2009-02-27, 06:17 PM
Hi guys, been lurking awhile now - did a bunch of searching here and on Google, trying to recreate some of the features found in VB that I just KNOW have to be somewhere in myBB, and my newbieness just doesn't know how to do it.
Forgive me if these features do NOT exist (I'm not trying to get around posting in the Feature Request - if they don't, I'll post there). Funny, I didn't even know about some of these features in VB - my users had to tell me ...
Standard deal - using the latest version of MyBB - did migrate from VB using the latest migration tool (worked good with the exception of avatars and a couple of minor group permissions - oh, and it lost all the forum Titles and Descriptions heh). But, the users and messages weren't lost - the rest was just easy to recreate.
Here we go ...
IGNORE LIST
When putting someone on your IGNORE list, indeed posts from that person are filtered out. However, if you look at NEW POSTS, threads started by that ignored user are still displayed. If a user is ignored, shouldn't these be filtered as well? Did I miss a setting?
THREAD SORTING
One of my users complained that they can no longer view threads from newest to oldest vice the current oldest to newest. I didn't even know you could do that in VB ... and I've done some digging and search, but can't figure out how to make that happen here.
WYSIWYG EDITOR
I don't want to start some sort of MYCODE vs WYSIWYG flamewar here, but most modern forums have this available - at least as an option. I have seen some "hacked in" solutions for shoving something like TinyMCE etc into the forums, but I feel that's asking for trouble. Is there a WYSIWYG editor in here I can't find or turn on? If not, is there a milestone on the roadmap where this might become available officially?
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
My users are accustomed to selecting text and hitting CTRL-I, CTRL-B, etc for formatting text in the editor. Am I missing this feature in the existing editor?
POPUP NOTIFICATION
Some of my users like the javascript pop up alert when they have a new PM (vice the yellow notification at the top - which I actually prefer myself). Is there an option to turn on an option like this?
Finally, thanks for a great forum package. I used to run phpBB ages ago, didn't find it robust enough - then bought into VB (which apparently drags my hosts' resources to the ground - it was get rid of it, or get a new host - which wasn't looking good). This has been the best of all worlds (with the minor user gripes above).
Thanks in advance for your help!
Forgive me if these features do NOT exist (I'm not trying to get around posting in the Feature Request - if they don't, I'll post there). Funny, I didn't even know about some of these features in VB - my users had to tell me ...
Standard deal - using the latest version of MyBB - did migrate from VB using the latest migration tool (worked good with the exception of avatars and a couple of minor group permissions - oh, and it lost all the forum Titles and Descriptions heh). But, the users and messages weren't lost - the rest was just easy to recreate.
Here we go ...
IGNORE LIST
When putting someone on your IGNORE list, indeed posts from that person are filtered out. However, if you look at NEW POSTS, threads started by that ignored user are still displayed. If a user is ignored, shouldn't these be filtered as well? Did I miss a setting?
THREAD SORTING
One of my users complained that they can no longer view threads from newest to oldest vice the current oldest to newest. I didn't even know you could do that in VB ... and I've done some digging and search, but can't figure out how to make that happen here.
WYSIWYG EDITOR
I don't want to start some sort of MYCODE vs WYSIWYG flamewar here, but most modern forums have this available - at least as an option. I have seen some "hacked in" solutions for shoving something like TinyMCE etc into the forums, but I feel that's asking for trouble. Is there a WYSIWYG editor in here I can't find or turn on? If not, is there a milestone on the roadmap where this might become available officially?
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
My users are accustomed to selecting text and hitting CTRL-I, CTRL-B, etc for formatting text in the editor. Am I missing this feature in the existing editor?
POPUP NOTIFICATION
Some of my users like the javascript pop up alert when they have a new PM (vice the yellow notification at the top - which I actually prefer myself). Is there an option to turn on an option like this?
Finally, thanks for a great forum package. I used to run phpBB ages ago, didn't find it robust enough - then bought into VB (which apparently drags my hosts' resources to the ground - it was get rid of it, or get a new host - which wasn't looking good). This has been the best of all worlds (with the minor user gripes above).
Thanks in advance for your help!