What is so good about Premium, anyway?

[Tim]

Well, ya got me.

 

5 dollars of my next Paycheck (which should appear w/in the week) will be headed to NSBB. (That is if my mom didnt take my hint that I wanted it for my birthday (which is monday), not that she'd be able to figure out how to do it anyways.)

You can have your mom email me and I'll walk her through the process. :D

[Tim]

Added tonight!

 

• All smileys now appear on the posting screen, so there's no need to hit the "see more smilies" link to get to the good ones!

[abuck1220]

yeah, have your mom email me too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok, that was wrong...but i couldn't resist.

[rocket]

Added tonight!

 

• All smileys now appear on the posting screen, so there's no need to hit the "see more smilies" link to get to the good ones!

:thumleft: :thumright:

[Tim]

This one might take some getting used to, but it could be a time saver...

 

• On a trial basis, this new mod hides any forum that doesn't have new posts. So the ones that don't get much traffic don't take up space on the screen. Only the forums (fora?) with activity show up on the index page.

[Tim]

This one might take some getting used to, but it could be a time saver...

 

• On a trial basis, this new mod hides any forum that doesn't have new posts. So the ones that don't get much traffic don't take up space on the screen. Only the forums (fora?) with activity show up on the index page.

 

Clicking on the category title will bring up the complete list of forums in that category, btw.

 

Not sure I like this one...I need some feedback! I wish there were an easy way to turn it on and off.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Just a thought, maybe you should make it so that the non-premium members can see the premium only icons but can't post them. This might reduce some confusion in a thread that might occur.

[Tim]

Just a thought, maybe you should make it so that the non-premium members can see the premium only icons but can't post them. This might reduce some confusion in a thread that might occur.

Mucho difficult to implement. Good thought, though.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

ok, just a thought. I like the look of the whole collapsing/expanding forum thing.

[ctcf]

I liked the regular Index view better. A lot better.

[Guest]

This one might take some getting used to, but it could be a time saver...

 

• On a trial basis, this new mod hides any forum that doesn't have new posts. So the ones that don't get much traffic don't take up space on the screen. Only the forums (fora?) with activity show up on the index page.

 

Clicking on the category title will bring up the complete list of forums in that category, btw.

 

Not sure I like this one...I need some feedback! I wish there were an easy way to turn it on and off.

I hate it. With a passion. It took me 20 minutes to figure out why some forums weren't showing up for me.

 

Now if you could make it so we could choose which forums to hide/unhide, I think that would be pretty cool.

[Tim]

Okay then. Let's see...

 

About 15 PM's and a couple of passionate posts later, it's clear. Bye bye collapsed index view!

 

I'll make it go away ASAP this morning. (probably around 9:30).

[Tim]

As promised...the "clean index" modification is gone. I wish there were a way to turn it on/off by individual user.

[UK1679666180]

Gracias, that was frustrating.

[Tim]

This is more of an announcement:

 

I will no longer be uploading custom avatars for non-premium users. I'll still do it for Premium users (though they can do it themselves, too).

 

This is a question:

 

With all the traffic on this site, it is expensive to maintain. For those that aren't contributing to the support of the site (non-premium users), would it be fair to limit the bandwidth they consume by not allowing signature images + avatars? I have mixed feelings on this one, so I'm open to arguments from both sides.

 

(For those that are curious, the site has already consumed over 40 GB of bandwidth this month. Well over 90% of that is consumed by non-premium members.)

[UK1679666180]

I think there should restrictions on the sign. similar to that in the avatar (100*100), something like that, some pics are way too big.

[treebird]

I think there should restrictions on the sign. similar to that in the avatar (100*100), something like that, some pics are way too big.

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

I'm on high speed, so I think it's awesome.

[Tim]

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Edited September 16, 2004 by Tim

[Tim]

Bah, but the mod screwed up the fonts.

 

Not worth it. Another to undo. :(

[sandberg23]

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This line will wrap won't stretch your screen now if you're using Premium!

 

You keep doing things that make Premium appear to be the way to go! Stop please, I can't afford it. :( :x

[Tim]

Oh Yeah!!!!!

 

Now that's better. A message editing box that isn't nearly as tiny. Now that's what I'm talking about!

 

• I've change the text edit box for messages from tiny to a more reasonable size (15 lines and 35 characters wide to 25 lines and 50 characters wide).

[Tim]

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This line will wrap won't stretch your screen now if you're using Premium!

 

You keep doing things that make Premium appear to be the way to go! Stop please, I can't afford it. :( :x

Aw, c'mon. It's one McDonalds meal per month! :D

[sandberg23]

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This line will wrap won't stretch your screen now if you're using Premium!

 

You keep doing things that make Premium appear to be the way to go! Stop please, I can't afford it. :( :x

Aw, c'mon. It's one McDonalds meal per month! :D

 

I don't like McDonald's. :lol:

 

Also, rarely eat out because I can't afford it. :(

[T2E]

Now that Premium access is restricted, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a list of features that have been added to the Premium UI so that people could see what they get for their (paltry :) ) $5/month. As I continue to add things that are Premium-only, I'll keep this list updated. If I'm forgetting anything, please PM me with what I've left out. So, without further ado (and in no particular order), here it is:

 

• The "Unread Message" flags remain unread even after closing the browser and coming back in. No longer do you have to read everything at once or lose what's been read and what hasn't.
  
• Clicking on the orange "new post" flag brings up the first unread post in the thread -- no matter how many times the thread has bee visited during the current session. (During the game yesterday, I probably checked the thread 50 times by clicking on that and going directly to the first unread message. So much easier than trying to remember what was the last page I looked at and going back there by page number.)

 

By far the two best.

 

[*]The freedom to choose a custom rank

 

How do you do this one?

[Roast]

yeah, have your mom email me too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok, that was wrong...but i couldn't resist.

 

I knew that was coming....

 

and it made my eyes hurt. :cry: