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[kal]

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Hey Everyone!

I'll update the lists below as people let me know of things they want to see or bugs they find. It's my todo/done lists to make the forum easier to use (IMHO).

TODO:

• Embedded YouTube videos.
  
• Some way of showing what threads someone is subscribed to/has responded in within the list of posts (change the icon on the left?).
  
• Create a mobile version of the forum.
  
• Fix redirect after post/edit to go right to the post in question instead of to top of thread (this one's more complex than it sounds). Note: it may actually work right. Need to investigate futher.
  
• Printer friendly view doesn't seem to always work right with really big threads. Investigate...
  
• Upgrade club membership software to warn people when memberships are about to end. The newer version has auto-emailing.
  
• Add some auto-emailing features such as: Send emails to users who haven't visited in some time, users who signed up but never followed though with their activation, maybe sending a monthly "popular forum topics' newsletter? Etc...
  
• Add a new user selectable skin for mobile users (ie: simplified, text only version) ?
  
• Add ignore lists ?
  
• Add sub-forums ?
  
• RSS feed?
  
  

DONE:

• RECAPTCHA (better CAPTCHA).
  
• Disable PM until X posts to avoid spammers sending PMs after initial registration.
  
• Delete User MOD (add delete to viewtopic, userprofile and memberlist for moderators for quicker way to delete spammers).
  
• Hide memberlist, websites, etc. from guests (to discourage spammers from registering).
  
• Oops Database down (nice error message plus notify admin).
  
• Installed bbAntiSpam Textual Confirmation (Questions during registration that only humans can answer).
  
• Removed COPPA (options during registration that ask if you're at least 13 years old).
  
• Added lifetime club memberships.
  
• Removed the CAPTCHA with letters and numbers used during registration as too many people are emailing me that they don't know how to read the letters/numbers. I've instead added an extra random question shown during registration that only a humans can answer. Example: "What colour is a red apple?"
  
• Added the ability to do strikethroughs in posts like this: TEST
  
• User name search in memberlist page added.
  
• Jump to forum drop-down doesn't work - fixed!
  
• Added a forum quick search.
  
• Added a count to show how many users are in each of the forums (includes guests and registered users).
  
• Added a feature so that people can subscribe to entire forums to be notified of new threads.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Add a printer friendly option so that people can print out threads in one shot.
  
• Added little online/offline icons to posts so that people can see if someone's online quickly.
  
• Increased number of personal photo album pics from 30 to 45.
  
• Increased avatar size from 150x150 to 150x200 (width x height).
  
• Added a better CAPTCHA to stop spammers from auto-registering.
  
• Added complete set of forum stats for all to see.
  
• Added a few extra fields to a user's profile page for all to, including Last Visit Time, Last Post Time, and Signature. Also added Last Visit Time to the memberlist page (sortable).
  
• Posting, editing posts, or voting now redirects you back to thread. Confirmation page is skipped.
  
• Log on automatically checkbox now checked by default.
  
• Display forum description in the view forum page.
  
• Thread email notification now defaults to on for new users.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Add a new 'View your watched topics' page.
  
• Removed the dangerous 'Delete All' button from the PM menu.
  
• Cleaned up and added some new forum statistics on the main page.
  
• User profile page now shows how many photos user has uploaded to their photo album.
  
• The Photo Album link in posts now only shows up when the user has uploaded photos. Hover over the link for the number of photos.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Ability to selectively turn on/off the word censor.
  
• Error logging system that logs all critical errors and emails the admin.
  
• Display last post per forum on the index page.
  
• Announcements and sticky posts are coloured differently to make them easier to skip over for frequent visitors.
  
• Added a feature to allow for a global announcement at the top of all pages.
  
• More advanced user searching (admin only tool).
  
• Display last 10 posts on the main www.curtpalme.com site to entice non-forum regulars to visit the forum.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: A new recent topics list added to main page.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: A new 'View All Threads' page added to make it easier to keep track of new threads across all forums.
  
• Display top 10 posters on main index page.
  
• Display random photo gallery photo on main index page.
  
• Show a couple of sample photo album images per user on main photo index page (first photo, last photo).
  
• Advanced features to disable the forum for testing (but allow admins to access).
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Custom profile fields (projector & HT equipment) added. Projector type is displayed in posts as well.
  
• Poster name in posts are linked to the user's profile page.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Increased file attachment space for private messages and forum posts.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Created a private Club Members forum.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Advertising removed.
  
• Completely automated Club Membership feature with payment through PayPal. See here for a complete list of special features.
  
• Advanced backup features.
  
• Added a (somewhat useless, hardly used) chat room!
  
• A Spel Cheker has bean instaled.
  
• A bunch of SEO (search engine optimization) stuff so that Google and other robots can crawl this forum correctly & more efficiently.
  
• Replying to PM's now automatically quotes the last PM by default. No need to click the "quote" button (which has been removed).
  
• Removed forum name (Curt Palme CRT Projectors) from page title tag so that post or forum name in obvious in taskbar with window minimized.
  
• Dynamic signatures. I thought that signatures were are posted as part of the post itself so that changing your sig only affects future posts, but this is not true. Problem closed.
  
• A photo album area where users can post photos/info on their setups. Comments can be left about photos.
  
• Avatars are not seen at all by guest users. You must register and log in to see avatars.
  
• Per user setting to allow people to turn the display of avatars and sigs on/off.
  
• Rotating Banner ads (for Curt).
  
• Security fix for AOL users that have problems staying logged on...
  
• Redirect back to thread after editing/posting instead of the confirmation screen. There is currently no good mod for this that doesn't screw up something else. Instead, the wait time's been reduced from 3 sections to 0 on the confirmation screen.
  
• Quick reply for posting quick followups. Regular reply needs to be used if you want to get fancy...
  
• Better email notification. You now see who posted and the contents of the post in the email.
  
• Fix the bug that causes people to appear to have to log in twice if they go to http://curtpalme.com/forum instead of the more correct http://www.curtpalme.com/forum. If you're having problems logging in, delete your curtpalme.com cookies or better yet, all cookies.
  
• Created a secondary test forum for my use only.
  
• Attachments are now possible. Very full featured.
  

Kal

[kal]

Register to remove this ad. It's free!

Hey Everyone!

I'll update the lists below as people let me know of things they want to see or bugs they find. It's my todo/done lists to make the forum easier to use (IMHO).

TODO:

• Embedded YouTube videos.
  
• Some way of showing what threads someone is subscribed to/has responded in within the list of posts (change the icon on the left?).
  
• Create a mobile version of the forum.
  
• Fix redirect after post/edit to go right to the post in question instead of to top of thread (this one's more complex than it sounds). Note: it may actually work right. Need to investigate futher.
  
• Printer friendly view doesn't seem to always work right with really big threads. Investigate...
  
• Upgrade club membership software to warn people when memberships are about to end. The newer version has auto-emailing.
  
• Add some auto-emailing features such as: Send emails to users who haven't visited in some time, users who signed up but never followed though with their activation, maybe sending a monthly "popular forum topics' newsletter? Etc...
  
• Add a new user selectable skin for mobile users (ie: simplified, text only version) ?
  
• Add ignore lists ?
  
• Add sub-forums ?
  
• RSS feed?
  
  

DONE:

• RECAPTCHA (better CAPTCHA).
  
• Disable PM until X posts to avoid spammers sending PMs after initial registration.
  
• Delete User MOD (add delete to viewtopic, userprofile and memberlist for moderators for quicker way to delete spammers).
  
• Hide memberlist, websites, etc. from guests (to discourage spammers from registering).
  
• Oops Database down (nice error message plus notify admin).
  
• Installed bbAntiSpam Textual Confirmation (Questions during registration that only humans can answer).
  
• Removed COPPA (options during registration that ask if you're at least 13 years old).
  
• Added lifetime club memberships.
  
• Removed the CAPTCHA with letters and numbers used during registration as too many people are emailing me that they don't know how to read the letters/numbers. I've instead added an extra random question shown during registration that only a humans can answer. Example: "What colour is a red apple?"
  
• Added the ability to do strikethroughs in posts like this: TEST
  
• User name search in memberlist page added.
  
• Jump to forum drop-down doesn't work - fixed!
  
• Added a forum quick search.
  
• Added a count to show how many users are in each of the forums (includes guests and registered users).
  
• Added a feature so that people can subscribe to entire forums to be notified of new threads.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Add a printer friendly option so that people can print out threads in one shot.
  
• Added little online/offline icons to posts so that people can see if someone's online quickly.
  
• Increased number of personal photo album pics from 30 to 45.
  
• Increased avatar size from 150x150 to 150x200 (width x height).
  
• Added a better CAPTCHA to stop spammers from auto-registering.
  
• Added complete set of forum stats for all to see.
  
• Added a few extra fields to a user's profile page for all to, including Last Visit Time, Last Post Time, and Signature. Also added Last Visit Time to the memberlist page (sortable).
  
• Posting, editing posts, or voting now redirects you back to thread. Confirmation page is skipped.
  
• Log on automatically checkbox now checked by default.
  
• Display forum description in the view forum page.
  
• Thread email notification now defaults to on for new users.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Add a new 'View your watched topics' page.
  
• Removed the dangerous 'Delete All' button from the PM menu.
  
• Cleaned up and added some new forum statistics on the main page.
  
• User profile page now shows how many photos user has uploaded to their photo album.
  
• The Photo Album link in posts now only shows up when the user has uploaded photos. Hover over the link for the number of photos.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Ability to selectively turn on/off the word censor.
  
• Error logging system that logs all critical errors and emails the admin.
  
• Display last post per forum on the index page.
  
• Announcements and sticky posts are coloured differently to make them easier to skip over for frequent visitors.
  
• Added a feature to allow for a global announcement at the top of all pages.
  
• More advanced user searching (admin only tool).
  
• Display last 10 posts on the main www.curtpalme.com site to entice non-forum regulars to visit the forum.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: A new recent topics list added to main page.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: A new 'View All Threads' page added to make it easier to keep track of new threads across all forums.
  
• Display top 10 posters on main index page.
  
• Display random photo gallery photo on main index page.
  
• Show a couple of sample photo album images per user on main photo index page (first photo, last photo).
  
• Advanced features to disable the forum for testing (but allow admins to access).
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Custom profile fields (projector & HT equipment) added. Projector type is displayed in posts as well.
  
• Poster name in posts are linked to the user's profile page.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Increased file attachment space for private messages and forum posts.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Created a private Club Members forum.
  
• CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: Advertising removed.
  
• Completely automated Club Membership feature with payment through PayPal. See here for a complete list of special features.
  
• Advanced backup features.
  
• Added a (somewhat useless, hardly used) chat room!
  
• A Spel Cheker has bean instaled.
  
• A bunch of SEO (search engine optimization) stuff so that Google and other robots can crawl this forum correctly & more efficiently.
  
• Replying to PM's now automatically quotes the last PM by default. No need to click the "quote" button (which has been removed).
  
• Removed forum name (Curt Palme CRT Projectors) from page title tag so that post or forum name in obvious in taskbar with window minimized.
  
• Dynamic signatures. I thought that signatures were are posted as part of the post itself so that changing your sig only affects future posts, but this is not true. Problem closed.
  
• A photo album area where users can post photos/info on their setups. Comments can be left about photos.
  
• Avatars are not seen at all by guest users. You must register and log in to see avatars.
  
• Per user setting to allow people to turn the display of avatars and sigs on/off.
  
• Rotating Banner ads (for Curt).
  
• Security fix for AOL users that have problems staying logged on...
  
• Redirect back to thread after editing/posting instead of the confirmation screen. There is currently no good mod for this that doesn't screw up something else. Instead, the wait time's been reduced from 3 sections to 0 on the confirmation screen.
  
• Quick reply for posting quick followups. Regular reply needs to be used if you want to get fancy...
  
• Better email notification. You now see who posted and the contents of the post in the email.
  
• Fix the bug that causes people to appear to have to log in twice if they go to http://curtpalme.com/forum instead of the more correct http://www.curtpalme.com/forum. If you're having problems logging in, delete your curtpalme.com cookies or better yet, all cookies.
  
• Created a secondary test forum for my use only.
  
• Attachments are now possible. Very full featured.
  

Kal

[kal]

Added the ability to do strikethroughs in posts like this: TEST


Kal

[kal]

Added the ability to do strikethroughs in posts like this: TEST


Kal

[kal]

Removed the CAPTCHA with letters and numbers used during registration as too many people are emailing me that they don't know how to read the letters/numbers. I've instead added an extra random question shown during registration that only a humans can answer. Example: "What colour is a red apple?"

[kal]

Removed the CAPTCHA with letters and numbers used during registration as too many people are emailing me that they don't know how to read the letters/numbers. I've instead added an extra random question shown during registration that only a humans can answer. Example: "What colour is a red apple?"