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Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:52 am
by FrancisHarmany
Yes might be smart to have seperate problem solving.

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Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:30 am
by Immanuel
On the other hand, I would love to see devices split into:

- Stand alone devices
- Modular Modules

:)

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:46 am
by Shroomz~>
John Cooper wrote:Sometimes I do think we have too many forums. Maybe we should combine some....
-John
Combining the problem solving, modular, music or devices forums would be a big mistake imo. Maybe I've missed a worthwhile forum or two, but at the end of the day if you just want a chatroom, then make it so. I don't think anyone here would want forums to be a burden on you after all. As far as I'm concerned though, you've played a major part in the continuation of Scope through keeping this site running, so thanks a million for that.

cheers,
Mark

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:04 am
by FrancisHarmany
Shroomz~> wrote:
Combining the problem solving, modular, music or devices forums would be a big mistake imo. Maybe I've missed a worthwhile forum or two, but at the end of the day if you just want a chatroom, then make it so.
Maybe even add more sections to the current Pulsar Files section....

it be neat if we could tag post depending on content. are such systems availible for phpBB ?

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:07 am
by ChampionSound
One thing I always wondered is: What is the proper place to put general questions about Scope (about certain scope devices, scope hardware or other scope related questions to be answered by other members)? I always felt that a question doesn't fit in the Problem Solving Forum as there is no actual problem, and it's not intended to start a Scope Discussion either ;)
It might be a good idea to combine some forums, but I thought maybe it would be nice to add a sort of Q&A forum? Just a crazy idea here... Or is the Discussion forum the right place for this?

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:15 pm
by Immanuel
If you want to discuss Scope, and you don't have an actual problem at hand, then most of the time, the 'Discussion' area is the place to go. :)

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:40 pm
by basati
thank you John Cooper

for the forum.



i like this "old"-new layout very much.
Great. :D

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:17 pm
by John Cooper
FrancisHarmany wrote:
it be neat if we could tag post depending on content. are such systems availible for phpBB ?
Back before phpBB2, I had heavily modified the phpBB 1.4 code to support my own tagging system for planetz files, complete with custom search filters, etc. When I upgraded to phpBB2, I asked everyone how much they used that stuff, and nearly everyone said they did not use it. So I abandoned that custom code.

Being less customized makes it easier to upgrade when they release newer versions of phpBB...

-John

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:35 am
by valis
I vote for the easier to maintain route as phpbb's popularity makes it a big target for automated attacks on the web. I would hate to see planetz being slow due to its use in DOS attacks, or to see it used as a vector to distribute malware.

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:23 am
by FrancisHarmany
yes! inconsistency is a bug.

I was hopping there was some sort of, supported, addon.

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:33 pm
by John Cooper
Yep, as of a few hours ago -- avatars are on :)

See here:
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 10&t=25542

-John

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:15 am
by darkrezin
Just a small suggestion if you have time - please make html links open in a new window instead of the current one :)

Thanks for all the improvements recently.

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:17 pm
by Shroomz~>
Yep, thanks for the improvements John. :)

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:09 am
by FrancisHarmany
Ok am I the only one who did a search so far ? :lol:

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:40 pm
by John Cooper
stardust wrote:John will you later introduce the RSS function again ?
thx stardust
RSS should be working again.

-John

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:43 pm
by ChampionSound
FrancisHarmany wrote:Ok am I the only one who did a search so far ? :lol:
In fact, I noticed it right away. You can hardly find any relative topics with a simple keyword now, even if you select the appropriate forum. And the returned results are quite messed up too. It was definately better before... Right?

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:54 pm
by garyb
yes, the search function is not very good at the moment.

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:15 pm
by John Cooper
Sorry guys, I need to reindex the search. I forgot that I had cancelled it during the upgrade, and never re-ran it.

Francis also had pointed out that the color scheme in the results page was messed up- and I fixed that.

-John

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:44 pm
by capacitor
Hehe - as a phpBB admin I can appreciate this. Try doing a search index rebuild of 160k posts, while membership screams for a working search system & while running low on db space for the rebuild tables. :wink:

Re: new planetz background color sucks

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:36 pm
by John Cooper
Yeah, the reason I cancelled it at the time, was cuz it was taking forEVER :)
I'll try to remember to start it up tomorrow morning...
-John