TurtlesRock Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Is there any way you can add options so that we don't have to see people's sigs and don't have to see people's avatars? That would be really really nice.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 What's the matter...don't you like my avatar TurtlesRock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huck Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I think such options require changing forum code. Since the developers and the forum maintainers are the same people i think you'd prefer that they worked on µtorrent rather than made new forum options Though i think that some signature pictures are a bit too large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 vurlix said the software used for the forum might change since he wants to redesign the site sometime.. most other forums have that option you need (IPB/punBB/SMF).In most forums i visit, something around 500x150 25kB sig images are the max allowed. 500 might be a little wide for people with low resolutions, but the height is small enough and the filesize keeps pages from taking hours to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTufty Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'd suggest 400x120 as a max, personally.But if the software for the forum does change, can I make a personal plea NOT to even consider vBulletin? I hate that pile of trash, and a couple of the forums I was an active member on recently changed over to it - I've barely visited since. IPB isn't so bad, it's usable at least. Haven't tried the others, I personally prefer just phpBB for most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I'd suggest 400x120 as a max, personally.But if the software for the forum does change, can I make a personal plea NOT to even consider vBulletin? I hate that pile of trash, ...Well fucking said. :evil: The person who made vBulletin needs to be taken out back and shot! :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 ive never had problems with vBulletin, id still say invision power board is the best forum available if your willing to pay for it, the new versions admin cp is far nicer than the old v2.0 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I would really like to see which threads I have posted in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillado Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 If you're using Firefox you can just Adblock them if you really want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erissiva Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 If you're using Firefox you can just Adblock them if you really want to Or Greasemonky. I have a script installed that blocks sig images and avatars on all phpBB boards.vurlix said the software used for the forum might change since he wants to redesign the site sometime.. most other forums have that option you need (IPB/punBB/SMF). phpBB = Bad security, bloat = crapIPB = Just plain crapSMF = bloat, uber-slowness (I'm a contributer over there...Just trust me on this. After sinking hundreds into the project and having it continue to devour system resources and maintain the slownes of page loading almost makes me cry.) = horrible crap upon crappunBB = Beauty in simplicity, usability, easy to create templates (It just uses CSS), almost no server resources used, fast = wonderful and beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTufty Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 The main reason I'm not using punBB for my own forums was the lack of private messaging functions last time I checked... if they've added this now, I'll probably change to it, because I'm sick of phpBB by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erissiva Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 MrTufty - Private messaging is a mod (very good one at that) that was put together by ConnorHD: http://forums.punbb.org/viewtopic.php?id=9035punBBs creator was very adament about this:Some features that I have so far chosen not to implement are: private messaging, file attachments, polls, linking to off-site avatars, advanced text formatting controls, subforums etc etc. The jury is still out on some of these features, but don't expect them to pop up anytime soon. It should however be noted that most, if not all of these features have been realised in the form of third-party mods.However, every single one of these functions can be added with simple mods (On a test board I added every mod on this list, plus 4 others in 30min). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTufty Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I've downloaded it and I intend to check it out on my home server with an aim to putting it on my website soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Perheps we should divert vurlix's attention to punBB, then. With some of those mods too, Private messaging and off-site avatars are useful (prevent bandwidth usage on the forums). I never really needed polls though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Yeah, thanks for this PunBB link, Small low resource programs are the future!Probably going to use it myself soon.And if you like it, Digg it! http://digg.com/software/PunBB:_Forum_in_120K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 not to bothered about polls, but avatar and sig linking are useful. being able to see the last 10 topics u posted in is also very useful. Quick Reply is a must, phpbb should really add that mod into there actual package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erissiva Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Yeah. punBB has quickreply, but you can use a Greasemonkey script for phpBB quickreplying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 couldnt see any for opera browser. and i am not all that great with js Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I second (or third ) the request to switch to punBB...it looks wonderful IMHO. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vurlix Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I've already been considering punBB for a while now, and I will likely use it in the next version of the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Personally, I prefer eBlah, but that's in Perl, not PHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 just installed punbb and had a tinker with it. looks pretty good from what ive made of it so far. theres only a few tweaks i would make to it. eg larger font for post titles, remove who post was made by in the title. alter the coloured bars for the category and forum name to images instead. the coloured bars make the board look flat imo. the best free forum board ive seen so far. id still pick invision power board myself as its just so much nicer but because you have to buy it ( unless using the old free 1.3 version ) it just wouldnt be worth using it for the µTorrent board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erissiva Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 IPB may be nice, but it still has tons of bloat. Its like Azereus - they tried to fit every possible option in it, instead of staying with the basics.Also, there are some pretty good themes and stuff you can tweak to make your own over at http://punres.org . Or, just start your own from scratch - uses CSS...Not that hard to customize.Now, for all the changes you talk about, they're very easy to make. Most can be found here:http://punres.org/doku.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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