Re: Conversion to phpbb3 this evening

[Guest]

Okay...

 

The board is converted, but there are many things left to do.

 

• Put the ads back
  
• Have Premium users not see the ads
  
• See if I can get the archived posts back into the system
  
• Add the smilies back in
  
• more I'm not thinking of right now

 

 

 

But I think I'm done for the evening.

[B]

Okay...

 

The board is converted, but there are many things left to do.

 

• Put the ads back
  
• Have Premium users not see the ads
  
• See if I can get the archived posts back into the system
  
• Add the smilies back in
  
• more I'm not thinking of right now

 

 

 

But I think I'm done for the evening.

 

Don't worry about that one.

[Guest]

Okay...

 

The board is converted, but there are many things left to do.

 

• Put the ads back
  
• Have Premium users not see the ads
  
• See if I can get the archived posts back into the system
  
• Add the smilies back in
  
• more I'm not thinking of right now

 

 

 

But I think I'm done for the evening.

 

Don't worry about that one.

You planning on writing me a check for $455/month? :D

[NCCubFan]

Looks good.

[Guest]

Looks good.

Looks better in Prosilver. 8-)

[Guest]

BTW - the search index is being built right now (up to post 600,000 at the moment). The function is working, but won't return all results until a couple hours from now.

[CardsFanInChiTown]

Looks good.

Looks better in Prosilver. 8-)

 

 

Oh yes!

 

User Control Panel --> Board preferences --> My board style:

[Butterscup1679666578]

Looks great Tim, well done!

[OleMissCub]

Looks badass Tim!

[Outshined_One]

I can now see what threads I've posted in!

 

What manner of sorcery is this?!

[karenmac]

Tim, thank you for all your hard work to get us upgraded. NSBB looks *amazing* and I know it must have taken a lot of time and effort. You're the best! :D

[Quakers]

My initial impression is fantastic!

 

Thank you Tim.

[Guest]

New User Features

 

Sub Forums:

 

In PhpBB3 there are no categories, everything is forum based. Each forum can have an unlimited number of sub-forums and you can determine whether each may be posted to or not.

 

Attachments:

 

Users can attach files and images with the post.

 

Birthdays:

 

The PhpBB3 will automatically show the list of users having birthday on the current day.

 

Post Icons:

 

Users can select icons for posts. The icons will be displayed in the forums in front of the post title. New post icons can be added through the admin panel.

 

Font Colors:

 

PhpBB3 supports variety of font colors. Users can apply color to the text using the color swatch in the sidebar.

 

Use Profile:

 

In the profile, PhpBB3 will show the most active forum and most active topic related to a particular user.

 

User Status:

 

You can see the status of other users .In the left hand side of each post made by a user, the board will show user’s online/offline status.

 

Multiple Private Messages:

 

Users can now send Private Messages to multiple users.

 

Manage Subscriptions:

 

Users can manage subscriptions and can delete topics from watchlist.

 

Bookmark Topics:

 

Users can bookmark topics for future reference which can be accessed from User Control Panel.

 

Save Posts as Drafts:

 

Users can save posts as drafts. The saved posts can be accessed from the User Control Panel.

 

Manage Attachments:

 

Users can manage uploaded attachments from the User Control Panel.

 

Friends:

 

This new feature ability enable a user to add friends and foes. The status of friends can be seen from the User Control Panel.

 

Foes:

 

Foes are users which will be ignored by default. Posts by these users will not be fully visible and personal messages will not be permitted.

 

New Administration Features

 

Global Posts:

 

Global Posts are posts that are visible in all the forums.

 

Custom Profile Fields:

 

Administrator can add custom profile fields like textboxes, text area, drop down menus and checkboxes. The custom profile fields can be used to capture additional information and show it with user profile.

 

Jabber

 

PhpBB3 can use Jabber for sending board notices via instant messaging.

 

Load Settings

 

Administrator can enable and disable certain board functions to reduce the amount of processing required.

 

Multiple Administrators:

 

Admin can mark a user as founder. Founders have all admin permissions and can never be banned, deleted or altered by non-founder members.

 

Administrator Log:

 

Administrator log lists all the actions carried out by board administrators. From first PHPBB installation to their latest logins.

 

Moderator Log:

 

Moderator log lists the actions carried out by board moderators. The topics moved/locked/deleted will be listed in the moderator log.

 

User Logs:

 

User log lists all actions carried out by users or on users.

 

Error Log:

 

Error log lists the actions carried out by the board itself. These log provide the information to be used for solving specific problems, for example non-delivery of emails. Admin can filter errors by username, date, IP or action.

 

User Quick Tools:

 

Admin can easily delete signature, delete all posts, move all posts and delete all attachments of a particular user.

 

Bots Group:

 

The new version identify bots and don’t count them as visitors. All session ids are removed for bots enabling search engines to easily index website pages. There is ability to add your own bots.

 

Group Avatars:

 

In the new version admin can assign avatar to a group. The avatars will be visible in the group page.

 

Custom BBcodes & Smilies

 

Custom bbcodes and smilies can be added easily through admin panel.

 

Auto-Delete Private Messages:

 

If a user’s inbox folder is full admin can set the board to automatically delete oldest messages in that case so that messages are not lost.

 

Limit editing time:

Admin can set time available to edit a new post. After that user cannot edit the post.

 

Max Characters:

 

Admin can set maximum characters per post, maximum smileys per post, maximum links per post, Max image width in post, Max image height in post and maximum number of poll options.

 

Signature Options:

 

Administrator can allow/disallow use of bbcode, img tag and smileys in signature.

 

Administrator can limit:

 

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Maximum signature length.

*

Maximum number of links in signature.

*

Maximum signature font

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Number of smilies in signature

*

Maximum number of links in signature

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Maximum signature image width and height

 

User Registration Options:

 

Administrator can set:

 

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Minimum and maximum number of characters in username.

*

Restrictions on type of characters that may be used in usernames

*

How complex a password needs to be when set or altered

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user to change their password after a set number of days

 

Search Flood:

 

Administrator can Enable/Disable search facilities and can set User search flood interval and guest search flood interval.

 

Forum Permissions:

 

Where in PHPBB2 you have to set forum permissions one by one to each forum. PhpBB3 allow the administrator to set forum permissions by selecting multiple forums.

 

See Inactive Users:

 

Administrator can see a list users who have registered but whos accounts are inactive. Then these accounts can be deleted or activated.

 

Ban Multiple Users

 

Administrator can ban multiple users.

 

Prune Users:

 

Administrator can deactivate users from board. This can be done in a variety of ways; by post count, last activity, etc. Each of these criteria can be combined.

 

Top three things that are not present in the PhpBB3.

 

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Quick Reply Box

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SEO Friendly Archives like Vbulletin

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Much use of Ajax

 

May be there are many more new features that i missed out.

[Guest]

A more "official" list of new & improved features:

 

 

 

What is improved?

Features that are already available in 2.0.x but were improved and/or enhanced for Olympus. This list only highlights the most important improvements.

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Private Messages

• Send to multiple recipients

• Send to groups

• Send Blind Carbon Copies (BCC)

• Forward messages

• Friends list works as address book

• Attach files to PMs

• PM Drafts

• Conversation view

• PM folders

• PM filters

• Export Messages

Registration

• Enable/disable COPPA

• Limit registration attempts

• Set min/max username length

• Set min/max password length

• Limit username chars

• Set password complexity requirements

• Force password change

• Allow/disallow e-mail address re-usage

Search

• Search inside topics

• Select multiple forums and categories to search

• Search within topic titles only

• Search within first post of a topic only

• Set search flood interval to limit server load

• Select search backend (mysql/phpbb)

Admin Control Panel

• More flexible and accessible tab layout

• Modular system allows for easy extensions

• Allow/disallow access to different functions

• New founder status for the board creator

• Completely re-structured for better handling

Moderator Control Panel

• Manage the moderation queue

• List of warnings and reports

• Forum, topic, and post detail views

Polls

• Multiple options per user

• Allow/disallow vote change

Usergroups

• Multiple group leaders

• Set display colour for group members

• Set group rank

• Set group avatar

Profile View

• More user statistics on profile view

• Signature on profile view

• Usergroups on profile view

Permissions

• More powerful and flexible permission system

• Simple permissions through roles

• Fine-tune admin and moderator access

• Global moderators

User Management

• Advanced user editing interface

• Edit user preferences

• Edit group memberships

• Show and edit all attachments of a user

• View permissions directly

More Improvements

• Moderator and admin control panels

• Set temporary bans

• Comments for bans

• Manage group memberships in the ACP

• Search members by all attributes

 

What is new?

Features that did not exist in 2.0.x and were implemented for Olympus. This list is not complete, but only highlights the most important feature additions.

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Full UTF-8 support

Attachments

• Attachments in posts and PMs

• Automatic image thumbnails

• Attach images, documents, video streams, archives

• Multiple attachments allowed

• Display attachments inline

Unlimited Subforums

• Create unlimited subforums

• Display active topics of all subforums

Custom BBCodes

• Create your own BBCodes

• Add buttons to posting screen

Custom Profile Fields

• Add new fields on user profiles

• Display them at registration

• Display them on the profile view

• Hide new profile fields

• Support different data types

User Control Panel

• Manage subscribed topics & forums

• Manage bookmarked topics

• Manage saved drafts

• Manage private messages

• Manage usergroups

• Manage friends and foes

• Manage attachments

New Moderating Tools

• Moderation queue

• Topic merging

• Topic copying

• Locking of single posts

• Topic history

Caching and performance

• Templates are cached

• Permissions are cached

• Forum config is cached

• Database queries are cached

Friends and Foes

• Add other members as friends or foes

• Posts by foes are hidden

• Friends are shown in friends list

Warnings and Reports

• Users can report topics and posts

• Moderators can warn users

More Improvements For Users

• Bookmark topics

• Subscribe to forums

• Jabber/xmpp support for notifications

• Mail or print topics

• "You got beaten at posting" notification

• Multi-Quote within posting screen

More Improvements For Admins

• Global announcements

• Display forum rules on forum page

• Prune inactive users

• User, moderator, admin and error logs

• Language pack editing

• User notes

• Detect search spiders

[CuseCubFan69]

It's pretty interesting so far Tim. It doesn't look like it'll take much to to get used to it.

 

Did we lose all the extra smilies we had?

[sandberg23]

Looks great tim. My check will be in the mail in a few months! :D

[CardsFanInChiTown]

It's cool you included file attachments and jabber. Edited November 4, 2007 by CardsFanInChiTown

[E.J.]

I can't tell if I like the prosilver or the subsilver more. Also, looks like I lost all the people I had on ignore. :x

[Post Count Padder]

Wow, that's a lot of new features. I was initially concerned with how the site would look, but those are all long gone. It looks great. Nice work Tim!

[Roast]

the new look will take a little getting used to. I was so used to the old setup I swear I could post without even opening my eyes at times, my mouse just went to the right spot :lol:

 

But really, it looks great. Once the nsbb icons and premium forums get back up it will feel just like home :-D

[Guest]

I'm testing a new spoiler tag...

 

 

This is a spoiler!

 

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

So far, so good!

[Guest]

Just tested adding a new theme.

 

Boy, if you want something REALLY different...try going to your user control panel, then select board preferences and choose the monolith skin.

 

Not my cup of tea, but hey, it showed me how to add new styles.

[E.J.]

Just tested adding a new theme.

 

Boy, if you want something REALLY different...try going to your user control panel, then select board preferences and choose the monolith skin.

 

Not my cup of tea, but hey, it showed me how to add new styles.

 

Holy Hell, monolith is awful.

[Roast]

Just tested adding a new theme.

 

Boy, if you want something REALLY different...try going to your user control panel, then select board preferences and choose the monolith skin.

 

Not my cup of tea, but hey, it showed me how to add new styles.

 

Holy Hell, monolith is awful.

 

Actually, Monolith isnt that bad, that BF Visa is absolutely mind boggling-ly bad, though.