Forum Software Updates

[KillBill]

Looking good Mike.

Whats members only about the profile pages, do non members still get the old view?

[Benn]

Love the being able to change the colour. Beening having a play.. Havent a clue what i'm doing

[Giles]

why is the sponsered links being shown in threads? thought that was for non-members only?

[chip]

Originally Posted by Giles

why is the sponsered links being shown in threads? thought that was for non-members only?

Mike has already replied about that, its to generate more income.

[Giles]

Originally Posted by chip

Mike has already replied about that, its to generate more income.

Honestly??????
I n my opinion it completly ruins the feel of the forum. It turns it into another cheap and nasty commercially sponsered forum.

No other way of financing the site then? How do other forums do it?

[MikeWarner]

It is only a small ad, and at the end of the day, having it there helps the site, so it isn't unreasonable to ask to put up with them. I want to leave them there a while just to see how they perform there. I may make them for non members only later, but for, just let them be so I can evaluate them.

[BlackIce]

whats this profile visitor message thing, I see the 2 mig alcoholics have discovered it on mine

[Giles]

Ok Mike. (yeah you may have noticed I edited my post as I calmed down a bit)

[MikeWarner]

Giles - I use a vBulletin forum which is stupidly popular and it is covered in ads and people never seems to say anything. At the end of the day, people get used to change. I'm sure people won't like the facelift the site will get in a few weeks either, at least not to start with.

[chip]

Mike, you are answering your own question really, you use a forum covered in ads and you dont really notice them, which in turn means you obviously dont click on them, so given that everyone else will be the same, the clickthrough payments you see will be tiny IMHO

I do agree with Giles that it ruins the look of the site.

At the end of the day though, its worth a go, and its your site, so if you want to try them then fair enough,

[Benn]

Originally Posted by BlackIce

whats this profile visitor message thing, I see the 2 mig alcoholics have discovered it on mine

haha thats funny they have mine too.. user notes are back and full of spam.

[chip]

Originally Posted by Benn

haha thats funny they have mine too.. user notes are back and full of spam.

Indeed, they wont last, they never do, and thats probably for the best

[Benn]

yep. Cant stand the taste of spam..

[Andy_L]

Mike,

When replying to threads I can't selesct a different colour for the font to be in if I so wished.

[MikeWarner]

I'll check the permissions.

[Benn]

I had that. but its been ok now.

[MikeWarner]

Andy, are you using the full WYSIWYG editor? Check the settings in your userCP.

[Andy_L]

Originally Posted by MikeWarner

Andy, are you using the full WYSIWYG editor? Check the settings in your userCP.

I have now.

But still no cigar sort of When I click on the drop down arrow on colours I can a tiny white box and if I click in there I get different colours but can't see which ones I am choosing if you get me.

And no I'm not joking but it is fun clicking on it and seeing what random colours you get

[MikeWarner]

Sounds like an issue at your end tbh

[ad4mb1nns]

when creating a sig it wont let me change colours at all (apart from back to black)

its just a little white box that pops up..

[Boosha]

how about we get some picture editing software thrown into the advanced reply boxes as other forums have nowadays...

so much easier than resizing and uploading again do you not think ?

[MikeWarner]

If you upload to the gallery that resizes no prob. I think the attachment feature (for members) resizes, not 100% sure.

[Boosha]

Ah K, I was just thinking about general uploading to a post!