UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 6 Version 6 Support A few questions to 6.2.1

Hi,

I switched from UBB.classic to UBB.threads 6.2.1 and I have some questions. Hopefully you can help me.

1) The title of the forum overview is always:
'viewing lists of forums-. Where can I change this?

2) In the old UBB classic I used it was possible to protect a forum with a password so that only visitors who knew it came in.
Within threads I don't see such a function.
Background is that I am offering internal forums which can be accessed with a pwd but which users I don't know.

3) I can create Groups in the Control Panel but not delete them. How can I do so?

4) How must the cronjob look like that all 2 hours checks the forum abo stuff?

5) Default for all new users is that they start in their personal menu. I want to change this that all new users start at the forum overview by default. Where can I do so?

6) My forum should show 20 threads per page but its only showing 10 per page. I can fill in whatever I want in the admin menu, its always showing 10 ;-(

7) Is there a more detailed list for editing the css files? at the moment I am changing a value and then I take a look what changed on the board. This try and error method is more than stupid isn't it? *hrhr*

8) I want to give the menu a background image in my css. Can I do so and when yes, how?

So, thats enough for the first time I think ;-)

Regards

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alias [UCE]iCEMAN
Leader of the United Clan Empire
http://www.clanforums.com
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Let's see what I can answer....

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="">quote:</font><hr /><font size="" face="">Originally posted by [UCE]iCEMAN:
Hi,

I switched from UBB.classic to UBB.threads 6.2.1 and I have some questions. Hopefully you can help me.

1) The title of the forum overview is always:
'viewing lists of forums-. Where can I change this?
I think you can change this in the online.php language file. OR you can edit/hardcode a title (like your site name) in the ubbt_header.tmpl file.

2) In the old UBB classic I used it was possible to protect a forum with a password so that only visitors who knew it came in.
Within threads I don't see such a function.
Background is that I am offering internal forums which can be accessed with a pwd but which users I don't know.
No you can create forums that only certain groups can gain access to. You have to add them to the group, then only those groups will see the forum. Other users won't even know they are there.

3) I can create Groups in the Control Panel but not delete them. How can I do so?
Currently not a function... you can rename them.... etc... and unused groups are not harmful. You can delete them with an SQL query, but you must make sure there are no users in the group, or else you will have problems.

4) How must the cronjob look like that all 2 hours checks the forum abo stuff?
Don't understand the question.

5) Default for all new users is that they start in their personal menu. I want to change this that all new users start at the forum overview by default. Where can I do so?
Users choose this option in the display preferences of 'My Home'

6) My forum should show 20 threads per page but its only showing 10 per page. I can fill in whatever I want in the admin menu, its always showing 10 ;-(
Editing the theme file will only affect users who aren't logged in and New users from that point forward. Existing users (including yourself) will need to edit this setting in the display prefs of their 'My Home' page. These are user specific settings, not site wide.

7) Is there a more detailed list for editing the css files? at the moment I am changing a value and then I take a look what changed on the board. This try and error method is more than stupid isn't it? *hrhr*
JustDave is working on a new map that will be released soon. It'll be posted soon in the Stylesheet forum at Threadsdev.com

8) I want to give the menu a background image in my css. Can I do so and when yes, how?
That would be the .menubar class in the CSS files. Change it from a background color, to a background image. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="" face="">Hope that helps a bit. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Josh
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Hi Josh,

thanks for the answer but I have some feedback.

1) I will try
2) This is definetly not what I want. Lets describe you a little bit of the background for this request.

I hosted clanforums with my old ubbclassic board and switched to ubbthreads. with the old board it was possible to protect forums with a password. I know that the new one can handle the access to a forum wie group rights but I don't now the guys who should have access and who not and I (and also the users) are not willed to write me an email everytime some should be allowed or disallowed to enter the forum.

In the past I created the forum and gave the password to the moderator and thats all. He/She notified all person who where allowed to login and thats it. I was only contacted If they needed another password.

I definetly need this feature (this very normal old feature) for my board and I don't understand why ubbthreads has less features than the old classic board.

3) Maybe this will be part of one of the next versions. Thanks!

4) Forget about it, I found a solution. It was rtfm. Read the ****ing manual <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

5) I know that Users can switch it but I want to change the default for new users. At the moment the default option is that they see the MyHome Page but I want them to see the forum overview.

6) Ok not site wide, thanks

7) Oh this is great and would make life much more easier to me.

8) I checked some .css manuals and found the entry. It was so easy I can't believe that I've forgotten this <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

Please Josh take a deeper look in point 2 and try to understand that this is very important to me and my work.

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alias [UCE]iCEMAN
Leader of the United Clan Empire
http://www.clanforums.com
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Re #2 -

Threads doesn't have "less" features... it's features are different. It's not a different version of classic... it's a completely different product.

Some people don't like "private" forums being visible because then people are mad that they can't get inside.

But if you set up a group to only have access to that hidden forum.... then in your config file, look for the setting to allow Moderators to edit users as well.... then the moderator can simply add whoever is allowed to the group. If they want to kick them out, then they simply have to remove them from the group. (You don't have that ability with a common password).

That sounds like that would work just fine... all you have to do is create the forum and the group with access to it.... let the moderators do the adding and removing of people.

3. Maybe... although deleting a group can be tricky. You have to make sure there are no users in it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> Just easier to leave it alone and rename it the next time you need a new group.

5. the default option for new users should be in the theme or config file.... or it used to be. Don't see it any more. Could easily be done with some hacking. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Hope that helps. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Josh
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Hi Josh, thanks for the fast answer. Can you please give me more details on point two how to change this. I don't want any of my moderators to enter the adminmenu.

Also its wanted that protected forums can be seen in this case cause more other clans join my board if the see that much others using this feature also.


3) Yes I understand but then a window should tell you before deleting a group which users are in there and maybe allow you to move this users to another group or?
It is important that you understand that I am new with ubbthreads. Maybe its easy to understand if you've installed it more than one time but during my first setup it happened that I created a wrong group and asked myself how to get rid of it again.

5) aaeh also some more details on this please *haha*

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alias [UCE]iCEMAN
Leader of the United Clan Empire
http://www.clanforums.com
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You might consider asking about #2 over at Threadsdev.com. That's an unofficial/official site for modifying your code.

Maybe there is a way to password protect it and maybe someone there will know how.

I can help you with number 5 there as well. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Josh
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