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February 19th, 2012 10:24 PM CST

Mitchinator1 Novice
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Awesome.
Very minor things here, just thought I'd try to help out.
I noticed the right-aligned text doesn't work. at least in the signature.
A preview of your signature would be awesome, instead of submitting, then going to the forums, finding a post, and going back and editing.
Aaaaand the only other thing that really isn't big, is when posting a new topic or reply, is that page necessary?

Other than that, everything seems great! =D
I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl


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February 20th, 2012 2:42 PM CST

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This is nothing big at all, but if there were a way to "View all games" rather than only sorted by console, that would be great. Everything is working very smoothly otherwise.

February 20th, 2012 3:06 PM CST

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These are all good ideas, I'll try to add as many as I can today. I'm liking the feedback guys, please keep it coming.

February 20th, 2012 3:28 PM CST

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Yeah, that redirect page needs to go if possible : )

February 20th, 2012 9:35 PM CST

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One other minor thing...when I am browsing the games section and I click on a new platform from the drop down menu, it doesn't change anything. It still shows the same seven games all the time.

February 21st, 2012 3:40 PM CST

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I do believe these are some features that are still in the works, and that it is just a rough draft up for now. Although so far, it looks like a very nice rough draft =P.
And yes, suggestions are always good.
I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl

February 24th, 2012 11:30 PM CST

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I am finding a problem that involves replying to inbox PMs...It simply won't send the message, or at least it doesn't show that it is sent. Very minor, but I thought it should be noted.

February 26th, 2012 8:54 PM CST

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Actually. Speaking of PMs. Seeing two unread, but not seeing them? =S haha
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February 28th, 2012 2:52 PM CST

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Can you add friends? And I noticed with the private messages it doesn't autosuggest which friend you want to send a message to. You have to type it out.

February 28th, 2012 9:40 PM CST

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Changed: PM inbox bug should be fixed, you can now browse via platform and letter (simultaneously), and all of the BBCode works except for the code tags.
To add: browse all games, preview signature, autosuggest username on compose PM page. I can get rid of the new reply redirection, but the new topic one will be tricky. I'll see what I can do.

Sam, I actually have friends lists uploaded already, but I was going to wait until there were more members so it would actually serve a purpose haha. And you nailed it right on the head Mitch. A lot of the site's components are still being completed.

April 8th, 2012 8:26 AM CDT

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More modern post editor. In general, IP.Board runs circles around many of the forum features here. Specifically today's post editors are like RTF editors except even a bit more advanced.

"The topic was successfully created."
Instead of a redirection/infobox page, just go straight to the newly-created topic. I would apply this more generally, except for a few special cases where the message is critical to user communication.

http://byte1ife.com/index.php?x=forums&y=cat&id=1
http://byte1ife.com/index.php?x=forums&y=cat&id=2
^ Nothing on these forum category pages.

It's 2012, passwords should include special characters.

Avatars: looks like it's having trouble updating but I can't find the cause. Should allow .png as well. Maybe server downsize of larger uploaded avatars.

April 8th, 2012 8:29 AM CDT

jaxa Recruit
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I can't seem to navigate to page 3, which means my replies are invisible! That's a problem. Also, after posting it should redirect to the last page and an anchor to the new post.

April 9th, 2012 12:23 AM CDT

blustrkr Creator
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- I'm going to revamp this post editor a bit, but for the most part it does its job. It's nice and fast, and not over-complicated. IP.Board is nice, but it's also very heavy and over-presents itself (at least in my opinion). I'll definitely try for some improvements though, and have a few in mind already. If you have any ideas as well, let me know.
- I'm planning on removing the redirection page, just a matter of priorities at the moment. I've mostly been working on the game index lately.
- Was waiting to do the forum category page until I finished the appearance of the forum index/view forum page, since that design will translate directly to the category page. I suppose I could finally do that now.
- Not sure what you mean with the passwords. Password strength is up to the user, not me.
- Avatar uploads - along with many other features on the site - are still in development. I completed most of it on my localhost, just a matter of finishing it now.

Sorry about not seeing your posts, I had a per-page limit set but no pagination! I'll start working on that tonight. Thanks a lot for your suggestions, I hope to see more. :)

April 14th, 2012 4:22 PM CDT

jaxa Recruit
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I meant that passwords should include !@#$%^&*();. etc.

April 14th, 2012 4:26 PM CDT

jaxa Recruit
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Logging out you can still see links to the user profile, control panel, etc. until you are redirected.

April 24th, 2012 4:45 PM CDT

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I noticed that when trying to edit a past thread post, when you click "edit," it fails to do so and brings you back to the home screen.
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