BBS Improvement?? I Might have a good idea.

[StuttgartNut]

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

[Fishcop]

I like the idea. Wayne?

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John Forcier
69 911T

[Jim T]

Umm, this board already does that!

[Kurt B]

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)

[Leland Pate]

Hell I haven't figured out how you guys make the bold type and "quote" people yet.

[MarkY]

Originally posted by Kurt B:
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)

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.

[paulhagedorn]

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

Click here for help on HTML.

[RLJ]

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

Randy Jones
1971 911

[Kurt B]

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

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

[paulhagedorn]

How about a little red white and blue.

[cegerer]

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.

[mideastmafia]

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 NEW

VERY easy way to check unread posts.


SHAUN

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

[emcon5]

I just look at the time of the last post.

[old_skul]

That is entirely enough.

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

[ljonespwc]

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

[campbellcj]

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

[Roland Kunz]

Originally posted by Leland Pate:
Hell I haven't figured out how you guys make the bold type and "quote" people yet.

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

[island911]

color/font test:

island911

Hmmm . .out of control

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island911'81 Platinum Metalic SC COUPE

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

[stray15]

Originally posted by island911:
color/font test:

island911

Hmmm . .out of control

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