druidh on "New Forum - User Feedback"
Of course it does. Your browser doesn't know any better
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druidh: that is a bad idea tho, because now your email address is visible to the various email harvestering bots - so you end up on more spam lists. Inzane: I think this is a very functional forum. It...
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Graham - I've seen absolutely no difference in the amount of spam since I made that change (at the start of the year).
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Inzane: also before trotting out the old "my mate set up a better forum than this in a hour" do try to bear in mind that this is (apparently) the most popular mountain bike forum in the UK and may be...
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Druidh: that could mean the site hasn't been harvested recently or it could mean they aren't using the list yet, or maybe you just have good span defenses. But having your email in a link like that is...
View Articlearacer on "New Forum - User Feedback"
I agree about the quoting issue - it might not be that much trouble, but the number of times people do it wrong shows it doesn't work all that well - could surely be made more straightforward with a...
View Articlechewkw on "New Forum - User Feedback"
It's fine with me as I just adapt to whatever design there is.
View ArticleInzane on "New Forum - User Feedback"
GrahamS Inzane: also before trotting out the old "my mate set up a better forum than this in a hour" do try to bear in mind that this is (apparently) the most popular mountain bike forum in the UK and...
View Articleandywhit on "New Forum - User Feedback"
>For #3 - just click on the "Freshness" link for that threadFreshness just goes to the last (most recent) post in a thread, not the last unread post.
View ArticleGrahamS on "New Forum - User Feedback"
I was not trying to be glib or anything mentioning the other site. It was just an example of the forum code that is out there which can be very quickly adapted.Indeed. And they did very quickly adopt...
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molgrips on "New Forum - User Feedback"
Well I think the new (and the old) STW is a breath of fresh air in forums. Most are far too overcomplicated, the screen is full of clutter and crap flashing and winking away at you from all sides.No to...
View ArticleInzane on "New Forum - User Feedback"
Ah, i had not caught up with the fact that the old site was Hacked and the new site was put up very quickly.I agree with you on the flashing from all sides crap sites. They annoy me as well....
View ArticleGrahamS on "New Forum - User Feedback"
However I believe the ability to quote a reply easily would enhance the conversations/discussions... and it is the conversations/discussions that really make this site what it is. Hmm.. click-drag,...
View Articlearacer on "New Forum - User Feedback"
Hmm.. click-drag, Ctrl-C, click, Ctrl-V, click. Five actions. Doesn't seem overly complex So how come so many people get it wrong?
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Inzane on "New Forum - User Feedback"
GrahamS If I had a button that automatically quoted your entire post and I only wanted a bit of it then I'd have to perform a pretty similar set of actions anyway. (Click button then delete all the...
View Articlearacer on "New Forum - User Feedback"
New users and others just wont bother... same goes for the posting of pictures. How exactly do you suggest making posting pictures any easier?
View ArticleInzane on "New Forum - User Feedback"
aracer - Member How exactly do you suggest making posting pictures any easier?For this setup (i.e. a forum that uses very little bandwidth or storage space) there probably is not an easier way. However...
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Mark on "New Forum - User Feedback"
There is no way we would allow the unmoderated ability to post pictures directly to the forum and end up with those images stored on our server. That's a total minefield!
View ArticleInzane on "New Forum - User Feedback"
Oh yeh... I forgot about moderators... most of those other sites have someone sitting there and cleaning up the porn etc that spammers post to forums!Since Vorb (the nz equivilent of this) went through...
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