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Spewed wrote:This is quite an old thread but I would definitely like this sort of feature as well. This was the only thread I found via search since I'm looking this kind of ability. Is there a mod yet that ables this or any change to add this for the next release (have this been requested lately)?
1.2 is out, it has these permission options, unless i'm missing something?
twohawks wrote:Thank you for the clarifications, Connorhd ...and Jansson.
I agree, and feel strongly, that it is most productive to always be posting issues and their solutions in forums one may be participating in. It is important so that everyone may benefit from the record of the information of troubleshooting procedures and solutions, whether or not work continued [for whatever reason] somewhere else outside the forum.
Last comment on this: There are times when a topic can become bogged down... and people may feel it better to move outside for some one on one work, and then come back later to post what happened [in a more condensed or precisce communication]. I find it a huge bonus when my bbs is providing that/those feature(s) 'built-in' so others and myself do not have to deal with having to figure out who may have what pm or irc clients installed and setup, or focus on installing/settingup new services for ourselves, or working out email problems, in order to do that.
I have to say I have found it quite compelling that others have worked on providing such cool mods as pm/irc stuff for punbb. Seems to me a most natural combination, and I do no t think I am alone in that thinking - it seems very popular here, indeed.
Cheers,
TwoHawks
Just to let you know what the situation is and will be
Now, there is a PM mod and an IRC chat room mod (i happen to manage them both)
In the foreseeable future neither features will come with PunBB by default.
In PunBB 1.3 both mods will install without any edits to PunBBs files but by simply uploading the mod and clicking install
twohawks wrote:@Connorhd...
lol... of course... don't you mean "I" am confused, I mean since you clearly indicate my misunderstanding?!
My bad (or rather, 'my stupid', but you decide)... I was meaning private, or personal, messaging (pm) system actually... which I incorrectly assumed as irc, but I see my folly in that irc only means chat, ...sorry.
- But what the hey, either would do. -
...I never saw any indication before on this website that irc for punbb existed. I see your reference, but since I am totally unfamiliar with what you posted I will have to google it and figure it out (np). Thank you for mentioning it.
What I find strange is why I never had anyone here ask me to collaborate with them utilizing this, yet I have been asked to sign up for pm (like yahoo and aol) occasionally? Also, its not listed on the home page, so I do not know how it is intended I would 'naturally' find out about the availability of that here ...did I overlook something blatantly obvious?
Cheers,
TwoHawks
EDIT - PostScript: I go to the site quakenet and search for #punbb (and did many other searches), but I turn up bupkiss. It is not clear to me at all how to use this service. How is one supposed to access this chat zone you mention, Connorhd? thanks.
Let me just get you up to speed on a few terms here
IRC is a chat protocol which doesn't work through your webbrowser without a client, either a program like mirc or a java applet like pjirc, irc is "instant" chat rather than a forum
PMs are a feature of both IRC and of most forums, punbb doesn't have this feature by default as emails are a more effective way of contacting each other, for PMs to work on IRC both users have to be online at the same time.
To connect to the punbb chat room you can download a chat client such as mirc (www.mirc.com) connect to the server quakenet and type /join #punbb and yes the punbb chat room isn't very well advertised.
or after installing mirc simple Click Here 
twohawks wrote:4)
I have done a lot of collaborating, with all kinds of support resources, including email, so yes, I know about it. If you have ever collaborated over the phone you know its way more immediately productive than relying on (and waiting on) email. IRC is a close second, maybe the closest, so I find it worthy of mention for this type of "co-productive" environment. You can get a lot more done with less waiting - and I bet if you asked anyone who has used irc for collaborating they would agree with that statement. Anyway, I think its very close to necessary in such an actively productive environment where phones aren't happening, so it should be mentioned... just my humble opinion.
I'm confused here, PunBB has an irc chat room (#punbb on quakenet) but IRC has nothing to do with private messages in the sense of a forum.
Would you not be better asking in the forum you are converting too's support forum?
iXam wrote:We can try, cant we? I would probably personally be a le to spend 50USD for that. And i guess that at least 50 more persons could donate at least 1 dollar each. Damn. I would code one myself and donate it to the project for free if i had the time.
It'll be a 1 click install for PunBB 1.3 which is more than good enough.
Spartanicus wrote:Connorhd wrote:Errm, you currently do
Not with JS disabled (haven't tried with it on).
It doesn't rely on JS
PunBB 1.3 has link elements added and access keys have been removed
Spartanicus wrote:Rickard wrote:I'm all for spambot protection, but as someone already pointed out, I don't believe there are any good protection schemes that are also truly accessible.
Perhaps my worry about being spammed will turn out to be unfounded. The current spam protection method of emailing a password to a user does create a bit of a barrier in itself, it requires users who try to avoid spam to trust the forum's administrator not to use the provided email address inappropriately.
There are mods around to add image verification etc and I think the theory is that for PunBB 1.3 there will be a few spambot protection extensions which you will be able to choose from
Just want to comment for anyone else reading this, that the solution above only removes the link, it does not stop guests etc accessing the page directly.
Spartanicus wrote:Jansson wrote:Will probably never happen, since once a protection is in there by default, it will be bypassed by every bot in a matter of days
PunBB seems more vulnerable to spam bots than some other forum software (using CAPTHCA's for example). I'm not suggesting that there is a 100% effective method, but the amount can be drastically reduced.
PunBB not being the feature bloated software that most people go for, it seems to be appreciated by a niche market. I'm guessing that the resulting lower installed base doesn't make PunBB systems an attractive target to write the type of bot routines for that would be required to defeat the more sophisticated bot protection methods.
What kind of spam bot protection can be implemented efficiently while preserving accessibility?
Spartanicus wrote:Certainly structural and semantic correctness is what it is really about, but HTML has the exact same features to express those.
If PunBB claims to be "Valid html" that tells you very little "Valid xhtml strict" however tells you a lot more.
Spartanicus wrote:While it may only be a single digit percentage of people doing this.
I doubt even if you just include PunBB users anywhere near a single percentage of people completely block cookies. Its not a problem I have come across anyway.
Whats the point in that? If you had a question ask it, this project is discontinued anyway see this thread http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8977
Paul wrote:The next question is whether it will be possible to write an extension to extend the extension system i.e. an extension which inserts extra hooks for other extensions.
I would think the short answer is no, the extension system simply allows code to be inserted at pre-defined places, but i guess if you needed more hooks you could just tell the user to add them manually before installing the extension
If the comments were the same style then why should any of the programming language be in a different style?
Look in the mail templates in the language folder 
Change the default style in the admin panel?
there are lots of topics about this, basically
It is not valid xhtml strict to use target="_blank"
It is not desirable to force the user to open the link in a new window, if they want to open it in a new window, they can by middle or right click
Press Moderate forum on the forum view and delete them from that
Ermm, how does that prove its hackable?
Yes, MyPunBB will run 1.3, hopefully (assuming i have time) i will be able to upgrade it very soon after the release.
pogenwurst: Well due to the extension system, hopefully it will be easy to add hooks to add it without adding the new page
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