Phil's playing with the BB again

[Dustin]

The side menu is pretty cool. Hey, is there any way you can make thoose links open in a new window?

I didn't see a topic on this, so I figured I'd start one. :)

[Rizzo]

Yeah, the side menu is really cool.

Can't really think of anything else to say about it.

[phil]

Thanks guys...I have noticed that the links don't open in a new window :D Time to play and figure out how to do that (I am using Java BTW....never used it before :rolleyes: )

[phil]

Sorted....links now open in a new window :D

[Dustin]

I'm impressed! That's fast!:D

[phil]

Hehe, I have to make one now for those ppl still using the default vBulletin style :rolleyes:

[Rick_Deadly]

I'm thoroughly impressed Phil. Very nice feature. :D

[phil]

Originally posted by Rick_Deadly
I'm thoroughly impressed Phil. Very nice feature. :D


Thanks Rick...after playing with it for the last half hour, I don't know how I have lived without it before.

[siggy]

Is there anyway to leave it on the main menu? Does it have to follow me around thru all the threads? Its a cool idea. Really, I visit the stats all the time. I will try to switch to this and see if it stops annoying me. ;)

[phil]

Originally posted by siggy
Is there anyway to leave it on the main menu? Does it have to follow me around thru all the threads? Its a cool idea. Really, I visit the stats all the time. I will try to switch to this and see if it stops annoying me. ;)


It is meant to follow people around. It is a special program that looks for spies :rolleyes:

[siggy]

So there is a camera hidden in the "D" I suppose. Well I guess I better watch what I wear in front of the computer. :)

[Dustin]

No, don't do that!

Phil where's the camera?;)

[siggy]

I like that you changed it to Collective Menu. I suppose the camera is in the "O" now. :D

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by phil
Hehe, I have to make one now for those ppl still using the default vBulletin style :rolleyes:

How many of those troublemakers are there?:D
Thought about swapping over. It looks right on the other computer. (I.E. I can read it) But for some reason on this one it seemed to be too dark. I may try it again and see if any change since I did do a couple changes on this one.

BTW it does look good on the other one. First time I saw it. "What the ... is that doing?"

[Nofinger]

Originally posted by Stilgar

BTW it does look good on the other one. First time I saw it. "What the ... is that doing?"

Same here, but now I'm glad to have it :D
Only whene it jumps up when you scroll up or down is a little bit annoying but it's growing fast on me :D so Phil you did a great job ( as usual ) :D :cool: :D

[Jodie]

How about adding a "search for new posts" to it? I leave the last thread I was in open all the time. Right now, I go to the top, click on The Genome Collective base thread, then click on "search for new posts"... I'd love to have that in the menu instead.

[Dustin]

Heya Phil,

Did you edit the "Hi Phil!" thread name? When I first created the thread, it said "HiPhil!" (no space) by accident. I changed the first post to "Hi Phil" and I the thread name changed. So I thought I changed it.

But now with Rick's "CPU production comparison" he changed the first post to "Hey, I found it !" and the thread name didn't change.

So anyway, I was wondering, did you change the thread name, or did I?

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
Heya Phil,

Did you edit the "Hi Phil!" thread name? When I first created the thread, it said "HiPhil!" (no space) by accident. I changed the first post to "Hi Phil" and I the thread name changed. So I thought I changed it.

But now with Rick's "CPU production comparison" he changed the first post to "Hey, I found it !" and the thread name didn't change.

So anyway, I was wondering, did you change the thread name, or did I?


You can only change the name of a thread within the first 5 mins of creation. After that you will need a mod to change it. BTW, you changed the name of your thread :D

[Dustin]

Originally posted by phil

You can only change the name of a thread within the first 5 mins of creation. After that you will need a mod to change it. BTW, you changed the name of your thread :D

Thanks, I was confused about that. So that's cool though, you can change your thread name for 5 mins by changing the first post name.

Hey, is there a detailed online manual for vBulletin somewhere?

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin


Thanks, I was confused about that. So that's cool though, you can change your thread name for 5 mins by changing the first post name.

Hey, is there a detailed online manual for vBulletin somewhere?


Hehe. There is only this (http://www.vbulletin.com/manual/index.html) online manual.

[Dustin]

Thanks!:cool::D

[phil]

I don't think it'll be much use to you, it is more for admin than anything else :)

[Dustin]

Why don't some of the codes work? like [center]? HTML doesn't work either.:(

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
Why don't some of the codes work? like [center]? HTML doesn't work either.:(

I have html turned off in the posts...this is because it can be used for malicious purposes (as tril will verify :D ) To get the benefit of html, I can program certain tags to do the function of html. I have only added the [move] tag so far. I didn't find it necessary to add the [center] tags etc.

[Dustin]

Good point. I never thought about the malicious intentions with the HTML.

If it's not too much hassle, can you at least turn on all the vB tags?

[phil]

All of the vB tags are turned on that ship with vBulletin. Any extra have to be customized and the only tag I have added is the [move] tag. The move tag calls this html:


<table height=100 width=400><tr><td style="filter:bold(color=black strength=1);font-family:arial;font-weight: BOLD;font-size:'14'"><marquee direction="left">This Moves Across The Screen<br></table>



I haven't added any more as the standard tags do the job.

[Dustin]

Hey there Phil,

I think having every last topic posted on the main page makes it look cluttered.

[siggy]

I think it helps with it being in a different color.

[phil]

Don't worry guys (and fems), I am just messing for now...it needs a few tweaks before I get it working how I like it :)

[Dustin]

What if it were just smaller? Can you do that Phil?

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
What if it were just smaller? Can you do that Phil?



Yup, I am working on it :D I need to get some other things sorted first....it is not rendering symbols properly, instead it is using the ASCII code ie " is rendered as &_quot (without the _)

I have removed it for now.

[siggy]

Kool Avatar Phil. :D

[phil]

Thanks siggy :D


BTW, I am going to remove the side menu's for now as some people have complained about the CPU usage being high. I'll try to figure out a way to put the option to use them in your profiles for the people who want to use them.

[Dustin]

That's funny... I checked the CPU usage after you put the menu there, less than 1%:confused:

Have you checked on the PM box size/limits yet?

Edit- .5% CPU usage with the menu there.

[Martyn]

Originally posted by phil


I have html turned off in the posts...this is because it can be used for malicious purposes (as tril will verify :D ) To get the benefit of html, I can program certain tags to do the function of html. I have only added the [move] tag so far. I didn't find it necessary to add the [center] tags etc.

I certainly will, In the test forum, we had hrtml turned on for a while and you can really screw with stuff. Phil took great delight in putting streaming audio in all his posts, chews bandwidth and bloody annoying ;)

BTW Phil, I liked the sidebar, can we have it back? :D

[phil]

OK, I am creating 2 new styles....for those that do not want to use the menu, go into your user prefs and change to the TGC (No Menu) or vBulletin Default (No Menu) style.

[siggy]

Thanks for the options Phil. It works like a charm. :)

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
Have you checked on the PM box size/limits yet?


Yes, I sorted it when you asked....the limit is now 50 stored PM's.

[Dustin]

Thanks Phil!:cool:

[Dustin]

Phil, your quick reaction time is very impressive. I don't want you to burn yourself out though.

Just speaking for myself here, I don't need stuff done immediately. Take your time, and enjoy yourself. :)

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
Phil, your quick reaction time is very impressive. I don't want you to burn yourself out though.

Just speaking for myself here, I don't need stuff done immediately. Take your time, and enjoy yourself. :)


Hehe, that is when I take my time...you want to see when I am in a hurry :eek:

[Dustin]

So far I've noticed the new smilies... GLOW, FLIPH, FLIPV, CENTER, SHADOW, Am I missing anything that was added recently?:cool:

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
So far I've noticed the new smilies... GLOW, FLIPH, FLIPV, CENTER, SHADOW, Am I missing anything that was added recently?:cool:


Hehe, I thought I would slip them in and nobody would notice :D Anyway Dustin, you have found everything :cool:

[Dustin]

Phil, can you put a justification tag in? Align left, align right. When you fliph, it aligns right. All you can do is center it.