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I've been testing out some new hacks this evening.
The first one I've added should make IRC users feel at home :E
/me <message>
For example if you type
/me jumps
you will get the following happening
/me jumps
enjoy
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
26-05-2003, 21:31
/me runs riot!!!
The next hack you should see at the bottom of the page
yes.. its the one and only quick reply box! :E
Pop Culture Monkey
26-05-2003, 22:15
The quick reply box blows.
Still, nice to see we've finally got asterisks censoring 'swear words' (And about two dozen totally legitimate words that come up frequently in conversation) - And it's only taken a year and a half.
now that it dont auto sig its much better
oh **** im out of coffee
Excellent
/me is impressed :)
/me wanders in... and out again....
/me thinks you should change the colour for this bit. Black on Blue is bloody hard to read
/me wonders what norphy is talking about?
it's green on blue f00!
/me gets pissed falls over!
The new swear filter system is completely poor.
Schmoleys coding of the last one was amazing, no need to remove it. The new system is so easy to bypass its not even funny.
Don't fix things that don't need fixing imo.
Custodian
27-05-2003, 13:16
/me just wants to see his name in green
/me curses the IE centric nature of the interweb and fires up Internet Explorer
I use opera by default, I smell a bug somewhere....
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/norphy/opera.jpg
See?
/edit theres two Es in homepage dumbarse....
daffodil
27-05-2003, 16:17
Summin to do with:
<font color="{timecolor}">
methinks
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
27-05-2003, 17:38
Originally posted by Kiwi
Don't fix things that don't need fixing imo.
the whole point is they weren't working
Mister666
27-05-2003, 17:39
/me wonders what everyone is on about....? :|
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
27-05-2003, 17:40
you allways do m8 :P
Is the clock wrong or is it my end ?
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
27-05-2003, 18:16
the clock has to be wrong its tradition
Mister666
27-05-2003, 19:57
Originally posted by [COMIX]VaMpIrE
you allways do m8 :P
i.....
:cry:
Originally posted by Nor
Is the clock wrong or is it my end ?
I'd rather not think about your end, thanks. :P
communal toilet
27-05-2003, 20:34
/me
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Originally posted by Kiwi
The new swear filter system is completely poor.
Schmoleys coding of the last one was amazing, no need to remove it. The new system is so easy to bypass its not even funny.
Don't fix things that don't need fixing imo.
The version of vBulletin was replaced with a new one... ive still to add in stuff like schmoleys swear filter... but due to me having food poisoning it maybe a few days before i can get around to do it
oh please leave it as it is - that swear filter was fun for the first few days then just fecking annoying.
Even better if it could be mostly turned off as theres less reason than ever for having it now...
StarMonkey
27-05-2003, 22:49
If I poison your food some more, will you not add that swear filter again :D
I'm with Reality and SM, not with Reality in a sexual way though.
It was probably the most annoying feature on this forum I found. I'd much rather see a swear filter that replaced words with constants. Like f*ck with fluff or c*nt with kebab or w*anker with spanker. You hide the obscenity but still get the jist of the sentence :)
To be honest you can usually get the idea from ****.
Bob, why don't you go **** yourself, and while your at it you mother ******* pile of ****.....
I think you all get the idea behind that. There is no need to swear anyway, and as gaming is something which appeals to all ages we should do our best to make it harder for people to swear by mistake.
schmoely
28-05-2003, 01:47
*** **** *** *** **** *** *** *** *** ****** *****
schmoely! Wash your mouth out with soap young man! I never want to hear that kind of language from you again!
:P
right ive changed the colour from green to a very nice yellow instead
/me w00ts
looks ok in Mozilla too :E
[crystal maze]
Start the Spam please!
[/crystal maze]
:peeeg:
Well I think its worth a try anyway :)
anything that encourages posting is! :)
now just
avatars, img, img in sigs (users get the option in CP not to view images but a link instead if they like) and whos online needed.. :E
Hey, I ain't complaining. Whats the worst that could happen, people might post more? ;)
Avatars would be good, how would they be approved though for being suitable or not?
either a preseleted list which vb supports - or addyour own and mod after like with posting.
There seems to me more super mod/admins types than ever so shouldn't be a problem.
back to the hacks
welcome panel: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33477
vb stats: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30751
its not a hack of sorts but is it possible to make the reply textbox wider on mozilla (prolly opera too) as its really thin compared to IE. I thought vbulletin did it so different browsers got different textbox widths but obviously not :(
who's online and birthdays are now working again
communal toilet
01-06-2003, 15:39
does that mean we receive a prezzie on our birfdays :D
w00p
Neophyte
01-06-2003, 17:17
How about the Users browsing this forum" hack to appear at the top of each forum :)
:E
This page too ;)
http://forums.wireplay.co.uk/online.php3?s=
ParaSitius
01-06-2003, 19:04
Would it be possible to move the 'Forum Jump' above the reply box? It'll be used more then the reply box will.
Neophyte
01-06-2003, 19:10
cheers Breath :)
will have to look into moving the forums jump.. anything else that needs activating? :E
Originally posted by ezt
its not a hack of sorts but is it possible to make the reply textbox wider on mozilla (prolly opera too) as its really thin compared to IE. I thought vbulletin did it so different browsers got different textbox widths but obviously not :(
Will see what I can do :)
Can :( be change to something similar to :{ cos :( looks far to much like an angry face to me and when used can often be misinterpreted.
IE These forums are far too quiet :(
as opposed to
These forums are far too quiet :{
One makes the statement look angry, the other just sad.
/me has some more cider :D
/edit Thinking about it, this should of gone in the smilies topic two posts down... Ah well :laugh:
Good point :)
on both counts (after reading last bit)
Perfect example of what I was talking about here (http://forums.wireplay.co.uk/showthread.php3?threadid=291401)
suggest a code i should change it to
seems good :) I'd thought :< but I think your one makes more sense
From the thread over at the other forum:
sig hack so sig only appears once per page of a thread.
Thanx to Reality for link:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36470
I've added a very nice hack that puts a little image under your name when its your birthday :E
Just so everyone knows it is :P
Originally posted by [COMIX]VaMpIrE
the whole point is they weren't working
So you replace it with a worse one?
In fairness to the old one, despite the random effeminate words being bloody annoying, it was a real bitch to get around, like spaces didnt work etc, and some other letters and things didn't either.
The new one doesn't even pick up things like f*cker, or f*cking, or F*cktacles, or f*cktacular.
See the point?
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
09-06-2003, 23:41
FYI it wasn't the sware filter that wasn't working it was the forums
the old sware filter is the mutz nuts
most of us got that but ....
Pop Culture Monkey
10-06-2003, 00:04
Originally posted by Monie
In fairness to the old one, despite the random effeminate words being bloody annoying, it was a real bitch to get around, like spaces didnt work etc, and some other letters and things didn't either. Yes, but 'in fairness' to the one we have now, at least you can type phrases like (for example) 'He's hit rock bottom' without the bloody thing thinking you're cussing and totally ****ing up your sentence.
Yes i appreciate that, but i'm sure there's a happy medium. The old one was good, except for problems like that, and the fact that the most ridiculous things werre banned, such as arse, ass, bitch.
Now you can get away with anything short of F**K, S**T, C**T, from what i can gather. including anything with those included in them, such as f**ktacles.
I'd take the old one with its flaws over this one which is pretty pointless. Surely modifying the old one was a better option? Change 'flibbyflobby' for f***, and edit it a tad?
Why's that horrible "Everyone's browsing" thing there? I don't care, and it gets annoying on "busy" forums where there's more than one man and his chimp browsing.
it matters that much?
If you get round it you get round it, if you don't you don't.
Personally I couldn't give a **** if anyone swares on here these days - its not like theres a company's image with children to protect anymore.... Unless Firstnet are going to be aiming to supply kids with high speed pipes and servers....
If it does matter that much (to the users and firstnet) then the replacement variables options that VB has offer far more scope for replacing words than the sware filter...
Diablos0
12-06-2003, 15:29
Well bugger me with a **** ***** and call me ***** ******! You ******* :E
ParaSitius
19-06-2003, 14:12
Just wondering if there is still a plan to move the 'forum jump' above the Reply box.
And swearing is fine as it is.
Easileigh
20-06-2003, 12:13
so based on the opinion of 2 people you changed a smilie which many people were already comfortable with?
No they threatened to steal my mousemat and burn it :E
Originally posted by Easileigh
so based on the opinion of 2 people you changed a smilie which many people were already comfortable with?
I think a support group has been set up for people that were upset by the sudden change in smilie code.
Easileigh
20-06-2003, 13:50
yes that's it, make light of the situation, not like it actually MATTERS what your users think, does it?
[COMIX]VaMpIrE
20-06-2003, 14:16
isnt this a tad ott for one single smilie change....
Easileigh your the first person to pass comment on the change of smilie code since it was done over a month ago. So i am asuming that either everyone else is happy with it or hasn't noticed.
Norphys reasons for suggesting the change were very good. There have been alot of good suggestions for things to be changed recently and these have been backed up with very good reasons.
I am very open to suggestions as to what we could do to improve/add/change on these forums to make them more user friendly to everyone. Just let me know and I'll investigate it. :E
ParaSitius
28-06-2003, 03:37
Someone check the Wrestling Forum and see why [FuS]Hulk is logged in?
Apparently, Hulk himself hasn't used it since December and has no idea why the nickname is constantly logged onto the forum.
Ta.
ParaSitius
28-06-2003, 03:46
Anyone else got the problem of clicking on the Go button next to forum jump instead of the submit reply button?
Starting to get annoyed typing out a long reply and then realise that I've only gone and pressed the wrong sodding button.
Please move it above the quick reply box and save my sanity.
Sorted your Hulk person out.
Originally posted by ParaSitius
Anyone else got the problem of clicking on the Go button next to forum jump instead of the submit reply button?
Starting to get annoyed typing out a long reply and then realise that I've only gone and pressed the wrong sodding button.
Please move it above the quick reply box and save my sanity.
ParaSitius can you email me a screen shot of how you are managing to hit the go button instead of the submit reply one
ParaSitius
28-06-2003, 17:00
I suppose the layout confuses me a little. After typing in a reply, my brain sometimes assumes that the reply is posted and I automatically click the Go button instead. Suppose its a bit like some people who click on the post reply button instead of using the quick reply box.
Possible I'm the only person that does it on a regular basis so ignore my whining.
<smiley alert>
:dork:
Ta for sorting out Hulks name.
ParaSitius
29-06-2003, 00:58
Bah, only went and done it again replying to your post FiRe.
Think i'll just start using the post reply button instead of the quick reply box. Save me a whole lotta grief.
But... it's like... miles away from the 'Submit Reply' button..?
The fav icon has now been changed to a mini wp logo :E
thanks to Guyver1 for finding the software to make icons and creating a new one for the forums :wub:
Oh and you can even see this in Mozilla too :E
You need the background to be converted to transparent.
Prod me in IRC and I'll do it if I get 5 minutes.
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