• From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Topic: Automated Smilies

Hi everyone,

not sure if this has been asked before, i've had a search & can't find anything so i apologise if i am going over something that has already been fixed/answered.

I've just started / relaunched a forum on one of my domains - www.discoandkaraoke.net & a few of the members are now asking if there is a way of automating the smilies. 

By this i mean where they can click the smiliey image they want to use from a table or pop-up & it automatically gets enterted into the message reply instead of them having to type in the command in long hand by using the ": : "& the text in between or whatever else is set such as ")" or "=(".

Thanks in advance

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: Automated Smilies

http://www.punres.org/desc.php?pid=174

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

elbekko wrote:

http://www.punres.org/desc.php?pid=174

(that was a quick reply) big_smile

that's great & just what i'm after.. thanks.

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

now added & working perfectly.. superb. big_smile

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

Only me again...

a few people who are members on my forum are now asking if there is a way to allow guests to post in a forum area without registering, despite my insistance that is probably asking for trouble from spammers or trouble causers who have taken the hump or been banned, they still want me to add some sort of guest integration.

I've got 2 ideas in mind & just want to know if there are mods around (i'm sure they are but so far can't find them on Punres) that can do these...

1) guests post in but before enterting their post have to verifiy they are human by doing a verification code shown in an image to help combat againt automated spam bots & posts from spammers programs in general.

2) A feature where guests posts have be accepted (and if neccesary edited or deleted) by a moderator or admin before they appear on the forum.

3) something that does both the above in one mod.

4) anything similar that i've not thought of

thanks in advance

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

Also, just a quick one while i have it in mind (yes I am a pain), is there punBB version of Coppermine gallery available?

bearing in mind Coppermine & phpBB seem to go hand in hand ( so to speak) so i assume has the same problems with hackers, coding errors & exploits exist on both phpBB & coppermine.  I don't fancy using coppermine alongside punBB

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  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: Automated Smilies

I think coppermine integration has been done, seach for it smile

And for your other question: I think that will be in PunBB 1.3

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

elbekko wrote:

I think coppermine integration has been done, seach for it smile

And for your other question: I think that will be in PunBB 1.3

glad to hear it... i'm just a bit concerned about the risks with coppermine coming from the phpBB family.  I have a phpBB forum on one of my sites already - biggest mistake i made!!  i spend more time dealing with hackers & spammers than i do posting messages on the damn thing!

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: Automated Smilies

Mad-Wolfie wrote:
elbekko wrote:

I think coppermine integration has been done, seach for it smile

And for your other question: I think that will be in PunBB 1.3

glad to hear it... i'm just a bit concerned about the risks with coppermine coming from the phpBB family.  I have a phpBB forum on one of my sites already - biggest mistake i made!!  i spend more time dealing with hackers & spammers than i do posting messages on the damn thing!

Use the migration tool to switch to PunBB then tongue

Now, I don't know how unsafe Coppermine is...

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

LOL i'm going to (eventually) just I keep putting it off as it means i've got to faff about with that damn phpBB forum again!  big_smile

Mad-Wolfie's Website

  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

elbekko wrote:

Use the migration tool to switch to PunBB then tongue

Hi elbekko (& everyone else) smile

i've finally had enough of that damn phpBB forum on my other site..  i've just deleted another wave of spammers offering viagra, dating sites, porn etc etc i wouldn 't care but it's a forum on a childrens charity site & the last i want is to see kids coming across that drivel!!

OK i need the conversion tool to migrate the database (that i know), what else do i need.  Am i right in assuming i will need to integrate a few mods such as a Private Messaging mod, a poll mod & what ever other features that phpBB has?

point me in the right direction please someone smile

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  • Registered: 2005-06-14
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Re: Automated Smilies

As far as I know, polls and PMs won't get transferred. But it's always nice to have smile

13 Reply by Nibbler(cpg) (edited by Nibbler(cpg) 2006-08-17 19:11)

  • From: UK
  • Registered: 2004-07-24
  • Posts: 97

Re: Automated Smilies

Mad-Wolfie wrote:

glad to hear it... i'm just a bit concerned about the risks with coppermine coming from the phpBB family.  I have a phpBB forum on one of my sites already - biggest mistake i made!!  i spend more time dealing with hackers & spammers than i do posting messages on the damn thing!

I don't know where you got that idea from. Coppermine and phpBB are not related in any way besides being Free Software.

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  • From: Stoke on Trent (UK)
  • Registered: 2005-01-13
  • Posts: 27

Re: Automated Smilies

Thanks Nibbler..

to be honest i hear various rumours that the development team on the 2 applications when launched is the same & the next minute you hear they aren't related & just look alike in layout terms.

However knowing all the bother i've had with phpBB & trying to stop spammers & hackers, i'd sooner be safe than sorry.

anyway, i've done the database migrate & scrapped the phpBB site in favour of PunBB on the site i had it on - www.stokebikeruns.co.uk

Mad-Wolfie's Website

15 Reply by Nibbler(cpg) (edited by Nibbler(cpg) 2006-08-17 20:51)

  • From: UK
  • Registered: 2004-07-24
  • Posts: 97

Re: Automated Smilies

I have been a part of the Coppermine Dev Team for over 2 years now. We have no developers in common with the phpbb project, you can see this for yourself:

http://www.phpbb.com/about/
http://coppermine-gallery.net/team/#active

Please don't let bad experiences with phpbb push you away from Coppermine, it makes no sense.

(Apologies for cluttering your Feature requests board.)

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