falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Introducing... KillerSites Forums 2.0! Stefan asked me recently to do some upgrades to the KillerSites Forums, and I'm excited to present an upgraded version of the current forums. Obviously, the major change is an upgrade to the visual look and feel, but there are also several extensions I installed that I hope will make the forum more user friendly for regular members and moderators alike. New Features: Obviously, upgraded graphics, including a new login/logout/register buttons in the right of the navigation bar and a search field in the top right corner An "Active topics" section above the categories on the home page that displays the five most recently active topics The "Edit post" feature now is done with a bit of AJAX -- meaning less page refreshes and hopefully a better user experience Upgraded bbcode, with automatic code highlighting: You'll notice that there are now additional bbcode icons, including icons to insert HTML code, CSS, JS, and PHP. Code typed within these tags will automatically be highlighted for enhanced readability. This should be a very useful addition. Birthdays: This is optional, since I am sure some won't want to state their age, but now you can input your birthday into your profile. This might make it easier when replying to posts, since we might have an idea of the person's age when we are commenting. Updated "quote" functionality: You can now select the text you want to quote, and then click the "quote" button, and the text you selected will be placed within [/ quote] tags and entered within the quick reply box.Last Visit: If you select a user's profile page, it will now show the date when they last logged into the forum Textareas can now be resized -- just click and drag the handle in the bottom center of the textarea. Useful when posting a long topic. [b]Signatures[/b]: Signatures (within reason) are now allowed for members with over 50 posts. Hopefully this number is high enough that it will discourage spamming, but low enough that beginning members won't get discouraged. Images within signatures are still not allowed, and links both within the forum and within signatures still have the no-follow attribute. [b]Moderator Features:[/b] Moderators now have the option to lock an unruly user out of a specific topic if necessary. (Click the "lock" button below the user's post to lock that user out of the topic. Click "unlock" to unlock that topic.) Moderators can now move specific posts into a new topic -- useful for handling off topic posts. (Moderators, click the "moderate topic" link at the bottom of the page, select the specific posts, and then click "move selected posts") I hope that these changes will make the forum easier to use and more user friendly. If you have any comments, or notice any bugs, please post or send me a PM. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Minor additions regarding the forum icons: - "active topic" icon is a paper/pencil. - A regular or old topic/post is a blank sheet of paper. - Sticky posts use a tack/pin icon. - Locked posts have a lock icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well, I guess it looks ok. I am not crazy with all those pink and purple colors. It starting to look like the 90's all over again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am not crazy with all those pink and purple colors. All we are using is greens and grays...? A lot of the colors actually stayed the same, so I'm not sure what you're looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am not crazy with all those pink and purple colors. All we are using is greens and grays...? A lot of the colors actually stayed the same, so I'm not sure what you're looking at. Oh, it changed again. Now it's grey and black. ...no wait...now it red and blue.......argh!...now it green and yellow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am not crazy with all those pink and purple colors. All we are using is greens and grays...? A lot of the colors actually stayed the same' date=' so I'm not sure what you're looking at.[/quote'] Oh, it changed again. Now it's grey and black. ...no wait...now it red and blue.......argh!...now it green and yellow... I think he's trying to pull our legs! Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Who? ME? Seriously, I did noticed that when I update my signature/profile, I get this error at the top of the page before it refreshes: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/killersi/public_html/forums/profile.php(1004) : eval()'d code on line 16 Other than that, it's looking super! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Introducing... KillerSites Forums 2.0! Technically, it is KillerSites Forums 3.0! But who's counting! Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 @newseed - Yeah, I saw that too when I changed my signature. I believe I have that fixed. @stefan - Good point. Version 2.0 of the PunBB forum though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Okay, I don't see signatures........ :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Okay, I don't see signatures........ :/ Double check your profile setting -- some users have signatures turned off in their profiles. I'm seeing signatures -- like yours, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicnicTutorials Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Looks nice guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Looks nice guys! Glad you like. But I can't take credit, Ben did all the heavy lifting ... I just said go. Anyway, the 2nd of many changes to bring killersites back to where it belongs. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Looks nice guys! And you get your signature finally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amki Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I'm lonesome. Every post on here is from someone with more than 2000 posts. Bet I can win on one point, though. Bet I'm the oldest. Write message (Required) Does that mean I can't use smoke signals or morse code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicRauch Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I will take up that age challenge. Do you top 64? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cool, let's hope we get some more posters, it'a been kind of quiet around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirNessyUK Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Its looking good guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Bet I can win on one point, though. Bet I'm the oldest. Over 67 like me?? New forum's looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddyalfie Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Bet I can win on one point' date=' though. Bet I'm the oldest. [/quote'] HA and HA again! I'll be 70 in April! Old Vikings never die: They are just nor horny after a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 @Wickham 67, you have to be joking.... @DaddyAlfie Congrats on your sharp mind...and horny helmet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuCoder Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Great job - looks good & great ideas on the new features. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cool, let's hope we get some more posters, it'a been kind of quiet around here. It has been quieter but still say 30 posts a day ... last time I checked. But, I can guarantee that this place will soon be jumping again - we have a lot of upgrades/changes in the works. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 looking good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinne Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am glad to be part of this forum......and the new forum looks great!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am glad to be part of this forum......and the new forum looks great!!!!!!! I'm glad you like it. There are also a few subtle changes to the functionality of the forum that should make it easier to work with: - the text editor window can be re-sized. - the recent posts at the top of the page. - the easier to see icons etc ... I find it is even affecting me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I notice the frog icon not cleanly covering the frog in the banner in Opera... I see to frog noses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
administrator Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I notice the frog icon not cleanly covering the frog in the banner in Opera... I see to frog noses. Can you send us a screen shot? ... Though to be honest, we design for: - IE6 + - Firefox - Safari Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I notice the frog icon not cleanly covering the frog in the banner in Opera... I see to frog noses. That should be fixed now. Let me know if it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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