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Michael wrote: It does if you wait a long enough time and your session expires. Closing a browser shouldn't end your session.
Gotcha. Thanks!

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Michael wrote:
DiLLaGii wrote:One of the first page, on the "users browsing forum" its showing as 'DiLLaGii and 0 guests".

Michael, sorry to be pain in the ass :D I am just posting what I am observing. Not a big deal though.
Which forum?
DiLLaGii wrote:Whats the difference between Board Index and Board Index>>>GatewayRedbirds ?

On Board Index I am seeing all users but on Board Index>>>gatewayredbirds, I am seeing just me.

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DiLLaGii wrote:Whats the difference between Board Index and Board Index>>>GatewayRedbirds ?

On Board Index I am seeing all users but on Board Index>>>gatewayredbirds, I am seeing just me.

This is due to how they related to how they implemented subforums (I didn't implement that here). I could give you a long winded response why this makes sense but it'd bore everyone to tears.

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Michael wrote:
DiLLaGii wrote:Whats the difference between Board Index and Board Index>>>GatewayRedbirds ?

On Board Index I am seeing all users but on Board Index>>>gatewayredbirds, I am seeing just me.

This is due to how they related to how they implemented subforums (I didn't implement that here). I could give you a long winded response why this makes sense but it'd bore everyone to tears.
A PM would be appreciated. I am curious to know. I am Tech Geek and I am always curious on Techy things. You dont have to do it now. Take your time. When you are bored and there's nothing to do, send me the PM.

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Basically "Gateway Redbirds" is a sub forum of "Board index". Think of it like directories in windows.

I have:

Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Baseball Talk
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Minors
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Other Sports
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Social, etc


But I could create something like this:

"Board index" --> Sports --> Baseball Talk (with posts here) --> Minors (with posts here)
"Board index" --> Sports --> Other Sports (No posts) --> Basketball (with posts here)
"Board index" --> Sports --> Other Sports (No posts) --> Hockey, etc (with posts here)

"Board index" --> Social (with posts here) --> Rants (with posts here)

Etc.

I went with a very simple flat design. "Gateway Redbirds" is a forum but not many users hang out there. :wink:

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Michael wrote:Basically "Gateway Redbirds" is a sub forum of "Board index". Think of it like directories in windows.

I have:

Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Baseball Talk
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Minors
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Other Sports
Board index --> Gateway Redbirds --> Social, etc


But I could create something like this:

"Board index" --> Sports --> Baseball Talk (with posts here) --> Minors (with posts here)
"Board index" --> Sports --> Other Sports (No posts) --> Basketball (with posts here)
"Board index" --> Sports --> Other Sports (No posts) --> Hockey, etc (with posts here)

"Board index" --> Social (with posts here) --> Rants (with posts here)

Etc.

I went with a very simple flat design. "Gateway Redbirds" is a forum but not many users hand out there. :wink:
Gotcha. I was thinking of more like:


Board index --> Baseball Talk
Board index --> Minors
Board index --> Other Sports
Board index --> Social, etc

Now that I think about it, it will be ugly appearance wise when you do this. Your design makes perfect sense.

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Michael - great job! Appreciate all you do for the GRB community.

I couldn't get my avatar to resize, but figured it was time for a change anyway. :wink:

I noticed it wouldn't let me put in an avatar bigger than 130 wide (the restriction on the avatar panel) but smaller than GRB guidelines allow (170 wide). No biggie - apparently there's a workaround, since some avs are bigger than that.

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Is putting Quotes on Sigantures stretching the Browser? I feel in PHPBB3 its more wider than the older version. I am fine with this. I feel some people may have a problem with it. Are you planning to create some guidelines for this like "No Quotes allowed in Sig" ?

Overall, PHPBB3 is great. I love it!!

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Radbird wrote:Michael - great job! Appreciate all you do for the GRB community.

I couldn't get my avatar to resize, but figured it was time for a change anyway. :wink:

I noticed it wouldn't let me put in an avatar bigger than 130 wide (the restriction on the avatar panel) but smaller than GRB guidelines allow (170 wide). No biggie - apparently there's a workaround, since some avs are bigger than that.

Thanks for the kind words.

I changed it to 130 because the left sided was a little funky looking. I guess I can boost it back if everyone would like me to. It doesn't bug me because I use proSilver instead of the default interface. :wink:

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DiLLaGii wrote:Is putting Quotes on Sigantures stretching the Browser? I feel in PHPBB3 its more wider than the older version. I am fine with this. I feel some people may have a problem with it. Are you planning to create some guidelines for this like "No Quotes allowed in Sig" ?

Overall, PHPBB3 is great. I love it!!
No, putting quotes in sigs does not stretch the browser, only images can. phpBB3 should feel more open and I think that's a good thing.

I'm glad you like it. I figure some userwill initially hate it but they'll grow to appreciate it. A lot of the new back end admin tools make my life much easier.

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