Welcome to the new forums!

[psi29a]

Welcome to the new forum folks!

The fun is just getting started, and I have bigger and better plans as the time progresses. As always, if something isn't working quite right, please let me know here. Please note that none of the birthdays transfered over (sadly), there isn't a youtube/gvideo hack yet (i'll work on that soon), and of course it is just too damn bright and no forums based spell check (firefox has it built in now, use that, its better anyway).

To address the brightness issue,I've been working on a new template so feel free to take a gander. Go wild with it, the data there will be purged eventually.

http://www.evil-genius.us/phpBB3

So yeah, play around and enjoy. There are a literal fuck ton of new features.

List of what is new:

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Full UTF-8 support

Attachments

    * Attachments in posts and PMs
    * Automatic image thumbnails
    * Attach images, documents, video streams, archives
    * Multiple attachments allowed
    * Display attachments inline

Unlimited Subforums

    * Create unlimited subforums
    * Display active topics of all subforums

Custom BBCodes

    * Create your own BBCodes
    * Add buttons to posting screen

Custom Profile Fields

    * Add new fields on user profiles
    * Display them at registration
    * Display them on the profile view
    * Hide new profile fields
    * Support different data types

User Control Panel

    * Manage subscribed topics & forums
    * Manage bookmarked topics
    * Manage saved drafts
    * Manage private messages
    * Manage usergroups
    * Manage friends and foes
    * Manage attachments

New Moderating Tools

    * Moderation queue
    * Topic merging
    * Topic copying
    * Locking of single posts
    * Topic history

Caching and performance

    * Templates are cached
    * Permissions are cached
    * Forum config is cached
    * Database queries are cached

Friends and Foes

    * Add other members as friends or foes
    * Posts by foes are hidden
    * Friends are shown in friends list

Warnings and Reports

    * Users can report topics and posts
    * Moderators can warn users

More Improvements For Users

    * Bookmark topics
    * Subscribe to forums
    * Jabber/xmpp support for notifications
    * Mail or print topics
    * "You got beaten at posting notification"

More Improvements For Admins

    * Global announcements
    * Display forum rules on forum page
    * Prune inactive users
    * User, moderator, admin and error logs
    * Language pack editing
    * User notes
    * Detect search spiders

List of what has been improved:

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 Private Messages

    * Send to multiple recipients
    * Send to groups
    * Send Blind Carbon Copies (BCC)
    * Forward messages
    * Friends list works as address book
    * Attach files to PMs
    * PM Drafts
    * Conversation view
    * PM folders
    * PM filters
    * Export Messages

Registration

    * Enable/disable COPPA
    * Limit registration attempts
    * Set min/max username length
    * Set min/max password length
    * Limit username chars
    * Set password complexity requirements
    * Force password change
    * Allow/disallow e-mail address re-usage

Search

    * Search inside topics
    * Select multiple forums and categories to search
    * Search within topic titles only
    * Search within first post of a topic only
    * Set search flood interval to limit server load
    * Select search backend (mysql/phpbb)

Admin Control Panel

    * More flexible and accessible tab layout
    * Modular system allows for easy extensions
    * Allow/disallow access to different functions
    * New founder status for the board creator
    * Completely re-structured for better handling

Moderator Control Panel

    * Manage the moderation queue
    * List of warnings and reports
    * Forum, topic, and post detail views

Polls

    * Multiple options per user
    * Allow/disallow vote change

Usergroups

    * Multiple group leaders
    * Set display colour for group members
    * Set group rank
    * Set group avatar

Profile View

    * More user statistics on profile view
    * Signature on profile view
    * Usergroups on profile view

Permissions

    * More powerful and flexible permission system
    * Simple permissions through roles
    * Fine-tune admin and moderator access
    * Super moderators

User Management

    * Advanced user editing interface
    * Edit user preferences
    * Edit group memberships
    * Show and edit all attachments of a user
    * View permissions directly

More Improvements

    * Moderator and admin control panels
    * Set temporary bans
    * Comments for bans
    * Manage group memberships in the ACP
    * Search members by all attributes

[Starnum]

Wow, crazy!Heh, I'm looking forward to using that layout you're working on. Thanks for all the great work boss.

[psi29a]

btw, the search function now works. *grin*

I know a lot of people had a hard time with it before, it tis 'fixed' so no excuses anymore.

[Malvado]

MY god this is fucking with my head! Someone make it stop. I shall try to switch it back.

[halfnhalf]

So i know my topic was locked, but you have to understand, i was looking for a thread abotu this new uhh skin... and i didnt find any, so i started my own. Psi, check the times, we made both threads at the same time. SPOOKY.


either way i like it. something new.

[psi29a]

So i know my topic was locked, but you have to understand, i was looking for a thread abotu this new uhh skin... and i didnt find any, so i started my own. Psi, check the times, we made both threads at the same time. SPOOKY.


either way i like it. something new.

no worries man, thought i would end that thread quick and divert traffic here.

the theme needs to be darkened a bit and i sometimes get lost in the threads (it all blurs together in the lightness).

Also, if you feel you can do better, by all means show us what you got and help us build a kick-ass forum template.

[halfnhalf]

now the only problem is that we have to have all of our ava's now look to the left rather then the edge of my screen right...

[Nomimono]

UTF-8 support!

素晴らしい！

All hail the new forums!

[War Machine]

Damn, I'm being attacked by a bunch of new features. Looking forward for the new template, my eyes hurt from so much white.

[Shaka Zulu]

Hey psi, I thought I was special This is nothing like the forum look you showed me in msn at all. It was grey and alot nicer then this one. This one is ok. But the grey one wasnt as obnoxiously as white as this one


But its easy getting use to, but its a big change from dark as hell to light as hell. Funny adjustment to see the avatars to the right instead of to the left.


But overall...niiiice!

[Deathbringer]

I haven´t been on track with the new template issue, is this one final? Because it´s not very easy to the eyes.

[Tempest]

MY EYES! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FUCKING EYES?!?

[Finito]

You hurted david blaines eyes, I guess its sunglasses ftw (guess im not the only one playing to the pc in a dark room)

Hope it gets back to normal soon, feels like someone redecorated my cult school.

[psi29a]

Hopefully this can tide you all over till I can get all the details hammered out, as there are a few bright spots I haven't touched yet.

You can begin to take your sun-glasses of now.

[MsNomer]

Glad I waited till you dimmed the lights, from the sound of the previous posts, I would have seared my retina's off. Looks good in here. Good job , as usual, Psi.

[Ayanami]

Sorry, but I really do not like the new set up. I am sure all the new features are cool, but it is very very odd visually. Avatars and profile info on the right does not make any sense to me.

[Sandman]

I like the new forum, except for the new wording for some of the buttons and the AVs on the right, it might give it more of a Japaness feel but I dont think I could get use to it.

[psi29a]

I like the new forum, except for the new wording for some of the buttons and the AVs on the right, it might give it more of a Japaness feel but I dont think I could get use to it.

Well it is still a work in progress, there is entirely to much white left and I'm not finished.

There is one bug that starnum found and that is that some avatars do not display properly and this is because for whatever reason, image processing libraries in php didn't recognize the dimensions of the image correct. To correct this (look at sandman's as an example) is to go into your UCP (user control panel) and enter in the dimensions of your avatar and that should fix the stretchy issue.

Yes, there is still some unreadable text/colors, i'm working on them one at a time as I find them and as I have the time. It is ugly, and i'll get right on it.

[Sortep]

wow! pretty new forums... i came on looking to burn a few minutes and i get some goodness... a lil bright but spiffy none the less

[Albator]

I will need to get used to this, but if this works for you then it's great.

I have one quarrel: I find it difficult to look for new posts. I know, I'm bitching. However the old template was pretty slick, new posts were white and flashy, and I grew accustomed to that. Any possibility to increase the contrast between read/unread posts?

Edit: I just noticed the little band next to the avatars indicating online status. Nice.

[psi29a]

I will need to get used to this, but if this works for you then it's great.

I have one quarrel: I find it difficult to look for new posts. I know, I'm bitching. However the old template was pretty slick, new posts were white and flashy, and I grew accustomed to that. Any possibility to increase the contrast between read/unread posts?

Edit: I just noticed the little band next to the avatars indicating online status. Nice.

I totally agree, the current icon set is kinda... well, crap.

I can 'port' the old icons over which looked like mail envelopes and where bright when unread and dark when read.

I've hopefully knocked out all white crap (non images), so if you see any lemme know please.

[Tempest]

I totally agree, the current icon set is kinda... well, crap.

Indeed, I don't really have too much of an issue with the colors in the icons vs the rest of the bgoard, but the icons themseves
are hard to read, I can't tell what's got new stuff and what doesn't. Fix that and the whole backwards avatar thing and you've got my vote! Great stuff so far Psi.

[Albator]

Whatever is easier for you. I don't necessarily mind the new icons, just the color scheme. Everything else is a matter of taste really, because overall everything is just as functional as it used to be. I don't want to be the old coot afraid of novelty.

[Starnum]

*Sigh of relief* Ah, darker tones make the elven king happy. I knew you'd come through Psi. Don't worry guys, I know things are a little janky at the moment, but I personally like having the newest version of php on our board. Also, trust in Psi, you know he'll do us right, and do whatever's in his power to make the board as good as he can.

[newbified]

Damn, now I have to fix my av.

Too bad links no longer open up a new window. I got lazy from the previous forums now that I have to right click links again.

All in all, nice forums though. Great job Psi.