1 Reply by bill posters

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pogenwurst wrote:

Bill, neubrain's method has worked fine for me, so I suggest you give that a shot.

Many thanks. That did the job. smile


gog wrote:

What if you are the last person to post in that topic and you just want to see if something new is there?

Indeed. The Stylegala.com forum is a modded version of phpBB from which the owner removed the last post author info during some remodelling a while back.
Without that info, I found the 'new posts' page (typically my bookmarked entry page for the forums I visit) was less informative and consequently less useful. So much so that I requested that the admin reinstate it.

They never did, and they've since sold the site (w/ forum). Given that the new owner promptly screwed up by deleting the majority of the user list db entries (thereby requiring many long-standing members to reregister as new members, I don't imagine that reinstating the last post author info is high up on the list of priorities.

Like I say, it's hard to quantify how much you use it to get an impression of forum activity, but I found that I made more 'use' of it than I realised.

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2 Reply by bill posters

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Hi, all.

I've tried modding my 1.2.12 install of PunBB using Ju's Subject of last post on index mod, but it's not working.
I'm still getting the same date format and username as used in the default install setup.

Any ideas why the mod might not be working?
Does is rely on a config that has been changed in 1.2.12?

(The wiki page linked in that thread returns a 404.)


Big thanks in advance for any help

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3 Topic by bill posters

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Hello all.

I've installed and setup PunBB 1.2.12 on my local machine to enable me to develop the forum whilst offline. I've made a number of adaptations to the code (tpl files, functions, etc?), mostly to suit my intended design, but also to enhance the general accessibility*.
(* I'd already started chipping away at 1.2.12 before I heard about the improvements intended for 1.3. I'll take a look, but I'm not sure I can face starting over again.)

I'd now like to move the forum over to my host space whilst I finish tweaking things.

How do I do this?
Would I upload and repeat the original 1.2.12 install process and then upload and overwrite original files with those that I've changed in my local install as well as upload any custom folders, docs and images?

(Presumably, I'll also need to customise some thing such as the MySQL login and pass.)


Also, what would be the best way to have the forum reside at the domain, but remain off-limits whilst I'm still tweaking?
I'd like to be able to use it at the domain root without too much fuss when the time comes to go live.
I currently have a holding page at the domain root and I'd rather keep that rather than have a htaccess password dialogue popup when users stumble on the site index.
Do I stash the install at a sub-directory (e.g. mydomain.com/forum) and use that as the base url whilst still testing?
Would I then simply move everything up one level (whilst maintaining the forum's directory structure) and change the base url to the domain root when I wish to go live?

What else would I need to consider when making the move?


Big tia for any tips and advice.

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