Development Discussion Board

Carl wrote:I agree, this could really compete with vB! Only thing its missing is a WYSIWYG editor

Enable Html in posts, mod in this.

* Each forum has a 'parent forum id' column and a 'parent forum' column (or however named)
* When opening a forum check for other forums within the opened forum but only if it is flagged as being a parent forum
* If the parent forum is '0' or some other reserved number then treat it just like ...

Quick reply can be annoying. Leave it as a mod.

A spell checker would most likely be the most resource-intensive feature yet? A dictionary for each language? Forget it. a word-processor if you really have that much time.

Or learn to spell.

IMO, a bump feature has little practical use: If a normal user thinks a topic 's really useful, they should say so in a post - adding an opinion or an encouragement in the process. This will reaffirm to everyone else that the thread is useful as well as effectively bumping the topic.

If a moderator ...

will they really offer support at 3am??? 8O

a vbb user wrote:'Look at me! I'm special!'

oh yes. so special... your forum looks like it was coughed up by a dead rabbit

hehehe.

"----ing ----er" --> "####### ######" not "**** ****"

When coding a forum myself, I saw the utter need for this precise feature! :D , so i did it, and it works!

I can't be bothered building mods and hacks for the general world 'cos i can be sure no-one will actually want it... but if you are one ...

vBulletin? EWWWWWWWWW.........................
I don't understand why people use that **** when you can use phpBB or Invision. Tell me one reason. Explain that reason if it's "more features".

People (or rather organisations) use vB because:
hmmm.... we have to pay for it, so it must be good ...