Suggestions & Requests

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Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

Vendetta wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:14 pm Would there be any interest in enabling post reactions using smilies (and can that be enabled on this type of forum)? It can be a nice way to laugh at people's jokes or thank them for useful information without cluttering a thread with too many quote replies.
I did look for this a while ago and on this particular type of install, there was no “like” option. Shame as I agree with you!

I’ll check with in house IT to see if it can be made possible.
Nik_SpeakerToCats
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Nik_SpeakerToCats »

When a thread turns 'mega' and/or 'braided', it becomes very hard to reference a specific post without invoking all the graphics etc,

But, eg Secret Projects forum...
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/
... has post numbers to allow such.

Any chance for TBO ??

Also, yes, a 'Like' button...
Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:48 pm When a thread turns 'mega' and/or 'braided', it becomes very hard to reference a specific post without invoking all the graphics etc,

But, eg Secret Projects forum...
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/
... has post numbers to allow such.

Any chance for TBO ??

Also, yes, a 'Like' button...
Sorry. I’ve checked and the “Like” button was abandoned for phpBB development.

We can add a post number, it’s a download so I’ll have to get IT onto it.
pengolod_sc
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by pengolod_sc »

Each post/reply has a little icon of a page/piece of paper (red for new posts/replies, grey for ones you've read before) just below its title and next to the "by [username] » Day Date Time" string, and that has the direct link to same post/reply, which one can use to create a direct link - for instance to Craiglxviii's response to Calder's request for two subforums.
Nik_SpeakerToCats
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Nik_SpeakerToCats »

Thank you.
James1978
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by James1978 »

Craig,

Could you look into the YouTube embed thing. I followed the directions you provided, but it doesn't seem to work anymore. I've tried with several different videos.

I get this when I try.

Just a black screen, and an error message when I try to play it.
Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

James1978 wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:46 pm Craig,

Could you look into the YouTube embed thing. I followed the directions you provided, but it doesn't seem to work anymore. I've tried with several different videos.

I get this when I try.

Just a black screen, and an error message when I try to play it.
That’s odd. I’ll look into this over the weekend. It may be that some back end coding has changed. Bear with me.

For reference I will try to embed the first thing in my YT feed:

https://youtu.be/Bxe8E8jGT7g?si=

Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

Ok. There’s likely a problem with the widget. I shall investigate.
Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

Right. 20 seconds of study shows that:

A) there’s definitely an issue, but;
B) an official bbcode media extension is now available for plain URL pasting.

So I shall get B installed.
James1978
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by James1978 »

Craiglxviii wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:19 am Right. 20 seconds of study shows that:

A) there’s definitely an issue, but;
B) an official bbcode media extension is now available for plain URL pasting.

So I shall get B installed.
Any progress updates?
James1978
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by James1978 »

Craiglxviii wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:19 am Right. 20 seconds of study shows that:

A) there’s definitely an issue, but;
B) an official bbcode media extension is now available for plain URL pasting.

So I shall get B installed.
Any progress with the new YouTube bbcode extension?
Craiglxviii
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Craiglxviii »

James1978 wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:05 pm
Craiglxviii wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:19 am Right. 20 seconds of study shows that:

A) there’s definitely an issue, but;
B) an official bbcode media extension is now available for plain URL pasting.

So I shall get B installed.
Any progress with the new YouTube bbcode extension?
Not yet, but that’s because we also need the Board version updating to make it work. In progress.
Johnnie Lyle
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by Johnnie Lyle »

Did we ever get the table option up and running?

If not, could we?
James1978
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Re: Suggestions & Requests

Post by James1978 »

As long as the thread is bumped, any chance of getting the "centering" feature back?
Nik_SpeakerToCats
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Higher contrast display than grey-on-grey ??

Post by Nik_SpeakerToCats »

Hi !

Does forum support a higher contrast display style than neat Grey-on-Grey ??

FWIW, I cannot find the menu I used to set that: Where does it live ???

FWIW, AltHist offer a vivid 'white on black' option for 'enhanced accessibility'....

I have tried using Windows global options, but they are best described as 'Excessive Over-kill', like sending a mega-tsunami to clear litter off a beach....
:( :( :(

Nik
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