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Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13282] Sat, 27 September 2003 12:03 Go to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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Hi there. I'm using v2.5.2.

I'm a new user, but have combed through both the manual and the
Admin area (including control panel) very thoroughly over the
past few days, but am still left with the following questions:


* My tree view doesn't work well all the time.

I have it set to tree both thread messages and threads. But at
times, in a forum with more than a few (5 to 10+) posts, it'll
only show SOME of the NEWEST messages in tree view. Switching to
flat view temporarily shows the new posts, but they won't all
appear in tree view.

I have the number set to display 25 or 40 or so messages AND
threads/topics in the ctrl panel. Any idea why this happens?


* Is there any way to move individual POSTS/MESSAGES, not just
threads? A lot of times, my users reply to the original message
in a topic instead of the message they're reading, and things
are all willy-nilly.


* I DO have the PDF option enabled in the admin ctrl. But when
you click the link in the actual forum to generate a PDF, it says
that the admin has disabled that option. :-\ How to fix, please?


* The messages in tree view on THIS forum indent differently than
the ones on MY forum. In mine, there are little arrows over white
boxes to indicate replies. And new messages are really hardly
indented at all.

But in yours, all of the replies are indicated with grey boxes,
and the indents are VERY distinct. I'd like for mine to indent
this way, so it's clearer and more organized. Is this possible?
(I wouldn't like to use a beta version.)


* Is there a way to limit the number of posts a user makes per
24 hours?


* Is there a way to replace *specific words only* using simple
replace? The RegEx is VERY confusing to me, and I don't really
have time right now to study up to learn to use it.

I don't allow cursing on my forum, and I find that now the word
assistant might be replaced with a**istant, for instance, instead
of JUST dealing with the word "a*s". And because I have it set to
replace curse words with substitutes, this confuses people.

Any tips?




Thanks very much for your help.


Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
Re: Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13288 is a reply to message #13282] Sun, 28 September 2003 19:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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HarmonyMajor wrote on Sat, 27 September 2003 08:03


* My tree view doesn't work well all the time.



Are you referring to the message tree view or topic tree view?

Quote:


* Is there any way to move individual POSTS/MESSAGES, not just
threads? A lot of times, my users reply to the original message
in a topic instead of the message they're reading, and things
are all willy-nilly.



You can split certain messages out of a topic creating a new topic using these messages.

Quote:


* I DO have the PDF option enabled in the admin ctrl. But when
you click the link in the actual forum to generate a PDF, it says
that the admin has disabled that option. :-\ How to fix, please?



Make sure you have the pdf extension enabled.

Quote:


* The messages in tree view on THIS forum indent differently than
the ones on MY forum. In mine, there are little arrows over white
boxes to indicate replies. And new messages are really hardly
indented at all.



Identation can be increased in 2.5.3RC3 (via template system) and the icons (unless changed by you) are identical across all FUDforum installations.

Quote:


* Is there a way to limit the number of posts a user makes per
24 hours?



No, you can only limit use to use 1 message per X number of seconds to prevent message flooding.

Quote:


* Is there a way to replace *specific words only* using simple
replace? The RegEx is VERY confusing to me, and I don't really
have time right now to study up to learn to use it.



Use simple replace rather then regex.

Quote:


I don't allow cursing on my forum, and I find that now the word
assistant might be replaced with a**istant, for instance, instead
of JUST dealing with the word "a*s". And because I have it set to
replace curse words with substitutes, this confuses people.



Simple replace cannot diffirentiate between words, that's why you need the power of regular expressions, which can.


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Re: Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13302 is a reply to message #13288] Mon, 29 September 2003 18:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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Quote:

* My tree view doesn't work well all the time.
Are you referring to the message tree view or topic tree view?


Didn't know there was more than one kind, but I *think* it's the
topic tree view.



* I DO have the PDF option enabled in the admin ctrl. But when
you click the link in the actual forum to generate a PDF, it says
that the admin has disabled that option. :-\ How to fix, please?


Quote:

Identation can be increased in 2.5.3RC3 (via template system)...


Do you know when that one will be considered stable?



Thanks for the rest of your answers -- I appreciate it.


Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
Re: Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13316 is a reply to message #13302] Mon, 29 September 2003 20:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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2.5.3 should be released sometime this week.

I think you misunderstood my question about PDF, does your PHP have pdf extension enabled?


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PHP enabling? [message #13318 is a reply to message #13316] Mon, 29 September 2003 20:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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Quote:

2.5.3 should be released sometime this week.


GREAT, thanks.


Quote:

I think you misunderstood my question about PDF, does your PHP have pdf extension enabled?


Oh -- I'm not sure. How do I check/enable that?


Namaste,
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Re: PHP enabling? [message #13322 is a reply to message #13318] Mon, 29 September 2003 21:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Make the following script:
<?php
phpinfo
();
?>


And look for any info about pdf extension in the output of the script.


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application/pdf? [message #13324 is a reply to message #13322] Mon, 29 September 2003 21:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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I have "application/pdf" several times throughout the document,
but I'm still not sure what to do next?


Namaste,
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Re: application/pdf? [message #13327 is a reply to message #13324] Mon, 29 September 2003 21:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's not it... if that's the only reference to pdf you found you DO NOT have pdf extension enabled.


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How to get/enable? [message #13329 is a reply to message #13327] Mon, 29 September 2003 21:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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Oh. Well that sucks.

Can you please point me in the right direction of GETTING it
enabled?

And just so I'm sure I really don't have it (and I'm not just
missing something), what SHOULD I have in the phpinfo doc that
would let me know I have PDF enabled?

Thanks in advance.


Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
Re: How to get/enable? [message #13331 is a reply to message #13329] Mon, 29 September 2003 21:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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<?php
echo extension_loaded("pdf") ? "PDF Enabled\n" : "PDF Disabled";
?>


The above script is the simplest way to see if PDF extension is enabled.
On how to enable it read docs at: http://www.php.net/pdf


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icon4.gif  Thanks very much, and... [message #13339 is a reply to message #13331] Tue, 30 September 2003 06:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
HarmonyMajor is currently offline  HarmonyMajor   United States
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...we also forgot to address the problem of my tree view not
showing the latest messages all the time. I believe it's the
topic tree. (The only time it *consistently* shows all new
messages is in the tree view directly underneath a message.)

Thanks.


Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
Re: Thanks very much, and... [message #13370 is a reply to message #13339] Thu, 02 October 2003 16:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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HarmonyMajor wrote on Tue, 30 September 2003 02:02

problem of my tree view not showing the latest messages all the time.


I have the same problem
I still need help with this, please... (DNO) [message #13423 is a reply to message #13370] Thu, 09 October 2003 18:48 Go to previous message
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Namaste,
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