Known issues/phpBB3 wish list

[ReaperCharlie]

I would like (as a mod) to be able to search topics for terms like "V/LA" without having to go from page to page to page and Ctrl-F it each time.

What it gives me now is a standard "This search term (

v la

) is too short. Please enter a term of 4 or greater characters." or some such.

Sad Reaper is panda.

[Mr. Flay]

It's a feature, unfortunately. We'd have to rebuild the entire search index (which brought the site to its knees, last time I did so) AND it would slow down searches due to the larger index of possible terms.

Not saying it's not something we could want, but I wonder if it even searches for /'ed terms appropriately anyway. What else do we use commonly that has slashes in it, but is more than 4 chars?

[ReaperCharlie]

*shrug*

I don't know.

I would use google w/ the modifier "site:ms.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=asdf2345624" but idk if that will work, plus it doesn't index immediately.

Can msutils.net search by thread? Or just by forum... hmmm

Nope, just forum.

[Mr. Flay]

If it's saying "v la" is too short, then the slash is almost certainly getting stripped out, so changing the length won't help in any case.

[ReaperCharlie]

Yeah... I knew that was what was happening, but I was kind of hoping that the limit of 4 could be lowered to 3.

I mean, yeah, I'd find all instances of Vladimir Lenin/Kush/Putin as well, but it'd be worth it to find the V/LAs.

Buuut, if its gonna slow search down that much, there's always this awesome thing I can do called R'ingTFT.

[Porochaz]

/confirm

[Mr. Flay]

/confirm

Yeah, it's definitely stripping the slash.

[ReaperCharlie]

I can see stripping quotes, and of course backslashes, but why forward slashes?

[Porochaz]

Is the bottom bar like new this minute, cause I just sent a PM and appreciated the choice of where to press next!

Seriously though, you guys seem to have done a lot this past week.

[Mr. Flay]

As an aside, on my Bookmarks page in the header line "BOOMMARKS/LAST POST" last post isn't bolded. Is that the way it is supposed to be? Now that I've noticed it I can't stop looking at i as ikt bugs my format OCD.

Same thing on subscriptions page.

These should be fixed now in all active styles.

Is the bottom bar like new this minute, cause I just sent a PM and appreciated the choice of where to press next!

Seriously though, you guys seem to have done a lot this past week.

Yup. Kison's been a coding demon, and I'm working on some layout/CSS stuff tonight.

[Porochaz]

Not that it's important in any way or a problem but is it meant to be upside down? (ie.User CP in bold and on top)

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, cuz it's not in the same place. The bolding was accidental, but I don't think it's a problem.

[ReaperCharlie]

It's cause the styling bolds the one on top. Reverse 'em and the Index link will be bolded.

More on this in [redacted].

[Mr. Flay]

Odin's Eyes, why DO you feel the need to repeat everything in every possible venue? I already saw your reply in the coding forum, RC, and I'm quite aware what is causing it.

[ReaperCharlie]

Very well. My work is done here.

[Mr. Flay]

I've been quite aware what is causing it since I added the links.

FTFM.

[Nobody Special]

Any chance of getting a Skype button, like the AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc?

[animorpherv1]

So, maybe we could get font tags?

Like, for example, would give you Times New Roman, and would give you Arial.

Even if we could just start out with a few fonts that are on most computers, then gradually roll out more, that'd be great.

[Mr. Flay]

Fonts can't be guaranteed. Font families can (serif, sans serif, monospace), but we've already got a mono tag - is that like what you mean?

[Mr. Flay]

Any chance of getting a Skype button, like the AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc?

Probably. Got an example somewhere else of the syntax?

[animorpherv1]

Fonts can't be guaranteed. Font families can (serif, sans serif, monospace), but we've already got a mono tag - is that like what you mean?

Yeah. The only difference is instead of it would be and would be a catch all for every available font type.

[Mr. Flay]

Sure, like [align=] is a broader version of

, etc.

[animorpherv1]

Sure, like [align=] is a broader version of

, etc.

That'd be great. Thanks!

[Nobody Special]

Any chance of getting a Skype button, like the AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc?

Probably. Got an example somewhere else of the syntax?

I....uhhhh, no.

There's a syntax?

If you can show me what the syntax for the AIM button or the MSN button is, I could probably work up something for Skype. (I'm nothing if not optimistic.)

I keep meaning to install phpBB on one of my websites so I can actually learn how to make it go, but, you know, it's not the highest of priorities.

[Mr. Flay]

For example, the AIM button links to

Code: Select all

aim:goim?screenname=NobodySpecialMaf&message=mafiascum.net

What does Skype look like in the address bar/link when you load it from a browser?