Well, the main reason I was asking about taking them out was just to help get rid of some of the extra code from several of the scripts. Making them configurable would add code, and I don't really want to do that[]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/].<br /><br />---<br />Scream<br /><A HREF="http://www.wcsoft.net" target="_new">http://www.wcsoft.net</A>

All these hacks seem great, and anyone would probably love to have them included in the main version.<br />Personally, the only hack I would not like to have, though I think it is a great hack, is the language one with all the flags on top, my reason is mainly simply because I want only one language in the forum, I have even deleted the ability to choose language, so I would not go for that one on a future version unless you may choose to use it or not.<br />For the rest, they all would be welcome, if you dont need one, you simply do not use it though you have it.<br />My number one would maybe be the Send2Friend by Eileen.<br /><br />Mateo Byler<br />CruceDeCaminos.com - <A HREF="http://crucedecaminos.com" target="_new">http://crucedecaminos.com</A>

I thought that might be your answer. Fair enough!<br /><br />Simon Wolf,<br />Webmaster,<br />Access All Areas<br /><A HREF="http://www.athree.com" target="_new">http://www.athree.com</A><br />

Imagine you have never seen wwwthreads, and arrive at the arabic board <A HREF="http://www.sahab.net:81/manaber/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=compinternet&Number=205265&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5" target="_new">http://www.sahab.net:81/manaber/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=compinternet&Number=205265&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5</A><br /><br />What are you going to do? Register in arabic, then enter in arabic to change the language in the profile??<br /><br />see Eileens board <A HREF="http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/wwwthreads.pl?Cat=" target="_new">http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/wwwthreads.pl?Cat=</A> for the flags ...<br /><br />

how many people do you think will learn markup?? Be realistic!! it is extremely easy to put in a regular expression to catch urls and test if they are gif or jpg.<br /><br /><br /><br />

What you need is my <A HREF="http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/newpost.pl?Cat=&Board=hello&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5" target="_new">Insert-Tags-with-one-Click</A> hack. []/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/]<br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]

Eileen, that's absolutley great. In German I would say "geil". Scream you should it include in the standard.<br /><br />Tenovis GmbH & Co KG<br />Eddie Kreutz<br />Mail []eddie.kreutz@tenovis.com[/]

I thought you'd like that. []/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/]<br />I see you've got the <A HREF="http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=hack&Number=1031&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5" target="_new">language switcher</A> as well. <br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]

Yes also the language switcher is a feature which I have asked for long time before. But whe I understand it right Scream cannot include it in the standard because it dosn't work with mod perl. So I have to change the installation after each update. This I will do because it's absoluteley important for me.<br /><br />The "Insert tags with a click" is a "very nice" "nice to have" (click smile) and I would love it - but because it seems me easy to include it in the standard (even as an optional feature which can be activated by the admin) I wouldn't change the installation at each update for this feature.<br /><br />So please, please Scream (twice click scream) insert it as quick as possible.<br /><br />Tenovis GmbH & Co KG<br />Eddie Kreutz<br />Mail []eddie.kreutz@tenovis.com[/]

ok<br /><br />

In my opinion... another must have hack is the ability to have an edit screen on the preview/spellcheck screens...<br /><br />

Now that you and I have completed our collaboration on this I always feel incredibly limited when visiting other boards where it isn't in use. []/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/]<br /><br />Anybody who wants to see what we mean should try posting and editing a message (both public and private) on our boards to appreciate the difference.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.channeling.net/forum/newpost.pl?Cat=&Board=test&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5" target="_new">Gerrit's SpiritBoard</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/newpost.pl?Cat=&Board=test&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5" target="_new">The Amdragon Test Board</A><br />or register and see how you can add change or delete an attachment from the Edit screen:<br /><A HREF="http://www.amdragon.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=upload" target="_new">The Amdragon Upload Board</A><br />Plus add Icons to your Private Messages as well as edit download and keep track of them all.<br /><br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]

It is good to have (some people experience the text disappearing from the textbox when they go back) but can be a little confusing (not for us because we know where everything is / what everything does).<br /><br />User-intuitive is the biggest goal for me.<br /><br />As an example, on your post screen Gerrit you have a tickbox: "Email a notification when someone replies to my real email address."<br />I know what this means and what will happen if I tick it.<br />I imagine many people who are unfamiliar with w3t or even web boards in general would find this option confusing, at least in part due to the wording.<br /><br />We have to remember we know wwwthreads inside out.<br />Whilst I haven't mentioned this before, as customisings are great, I feel about half of the hacks floating around out there add features + confusion.<br /><br />However I always look forward to new releases and their added features because Scream has done a great job picking the necessary ones so far.<br /><br />I hope this slight criticism is taken as constructive.<br /><br /><br />Darren.<br /><A HREF="http://www.bullpen.com.au" target="_new">http://www.bullpen.com.au</A>

Hi Darran, <br />Thanks for pointing out the "Email a notification when someone replies to my real email address." - I have no idea how that ever got in there with such confusing wording. I have changed that, and added a "Edit Post" header to make things a bit clearer.<br /><br />

Ok, this is not a hack but, since you seem to be building here the wwwthreads of the future (an amazing one) I think it's a good time to bbring back something a lot of people suggested some time ago:<br />Different trheads should have the trhead title as the "html title" instead of the same title in all the pages. Then you wont overwrite your bookmarks (or be prompted not to) and the bookmarks will be more useful.<br /><br />As for the hacks... Mi opinion is that all of them should be included. The only one I wouldnt want to have is the language related (that of course should be included as well IMO but that brings the issue of having them "optional". Not much of an issue for me, as I would use all but one, but maybe for other people).<br /><br />The reason I wouldnt use this hack (or the language feature actually) is that I dont see any "real" use for it...I think someone gave the example of going to an arabic board and being able to post (by using the languages feature). I believe you wont be able to post in that board anyways, but not because you dont understand the menus but because the actual content of the board is in arabic (so you would not see any reason for posting, and even if you do, it's unlikely they will understand you...).<br /><br />Of course there may be an example of a board targeted to multiple cultures/languages where this would be more useful but I have not seen that yet...<br /><br />regards (I wish I already had that cool one-touch smiles here...)<br /><br />

The language hack can be very useful even if you only use one language. It can check what language the visitor is using and so has even more possibilities you even realise. Today somebody emailed me to ask if there was some way all the buttons could be made language specific and I realised that using the language switcher makes this a piece of cake. <br /><br />All I need is a bit of cooperation from you 'foreign' guys here and I'll do the hack. I know Mateo is using a set of Spanish buttons at <A HREF="http://crucedecaminos.com/" target="_new">http://crucedecaminos.com/</A> - if he (Mateo, are you listening?) could provide me with that set and anybody who has sets converted to other languages could give me a copy of theirs then I'll set to work and give you the means to show the appropriate buttons for whatever language is in use. <br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]

Many moons ago Phoenix posted a hack to put all the info you want in the title bar. Here it is:<br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]

--- The Language Hack: I would not want it unless it is optional. If it wasnt optional I would probably not upgrade. The reason is simple: My forum is Spanish ONLY. I dont want people who cant understand my Spanish buttons and instructions to post anything because they will not even know what they are replying to, posts are in Spanish. So buttons make sense to ONLY be in Spanish. In my case I have even disabled (deleted) the option to choose language. <br />This is a great hack, impressive, but it does not make sense for forums that are only one language oriented and want to remain that way.<br /><br />--- As for my Spanish buttons at <A HREF="http://crucedecaminos.com/cgibin/entretodos/" target="_new">http://crucedecaminos.com/cgibin/entretodos/</A>, they are very, very personalized, but I could make some new ones for WWWThreads, probably with the new default design, great job whoever did them! []/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/]<br /><br />--- As for the Title thing, I agree, that hack is an almost must. There is a hack for it as Eileen just pointed out, but I think it should be in the main release.<br /><br />Mateo Byler<br />CruceDeCaminos.com - <A HREF="http://crucedecaminos.com" target="_new">http://crucedecaminos.com</A>

Spaking about Spanish Translations... Eileen, a while back I promised you a translation to Spanish of the Help Hack (my vote for being included in main version!) and I forgot about it. Just remembered, so I will get down to it. It is translated but very personalized... I have to de-personalize it. []/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/]<br /><br />Mateo Byler<br />CruceDeCaminos.com - <A HREF="http://crucedecaminos.com" target="_new">http://crucedecaminos.com</A>

Thanks, Mateo. A lot of people would find it very useful.<br /><br />[]http://www.amdragon.com/images/eileensig.gif[/]