26 Reply by craigm

(10 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Yes, thanks Paul and Rickard. I want only one category. All my forums will go in there. I had this setup with VB, but while importing, I think somehow the converter has brought in all my forums as categories, and no forums. I guess I will have to figure out the structure and use some SQL. Given how much I am liking PunBB, it's worth the effort.

Although new questions:

(1) To simplify things even more, is it possible to disable the "Your post has been done" message? Can't I just reload the forum page after a post has been made?

(2) For number of views, some of my forums have millions of views. I would like the numbers to be separated by comma. Where can I use php command "number_format" to insert commas into the view count?

Thanks!

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27 Reply by craigm

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Thanks much Rickard.

(1) Ok, then how about having only forums, no categories? What's the easy way to change all my categories to forums, and have all the posts linked to the respective forums?

New question:

(5) I don't see an admin option for managing templates and whatnot, where can I do that sort of interface customization? (Sorry for this newbie question, I did go through the documentation). I want to include my sitewide menu on top, and, a sidebar on the right of the forums.

Thanks!!!

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28 Topic by craigm

(10 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Hi,

I've converted from VB 3.x to PunBB, and am a happy camper! My first set of questions:

(1) I had only categories in my VB board, no forums. Just categories and then topics inside them. After converting, it seems PunBB is expecting some forums to display. How should I tell PunBB that  I had only categories and no forums?

(2) It seems the password storage mechanism is different across the two board softwares, so how should I manage the transfer -- will all of my users have to go through the "forgot password" rigmarole  at least once again?

(3) Is it possible to number of VIEWS of an entire FORUM (i.e., all TOPICS within it) on the first page?

(4) I'd like to change the PAGING code, i.e.. the way pages are displayed. Where can I find this code? Instead of "1 2....12" I would like to have "PREV .. 1 2 ...12 ...NEXT".

Thanks!
CM

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