List of things to change

[SLOTEG]

are we unable to post external links for pics into the social groups? im trying to add some from the last meat and it only wants links from albums

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by SLOTEG

are we unable to post external links for pics into the social groups? im trying to add some from the last meat and it only wants links from albums

As per IRC, I'm working on that.. Not quite sure what the dillio is.

[SLOTEG]

werd
10 letters or more my ass

[badcf4]

something else thats been climbing in my crapperhole........When you send PM's back and forth it automaticly quotes the last message and once youve sent five or six pm's its kinda messy......i dunno if it buggs anyone else but i find it highly irritating

[Horny_Devil]

Originally Posted by badcf4

something else thats been climbing in my crapperhole........When you send PM's back and forth it automaticly quotes the last message and once youve sent five or six pm's its kinda messy......i dunno if it buggs anyone else but i find it highly irritating

ditto but u do have a delete button

[badcf4]

yuss, but computers were put here to save time also My mrs moans I spend far to much time on the net already so every second counts

oh and gecko, nice work on the massive array of emoticons

[Lycanthrope]

Expiry times for new posts could be something to look into - on the old forum when you'd login, the only threads that would show up as having new posts were the ones that had been posted in since your last visit.

Now, all threads show as having new posts unless you've read them or manually clicked "mark forum as read" on the main page. It's kindof annoying to see threads that show as having new posts when they haven't been posted in for a few days, or their posts haven't changed since the last time you logged in. Just a thought.

[Horny_Devil]

could always click mark forum as read? then u wouldnt have the problem

[Lycanthrope]

Well yeah, but I didn't have to do that before Maybe I'm just being lazy, but like I said, it's just a thought.

[GecKo]

That's been covered a few times before. This is the preferred way to do it as rather than leaving it up to Cookies/Session data which can get corrupted easily, it stores the threads you read in the database, so it's always perfect.

If you use the New Posts link at the top of the page, it actually differentiates between new posts and new posts since your last visit, otherwise just remember to click the mark all forums as read!

After a week or two of doing it this way I might make a thread and judge what people think of it, we can always switch it back to cookie/session marking.

[Horny_Devil]

yea i always hated it when the internet droped out and i lost all the new posts

[bmgjet]

May I request that there be a lost/found section in the TardMe part. Thanks

[GecKo]

And the purpose of such a forum would be?

[bmgjet]

So that people that have cars/rims stolen can post in there instead of making a new thread in general.

[jimityjim]

In the parts exchange forum i enjoyed browsing through everything listed haveing them seperated into catergories is o.k but its a real pain having to go back and the into other catergories when each catagorie may have only had one or two posts and seeing as i have a pretty lax job i find myself on here doing this up to 3 or 4 time a day . Would it be possible to make an all parts posts catergorie awswell so you either view by catergorie or if your a compulsive window shopper like me and like to look at everything your able to with ease?

[grandell]

what about a stickied 'Trademe Finds' thread? so if someone finds something on trademe that might be of use to someone, or is a really good price etc, they can let everyone know?

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by bmgjet

So that people that have cars/rims stolen can post in there instead of making a new thread in general.

I hear you, but this is something that came up on the old forums, I think for best exposure it's probably better left for GenDis. We don't really want to keep adding subforums just for the sake of it...

Originally Posted by jimityjim

In the parts exchange forum i enjoyed browsing through everything listed haveing them seperated into catergories is o.k but its a real pain having to go back and the into other catergories when each catagorie may have only had one or two posts and seeing as i have a pretty lax job i find myself on here doing this up to 3 or 4 time a day . Would it be possible to make an all parts posts catergorie awswell so you either view by catergorie or if your a compulsive window shopper like me and like to look at everything your able to with ease?

Sort of, with a little bit of search trickery. Check the attachment. Just to go to an Advanced Search, select all of the Buy Sell thread prefixes, and the Parts Exchange forum, as long as you select 'Include Child Forums' it'll show you every single post ordered from newest to oldest (Unless you specify otherwise), effectively being the same as the old system..

That what you're after?

[lowproz]

i like the new forums. but do we need the search verification thingy? If you can remove that then it'd be awesome

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by lowproz

i like the new forums. but do we need the search verification thingy? If you can remove that then it'd be awesome

If you're logged in you shouldn't get that...

[badcf4]

maybe im imagining it.....but this forum seems faster than the other ??? like to load up pages etc......cool

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by badcf4

maybe im imagining it.....but this forum seems faster than the other ??? like to load up pages etc......cool

Na you're probably not imaging it, most of the large javascript files are hosted with Yahoo, we also run a plugin to delete all of the unused code/whitespace in the html before it's being sent to your browser, so the files your downloading should be smaller.

[fr3ek]

YUI is it?

If anything they seem slower to me.... though that is the same for me with Talk Audio which is also VBB, so it may not mean anything.

[GecKo]

Originally Posted by grandell

what about a stickied 'Trademe Finds' thread? so if someone finds something on trademe that might be of use to someone, or is a really good price etc, they can let everyone know?

Sorry I missed your post, I'm not much of a fan of stickied posts for stuff like that eh, to me things get discussed out of order and it's just a real abortion. Will put it in the to discuss pile.

Originally Posted by fr3ek

YUI is it?

If anything they seem slower to me.... though that is the same for me with Talk Audio which is also VBB, so it may not mean anything.

Xtra prolly just hates you?

[fr3ek]

Originally Posted by GecKo

Xtra prolly just hates you?

This is true

[GecKo]

Is everyone happy with the current list of stuff I've got up there? Are people really hanging out for other things? Should I be changing my priorities etc?