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I would personally lean toward removing them. The Help files don't really tell you anything of use. "click post topic to post a topic" ... yeah you think?
There are other more useful tools like IP.Content that could better serve a community.
#2216779 Remove or improve "Help Files"
Posted
on 03 January 2012 - 08:02 PM
#2122867 What do you think of 3.2?
Posted
on 14 June 2011 - 06:48 AM
- Latest News on Board Index
We have latest forum topic for each forum, we have sidebars for recent news, etc. Did anyone ever take notice of the 'latest news'?
- Online/Offline Status in Posts
We've gone over this. The short answer is that a forum topic isn't a chat thread. It usually makes no difference if the user is online or not to the quantity or quality of replies.
- Avatar Galleries
Avatars and photos were merged. Other than a handful of boards, no one used the gaudy, blocky and out-dated avatars that came pre-installed. We expect a modder will provide an enhanced way to create a photo gallery. Although I wouldn't want that myself. I want original unique photos. If your answer to this is "Well on my forum we use avatar galleries to.." then you're no longer using an avatar but a team badge / RPG badge, etc, etc.
- Remote avatars(which allowed for dynamic avatars)
Security risk. No other site allows this for good reason.
- Topic descriptions
No one used them. You can tag topics which are searchable.
- The ability to disable/enable fast reply in the Admin CP
We did consider renaming it "Please make it harder for people to reply to topics" but decided just to remove the option.
- You can no longer see what exactly a member is doing from viewing their profile. You have to look at the full online list which might not even be enabled on some boards...
Mouseover the online badge. We've made an effort to remove the in your face elements.
- Post Icons
These should have died years ago. We barely had support for them in 3.0/3.1. It's another old fashioned idea that doesn't belong in this decade.
- Board rules link removed from the board header
You either want people to read your rules, or you don't want people to read your rules. Adding a link that no one will click is just a waste of space.
- Number of VNC results removed
We added back pagination. Does it *really* matter if you have 313 results or 287?
- User notes
We are not personal management software. If you want to leave a note to yourself, use the notes in your iPhone, or send yourself an email or use pastebin or any other method thats out there.
- It is no longer possible to convert categories to forums
I have no real response to this other than did anyone ever decide 6 months down the line to convert a forum wrapper to an actual forum? Surely the only thing it retains is the name and permissions?
- Removal of the quick emoticon panel
It's there underneath the editor when you click on the smilie icon. Believe it or not but *most* people don't want 500 flashing yellow faces blinking away when they make a post.
We have latest forum topic for each forum, we have sidebars for recent news, etc. Did anyone ever take notice of the 'latest news'?
- Online/Offline Status in Posts
We've gone over this. The short answer is that a forum topic isn't a chat thread. It usually makes no difference if the user is online or not to the quantity or quality of replies.
- Avatar Galleries
Avatars and photos were merged. Other than a handful of boards, no one used the gaudy, blocky and out-dated avatars that came pre-installed. We expect a modder will provide an enhanced way to create a photo gallery. Although I wouldn't want that myself. I want original unique photos. If your answer to this is "Well on my forum we use avatar galleries to.." then you're no longer using an avatar but a team badge / RPG badge, etc, etc.
- Remote avatars(which allowed for dynamic avatars)
Security risk. No other site allows this for good reason.
- Topic descriptions
No one used them. You can tag topics which are searchable.
- The ability to disable/enable fast reply in the Admin CP
We did consider renaming it "Please make it harder for people to reply to topics" but decided just to remove the option.
- You can no longer see what exactly a member is doing from viewing their profile. You have to look at the full online list which might not even be enabled on some boards...
Mouseover the online badge. We've made an effort to remove the in your face elements.
- Post Icons
These should have died years ago. We barely had support for them in 3.0/3.1. It's another old fashioned idea that doesn't belong in this decade.
- Board rules link removed from the board header
You either want people to read your rules, or you don't want people to read your rules. Adding a link that no one will click is just a waste of space.
- Number of VNC results removed
We added back pagination. Does it *really* matter if you have 313 results or 287?
- User notes
We are not personal management software. If you want to leave a note to yourself, use the notes in your iPhone, or send yourself an email or use pastebin or any other method thats out there.
- It is no longer possible to convert categories to forums
I have no real response to this other than did anyone ever decide 6 months down the line to convert a forum wrapper to an actual forum? Surely the only thing it retains is the name and permissions?
- Removal of the quick emoticon panel
It's there underneath the editor when you click on the smilie icon. Believe it or not but *most* people don't want 500 flashing yellow faces blinking away when they make a post.
#1938648 Attachment Manager
Posted
on 08 April 2010 - 08:33 AM
Yea, I know vB has this - but the idea behind it is actually really really good. It prevents the user from having to upload the same content several times. It gives you sort of "your space" on the server and whenever you create a topic, blogpost or anything else that currently supports attachments, you will be able to attach any of the previous uploaded attachments. This is great when creating blogposts and want an image from a post you created, or vice versa. Even when creating new post and want to attach something you attached in another post.
It also lets you create virtual folders so you can organize your attachments, perhaps you want one set of subfolders to your mainfolder based on what type. I.e. 1 subfolder for images, 1 for scripts, etc. Then inside your images subfolder you can create other subfolders like "Artwork created by me" and "Tutorial images", etc.
You can even have a md5_file() method(that PHP supports) to prevent users from uploading the same image several times and boom - huge server space saver(if you're running an attachment heavy board that is).
It's a very nice system and very organized. I'm sure that IPB can make it even nicer when you put your minds to it.
Personally I think it's a killer feature.
It also lets you create virtual folders so you can organize your attachments, perhaps you want one set of subfolders to your mainfolder based on what type. I.e. 1 subfolder for images, 1 for scripts, etc. Then inside your images subfolder you can create other subfolders like "Artwork created by me" and "Tutorial images", etc.
You can even have a md5_file() method(that PHP supports) to prevent users from uploading the same image several times and boom - huge server space saver(if you're running an attachment heavy board that is).
It's a very nice system and very organized. I'm sure that IPB can make it even nicer when you put your minds to it.
Personally I think it's a killer feature.
#1831793 Introducing Spam Monitoring Service
Posted
on 23 July 2009 - 12:42 PM
.Wolfie, on 22 July 2009 - 04:23 PM, said:
I don't like that. Yes I'm a little biased since I have a Lifetime license, but I think that the Lifetime license shouldn't be excluded because the terms of it are the same as a standard license except that it's "forever" instead of limited to 6 month windows.
With Perpetual, the license holder should be allowed to get it when they are in +Active status (ie, paid $30/year).
I know that IPS wants to convert those into standard licenses, but I think that's a bit shameful to try to reword or reclassify things just to do it.
With Perpetual, the license holder should be allowed to get it when they are in +Active status (ie, paid $30/year).
I know that IPS wants to convert those into standard licenses, but I think that's a bit shameful to try to reword or reclassify things just to do it.
#1804892 My opinion on 3.0
Posted
on 24 May 2009 - 05:51 PM
Sorry about that, Josh. Been preoccupied with a disruptive member on my site. I think I just used the wrong word. I didn't mean 'fake.' I should really get some sleep before I commit to posting a comment. Won't do that again. 
At any rate, I was going by what has been said before and my predictions concerning the releases of previous Beta Releases as well as the intended verbal release date that IPS has announced, unofficially, and my own predictions about that June date.
I do apologize for being a little overdramatic and a bit cynical.
At any rate, I was going by what has been said before and my predictions concerning the releases of previous Beta Releases as well as the intended verbal release date that IPS has announced, unofficially, and my own predictions about that June date.
I do apologize for being a little overdramatic and a bit cynical.
