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feyd
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might as well allow the textarea for "normal" posting to also be larger too. :) Darn that thing's small now.. :lol:
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Can we also get like a 5 minute auto refresh on the "View posts since last visit" page so we can easily see new posts that need answering.
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well, what would be cool, is if there was a script written that updates that form itself on the fly when a new post is added without the need to refresh the entire page.. i'm sure that would be pretty rough, but at least it's an idea ;)
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Yeah that would be a good idea. Maybe we could also get a bot to relay the title and url of new posts to the irc channel.
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jason wrote:Neat hack, though it doesn't work as I will have to change it around a bit. But it's a good starting point. I will work on it tonight.
YAY!
I was just thinking about this as I was "SOLVING" a couple of threads. To bad I only have a newer version of phpbb or I'd slap it together for you so that you can spend time on the more important work.

But, "Better late than never"...

I applaud you for the work put down sofar though. Good work.
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Hi Jason,

Must say that I like the changes on the sctructure, functionality, subdivision by theme and design of the forum and the portal, they are going to make this a better community.
Weirdan wrote:(...) Quick reply area is wider now, but I thought it would be taller (hm... is it right term? I mean increase in
height....). (...)
Agree that it's better now and that it should be something like 12 rows in height. Also, I think that a 'preview' button beside the 'quick reply' would be very handy if you change your mind about the 'complexity' (could not find the right term either) of the reply while you write it. It could save you from select, copy, click 'post reply', paste and then edit or hit 'preview' to see how it is.

Well, keep on with the good work! Regards,
Scorphus.
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yeah, the quickreply box should have an button like "go advanced" soo that the text for the post is keeped, and you get transferred to the normal post page.
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Post by Illusionist »

yeah that sounds cool vigge. Also for the side navigation bar, when there are new posts i think the best way to show it would be to change the little arrows to the left to a yellow color and make them slightly bigger.
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