This one has been spotted before. I don't think it's been corrected in any 1.1x versions.
2,451 2004-07-30 13:39
Re: Small "bug" in viewtopic.php (2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
2,452 2004-07-30 10:07
Re: spellcheck (8 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
Good idear. I culd reely du with a smell chicker.
2,453 2004-07-30 00:24
Re: no tables? (16 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Using lists to recreate a table layout populated with tabular data. I give up. What happened to semantically correct markup.
Could somebody try an experiment. Make those fake tables fluid width rather than fixed and see what happens.
2,454 2004-07-29 23:58
Re: no tables? (16 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
You make a valid point. The trouble with accessabilty is accessible to whom. While you might be correct in respect of people with bad eyes using lynx you would be wrong in respect of people with no eyes using a screen reader for whom complex tables can be a nightmare. We would all be wrong, including the W3C, in respect of people with learning difficulties for whom fancy flash visual trickery would be stimulating and beneficial but are against all the accessability guidelines.
2,455 2004-07-29 11:55
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
As the section of code that handles all of this in viewforum uses the last_post id couldn't that be appended to the [new posts] link in some form. If there have been new posts since the last visit then the last_post id is bound to be different so it will be a new link. Are there any problems in passing unused parameters in links?
2,456 2004-07-28 23:29
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
I knew there had to be a catch. The only way around that one is to append either a timestamp or the id of the new post to the link so it is a unique link each time. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
2,457 2004-07-28 19:47
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
Once you have put a class on it then it is up to the designer to do it how they like. You are right. There is nothing that can be done about the icon on index but I didn't see that as being a usability problem.
2,458 2004-07-28 18:17
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
All I was thinking about was where somebody is faced with a long list of new posts in viewforum. I thought a simple indicator of which ones had been read might be useful. Thats what A:visited was created for in the first place. It has become fashionable to style A:link and A:visited the same because links are used for navigation but this is a case where the old fashioned approach might actually help. The same could be said of links in search results.
There is actually no need to get rid of the image or anything else. Changing the colour of [new posts] or going from bold to normal would probably be enough of an indicator. In fact if you just left the default behaviour of A:visited most people would recognise it.
2,459 2004-07-28 17:59
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
Just an idle thought. There is no simple way of doing anything about the icon. However. it would be easy enough to style the [new post] text with A:visited to give a visual clue as to what had been read. In fact if you used A:visited {display:none} then it would just vanish.
I wonder what would happen if the icon was made a link with the same destination and class as the [new post] text. Maybe they would both vanish.
This way you get visual feedback which is what most people are after without any coding.
2,460 2004-07-28 14:25
Re: phpBB tags (11 replies, posted in Feature requests)
Zooming using Ctrl+wheel or menu options or Ctrl +/- always works in Firefox, Moz and Opera even if you have font sizes in pixels so it works fine with current versions of PunBB.
Zooming only works in IE if you have font sizes set in percentages or em's. Theoratically you should be able to change PunBB's existing stylesheet to allow text sizing in IE.
2,461 2004-07-27 20:48
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
That was clever, three replies within 24 seconds of each other.
2,462 2004-07-27 20:47
Re: Problem with new topics. (25 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 bug reports)
The icon signifies new posts since your last visit not whether you have read the post.
2,463 2004-07-26 10:56
Re: PunBB 1.2 - What's to come (300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
PHP5: Not the second coming. It is if your interested in XML.
2,464 2004-07-26 10:38
Re: PunBB 1.2 - What's to come (300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
shayne: The container code is is just the fieldset tag. The nice rounded corners are just IE6's default display of fieldsets.
<fieldset>
<legend>Blah Blah</legend>
<label>Username</label><br />
<input />
</fieldset>
The spacer div was an example. I'v just used margins to seperate elements so no spacers at all.
2,465 2004-07-26 02:09
Re: PunBB 1.2 - What's to come (300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I for see some problems with the conversion to XHTML (Body: 5px margin, Forum 100% width), also i think the ability to integrate into CMS and other project will be MUCH more difficult then a HTML 4.01 design.
I don't get it. Why should it be more difficult. The best of the current generation CMS systems and almost all of the blogs are XHTML/CSS driven. In any case, properly written HTML 4.01 and XHTML are essentially the same. I could set the doctype to HTML 4.01 and it would validate fine. If you mean a move away from tables thats another mater. I've nothing against tables personally but why use them when there is something lighter, quicker, easier to code and more accessible available. Using a table for the message box when an H2 and a P would do the job seems like overkill.
While i do agree that a better CSS design is a must, im not sure this was the path to choose.
What are you worried about in particular. I'm open to suggestions.
...since i see from the screens that a forum is running, is it possible to get a private screening of what the future holds from a design standpoin (i wont signup, i just want to view source and concider the future of punbb in my current, and future projects)t? (shayne[AT]mars-project[DOT]com)
Soon.
*also i think the scroll bars on the quotes suck, im hoping thats just a CSS preset div with overflow that can be removed*
The problem is that while the current systm works fine if PunBB is alone on the page it's a real problem if PunBb is sitting in a two or three column layout as it may well be if you are integrating with a CMS or blog. That leaves you with four choices; 1. wrap all wide posts i.e destory the code functionality, 2, display code in a different window, 3, cut it off with overflow hidden, 4, scroll it with overflow auto. I chose the fourth option. I'm not in love with it myself, it's a right royal pain to get right. If you can think of a better idea I would love to hear it. My first option would have been to have code display as it does now but the box containing the code would float over any surrounding content not push it aside. I could only get it to work in one browser at a time.
BTW. Why did you use a spacer graphic on your site?
<div class="space"><!-- empty --></div>
.space {height: whatever}
2,466 2004-07-25 02:00
Re: PunBB 1.2 - What's to come (300 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
I think the idea is to allow people who have php5 with SQLite but not mysql to run PunBB. For people with mysql everything will work as before.
2,467 2004-07-25 01:56
Re: RSS feeder software? (11 replies, posted in General discussion)
I can recommend FeedDemon too. Sadly not free.
2,468 2004-07-25 00:04
Re: CMS BLOG meaning (8 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Information Technology
2,469 2004-07-21 21:51
Re: A thing that bugs me (11 replies, posted in General discussion)
Hey, you can't please everyone. He seems like the kind of guy who would run as root on his Linux box.
Sh*t. You mean you are not supposed to do that.
2,470 2004-07-21 10:06
Re: paper thickness (3 replies, posted in General discussion)
Photocopier paper = 80 grams
Good quality typing paper = 100 grams
Heavyweight paper for legal documents etc = 110 grams or 120 grams
Thin card (as Evan said) = 160 grams
2,471 2004-07-19 00:45
Re: punBB Demo at opensourcecms (38 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Its 15 now
2,472 2004-07-18 22:05
Re: PunRes project system - Online (5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)
Looking good. Search didn't work but I guess thats because I wasn't logged in.
2,473 2004-07-18 02:41
Re: pun cms? (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
I just downloaded nuclues. It looks as if it wouldn't be that difficult to make it look exactly like PunBB.
Once I've finished with the xhtml/css for PunBB 1.2 I think I will have a go at writing a PunBB 1.2 skin for nucleus (I would seem to be the obvious person to do it). Would you be able to test it out?
2,474 2004-07-18 02:18
Re: pun cms? (9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)
hcgtv: Is all the nucleus xhtml in the template/skin file. If it is then wouldn't it be possible to rewrite the template to work off a PunBB style sheet? In effect creating a PunBB skin for nucleus which would really make them look integrated.
2,475 2004-07-16 21:32
Re: Extern Problems (18 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Paul, the externlocal.php file, is there somewhere where I can download it?
Sorry, I stopped using extern so the file went to silicon heaven a long time ago.