Wish List for functionality

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:51 pm

I wish there was a way to get all post forwarded to my e-mail.

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:52 pm

I wish there were a way to get all the posts from a specified date.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:52 pm

i just log in and click on the" post since last visit" and catch up on the news.

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:57 pm

I know but I get in and out a lot because there is som much multitasking going on that I get my cookies screwed up.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:07 pm

ookay

AfricaUnite · Post by **AfricaUnite** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:19 pm

Yeah if I got an email everytime someone posted right after me that would help, I dont like to not respond but im sure ive done it a few times.

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:48 pm

AfricaUnite wrote:Yeah if I got an email everytime someone posted right after me that would help, I dont like to not respond but im sure ive done it a few times.

Go to your profile and select yes to "Always notify me of replies".

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:32 am

I wish therewas a way that if I log out before I've looked at everything (or if my computer crashes) it could refrain from marking everything on the site a 'read'. It's a real pain to have to look at all the dates and times to decide where to start reading.

masonjar · Post by **masonjar** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:15 pm

Yeah, I would like that too.

Wouldn't it be better to post these wishes to phpbb instead of here though?

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:25 pm

Do you want to set a precident and actually get software users to suggest changes to programmers. That's unheard of. You know the programmer knows what we need better than we do.

There is supposed to be a set of business analysts in between us to keep us from killing each other.

You know the programmers of free software only say, "You want it , You write it" or "If you pay us we will make it a priority"

How's that for sarcasm from a professional programmer?

masonjar · Post by **masonjar** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:03 pm

What was I thinking??

Thank you for the correction. You're right, the established protocol is for us to voice our complaints to the wind.

I actually have a sign above my trash can in my office that says, "Complaints".

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:34 pm

I'm certainly not married to PHPBB if anyone has an alternative to suggest

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:51 pm

I'll check the docs. Maybe the functionality I like is just not on from a setting or something. I'll let you know what I find.

masonjar · Post by **masonjar** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:52 pm

I haven't seen anything I like better than phpbb. I like it a lot except that I would like the unread posts to remain unread if I don't get to them on a particular day. Maybe there is a mod for that somewhere, but I know those can be a pain to add.

Is this on your home computer, Uncle Jesse?

Hackers · Post by **Hackers** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:19 am

Here's the official line from the FAQs

Why isn't X feature available?
This software was written by and licensed through phpBB Group. If you believe a feature needs to be added then please visit the phpbb.com website and see what the phpBB Group has to say. Please do not post feature requests to the board at phpbb.com, as the Group uses sourceforge to handle tasking of new features. Please read through the forums and see what, if any, our position may already be for features and then follow the procedure given there.

Now don't we all feel loved

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:50 am

UJ, If your after suggestions for different forum software I recommend SMF. I have been using this for a while now on a few different sites without any trouble.
Support for SMF is also the best that I have come across for freely available software.
If you would like any more information about it just send me a PM.

I dont find much wrong with PHPBB, just a few little things that slow down my reading.

First example is when you hit "mark all posts read". This will take you to an "information" page and in a few seconds take you back to where you were.

What I prefer to happen to save time is to simply mark all the posts read and then take you back to the main forum.

What also happens with PHPBB is that it in time forgets what thread haven't read. This is big pain if your trying to follow a build, or a recipe etc.

I hope that made sense.

Shane

Rebel_Yell · Post by **Rebel_Yell** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:12 am

Here's a link for what Froggy is suggesting.
http://www.simplemachines.org/about/features.php

It seems to address several problems that I dislike about PHPBB.

Does it show the new, unapproved members at the bottom like PHPBB? The ones that do not provide a legitimate email address?

The ones that are including a weblink that admin forbids... Like spam, porn or illegal drugs??? Or better yet a virus or maleware?

Post by **Husker** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:01 am

Please UJ, if you do make a change (which I personally do not feel is needed), make sure that whatever you go to keeps all of the legacy messages and message structure. It would suck to start over with a clean message base, and have an "archive" list of the prior messages (i.e. our current board).

H.

Uncle Jesse
I'm certainly not married to PHPBB if anyone has an alternative to suggest

masonjar · Post by **masonjar** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:53 pm

I agree with Husker. It's probably not worth it. I doubt there is another package out there that everyone will like 100%. It would be a waste of effort if we changed it only to find that the new one has other annoyances. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'll deal with phpbb's minor issues.

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:20 pm

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=299341" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

This is a good solution to one of the problems such as finding the latest messages even if you logout and login again.
It is configurable to add whatever and how many intervals you want.
Another feature is that it can return topics or posts depending on the configuration. I would prefer to see posts.

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:37 pm

It is easy to import a PHPBB database into SMF keeping all message and forum structure as it is now.

Rebel_Yell, I'm not sure what you mean by showing unapproved members at the bottom.
On my more "strict" forums, I have them set so that all signups need to be approved by a moderator. This stops bots signing up with dodgy email addresses and web links etc.

Rebel_Yell · Post by **Rebel_Yell** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:27 pm

I am accustomed to seeing the newest member show at the bottom of the forum home page. This occurs regardless of the individual responding to the automated email. They can't respond since the email address they signed up under is bogus.
I am ready to make the owner change methods or DIY...
Thanks for the idea!

Froggy · Post by **Froggy** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:02 pm

Rebel_Yell wrote:I am accustomed to seeing the newest member show at the bottom of the forum home page. This occurs regardless of the individual responding to the automated email. They can't respond since the email address they signed up under is bogus.
I am ready to make the owner change methods or DIY...
Thanks for the idea!

Oh yes, SMF does this.
You can set up SMF so that any new signups must activate their account be the email sent to them.
As you pointed out if they provide a bogus email address they obviously wont be able to post.

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