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Forum updates and improvements
Topic Started: Jan 4 2016, 03:38 AM (697 Views)
Nasir
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You probably have noticed several changes to the board. Some major, some barely noticeable. The main reasons behind these updates are to organize the forums and the board as a whole and aim at keeping CWC active both through current users and hopefully new ones.

Some may find these changes great and some may like them less. So use this thread and let me know what you think about them and constructively post your feedback to let me know if there is something you don't like and why and also how you want to have it changed.

Bellow you'll find all the changes listed:

- 3 new skins have been added - Purple (wide), Purple (Narrow) and Black
- Forum categories and sections have been re-organized
- The favicon.png has been updated
- Information tables at the top of the board have been be revamped and minimized so they don't take up too much space
- Information tables and buttons have been set to only view on the index page/front page
- Board settings such as posts and user setting have been optimized to give user more control on how they want to use the the board
- Deleted “re-direct forum”- links at the bottom of the board, links are present in the menu at the top
- User-group ranks and accesses have been updated
- Added icons to all user-groups
- User-group “Friend” has been to changed to “Retired” and the rank “Clan leader” has been added
- Shoubox now refreshes every 30 seconds, no need to reload the page to see new shouts
- Added a limit on how many images you’re allowed to use in your signature (allowed to use 4) to keep thread loadings stable
- Updated the forum maker for “No new posts” on the Gray skin
- Updated the design of the like/dislike system
- You can now choose your country to show in your mini-profile next to your posts and also your main profile page

If you have suggestions of your own on how to improve the board you can post them here as well and I'll let you know if it's possible to implement or not.
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looks good but the drop down box thing pisses me off below ur avatar & gyazo images cant be posted with the [img] layout which is annoying too.


thats it really
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Which drop down do you mean? If it's the "view profile" one I removed it earlier, took it from the old forums but noticed it's pretty pointless here.

For Gayzo just add a .png at the end of your URL and it will work inside the [IMG] tag. So for example if this is your link https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b you just add a .png at the end and place it inside the tag (ex: https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b.png) :)
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I think the features are good and all, but don't go overboard.

As long as it doesn't slow down my loading time on forums, and I can make it relatively dark (I like the new black one), idgaf what you do.

My only question is how does this handle oversized pictures? I don't want to test it, and i'm sure you thought about that, but it's my only concern tbh. also maybe a way to (easily) mute the board, as sometimes people like to post stuff that auto-plays sound. I don't like having to open task manager to kill whatever it is. Same goes for annoying ass .gifs and stuff (if at all possible).
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Won't have to worry about that, majority of the scripts are inserted directly within the tags of the board itself. Files that are hosted on a different server normally slow down the page if the server the file is hosted on gets overloaded. The only code we have here on CWC that could slow down the board a bit sometimes is the like/dislike script, but the risk of that happening is very low.

You shouldn't, as far as I know, have any problems with unexpected sounds from the board itself. I have never encountered that myself but if you have one on here that auto plays sounds give the URL and I'll see what's up with that.

.gifs are sadly not as easy to disable, they are image formats and you'd have to specify properties for the IMG tag for it to block any .gif links. It becomes a little bit too complicated.

As for the oversized images I'm sure I can solve that with a simple code.
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idk if its just my fucked up browser but i had to click to the left of the US flag (uruguay) to get it to display
whenever i click US flag it shows uk, whenever i click uk it goes to united arab emirates, etc


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I've updated the code, try again and see if the same thing happens now.
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Nasir
Jan 4 2016, 05:34 AM
Which drop down do you mean? If it's the "view profile" one I removed it earlier, took it from the old forums but noticed it's pretty pointless here.

For Gayzo just add a .png at the end of your URL and it will work inside the [IMG] tag. So for example if this is your link https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b you just add a .png at the end and place it inside the tag (ex: https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b.png) :)
my bad i meant the scroll bar under your avatar beside your 'rank/status'

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it would be nice if we didnt have to do it manually. Is there a way that it can be done without us manually typing .png? Cause i'm lazy af and prefer clicking.
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Jan 4 2016, 06:27 AM
idk if its just my fucked up browser but i had to click to the left of the US flag (uruguay) to get it to display
whenever i click US flag it shows uk, whenever i click uk it goes to united arab emirates, etc
Excuse me but dickbreaker69 isn't your rsn as its more than 12 characters, red Sonya 76 would be more believable you faker.
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Maj
Jan 4 2016, 08:25 AM
Nasir
Jan 4 2016, 05:34 AM
Which drop down do you mean? If it's the "view profile" one I removed it earlier, took it from the old forums but noticed it's pretty pointless here.

For Gayzo just add a .png at the end of your URL and it will work inside the [IMG] tag. So for example if this is your link https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b you just add a .png at the end and place it inside the tag (ex: https://gyazo.com/0ca1f49e2019cd48dac01cdd5706835b.png) :)
my bad i meant the scroll bar under your avatar beside your 'rank/status'

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it would be nice if we didnt have to do it manually. Is there a way that it can be done without us manually typing .png? Cause i'm lazy af and prefer clicking.
on the gyazo you can right click -> view image and then the url at the top adds the .png. probably saves you a game tick!
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