Comments and Suggestions.

I don't have a problem with it, I'm just offering an alternative solution. If it's going to be open all year round, fine by me.

Control wrote:

I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the text under the B&B logo in the banner, either. Maybe we could find a Fleming quote to put up there that applies to the entire forum instead.

Agreed. Something that sums up the forum's best qualities.

Our Lord and Savior.

That picture would be great for the banner.

Looks like he's drinking, smoking, and getting a BJ.

Perfect.

Largo's Shark wrote:

That picture would be great for the banner.

I've got a high-res version on my PC.

Some more photos:





For the background:

What happened to Bottoms Up?

It's still there, but you need to subscribe (PM M).

Largo's Shark wrote:

For the background:

Still think this would look terrific as a background if you tessellate it. The current grain effect is too bright for my eyes.

Now we're talking! All we need is a colour scheme and banner to go with it. Something brown, red or orange.

Reducing the size of the background image might also help. Needs more squares.

Interesting effect, but could do with a bit of colour and brightness. Squares are now the right size.

One of the reds could work ... at the minute, it looks like somewhere I'd have went into to have a piss as a kid.

Hmmm,.

Pshhh... bring back the chatbox.

I didn't know it was October already. Enjoying the special Halloween edition of the forum regardless.

M - three overarching requests that I think most of B&B would agree with:

1) Bring back the old default text editor. Many are having difficulty quoting, so I'm having to fix their posts for them.

2) Reinstall the quick reply box.

3) Create a subforum called "Filmmaker's Corner." There are many threads in General Discussion that should be moved here, for ease of access.

Largo's Shark wrote:

M - three overarching requests that I think most of B&B would agree with:

1) Bring back the old default text editor. Many are having difficulty quoting, so I'm having to fix their posts for them.

This change wasn't his doing. It's happened on every phpBB forum and it looks like we're stuck with it until the main site decides to switch it back to the old editor.

Python wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

M - three overarching requests that I think most of B&B would agree with:

1) Bring back the old default text editor. Many are having difficulty quoting, so I'm having to fix their posts for them.

This change wasn't his doing. It's happened on every phpBB forum and it looks like we're stuck with it until the main site decides to switch it back to the old editor.

Is this just a phpBB2 issue and will upgrading to phpBB3 make any difference?

Haven't tried that yet, though the invisionfree version seems to be the same.

Python is correct, I've already tried fixing that problem but it looks to be one which all the forumotion boards are stuck with.

Regarding the other two points Sharky raised, our new forum layout will indeed include a Directors/Filmmakers section, although as you can see I'm only halfway through redesigning/adjusting the board sections. And yes, I'll reinstate the quick reply feature, no problem.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Python wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

M - three overarching requests that I think most of B&B would agree with:

1) Bring back the old default text editor. Many are having difficulty quoting, so I'm having to fix their posts for them.

This change wasn't his doing. It's happened on every phpBB forum and it looks like we're stuck with it until the main site decides to switch it back to the old editor.

Is this just a phpBB2 issue and will upgrading to phpBB3 make any difference?

I just tried using an editor on phpBB3, and it's a lot like the older editor. Strictly BBCode.

I'll give our forum a quick bb3 tryout. Nobody panic.

Ugh, the upgrade didn't work. The new editor is still up. Dunno why the other phpBB3 forum I tested still has the old editor, oh well.

Python wrote:

Ugh, the upgrade didn't work. The new editor is still up. Dunno why the other phpBB3 forum I tested still has the old editor, oh well.

Yep, some things are better, but we still don't have some of the quote/reply functions I was hoping to get back. Back to BB2?

We already tried this before awhile back and it wasn't received well, but I figured getting the old editor back might make things easier. Since that's not the case, I suppose it should be switched back to phpBB2. It was worth a shot.

I really do hope the folks high up on php change it back soon because it's really not helping and the timing isn't good.