BBS Improvement?? I Might have a good idea.
 

Well not that this place is anything bad but I noticed when i was on vwvortex that they have the folders turn red when there is a new message on the board since the last time u visited it... Just thought hey this might be an easy thing to do as a lil helper... But if not then hey who cares and this place still kicks a$$.. Anyone else agree? Or have any other idea's to improve? Sorry for being a pain, not complaining just wondering if possible.


Danny
83SC

I like the idea. Wayne?

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John Forcier
69 911T

Umm, this board already does that!

make sure you're saving your history(tools, internet options). If you clear your history folder so your wife/gf doesn't see all the porn sites/yahoo personals you visited last, then that's the problem! Be sure your browser is history save enabled (also under tools assuming MSIE)

Hell I haven't figured out how you guys make the bold type and "quote" people yet. http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/frown.gif

I have history enabled on my browser "Explorer" and this board doesn't work like you state. Any other ideas?

I have to remember approximately what the time was when I was last browsing to know what "new" posts there are.

Leland, it is just using HTML codes...I have a page you can go to for help on this stuff...

<a href="http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte409n/page2.html"> Click here</a> for help on HTML.

Hey Leland, don't feel bad. I thought he had some great idea for BBS wheels.

Randy Jones
1971 911

Leland, man, let me tell ya
there's a lot of groovy stuff you can do
and it even gets groovier

Hey stop showing off KurtB http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/tongue.gif

Leland's not the only person here who doesn't know how to quote etc.

How about a little <font color="red">red</font> <font color="white">white</font> and <font color="blue">blue</font>.

<font size=1><font color=purple><blink>A simple way to find new posts is just to hit the refresh button frequently. All the threads that have had new posts will be at the top of the list.

back in the old excite days,

there was a preliminary login and next to each post with a new response was a tag that stood out and said <font color="red">NEW</font>

VERY easy way to check unread posts.


SHAUN

[This message has been edited by mideastmafia (edited 06-23-2001).]

I just look at the time of the last post.

<h1>That is entirely enough.</h1>

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Mark Szabo
1986 911 Targa 3.2
1987 Escort 5-speed 1.9 RIP
The Porsche Owners Gallery

All kidding aside, Danny has a great idea. I'm not sure if the Ultimate BB (Wayne's software) supports such a feature or not. As already stated, the topics with new posts float to the top of the main page, but it's not always easy to remember which topics you've already read to completion.

Another cool feature would be this: when I click on a topic, there would be a placeholder to indicate how far down the topic I had read. On these 30+ post topics, I often have to re-read many of the posts before I realize where I'd left off.

Don't mind me--I'm a usability consultant, and I'm always on the look out for such things.

Lance
'88 911 Club Sport

Um, for as long as I can remember this board has always done that (folders with new msgs turning red)...

Hello

Just click on the outher button on the upper row. The sheet with the red arrow to the right.

Now you are in the answer mode the gray window. On the left side is under your Repley:

*HTML is ON
*UBB Code is ON


Smilies Legend

If you look close you will find the hyperlink: http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/ubbcode.html to the code description.

Just read it and copy the codes into a notepad sheet. So you can use past&cut if you dont find the [ ].

You also can load the script from any page and look at the source codes.

Grüsse

color/font test:

<font color="#008040" size="4" face="English157 BT"><strong>island911</strong></font>

Hmmm . .out of control

<HR>
<font color="#008040" size="4" face="English157 BT"><strong>island911</strong></font><font color="#CCC4A8" face="Arial Black"><strong>'81 Platinum Metalic SC COUPE</strong></font></p>


[This message has been edited by island911 (edited 06-23-2001).]

Is there a list of colors you can choose from somewhere?

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Porsche, Through and through
Tim
'83 944

http://community.webshots.com/user/strayer15