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She was not what you would call refined,
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Yeah!!! No more anonymous harassments (right ThinkPadPhile?).
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well, i had to do it..
too many guests and not enough real users..
i call this an OPEN forum because i don't want it closed like ibm's was..
but at least here there is no approval needed to post..
too many guests and not enough real users..
i call this an OPEN forum because i don't want it closed like ibm's was..
but at least here there is no approval needed to post..
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
Good decision, Bill. If you leave anonymous posting enabled, you will eventually get hit by the drive-by spammers who figure out how to automatically post their advertisements to the board. phpBB is a very popular package, so it won't take long (if they haven't figured it out already). This way, people must register to post, but they can still read the messages if they don't. Best way to show how great this place is.
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way to go bill...
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i am still learning how this phpBB works..
so it took me that long to make that change..
i will also be initiating several levels of users..
i have some additional changes and enhancements i am considering..
more on this once i flesh out the idea..
so it took me that long to make that change..
i will also be initiating several levels of users..
i have some additional changes and enhancements i am considering..
more on this once i flesh out the idea..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots & cockatoos
Sysop - forum.thinkpads.com
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
Sysop - forum.thinkpads.com
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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Muy excellente Jefe!morrow wrote:only registered users will be able to post, answer posts and edit posts.
Now we just need to stifle animated and verbose sigs!
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morrow wrote:i am still learning how this phpBB works..so it took me that long to make that change..
Those two are dead easy. No programming skills required. Just go to Admin Configuration settings and push the appropriate radio buttonsJHEM wrote:Now we just need to stifle animated and verbose sigs!
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got the first one, where is the one to limit sigs..?hausman wrote:Those two are dead easy. No programming skills required. Just go to Admin Configuration settings and push the appropriate radio buttons
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
Is there also a button that can limit the size of a quote? Some of them are cascades of quotes within quotes within quotes including sigs which slows everything down considerably. This isn't like the old board where checking new posts got a list of single posts to view and could then walk the thread if I needed to check the previous message for reference. Now the whole page loads, and if most of the page is just quotes, it means I end up having to load multiple pages to see everything that's new.
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Just above Avatar settings, "Allow Signatures Yes/No " and "Maximum signature length Maximum number of characters in user signatures"morrow wrote:got the first one, where is the one to limit sigs..?
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Not that I can see. One would have to write a MOD to restrict this. (Or there may already be a MOD around that does this.)nonny wrote:Is there also a button that can limit the size of a quote?
And of course it gets really bad when someone posts a large graphic, say a screenprint of an error (or a photo of their car ), and then several responders repeat it in their quotes. For the time being I'd suggest that the people who are annoyed/inconvenienced by overuse/abuse of quotes should keep pointing this out to the offenders
I agree. Some people will quote the entire preceding post just to respond with a Yes or No.Some of them are cascades of quotes within quotes within quotes including sigs which slows everything down considerably.
IMO this is one of the weaknesses of phpBB. Also that posts are in chronological order. If they were displayed in reverse, then you'd be able to read the latest stuff while all the history continued to load in the background.Now the whole page loads, and if most of the page is just quotes, it means I end up having to load multiple pages to see everything that's new.
One thing that might help is to reduce the "Posts Per Page." There's a tradeoff, though, in that lengthy threads would get chopped up into many pages. That makes it a pain to review them from start to end.
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you can display posts in chronological order newest to oldest or vice-versa..
look at the bottom of the window..
look at the bottom of the window..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots & cockatoos
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
Yes, you can display message in reverse order, but how do you get it to be the preference for all threads in all forums. It doesn't even seem to stick for the same thread from one viewing to the next, and it's not something that can be selected from a user's profile.
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morrow wrote:look at the bottom of the window..
I should have been clearer, Bill. The feature at the bottom is almost useless to those who want it enabled 24/7. Once you get used to viewing posts (or files in a file viewer) in reverse chronological order it becomes so natural that any other order becomes annoying. Alas the phpBB developers do not seem to have "got used" to that notion (yet.)nonny wrote:It doesn't even seem to stick for the same thread from one viewing to the next, and it's not something that can be selected from a user's profile.
Note that my reasons for wanting this are different than nonny's (who wants to minimize bandwidth.)
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i'll look thru the admin panels later and see if i can make that change, universally..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots & cockatoos
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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Apparently not? http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=319morrow wrote:only registered users will be able to post, answer posts and edit posts.
Here's a "guest" posting today, 18MAY.
We also need to figure out a way that the moderators can skip the "You can't post again so soon" time limit.
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Let me know. I've not been able to find anything on the phpBB 2.0.6 board that I runmorrow wrote:i'll look thru the admin panels later and see if i can make that change, universally..
Or just reduce the time delay. It's there to discourage malicious folks from flooding the board with posts. If that wasn't a problem with the old board then it probably won't be with this one.JHEM wrote:We also need to figure out a way that the moderators can skip the "You can't post again so soon" time limit.
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flooding has not BEEN a problem with the old board, but this is a new day..
i can try that but it does not address the newest first sort..
i can try that but it does not address the newest first sort..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots & cockatoos
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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i think it IS turned on..
but maybe only for moderators or special users..
time for bed, ask me again tomorrow..
but maybe only for moderators or special users..
time for bed, ask me again tomorrow..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots & cockatoos
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
Sysop - forum.thinkpads.com
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She was not what you would call refined,
She was not what you would call unrefined,
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
~~~Mark Twain~~~
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