----- Original Message -----From: SNP MarqSent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:43 PMSubject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardHi MikeWell... check out the various skins that I have used on the SecurityForumX.com. I picked the best and left behind the rest... I think there is about 50 skins there. These are also the most functional ones available over at phpBB headquarters.Just remember one thing when you start adding extra skins... with 'some' of the addons you would have to make modifications to specific files in EACH of the templates. The more skins... the more potential work when you make a small change and want to reflect it on all the skins for consistency....Nuff said...Marq----- Original Message -----From: Mike NegusSent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:04 AMSubject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardThanks!I was going to hold off on extra skins.I WAS thinking about an ascMcLaren "skin"....but I'm afraid it would be all blue and orange (you only get one guess as to why).....it would scare off alot of people :-)-Mike----- Original Message -----From: SNP MarqSent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:25 AMSubject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardThe program for generating the most recent postings is called Topics Anywhere.It was originally designed so that you could show X number of the most recent postings ANYWHERE - like on a main page of a web site or as a column anywhere.I just use mine to display it within the main index page of phpBB.. It's a pretty straight forward installation.Once you have installed it as per their instructions and set your preferences in its configuration, you simply modify the index_body.tpl file, which is found in the /templates/subSilver directory :a ) find the line in index_body.tpl that says : <a href="{U_SEARCH_UNANSWERED}" class="gensmall">{L_SEARCH_UNANSWERED}</a></td>b ) insert the following code immediately AFTER the above line :<table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="98%" align="center"><tr><td colspan="6" class="catrow">Thirty Latest Messages Posted</td></tr><tr align="center" valign="middle"><td class="row1">
</td><td colspan="5" align="left"><p><span class="genmed"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.infosyssec.com/forum/topics_anywhere.php?mode=show&f=a&n=30&r=y&sr=y&a=y&s=y&so=d&b=squ&lpb=0&lpd=0&lpi=y"></script></scan></p></td></tr></table>c) change the part where it says http://www.infosyssec.com/forum to match up to where the topics_anywhere.php is located on your serverIf you add any OTHER skins to your phpBB, then the above insert guide also works there as well. I am using about 40 or 50 different skins on my phpBB and I was able to locate the <a href="{U_SEARCH_UNANSWERED}" class="gensmall">{L_SEARCH_UNANSWERED}</a></td> in each of the index_body.tpl skin templates. So no matter which skin / template the user chooses to use, the latest 30 messages thingy shows up in all of them.Marq----- Original Message -----From: Mike NegusSent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:05 AMSubject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardI like them all!I do have Smartor's code for the grphic challenge on registration. So thats on the list.Do you have a certain "mod" you used for the last 30 post list?-Mike----- Original Message -----From: SNP MarqSent: Monday, August 30, 2004 6:27 AMSubject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardHi MikeI also run a PHPBB forum board and there are two suggestions I would make :First, go to my site atOne nice 'tweak' you can add to phpBB is the listing that appears at the top of my web site, that list the most recent 30 postings. This saves the user from having to go in and out of different forum areas and provides a quick synopsis of the 30 latest messages.Second :The other feature is something that you will see if you go to 'register' on my phpBB... As you proceed to register, the system will challenge you to enter a grapic code that is displayed to registrants. It serves to STOP robot registrations. Hackers and spammers have programs that automatically open accounts ( sometimes thousands of accounts ) that are used to :a) flood the site with thousands of useless accounts, andb) gain access to flood the web site with SPAM postings or nuisance postings.By incorporating the 'anti-robot' verification you will greatly reduced these attempts to automatically flood your forums or cause trouble there.Third :Within the administrators configurations there is an option for you to also control flood postings. Set the 'time' for 'flood postings' to anywhere between 30 and 60 seconds. This prevents a spammer from pouring repeated messages into the site.As one phpBB operator to another, you will find these three additions to be the most worthwhile and are fairly simple to add.Marq----- Original Message -----From: Mike NegusSent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 11:24 PMSubject: [ASC McLaren ] New BoardI was wondering if there is anything about the new site that people
"dislike".
I wanted to post a message here because I wanted to hear any concerns from
people that may have refused to sign up because the don't like it. (I hope
not)
One thing I am concerned with is the difference between the yahoo group and
the new site. The yahoo group would email out a message whenever somebody
posted...no matter what the topic was.
With the new board, people have to check it occasionally to see if there are
any new threads. IF somebody replies to a thread then everyone who has
posted to that thread gets an email (if you do not get an email, check your
profile, there is a setting for it).
See the difference?
Would it be better if EVERYONE gets notified ANYTIME someone posts to the
new board? I think traffic would be low enough to do it. In large boards
with thousands of posts a day its just not practical...
Thoughts?
-Mike