Forum upgrade: missing bits

veryweirdguy · Fri 13/08/2004 20:44:52

You want to encourage new people to use phrases like "Word up to ya mama"?

Evil · Fri 13/08/2004 21:35:42

You want to encourage people?

auhsor · Sun 15/08/2004 15:47:54

One thing that I would like to see on these forums that I have seen on others, is having it so if you edit your post in say 5 mins after posting, to like fix a spelling mistake, it doesn't show the edited thing. I think it works well, and does make the posts seem nicer. I don't know how possible that is to implement tho, or if other people think its worthwhile.

Pumaman · Sun 15/08/2004 15:50:31

It already does that - if you edit your post within 2 minutes and nobody has replied to it, it won't show the Last Edited thingy.

auhsor · Mon 16/08/2004 02:18:21

You serious? Heh I didn't know that, cool.

Matt Brown · Mon 16/08/2004 03:21:54

whats this little "posts leet" thing by my name? thats new

auhsor · Mon 16/08/2004 03:46:14

Um I don't see it now, but looking at your post count, I'm assuming it was cos you had 1337 posts.

Gilbert · Mon 16/08/2004 04:56:17

Quote from: Scummbuddy on Fri 13/08/2004 16:22:25
we always seem to be having trouble with

[size=20]word up to ya mama[/size]
[size=+20]get down with your bad self[/size]

we wanted this for the beginners faq

[ size=24pt ]

veryweirdguy · Mon 16/08/2004 14:09:59

Quote from: auhsor on Mon 16/08/2004 03:46:14
Um I don't see it now, but looking at your post count, I'm assuming it was cos you had 1337 posts.

That would make sense, seeing as at time of typing he has 1338 posts.

How cool. I imagine my 1337th post will be my last ever, so I can always stay like that.

dasjoe · Mon 23/08/2004 14:49:47

the "think before you post" doesn't show up in popular threads at the quick reply field.

Pumaman · Mon 23/08/2004 20:56:44

Considering that it seems to have no effect when it does appear, I don't know if there's much point fixing this one.

Timosity · Wed 01/12/2004 05:41:31

I only just noticed that this existed but I can't figure out how to enter the details.

In your profile there is now a "My Games" section, but there doesn't seem to be any way to enter the details. I thought it would be in your "forum profile information" section, but I can't see it, and I've looked a few times, maybe I'm just blind.

I noticed that some people have their games listed so there must be some way to do it.

Anyway, is this missing from the new forums or is there some trick to it?

there's probably a more recent thread to put this in but this is the one I found using the search feature.

~Tim

Gilbert · Wed 01/12/2004 05:56:57

I think CJ talked about it somewhere that it would automatically be updated if you had posted an entry in the game section using the same forum login account.

In other words, you can't change it manually.

Timosity · Wed 01/12/2004 06:11:42

I had a play around with changing my information on the games page to match my profile but it doesn't seem to work that way.

also note this line "NOTE: don't use important passwords as the admin can see them"

I do have different information for that very reason, maybe it only works with recent entries?

Gilbert · Wed 01/12/2004 07:28:47

Not sure about it, as I don't have use for that feature... yet.

Anyway you may read the info from CJ's thread.

Darth Mandarb · Wed 01/12/2004 14:59:08

When I edited the game entry for JP & Cosmo I was able to figure out how to list those involved in helping with the game.Ã,Â However, I do have a suggestion.

When you view the game's pages it says who helped out with the game.Ã,Â You have to enter the name the person is registered with; so for me it's, 'darth-mandarb'.Ã,Â My username is displayed, 'Darth Mandarb'.Ã,Â I would suggest that yes, you enter their name the way it's registered but the game's detail page uses whatever their current display name is instead.

Some people have completely changed their display names so it's not even similar to their registered name.

Snarky · Wed 01/12/2004 17:10:25

Since the forum trouble a few weeks back, the "always stay logged in" feature doesn't seem to work. Now I have to keep logging into the forums whenever I've been inactive for an hour or more.

Ishmael · Wed 01/12/2004 17:22:20

For me it works perfectly...

Pumaman · Wed 01/12/2004 20:00:55

Quote from: Timosity on Wed 01/12/2004 06:11:42
I had a play around with changing my information on the games page to match my profile but it doesn't seem to work that way.

Go to the Edit Game page, and fill in the box at the bottom of the page. There's fairly detailed instructions on what you need to do.

QuoteSince the forum trouble a few weeks back, the "always stay logged in" feature doesn't seem to work. Now I have to keep logging into the forums whenever I've been inactive for an hour or more.

This is fine for me too. Make sure your browser isn't blocking the cookie -- IE6 seems to like doing that, have a fiddle with the privacy settings.

Timosity · Thu 02/12/2004 07:15:42

Thanks Gilbot & CJ, it all makes sense now