Topic: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer (Read 23111 times)

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #75 on:** February 13, 2009, 08:43:51 AM »

Morning Tim, since the swapover the following occurs: when someone posts a link (ebay, youtube etc) it no longer opens a new page (if that is the right term!), now it just follows the link by losing birtys, any chance this can be tweaked?

cheers

ivanidea · « **Reply #76 on:** February 13, 2009, 09:18:35 AM »

Many thanks Tim

Ivan

tim_aka_tim · « **Reply #77 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:21:33 PM »

Quote from: "Bulldog67"

Morning Tim, since the swapover the following occurs: when someone posts a link (ebay, youtube etc) it no longer opens a new page (if that is the right term!), now it just follows the link by losing birtys, any chance this can be tweaked?

cheers

Removing the ability to open a new window on a link was done to make phpbb3 standards compliant. However, I've changed a few files to make it take it's old behaviour.
It works fine on new posts, but any posts done before today may open a new window.

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #78 on:** February 13, 2009, 02:38:09 PM »

nice one Tim

Mike Pavelin · « **Reply #79 on:** February 14, 2009, 02:35:32 PM »

Leave it alone! Don't like the sub forums. Fiddly and keep missing posts. :-?

Dutch · « **Reply #80 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:48:44 PM »

Hi guys....Tim wants more imput.....well here goes. :oops: :-? ...no not necessarily....Im sure we'll all learn to live with it. :idea: Biggest vote wins. Simple

Good luck... :rolleyes:

Dutch · « **Reply #81 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:51:09 PM »

Oh btw........can we have the soapboax back......members only....password protected...whatever !!!!!! :prayer:

MOCAJ · « **Reply #82 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:53:25 PM »

try to keep up with the main forum, there has been a poll in general for a fair few days

anyway, all done now :wink:

MOCAJ · « **Reply #83 on:** February 17, 2009, 07:56:33 PM »

and soapbox has gone, please read post in general why :wink:

Dutch · « **Reply #84 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:04:08 PM »

Quote from: "my other cars a jeep"

try to keep up with the main forum, there has been a poll in general for a fair few days

anyway, all done now :roll:

tim_aka_tim · « **Reply #85 on:** February 17, 2009, 08:06:21 PM »

When Birty makes a decision, it's in the best interests of the club. Birty is not one person, but many people who make collective decisions.

As for soapbox, I can understand that users liked it, and on the whole, it was fun. However, Birty doesn't just think about fun.
Birty needs to think about things such as whether something is technically easy to do, whether something will bring the club into disrepute and
also whether something would promote questionable viewpoints being aired, e.g. racism/sexism.

You are encouraged to air your views, but let's keep them legally and morally acceptable.

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #86 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:10:32 PM »

Whats legally and morally acceptable?

??

Soz I'll rephrase that to Baron speak...no fucker tells me what I think feel or want to post about .....its a kinda free world last I looked
Means a hell of a lot to be on this site (again)

so someone out there please don't spoil stuff.......

Love xxxx yer Baron...

greggmo · « **Reply #87 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:35:33 PM »

maybe we could keep a soap box to have a rant but it needs to be made clear that anything deemed racist or offencive will be removed no questions asked. we dont need to become a nanny state after all. 8-)

Dutch · « **Reply #88 on:** February 18, 2009, 07:12:52 PM »

Quote from: "Bishops Finger"

Whats legally and morally acceptable???

Soz I'll rephrase that to Baron speak...no fucker tells me what I think feel or want to post about .....its a kinda free world last I looked
Means a hell of a lot to be on this site (again) Not my place..and aim to start a trench warfare here but afterall this is a 'forum' where things can be discussed...can't they?
Unless my wrists get slapped again... :roll: and I'll shut up....again :?: :lol: ROFL

Bubba · « **Reply #89 on:** February 18, 2009, 07:54:40 PM »

hard call but for me the imaginery line in the sand would be

race ..............you cant seem to say anything these days without the race card gettin waved

wishing ........a named person dead or there named company

religeon....... how big a can of worms is that just dont go there

sexual........harassment or porn related the ternet is full if thats what ya want

birtys aint gonna go all pc i wouldnt want it to be but you do have to consider wether somone else is gonna get the wrong end of the stick and go on a power sulk or mad rant

please keep bringing ya input fourwards folks you are the club and it wont be able to improve without ya

Bulldog67 · « **Reply #90 on:** February 18, 2009, 08:08:06 PM »

with u on 3 of them Bubba, but religion !!! the whole point of religion is its MADE UP, NO PROOF, REQUIRES FAITH, so rippin the mentally gullible can only help improve their faith, so it would be an act of charity to help them out :mrgreen:

but was a good job u pulled the soapbox, coz i been workin my way up to to a rant on the roots of all evil - religions !!! :evil:

Im stuck in between really, i dont think the soapbox did any harm, in fact, had it not been there when i first came to Birties then i may have cleared off after a short while, but the box gave me an area to rant bout summink, and for folk to explain why it happened, so issue sorted, but i prefer havin birties without a soapbox than no birties at all. I honestly think we can over worry what someone outside is gonna say about a rant, and we all know that if anyone treads over the line on racism for instance, we as a group pull them up quick anyway, but there are so many fuckin idiots around who knows what they are gonna complain about?

so, after all that blah blah, i would like it back, but understand why its gone and can live without it. I do think if we could lock it to registered users only, that would solve half the worry.

Bubba · « **Reply #91 on:** February 18, 2009, 08:37:09 PM »

i know what ya mean the biggest farce of all time but some beleive in it totaly and have a mdieval mindset with no room for normal thought

dxmedia · « **Reply #92 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:07:51 PM »

Quote from: "Bulldog67"

with u on 3 of them Bubba, but religion !!! the whole point of religion is its MADE UP, NO PROOF, REQUIRES FAITH, so rippin the mentally gullible can only help improve their faith, so it would be an act of charity to help them out :supz: :supz:

So you believe in the bearded cloud wizard who points his fingers and makes planets hey? do ya ? do ya really ??

Heard a great one the other day.

What do you call alternative medicine that's proved to work ?

Medicine.

[/soapbox]

Um loose the adverts on the chat box will ya??

If you want a copy of a java based chat application which is server based rather than external based drop me a pm, I've a full copy which I use myself on forums - add free.

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #93 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:25:07 PM »

Beareded wizards..that Gandalf....he rocks

IMHO worshiping false idols ...even billy...is a total waste of thought and effort...for that I mean any religion...bunch of monkey spank

greggmo · « **Reply #94 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:36:55 PM »

some folk use religion, some use drugs, beer, smoke, whatever yer choice. some use meditation and some just go mad but its all up to the individual if you are lucky enough to have a choice.