Suggestion box.

Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by von Poop, May 20, 2008.

  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Stupidly, after fixing what I thought was all the links and drop down menus that required tweaking after the re-skinning, I forgot to mend those on the top right of the portal header as I never use them.
    Sorted now. Very sorry 'bout that if you've tried to use 'em.

    Can people please note any dead links or non-functioning forum features on this thread so I can sort 'em out. I'd really appreciate it as they're often very easy to miss. Hopefully all the tidying up and tweaking's done now, but do tell if you spot something not working quite as it should.

    Any other suggestions to do with the forum's functionality also welcome... I think. :peepwalla:

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  2. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Hey VP.
    Any chance we can have the members birthdays showing on the calendar, please? :D
     
  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Just turned that on to have a look Gage.
    Does it make the calendar look a bit messy though?

    We were mildly concerned a while back about displaying birthdays at all, kind of a public thing to have quite often associated with a real name... but as everybody has the option to keep their birthday private if they choose (via the usercp) I'll leave it on for the moment. Up to individuls to delist themselves as they see fit.
     
  4. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Just turned that on to have a look Gage.
    Does it make the calendar look a bit messy though?

    We were mildly concerned a while back about displaying birthdays at all, kind of a public thing to have quite often associated with a real name... but as everybody has the option to keep their birthday private if they choose (via the usercp) I'll leave it on for the moment. Up to individuls to delist themselves as they see fit.

    Think it looks ok mate. Never thought about the privacy angle thou. :unsure:
     
    von Poop likes this.
  5. 51highland

    51highland Very Senior Member

    Could be a dangerous invite there VP. "Any other suggestions" welcome !!!!! lol.
     
  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I am gradually becoming more skilled in the fine art of saying... 'no'. ;)

    Seriously though, if there's anything that bugs anybody, is changeable, and won't wind others up then I'm happy to see if it can be improved.
     
  7. Jan7

    Jan7 Senior Member

    One question only, Von Poop.

    What are Social Groups :confused:?

    Do you explain me about this matter?

    Thanks in advance!



    Jan.
     
  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    To be honest Jan. I still haven't worked them out myself.
    Social groups.

    They're a new feature of the vBulletin software we use that came when it was quite heavily upgraded a while back.
    Just another channel for communication really, any registered user can start one on any subject or interest they like.

    Whether they conflict with a straightforward thread, or may prove to be useful to someone at some point I haven't yet decided.

    The primary difference they have from threads is perhaps the ability to have a separate image gallery associated with each one, and they can also be made viewable only by members of that particular group (and mods/admin).

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  9. Jan7

    Jan7 Senior Member

    Thanks, Adam!

    Your Forum is full of features very interesting......



    Jan.
     
  10. WotNoChad?

    WotNoChad? Senior Member

    Just turned that on to have a look Gage.
    Does it make the calendar look a bit messy though?

    We were mildly concerned a while back about displaying birthdays at all, kind of a public thing to have quite often associated with a real name... but as everybody has the option to keep their birthday private if they choose (via the usercp) I'll leave it on for the moment. Up to individuls to delist themselves as they see fit.

    I'd dare to suggest, if it can be done, limiting the birthday listings to WWII veterans as I think we'd generally agree it's a date we should celebrate. As for us proles it doesn't really matter as much does it?

    cheers,
     
  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I eventually left the birthdays on the calendar itself because everyone can choose to make theirs anonymous to the whole forum if they wish.
    Looking at it now (the calendar), the events do get masked by the birthdays when there's lots of them so I've switched 'em off there (sorry Gage! - U-turn after only a few months :unsure:), they should still appear in the right hand box on the portal (and profiles) if people have allowed them.

    Not entirely sure I can change the settings by usergroup Chad (long options menu - late :D). To be honest I'm still not sure it's ever that wise to display one's birthday on the Internet, but the system's there as a bit of fun for those that want to use it and as I know we're all grown up enough to make decisions on whether we do I'll leave it to individual choice.

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  12. WotNoChad?

    WotNoChad? Senior Member

    Decided to plonk this on here rather than start a thread and have folk jumping to wild conclusions about all types of insidious activity.

    It's about the PM text input box, or rather the size of it. I've found myself swopping some cracking PMs, many of which run into several hundreds of words. The problem is the input area is rather small, so I find myself scrolling up and down too much both in reading what's been sent and in replying in full. Any chance of making it bigger?

    cheers,
     
  13. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0 unselectable="on"><TBODY unselectable="on"><TR unselectable="on"><TD unselectable="on">[​IMG]
    [​IMG]

    </TD><TD unselectable="on">[​IMG]

    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    You can do it yourself,
    On the PM box see the icon of two arrows pointing up & two pointing down ?
    use that.
    Hope that helps.
     
    WotNoChad? likes this.
  14. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Well you live and learn...
    Never used that button before.

    Rather handy.

    Hmmmm... I probably should have known that shouldn't I :unsure:.
     
  15. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Chad,
    In case the extra length wasn't enough :unsure:, I've now widened the PM input box too, as there was so much spare space to the right of it.

    I'm leery about changes to these main templates as they can cause unintended problems with other formatting, so will be monitoring to be sure nothing else goes screwy because of it - should be OK though, and seems a harmless adjustment so far.
    Just in case: If anyone sees anything that looks wrong now, it'd be much appreciated if you could mention it here.
     
  16. WotNoChad?

    WotNoChad? Senior Member

    Just had a look and all seems fine. Big thanks to Owen, yet again, for his aid.

    cheers,
     
  17. Jan7

    Jan7 Senior Member

    Von Poop, one suggestion:

    When a user have a notification, the ink of this message could be write in red or other colour clearly seen/viewable?

    In any ocassions, I don't look this notifications until pass 3-4 days of its post.....








    Jan.
     
  18. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Hi Jan,
    This one's a 'no' I'm afraid mate.
    I shamefacedly admit I just don't like the way it looked.
    I find my own red username jarring enough against our pleasant green :unsure:.

    Cheers, and apologies,
    Adam.
     
  19. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Have you thought of making your red name say, maybe....Hubba-hubba-hubba-Electric, Wild Lime-green or possibly Go-For-Broke Hot Pink?

    von Poop :huh:

    von Poop :D<O:p</O:p


    :wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow:
     
  20. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    I think the Pink suits him best... :p
     

Share This Page