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Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Nov 3, 2007.

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  1. Ziad

    Ziad I speak in rebuses Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    Ooooooh, BoM is back to that good old soothing blue!

    It's going to take me a few days to get used to the new boards, but I think I like them.

    Speed difference! Posting a new message is now MUCH faster! Wow!
     
    Ziad, Nov 3, 2007
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  2. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Why not add the 'Views' column next to 'Posts' now that we're on vBulletin?
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 3, 2007
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    What, you mean total views per forum on the front page of the boards? Since we haven't had views in UBB, all threads have imported with replies+1 views only, so the figure would be completely off. I don't see much point in that... Views are only going to be valid for new posts made since the switch.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 3, 2007
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  4. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Sweeeet deal! Thank you Tal for all your hard work!


    P.S. SHIIIIIIINNNYYYY!
     
    Saber, Nov 3, 2007
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  5. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    No, views per thread. It's on each other board I use.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 3, 2007
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  6. Blog Gems: 23/31
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    I like the bigger font. Well done Tal!
     
    Blog, Nov 3, 2007
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Barmy, uh... it's right next to the replies count in every forum.

    Blog, fonts are the same everywhere?
     
    Taluntain, Nov 3, 2007
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  8. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    vBulletin... I'm glad to see my gut feeling of the new board being in phpBB proved wrong.

    :banana:
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Nov 4, 2007
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  9. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Wow, a new and improved Boards O' Magick. Thanks for the hard work, Tal.
     
    Harbourboy, Nov 4, 2007
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  10. kuemper Gems: 31/31
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    What is Rep Power all about? It's under the post count.
     
    kuemper, Nov 4, 2007
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  11. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Don't you see the 'scales' icon under peoples avatars?

    Tal... silly me, it was there already. I'm a doofus.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 4, 2007
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  12. Elfen Lied

    Elfen Lied The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to

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    I think it is suppose to gauge someone's believability or coolness or something.

    the high the rep the more likely that person is telling the truth in regards to say what is rumours or speculation and what is fact or known. or id they just posted something you thought was hilarious or opened your eyes to something, least thats how its used on other forums i visit, it has no reall value as there is no rewards for having a high rep. but things could be different here.



    Hmm weird my lich avatar go, hmm never noticed my custom title left out the end of the phrase, hmm must be something with the new boards, the old one has the whole phrase.
     
    Elfen Lied, Nov 4, 2007
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  13. Aikanaro Gems: 31/31
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    I'm actually not too sure about the larger font size. The information that's in it (screen name, join date, etc.) aren't really important enough to be taking up that much room. They draw the eye more towards that than the actual content.
     
    Aikanaro, Nov 4, 2007
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  14. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Ah, user name size. That is larger, yes. I will probably downsize that.

    Elfen Lied described the reputation feature pretty well. If you think someone's made a particularly good post or done something that deserves commendation, you can add to their reputation by clicking on the scales icon. It works the other way around too; if someone is being a total idiot, you can give them negative reputation.

    Every user can enable or disable the showing of their reputation in the User CP / Edit Options.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 4, 2007
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  15. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    How do you see who's actually left you the rep stuff? I notice you can see comments, but nothing else.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 4, 2007
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  16. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I think I've disabled that intentionally so that we don't get little user wars if someone gives you negative reputation. ;)
     
    Taluntain, Nov 4, 2007
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  17. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Ah, so people can flame you behind a veil of shadows. Cowardice. I don't know if I'm alone here, but if someone's got gripe with me I'd rather get it out in the open! I say activate the thing ;-). Let's have a user vote - power to democracy.
     
    Barmy Army, Nov 4, 2007
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  18. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Maybe we'll have a poll about it once the dust settles.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 4, 2007
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  19. Montresor

    Montresor Mostly Harmless Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    When I pass my mouse over the reputation squares, some users only come up with their login names (e.g., "Aikanaro", "Elfen Lied", "Montresor"); while others come up with user name + a comment ("kuemper is an unknown quantity...", "Barmy Army is on a distinguished road", "Taluntain has disabled reputation").

    Also, I can't find reputation under User CP -> Edit Options. Is this related to my name showing without a comment? (Could be that Reputation is not activated for all users yet.)
     
    Montresor, Nov 4, 2007
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  20. The Great Snook Gems: 31/31
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    I have always jumped to the boards from the main page. The link to the boards needs to be updated or is that intentional for the time being?
     
    The Great Snook, Nov 4, 2007
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