Jay

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Join date: 22-Feb-2003
Last activity: 20-Aug-2025
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Post: #314160
Topic: Project Index: Fan Edits of Other Films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314160/action/topic#314160
Time: 20-Mar-2008 9:02 AM — Edited 20-Mar-2008 1:18 PM

andy_k_250 said:

EDIT: In any event, I can no longer update or remove entries anyway since the first post in this thread is 13,000 characters over the 50,000 character limit. All that hard work...

I increased the character limit to 100,000.

Edit: Nevermind. Apparently, the hosting service is clipping input at 64,000 characters. I need to resolve this with them.

I have the original post text from the old forum, which I'll restore once this is cleared up.

Edit Pt. 2: All fixed. Restored the first post to its original state.

Post: #314159
Topic: Problem deleting PMs.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314159/action/topic#314159
Time: 20-Mar-2008 8:59 AM

Should be fixed now. Thanks for the bug report.

Post: #314128
Topic: "Gap" in page caused by sidebar ads
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314128/action/topic#314128
Time: 19-Mar-2008 10:50 PM

No problem. I found a quick fix for IE6 only until I can come up with a layout solution that works across all browsers.

Post: #314121
Topic: I'm gone for a few weeks and this happens? WTF
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314121/action/topic#314121
Time: 19-Mar-2008 9:33 PM

PSYCHO_DAYV said:

I WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR, BUT IT IS NICE.

Could you quit being a snide prick for five minutes? Thanks.

I hear these guys are looking for members if this place isn't your cup of tea.

Post: #314106
Topic: "New" notification
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314106/action/topic#314106
Time: 19-Mar-2008 5:59 PM — Edited 19-Mar-2008 5:59 PM

An unread topic is a topic that has received a reply since you last read it. Once you read it, it's marked as read until a new reply gets posted. Along with cleaning up the topic pagination on forum pages, I'll also be implementing a link to the first unread post.

Right now, each user's topic view time is saved as a timestamp--one for every topic that you view. In order to mark an entire forum as read, I'd have to save a timestamp for your user account for each topic in the forum. That would mean hundreds of superfluous records.

I guess I'm not seeing the purpose of the "Mark Forum as Read" function. I've seen it on other forums, but I never really got the point. Can you explain why you want it?

Post: #314103
Topic: date shown at top of posts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314103/action/topic#314103
Time: 19-Mar-2008 5:50 PM

That's one of several options I've been considering. I have a designer who's been working with me on the interface, so we'll come up with something that works.

Post: #314088
Topic: date shown at top of posts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314088/action/topic#314088
Time: 19-Mar-2008 2:38 PM

ferris209 said:

Well?

I do have a life outside the innernets, you know.

Post: #313992
Topic: Search options
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313992/action/topic#313992
Time: 18-Mar-2008 4:39 PM

auximenies said:

Let's see...

Clicked on the "FORUMS" button in the upper left, and clicked "Star Wars Fan Edits and Preservation Efforts". Then typed "adigitalman" in the Search field, kept the drop-down set to "This Forum", and hit SEARCH.

Results come from pretty much all forums.

That's because ADigitalMan posted in the new forum announcement topic, and that topic is posted in every forum.

Post: #313973
Topic: Search options
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313973/action/topic#313973
Time: 18-Mar-2008 12:04 PM

There will be advanced search capabilities in the future.

auximenies said:

It also seemed that when I searched "This Forum", the results were actually across all forums.

What did you search for, and in what forum?

Post: #313963
Topic: Seeing previous posts when replying
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313963/action/topic#313963
Time: 18-Mar-2008 11:04 AM

Adding the last page's posts to the advanced reply page is on my list of enhancements.

Post: #313959
Topic: "Gap" in page caused by sidebar ads
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313959/action/topic#313959
Time: 18-Mar-2008 10:44 AM

IE6 = worst browser ever

I'm compiling a list of IE6 issues and will implement fixes as soon as possible.

Post: #313830
Topic: Firefox login issues?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313830/action/topic#313830
Time: 16-Mar-2008 1:42 PM

yanksno1 said:

Here you go. I actually don't see a domain in the referer comment. This is what shows:

That's the problem. For security purposes, the login form processing page checks to make sure the referring page is a page within the forum's URL (http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/ in this case).

I'd heard that IE sometimes has issues reporting the referer, but never Firefox. I'll have to look into this a bit further.

Post: #313817
Topic: Firefox login issues?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313817/action/topic#313817
Time: 16-Mar-2008 6:47 AM

Do me a favor, please. Login again, and when you get bumped back to the login page, view the source, find this bit of code all the way at the bottom before the closing body tag...



And post it. Thanks.

Post: #313753
Topic: Star Wars Prologue - Epic Prequel Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313753/action/topic#313753
Time: 15-Mar-2008 11:26 AM

I'm locking this topic. If the project truly has moved elsewhere, there's no point in continuing this discussion.

Post: #313656
Topic: Star Wars Prologue - Epic Prequel Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313656/action/topic#313656
Time: 14-Mar-2008 12:10 PM

Completely deleting the first post was uncalled for, really. It ruins it for newcomers here who aren't involved in any "drama," and that causes decreased interest in your project, which hurts you. If you have problems with individual members, just use the ignore feature.

That's the kind of thing that has me mulling over locking all first posts by default. It's just bad form.

Regardless, good luck with the project.

Post: #313609
Topic: HALL OF FAME
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313609/action/topic#313609
Time: 13-Mar-2008 8:24 PM

Let me get this straight. By abandoning post count and user rankings--two of the most useless gauges of user contribution and value ever introduced to forum communities--we're disregarding "everything from the old forum" and pretending "that the old forum never existed?"

That doesn't say much for the quality of the actual posts, does it?

No forum I visit outside this one that's worth anything uses post count or user rankings. It's all custom titles and post counts in the user profile.

Like I said, get a majority vote of the ~4700 members here and I'll reinstate post counts and user/useless rankings.

Post: #313608
Topic: New forum software - please read!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313608/action/topic#313608
Time: 13-Mar-2008 8:16 PM

SKot said:

Jay, 5k was okay for the smaller avatars from before, but isn't it a little small for the new larger avatars? I had trouble getting an image under 5k, hence why my current one is black & white.

Would 10k be feasible?

Photoshop > "Save for Web"

Plenty of us have full-color avatars under 5K.

10K @ 25 posts per page = 250K just for avatars. That's a bit unreasonable.

Post: #313599
Topic: Ignored user's post still displayed
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313599/action/topic#313599
Time: 13-Mar-2008 7:13 PM

I think it would be weird to click on a topic that you know is by someone on your ignore list and then be surprised to see the first post. I've been debating blocking the topic itself on the forum page if the topic author is on your ignore list.

The second issue is because IE is a non-compliant piece of shit. I'll look into it :)

Post: #313590
Topic: "Last Post" Problem?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313590/action/topic#313590
Time: 13-Mar-2008 4:59 PM — Edited 13-Mar-2008 4:59 PM

And not just any IE, but IE6, the bane of all web developers.

Post: #313552
Topic: "Last Post" Problem?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313552/action/topic#313552
Time: 13-Mar-2008 10:47 AM

Moth3r said:

Tiptup just posted a reply in the new forum software announcement, and now every forum is reporting this as the last post.

The last post in an announcement becomes the last post in every forum in which it's posted.

Post: #313517
Topic: Problems staying logged in....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313517/action/topic#313517
Time: 13-Mar-2008 12:11 AM

Apparently, I never closed my browser while testing, because once I did, I was logged out also despite selecting "remember me."

I looked around a bit and found a really dumb programming error that would cause this behavior. Basically, selecting "remember me" wasn't actually doing anything because it wasn't passing a value to the login script.

I changed the code, tested it out, and now I stay logged in even after closing my browser and reopening it. Please verify that it works for you also.

Post: #313511
Topic: Firefox login issues?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313511/action/topic#313511
Time: 12-Mar-2008 11:39 PM

I've tested it extensively in Firefox, Safari, IE6, and IE7 without any login issues. Without more details, it's difficult to help out.

So you fill out the form, hit the login button, and what happens exactly? Nothing at all? Do you get a login confirmation, but then still see the login prompt at the top when you're returned to the page you were viewing?

Post: #313464
Topic: New forum software - please read!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313464/action/topic#313464
Time: 12-Mar-2008 6:34 PM — Edited 12-Mar-2008 6:36 PM

Mitch said:

I like the new look - I am having problems with images though! It seems to drop them off my URL - any ideas or am I making a mistake? Thanks man!

Not exactly sure what you're saying here. You're having trouble posting images? See the help page for the new forum tags.

Also, please keep the bug reports/feature requests in the appropriate categories. Thanks :)

Post: #313463
Topic: HALL OF FAME
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313463/action/topic#313463
Time: 12-Mar-2008 6:32 PM

Number20 said:

I kinda liked having certain titles that you could only get with post counts.

I know this is popular with some people. Unfortunately, it encourages garbage topics like "Rankings" in the off topic section that exist solely for jacking up post count.

As AWK proved, post count is entirely irrelevant.

Post: #313461
Topic: Profile Bugs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313461/action/topic#313461
Time: 12-Mar-2008 6:27 PM

HotRod said:

:( Somethings happen to my sig. Is there a reason I can't add a pic to it anymore? It was fine till I decided to change it.

See the help page for the image tag. It's slightly different than it was before.