HV20.com will be down for UPGRADE...

[Mal]

I'll be attempting a major upgrade to our software to a new version.

It should allow many new features, INCLUDING full email integration (you can send and receive posts via email).

I'm guessing it will take about one hour to install, and then up to 8 hours to fix it after it breaks.
Seriously, it could take a while.

Since I am on EST time, I might attempt it tomorrow morning, or Saturday morning. We'll see...

I'll let the forum know in this thread an hour before I start the upgrade...

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Ian-T]

U mean we gotta go cold turkey for X amount of hours? ...oh SNAP... my hands are shaking......

...gulp...."It's your world man....we're just living in it."

[Mal]

Yeah, I'm just hoping we don't lose the database (or can't re-import it if it wipes out). It's 167MB.
I've got it backed up, but you never know...

[jackinthebox]

thumbs up
let's do this

[nzo]

Good luck Mal. My fingers are crossed :hv20-smilie77:

[Mal]

By the way, we will have to condense the amount of individual forums we have.
There's about 20 sub-forums right now, and I will be trying to get that down to 12 or so.
I know this might be confusing at first, but it will make things a lot easier, especially for email integration.
Most new members post in 'HV20/HV30 Camcorder Information' anyway! :)

[Erik Bien]

Bummer; I was thinking certain areas (for instance, 35mm adapters) would be better off in their own sub-forums ...

[Lunchbox]

I hope you won't lose my 2509 posts. :o)

[Ian-T]

I hope you won't lose my 2509 posts. :o)

Lol...:hv20-smilie81:

[Ivan Fuentes]

Most new members post in 'HV20/HV30 Camcorder Information' anyway! :)
unlike other forums, where i enjoy only certain areas, here i like posting in all of them, so most of the time, i don't even use categories at all... i just use the "New Posts" button.

[Dennis Vogel]

Has there been any thought about splitting this forum into separate forums for Vegas, Ulead, etc.? I, for one, would find it easier to use if it was. Anyone else?

Good luck.

Dennis

[Ivan Fuentes]

nah... there aren't THAT much of posts per cat. lots of threads would be lost of sight, since "Vegas" cat would only be appealing to a very little portion of the users (same with Premiere, Ulead, etc.)

[Mal]

Has there been any thought about splitting this forum into separate forums for Vegas, Ulead, etc.? I, for one, would find it easier to use if it was. Anyone else?

It's exactly the OPPOSITE I want to do, reduce the amount of sub-forums, not increase them.
I know how it can be appealing to have each theme have its own forum, but it makes it a nightmare to moderate, as moderators spend a good deal of their time moving posts around into the correct category.

[Barron Thompson]

Mal

Any chance you could adjust the vBulletin settings to accomodate 2 character searches like http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/ does? The quote below is from Chris Hurd when I asked him what his settings were.


vB Admin Control Panel > vBulletin Options > Message
Searching Options > Search Index Minimum Word Length

Two characters creates an abnormally large database
but it's crucial for our particular market, for example 3D

Hope this helps -- CH

[vampie]

Mal

Any chance you could adjust the vBulletin settings to accomodate 2 character searches like http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/ does? The quote below is from Chris Hurd when I asked him what his settings were.

I know it's possible to create a list for terms that can manually be added to be included in the search words. Maybe something like this could be handier then enabling indexing for all the 2 char words. :-)

[Mal]

Yeah, I always debated about to two character search or not.
We can try it I guess.

[bluegrass]

you started the best damn forum goin', to do with the hv20. it can't do anything but get better.

[Lunchbox]

http://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gif
http://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gifhttp://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gif
http://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gifhttp://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gifhttp://hottaky.com/hv20/adore.gif
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[VideJo]

Asian smiley's? LOL

[Mal]

Here's what we have now:


HV20/HV30 Forum

- Mods' Forum / Forum for moderators only...
- News / HV20 Forum News & Announcements

HV20/HV30 Vixia & HR10 & HV10 Camcorders

- HV20/HV30 Camcorder Information
- HV20/HV30 24p workflow / Information about 24p workflow
- Where to buy / Where to pre-order, where to buy, where NOT to buy...
- Modifications & DIY / 35mm adapters, DIY mods and add-ons, tips & tricks, firmware updates, hacks, work-arounds, solutions, etc.
- Accessories & Equipment / All standard equipment, accessories & hardware; lenses, tapes, filters, hard drive recorders, batteries, tripods, etc.
- Trouble in Paradise / Post your questions, concerns, and problems problems with HV20
- Artistic Discussion / Discussions about framing, pulling focus, creative white balancing, color correction, actors, directing, and all those kinds of choices; NO HARDWARE or TECHNICAL STUFF HERE!
- Mixed Bag / Not sure where to post? Have something that doesn't quite fit anywhere else? Post it here...
- Footage / Show your own footage, frame grabs & stills shot with the HV10 or HV20 here

Editing

- Mac Editing / All editing done on a Mac
- PC Editing / All editing on a PC

Technical & other stuff

- Software / All software issues
- Sounds / All audio related
- Lights / All lighting related
- Writing & Legal / All screenplay, writing, releases, permissions, copyright, etc. related Copyright infringement and...
- Other cams / All other cams

After hours
- Trade & Exchange / Buy & sell, trade, barter, offer your services, find gigs...
- The Coffee shop / Light-hearted chitchat
- The Tavern / Have a beer, get drunk, whatever...

[Mal]

Here's the proposed NEW layout (updated with corresponding email address):

Administrative Department, Announcements, and special forums

moderator@hv20.com - Mods' Forum / Forum for moderators only...
news@hv20.com - Announcements / HV20 Forum News & Announcements
------@hv20.com - ------ (special invite only forum)

HV20/HV30 Vixia & HR10 & HV10 Camcorders

question@hv20.com - Questions, problems & observations / Post your questions, concerns, problems, and observations
caminfo@hv20.com - HV20/HV30 Camcorder Information
24p@hv20.com - HV20/HV30 24p workflow / Information specifically about 24p workflow
buying@hv20.com - Where to buy / Where to pre-order, where to buy, where NOT to buy...
equipment@hv20.com - Accessories & Equipment, Audio, Lighting / All standard equipment, lights, microphones, accessories & hardware; lenses, tapes, filters, hard drive recorders, batteries, tripods, etc.
diy@hv20.com - DIY & Modifications / 35mm adapters, DIY mods and add-ons, tips & tricks, firmware updates, hacks, work-arounds, solutions, etc.
footage@hv20.com - Footage / Show your own footage, frame grabs & stills shot with the HV10 or HV20 here

Technical Department

mac@hv20.com - Mac Editing / All editing related stuff done on a Mac
pc@hv20.com - PC Editing / All editing on a PC
software@hv20.com - Other software / All software issues
allcams@hv20.com - Other cams / All other cams

Other stuff

artistic@hv20.com - Artistic & Legal Discussion / Artistic & Legal Discussion / Discussions about films, directors, framing, pulling focus, creative white balancing, screenplay, writing, releases, permissions, copyright, color correction, actors, and all those kinds of choices; NO HARDWARE or TECHNICAL STUFF HERE!
store@hv20.com - Trade & Exchange / Buy & sell, trade, barter, offer your services, find gigs...
pub@hv20.com - The Pub / Chitchat & debate over a coffee/tea or beer

[Mal]

We'll probably go down today for the upgrade.
Will inform of exact time later on today.

[jackinthebox]

Looks good. What goes on in the special invite only forum? Waterboarding newbs?

[Mal]

What goes on in the special invite only forum? Waterboarding newbs?

LOL,
no, it's for another, tiny list/forum, that I'll try and amalgamate into this one, for convenience's sake.

[Mal]

Shutting down for two hour maintenance starting at 7:30am EST today (in a half hour).

[twoneil]

*gasping for air* ....holding......
http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/43894/2001705506398902437_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001705506398902437)




Shutting down for two hour maintenance starting at 7:30am EST today (in a half hour).

[Mal]

twoneil,
I hope you had some oxygen, as it took longer than I hoped, and you'd been holding your breath for nearly 8 hours I think! :)


It's back online, but email integration is dodgy right now.

Everything else seems okay, although I am sure there will be occasional quirkiness...

[Barron Thompson]

Hey Mal

You got the 2 character search to work. Great job! Any probs wth that or was it straight forward? I'm asking 'cause of another vBulletin board I'm on and they want to know how easy/hard it is.

[twoneil]

It's alive again!!

I just notice a new feature I like; where I can see the changes from editing a post
'Last edited by' link.

Can't contain my excitement!!
*breath...breath...now slowly...deep breaths........now calm down....there.....*


Look, I edited this post and you can see a link below:

[Mal]

You got the 2 character search to work. Great job! Any probs wth that or was it straight forward?

It is a simple setting, HOWEVER, EXTREMELY database access intensive, so I might revert back to 3 characters again, if it becomes bogged down.

[Mal]

A new feature is also the inclusion of some social networking (check the USER PROFILE).

[Lunchbox]

Mal,

I noticed the new email subscription doesn't include the poster's user name. Is it possible to add that back?

Thanks

Taky

[vpq]

On 2/24/08 2:52 PM, "HV20 Forum email" <HV20 Forum email> wrote:



> Mal,
>
> I noticed the new email subscription doesn't include the poster's user name.
> Is it possible to add that back?
>
> Thanks
>
> Taky


Agreed.
It's hard to tell who's saying what.

Also, the subject header seems to be rather crowded. Is that really
necessary?

:-)

D




.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, the email subject is lengthy too.

vpq, I think your avartar is way too big. It makes it difficult to view the page with mobile device.

[vpq]

On 2/24/08 3:05 PM, "HV20 Forum email" <HV20 Forum email> wrote:



> On 2/24/08 2:52 PM, "HV20 Forum email" <HV20 Forum email> wrote:
>
>
>
> ---Quote---
>> Mal,
>>
>> I noticed the new email subscription doesn't include the poster's user name.
>> Is it possible to add that back?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Taky
> ---End Quote---
> Agreed.
> It's hard to tell who's saying what.
>
> Also, the subject header seems to be rather crowded. Is that really
> necessary?
>
> :-)
>
> D
>





But at least my replies are coming through instead of them being blank posts
like before! :-)



D


















.

[Lunchbox]

Mal, I can already tell the forum is going to be messy and unreadble from now on with people quote the quote the quote.

[Mal]

It's a VERY new thing, and in fact I am surprised it is even working as good as it is, considering I am still getting database errors here.

I'll try and resolve all the issues one at a time, but it will take a bit of a messy few days until we get them all squared away.

I know email integration isn't all too important for some, but it's ESSENTIAL for others.

The good thing is it can be turned off by the individual, so it's just a matter of trimming the reply appropriately; although that also applies to forum replies, not only email replies.

[vpq]

On 2/24/08 3:07 PM, "HV20 Forum email" <HV20 Forum email> wrote:



> Yeah, the email subject is lengthy too.
>
> vpq, I think your avartar is way too big. It makes it difficult to view the
> page with mobile device.





Who said that???
:-)

Mobile devices? who the heck is using "mobile devices"? What are these?
That's not like text message stuff the children are doing, is it?


I thought I sized the image to exactly what was specified.
I'll see what I can do.

I'll let you know when I've changed it. You can let me know if it worked.

OK?

Have fun,
D







.

[vpq]

On 2/24/08 3:17 PM, "HV20 Forum email" <HV20 Forum email> wrote:



> Mal, I can already tell the forum is going to be messy and unreadble from now
> on with people quote the quote the quote.



Who said that?
The name doesn't show in the "from" via email.

It would be good, for the time being at least, to sign posts for a while.

Just a thought.

D












.

[Lunchbox]

vpq, I supposed you are replying throught email. Can you come back to the forum to see how your posts look like with a browser?

http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=7392&page=2

I also browse the site with my phone. That's a mobile device. Not so sure why you are so shocked to hear that. I also use a UMPC Asus EeePC which runs only 800x480 resolution.

[Mal]

The name doesn't show in the "from" via email

I think that is now resolved....hopefully.

[vpq]

vpq, I supposed you are replying throught email. Can you come back to the forum to see how your posts look like with a browser?

http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=7392&page=2

I also browse the site with my phone. That's a mobile device. Not so sure why you are so shocked to hear that. I also use a UMPC Asus EeePC which runs only 800x480 resolution.

Using Firefox 1.5.0.12 on Mac (of course), I didn't see any problem with the old avatar. It fit in the left frame fine there.
Maybe you're mobile thingamajig tries to show the images at their full size?
The parameters for the avatars are that it should be less than 150 by 150 pixels or 195.3 KB in file size.
Though my image was larger than the 150x, it is less than the file size limit.

If this presents a problem here, it could be that others that also follow the guidelines may have their avatars creating issues on other people's dujamufliggers. ;-)

Let me know how the new one does.

D

[Lunchbox]

I was talking to Mal about the amount of unnecessary quote people put in their response.

This page is already becoming hard to read with so many quotes and the dot at the end of several posts from vpq.

[Mal]

Yeah, the email subject is lengthy too.

What do you mean with the SUBJECT is lengthy?

Is it the "Re: [Mods' Forum-t765765] "Subject name hgfhgfjgffjhgjhgj"

Like that you mean?

The part within the [] is so the script knows where to place the post.

[Lunchbox]

The email subject line is

"RE: [Forum Announcements-t-7392] HV20.com will be down for UPGRADE..."

The old one was

"Reply to thread 'HV20.com will be down for UPGRADE...'"

[Mal]

Taky,
the reason vpq's avatar might of been big, is because he also is a admin, and as such has a MUCH bigger option for those kinds of things; avatars, maximum attachment size, maximum picture suize, etc., etc,.

[Mal]

"RE: [Forum Announcements-t-7392] HV20.com will be down for UPGRADE..."

Okay yes,
that's the reason why: the script needs to know where the email came from (which forum), and needs to know where to send the reply (forum and thread).
Can't do anything about that, I'm afraid.

[Lunchbox]

Can you change my title from "Administrator" to "Modelator". Thanks

[Mal]

Oh, another thing:

moderators, and admins have been AUTO-SUBSCRIBED to two forums:

ANNOUNCEMENTS and MODERATORS ONLY

I beleive you can simply unsubscribe from these forums if you want. If not let me know, and I'll remove the auto-subscription.

[vpq]

I was talking to Mal about the amount of unnecessary quote people put in their response.

This page is already becoming hard to read with so many quotes and the dot at the end of several posts from vpq.

Ah. Sorry, Taky.
Those are my fault.
It's an old habit from the old yahoo groups email posts that cram a bunch of advertising up against the assend of your posts. I put those in to separate the ads from my signatures there.

I don't have to do that here - I don't think. :-)

D

[Lunchbox]

That's cool1 I didn't know you are an admin that you can have bigger avartar! :)

[Mal]

Can you change my title from "Administrator" to "Modelator".

Now I have to ask, after re-reading that:
was that a spelling mistake, or not, Modelator?

Oh, and btw, you can do that sort of stuff yourself, look at the small link on the bottom of page, where it says Admin. That gives you access to all users, and all sorts of thingies.

[Lunchbox]

It is ModeLator as many asian pronouce R as L... hehe

I logon to the admin page and have this response

-------------------
Sorry, you don't have permission to access the administrative controls on this page.

If you need to access this page, ask your lead administrator to enable your permissions for this page using the Administrator Permissions section of the control panel.

[vpq]

Yeah, the email subject is lengthy too.

vpq, I think your avartar is way too big. It makes it difficult to view the page with mobile device.

Taky,
how's the avatar looking now? Any better?

D

[Mal]

Gotcha; I read it wrong first....I must be half-asian then, I guess! :)

----

Try accessing again as admin, and let me know if it works now...

[Lunchbox]

Is that under "User Ranking" ?

[Mal]

Hey vpq,
done any flying recently?

[Dodgy Nick]

Taky,
how's the avatar looking now? Any better?

D

It certainly is much easier on the eye VPQ!
-Spoiler

[Lunchbox]

Is that you spoiler?

[vpq]

It certainly is much easier on the eye VPQ!
-Spoiler

Yeah, even though it's off in the distance, that is a really nice wing in that picture.

But I was referring to the image size that Taky was complaining about earlier.
;-)

D

[Dodgy Nick]

Is that you spoiler?

It certainly is. Not my normal 'look' though, I was just making fun at chavs at the time :hv20-smilie81:

Speaking of changing titles. I just tried to change mine to Master Baiter. It didn't stick. :hv20-smilie84:

[Lunchbox]

hehehe.. you look like a pimping daddy.

[Dodgy Nick]

Yeah, even though it's off in the distance, that is a really nice wing in that picture.
D

Wing? What wing?? :hv20-smilie03:

[Dodgy Nick]

hehehe.. you look like a pimping daddy.

Mission accomplished.

[1]

Is that under "User Ranking" ?

No, it's at the bottom:
Contact Us - Canon HV20 & HV30 User Forum (unofficial - not associated with Canon) - Admin - Mod - Archive - Top

Select ADMIN

[Lunchbox]

I'm talking about at the admin control panel, what to click to change the title?

[Lunchbox]

Never mind.. i found it.. thanks hehe

[1]

Ah,, you click USERS, and then have to TYPE in the one you want to change.

[vpq]

Now I have to ask, after re-reading that:
was that a spelling mistake, or not, Modelator?

Oh, and btw, you can do that sort of stuff yourself, look at the small link on the bottom of page, where it says Admin. That gives you access to all users, and all sorts of thingies.

Another thing I'm noticing (not sure if it was going on before), replies at the website are butted up against the post it is in response to instead of at the bottom. Makes it very hard to see who may have replied to what when, once the thread starts getting long, and longer. Having the new posts always come in at the bottom does mean that there will always have to be qoted text from the post being replied to in order for anyone to be able to follow the conversation.

But to me, that's far better than having to scroll up and down 50 posts to see if anything new has been said about something that happened 20 posts back.

Any thoughts?
D

[1]

Another thing I'm noticing (not sure if it was going on before), replies at the website are butted up against the post it is in response to instead of at the bottom.

That's one of gazillion options you have as a 'user':

Search this Thread Rating: Display Modes

Change that under DISPLAY MODES.
Oh, and by the way, I have mine set, so the last post is ON TOP; makes it MUCH easier for me.

[1]

Sorry, have to LOCK THE SITE down for two minutes to upload a change in a main file...

brb

[vpq]

Hey vpq,
done any flying recently?

Not as much as I'd like. Weather hasn't been very good. Too windy.
But this Tuesday looks to be perfect. I'm gassed up and ready to go!!!!

I take it you're back home now?
D

PS: I tried to reply via email. I typed in the box at the top (like you said). But when I hit the "Return" key the new lines don't have the " > " anymore. I left them out to see what would happen (should others do the same thing). Like those other posts that didn't go through because I "bottom posted", it seems this one didn't make it either.

That may be a problem for people replying if they have to manually add a new > and a space at the beginning of every new line they type.

[vpq]

Mal, I can already tell the forum is going to be messy and unreadble from now on with people quote the quote the quote.


Just FYI,
I only do that when more than the last post is relevant to my reply.
I too hate it when one has to sift through pages of quotes to get to one line of reply. :-)
Must be 10 times as bad on your mobile thingamabobber.

D

[1]

Okay, we back, with the tiny change made.


----


Flying: way cool; hope the weather is good on Tues


----

Yep, back again, but only for about anopther 10 days, then off again....

----

Yeah, the email is quite confusing.
Keep in mind, that I was surprised on how well you guys got it working, as I'd already given up on it! :)
I'll smooth things out over the next week or so...

[1]

Also, the CRON job runs every 10 minutes only, so there will be a delay of up to 9:59 minutes after you send a post via email.


EDIT: and sorry, I only logged in as 1 (traveling MAL) to check things out. I am not really traveling right now).

[vpq]

Okay, we back, with the tiny change made.


Yeah, the email is quite confusing.
Keep in mind, that I was surprised on how well you guys got it working, as I'd already given up on it! :)
I'll smooth things out over the next week or so...


You don't have to kill yourself over it.
We all know things take time. It's cool that it's coming along as quickly as it is. And I did notice the 10 minute delay for the emails showing up on the site. Post made at the site, however, are coming in as email almost instantaniously.

You work in trying to get this all bettered up is much appreciated.

have fun,
D

[1]

Let's see if I can do this too???
Haven't truncated anything, but simply added text within the "correct" area.

[vpq]

Let's see if I can do this too???
Haven't truncated anything, but simply added text within the "correct" area.


I just replied to this one with "tests" on multiple lines - also only within the proscribed area.

Let's see if it goes through.

It looked like this on my reply page:

On 2/24/08 4:55 PM, "1" <news@hv20.com> wrote:

> (Please type your reply below this line!!)
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> testing.
testing more.
testing and testing.
>
> D
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> (Please type your reply above this line!!)
>
> You may increase the space between the above lines as needed.
>

[vpq]

testing.
testing more.
testing and testing.

D

[vpq]

testing.
testing more.
testing and testing.

D


OK. that worked this time.
But the way this works, it doesn't allow for including the quoted text since the system only reads what's in between the provided lines on the reply page.

One would have to know that they must copy/paste what they want to quote, and then indicate in some way that it is, in fact, quoted text.

Most people aren't going to do all that - if they bother working out the whole "quote" thing in the first place.

Just my observation.

D

[DXT Bowhunter]

Great Deal, You got it done while I was gone and I didn't miss a thing.:hv20-smilie03:

Looks Good.

[nzo]

Congrats Mal. Looking good. :hv20-smilie77:

[koolpenguin89]

Whoa, love the new picture viewer, loads much faster not having to load a whole new page in my browser. for those who havent seen it yet, click the pic.

dylan

[koolpenguin89]

Wait, but whats up with the new logo? What does it mean?

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/pwr2thepenguins/AAAAAAA.jpg

[Mal]

Wait, but whats up with the new logo?


Good one, forgot about that, thanks for noticing.
SHould be fixed now.

[1]

Forums seem to be quite well balanced now, despite my reluctance yesterday to amalgamate audio/lighting & accessories: every forum has at least a few visitors now at any given time - sweet.

[Mal]

"RE: [Forum Announcements-t-7392] HV20.com will be down for UPGRADE..."

We might be able to do something about that after all.
The programmer of the plugin (Cyricx) may release an option to rename the forums for the purpose of email subject shortening.

[Lunchbox]

How about just get rid of the word "Announcements" ?

[Mal]

http://www.hv20.com/

All those will need to be shortened/renamed, not just the "Forum Announcements" one, and just dropping Announcements will make it "Forum"; not very descriptive.

I'd opt to preface everything with HV20, and then: News, or make them all HV20 Forum:

i.e.:
Forum Announcements to:
HV20 News

Questions, problems & observations to:
HV20 Ask

HV20/HV30 Camcorder Information to:
HV20 Info

HV20/HV30 24p workflow to:
HV20 24p

etc, etc.

That way it is easy for anyone to put in a filter in their email client, should they want to categorize emails coming from our forum.

[koolpenguin89]

Good one, forgot about that, thanks for noticing.
SHould be fixed now.

no, its still the same.

[Mal]

no, its still the same.

No it's fixed; what you are probably seeing are remnants of some stubborn pixels sticking to your screen...

[koolpenguin89]

your right, its changed now, but when i posted that it hadnt changed. maybe it was just my computer.

[Mal]

Prolly was your comp, as I fixed it as soon as you made me aware of it....

[Ivan Fuentes]

those social networking profiles remind me of Invision. They also did something like that. Great idea, although they don't usually work as expected... wonder why, since i like the idea a lot. maybe the "social nwtworking" term has to be promoted more on the desired forum... well, just speaking from what i've seen on different ipb's. let's see how all works here.

by the way, i was at the beach while the whole upgrade went on.. except for those 2 minutes: i was getting updated with reading all the missed posts, and just when i was about to get into this one, it got shut down hehe

good job! just one question... have you thought on trying some other vB look/style/theme??? or just like it as it is?? if you wish, i'd be glad to try create something! (2 years of architecture + designer gf might help, i hope).

[Terrible]

have you thought on trying some other vB look/style/theme??? or just like it as it is?? if you wish, i'd be glad to try create something! (2 years of architecture + designer gf might help, i hope).

That would be great... may be a theme based on the camera, something like this:

997

[Ivan Fuentes]

hey that looks great!

[Mal]

Sure!

I'd not want it to look to 'flashy', so a simple, clean look would be nice (hence the way it looks now). There's also the consideration of upgrading the software, and how that interferes with templates. I deliberately did little to the templates, in order to preserve easy upgradability, and plug-in integration.

If anyone wants to have a go at it, go for it.

Ivan you wanna try; I can give you access to that side of things, and you can create a third template based on this one (we currently use two different ones).

[Mal]

Terrible, that's great!
Maybe you can work with Ivan on it?

Let me know...

[Terrible]

Terrible, that's great!
Maybe you can work with Ivan on it?

I was just making a suggestion to Ivan :)

But it's ok, If Ivan makes the template I can make the graphic buttons.

Just let me know which ones do you need.


BTW, you can use that header already.

Cheers,

[twoneil]

I have a question about the 'Last edited' link feature.
Is it only me, or I'm the only one that has that link?
I notice that other people does not have a link when they edit their post.

Is it only viewable by the user who posted the post?

[Mal]

Not sure; I can see them all, but I might be able to as admin.

[Ivan Fuentes]

hey, i have just read all this! (as i posted a couple of days ago, i'm having huge troubl viewing the forum). later today i'm getting hands on with vB styling system (it's 8.42am here)

[vpq]

Not as much as I'd like. Weather hasn't been very good. Too windy.
But this Tuesday looks to be perfect. I'm gassed up and ready to go!!!!

I take it you're back home now?
D

[Ivan Fuentes]

yeah, I am back home!
weather here hasn't been that good either... not only lots of rain, but also pretty cold. Thanks for asking!!!

:hv20-smilie84: