Is it possible or viable to upgrade? I can't imagine vBulletin leaving something like this unpatched for too long, so there's probably an update around.
Are there any tweaks or options you can alter, to make it work better and capture quotes and the like too?
competition
Hey. You. Read this out for Cherry's Podcast. It is wonderful.
If you truly were bored, you'd just drift away. Dramatic exits like this are characteristic of people still interested in this place. Therefore I say, "See you in a few weeks".
Yes. IIRC, Admins and possibly Smods can tell you who you referred. The idea is that if you get a friend to sign up, they say that they did so because of you. That gives you +1 referral. I've got three or four. Two of them are legit, IIRC, while one was a random newbie.
Casually start a meme about me and leave, will you? Now I can't even suitably rage at you. RAAAAAAAAGE. Take an internet-capable phone on the trip. It's what I'd do.
Thanks Sabby. It's good to know that he's alive and able to communicate . Oh, and three more from Twitter.
Two more tweets, from around four hours ago. No news about the allergy though.
Given the recent hack and the threat of the hacker returning, it seems logical to want to back up threads that are particularly important to you. As such, I asked Misty to install the plugin 'Download Forum Thread To Your Computer'. The page for the plugin is here. The option is under 'Thread Tools' next to 'Search Thread'. Just click 'Download This Thread', select a place on your hard drive, and the thread will be downloaded. While it doesn't do signatures, avatars, bbcode or, most disappointingly, quotes, it is significantly more convenient than right clicking and selecting 'Save As', especially when there are 4,000 replies. (There may be options the admins can fiddle with.) It's downloaded in plaintext format, so it's fairly small. The entirety of the Death Note thread was only 4.8MB. (Even then, that was mostly because half of it was Tikem's wall of text spamage.) I expect this will be particularly useful for those long-running RPs, as well as those Forum Family threads we all cherish.
There's a brief update about his lung problem:
I approve of any and all typing quirks. Except grammatical errors. Those make me into a melting pot of friendship rage.
Think of this as a way of postponing the decision, while keeping a degree of attention centred on it. If it were to be left alone now, then there's a good chance it would slip between the cracks of staff-business and staff-drama. Now it'll come to a close in two weeks time, which should be plenty of warning. /myfirsttumblrgifpost
Taking this chance to drop this tutorial in here. How to Clear Your Inbox and Archive Your Private Messages What will this do? This tutorial will show you how to save your current private messages to your computer, and clear your Inbox and Sent Messages. Why do I want to do this? So you can receive private messages without worrying about whether your Inbox will get full, or whether you can afford to erase your older PMs to get more space. Don't worry about the size of the downloaded messages; the saved messages are a couple of megabytes at most. Getting to Your Inbox Click 'Private Messages' to go to your inbox. Downloading Your Private Messages Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the area outlined in red. Click either 'XML', 'CSV' or 'Text' to start the download. (Feel free to experiment with each format.) Saving the Private Messages to Your Computer Something along the lines of this will appear. You want to select 'Save', not 'Open', if you are given the choice. Save it to an area in your computer that you'll remember, and won't delete. Selecting PMs for Deletion Return to the top of the page to find this area. You can click it to select all PMs from the last month. You can select all PMs from last week or yesterday in the same way. Observing That They're Selected Like so. Deleting the Selected PMs Now we are down here, click to get a drop-down menu. Select 'Delete' to delete all the selected messages. (In this case, all the messages from last month.) This will remove messages, which we backed up earlier, so that you can receive more PMs without your box getting crowded. This method means you can delete older PMs as you go. If you want to clear all of them, then the next method is for you. Deleting All PMs Go to the bottom of the page. Click this to clear the entire folder of all PMs. Doing so will give you a completely cleared inbox. The downside to this is that if you have an old PM that you need quickly, you will be required to look through your downloaded messages to find it. Confirming Deletion This screen will appear. Click 'Yes' in order to clear all the PMs in the Inbox. Doing the Same to the Sent Items Folder You also have a Sent Items folder, as can be seen here, by scrolling back to the top of the page. Messages also get saved in the Sent Items folder whenever you send a message. Click on the Sent Items folder to navigate to it, then repeat tutorial for it. You now have a clear PM box! You can now receive messages from people without worrying about whether your inbox will get filled up, because you can back up and clear it in less than five minutes.
Bumping this up to coincide with the recent reposting of the AutoPM poll.
Voting on the AutoPM Plugin What am I voting on? You are voting on whether you personally want to give the AutoPM plugin a trial-run on this website, or not. This poll is not decisive. Its purpose is to gauge member interest and support, not make a concrete decision. What does AutoPM do? AutoPM is a plugin that will automatically send you a Private Message whenever one of your threads or posts is deleted, undeleted or edited by a staff member. To be more specific, you will be PMed when one of the following actions is performed on your posts: — Thread Ajax Delete (Inline Moderation) — Thread Delete (Inline Moderation) — Thread Un-Delete (Inline Moderation) — Post Ajax Edit (Inline Moderation) — Post Ajax Delete (Inline Moderation) — Post Delete (Inline Moderation) — Post Un-Delete (Inline Moderation) — Thread Delete (Standard) — Thread Un-Delete (Standard) — Post Un-Delete (Standard) (Note: There is no ostensible difference between Ajax, Inline and Standard. They are included for the sake of being complete.) What are the benefits to having this installed? You no longer lose track of your deleted messages, meaning you can't accidentally repost a deleted post. You can see what sort of posts are getting deleted, meaning you can take steps to improve your posting in future. If you believe you are being unfairly persecuted by a staff member, there will be decisive evidence, instead of your suspicions against their word. A greater appreciation for the work of staff will be created, as members will be able to see a fraction of the effort staff put into keeping the forum clean. What are the downsides to AutoPM? It cannot be enabled or disabled on a user-by-user basis, so you cannot opt out. If many of your posts are deleted, then you will receive a lot of PMs, potentially overloading your inbox. It could lead to conflict between members and staff over the deleted works. Installing many plugins reduces stability of the forum. The strain on the server is unknown. (However, sending out PMs does not put noticeable strain on the server currently.) What has happened so far? The plugin was installed briefly, enabled only for threads, but further discussion saw it put on hold, as member wishes were unclear. A request for users to be able to opt-out was placed over eight weeks ago, but the developer has been unresponsive. A previous poll was created in the past few weeks, but it was deleted in a hack. At the time of deletion, the results of that poll were 36 in support, 4 in opposition and 11 impartial. What else do I need to know? Here is a tutorial on how to clear your Inbox and archive Private Messages. This is the initial suggestion thread. Here is the developer's page.
Would you mind showing it to me?
You've piqued my curiosity. What was the image that you posted in that thread about Chev and the hack?
I can only speak for myself. I did not.
Hey KHV, Before going into his operation today, Luxord had set up a Twitter account. His sister has been tweeting about the operation through his account. http://twitter.com/#!/LuxordRC1 So far, we have had a few jumbled tweets during which time his sister discovers Twitter's character limits. The two most recent tweets are by far the most important so far. Follow his feed for more information. I'm not sure of whether he will receive tweets sent to him, but it's worth a shot.
