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MitsuJoe
03-07-2005, 05:47 PM
Any ideas to improve the site, forums, or anything please post it here. Don't be bashful either.! :oops:
MitsuJoe
03-10-2005, 09:39 AM
Did anyone last night have a problem with accessing the website. Anytime from 9:30pm to after midnight? Please let me know.
Silencer
03-10-2005, 11:05 AM
Yes, I lost connection and then could not get back in. I stopped trying at around 10:15pm.
MitsuJoe
03-10-2005, 11:22 AM
I hope I don't have to switch hosts already!!
otter
03-10-2005, 07:39 PM
Yeah, wasn't able to get to it.

Suggestion: I noticed that when I went to edit a post, it wouldn't let me save the changes. It seems that the rule governing how often you post also limits how long it can be before you edit your post and save the changes. See if you can make it so you can instantly save your edited posts.
otter
03-10-2005, 07:41 PM
Two more things - first, there's no link back to the main page from the forums (at least not one I could find).

Also, how about a quick reply box at the bottom of threads?
slim1974
03-15-2005, 05:17 PM
how about a michigan map and then we can see where everyone is at :?:
MitsuJoe
03-15-2005, 07:24 PM
I think I could work on that, for this to work how I want to you would need to be an official member that was listed on the members page at www.mievo.net/members/

Please e-mail me your information if you haven't already.

Joe
osunick
03-16-2005, 02:48 PM
What about an RSS feed so I can check updates on sharpreader.
MitsuJoe
03-16-2005, 09:44 PM
I don't know what the heck that is...please help me out!
osunick
03-17-2005, 11:03 AM
An RSS feed is basically an xml file that contains the 10 most recent posts or so. There are a ton of free apps that use RSS like Trillian or Sharpreader. The idea is that these programs check the rss feeds every 10 minutes or so and let you know when things have been updated. Most bulletin board programs have this functionality, but I wouldn't worry about it if it's going to take up too much time.
MitsuJoe
03-17-2005, 11:34 AM
Hmm looks like XML code that I have no idea about.... :neutral:

I may look into it, although are you saying that a program like Trillian will connect to the RSS so you don't have to actually come on to the forums?
MitsuJoe
03-17-2005, 11:39 AM
Two more things - first, there's no link back to the main page from the forums (at least not one I could find).

Also, how about a quick reply box at the bottom of threads?

Suggestion: I noticed that when I went to edit a post, it wouldn't let me save the changes. It seems that the rule governing how often you post also limits how long it can be before you edit your post and save the changes. See if you can make it so you can instantly save your edited posts.




See this PHP BB software is quite simple and using the forum software like that on EVOM is a bit more difficult. It would require some PHP programming which I have very limited expereience. There are lots of "addons" I can get for this forum software which I will work on, but probably not until after may.

As far as a link back to the main page that would require some programming that I am unsure about. Not even the EVOM forum has a link back to the root of their site....at least not one that I have seen.

I changed the flood interval between posts down to 5 seconds, which should make editing posts much more simple and you won't have to wait. On EVOM you have to wait 45 seconds.
osunick
03-17-2005, 12:21 PM
Hmm looks like XML code that I have no idea about.... :neutral:

I may look into it, although are you saying that a program like Trillian will connect to the RSS so you don't have to actually come on to the forums?

You have to come on to post, but you're notified with new posts on a little popup that contains the subject and the first sentence or two of the post. You don't have to know anything about XML really, it's just a matter of setting it up on a lot of BB software. I use YABB for my own forums and it was pretty easy to set up. But don't sweat it if you don't know anything about it.
Ryan
03-17-2005, 12:27 PM
EvoM forums have a picture logo at the upper left that is a link back to their root. Here's the source code they use...


http://www.evolutionm.net/img/logo_evom_1.gif (http://www.evolutionm.net)

the <img> tag above could be replaced by text if you don't have a image to use as the link.

The alt= attribute just gives the image a popup title when you mouseover it, and that will display if the picture doesn't work for some reason.
MitsuJoe
04-29-2005, 12:43 AM
Done! Tell me what you think.
Joe
Ryan
05-03-2005, 11:49 PM
I knew you could do it! 8)
Ryan
05-05-2005, 10:32 PM
is anyone else having this problem or is it just me. I'll sometimes not get the "Orange" plus sign next to the threads that have new posts since I've logged on. I'll look at the dat of the most recent post, and it will be very recent, and I know I hadn't viewed it yet, but it is not orange? Just me?
MitsuJoe
05-06-2005, 12:38 AM
That happens to me too. It went away when I switch over to the Netscape browser.
Joe
otter
05-06-2005, 01:19 AM
I get the opposite, things stay orange until I force a refresh (using Firefox)
MitsuJoe
05-06-2005, 01:31 AM
Firefox is liek Netscape then. Oh well, one bug of many. :?