2009-07-16, 03:40 AM
In lieu of a gen/meta discussion forum, here is a rundown (or checklist) of issues with the new forums. All of this is stuff I will fix, and pretty much did not foresee (bug wise) ...I will try to list as much as possible though, and basically in terms of priority.
*Phones it in... the default message icon should be "says" ...not sure what is going on here, but I will figure it out asap (FYI: Phones it in, should be for mobile/WAP originating posts)
*In general the "Message Icon" system is not working correctly. and still needs some attention. Once it's working correctly I will set all the previous existing messages to "says". FYI: I programmed this newspaper-like behavior into this theme myself. Basically because the avatars need to be on the right, it helps you stay better oriented.
*Ads are scheduled to be removed.
*Need to find smiley's to match the old forum's. Also need to reorder and break into two rows the posting smiley layout.
*Need to find out how to incorporate the old "Dagger Carrier", "Bow Bearer", etc. theme. Currently you can see what you are by hovering over your stars. Also many of the higher level ranks still have phpBB prefixes.
*Need to find out why Todd's account does not show up as an administrator with 5 red stars (he does apparently have admin powers)
*The place could probably use a bot/spam cleanup. The new forum is OCR protected, but some more sophisticated bots have been breaching this "captcha" algorithm lately.
*I'm aware PM pages look funny. This is just something that doesn't seem important enough forum wise to goof around with anytime soon.
*The banner graphics are temporary (on short notice) We can do better. Need a unique background.
*Need a gen/meta discussion forum.
*Need to make sure everyone has access to the private forums. And we might need a better way of granting access, because the current system probably doesn't work right if a user is not already an admin/moderator.
*Need to better hide/lockdown the old forums.
*Need to add anything to this list that has been left out...
*Phones it in... the default message icon should be "says" ...not sure what is going on here, but I will figure it out asap (FYI: Phones it in, should be for mobile/WAP originating posts)
*In general the "Message Icon" system is not working correctly. and still needs some attention. Once it's working correctly I will set all the previous existing messages to "says". FYI: I programmed this newspaper-like behavior into this theme myself. Basically because the avatars need to be on the right, it helps you stay better oriented.
*Ads are scheduled to be removed.
*Need to find smiley's to match the old forum's. Also need to reorder and break into two rows the posting smiley layout.
*Need to find out how to incorporate the old "Dagger Carrier", "Bow Bearer", etc. theme. Currently you can see what you are by hovering over your stars. Also many of the higher level ranks still have phpBB prefixes.
*Need to find out why Todd's account does not show up as an administrator with 5 red stars (he does apparently have admin powers)
*The place could probably use a bot/spam cleanup. The new forum is OCR protected, but some more sophisticated bots have been breaching this "captcha" algorithm lately.
*I'm aware PM pages look funny. This is just something that doesn't seem important enough forum wise to goof around with anytime soon.
*The banner graphics are temporary (on short notice) We can do better. Need a unique background.
*Need a gen/meta discussion forum.
*Need to make sure everyone has access to the private forums. And we might need a better way of granting access, because the current system probably doesn't work right if a user is not already an admin/moderator.
*Need to better hide/lockdown the old forums.
*Need to add anything to this list that has been left out...