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Birty's Forum => Forum Info - read here first => Topic started by: birty on March 06, 2008, 10:14:57 AM

Title: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: birty on March 06, 2008, 10:14:57 AM: Nobody's perfect, but we know that, so please use this thread to air your opinions, grievances and suggestions on how we, the administrators and moderators can make your stay here better.

This is especially relevant to newbies - please tell us what you think - what works and what doesn't. I'll make this a sticky so that it's always near the top.
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Post by: GermanXJ on March 06, 2008, 10:08:56 PM: Perfect.
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Post by: chrisjones on March 06, 2008, 10:38:44 PM: Me being back?
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on March 06, 2008, 11:54:28 PM: Quote from: "GermanXJ"
Perfect.

Cheque's in the post
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Post by: Bubba on March 07, 2008, 06:46:12 PM: vote me for prime minister it would be one hell of a ride
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Post by: tartanzj on March 12, 2008, 01:13:39 PM: Just noticed something that might help with the issue of new members not posting an intro first.

The forum layout has the events forum section first followed by tech forum , then Birty's forum etc. As the 'Forum Admin - Read here first!' is halfway down the page, would moving this section to the top of the page encourage new members to read this before doing anything else.

Hopefully then their first post would not be a tech issue as is commonly the case. Might keep everyone happy

Steve
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on March 13, 2008, 12:58:31 PM: Yeah, we have a re-organisation of the forums once every so often. Might be worth doing.
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Post by: keeko on May 18, 2008, 11:39:00 PM: How about if you give us free money and cakes? How about a chat box?
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Post by: helstejeep on May 19, 2008, 09:46:29 AM: how about making big events like the cheapfests a sticky so its on top and easy to find and all info and after fest pics and post can be found easily

Helen
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Post by: RockingDad on May 23, 2008, 04:26:56 PM: how about a google map showing our locations?
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on May 23, 2008, 05:06:47 PM: We've looked at creating a Frappr map before, and it's easy enough, but the take up, even on very large sites is so small that it's not really worth the effort.

The problem is that to create a flag on the map, the user must have a login to Frappr, and most people cannot be bothered.
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Post by: eastryjeep on May 31, 2008, 04:53:55 PM: Reorganise the registration process so that the first introduction post is mandatory with a few relavent tips on what to include, thereafter the new member can post away as usual and we get to know who, what and where they are (sorta thingy)!
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Post by: greggmo on May 31, 2008, 11:30:20 PM: we did say about that but it is a bit harsh really. it is very annoying when folk just appear and the first thing they do is demand answers to their problems without even saying hi to everyone here. it is impolite in my book but it just seems like the way these days. manners are not on the gcse list i guess.
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Post by: Mik on July 01, 2008, 09:49:00 PM: Get rid of Mik.

He's a useless tosser
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Post by: greggmo on July 02, 2008, 09:34:00 PM: dont talk out of your ass mate. ive met him and he is a nice bloke.
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Post by: scrw on July 02, 2008, 10:25:11 PM: Find a faster host server
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Post by: GermanXJ on July 03, 2008, 10:36:46 AM: Free Beer
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Post by: doublej on July 03, 2008, 02:30:26 PM: shout box on the bottom of the front page to use as a chat window

i dont drink beer - how bout free redbull
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Post by: demonicwillow on July 03, 2008, 05:40:06 PM: Quote from: "doublej"

i dont drink beer - how bout free redbull :lol:
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Post by: greggmo on July 03, 2008, 05:58:03 PM: free beer would be good. free red bull would be cool with a double Russian
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Post by: MOCAJ on July 03, 2008, 06:39:48 PM: nah, Southern Comfort does it for me and Micko :lol:
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Post by: Mick O on July 03, 2008, 09:33:00 PM: Nah, free SoCo makes me fall over :lol:
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Post by: Manda on July 03, 2008, 09:52:21 PM: Makes Mocaj fall over too.
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Post by: MOCAJ on July 05, 2008, 12:48:40 PM: true :lol:
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Post by: Tank on August 01, 2008, 08:09:38 PM: How about,instead of waiting for new members to say hi as lots just dont bother,as soon as someone registers,an automatic post is placed in Introductions with their name and an "Hello and welcome" from Birty.....??????
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Post by: eastryjeep on August 02, 2008, 06:10:52 PM: Aint that kinda like a 'self licking lollipop'? We'll all be sayin 'Howdy do, etc' and the new member may not even know a post was automaticly started for them.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but we need to find a way to get the new member to look at their auto-generated post to see we aren't all that bad and how welcome they are.
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Post by: Tank on August 02, 2008, 09:32:40 PM: Quote from: "eastryjeep"
Aint that kinda like a 'self licking lollipop'? We'll all be sayin 'Howdy do, etc' and the new member may not even know a post was automaticly started for them.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but we need to find a way to get the new member to look at their auto-generated post to see we aren't all that bad and how welcome they are.

Not really,and to be honest its not just for the new member,its also to introduce others to the new member and kind of breaks the ice.Whether or not the new member actually reads it or passes comment is down to them as we all have the freedom of speech thing,but i feel it might make new members feel more welcome to the club as a whole as when you first join a club you can often feel like you are not yet a part of that club when it comes to writing posts and so this way should make them more inclined to actually make a posting rather than just watching from the sidelines.Its a way of encouraging new member interaction in my opinion
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Post by: Nosebolt on August 02, 2008, 10:48:47 PM: I've used this site a few times http://http://cjoffroad.com/CJInfo.asp dont know if we could do something like this and maybe cover a few other models?

another thing i would like to see is the club logo used a bit more if pos, maybe even a downloadable version so we gan get our own graffics made.
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Post by: keeko on August 13, 2008, 11:53:44 PM: A chatroom or chat box type deal woule be cool as mentioned.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on December 30, 2008, 10:19:32 AM: How about moving the 'members rides'up the top? Just me bein lazy but i keep missin posts coz i forget to scroll right down 8-)
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Post by: Bulldog67 on January 15, 2009, 11:49:10 AM: sorry, back on the same topic but different method, sorta nicking this idea via jeepforum where they have one for just pics of the almighty and all conquering CJ, but how about a sticky of just members jeeps?

I know we have the members rides section but that takes a lot of clicking, i would like something where i can just scroll through and have a look, ideally with no comments allowed, just pics with a brief blurb on what they done. Im assuming a tec head administrator could lift the photos out of the members rides section, or we could just start afresh.

what you think Birty?
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Post by: Bubba on January 15, 2009, 04:00:15 PM: you mean the album there are super pics on there go look
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on January 15, 2009, 04:05:25 PM: Quote from: "Bulldog67"
sorry, back on the same topic but different method, sorta nicking this idea via jeepforum where they have one for just pics of the almighty and all conquering CJ, but how about a sticky of just members jeeps?

what you think Birty?

Nothing stopping you from creating a thread either in here of members rides for that exact purpose. If you create it, I'll make it sticky. Then if the rest of the membership likes the idea, they'll add to the thread.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on January 15, 2009, 04:28:14 PM: Cool, cheers Tim, will start that thread when mine is back together and i can post pics, would be a bit weird to start it without a photo to post !!
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on January 15, 2009, 04:37:38 PM: Go ahead and start it anyway, then others can add to it while you work on your CJ.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on January 15, 2009, 07:20:39 PM: ok, sounds good, will stick it in the members ride section?
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Post by: Bulldog67 on January 15, 2009, 09:22:30 PM: All done Tim

Now to get slaughtered
Title: sending out pms.texts etc on pub meet nights
Post by: detroitman on February 07, 2009, 10:01:41 AM: could try sending out e mails pm,s or even texts to members ,on the morning of a pub meet .jus to remind em ?
ya never know it might work . 8-)
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Post by: Bishops Finger on February 07, 2009, 11:11:41 AM: Jeepy send out advance warnings of meets / events...
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Post by: greggmo on February 07, 2009, 11:26:17 AM: i know what ya mean but it is there to read under events or meets and get togethers.
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Post by: scrw on February 09, 2009, 08:54:04 PM: Clear up on the stickies & announcements in the general section, I am scrolling just to see the posts now
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 09, 2009, 09:16:55 PM: Never bothered me, my screen is 1680x1050

I see your point. Done.
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Post by: scrw on February 09, 2009, 10:00:56 PM: my poor laptop can only do 1024x768, can browse on my pda easier now too
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 06:58:27 PM: i hate to say it but we may be moving towards a time whare we may need to start splitting some of the tech stuff we do seem to be snowing xj zj wj tech
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Post by: Nosebolt on February 10, 2009, 07:02:50 PM: dont think of it as splitting, more like indexing,
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 07:06:44 PM: it just seems to run against the ethos of birtys but i think it is somthing that we will need to consider
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 07:21:54 PM: We can do it by giving each vehicle a new forum, eg "Grand Cherokee" "Cherokee" "CJ" "Wrangler" etc, but while that's fine for most of us, Noobs will post their liberty questions in Cherokee, cus they think they have a cherokee. We could end up with a massive list of vehicles, so we need to be careful selecting titles.

We could do sub-forums, but that requires a very large mod that would take hours to install. Going to phpbb3 would fix this.
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 07:29:09 PM: i do agree but are we going to end up with an endless hap hazard mine field as time goes on i mean i dont mind coz i know wher to find most things
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Post by: Nosebolt on February 10, 2009, 07:35:10 PM: Assuming this is an exercise to improve browsing for tech info, why not divide by landmark years, ’86 seems to be a year of major changes and then the legislative changes in 2001 so maybe have;

Upto 1986
1987 to 2000
2001 on

Others who know the marques history better could maybe suggest a different time sets, but I think it would group like type technologies and be clear for newbie’s as to where to post.
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 07:38:29 PM: Well I'm all for it, so lets get the ball rolling.

We need as few extra forums as possible, whilst maintaining usability, so something like

Grand Cherokee (1993 - present)
Cherokee (1984-2001 only)
Wrangler (1987 - present)
CJ (all types to 1986)
Any Jeep not above
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Post by: Bulldog67 on February 10, 2009, 07:39:27 PM: Beat me to it Nosebolt, that makes sense to me
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 07:43:34 PM: I think that if we divided by year, we'd end up with three messes instead of one.
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 07:46:35 PM: yup its not an easy thing is it
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Post by: Nosebolt on February 10, 2009, 07:51:55 PM: there is one other way to go,

fixed windscreen or folding windscreen,

two very clear types of jeep and easy to workout where your jeep belongs
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Post by: Dutch on February 10, 2009, 07:54:10 PM: Question sounds familiar :

Something like this then ?

CJ (Civilan Jeep) Technical Forum
The "Classic" CJ models from 1942 till 1986

Wrangler Forum Group
For the 3 Wrangler generations. YJ (1987-1995), TJ & LJ (1997-2006), JK (2007-present)

Cherokee & Comanche Forum Group
For both the Cherokee XJ (1984-2001) and the Comanche MJ (1986-1992)

Grand Cherokee & Commander Forum Group
For the Grand Cherokee ZJ (1993 - 1998), WJ (1999-2004), WK (2005 - present) and Commander XK (2005 - present)

Liberty (KJ) Technial Forum
For the Liberty (outside USA known as Cherokee) registered starting 2002

Compass & Patriot (MK) Technical Forum
For the Compass and the Patriot (MK), 2007 till the present (based on the Dodge Caliber)

Full Size Jeep Technical Forum
For the Cherokee (SJ): 1974-1983; Wagoneer (SJ): 1963-1983; Grand Wagoneer (SJ): 1984-1991; Gladiator en J-series pickup: 1963-1987

Military Jeep Group
For the military models
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 07:56:17 PM: Interesting thought, though the fixed windscreen forum would be a mess, and noobs might not know what the hell we're on about.

We try to be as friendly as possible, which means an easy to use forum. Having forums labelled the same as the badge on your car is probably friendliest.
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Post by: Dutch on February 10, 2009, 07:57:15 PM: To be honest...pinched this from the Dutch Jeep Forum...
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 08:01:04 PM: We could do a massive list of vehicles, but the more frangmented it gets, the less chance of people in the know reading and answering the problem.

When your forum has 20000 members, it may not be an issue as loads of expert will read each forum, but on here, the far fewer experts may take to only reading the forum that they're interested in, thus skipping questions they may well know the answers to.
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 08:03:05 PM: good point very well made
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Post by: Lornaben on February 10, 2009, 08:04:37 PM: Quote from: "tim_aka_tim"
Going to phpbb3 would fix this.

I know its nowt to do with me but upgrading to phpBB3 is the first thing to do. That enables sub forums to be created easily and means the forum coding is more secure.

Tim's job keeping the site running will be made much easier. Add to that. it offers us as users far more flexibility with regard to keeping track of new posts. Cookie sessions and all that.

phpBB3 also does several things better than phpBB2, a good example is the email addresses of users are kept encrypted unlike the phpbb2 version. Creating permanent external links is also possible direct from the forum itself. Updating is much easier too.

Sorry I'm waffling on. Suffice to say upgrade to phpBB3. Its good
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 08:06:33 PM: dont knoe if our curent provider gives us this option
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Post by: Dutch on February 10, 2009, 08:08:39 PM: Hey....don't get me wrong....only adding to the discussion....I like Birty's the way it is..... :-D )even if it is not relating to my series.

I think I better shut up now..........lol
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 10, 2009, 08:08:55 PM: Yeah, it's up to Birty to install phpbb3. At the mods say-so of course.
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Post by: Bubba on February 10, 2009, 08:09:23 PM
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Lornaben on February 11, 2009, 06:18:11 PM: OOoooohhh its done.

Me Likey =D> =D>
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Post by: Bubba on February 11, 2009, 06:47:08 PM: so do everybody need to re log in then
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Post by: gazjeep on February 11, 2009, 07:01:58 PM: I did, no probs so far either :supz:
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Post by: scrw on February 11, 2009, 09:09:37 PM: How about splitting the For Sale & Wanted section, most annoying seeing a topic title for a bit you are after only to find its someone else asking for the same thing
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Post by: JamesH on February 12, 2009, 10:42:06 AM: There's a lot of overlap in the tech issues of YJ, XJ, TJ, ZJ/G, WJ/G - engines, axles, gearboxes, wheels / tyres, brakes etc. Doesn't splitting the forums actually make it more tricky to find or help with issues??

Just my initial thought on the divided tech forums, maybe I'll get used to it
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 12, 2009, 02:39:39 PM: I'm having the same thoughts. We need to figure it out quick as moving a load of posts is a nightmare, and at the minute there's just a few.
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Post by: scrw on February 12, 2009, 03:40:30 PM: Quote from: "tim_aka_tim"
I'm having the same thoughts. We need to figure it out quick as moving a load of posts is a nightmare, and at the minute there's just a few.
bulk moving is easy in phpbb3, just delete the forum and the option appears to move all posts to a new forum
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Post by: ivanidea on February 12, 2009, 03:50:03 PM: Why is it on most forums, the next topic link is at the top of the page

It should be below / next to the last entry, instead of needing to scroll to the top of the page (I know pressing the 'home' button makes it quicker). It would be better if I could save time and move straight onto the next post.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on February 12, 2009, 06:05:23 PM: Quote from: "ivanidea"
Why is it on most forums, the next topic link is at the top of the page =D> now wot button sends me to the bottom?

am i misunderstanding, are u planning to split the tech into parts (ie gearbox, wheels etc) instead of vehicles? that dont make sense to me, admittedly i can never answer any tech questions but keepin it per vehicle seems the most logical to me, u can still search within the whole thread
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Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 12, 2009, 07:12:25 PM: Quote from: "ivanidea"
Why is it on most forums, the next topic link is at the top of the page

It should be below / next to the last entry, instead of needing to scroll to the top of the page (I know pressing the 'home' button makes it quicker). It would be better if I could save time and move straight onto the next post.

OK, modified the view post template so you can do it from the top and bottom of the screen.
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Post by: Lornaben on February 12, 2009, 11:12:36 PM: Quote from: "tim_aka_tim"
OK, modified the view post template so you can do it from the top and bottom of the screen.

:supz:
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Post by: Bulldog67 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
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Post by: ivanidea on February 13, 2009, 09:18:35 AM: Many thanks Tim :beerchug:

Ivan
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Post by: tim_aka_tim 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.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on February 13, 2009, 02:38:09 PM: nice one Tim
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Post by: Mike Pavelin on February 14, 2009, 02:35:32 PM: Leave it alone! Don't like the sub forums. Fiddly and keep missing posts.
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Post by: Dutch 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...
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Post by: Dutch on February 17, 2009, 07:51:09 PM: Oh btw........can we have the soapboax back......members only....password protected...whatever !!!!!! :prayer:
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Post by: MOCAJ 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
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Post by: MOCAJ on February 17, 2009, 07:56:33 PM: and soapbox has gone, please read post in general why
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Post by: Dutch 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:
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: tim_aka_tim 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.
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Post by: Bishops Finger 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) 8-) so someone out there please don't spoil stuff.......

Love xxxx yer Baron...
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Post by: greggmo 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.
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Post by: Dutch 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) 8-) :imwitstupid: 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
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Post by: Bubba 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
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 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 !!!

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.
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Post by: Bubba 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
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Post by: dxmedia 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.
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Post by: Bishops Finger 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
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: greggmo 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.
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 03, 2009, 08:33:40 AM: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8461 (http://www.birtydastardsjeepclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8461" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

wot u reckon Tim? Is it feasible?
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Post by: Jeeper Creeper on March 03, 2009, 09:13:18 AM: So you guys strongly believe that there is no God and all faith is bs?

What religion is that and do you have a church?
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: greggmo on March 03, 2009, 09:48:29 AM: we all worship the jeep god.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on March 03, 2009, 10:32:46 AM: yup, we even got an ordained Padre; Mr Nosebolt
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Jeeper Creeper on March 03, 2009, 10:47:37 AM: :prayer:
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: tim_aka_tim on March 03, 2009, 02:08:38 PM: Quote from: "Bulldog67"
http://www.birtydastardsjeepclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8461

what you reckon Tim? Is it feasible?

It's been tried and doesn't work. People wont use it.
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 on March 30, 2009, 10:12:54 PM: turn the spell checker off, when i type y e r, i mean y e r, not your
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: greggmo on March 30, 2009, 10:13:50 PM: yer
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Post by: greggmo on March 30, 2009, 10:14:32 PM: man that sucks. that needs to go.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on March 30, 2009, 10:14:42 PM: see, told y e r
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Post by: greggmo on March 30, 2009, 10:23:58 PM: i wondered why i suddenly understood bubba.
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Post by: Bulldog67 on March 31, 2009, 10:11:08 PM: yer
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Post by: Bulldog67 on March 31, 2009, 10:12:24 PM: still
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Post by: Bulldog67 on April 02, 2009, 12:24:50 PM: v sneaky
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bubba on May 05, 2009, 12:31:59 PM: listen up folks we are needing a fresh surge of interest on how to improve things on planet birty to discus
ideas please
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 05, 2009, 12:57:32 PM: may be beyond our server capabilities (or whatever our capabilities are) but when im on jeep forum i like the bit at the bottom of each thread which shows you 5 similiar threads, could be useful in tech?

and i could be scrapin the barrel to find something
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: wrangler on May 05, 2009, 03:52:08 PM: All suggestions are welcome Bulldog
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: tim_aka_tim on May 06, 2009, 04:44:27 PM: Quote from: "Bulldog67"
may be beyond our server capabilities (or whatever our capabilities are) but when im on jeep forum i like the bit at the bottom of each thread which shows you 5 similiar threads, could be useful in tech?

and i could be scrapin the barrel to find something

It's a good idea, but our software doesn't support that. I'll look for a mod, but don't hold your breath.
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: birty on January 01, 2010, 04:59:39 PM: Quote from: Bulldog67 on May 05, 2009, 12:57:32 PM
may be beyond our server capabilities (or whatever our capabilities are) but when im on jeep forum i like the bit at the bottom of each thread which shows you 5 similiar threads, could be useful in tech?

now added
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 01, 2010, 06:27:00 PM: and I likey already Dawg, nice :greggmo:
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 13, 2010, 09:24:48 PM: Not a suggestion but feedback really, this 5 other related topics thing at the bottom of the page is great, led me off on all manner of weird (& occasionally useful) birty threads when i should be workin instead, proper good work Dawg :13:
Title: Re: Suggestions to make Birty's forum more betterer
Post by: Dave69 on February 22, 2010, 10:45:50 AM: any way of jumping directly to the first unread post in a thread rather than having to click on the relevant page and scrolling down for the new post ?
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Post by: Bubba on February 22, 2010, 10:55:59 AM: just click on the grill that says new
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Post by: Dave69 on February 22, 2010, 01:00:13 PM: DOH a bit obvious realy
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Post by: Bulldog67 on February 22, 2010, 09:40:14 PM: dont beat yaself up Dave, thats the sort of trick only a techno nerd like Bubba would know :003:
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Post by: Bulldog67 on June 29, 2011, 11:27:29 PM: praise from me: the unread post tab is genius, im so bored of havin to trawl every section on other forums :015: