Wow this is a long thread and hopefully I don't post an idea twice now.

My suggestions for 6.3:

1) If you create a category it would be nice if you can also add a image. I created a forum named 'german stuff' for example and entered the name this way: <img.....germanflag> German stuff. In the forum overview this is displayed correct but within the database its causes a mess cause the category title is not handled as text only, its needed also to add forums under the category and this results in a PARSER error.

2) delete user groups from the admin panel

3) make forums visible to all but password protected for entering.

3) mass move of postings for an admin. move X posts (markable) to another forum.

4) where should new registered users start? myhome or forum overview? make this setable sitewide for a new user.

5) whosonline for forum and categories

6) changeable design of the emails

7) if you click on optimize database the forum should be closed automatically so that you don't need to do it manually before. afterwards it should be open again.

8) make a forum closed, forum open function in den main admin panel like in the old ubb classic. its nerving with this combo box

9) write a description which stylesheet variable changes what. At the moment its like try and error ;-)

10) mass change of stylesheet. I created a new stylesheet which ALL users should take or which only a group of users should use. It would be nice If I can set this using the admin panel.

11) If you've created more than one design for subcategories its really making me angry that the stylesheet is then always the same.

Example.
board 1-20 default design, take stylesheet from myhome

board 21 special design, take special stylesheet.

At the moment this is not correct and a wrong stylesheet can mess up the whole design.

12) Custom rights for admins.
Full Admin = all choices. Limited Admin = create forum but not allowed to delete one for example.

13) Wooow, one more came up my mind.
I've seen the pool feature and this is a really stupid one. In the classic version it is only possible for every member to vote once. This makes sense. Within threads everytime a user gets a new ip he/she can vote again.
This makes every poll senseless cause then I can manipulate very poll connecting and disconnecting. I don't know how this is in the states but in germany you normally get a new ip address everytime you connect to you isp.

Wow, thats what came up in my mind last 10 minutes and I am sure that I can finde more but for the moment I think that these suggestions will take up to version 11.3 to implement

Waiting for the next version....

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[This message was edited by [UCE]iCEMAN on January 27, 2003 at 01:02 AM.]

Hehe its seems that page 6 within this posting is mine

Another idea:
I switched from ubbclassic to threads and I missed a function in the import script to automatically import the gremlins.

Everyone knows that much postings get another meaning without an ending or other gremlin at the end. It was a hard and stupid work to get the into my new threads board and it would be nice if they were also added automatically. Nothing important for me anymore but maybe it will help others trying to migrate from one to the other...

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How about an idea that I mentioned some time ago about the admin having two passwords: a) one that could be used in a safe environment, opening up all admin functions b) a separate password that could be used when travelling or simply away from the office, which would only allow regular posting functions to be accessible.

This would be a solid safety feature imo.

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Go Cougs!

I would like to see the ability to turn email address checking off. There aren't many of us, but I run Threads internally and most of mny users have exchange style email addresses. I've had to hack every version of threads to make it work correctly, and now they've gone and changed the code for 6.2.1 making it difficult to accomplish this. Grrr..

Erik Burgess
Systems Analyst
MPI Research
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Rick, do you know when the 6.3 changelog will be posted?

BTW, UBB.classic 6.5 is already in dev beta, while the UBB.threads 6.3 changelog isn't even posted yet.

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Dixie Narco vending machines > Vendo and Royal Vendors vending machines

Boeing 767-400 > Airbus A330

Delta Airlines > All other airlines

HP printers > All other pritners

I think 6.2 bugfixes etc... are still being worked on first.

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