What Hacks Do People Want?

Hi All,

What sorta hacks are people wanting for this forum. You'll see me around here alot - and I just wanna get an idea. Thanks!

I think that Active Threads, a Memberlist and Private Messaging would be the most urgent at first...

Luckily for me, 90% of the hacks I have are standard on this board. The only ones that I would really need are Private Messaging, and also the hack that eliminates the "Edited By" line if a Mod or Admin edits a post.

Other than that, this board already has all the main hacks that I would want.

You can already turn off the edited by message in the control panel.

Make that 95% of the hacks I need are already installed ;)

Luckily for me, I know PHP much better than Perl, so I should be able to implement most of the smaller hacks I need (such as the all caps topic/message, etc.). At this point, I'd say the main thing is Private Messaging.

I don't like private messaging. I think that forums should be for everyone to read, and you can use email if its only one person :)

Anyway - Thats one of the harder hacks to make.

I believe Private Messages is up in one of the next versions

Nope, that would about make it 100%.

Thanks anyway Michael! ;) I'm sure we'll think of something to add...

I'm going to make a AIM, ICQ, hack so you can send and add them, like in the UBB.

lol
I don't think that would classify as a hack, but more as a template modification ;)

But, go get 'm! :)

we need hacks

like about 10,000+ posts, at @Forums we been lookes to make longer threads, at the cave we hit 1,200 then the cave kindda died we we had to start a new one. Oh BTW I'm looking at this one Martin thinking about switching @Forums to this Format! I want too center the SIG? HOW!

[Edited by robertjvan on 04-19-2000 at 01:24 PM]

like about 10,000+ posts, at @Forums we been lookes to make longer threads, at the cave we hit 1,200 then the cave kindda died we we had to start a new one. Oh BTW I'm looking at this one Martin thinking about switching @Forums to this Format! I want too center the SIG? HOW!

[Edited by robertjvan on 04-19-2000 at 01:24 PM]


how's about posting! HAAHAHAHAHA

I'd really like the "Signature Checked By Default - Option In Preferences" hack.

Badger - the templates and all neccessary code is already in place for ICQ, AIM and Yahoo 'hacks'. All you need to do is edit a few of the templates, and they become visible.

Jimbo - the Signature is checked by default when you are logged in and you have a signature specified.

Robertjvan - couldn't quite figure out what you were asking. :)

John

Badger - the templates and all neccessary code is already in place for ICQ, AIM and Yahoo 'hacks'. All you need to do is edit a few of the templates, and they become visible.

Jimbo - the Signature is checked by default when you are logged in and you have a signature specified.

Robertjvan - couldn't quite figure out what you were asking. :)

John


It ain't the first time people misunderstand me, ask Martin! Anyways what I mean so can ya have a long long thread say 10,000+ posts. Thats what me and the Bear over at @Forums is aiming for!

Man you already got everything in it :(, no need to make any hacks LOL :D

I'll figure somthing out :)

Aha - I understand now :)

There should be no reason why threads could not be 10000+ posts long. If you guys are feeling really bored, then there is always the chit chat forum ;)

John

Well one thing i would like to see that i have now is the icon under username hack. I have it set to where users can put a 60x60 graphic under there name. I don't want it set up to where they upload it to my web space. I just want them to be able to put a url to a picture they want to use and it restrict it to 60x60.

Thanks
Matt

yeah, that would be a good hack, or the custom user status hack :)

Well, custom user status hack is already there - check out my status! It is controlled by the administrator at the moment, but I will probably change that so that the admin can optionally allow users to specify their own one.

The icon thing can also be done, after a fashion, by the admin. HTML code can be included in the user status, so theoretically, you could have:

Administrator<br><img src="admin.gif">

John

I would like to see Topic Tracking added to the board.. How it would work is a user can click a button on a post and then they would "subscribe" to that topic.. then they would be e-mailed when someone new replies to that post... Also you could have a link to "edit your subscriptions" so it would list all the forums you have subscribed to and let you delete ones you are no longer interested in...

Also on boards with smaller amounts of traffic they could enable you to subscribe to a entire forum and be e-mailed of any new post in that forum. For sites with more traffic users could click a link and see all the new stuff in their favorite forums...

Steve

You can already 'subscribe' to a topic (email notification)

I would like to see the private message hack for sure but also the notify the admin when a new user signs up.

Parker

As said before, Private Message will be a feature of the next big version :)

also the notify the admin when a new user signs up.



Already there! :)

Looks like I am taken care of then. :)

When you get do an upgrade are you going to have to rebuild all the threads as you have to with UBB?

Parker

The reason you have to update threads with UBB is because all the variables are hard coded in the individual topic files and have to be changed.

With the mySQL back-end, the stuff is pull in dynamically, so it doesn't have to be updated.

The reason you have to update pages in the UBB is actually because they are not dynamically created pages, they are .html that have to be rebuilt to show the changes, where a dynamically generated page gets rebuilt every time it is shown.

hehehe

No I was just trying to explain it a little differently is all;)

No he was just trying to explain it a little differently is all :)

Is there a problems with trying to clarify something?

As said before, Private Message will be a feature of the next big version :)


Any idea when this will be out?

I think John said he wouldn't be releasing a HUGE update until sometime over the summer. Am I correct, John?

What about a hack to expand the 'current online users' a bit? (show where they are, what they're doing, etc.)

How about a hack so that only admins (and not moderators) can view IP addresses? Or is this already available?

The gallery hack, where people can post graphics/pictures would be useful for my board.

Also the file upload hack, which can be seen in action at ubbcodehacking.com.

And while I'm at it, the ubbcode buttons would be pretty cool too.

Also add a multiable page hack.

Say if a topic went over so many replies you could have it break doen to more than one page to help on server load. Just like theis thread took a second for it to load. Could have been spread over say 20 replies per page. than on the forum topic list page have it show the amount of pages of the thread with a link to each page. so if you have been a frequent visitor you would only have to go the the last page to see the newest postings.

Just saw this feature in another post just now.

IGNORE this

[Edited by Jerry on 05-05-2000 at 01:55 PM]

I would like to see the option where only admins and moderators can delete a post so members can edit their posts but not delete them.

Parker

I'd like to see (as a feature not necessarily a hack :))
the ability to have a user be allowed in several different user groups.

I need lots of private forums ... where
forum a is only accessible to a certain set of people
forum b is only accessible to a different set of people

but it's possible for the same person to need to be allowed in both forum a and b.

Thanks,
Lynn

To get around that, you could create a third group that has permission to access both forums.

John

I'm about this close from switching from UBB to vBulletin, but my main concern is extra profile features. It's no picnic to add them in UBB, but its possible, and I've added an extra 12 or so. I'd need a way (either through control panel or hacking directions) to do the same here. Otherwise, I'm sold.

I really think that this should be integrated into the control panel similar to how LinksSQL's is... So many people want/need this feature that i think it should be at the top of your list of things to add...

Steven

and though I lack the skills to do it, it seems like it would be a simple enough thnig to accomplish.

add a profiles section to the CP, and set up an "altertable" routine for the user info table with a script to write the added fields to the profile template.

the admin could then adjust the template to show the field where they wanted it.

One of the reasons I've been giving this so much thought is that I want to add an upload procedure for custom icons and sig images, that way I can control the size and weight issues :)

anyway, someone tell me if I'm on the right track or not?

well, you would probably need to alter the mysql table for the new info.

so what additional hacks do people want ?

most of them in the posts above have already been taken care of or are on the -to-do- list for a future vbulletin release.

I would like to see a memberlist page where the members are listed in alphabetical order and you can view the top posters.

Parker

neat idea... will get working on it...

Parker - I already released that :) Look back a ways.

oops... didn't search prior to posting... one more down.... next ?

Oops. Sorry.

Parker

Forgive me, it's been a while since I first read this thread, and frankly I don't feel like re-reading it ;).

But I'd like to see the "Option To Have Signature Checked By Default In Profile" hack. Any thoughts on this? Has this been discussed at all?

Jimbo,

At the moment, the signature box is checked automatically if there is a signature specified in the user's profile. Is this a suitable replacement for the other profile option that you suggested?

John

lol
another one down ;)

Would it be possible to maybe implement a vB code addition that would allow users to create their own polls in a thread by using tags? Just something I'd like to see...

Nice idea about poll tags! I'll have a think about that one!

John

Originally posted by Aaron
Would it be possible to maybe implement a vB code addition that would allow users to create their own polls in a thread by using tags? Just something I'd like to see...

Polls are a great idea...one I know WE want bad.

Another is 'Rank This Thread'. I'm sure many of you have seen it on OT. But think about it: with the Views column and the Thread Rank column (1-5 stars say), users have a lot of info.

H

ok how about this one "vote for user knowledge. IE if some one helps you out you can "vote for them" and we could put stars under their name. IE you get all 5's you would have 5 stars etc..

IMHO, that rank thing is pretty useless. If you choose to make it, make an option to turn it OFF please.

Hi,

I read about that altering tables thing like Links SQL has. I have Links SQL, and incorporating a system as advanced as that into a forum would be hard.

Forum software, as you all probably know is updated often. When you alter tables it is hard to keep your forum working after upgrades, as the upgrade.php file would probably give you an error.

Cause I plan to do a lot of hacks on my forum, I am going to wait till the release with alot of the new features are in there and then alter the tables and do all the updates manuelly. Coming from a Links SQL background thats the sorta thing you have to do =).

Could something like what Links SQL has be set up for just the user data? I think for the most part what people want to edit is information stored about the user... I think that if we could add fields and then they would become automatically available in the templates as $fieldname and then we could add the field to the profile and register form if we want them there...

If something like this was set up you could create so many hacks... private messages could be stored as one of the fields... ranks... etc.

Steven :)

i'd love to see username glows (although only work in IE)and username ranking stars
:)

The glow could be done in the templates really easily... as for the stars I think someone got that working...

yep here it is:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=506

marvellous!!
:) :) :) :) :)

Well, something i'd like to see is multiple schemes. The user would be able to either select a pre-made scheme, or use his/her own. Doesn't seem too hard to accomplish, either. You normally have something similar to this (i suppose, although i don't have vB):

echo "<body bgcolor=$bgcolor link=$link text=$text>"; # etc, etc, yeah, yeah, there's more than this, but still...

All you'd have to chance would be where you got the variables. Normally, this would be wherever you keep the settings for the styles. Instead, you'd take it from a user style file (or MySQL table, depending on how it's set up). If the style file is empty, you'd then use the default. You could also use a cookie, but i like a file better because it'd stay constant no matter where you viewed the board.

Well, there's my two cents.

~Cheeze

Vb works with templates so that would be a little harder, but I believe john said stuff about custom schemes..summer release probably.