Forum Features Wishlist, for Coomer Options

[stephen_lee]

^ Same, its all good ideas, but engine specs and names can be displayed in the profile "(by clicking on the username) if it was implemented on the forum i believe it will get too cluttered. And another option can, users can have it displayed in the sig.

Coomer could we get a member ride's section?

got one.


and wtf is up with firefox and adding replies? it doesnt let me move the curser....

This post has been edited by stephen_lee: Sep 27, 2010 - 5:32 PM

[samir0189]

the facepalm emoticon from griffgirls chat room.. it is a must have. ... seriously.

and some moar emoticons that can better express how we feel without saying a word.

[whatthe]

^ Same, its all good ideas, but engine specs and names can be displayed in the profile "(by clicking on the username) if it was implemented on the forum i believe it will get too cluttered. And another option can, users can have it displayed in the sig.

Coomer could we get a member ride's section?

got one.


and wtf is up with firefox and adding replies? it doesnt let me move the curser....

For progress/diary threads that have appeared on general chat/multimedia/forced induction all under one section.

This post has been edited by whatthe: Sep 27, 2010 - 8:37 PM

[SupraKid]

the facepalm emoticon from griffgirls chat room.. it is a must have. ... seriously.

and some moar emoticons that can better express how we feel without saying a word.

This post has been edited by SupraKid: Sep 28, 2010 - 1:45 AM

[DEATH]

^ Same, its all good ideas, but engine specs and names can be displayed in the profile "(by clicking on the username) if it was implemented on the forum i believe it will get too cluttered. And another option can, users can have it displayed in the sig.

Coomer could we get a member ride's section?

got one.


and wtf is up with firefox and adding replies? it doesnt let me move the curser....

For progress/diary threads that have appeared on general chat/multimedia/forced induction all under one section.

Seconded on that one - great idea.

Glad to have you back Chris

[JuMPiiN]

I'll give you my celica I you stay around.

[Coomer]

I'll give you my celica I you stay around.

No need. I plan to be around even though I'm car-free. Working on new 6GC stuff right now.

[GriffGirl]

the facepalm emoticon from griffgirls chat room.. it is a must have. ... seriously.

and some moar emoticons that can better express how we feel without saying a word.

[cjh4l22]

sounds good everyone. anyone interested in adding a section about locations of users (optional) and could be in a thread already, and recomended shops, sales websites (fleabay, tuning parts websites, supporting companies, etc...)?
glad to hear coomer is sticking around

[Rusty]

another idea Ive had, is expanding the meet section, so you have USA sections, Europe, aussie and new zealand (doesn't have to be set out like that was just an example)
hopefully boost more users, since NZ dont have a main celica forum.




coomer's going to be busy with all this

[BonzaiCelica]

Update the Parts Database List. There are so many parts that are discontinued its not even funny!! Mainly the Performance and Suspension Parts

[Johnnyny]

Update the Parts Database List. There are so many parts that are discontinued its not even funny!! Mainly the Performance and Suspension Parts

well not delete them just say discontinued

[Espo]

second, some forums are able to post embedded youtube videos and lets you watch from within the post without having to open a new window.

I'll see what I can do here. I agree that would be nice.

Coomer - I did this on a forum I used to run running this same version of IPBoard. It's quite simple - you can setup a custom BBCode for it (i.e.

CODE

[yt]video url or embed code[/yt]

) - that tag would then just auto-parse the HTML into the post. It's been a couple years since I actually setup the feature, and darkangels-rs.com is no longer running, so I'm not sure of the specifics, but I could find a way to try it if you're interested in having some help.

third, can you add a filter to the search page that will only result to posts with posted pictures. it'll make searching a specific picture or diagram a lot easier. this should be an easy mod.

Negative, this is unfortunately not an easy mod. That said, it would be nice and I'll look into it.

I believe this can be done by adding a simple PHP string that would query whether the post has pictures or not. The forum already recognizes when a thread has images (not sure if this is your work or somebody else's modification taken from another site - say InvisionMod), so adding a checkbox or a radio button to the advanced search page that would then trigger the server to only look for threads with > 1 image, or null threads with 0 images. Not sure which version of IPBoard exactly you're running, but it looks like 2.2.x, and I'm not sure how your showthread tables are setup or named, but the code may look similar to this:

CODE

<?php
// MySQL Connection
mysql_connect("6gc", "coomer", "coOomer") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("showthread") or die(mysql_error());

// Query if images
$results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM img_count")
if $img_count > "0";
echo $results;
or die(mysql_error());  

?>

It's been a while since I worked with PHP, so that's likely incorrect somewhere. You'd likely know better than I do.

P.S. Yay for made up user/password variables!

fourth, this might be a big wish to ask for but maybe the buy and sell can use a facelift. what i had in mind was to have the BS forum set up with ebay-like styling.
kinda like this: <thumbnail pic> | TRD Front Bumper (Blue) For Sale | $400 | <username & seller rating> | <available or sold icon>
clicking on the title will lead to another page with more details, pics, comments etc just like any other thread. this mod will of course need everyone's approval first but i think it's a great idea. some forums have this and works great.

I'll see, but likely to do something like this I'd want to move the buying/selling out of the forums and into the rest of the site, which will be a codebase that's easy to modify. The current forum software is huge, is written in PHP, and is a nightmare to modify. Parts of the site built going forward will be done in Rails, which is way more fun and faster for me to develop stuff in.

I can tell you right now this would be a nightmare, especially to only make it apply to the buying/selling forum.

I'm pretty sure we've discussed this before, but more info on the left under your name such as Chassis (due to GT applies to the USA GT ST204 and european GT ST202) and engine (for people with +T and swap). Though since that info is also used in the members rides for searching etc, I presume it'll take a lot of work? If thats the case it could be added under the "Enthusast" part? Maybe add the Curren models and the NZ celica 'GS' to the list of models.

This can be done by modifying the main site's drop-down box, or allowing text to be entered.

another idea Ive had, is expanding the meet section, so you have USA sections, Europe, aussie and new zealand (doesn't have to be set out like that was just an example)
hopefully boost more users, since NZ dont have a main celica forum.




coomer's going to be busy with all this

Sub-Forums within the meet section come to mind.

Update the Parts Database List. There are so many parts that are discontinued its not even funny!! Mainly the Performance and Suspension Parts

Agreed.

how about a different color scheme for the whole site?? like more TRDish red and stuff

I'd be game to design the layout. I would however want permission to change the colors of the current logo to fit the skin.

Coomer - some stuff I've done, if you're interested in having a new skin but not having to do it yourself:

IPBoard 1.3.x - Images and the rest done in CSS (a black/red theme - the head banner could've been a bit better though): http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b148/Tys...Premium%20Skin/

Icons built when I worked for Invisionplus.net for a customer: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b148/Tys...20Tech%20Icons/

MKPortal sketch for Darkangels-rs when it was still running: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b148/Tys...nt=mkportal.png

Little Photoshop showoff:





Work would be done for free in the interest of the community, by the way.

[njccmd2002]

this is easy and simple.

Increase signature size to 500 x 200 pixels or something a tad bigger than what it is. Some members hav very good sigs, but i need a magnifying glass to see..

[KAOS]

I don't know about anyone else here, but I'd sure like to get this working:



I see it every time I write a PM - but have no idea how to "populate" it...

Is it currently functioning, and I'm just a 'tard? Or is it something in the works?

[Coomer]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Keep them coming! I'm heads-down on the rewrite right now but once that's launched I'll look into everything in this thread.

[GriffGirl]

I would like a link in the navigation panel on the left of the home page , in the Members category, that leads directly to the Messages. Sometimes it's a PITA to have to go into the Forums section in order to get to your messages, especially if you're on tiny phone internet