New Forums!

[Xepher]

After the string of repeated security holes in phpBB, I've decided to move the forums over to a new system. Not only are is it now different software on the front side, it's now running SQLite on the backend as well. This should be a lot faster, as it doesn't utilize the MySQL server at all. I was going to try and migrate everything from the old forums... but it proved too difficult. I also think it might be good to start off fresh, as we had a LOT of dead users on the old boards.

Anyway, start trying this new one out. You'll have to create a new user here, but everything should be pretty easy to use. I'll be leaving the old forums up for another month or so, while I see how this works out. Also, don't post any applications here yet.

[Databits]

Do you know that the img tags are currently turned off for this forum?

[Lei]

well, on signatures, the img tage seems to be turned on for posts

[Xepher]

Yes, it's turned off in signatures. Call it facist, but I just don't like seeing these huge images tagged on to every single post.

[Gwyn]

You have given us the power to make our own titles, I FEEL IMPORTANT NOW!

[Lei]

Yes, it's turned off in signatures. Call it facist, but I just don't like seeing these huge images tagged on to every single post.

.. good idea. But, honestly, isn't the four line limit a little too little? Loving the smilies :D:D

[griever]

Yay!  Forums that disable images in posts!  *kicks dial up*  I did notice that the old forums loaded very slowly, but had no idea why.  Most of the other places I visit on occasion use invision or something remotely known.

[Xepher]

.. good idea. But, honestly, isn't the four line limit a little too little? Loving the smilies :D:D

Perfect example... No offense, but you're posting a single line of text, and complaining that four lines of signature is too little. I'm probably a bit old fashioned, but I think signatures are meant to just be that little bit at the end of a letter or post.

[Gwyn]

yeah the smilies do look better here

[tickyhead]

hehe this new forum is pretty cool . . . and I gotta agree with Xepher, sigs have escalated into some sort of evil post-eating monsters in a lot of forums. I'm happy with just my little line of text, thankyouverymuch~

ye gods the emoties here ARE awesome!

[Tangle]

Well, I think these new forums are sexy.  I'm not one for using emoticons much myself, but I'm loving on the no images in signatures fascist-thing.  Heh heh.  (I'm looking at you, Aetre)

[Databits]

That makes sense

[Sno]

Heh, just when I join the old forums, you go and change them~  Time to get used to another new (shiny and clean) place!

[Databits]

I do sorta like that PhpBB has the javascript setup for the BBCode tags, some people don't know how to use the code otherwise.

[Xepher]

Yeah, but that javascript was flakey at best. If you didn't do things just right, it'd drop tags in wrong places, or in one worst-case scenario I had, eat the entire post.