2,501

(6 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

I was just about to say that the sites frontpage jquake.com took 30 seconds to load on a broadband connection. I don't see how that can be PunBB related, more like a server problem.

2,502

(200 replies, posted in General discussion)

An interesting idea for using 1Gb of free storage
http://ilia.ws/archives/15_Gmail_as_an_ … ystem.html

This thread seems to have died since England and Sweden got knocked out.

If there are any members here from Greece or Portugal who wish to gloat, this is the place to do it.

2,504

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

The span is used because the effect being created is purely visual i.e. it is not supposed to be different semantically from the heading tag which contains it. That being the case a semantically neutral tag is required.

This thread wasn't intended for in depth discussions of xhtml/css so I think I had better shut up on the subject for the moment.

2,505

(13 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Brainstem wrote:

.. i have the mysqladmin program on, i checked the database exists using the mysql monitor.  But is the database i mage for punBB meant to be displayed in the databases section in the msqladmin program? coz it doesn't, it just showes the "test" database.

Then your database would not appear to exist. Create the database and run install again.

2,506

(5 replies, posted in Feature requests)

Your eyes are really going to suffer with 1.2 then

#punvf TD.punc1, #punvf TD.punc3, #punvf TD.puncrt {background-color:#f9f9f9}

2,507

(2 replies, posted in Feature requests)

It looks to me like you are trying to style the post link to look like a button or something similar. Why style the td, if you style the link then you won't have a problem. When guest posting is disabled then $post_link does not actually contain a link so the styling won't operate. If you need a double border put a div around the link and give that a border as well.

$post_link = '<div class="punpostbutton>"<a....."></a></div>
Then style it with
.punpostbutton{}
.punpostbutton a {}

If you style the a:hover you have even got a rollover if you like such things smile

2,508

(5 replies, posted in Feature requests)

heidip: In the next release virtually all the tables are gone. All the main elements have id's and just about all the board elements can be accessed using contextual selectors if a class if not available or needs to be overruled. Does that cheer you up.

2,509

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

From what I've seen, the only solo forums that grow are
1. Where it was created for a pre-existing membership e.g. a school, club, local community or just a group of friends
2. Where the subject matter is relatively specialised and there are very few sources of information.
3. They are old so came into existence before forums got so popular
4. They are providing links to "alternative" software suppliers

2,510

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Andy wrote:

I do think the redirect forums are a bit to subtle though...

You can suit yourself, thats the whole idea
#punidx .punc1 span {big bold and brassy}

2,511

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

Try and make sure that the first couple of news items on the front page are something contentious i.e. something that the community you are trying to reach can't resist commenting on. That way you get them into the forum by the back door.

Overall though, Rickard is quite right. The real trick is to concentrate on getting people visiting the site. The forum should then grow naturally.

2,512

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

hcgtv wrote:

Nice, I like it smile

Didn't you like the other pages then big_smile

2,513

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Andy wrote:

Any chance of a screenshot?

http://www.post21.co.uk/punpics/index.png
http://www.post21.co.uk/punpics/viewtopic.png
http://www.post21.co.uk/punpics/register.png

For those who are wondering. The index page has one table only and the other two pages have no tables at all.

2,514

(10 replies, posted in General discussion)

I noted that you are linking to other peoples sites in your resources section. Are they linking back to you? If not, approach them and ask for a link back. People do look at resources sections in websites, it saves them the bother of having to google. In fact have a very comprehensive resources section is a good way to become popular, you effectively become a gateway.

2,515

(142 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Chacmool. I think you are going to have revise your big board list.

2,516

(3 replies, posted in Feature requests)

If you are going to do that you might as well go the whole way and make it a quick login box like IPB and vBulletin use. As for being a good idea for PunBB, probably not, but it is a good idea for a mod. I'm surprised there is no mod for this already.

2,517

(38 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Growth Rate: [        |             |             ] per day

Looking good. Do those guys at etek.chalmers ever do anything else smile

2,518

(142 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

It appears he has a friend with 100,000+ posts. I would like to see that board too.

2,519

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Falconey wrote:

Will there be a lot of changes made to the CSS ?

All of it's changed. You will be able to do considerably more to style PunBB but doing the basic things like changing colour scheme will be easier than it is now. I have given thought to those who have integrated PunBB into their sites and have used PunBB class names for their own pages. Their sites should still work fine with virtually no alterations needed.

2,520

(0 replies, posted in General discussion)

Verion 0.91 of Firefox has been released which appears to be a minor bug fix release.

http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4911

2,521

(5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Krapan: Off topic but what is the most popular browser/OS combination in Russia. Is it IE/XP as here? Are any of the lesser used browsers such as Opera particlarly popular in Russia?

2,522

(300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

I'm afraid it's me thats holding things up at the moment. The one downside about GPL projects is that the people working on them have to earn a living in the real world. I am hoping to have enough of the XHTML/CSS finished during this week to deliver the whole thing back to Rickard so he can do his thing.

2,523

(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Login as Admin. Find the user in the userlist. Click on the users name to go to the users profile where there are buttons at the bottom to delete or ban the user.

Rickard wrote:

Yes, but I don't like Sourceforge all that much. There are times when it's sloooooooow.

Too right. The download system is somewhat hit and miss as well. Yesterday it took me 10 minutes to download a 250k file and that was on broadband.

It's nice to have big ideas. Me, I would be happy if I could just get Divs to stop jumping about in Opera.