After about 10 hours of being down, Flare is back, and better than ever.
Well, nearly anyway.
All ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND posts made have been returned, with the exception of about 750, which I can't find.
We're now running a state-of-the-art UBB - so new that it hasn't been released yet! Being the guy in charge of programming the thing does have its advantages.
A few things have changed for the worse.
First, there are only two member levels now - Member and Senior Member. The Senior Member threshold is still 250.
Second, you can no longer change your title if you are a Senior Member. You will need to ask an Administrator to do so for you.
Third, for those of us who are still Netscape users - UBB6 is TERRIBLE in terms of rendering times. I've taken steps to try and reduce this, but I don't know how successful they'll be.
Fourth, we actually look like a generic UBB now. Can't do much about that, YET.
Fifth, the new post flagging is a bit unusual if you're not used to UBB6. To clear the new post flags, visit the My Profile link above, then hit the appropriately titled link there. I'll be moving that up front soon.
Sixth (phew), the search is STILL down. Yes, I know. Sorry.
Seventh... as all of you know, I've had the UBB set to not show email addresses for a LONG time. While I've turned that setting off, I have switched all the profiles into hidden mode. If you want your email address viewable, you can edit your profile. I encourage you to use the private messaging system instead.
Stay tuned for more exciting changes, such as the ability to post without logging in first.
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Charles Capps ]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Yes, welcome to the new-and-improved Flave. Erm... I mean "Flare"...
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Everyone's Flave-orite Forum!
Posted by Jay (Member # 19) on :
It's *sniff* a thing of beauty!
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Oh - and new graphics ARE on the way. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
I don't like the mandatory login feature. I don't like the new "25 posts per page" limit." I don't like the times being in PDT. I don't like having to bother an admin to change my statusline for me (especially since they'll probably fuck it up anyway--Islenska's a tricky language). And these colors are horrid. Garak's thoughts on the decor in the apartment of Julian Bashir, secret agent come to mind.
Sometimes an upgrade isn't....& shouldn't be.
And another thing: is there a way to come in cookieless like there was on the previous incarnation? The "new post" icons irritate my buttocks.
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Shik ]
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Wow. Way to go, Charles!
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
quote:I don't like having to bother an admin to change my statusline for me
There's an easy way to change this. Optional fields can be activated in the CP under "Registration".
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Another thought just occurred to me, Charles. You said that all 100,000 posts had been returned. Does this mean that all of the archived and removed threads from 1999 have been returned?
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Spike: Uh, hi. I'm Charles Capps. I work for Infopop. I'm in charge of the official UBB code. I know where the options are.
The custom member profile status field is a new official addition to 6.1.0. It previously had to be hacked in by the board admin.
There is no faccility for users to change their status line (as Ted has indicated for us not to allow them to do so), so all status line changes must be done by the admins instead.
Siegfried: Most of them, yes. There are a few missing. I don't know where they are.....
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
Didn't know about this changes. It works in 6.04 so I thought it should work in 6.1 too.
Posted by Prakesh (Member # 265) on :
Errm... Yup. It's different allright. Caught me by surprise.
Too early to form an opinion about.
Posted by Prakesh (Member # 265) on :
Allright. I have returned from my little walk through the new Flare.
I hope the colours and graphis will change someday, because it looks so not-Flare .
Posted by The_Evil_Lord (Member # 256) on :
quote:Second, you can no longer change your title if you are a Senior Member. You will need to ask an Administrator to do so for you.
Ack! Nooooo! Just when I was so close to becoming a full-fledged wacko boardmember!
Well, Flare's new look takes some getting used to, it's certainly a major overhaul... but it doesn't feel very "Flare-ish" yet/any longer. But I'm confident this new UBB'll carry the torch
Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
Ok, and now to the important bit. Does the CPanel work yet, or is logging into the server still necessary?
Posted by JeffKardde (Member # 411) on :
I completely, 100% agree with Prakesh. I want the old Flare colors back ... please?
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
Me like. Me like lots. Although I do agree with those hoping this color scheme isn't permanent.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I thought I'd stumbled across the wrong website - before I did a double take.
I'm sure I'll get used to it, but...
I liked the old flare. the old colours, the old graphics. and all the old features were just enough without becoming overkill. Do we really need to know which number member we are or have to log in? The colours are brighter too... or am I just tired!?!
Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
I guess this will do. Indeed the color scheme needs work. It needs to be darker heheh
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Ack! This is a bit...um.. man I'm not even sure what to say. Extremely different comes to mind.
Plus the whole admin being the only one to change your status line does suck a little. I guess I'll have to agree with Shik on all this, especially on the time zone. There wouldn't happen to be a way to have each person set their timezone?
Or it could just take some time to get us to.
PS: How is Capps #9? Wouldn't he be #1? And since he's not, who is?
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by JeffKardde (Member # 411) on :
Overkill indeed. The TrekBBS is bad enough in that regards. Less is more, and Flare was more, thank you much.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Speaking of the member numbers....what DO they mean? Its not alpha....it can't be date of registration...can it? What is it mean? A hit-list? Nooooo...
You know...looking through this one thread, alpha order works for almost everyone except for AndrewR...and Jeff....oh nevermind
Oh...and I kinda like the colours and design myself....clean is good
Oh yeah...quick question, I can't seem to update my email address to [email protected] is that simply because we banned freemail addresses like waaaaaay back?
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Mucus ]
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I think it has to do with when we registered. For instance, whoever registered right after me would be member #72, etc.
As for how CC got to be #9... *shrug*
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Oh yeah...and Capps... this works perfectly fine in Mozilla 0.9 so anyone using Netscape of any flavour can upgrade to that Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Yes, the color scheme will be tweaked, BUT it will remain light. I've been planning to go lighter for months, and frankly I like it.
And yes, the graphics will be tweaked and replaced where needed (probably today).
As for the member numbers... well, they've never really been an issue before. They're used by the UBB's search features. Because you can now change your publicly displayed name, the UBB can no longer reliably search by username. Therefore, it has to search by user number.
The numbers are sorted by registration date. In the case of multiple registrations on the same day, they're sorted by name. In this case, I was one of ~70 who registered on 03-12-1999. In alphabetical order, I'm member number 9.
Mucus: UBB works fine in all Mozilla builds - I use the nightlies to develop the darn thing after all.
JeffKardde: I've tried to keep the clutter down as much as possible - all the extra features that Flare has never had that CAN be turned off have been.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Thanks to the always industrious Charles Capps, I have been boggled. I fear I may never become unboggled. Nice work.
Still, I remember when we all used wwwboards, and we liked it, damn it! Kids these days, with their UBBs and their "hyperlinks" and their "internet." Out of my yard, I tells 'em!
Posted by The Shadow (Member # 36) on :
Shik: I imagine most of those concerns will be resolved eventually, since this is a beta version of the UBB, and the final will allow more modification. In the meantime, as a Germanic language enthusiast, I can personally take responsibility for the integrity of your status line. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Or me. As long as you provide the correct accents and whatnot, I can do it right. I'm pedantic about those sorts of things, anyway...
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
quote:all the extra features that Flare has never had that CAN be turned off have been.
Not all. You forgot PM.
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Spike ]
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
PM == Good.
We once had a person enter here and begin harvesting email addresses for spammage... I turned off the email display for ages afterwards.
Besides, the PM system is going to be changing quite a bit in the next few releases...
Posted by fructose1 (Member # 309) on :
I like the new layout. It looks fresh. The old one was good too, but this looks a little more modern.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
I've updated the colorscheme with something a little different. The graphics are next.
Those of you using CSS1 compliant browsers such as IE (75% of you) or Mozilla (~3%) will notice the links are a little more obvious now.
Those of us still using Netscape 4... well... what can I say? *L*
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Charles Capps ]
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
Some Topic headlines are now bold and others not.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Unvisited -> Bold. Visited -> Normal.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
You know.....now that we know member numbers easily...we could make fun of each other by number just like on slashdot
"Oh....you have a number past 500, you must be the scum of the earth...I'm one of the original 70"..that kind of thing
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Hmm. . .
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Yes, I think it's a bit too much information. If people want to konw that bad, look up the profile...
Also, Spike, who are you? Are you Fitz, as your sig says? How did you change your name????
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
And this "Explorer is better than Netscape" setting this forum has gotten is very irritating. It takes forever to laod, but I'll be Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick before I visit EVERY ONE OF MY BOOKMARKS SO I CAN SAVE THEM IN EXPLORER SINCE THEY'RE NON TRANSFERRABLE!!!!!!!!!
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Nimrod ]
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Oh look! Now the "message has been edited" notice is put right after the message, instead of in the bottom, under the sig.
Thanks! Rub it in my face! Just because I don't write "popsicle" every day!!! *sob*
Posted by MasterMind (Member # 607) on :
Mmm...nice job. Whats up with the space between the smilie area? Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
What space?
Posted by MasterMind (Member # 607) on :
between the razz and the second smilie there is a space... then a space then Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Ah... er. hm.. I don't see what you're talking about.
We're dealing with new Graemlin code in beta 2...
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
I'm fine with changing status lines, but why are people starting to change names? Spike, "Commodore" TSN? Or if Commodore TSN is another person, isn't that "posing as a superior officer"? People get shot for that... Posted by JeffKardde (Member # 411) on :
I think TSN and Commodore TSN are the same person with different SNs. Ain't that right, TSN?
Hey, Charles, could we switch back to EST?
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Commodore TSN and TSN are different profiles, although you now CAN change your display name.
And no. We're staying on PST. Deal with it.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
So what, people can change their names now?? I saw that Fabrux changed his name to X5-453.
Hmm.. nevermind, I didn't check the profile editing page.
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
You Left Coast people really piss me off. Just because you got earthquakes and volcanos and all that environmental hippie shit you think you're the cock's ass, the shit of the land. Bah.
Awll will fawll befowuhe the powuh of Da City. Y'gots no chance t'suhvive make y'time, muddahfukkahs. Now g'won....go get a cannoli, jabroni.
Posted by X5-453 (Member # 71) on :
Oh well. So now I have to subtract 4 hours instead of 1... I can deal with that.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
And I nine instead of six. I had just gotten used to looking at the watch and thinking the arm is on the exact other side...
X5-453? Where did that come from? Is it your serial number? Are you a model T-800?
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Dark Angel, if I'm not mistaken.
I'm curious as to how hard it would be have the UBB have personalized time zones... is it something to do with times on non-dynamic pages?
Posted by The Shadow (Member # 36) on :
All the pages seem to be dynamic these days...
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Seem, yes. They're not.
Personalized timezones CAN happen... it depends how much Javascript I can pull off.
Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
It's quite possible to be done- the personalized time zones. Spacebattles has that and it's really convient there.
Oh, and I've seen other UBB boards with this feature, but I can't think of where or I'd ask them about the code, might make things faster.
[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: Teelie ]
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
OK, Charles, you said that soon we may be able to post without logging in first. That's fine, but will I still have to have my cookies turned on even without having to log in?
Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
Oh, and in the reply screen, could the replies be flipped so you see the last one first and the first one last? That way you can see what was last said.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
If you choose to turn cookies off once you can post without logging in, you'll still need to enter your un/pw each time... otherwise, there won't be any problems.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I've always been use to it being in my timezone. Now it's a pain in telling new posts since the last time I was here.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Psst. Posted by Soontir_Fel (Member # 392) on :
Hey Charles, love the new page. To quote Zero from WC , "Yeah, all neat and shiny."
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
The Third Coming of Flare is altogether too much for me to handle...
Everything just looks really awesome. Excellent job, Mr. Capps. However, I'm not sure if I like everyone changing their user names on me (ahem... Fabrux... Frank...).
Posted by Waka (Member # 36) on :
Aw, let me have my fun.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Frank, I will not let you have your fun. Thanks to Charles restoring all the archived threads, I found the old interrogation threads.
I took one hell of a beating from you during the Pompatus Wars. I'm still ticked about that one...
Posted by Waka (Member # 36) on :
Oh, yeah, I remember that...heh heh... Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
That name-changing thing is going to be so annoying. People are going to start changing their name on a whim. It was bad enough when they changed it every time everything got destroyed...
And, to answer a question, "Commodore TSN" is a separate profile I set up a long time ago. I found it still existed, so I used it for that one post, since it's what I used for a similar post a long time ago.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
I see. You just put on your parade uniform one more time, then slammed them medals in the closet again. Posted by Balalaika Gap (Member # 36) on :
Changing our names on a whim? What? Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Nimrod: Something like that.
Frank: Ha.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Maybe we should establish some forum manners? The first should be: if you are gonna change your user name on a whim and fairy, at least put your aka [insert more commonly known as name here] in your signature.
That oughta cut down on the confusion.
Ahem... Frank...
Posted by Balalaika Gap (Member # 36) on :
My status line (or a list of the works of Camper Van Beethoven) will always reveal my true identity. Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
That's it, Frank (or is it really Franklin or Francis?). The gloves are off. Let's take this to the Officer's Lounge so that I can open a Pompatarian Can of Whoop-Ass on you! Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
We'll be busier than onelegged men in an asskicking contest!
Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
OOOOoooohhh! I found a new UBB, and it looks even better than Flare
I finally get to change my name, and get rid of that stupid alias
It loads very fast in Netscape 6.01, and I only have a 56k connection.
Pitty you cannot change your status line yourself Why do you need a mod to change it anyway??
Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
It still loads the first page when adding a reply (wait a minute... adding?)
Is that going to be 'fixed' soon?
And I'm member #4?? COOL!
Posted by Balalaika Gap (Member # 36) on :
Regarding the status line thing, the old Flare was a modified UBB, but the current one isn't, so that particular feature hasn't been implemented yet.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Oh, Frank, you do know that once you change a display name, you can never go back... right? Posted by Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :
I have to say that so far I have mixed feelings about the changes.
What I like: -Instant Graemlins (as long as people don't overuse them) -Instant UBB code -New thread category layout -Fewer posts per page ( ~kindof)
What I don't like: -Colour scheme (too bright) -People changing their usernames -Requiring an admin to change status line ( but I know you're working on it) -Not being able to look at someones post in edit mode -Crappy member number
[ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: Gurgeh ]
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
So I decide to dissappear for one weekend and all hell breaks loose. AAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Anyways, it's about time that we got a brand new UBB. Although I will echo the many sentiments of other members over the lost features from the old forum.
Suggestion: Get back the feature that allows us to change our status line, as well as the diversified ranking system.
Also, hide the post numbers and the member numbers as well. I don't want to see anyone use member number or number of posts to exude any form of authority whatsoever. Place it back where it should be, in the member profile.
Make the thread display list back to 10 days instead of 45 days.
Make a rule regarding name changes allowing Administrators access to make such changes. And have it so that Members can change names after a certain time period. Already my head is hurting from all these people changing their names.
Put back that column identifying the number of topics in a forum.
Other than that, it looks cool. Kudos. Guess we won't have to spring that clone designed to replace you, huh?
But unless you fix those features, maybe we will.....
[ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: Tahna Los ]
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Bwoehahahahaha!!!
I have changed my username from that stupid Prakesh nick to my real name: Harry!!
And that is the last time I want to use that changename thing. It is way to confusing.
And how I'm supposed to put my 'aka' in my status line if can't change the thing?
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Now I know where I saw this colour scheme before!!! Napster!!
It's nice, I like pale blue and its variations, actually. I had it as windows background before. I was used to read bright text on darker background on Flare of course, but I can get used to this.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
I've gotten used to the colors. They seem to have been toned down slighly since first seeing. But the "15 posts per page" this is...icky.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
15?? I see, I thought it was 25. It'll take a lot of clicking in a 200-post thread. Like, 13 pages. But it will look well fed, as threads come. Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
How about those smilies created by Baloo and RW? Would be nice to get those in there.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Re: Tahna's suggestions...
1) No. Beyond the abilities of the stock UBB. 2) No. Member numbers are a required element for UBB functionality 3) Change it yourself - click My Profile 4) No. 5) No.
Thank you for your input.
And as for the smilies.. they're HUGE - putting them in the instant click area (as would be required due to the way the UBB does them now) would be ugly ... very ugly.
Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
I'm sure some of this coding can be hacked to make this board more "natural" looking like it used to be? Especially the instant Graemlins and the Mac-looking UBB Code options. Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Uh, well, I just swapped out all the images.... but the instant code icons are still the same. Lovely.
If you're seeing broken images: don't bother complaining. Use a browser that supports PNG, which would be pretty much anything done in the past two years... If you're seeing green - I know about it, and am trying to figure out WTF is wrong.
[ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: Charles Capps ]
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
The following things I'm mentioning - they maybe unable to do but I'm gonna 'let you know' that there's another person who has 'qualms' with that particular problem.
I agree with the notion of not being able to change names... well, maybe give everyone a chance to change their names to what they've wanted then get rid of the feature.
If you want the aka thing - I do think that the subtitle under the name - should be able to be changed by ourselves on a whim.
Re the brighter forum - fine, but does the reading/text sections have to be the brighter parts!?! It seriously is a strain on the eyes after a while. The forum can have brighter colours but have text sections/message sections that aren't WHITE!
The whole login/logout thing - I don't mind it from home, but when at uni- it sucks...
I agree about the number of posts/number you registered. if it can't be deleted can it just not be shown!?! I.e. its part of each message, but we don't see it - but the search function can still read the number.
The 'this post has been edited...' was better UNDER all the text.
Oh, and can you on the message writing page, put the post reply button under this box where I'm typing in, it sucks having to scroll down to press the button.
Andrew
P.S. Is there anyway to make the 'title' of each forum and their description have a greater width, and reduce the width of the 'latest post' column... it looks ugly, especially witht he 'title' column or squashed up to have titles like "Starships and Technology" on two lines etc. Just cosmentic.
Oh. Also, the person that wrote a particular message can't delete their own message? Why is that function still not available?
Andrew
P.P.S
Oh, and when you DO click that link of the 'front page' to go to the latest topic, it doesn't take you to the latest post, it takes you back to page 1 (if there's more than one page). Cause if I wanted to read the entire thread, I'd actually go into that forum proper, cause I wouldn't click on one of those front page topics, if I hadn't seen what the entire thread was about.
Andrew
[ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: AndrewR ]
[ May 28, 2001: Message edited by: AndrewR ]
Posted by Light from a Cake (Member # 36) on :
Some of us like the name-changing feature...
Posted by TLE (Member # 280) on :
And some of us use it too much. Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
*cough* *cough* Frank G. *cough*
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
1) Deal with it. If someone wants to change their names, I see no reason why they should not. The AKA might happen. Might not.
2) Deal with it. I have seen no complaints at all concerning readability. I think it's actually much EASIER to read now...
3) Note the LOGOUT link. Duh.
4) No. Deal with it.
5) Deal with it.
6) That is on the list of things to be fixed.
7) No, not easily. It's a UBB bug that is far too complicated to fix easily.
8) Designed behavior. You may not delete your own posts at Flare. If I could, I'd also prevent mods and admins from doing it.
9) Known issue.
I apologize if I come off brash, but I just had the past two fucking hours worth of work wiped out because of a stupid netscape bug. I am less than happy.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Werd.
We've been snotty to you, so I see absolutely NO problem at all with you being snotty to us. Parity, Bubba--it's the way of the universe.
And since I was the first "purveyor of mucial attitude"....I appreciate the work & the jam. Anything I mentioned...well, I never expected immediate work on it. You deal with "eventually" a lot in my line of work.
Posted by TLE (Member # 280) on :
I'm not complaining much (well I am against all this damned bright white. I'm going blind here), although I am suggesting a few things, and Netscape= pure hell I know. It always pissed me off just opening the damned thing.
Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
Get Nestcape 6.01 if you want to stick with Netscape. It loads ultra fast using that browser.
I like the colors the way they are now
And I love the 'update post indicaters' link. Although, if I may make a suggestion, it might be a good idea to put it on top of every page.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I'm not sure what the "Update Post Indicator" function is supposed to do. . . and, I take it the 'new posts' buttons have been changed, kinda threw me when I came online this morning and those lightbulbs were gone. Much better though. 8)
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
AAH! I clicked the "update post indicators" button and it said "No cookie for you!!!" You cookie nazi you! Give me my cookies back!
Isn't cookies what makes the forum remember my password so that I don't have to retype it when I log in????
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
First return since the 'upgrade.'
It's so... *look of dire uncertainty*... colorful...
Look! My eye's twitching!
I really don't know about this... Then again, I'm not here for the color schemes or the cutsey features.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Well I already like it! The blue is good, and it makes the white look more creamy like, kinda like eggshell. Good taste.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
This is a good example of how people react to change. Badly.
You can't please everybody either, Capps knows that too. Some people don't like all the member info shown, or the timezone change...myself mainly.
Overall though I like what you've done, the colors, the layout, etc. This seems so much more brighter and modern. The old layout, which was also nice was a lot darker and more simplistic.
But I have one final comment. I don't understand why everyone can change their names, but senior members need an admin to change their status line. I think it'd make more sense the other way around. But that's just the UBB code I guess...
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Yikes, Charles. My sympathies on the crash.
Anyway, I stand by my original comment of "Wow!" I like the new color scheme a lot. Blue's my favorite color, so, naturely, this scheme is truly awesome to me.
The name changing doesn't bug me, truth be told. I'm just doing a running gag with Frank ( ). The AKA thing would be nice I wouldn't worry about it. We can always set up a thread called "You Might Remember Me From Such User Names As..." in the Officer's Lounge for the name changers to post in. Except for Frank because he's evil (Frank: ).
Now, Charles, go relax before you pop a blood vessel!
By the way, I love all the new smilies!
Posted by Totalimmortal (Member # 36) on :
Besides, everyone knows who I am anyway. I transcend name! Bwahaha!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Hey, Charles, np - about the 'attitude'... I know the feeling of loosing stuff cause of a (usually) a windows crash - or Netscape... it does crash a lot for me. I can't use Explorer on my machine - tis too old... and not enough space... maybe when I get my new 'puter (although I'd like to know when - any donations to the 'get Andrew a new computer' fund would be greatly appreciated
I'll have to go back and read what my original questions were though to work out your answers - most were no.
Just about a few things briefly
- the colours are nice - but the total white is a bit harsh.
- I really don't care THAT much about the name changes, its just a little boggling why we can't change our description line ourselves, is all. (I do appreciate Frank having Frank on his 'description line' though. (Although we all know a Frank post )
- ummmm I've forgotten the last thing. Oh, yeah - ummm, just reguards this box I'm typing in, is it possible to have it a little further up the page (in the reply page) cause there's a lot of stuff above it which makes you have to move the page down after you've typed greater than 7 lines or so.
Sorry if I've said this already.
I'll have to go back and read my previous post.
Andrew
P.S. I noticed that the moving e-moticons stop after a while... they're not infinite.
Andrew
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Now that I'm at work using IE instead of Netscape, and the download time per page isn't half an hour, I like it better.
Okay, I'll give it a passing grade.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The animated smileys seem to be set to run infinitely, but, even as I was checking that, they stopped. But I reloaded and have been watching them, and now they aren't stopping. I don't know what the deal is...
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
They stop when you klick on a link, I think.
[ May 30, 2001: Message edited by: Spike ]
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
That rhymes!
About time zones... I don't really care - but wouldn't Greenwich Mean Time make more sense, because everyone should know what their time zone is compared to GMT. Like Australian Eastern Standard Time is +10 GMT... its when different states and different countries get 'summer' or 'daylight savings' changes to their time zone - that is when anything other than GMT makes things very crazy indeed...
Andrew.
P.S. Charles is there anyway, to have the subject title/page title appear when you click the back button - i.e. and see the previous 10 pages or so... cause at the moment they all just say Flare... maybe a title for the front page and one for each topic section, then if you've finished with that particular forum, you can go right back to the start or, it saves you when you're in the middle of a thread from ending up at your message after a reply or at page '2' when you've just been reading page '5'.
Andrew
[ May 30, 2001: Message edited by: AndrewR ]
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I really like how each person's post appears in the "Topic Review" when you write your own post. It makes it much easier to quote numerous people's posts in the same post.
Although it didn't seem to happen with this post...
Also, I just thought of something...If anyone can change their names, what's to stop some unscrupulous ne'er-do-well from changing his name to Charles Capps and performing all sorts of mischief in the Maker's Name?
[ May 31, 2001: Message edited by: Dukhat ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Well that's where the member number comes in.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
There are protections in place to prevent that.
Oh, and the topic review will stop showing up after there are > 25 posts in a thread (meaning it's multiple pages_. An alternative is in the works.
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
Well I've just been away for 5 days with my family. I couldn't get onto Flare last night (Friday) and now that I have I see why. Oh and I had to Login again - where's that password!!!! HELP!
My questions are; 1) Why the change? 2) Did I miss the advanced warning? and 3) What's UBB Coding?
[ June 02, 2001: Message edited by: akb1979 ]
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
1) It's two years overdue. 2) It's two years overdue. 3) It's a markup code that functions as an easy to use alternative to HTML.
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
quote:Originally posted by Charles Capps: 1) It's two years overdue. 2) It's two years overdue. 3) It's a markup code that functions as an easy to use alternative to HTML.
1) Fair enough. Personally I found nothing wrong with the previous display format and stuff. But hey, you're the boss! 2) The advanced warning is two years overdue? That's OK then as I've only been here for just under two months and still have looooads to learn about this place. (That includes learning to read the section holding messages from The Powers That Be ). 3) Oh brother! I can only just about cope with basic HTML, now I have to learn a completely new technical format thingy! Awww! I've got a headache!
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I just have to know, Charles. Have Forum 10 finally been released from its agonizing existence of somewhere between life and death? Please tell me that Forum 10 has finally been given a new chance at life in another plane of existence! Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Forum 10... sounds like Section 31!
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Forum 10 has gone to meet the great BBS in the sky, I think. The OL has been renumbered to 10, AFAIK.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Blessed be the Capps, then... Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What WAS board 10... or what ever!?!
Posted by Jeff Kardde (Member # 411) on :
It was the porno-forum. For discussions of fine porn, and what was porn for porn's sake, and what was porn for art's sake. As I recall, the younger forum members used to post huge diatribes on the inconsitencies and nitpickings of porn flicks.
I think they missed the whole point of porn flicks.
But I digress. And when the Fundies shut the porn forum down ... well, Flare died. But then CC came up with the great idea of making this a "sci-fi" forum -- and so, Flare survived to this day.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
"Server Guardian has disabled CGI processing due to an overload condition CGI processing will be re-enabled within 2 minutes"
This happens every time I try to post. Why?
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Because something on the server is triggering the Guardian... I'll inquire tonight.
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
The Guardian? Sounds like a tough guy. I'm gonna step outside while you deal with him. If I hear screams and see any body parts flying, expect to see only my dust! HEHE!
What is the Guardian anyways?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
It would appear to be a bit of software that stops CGI processing if the server gets overloaded...
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
We're on the same server and Apache set as the problematic site (x20 on SIX).
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Ok, so we should all change from pconnect to connect? First of all, how would one do that???
Hehe, sorry to come with more crap, but I noticed that if you want to bold or italic something in a message, it only works if it's the last and most recent word in the message. If you go back in your message and want to insert bold text at an earlier point in the message, the word will still pop up in the bottom so you have to cut and paste it up to where you'd want it to sit.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
That's why you can use the tags on yer own. Try it - click the "UBB Code is Enabled" text on the left of the post box for examples and instructions.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
The Guardian... sounds like you were talking the Watcher in the Water from "The Fellowship of the Ring"! Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on :
One question... Would it be possible to add a feature in future UBBs to have a 'subscribe to thread' feature like in vBulletin? 3D Gladiators has begun to utilize it, and I find it very useful. (sorry for dredging up this old thread, I've been a way for a while). Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on :
I just have to say it. This place look sooo good! (has anybody seen SFA v4 forums?, yuck!)
I'm definately coming here more often. Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
The problem with that is that UBB can only send out up to 200 mails in a short period of time... email notifications are VERY popular. Medium to large boards would fill that queue in no time flat.
We're thinking about ways around the limitation.
Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on :
I figured that was the problem. I'm really looking forward to v6.1 now.
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