tot the topic after a post instead of taking me to the forum page.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Karyuu on April 24, 2006, 03:36:26 am: The avatars still need to be sorted out - I can't have one either right now, and the options for them are confusing for both the forum admins and regular users. We'll get through it though :)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: neko kyouran on April 24, 2006, 04:25:07 am: I know you are still woring on the themes and such, but one small suggestion I'd like to make as you work on putting new themes together.

Perhaps you could bold the font on the stickies and such to differenciate them a bit from the regular posts? Or maybe change the background color on them. Just having the sticky icon by the post, well, I can live with it, but I liked that feature of the last forum quite a bit. Other than that, I'm really liking everything so far. Ok, I'll be quite and let ye do your vodoo that you do.

:-X
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 04:32:54 am: I've poked in the SMF theme engine, and it requires a little bit of PHPing to do that. Hopefully our forum-themer knows how!

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Mordaan on April 24, 2006, 04:45:20 am: \o/ Rejoices
I like it!! And you know I like the smilies!! ;D :thumbup: :woot: \\o// \\o//
And the database was carried over so we don't have to rejoin, get to keep our post count, and don't have to start completely from scratch. Best of all worlds!!
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: StarsAndBars_1018 on April 24, 2006, 05:07:53 am: Quote from: josephoenix on April 24, 2006, 04:32:54 am
I've poked in the SMF theme engine, and it requires a little bit of PHPing to do that. Hopefully our forum-themer knows how!

josePhoenix

I spent a good share of time PHP coding/forum theming for a Diablo II/Blizzard clan back in the day.

So. . .
It shouldn't be too hard.
I'd actually like to see what y'all come up with.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: neko kyouran on April 24, 2006, 05:19:57 am: Okay, one more minor thing, then I'm done, really.

Umm, is there an option to set how many posts to display per page like in the old forum? Maybe I'm just being blind and not seeing it under the options? If it's not currently available, you think it could be? I really liked having the 40 posts per page thing like I could on the old forums. But still, this new one kicks major arse none the less. \\o//
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Netty on April 24, 2006, 10:07:23 am: I like how many options there are to play with. The new added smileys are nice. I know it'll take some people a while to get used to but eventually even they will warm up to this new forum. ;)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: DaveG on April 24, 2006, 10:30:31 am: There's a built in spell check feature!! \\o//
Best forums EVAR!!1
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: reisio on April 24, 2006, 10:55:48 am: Replacing this...
Code: [Select]
.smalltext { font-size: x-small; font-family: Tahoma, arial, helvetica, serif; }...with this...
Code: [Select]
.smalltext { font: 0.75em tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; }...would fix a browser discrepancy:
(http://reisio.com/temp/psf-discrepancy.png)
That sort of font sizing isn't always so hot.* (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/fonts.html#value-def-absolute-size)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: apis on April 24, 2006, 11:36:23 am: Can we have a "posts in the last 24 hours" like on the other forum?

Yes I do see "Show unread posts since last visit" and "Show new replies to your posts", but if I have read all the ".. posts since last visit" and want to revisit one of them I cant see a nice fast way like the "24 hours" button in the other forum :surrender:
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Arangol on April 24, 2006, 12:38:55 pm: New forums are very good! Smileys ruleeez- :detective: :devil: :flowers: :thumbup: :woot: 8)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: LigH on April 24, 2006, 06:05:52 pm: The best smilies I know:

http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php

or

http://www.cheesebuerger.de/smilie.php

They have a style I could enjoy for hours...

(http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a010.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a020.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a030.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/e010.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/e020.gif)

(http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/froehlich/e015.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/a015.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/e030.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/o035.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/o065.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/o010.gif)

And many more...
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Netty on April 25, 2006, 01:36:36 am: It seems that even if people do like this new forum, some of them really hate the default theme. I've been concentrating on the PS website for now, so it may be a while before I get to playing with the forum, considering I have some commercial projects I have to work on as well. However, I made this quickie theme, which may be more pleasant for some people. It's nothing major, just a . CSS modification, and a few trivial "graphics" that should replace the default ones. I didn't edit any buttons and majority of the graphics. Here's the link:

Quick Theme (http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=344B25BF70D143D1)

Some of the default buttons/graphics won't quite be in "harmony" with this theme but it may still be better overall and keep the angry anti-default folk happy here. :D

Try it out.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 25, 2006, 01:53:58 am: How exactly are people supposed to use this theme? o.O

looks like something Talad would have to install.

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Netty on April 25, 2006, 02:01:30 am: Quote from: josephoenix on April 25, 2006, 01:53:58 am
How exactly are people supposed to use this theme? o.O

looks like something Talad would have to install.

josePhoenix

Heh no, obviously I meant that Talad or acraig would have to install it. Just use admin panel to "copy default theme", it will create two .php and one .css file. Replace .css with mine, replace the default filenames with the modified "graphics". The filenames are identical. :P
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Kixie on April 25, 2006, 03:57:46 am: You guys have to promise you'll keep the recent thread device up, and all the smilies visible above the chat box. Both are really great.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Mordaan on April 25, 2006, 05:18:02 am: Not sure if anyone has mentioned this before, but I like the whole "total time logged in" :lol:
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: lanser on April 25, 2006, 11:52:36 am: Just a quick query with the new forum do we have a new Mod (Santiago) or an old one with a new name? If a new one then I would hope it would be someone with more than 1 post to their name :)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Karyuu on April 25, 2006, 06:54:36 pm: Santiago is a friend of the team :) As always, post counts don't matter when one is made a moderator.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: zorbels on April 25, 2006, 07:56:53 pm: Quote from: apis on April 24, 2006, 11:36:23 am
Can we have a "posts in the last 24 hours" like on the other forum?

Ya what he said. PLeaaaaaaaaaase. I got so used to it that I am lost when I come to the new forums without it. Other than that I like the new forums. :thumbup: ;D :D \\o//

Also I like the look of this smilies face. Can someone magically change the sign from Beta to PLaneshift? :beta:
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Drey on April 25, 2006, 08:05:48 pm: the avatar size is set smaller on this forum... annoyances :|
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Vitellius on April 25, 2006, 11:41:42 pm: Just found the change.
Congrats on making the switch so smoothly. It looks great - well done all!
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: minetus on April 25, 2006, 11:58:58 pm: Quote from: zorbels on April 25, 2006, 07:56:53 pm
Quote from: apis on April 24, 2006, 11:36:23 am
Can we have a "posts in the last 24 hours" like on the other forum?

Ya what he said. PLeaaaaaaaaaase. I got so used to it that I am lost when I come to the new forums without it. Other than that I like the new forums. :thumbup: ;D :D \\o//

Also I like the look of this smilies face. Can someone magically change the sign from Beta to PLaneshift? :beta:

how about this one... (http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6589/beta29ko.gif)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: lanser on April 26, 2006, 12:46:11 am: Quote from: Karyuu on April 25, 2006, 06:54:36 pm
Santiago is a friend of the team :) As always, post counts don't matter when one is made a moderator.

Not a particularly satisfying answer, is it such a big secret?

as for post counts how can one moderate a community without some level of involvement?
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Karyuu on April 26, 2006, 12:52:17 am: Santiago has been with the community for several years, and as I stated, is known very well and trusted by the team. Santiago wishes to help out without being directly involved, and I could use an extra pair of hands around the forum. One can help in moderation very well through editing double-posts, removing flames, moving threads to their better-appropriate boards, etc.

Santiago's job isn't to moderate the community, but the posts here.

If you have any complaints about the moderation itself at any time, feel free to send them in :) Otherwise, "Who are you? Tell me, tell me!" inquiries aren't going to sit well. Relax, we wouldn't give mod powers to anyone who cannot use them, or doesn't deserve them.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Drey on April 26, 2006, 12:59:27 am: Quote from: lanser on April 26, 2006, 12:46:11 am
Quote from: Karyuu on April 25, 2006, 06:54:36 pm
Santiago is a friend of the team :) As always, post counts don't matter when one is made a moderator.

Not a particularly satisfying answer, is it such a big secret?

as for post counts how can one moderate a community without some level of involvement?

you know how these people are with the "omfg we cant tell you this!!"
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: lanser on April 26, 2006, 01:08:58 am: Thats a better answer, my main reason for asking is related to Kerols information thread.
A short post explaining what you just have should have been a common courtesy to those of the community who do post here.

Secondly if you need help all you have to do is ask I am sure you'd get plenty of applications from which to chose suitable mod

@Drey I ought to by now I've been here long enough but the "Team" is all that seems to matter these days
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Karyuu on April 26, 2006, 01:16:25 am: I'm not drowning in work with the forums enough to need to look at applications :) Santiago's desire to help out was simply welcomed, and the individual is most suitable. We wouldn't choose anyone who but raised their hand and cried out "I want to do it!"

There is no need to antagonize anyone, though, and I don't quite appreciate the "Team" comment. Don't be a little ball of negativity.
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: josephoenix on April 26, 2006, 01:19:37 am: Oops. Go jose with the "not reading the rest of the thread before posting".

josePhoenix
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Karyuu on April 26, 2006, 01:22:10 am: You can consider Santiago a bot that quickly sweeps up minor trash :P Though I doubt "Saint Iago" would appreciate that comment xD; San isn't going to be making posts, so there will only be minor involvement. Now stop worrying about little things like this, seriously :)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Drey on April 26, 2006, 01:25:39 am: well, its little things like this that piss people off.

in the end a few of these build up and people bugger off.

*has a whole list of things*
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: zorbels on April 26, 2006, 06:23:39 am: Quote from: minetus on April 25, 2006, 11:58:58 pm
how about this one... (http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6589/beta29ko.gif)
Quote

Yes it is perfect. Can I use it? \\o//
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: LigH on April 26, 2006, 07:02:07 am: More love!

(http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/a010.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/a015.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/a025.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/a035.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/d010.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/d045.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/d050.gif) (http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/f035.gif)

( @ Karyuu: Don't be mad, they are just tiny, and so cuuute! )
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: minetus on April 26, 2006, 09:57:36 am: Quote from: zorbels on April 26, 2006, 06:23:39 am
Quote from: minetus on April 25, 2006, 11:58:58 pm
how about this one... (http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6589/beta29ko.gif)
Quote

Yes it is perfect. Can I use it? \\o//

yes ofcoarse... thats why i posted ;)
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Drey on April 26, 2006, 02:29:46 pm: graphic smilies are so... stupid.

default "don't used smilies" ticked ftw!
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: Peacer on April 26, 2006, 04:52:53 pm: i think it needs some skins the light theme doesn't suit the ps aura and mystician :'(
Title: Re: New Forums
Post by: zorbels on April 26, 2006, 08:03:38 pm: :thumbup: \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// YAY! :woot: (http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6589/beta29ko.gif) :woot: YAY! \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// \\o// :thumbup: