Major changes to the forum backend

Discussion in 'Forum announcements' started by dRD, Jul 11, 2005.

  1. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    We've implemented some major changes to the forum engine. Most of these changes are invisible to the average user for now, but there might be some weird problems with the forums during the next few days.

    If you see anything weird like "auto-tagged links" behaving badly, contact us immediately!

    Edit: One of the main changes the regular users will experience now is the fact that if you go to My Account and update your sig, all the messages where you have opted to show your sig, will update to use the new, updated sig.

    Edit 2: Now we've managed to fix the performance issue caused by yesterday's system change and the speed of the forums is back to normal.
     
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2005
  2. Alien13

    Alien13 Guest

    Cool, Will do :)
     
  3. Mr_Taz_UK

    Mr_Taz_UK Regular member

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    --- Edit: One of the main changes the regular users will experience now is the fact that if you go to My Account and update your sig, all the messages where you have opted to show your sig, will update to use the new, updated sig. ---

    Cool, I kept finding older versions of my sig and wanting to update them. But I guess I will have to find somewhere else to host it now as some hosting sites throw a hissy fit when a user takes too much bandwidth. That said, almost all of us get some webspace with our net access account tho, so we could always host our own.

    Cheers Boss

    :)
     
  4. borhan9

    borhan9 Active member

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    Thamxs for the update and info... although these are small changes they are goin to b worth while in the long term future of aD
    thanxs again :)
     
  5. l8nights

    l8nights Guest

    any options 4 those wishing to use "case-sensitive" sig's?
     
  6. Mr_Taz_UK

    Mr_Taz_UK Regular member

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    I dont know what you mean, mine has mixed case....?
     
  7. l8nights

    l8nights Guest

    just as there are ppl who just wear the media badge or ro certain link's could those change for different problem's being addressed or when posting in safety valve or general discussion could you drop the help badge and have a more up-beat sig I personally had this one to post when a resolution was reached
     
  8. l8nights

    l8nights Guest

    see it changed both not a big deal I guess I need to get a life huh? btw what do you mean your's has cases??
     
  9. l8nights

    l8nights Guest

    whoa just noticed in the reply screen it shows both different sig's but in the final result they are the same check it out I must be freaking out!!
     
  10. Mr_Taz_UK

    Mr_Taz_UK Regular member

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    ahhhh, you mean "topic" sensitive.
     
  11. l8nights

    l8nights Guest

    ya either topic sensitive or reply sensitive what was your understanding
     
  12. Mr_Taz_UK

    Mr_Taz_UK Regular member

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    'case' sensitive is usually taken to mean the text format:

    "UPPERCASE"
    "lowercase"
    "Title Case"
    "MiXeD CaSe"
     
  13. tEChniiQue

    tEChniiQue Guest

    Thanks for the info...
     
  14. gf3444

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  15. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    erm - serial numbers posted - why ?
    what's this got to do with this forum
    oh and no email addresses allowed..
     
  16. joebaxter

    joebaxter Guest

    is there any way to make it so when you delete one of your private messages that it won't show that you still have a private message ?
     
  17. Nephilim

    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    gf3444

    Let's have a look at the forum rules shall we? Your post had nothing to do with the topic of this thread and posting email addies isn't allowed. Try our XBox forums ;)
     
  18. Alien13

    Alien13 Guest

    What happened its stoped working i think because i can see sigs that are old and the new ones users have eg. leathal-b had the 50 cent clip now hes got 50 cent flipping around, but the old one is still visible in his old posts ?
     
  19. borhan9

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    @Alien13

    Yea I c that 2 both my old one and new one in the one Thread its a bit confussin....

    Cause i remember DrD said somethin awhile ago that the sigs have been edited that once u chance ur sifs it changes all ur past and future posts...

    U can c the diffrent sigs in mine and ur past posts and the new ones we just added can someone shed some light on this??
     
  20. andmerr

    andmerr Guest

    hey dRD i really am getting tired of typing or [bold] etc .Is there any way you can incorporate a phpbb setup into the board you are using like how you added that new button for unanswered posts.

    [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/andmerr/phpbb.jpg

    i know it makes me lazy but it was a thought.
     

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