| Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13282] |
Sat, 27 September 2003 12:03  |
HarmonyMajor
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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
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| Re: Various intermediate questions on forum use [message #13288 is a reply to message #13282] |
Sun, 28 September 2003 19:17  |
Ilia
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| HarmonyMajor wrote on Sat, 27 September 2003 08:03 |
* My tree view doesn't work well all the time.
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Are you referring to the message tree view or topic tree view?
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* 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.
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You can split certain messages out of a topic creating a new topic using these messages.
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* 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?
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Make sure you have the pdf extension enabled.
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* 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.
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Identation can be increased in 2.5.3RC3 (via template system) and the icons (unless changed by you) are identical across all FUDforum installations.
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* Is there a way to limit the number of posts a user makes per
24 hours?
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No, you can only limit use to use 1 message per X number of seconds to prevent message flooding.
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* 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.
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Use simple replace rather then regex.
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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.
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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 |
HarmonyMajor
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* My tree view doesn't work well all the time.
Are you referring to the message tree view or topic tree view?
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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?
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Identation can be increased in 2.5.3RC3 (via template system)...
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Do you know when that one will be considered stable?
Thanks for the rest of your answers -- I appreciate it.
Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
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| PHP enabling? [message #13318 is a reply to message #13316] |
Mon, 29 September 2003 20:42 |
HarmonyMajor
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2.5.3 should be released sometime this week.
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GREAT, thanks.
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I think you misunderstood my question about PDF, does your PHP have pdf extension enabled?
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Oh -- I'm not sure. How do I check/enable that?
Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
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| Re: PHP enabling? [message #13322 is a reply to message #13318] |
Mon, 29 September 2003 21:02 |
Ilia
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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 |
HarmonyMajor
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I have "application/pdf" several times throughout the document,
but I'm still not sure what to do next?
Namaste,
FitnessJunkie
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| Re: application/pdf? [message #13327 is a reply to message #13324] |
Mon, 29 September 2003 21:26 |
Ilia
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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 |
HarmonyMajor
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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
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| Re: How to get/enable? [message #13331 is a reply to message #13329] |
Mon, 29 September 2003 21:31 |
Ilia
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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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