Ok I am following you but it's not really a one size fits all situation on the look of the bulletin board. You want instant graemlin, the icons to be displayed when making a post, lightbulbs, etc. Other's don't want it. So, we code it in directly so now some people are happy and some people aren't. But that's going to be the beauty of the template system.
When 6.0 is out we can then offer custom templates to do this type of stuff. No code editing needed. You want the instant graemlin/icon display when making a new post. Just upload a newpost.tmpl template that will have it. These will all just be HTML changes, so when you are watching the changelog you probably won't see too much regarding the interface.
This might all sound like a bunch of hogwash at this point but the goal of the next release is to provide a system where everyone can be happy. To this point, any interface changes that have been made or not made, everyone was stuck with unless they hacked the code. That's not the way it should be because everyone has different tastes and ideas of how their forums should look. Some of you want your forums to look more like UBB, but there are those that don't want this. So, that's what the template system is all about.
Individual headers for each forum, yes that will be put in.
So, I don't think I can say much more on this subject really. Hopefully when 6.0 is out it will speak for itself on if our time was spent on the right things.
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Rick Baker
UBBThreads developer
