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playzooki · by **playzooki** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 21:09 Post

hoodedice wrote:
Enke wrote:What about SMF?
NO.

actually it works well on another forum which is around the same size as this one, it has smileys and more features than phpbb imo

Menche · by **Menche** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 21:24 Post

The minetest-classic forum uses FluxBB. It works well and I like it better than PunBB.

Pavel_S · by **Pavel_S** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 15:37 Post

What about the ability to add tables . Forum posts will look better, I think.
It also, for example, will allow to keep information of mod on left side and the Mod`s logo on the right.

Another simple, but very usefull ability is a align. Why there is no such simple feature?

Is there an ability to do this?(in this forum or in new)

markveidemanis · by **markveidemanis** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 17:17 Post

No! It looks disgusting, hard to read, crappy beveling everywhere. The forums are good as they are.

CraigyDavi · by **CraigyDavi** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 17:40 Post

markveidemanis wrote:No! It looks disgusting, hard to read, crappy beveling everywhere. The forums are good as they are.

Yep it is quite hard to read at the moment. Hope it gets fixed with the new theme.

ShadowNinja wrote:After using PunBB as our forum software for a while we have found it lacking in some needed features.

Just wanted to ask...what features are lacking in PunBB, which phpBB has?

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 18:00 Post

Pavel_S wrote:What about the ability to add tables . Forum posts will look better, I think.
It also, for example, will allow to keep information of mod on left side and the Mod`s logo on the right.

Another simple, but very usefull ability is a align. Why there is no such simple feature?

Is there an ability to do this?(in this forum or in new)

Any web designer knows that tables should not be used for formating.

twoelk · by **twoelk** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 19:25 Post

rubenwardy wrote:...

Any web designer knows that tables should not be used for formating.

and I have always wondered why not ;-)

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 19:42 Post

twoelk wrote:
rubenwardy wrote:...

Any web designer knows that tables should not be used for formating.
and I have always wondered why not ;-)

Why tables for layout is stupid

onpon4 · by **onpon4** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 01:29 Post

One thing I'm sure many people don't care about since they don't know how convenient it is: phpBB has much better feeds than the current forum. The current one only follows new topics, not new posts in existing topics.

hoodedice · by **hoodedice** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:22 Post

onpon4 wrote:One thing I'm sure many people don't care about since they don't know how convenient it is: phpBB has much better feeds than the current forum. The current one only follows new topics, not new posts in existing topics.

wut?

wutwutwut?

Have you tried clicking on 'New posts' in the top right?

4aiman · by **4aiman** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:41 Post

So... WHEN would "the switch" happen?

*offtopic*
There's a list of "why divs layouts are bad" reasons too.
Also there's a list of "why javascript is so bad"...
and a list of "why php is so bad"...
and a list of "why linux is better than windows for a server purposes"...
and a list of "why not all linuxes are equally good for server purposes"...
...
But what's really bad - it is usage of Adobe Flash to make the entire site...
))))))))
*the end of the offtopic*

Edit: note, that I didn't say that anyone should use tables for layout or that tables are "ok" to make a template.

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 13:41 Post

Don't use divs either. Use article, definitions, aside, etc.

twoelk · by **twoelk** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 15:33 Post

so what are the exciting features left that phpBB offers for page layout or is page layout in itself evil?
Should we only structure the content in a logical way and leave the layout to ... whatever renders the page?

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 17:35 Post

twoelk wrote:so what are the exciting features left that phpBB offers for page layout or is page layout in itself evil?
Should we only structure the content in a logical way and leave the layout to ... whatever renders the page?

Alignment and floating would be good. You could make sidebars. However, it could get out of control.

May restrict alignment, and only give it to those with:

Code: Select all

(over 200 posts and over one month)     or    (over 100 posts and over five months)

Jordach · by **Jordach** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 19:14 Post

rubenwardy wrote:
twoelk wrote:so what are the exciting features left that phpBB offers for page layout or is page layout in itself evil?
Should we only structure the content in a logical way and leave the layout to ... whatever renders the page?
Alignment and floating would be good. You could make sidebars. However, it could get out of control.

May restrict alignment, and only give it to those with:
Code: Select all
(over 200 posts and over one month)     or    (over 100 posts and over five months)

Why not both?

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 19:15 Post

Jordach wrote:
rubenwardy wrote:
twoelk wrote:so what are the exciting features left that phpBB offers for page layout or is page layout in itself evil?
Should we only structure the content in a logical way and leave the layout to ... whatever renders the page?
Alignment and floating would be good. You could make sidebars. However, it could get out of control.

May restrict alignment, and only give it to those with:
Code: Select all
(over 200 posts and over one month)     or    (over 100 posts and over five months)
Why not both?

You know that:

Code: Select all

(over 200 posts and over one month)     and    (over 100 posts and over five months)

Simplifies to:

Code: Select all

(over 200 posts and over five months)

onpon4 · by **onpon4** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 15:57 Post

hoodedice wrote:
onpon4 wrote:One thing I'm sure many people don't care about since they don't know how convenient it is: phpBB has much better feeds than the current forum. The current one only follows new topics, not new posts in existing topics.
wut?

wutwutwut?

Have you tried clicking on 'New posts' in the top right?

That doesn't have a feed...

by **Krock** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 16:19 Post

onpon4 wrote:That doesn't have a feed...

What? That looks for me like a feed...

Pages Previous 1 | 2 Post reply
RSS topic feed Subscribe

Jordach · by **Jordach** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 16:27 Post

Seriously?

Right in that lovely navy bar for all to see!

lightonflux · by **lightonflux** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 17:41 Post

I think the table and readability issue is due to a lack of rules. E.g colour formatting in signatures and wrong use of formatting (code blocks, spoilers etc).

I think we should move the informative first post of every mods thread in the wiki, and leave the forum to discussion only. Then it is easier to find updates and informations for mods, because it is always the same wiki page.

Jordach · by **Jordach** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 19:07 Post

lightonflux wrote:I think the table and readability issue is due to a lack of rules. E.g colour formatting in signatures and wrong use of formatting (code blocks, spoilers etc).

I think we should move the informative first post of every mods thread in the wiki, and leave the forum to discussion only. Then it is easier to find updates and informations for mods, because it is always the same wiki page.

But then anyone can edit it, making such idea pointless.

onpon4 · by **onpon4** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 20:50 Post

Krock wrote:
onpon4 wrote:That doesn't have a feed...
What? That looks for me like a feed...

Pages Previous 1 | 2 Post reply
RSS topic feed Subscribe

It is, but that's a topic feed. Not a feed for all posts in the whole forum.

Jordach · by **Jordach** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 20:59 Post

onpon4 wrote:
Krock wrote:
onpon4 wrote:That doesn't have a feed...
What? That looks for me like a feed...

Pages Previous 1 | 2 Post reply
RSS topic feed Subscribe
It is, but that's a topic feed. Not a feed for all posts in the whole forum.

There are entire Sub-Forum RSS feeds, you just have to collect them all.

onpon4 · by **onpon4** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 21:24 Post

Jordach wrote:There are entire Sub-Forum RSS feeds, you just have to collect them all.

Like I said... they only show new topics, not new posts in existing topics.

hoodedice · by **hoodedice** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 21:45 Post

onpon4 wrote:
Jordach wrote:There are entire Sub-Forum RSS feeds, you just have to collect them all.
Like I said... they only show new topics, not new posts in existing topics.

Nevermind onpon4, at least you are getting the feature you want.

Also, who the zwiz uses RSS?!

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