Since fights seem to keep breaking out in otherwise legit topics, I present Chapter 2.
While on the topic of fights breaking out in legit topics, it may be an idea to remove the fighting and keep the legit topic going. I remember in phpBB2 there was a way to split topics up without losing anyone's posts. If SMF has that same ability, it might be an idea.
Even though it is entertaining to watch certain people duke it out over text, it is also somewhat annoying to see it causing legit topics to be truncated.
I mentioned somewhere that the forum should have a furry themed look to it. I noticed today we were back to the SMF Core theme. I was going to suggest that the site could have its own banner based on the furs that run the show. In this case, it would be RainRat.
Many other fur staffed sites seem to do it this way; it wouldn't be that difficult to follow suit. That, and I'm sure Rat could use some fresh art of his character, and what better reason but to get ourselves a nice looking forum banner. :3
I think that's a great idea Felix!
I second that motion.
Which one? The banana split, or the chocolate logo?
this will not work for SMF Core theme since rainrat doesnt know how to script in the banner, i know ontario furs have one mainly because its all custom written.
GL guys
That's fine. I know how.
A limit on signature length would be nice.
Agreed,. Most boards seem to have something to that effect.
I think we have/had a rule for that, however it should dictate the size from the signiture seperator line down to the bottom of the post, not just the banner size.
It's easy to make a banner a certan size, but adding 20 lines of text afterwards defeats the purpose of a limit.
there is a size limit to signatures, MAX: 500px wide - 200px Tall
there is no limiter on signature length, just signature image size
Text on any forum takes much less time to load, Images use alot of bandwidth especially if they are PNG
thats why you are limited to 500x200 dimensions max
The point of limiting the size of the entire signiture is to make it so that you don't have to scroll over large amounts of reduntant material just to get to the next post. It clutters up the forum, when all of that information is best saved for profiles anyways.
A signature should be no longer than one or two lines. Enough for 1 picture or a few lines of text.
<--- Also, that should be "Date Registered" when spelled correctly...
Though, I don't see why that info should even be there. You can view that in people's profiles. And if someone makes a really short post, it would shorten the page without it there.
How long has that reflection been there? That takes up quite a bit of space.
Reflection is a default part of the basic SMF theme.
edit: Most themes don't have it. Just the default SMF one.
Ahh... I don't remember seeing it before...
: Accophox February 14, 2010, 09:32:36 -07:00
Reflection is a default part of the basic SMF theme.
edit: Most themes don't have it. Just the default SMF one.
NO IT IS NOT , i laugh at you for thinking you know everything.
i added that mod when the forum first opened DUH!
-laughs maniacly at you-
Rino, do you think it would be possible to make your point without disrespecting other members of the board please?
If I recall correctly, that was a rule that you yourself typed up, and still applies.
: Felix McKline February 15, 2010, 10:27:09 -07:00
Rino, do you think it would be possible to make your point without disrespecting other members of the board please?
If I recall correctly, that was a rule that you yourself typed up, and still applies.
no i do it because he also disrespects me as well on these forums, he has since forever.
anyways remove me from forums and it will go down no joke, i shit you not.
also the rules dont ever apply because everyone else has already broken them :)
Edit:
i have seen PORN on this forums, Also people using innapropriate language all over, people starting a crapton of drama, people just being stupid, and to end it all... people who post Dirty Videos, as this forums doesnt even have an AGE CONSENT FORM so it is right now illegal until that is put in place due to younger audiences.
Duh! i rest my case!
Edit Edit: Yes im going insane!
Threats against the board won't be tolerated at all. OvanTwilight, you are banned.
Ratt:
Let me know if you would like any help with the above mentioned. I think I'll let others post more suggestions before I post here again.
EDIT: And thanks for killing his full page signiture. Wow.
Well, we can't have anything that a minor would be banned from seeing without parental consent. The odd use of "ass" or "shit" etc. doesn't make it inappropriate, as long as you are being civil.
As for videos, Youtube monitors for anything that would be inappropriate for minors, so any video from Youtube can be whitelisted.
Please message me or another mod if you see anything that minors would be banned from seeing.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE#)
About time... :P
Looking at the forum sigs, I've noticed that VFur is now on Twitter. That amazes me, since hardly anyone uses the VFur Yahoo Mailing Lists anymore, although only a few people use it nowadays since most of us have migrated over to these forums... Maybe it's time I retired my old email address as well, seeing I still have it, and still using it since 2001.
I've been running the vfur twitter since midsummer last year, coran by RainRat and Carthage. It's just been infrequently updated cause I've been busy.
: Accophox February 17, 2010, 02:43:05 -07:00
I've been running the vfur twitter since midsummer last year, coran by RainRat and Carthage. It's just been infrequently updated cause I've been busy.
You don't say...
It's an interesting idea to get VFur back up and running again, though the mailing lists are seemingly beginning to die out slowly, since Facebook, Twitter and forums have pretty much taken over the internet. Incidentally, you might even say that VFur is where I was inspired to obtain the name "VancouFUR" and implement it as a fur convention. By the way, I'm still working on shaping the forums, and a date has already been set in stone. And while I'm very well aware that it is a major responsibility and that I should, in fact, start small, I have been taking those two pieces of advice to heart, I'm also hoping to do everything in my power to ensure that Vancouver is more well-known than just being the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics. I've got quite a few people who are doing their share of assisting, and I truly thank them for that.
Mikau, with all due respect... I don't think you made the best of choice for your co-chair. Have a look at what he's done here, in this topic, and its sister.
Is that what you want representing the convention?
I can't speak for others, but I can say that I wouldn't go anywhere near a convention run by Dyllan the Frequent Namechanger.
Regarding vfur, there are many furs that refuse to move from the mailing list to the forums. Every time there is a furmeet, and the information does not get forwarded to the mailing list, many furs get angry, irate, because they want their notifications as to furmeets. I'm almost willing to bet that they do not wish to subscribe to Twitter either.
Trapa recently purchased a vfur domain, and he has plans for it, which I will need to get details of before I can state what they are...
Finally, if you wish to continue with the topic of your forums and con, I would suggest you create a topic, as this one is intended for suggestions to improve the bcfurries.com forum.
Yeah, @vfur isn't followed too much. But, I figure it's nice to have alternate ways of getting the message out, cause I know I don't like having to visit the forums to get information.
Moved my subject over as requested by Felix McKline -- http://www.bcfurries.com/forum/index.php?topic=1476.0 (http://www.bcfurries.com/forum/index.php?topic=1476.0)
: Felix McKline February 17, 2010, 03:28:19 -07:00
Mikau, with all due respect... I don't think you made the best of choice for your co-chair. Have a look at what he's done here, in this topic, and its sister.
Is that what you want representing the convention?
I can't speak for others, but I can say that I wouldn't go anywhere near a convention run by Dyllan the Frequent Namechanger.
I agree with Felix on this subject. Reno abused his administrative position on numerous occasions. In a few cases, strictly out of spite. Heck! I was banned from this very Forum. All because, he and I had a heated disagreement over MSN.
Now think. Mikau, whats to say he won't do something like that to you? Should you two not see eye to eye.~Mikau, should you manage to put together this "Vancoufur" convention. Be sure to invest as much as Reno. Balance the field of expenditure. And co-sign any building rentals.
Don't give him a chance to hold something over your head.I have moved my post to that given thread. sorry. You are right. This thread is hardly the place for any of that. ^__^;
: Haloth February 17, 2010, 04:11:33 -07:00
: Felix McKline February 17, 2010, 03:28:19 -07:00
Mikau, with all due respect... I don't think you made the best of choice for your co-chair. Have a look at what he's done here, in this topic, and its sister.
Is that what you want representing the convention?
I can't speak for others, but I can say that I wouldn't go anywhere near a convention run by Dyllan the Frequent Namechanger.
I agree with Felix on this subject. Reno abused his administrative position on numerous occasions. In a few cases, strictly out of spite. Heck! I was banned from this very Forum. All because, he and I had a heated disagreement over MSN.
Now think. Mikau, whats to say he won't do something like that to you? Should you two not see eye to eye.
~Mikau, should you manage to put together this "Vancoufur" convention. Be sure to invest as much as Reno. Balance the field of expenditure. And co-sign any building rentals.
Don't give him a chance to hold something over your head.
Post on the topic I posted, Haloth. ;) This is, after all, for board suggestions, not a heated discussion about Rino.
Here's a board suggestion.
Have something like a "Hall of Shame" topic where any thread can be relegated to that has, for instance, outlived its usefulness and has since descended into drama, or was totally puerile to begin with.
I'll second that!
Honestly, I feel like this board should have sections for each region of BC, rather than just Lower Mainland and everywhere else. I understand there are more people in the lower mainland than the rest of BC, but that just makes this feels like a Vancouver board with a single spot for everyone else rather than a BC board. I mean, I know I live in a region where I am pretty much the only fur but I'm not saying this for myself here. It'll keep things more organized than just a "Rest of BC" section.
It was worse, it was Vancouver, the Island, the rest of the world. At least now the rest of BC is separate from the rest of the world. I'd go one further in the rest of the world section and separate the Canada events, to give the up-and-coming cons in the rest of Canada (Furnal Equinox etc) a bit more prominence.
And in the process, different types of events were seperated into groups in the lower mainland... but not the rest.
Maybe this should be voted on... see who thinks what should be which way, and go by majority...
*reads over the previous page* ::)
Heated arguments with Rino.... been there done that.
All I can say is... About time.
Vote seems fine to me. And saying it was worse before doesn't mean it still can't be improved. Because again, this honestly feels like the place is designed primarily as a Vancouver forum rather than a BC forum.
I wasn't implying that the arrangement of the boards couldn't be improved; in fact, I agree that the other regions of BC should have more prominence. The current Vancouver-centric arrangement seems to be somewhat of an inhibition to furs in the interior fully participating.
I propose rest of BC get separated into the following:
Fraser Valley - Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission
Northern BC - Prince George, Prince Rupert, Terrace
Okanagan - Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon, Merritt
Rest of BC - areas that aren't really covered by the above.
Any suggestions of other major regions to add?
Honestly, kinda yeah. See I'm in Kitimat and we get pretty offended when we get called part of Terrace since they keep diverting funds away from us and whatnot. The region is called Skeena and it's right next to the Bulkley Valley. >.>
My rest-of-BC geography sucks. Sorry. ;p
Relax. *Noogies* I'm surprised you even heard of that crapshack bunch of thieves called Terrace. And yes I am not joking when I said thieves. They hired collecters to take our high school band's instruments. Turned out those instruments were not school property and actually were paid for by the students. Those were private property. They also closed down a school here while terrace has two empty schools that are totally unused yet they are still spending money on them for maintenance and power bills. But anyways, just a little fact checking goes a long way but you don't really need to stress over it. It's just better, tactfully, to say Northern BC would be Skeena and Bulkley valley and stuff like that rather than individual towns.
Yea i live in terrace and its pretty crappy. I visit kitimat sometimes on saturdays but it seems theres no furs around here.
: Kardrack February 18, 2010, 09:29:36 -07:00
Honestly, I feel like this board should have sections for each region of BC, rather than just Lower Mainland and everywhere else. I understand there are more people in the lower mainland than the rest of BC, but that just makes this feels like a Vancouver board with a single spot for everyone else rather than a BC board. I mean, I know I live in a region where I am pretty much the only fur but I'm not saying this for myself here. It'll keep things more organized than just a "Rest of BC" section.
I think im the only furry in my town XD
: Kardrack February 18, 2010, 09:29:36 -07:00
Honestly, I feel like this board should have sections for each region of BC, rather than just Lower Mainland and everywhere else. I understand there are more people in the lower mainland than the rest of BC, but that just makes this feels like a Vancouver board with a single spot for everyone else rather than a BC board. I mean, I know I live in a region where I am pretty much the only fur but I'm not saying this for myself here. It'll keep things more organized than just a "Rest of BC" section.
The problem with that is you really want each forum to have some kind of critical mass. If some of them end up unused then it's not really worth the effort of making them, and if we start arbitrarily dicing up the province I think people are less likely to find each other, if that makes any sense.
There are some logical divisions - Island, Greater Vancouver, Northern BC, Southern BC. Just sayin.