Please give us your thoughts on SketchUcation?

[thomthom]

maybe a better/easier/faster way to embed videos?
it'd be nice if we could just copy/paste the embed code and that's that.

absolutely +1

Better yet, post the YouTube URL and have the embed automatically setup. Got a Wordpress plugin that does that. YouTube, and other sites, has an API where it will return the correct embedding HTML.

[Gaieus]

I have been trying to experiment with this for a while now. So far, no success. But I do not give up. I have already solved how the "simple" [img] should return a clickable thumbnail (not thumbnail really but a resized version of the original).

[thomthom]

How about this? http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p12271215

[thomthom]

Or this: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 4&t=546007

[Gaieus]

I was experimenting with something similar to this second version (creating a new bbcode) but with the new, iframe way of embedding (some functions of YT, like going full-screen or the new 3D movies only work this way) and in a way that users do not need to get the embed code but just the link.

Now maybe this only did not work for security reasons (phpBB, by default, does not "like" iframe embedding).

The first plugin looks nice and I have already seen it but best would be to use as few plugins as possible as with every new update, something may get broken.

This also seems to be a cool plugin:
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/r ... e_resizer/
only that it does not work (at least with the new php version we tested with) and also I could (I mean did) achieve the same result by simply writing a bbcode for it.

[thomthom]

I noticed when I embed a YouTube video with the Flash tag, I cannot make it open the video in YouTube if I want. Nothing happens - as oppose to what happens with embeds on other sites.

[Gaieus]

That's because they now use iframes and most of the functions with the old object embed do not work any more. So if I want to do it "perfectly", I need to use the iframe but for some reason, it does not work on phpBB.

And (for obvious security reasons) I do not want to globally allow iframe embedding.

[andybot]

I noticed when I embed a YouTube video with the Flash tag, I cannot make it open the video in YouTube if I want. Nothing happens - as oppose to what happens with embeds on other sites.

My $.02 - Keeping away from relying on flash would be nice if possible. For one, I use Ubuntu for my day-to-day web browsing, and half the time, things that are flash embedded will not show up for me. HTML5 works just fine. Every few video embeds on this site don't work, and I'm guessing it's because of flash. If it's something I actually want to see, I can browse over here on my windows workstation, but as flash is a security weakpoint, I avoid it if I can.

[raineysky]

vBulletin has the nicest forum software to me. It is visually appealing and seems capable of doing the things people have been asking for.

[Dan Rathbun]

Resuggesting my previous suggestion, that sticky posts and announcements, have a different back ground shade that the normal posts, so they stand out.

... As for recolouring the background - maybe (if it's some fairly easy rewrite in the css).

I gave you the simple CSS in this post ~ 7 months ago!
Re: Sticky Posts

[Rodrigonotor]

maybe a better/easier/faster way to embed videos?
it'd be nice if we could just copy/paste the embed code and that's that.

absolutely +1

Hi, maybe improve the bbcodes whit this:

http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/a ... ode_box_3/

this mod come whit the bbcodes included for youtube, flash and other very useful snippets.

Here a capture from my forum reply

27-03-2012 07-10-02 p.m..jpg

regards

[Gaieus]

Really, thanks guys for caring so much...

My $.02 - Keeping away from relying on flash would be nice if possible. For one, I use Ubuntu for my day-to-day web browsing, and half the time, things that are flash embedded will not show up for me. HTML5 works just fine. Every few video embeds on this site don't work, and I'm guessing it's because of flash. If it's something I actually want to see, I can browse over here on my windows workstation, but as flash is a security weakpoint, I avoid it if I can.

We cannot go for html5 until it is fully implemented by all major browsers used on these forums. I know flash is becoming outdated in many applications but currently that's what's available for phpBB.

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vBulletin has the nicest forum software to me. It is visually appealing and seems capable of doing the things people have been asking for.

We've tried vBulletin about half a year ago. Unfortunately almost all unicode characters (both usernames and topics/posts) were screwed when we transferred the content of the forums. As we could not find a solution other than dropping hundreds (or thousands) of members and tens of thousands of posts, we decided not to take that route.

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...I gave you the simple CSS in this post ~ 7 months ago!
Re: Sticky Posts

Dan, I cannot remember why I did not answer that post back then, sorry. As said above, this may be implemented...

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...Hi, maybe improve the bbcodes whit this:
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/a ... ode_box_3/
this mod come whit the bbcodes included for youtube, flash and other very useful snippets...

Hi Edgar and thanks for the tip (we may try). I see there's an option that embedded imges (with the [img] tag) also get resized which is a good thing when someone does not have an XXL screen but people keep embedding incredibly large images.
I do not know how that would work but we have tried this one and it did not (for some unknown reason): http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/r ... e_resizer/

[brookefox]

You've had your caring responses, haven't you?

How about could we change our usernames, say from something hard-to-spell and inscrutable, like 'Gaieus', to something easier to spell and inscrutable, like 'Csaba'?

[brookefox]

Or, say, from brookefox to Brooke Fox.

[Gaieus]

You cannot change your username but I can change it for you if you'd like. However the current registration settings do not allow spaces in usernames.

[Dan Rathbun]

If it will be a manual service to change user name, perhaps this should be a "premium" service with a fee to help support SCF operations.

Also other users should be able to see the previous names used.

[Gaieus]

This has not occurred so many times as to be tiresome at all. Lost passwords (and usernames), missing activation emails and such happen much more often (on a daily basis) but then of course one won't charge for a password recovery

[brookefox]

You cannot change your username but I can change it for you if you'd like. However the current registration settings do not allow spaces in usernames.

I appreciate your offer, but understand you have better things to do. Like extracting a premium service fee from Dan for having an unused and wasted space in his screen name!

[Gaieus]

You guys may be smiling at my enthusiasm responding everyone here but one day you will realise it was all serious and honest!

[Dan Rathbun]

ROFL... yea how diddDDDdd that space get Thare ???

[brookefox]

You guys may be smiling at my enthusiasm responding everyone here but one day you will realise it was all serious and honest!

Like everyone here, I sincerely appreciate your efforts especially, but also those of the site honchos, and the contributors and participants. You have made and continue to make a very nice thing here...

[mozzie]

Well, it's my go-to place for allt hings SU. So thanks to all the capitan, officers, crew and my fellow passengers.
I am fairly comfortable with the current set-up, so if you change it all, there'll be a whole new learning curve. While most of the suggestions above seem Ok, please don't introduce a whole "new way" (TM) of doing things.
I'm in enough trouble keeping up with my Android phone interface changes!

[Gaieus]

Some changes sooner or later are inevitable as this forum template we are using is more than 5 years old and the core engine has changes so much that currently a couple of things are already broken. But even if we add a new skin and some extended functionality and fix some things that now do not work, it will be the same phpBB forum and basically everything should work the same way it does now.

[jgb]

The last survey question was most important in my view. Can't remember the questions wording, but I remember my answer.

I believe it asked about special interest forums, and I answered that there should be a special interest forum for each major plug-in for SU.

Instead of weeding through the general forums looking for the various Curviloft or Selection Tools threads, they should each have their own forum, where-in individual threads on specific problems/questions are posted all in one area of interest.

The first post is from the author presenting the plug-in and some form of tutorial and maintained for updates. Anybody having a problem/question with the plug-in can separately post in that forum, so all problems etc. are essentially co-resident.

Now, the big problem lies in the definition of "major plug-in" and who gets to post in that section.
But that's a political problem.......

[Gaieus]

But that's a political problem...

So who decides in political questions?

[Jeff Hammond]

how about a 'flogging a dead horse' emoticon?

I could of used it in this post:
viewtopic.php?p=396088#p396088


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[thomthom]

how about a 'flogging a dead horse' emoticon?

I do think we should have a thread to nominate new emotions.

[jpalm32]

Best Forum for any product ever! Best contributors with the best attitude.
The attitude of you people set you apart. Many sites have knowledgeable people but you can detect that "thingy" (If you don't get it you shouldn't use the product attitude) in their replys.

[Jeff Hammond]

how about a 'flogging a dead horse' emoticon?

I do think we should have a thread to nominate new emotions.

I nominate that one!

[Gaieus]

Yes sir, ASAP. Keep this post bookmarked!