It's that time again - Suggest-a-hack!

I've spent the past week or so adding a ton of backend features to the forum, especially on the admin/mod side.

We're not a lot more secure and have a broader range of tools at our disposal for TR moderation and anti-fraud. I think a LOT of people have artificially boosted their TR in the past 2-3 weeks. I don't think a lot of them are using it scam, but I know some have or intend to.

I am seriously considering resetting all members who have less than 10TR to 0 and starting over for them. I know you all hate that idea. Its just something I'm tossing around.

Anyway, to the point of this thread
Like I said, I've put a lot of work towards automation/simplicity on the admin side of things, but I haven't done much on the user side (except some trade module enhancements). This is your chance to improve FiPG.

Head on over to http//www.phpbbhacks.com and http//www.phpbb.com/phpBB/catdb.php?db=1 to find phpBB mods. If it's reasonable and not too tough to implement, I'll add it. It helps if you give me a reason why you're requesting it.

I can also do custom modifications. I'm very familiar and comfortable with the way phpBB operates and displays information. Is there a place where you think to yourself, "I wish there was a button here that did so-and-so", I can probably cater to you, assuming there's some demand. So, post all your ideas, harebrained or otherwise. I'm in a coding mood.

Well whatever you do, please don't reset my TR. And since you announced that you might do that, wouldn't people with TR under 10 rush and get fake TR so they won't get theirs resetted?

I know this isn't a hack, but I'd love a slightly larger signature space, I can't quite fit 3 ImageShack URLS like I'd want, but thats pretty minor.

Maybe a birthday hack? You could add a birthdate blank to our profiles and we could have a birthday list of all the birthdays of the day.

I like the colors on High TRs. Maybe a few more in varying levels of blue? Light blue for 10-20, slightly darker for 20-30... that kind of thing. Not sure if it could be done or not.

Puma The reason I'd reset it is that now we have more advanced anti-fraud. If people "rushed to boost their TR" all that would happen is a lot of bans (

slease Will check the birthday thing.

About sigs I've upped the max chars to 400 from 255. You could have managed, I think, with some better code in your sig. A single can encompass several images so your code
[url==http//www.imageshack.us]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/3005/logotop8rx.jpg[" alt=""/img][=http//www.imageshack.us][img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/3005/logotop8rx.jpg[" alt=""/img][/url]
[url==http//www.imageshack.us][img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/4449/logobottom5ge.jpg[" alt=""/img][=http//www.imageshack.us][img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/4449/logobottom5ge.jpg[" alt=""/img][/url]

can be equivalently written as
[URL=http//www.imageshack.us][img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/3005/logotop8rx.jpg[" alt=""/img]
[img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/4449/logobottom5ge.jpg[" alt=""/img][/URL]

which is much smaller. Or you could kill the linking completely (its not necessary)

[img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/3005/logotop8rx.jpg[" alt=""/img]
[img="]http/" alt=""/img294.echo.cx/img="294/4449/logobottom5ge.jpg[" alt=""/img]

I'll work on the colors.

The thing I don't like about this is that it was hard enough for me to earn my TR. I would really get set back by being reset. I also have plenty of trades going on now that would put me around 12-14. I think this would be very unfair. I say if you are going to do it, that you allow us to try to get the people we traded with to contact you to let you know we traded. I think it would really be unfair to reset things, especially for those earning them the right way. Guess this goes back to the saying, "Please don't punish everyone, for the crime of one person(or a few)"

Ya, I update it every so often and am kind of lazy, it's nice to be able to copy the code they give you for forum use. I don't really need the link at all.

what about a new colour scheme, maybe based around Gratis and OC's simplistic theme. im not too keen on the maroon and grey, its kinda blah and dull.

a feature to search for part of a users name......like at the moment you have to know the exact username to yield any reults, but what if someone cant remember a username exactly or something like that, this way you could part type in what yo remember and then it would come back with what ever it fnids that matches your search?

what about something to make the "you got PM's" box scroll down or up when you scroll the page? sometimes ive gotten a PM and was in the middle of looking for something and then it disappears after the next page refresh.....or maybe just something to make it stay at the top of the screen until it/they have been read?

i dunno how easy or feasable any of this might be, but i thought id put them out there anyway.

New themes are a HUGE pain in the butt. But I'll think about it.

slease New colors in
if($trade > 9 && $trade < 20) $trade = '<span style="color #9999FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 19 && $trade < 30) $trade = '<span style="color #6666FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 29 && $trade < 40) $trade = '<span style="color #3366FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 39 && $trade < 50) $trade = '<span style="color #0000FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 49 && $trade < 60) $trade = '<span style="color #000099;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 60) $trade = '<span style="color white; background-color #000099;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade < 0) $trade = '<span style="color red;">'.$trade.'</span>';

5 shades of blue, darker as you go up. 60 and above gets white on darkblue. And less than 0 is red, of course.

[quote47a6db700d="Admin"]New themes are a HUGE pain in the butt. But I'll think about it.

slease New colors in
if($trade > 9 && $trade < 20) $trade = '<span style="color #9999FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 19 && $trade < 30) $trade = '<span style="color #6666FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 29 && $trade < 40) $trade = '<span style="color #3366FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 39 && $trade < 50) $trade = '<span style="color #0000FF;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 49 && $trade < 60) $trade = '<span style="color #000099;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade > 60) $trade = '<span style="color white; background-color #000099;">'.$trade.'</span>';
if($trade < 0) $trade = '<span style="color red;">'.$trade.'</span>';

5 shades of blue, darker as you go up. 60 and above gets white on darkblue. And less than 0 is red, of course.[/quote47a6db700d]

looks good, i like my new one, very powerful, lol

[quote18f22dc859="theysayjump"]what about a new colour scheme, maybe based around Gratis and OC's simplistic theme. im not too keen on the maroon and grey, its kinda blah and dull.[/quote18f22dc859]

If you remake all the forum images, the little gifs and whatnot, I will figure out a new color scheme.

[quote18f22dc859="theysayjump"]
a feature to search for part of a users name......like at the moment you have to know the exact username to yield any reults, but what if someone cant remember a username exactly or something like that, this way you could part type in what yo remember and then it would come back with what ever it fnids that matches your search?
[/quote18f22dc859]
http//forum.freeipodguide.com/search.php?mode=searchuser

[quote18f22dc859="theysayjump"]
what about something to make the "you got PM's" box scroll down or up when you scroll the page? sometimes ive gotten a PM and was in the middle of looking for something and then it disappears after the next page refresh.....or maybe just something to make it stay at the top of the screen until it/they have been read?[/quote18f22dc859]

Almost done with this.

nice admin!

thanks for taking my suggestions on board! i appreciate it!

by remaking all the forum images, do you mean the little icons for the different sites or topic (freeipods, off-topic, stupid etc)?

id feel kinda bad considering the amont of time and effort that were put into making those, if they were to be scrapped for something new and different.

maybe if whoever (slease was it?) made them would wanna make some new ones, then id help or whatever.

I think those are, for the most part, color-neutral.

I'm talking about ones that have red in them, like
http//forum.freeipodguide.com/templates/subSilver/images/folder_new.gif[" alt=""/img98e9d0f79f]
[img="98e9d0f79f]http//forum.freeipodguide.com/templates/subSilver/images/folder_new_big.gif[" alt=""/img98e9d0f79f]
[img="98e9d0f79f]http//forum.freeipodguide.com/templates/subSilver/images/whosonline.gif[" alt=""/img98e9d0f79f]
[img="98e9d0f79f]http//forum.freeipodguide.com/images/birthday2.gif[" alt=""/img98e9d0f79f]
etc

ahh ok, sweet i could do that. would you base the colour scheme around those, or should i base those around a colour scheme?

I would base it around those, if you remade them...

what are the sizes they have to be? pixel wise and file size wise

You'd have to go through all the forum pages, looking for red-based images, and remake them all using the same dimensions. File size isn't an issue.

i keep seeing

NEW PM

NEW TRADE

UPDATE TR

except big boxes.. and i dont have any of thatstuff -/

[quote607b4e5851="Admin"]You'd have to go through all the forum pages, looking for red-based images, and remake them all using the same dimensions. File size isn't an issue.[/quote607b4e5851]

hmmm......ok, any idea how many images there are exactly?

Not really, heh.

ok, ill give it a try tomorrow.

Cool. Make sure you get
http//www.freeipodguide.com/forum.gif[" alt=""/imgd2283885d8]
too ;)

P.S. Floating PM notification semi-works...
They wont track down the page in IE because IE sucks. Works great in firefox. And safari. Odds are it'll work in Mozilla and Opera, too. Effing microsoft.

[quote10277b675d="aguy"]i keep seeing

NEW PM

NEW TRADE

UPDATE TR

except big boxes.. and i dont have any of thatstuff -/[/quote10277b675d]

Yeah - I was testing the floating notifications. I got sick of sending myself PMs so I just had it display always. Heh.

no excuses

dont you live near newport?

wanna come skim and sponge by my house and wedge today?

we finally have a swell

plus i have the house to myself.. maybe a bbq

just thought id throw out an invite

Yeah, Huntington. I could go for free food ) Drop me a PM...

I have a trade record of 6 or 7 i'm not even sure, but I know since I have had a couple trades on my record I haven't been getting scammed. If you reset us then there were are at the hands of more than likely the ppl who did rush up their TR in a false manner. Please don't reset us.

I don't trade too often, so mine is at 8. So while I'm in the boat of not wanting our TR to be reset, I also see your side of the problem. However I can't think of a good solution for you at the minute so i don't know what to tell ya.

I didn't mean to make everyone panic. Its just a thought, I didn't say I would do it.

Can we stop the derail? This thread is for suggestions/ideas

hey admin, wht about the little icons at the very top, for user, search, users etc?

you want those changed as well or can those stay?

Some kind of picture section in our profiles where we can post proof pics?

theysayjump some new ones would be nice, as well as a template I can use for futher expansion )

Godrock I dont see a hack for that on phpbbhacks or phpbb.com - I think I could add something, though, for a profile image. Anyone else interested in having a profile pic you can select?

[quote9f6ac008e1="Admin"]Godrock I dont see a hack for that on phpbbhacks or phpbb.com - I think I could add something, though, for a profile image. Anyone else interested in having a profile pic you can select?[/quote9f6ac008e1]

I'd be interested.

[quoted16c92137b="Admin"]theysayjump some new ones would be nice, as well as a template I can use for futher expansion )[/quoted16c92137b]

what do you mean a template? i can make and create the icons and shit, but i cant do anything like coding, or scripting or HTML or anything like that.....maybe if i make the icons and then give them to someone else to make a template?

[quoted8c5d5a608="theysayjump"][quoted8c5d5a608="Admin"]theysayjump some new ones would be nice, as well as a template I can use for futher expansion )[/quoted8c5d5a608]

what do you mean a template? i can make and create the icons and shit, but i cant do anything like coding, or scripting or HTML or anything like that.....maybe if i make the icons and then give them to someone else to make a template?[/quoted8c5d5a608]

I think he means a blank psd file or something. Like if you were doing squares like the current icons at the top, you could make all the icons and then also give him a blank square in case you disappear sometime down the road.

ahhh ok......gotcha.

thanks slease.

[quotebb0c458a74="Godrockdj"]Some kind of picture section in our profiles where we can post proof pics?[/quotebb0c458a74]FON has an album section on his site. Something like that would be cool.

Heh.
Click "Gallery" at the top?

[quote6adbda76cf="Admin"]Heh.
Click "Gallery" at the top?[/quote6adbda76cf]God am i stupid. I never botherd to click on that oops

Speaking of gallery- there were like 100 images awaiting approval. Done now.

Also speaking of gallery, the organization in there is an absolute mess. Anyone want to take a crack at fixing it up?

How about a private forum for higher ranking members that you either have to be invited in to, reach a certain rank, or been on the boards for a certain amount of time. That way people that have been around awhile can have a place to post if they think a certain newb is a scammer or something of that nature but basically it would just be a perk to having contributed to FiPG for awhile

[quote54f446617e="PoPoJiJo"]How about a private forum for higher ranking members that you either have to be invited in to, reach a certain rank, or been on the boards for a certain amount of time. That way people that have been around awhile can have a place to post if they think a certain newb is a scammer or something of that nature but basically it would just be a perk to having contributed to FiPG for awhile[/quote54f446617e]I think this would be kinda cool. I don't know about doing it by rank though. I think too many people would be padding their post count with useless crap. There is enough of that already.

http//www.phpbbhacks.com/download/3884
would work. it's a pretty simple hack. most people that post just to inflate their count either learned to stop or aren't here anymore. You're right to say that some people would try to do it just to get access, but I don't see it being a huge problem. Thoughts?

[quote738b1b93ed="PoPoJiJo"]How about a private forum for higher ranking members that you either have to be invited in to, reach a certain rank, or been on the boards for a certain amount of time. That way people that have been around awhile can have a place to post if they think a certain newb is a scammer or something of that nature but basically it would just be a perk to having contributed to FiPG for awhile[/quote738b1b93ed]

yeah i was thinking that something like this would be cool also, but then maybe the others might think that a clique is forming.

maybe it could be done in secret, like the shadow government or the illuminatta or something.

[quotee814b69f5a="theysayjump"][quotee814b69f5a="PoPoJiJo"]How about a private forum for higher ranking members that you either have to be invited in to, reach a certain rank, or been on the boards for a certain amount of time. That way people that have been around awhile can have a place to post if they think a certain newb is a scammer or something of that nature but basically it would just be a perk to having contributed to FiPG for awhile[/quotee814b69f5a]

yeah i was thinking that something like this would be cool also, but then maybe the others might think that a clique is forming.

maybe it could be done in secret, like the shadow government or the illuminatta or something.[/quotee814b69f5a]

Or it could be an invite only deal where you can only get in if you have a decent post count and have been nominated by someone with access. This would prevent people from upping their post count with useless crap and keep especially unruly people out. The shadow forum is also a cool idea to prevent everyone from trying to join. If it's created, people would be invited via PM. I don't know, just trying to add to the discussion. -)

http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewforum.php?f=41

There you go. Only certian members can enter )

Its just an idea, probably wont last, or maybe I'll remove it and try something different like an invite-only one...

I have not found this in any of the hack sites, but I know there are a few here that like to use Flash. It would be nice to be able to post Flash swf files like we post images.

hey admin, how about some of these templates for different colour schemes? i was looking round that site you posted D

http//www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=1090423#1090423

i couldnt really do much in the way of changing the icons, except the "freeipodguide forums" one.....i could change the colours of the icons but not much else.

i had a look for some icons but couldnt find shit.

obviously there is a lot more themes or styles available, so maybe you should pick some and put it to a poll or something like that.

or just leave it the way it is D

I'd really like it if the trade page would reload like the PMs page does after you send a PM