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arezey

Joined: 16 June 2005
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16 August 2008 17:18 (UK time)

Yes, we've got an awesome forum revamp, but there's a couple of suggestions I'd like to make:

~~- A <hr /> be put just above the signature, making it more distinguishable. The signature could also be put in a smaller font by default.~~
~~- The smiley~~
- Those !@#%& <:s and ":s be transferred into html entities (< and " respectively) and as such allow putting those characters without having to escape them. I've been bugging about this since 1½ years and I will be continuing until it is fixed!

- A
someone wrote:
that'd let the user post who was the one posting it
~~- The signature be put below the attachments, signatures tend to be in the end.~~
- A permalink system? (I bet that wouldn't be too hard to do)
- [small]?
- A [list] tag or something that would make making lists like this fancier

- We need a paging system, it'd be nicer to have big threads not be split up but rather have pages.

- Nested quotes
- Maybe a list of online IRC users on the forum main page? Technically would be easy to accomplish using NAMES.

Edited: 08 November 2008 17:11

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ParaSait

Joined: 26 June 2007
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16 August 2008 18:44 (UK time)

Also, next to the Post Follow Up link there should be a Quote button so we shouldn't always write '@Member:'

This link is dead. It's only still here because, err... yknow, it's some sort of... memorial.

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James Bunting

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16 August 2008 23:16 (UK time)

aleksanteri wrote:
- Those !@#%& <:s and ":s be transferred into html entities (< and " respectively) and as such allow putting those characters without having to escape them. I've been bugging about this since 1½ years and I will be continuing until it is fixed!

Nice idea about encoding stuff.

I only do stuff with the the less than/greather than. The other symbols render OK as is.

Like " @

Do they not show up your browser?

Edited: 16 August 2008 23:17

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arezey

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17 August 2008 16:52 (UK time)

James Bunting wrote:

I only do stuff with the the less than/greather than. The other symbols render OK as is.

Like " @

Do they not show up your browser?

Well at least they do now

Great job!

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Dthdealer

Joined: 10 March 2007
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29 September 2008 11:28 (UK time)

*bump*

Can we have attachment-hit counters, to tell us how many times our attachments have been downloaded? Possible also a link to ReneagdeZone forums in the top-right instead of the menu would also be another improvement.
I have to thank you for the forum revamp once again, it is a well needed/wanted improvement.

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ParaSait

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29 September 2008 17:32 (UK time)

Dthdealer wrote:
*bump*
Can we have attachment-hit counters, to tell us how many times our attachments have been downloaded?

Hmm... Dunno... I don't really see the advantage of that feature.

This link is dead. It's only still here because, err... yknow, it's some sort of... memorial.

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Dthdealer

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30 September 2008 00:44 (UK time)

If we upload a mod, we could know if anyone has actually downloaded it yet.

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DarkRain

Joined: 01 March 2007
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30 September 2008 07:59 (UK time)

Dthdealer wrote:
If we upload a mod, we could know if anyone has actually downloaded it yet.

Yes, you are right.

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nyasudah

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30 September 2008 17:16 (UK time)

there are at least two ways to do it:
- the server counts the number of clicks, so it can be cheated up easily though its easier to make too
- the server counts the number downloads by ip address

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Dthdealer

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01 October 2008 06:47 (UK time)

PetiX wrote:
there are at least two ways to do it:
- the server counts the number of clicks, so it can be cheated up easily though its easier to make too
- the server counts the number downloads by ip address

Method 1 would require JavaScript and be glitchy
Method 2 would count how many people have accessed it, which would probably be the best way.
1 uses client-side scripts while 2 uses server-side scripts.

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nyasudah

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01 October 2008 16:51 (UK time)

method 1 can be done with php too (server side). i remember doing such a thing at school

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ParaSait

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01 October 2008 22:00 (UK time)

What if someone copies the download's URL and pastes it in the address bar? Then it doesn't count as a click, but he did download it. And that occurs quite a lot in this forum, as the attachment system is sort of buggy for some file formats.

This link is dead. It's only still here because, err... yknow, it's some sort of... memorial.

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Dthdealer

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02 October 2008 02:05 (UK time)

It wouldn't actually count the physical 'clicks' of the client, rather the amount of times the client has been redirected to the file via the link.

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nyasudah

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02 October 2008 03:26 (UK time)

thats why i said it can be cheated up easily

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40oz

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03 October 2008 04:05 (UK time)

Did avatar sizes increase for some people or is it just me>?

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Dthdealer

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03 October 2008 04:41 (UK time)

Several people have had their avatars enlarged

Edited: 03 October 2008 07:58

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DarkRain

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03 October 2008 09:44 (UK time)

Yes, I also noticed that. It's a bit odd.

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Dthdealer

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03 October 2008 09:45 (UK time)

It's ever since James started using a bigger avatar.

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ParaSait

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03 October 2008 16:11 (UK time)

Oh, I thought it was a problem with the configuration of my browser. I thought the font sizes were bigger somehow. So I tried Ctrl+Scroll, the images were "normal" again but the text was uber-small. OK, so it's not just me it seems =P

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nyasudah

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03 October 2008 20:46 (UK time)

it seems that it forces to stretch to 96x96

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Dthdealer

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04 October 2008 10:25 (UK time)

Its happened to all of the avatars that are user uploaded, hence why my ones aren't doing it. James probably edited the code for his larger avatar when he uploaded it, but it also affected everyone else who has uploaded their own.

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DarkRain

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04 October 2008 10:38 (UK time)

Dthdealer wrote:
Its happened to all of the avatars that are user uploaded, hence why my ones aren't doing it. James probably edited the code for his larger avatar when he uploaded it, but it also affected everyone else who has uploaded their own.

You are probably right.

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