Thanks, looks like it's now sorted - thanks !

Smartys wrote:

seems to fix it for me

I have changed the site to reflect your suggestion. Can you tell me if it's now sorted ? Also, is their any chance, as I am mac based, for a screenshot ?

If that's fixed it - I owe you one !

Cheers,
Glen.

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone might be able to shed some light on a problem.

The following website is laid-out using CSS however it doesn't display 'correctly' in Win IE as intended. The left content should appear parallel to the 'relevant links' on the right.

SITE: http://www.insidethetrade.com/
CSS:  http://www.insidethetrade.com/assets/css/layout.css

The left content area is called 'bodytext' which is within 'bodyholder'

Cheers in advance,
Glen.

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(4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)

Thanks !

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(4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)

I can't get the RSS feed to work on 1.2:

http://forum.insidethetrade.com/extern. … p;type=RSS

Any ideas ? Is this a bug ?

Cheers,
Glen.

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(137 replies, posted in News)

That's excellent news as we are working on an XHTML site today and it needs a forum.

Richard - well done !

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(137 replies, posted in News)

Congratulations, I bet the transition from HTML to XHTML was a nightmare !

When will the new version be available to download ?

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(101 replies, posted in General discussion)

Apple Safari 1.2.3 & Netscape 7.1

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

It's having the option to install a particular feature on and exclude the others on setup.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Finally we are at the heart of the discussion; you having the time to implement the solution.

If you ever have the time then I'd suggest calling upon all the mod creators to help implement all the features.

Features:

* Poll
* Attachments
* Private messaging
* RSS Support
* Further automation

You get the idea.

Keep up the good work Rickard !

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Man, you guys really have problems in grasping a concept !

Your missing the point COMPLETELY.  I will put it like this:

Would forum administrators find it useful to add additional features without the need for a crude hack?

I design 10's of websites every months and it would be nice to stick to the same board every-time (if needed by the customer) and add or remove features according to the boards usage.

My point isn't arguable as it's fact. It would be easier to add a feature in the install stage then it would after the install stage.

It's down to Rickard if he has the time to implement such a solution not if users would benefit from it as they would.

As it happens I like PunBB how it is but as I design so many sites I have customers who want rich features and I'd prefer to install PunBB but I don't have the time to install mods.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Frank H wrote:

More fetures = more code = slower board.

Yes this is obviously correct.

We are talking nanoseconds here - aren't we. I was referring (although I may not have been crystal clear) to significant delays i.e. whole seconds. If coded efficiently, like PunBB is, then extra features wouldn't delay the loading or processing time in whole seconds but nanoseconds.

Also, I'm suggesting giving the administrator the option to install extra features, not implement them as default. Then you'd be happy as on install you can leave all the feature boxes unchecked. As, by the sounds, that is what you want - no features.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Rickard wrote:

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by choosing what features to include during install.

This would be an option on installation of the board

Rickard wrote:

More features means more code and more code means longer interpretation time for PHP.

Not if the code didn't exist on the page.

Rickard wrote:

It doesn't really matter if a feature is disabled. PHP still has to parse the code for it every single time the script is run.

It would if the code existed on the page. I'm suggesting you have a install script that completely customizes the outputted board's code. As such the code for a feature is completely removed and if at a later date the forum administrator decides he wants a poll feature for example he would have to run the install script again to output the necessary code.

Think back to flow diagrams, Input / Output.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Quite a small mined way of thinking about it.

If you gave users the option on install to excluded such features then PunBB will be the original board that you intended it to be.

However if you don't have the desire nor the inclination to invest the time in creating such a board then I fully understand you point of view.

I love PunBB, I've been in the industry for 6 years now and PunBB is by far the best. If you (to quote Steve Job) "think different" you would see many phpBB users switching if they had the choice of installing what feature they wanted.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Frank H wrote:

I never think PunBB was meant to be feature rich ... it's meant to be small and fast, the more features that's added, the slower the forum will be...

Here's some reading smile

With all respect to yourself but features don't slow down boards bad coding does. Rickard obviously has a talent for super clean coding so if he put it to use on other features and automated tasks then like I said before PunBB will appeal to both types of forum administrators.

During the install of PubBB it would be amazing if users has the choice to install other features. Those people like yourself who believe features slow down boards they can opt out of installing the other features. Everyone is happy.

BTW People are really defensive in here.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Rickard wrote:
glenr wrote:

Why not ?

If I change hosts them I'll have to change it a second time.

Plus it's one less thing that forum administrators will have think about isn't it.

True, but the more "automation" we add to PunBB, the closer we get to boards such as phpBB, Invision Board and vBulletin. And we don't want that.

I am surprised that you feel the major differentiator between PunBB and boards such as phpBB is automation. I believe that PunBB's strength lies in the low implementation time and simplicity of design which in-turn increases efficiency.

If more automation is added to PunBB then I feel your product would appeal to both types of forum administrators. I'm positive that the main reason forum administrator choose boards such as phpBB is due the features and automation. If they could have an easily installable, feature rich, simple design and efficient board then I believe they would choose it. The fact that mods exist for PunBB shows that there is a demand for such a board.

Step-up and fill the demand before someone else does.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

This isn't the point. The point is automation. The more things that are automated the better. Don't you think?

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Why not ?

If I change hosts them I'll have to change it a second time.

Plus it's one less thing that forum administrators will have think about isn't it.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

I'm really sorry, I must not be making any sense.

The drop down menu in the admin section prompts you to enter the server time i.e GTM. Is there a way that the drop down menu can be discarded and replaced by a simple script that calculates this for you ?

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Not really as I explained. I may be changing hosts.

There is a way to detect time zone as I've seen it done.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

OK, what happens if my host decides to put me on another server or I decided to change hosts ?

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

But this is still a manual process, I'm after an automatic one.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Ok, thanks again.

Is there any way this can be done automatically ?

Cheers.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

I did read it and it's not what I mean

I understand that you can set your time zone in the admin option BUT when I select GMT it doesn't display the actual GMT time. This is because the server I am hosted with isn't GMT time.

Again, my question is this : Can you get PunBB to query the server for the current time and display GMT time when selected in the admin option ?

Thanks in advance.

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(39 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Rickard wrote:

You can set the server timezone in admin/options if that's what you're asking about.

It's not.

I want to know if the forum can display correct time settings as it doesn't if the servers time zone isn't set to GMT as PunBB assumes the sedrver is GMT.

SO, my question is, is there a way the forum can display GMT time when the setting is selected on a non-GMT server.