i've been coding this forum on and off for over a year, now. two things that have discouraged me are problems with sessions and permissions. so today i decided to hack that code out, and toss it online.
this shit's hotter than your bathtub water.
this shit's hotter than your bathtub water.
ttf will flourish, ga's won't be the cultivator here.
ga's? yeah, i'm diggin this design. glad to hear you figured out the problems.
i didn't figure them out. this version simply doesn't use sessions or permissions. i just cut out those features.
ga = genetic algorithm
i was thinking about using a ga with a wiki-style forum, and it would shuffle shit around and constantly optimize the organization of content.
ga = genetic algorithm
i was thinking about using a ga with a wiki-style forum, and it would shuffle shit around and constantly optimize the organization of content.
this is cool. someday I might steal your code. I also can't wait until Friday when I get a real internet connection and can see the forums in a GUI browser.
haha
I really like it.
But who's quick and dirty ? :)
But who's quick and dirty ? :)
One of the better forums I've seen! None of that fancy-shmancy eye candy or bells & whistles. And NOT an ezboard. Always a plus.
lucas: can you add a small space to the right of the "click to post" box? not that it's going to kill me, but the cursor is too near the black box when i click on the text area...
yeah, i'll add the same padding as the post boxes above. thanks. :)
tsmfa?
i'm just wondering
i'm just wondering
the sketchiest mother fucker around...
i just got it.
i just got it.
i don't like bath water
because it fits better than a glove?
browsers that render the forums perfectly as intended:
netscape 7.0 (mozilla 5.0) on solaris 9
opera 8 on freebsd 5.4
firefox 1.0.6 on windows xp pro
<a href="other/board.gif">original design/layout</a> by mr. ed slavin
netscape 7.0 (mozilla 5.0) on solaris 9
opera 8 on freebsd 5.4
firefox 1.0.6 on windows xp pro
<a href="other/board.gif">original design/layout</a> by mr. ed slavin
i dig that original design, esp. the recent posts part
besides the recent posts part, what do you prefer over this?
actually that's it. otherwise i'm very happy here.
please post suggestions for ttf improvement.
TODO:
add simple tag support to posting {b, i, u, a, img}
user-defined timezone
forgotten password feature
make html/css more compatible
change e-mail feature
search feature
user list feature
more posting support {quote, edit, delete, report}
on-line users feature
user-defined css support
ttf mission: fast, clean.
TODO:
add simple tag support to posting {b, i, u, a, img}
user-defined timezone
forgotten password feature
make html/css more compatible
change e-mail feature
search feature
user list feature
more posting support {quote, edit, delete, report}
on-line users feature
user-defined css support
ttf mission: fast, clean.
added feature: if you post a url, it is automatically linked.
beautiful, i wouldn't mind seeing that bit of code...
it's pretty badass code.. i guess it also shortens long urls:
http://www.thinktankforums.com/thread.php?thread_id=55
:)
http://www.thinktankforums.com/thread.php?thread_id=55
:)
I like the forum. . . good layout and efficent.
more profile options, e.g. change the text below your nick, location, interests, current playlist, etc.
nah, you can do that stuff yourself. a single text box gives you the most options and leaves the creation of yourself up to yourself!
check out larz's profile:
http://www.thinktankforums.com/profile.php?user_id=33
check out larz's profile:
http://www.thinktankforums.com/profile.php?user_id=33
in your posts and in your profile, bold, italic, underline, and pre tags work. just use html!
boom
boom
boom
boom
boom
boom
oh, and now there are 20 threads displayed per page, with a "next" link to see the next 20.
would you guys prefer "pages" for replies inside threads? like every 20 replies makes a new page?
personally, i don't really like pages in threads. i like to scroll like mad.
in thread view, you usually don't have to click next often because all that shit is old. so the "next" link is just for archival purposes
but when reading a thread, if you like to move around fast, it's nice to have it all on one page. maybe if there were like 200 replies,a split might be nice. i might have the option definable in the profile, as will be a timezone, and.. maybe even a greeting! where it says "i summon you here, my love" on the main page.. each user can define that for himself. i think that would be funny
personally, i don't really like pages in threads. i like to scroll like mad.
in thread view, you usually don't have to click next often because all that shit is old. so the "next" link is just for archival purposes
but when reading a thread, if you like to move around fast, it's nice to have it all on one page. maybe if there were like 200 replies,a split might be nice. i might have the option definable in the profile, as will be a timezone, and.. maybe even a greeting! where it says "i summon you here, my love" on the main page.. each user can define that for himself. i think that would be funny
Nah, pages suck. Stick with the current layout, but splits on extremely long threads would be OK; I'd say start splitting it up at 50 posts.
The splits would be a good idea.
With the forum only displaying 20 threads at a time, it would be nice to have a previous 20 as well.
With the forum only displaying 20 threads at a time, it would be nice to have a previous 20 as well.
Topic splits with back references ;)
Possibly having a link posted in a thred to open up in a new window.
no. if you want to open it in a new window, use your shift key. as soon as i make it open in a new window, noone can make it open in the same window. this is a restrictive feature, and in the case of ttf, a bug.
maybe make it an option to have it open in a new window? set in the users option page.
i didnt read through the whole thing, but how about a way to edit postes after you mess up.
yeah, editing is useful. i don't know what's so hard about middle clicking or using the shift button for a new window, though.
no middle mouse button and if it's an issue to code it i'm not that worried, it's just a suggestion.
and i appreciate the suggestion, but i'm seriously trying to avoid unnecessary features.
lr mentioned using the shift button. shift-click it dbrown!
You can also RightClick-> open in new window/tab.
ugh, i'm aware of the multitude of ways to open in a new window. personally i use ctrl-shift-left click to open in a tab in the background.
i merged the "news and articles" forum with the "politics" forum.
committed a timezone feature.
committed a user list feature.
timezones actually work now.
avatars are now stored in the actual database (as opposed to a directory).
avatars are now stored in the actual database (as opposed to a directory).
sticky thread feature eliminated (never used).
additional user tracking implemented.
additional user tracking implemented.
now this is what i call a totaletarian message board!
I assume spell check is next on your list?
:P
:P
damnit.. sometimes i punch a word into google to see if it corrects me. i guess there are enough misspellings on the web that google got it wrong :(
not sure if you ever use this "define: word"
yeah, a lot
wassup everybody nice forums lucas
who's online? i think this will become a sidebar (on the left.. ref: http://www.thinktankforums.com/images/board.gif ).
Whoa that's cool, I really like that!
I'm diggin' it, lr.
new feature: i can ban people very easily.
bump (test post)
nice that ban feature looks pretty cool.
Is there any special way for regular users to add html to their profile?
no. there is a normal way. type it.
note that only b, u, i, pre tags are supported.
note that only b, u, i, pre tags are supported.
ttf needs a jump-to-new-posts link. Scrolling sometimes is tedious.
truth.
looks like the ban feature is working.. check out #2 for entrance and exit:
http://www.clanbbw.com/publicimg/data/images/content.gif
http://www.clanbbw.com/publicimg/data/images/content.gif
search feature:
http://www.thinktankforums.com/search.php
sorry it's not integrated into ttf yet. i'm tired. at least i have ghetto-search working.
<font face="courier">SELECT ttf_post.thread_id, ttf_post.post_id, ttf_post.author_id,
ttf_post.date, ttf_post.body, ttf_thread.title, ttf_user.username,
MATCH(ttf_post.body) AGAINST ('$string') AS score
FROM ttf_post
LEFT JOIN ttf_thread ON ttf_post.thread_id=ttf_thread.thread_id
LEFT JOIN ttf_user ON ttf_post.author_id=ttf_user.user_id
WHERE MATCH(ttf_post.body) AGAINST ('$string')
ORDER BY score DESC</font>
http://www.thinktankforums.com/search.php
sorry it's not integrated into ttf yet. i'm tired. at least i have ghetto-search working.
<font face="courier">SELECT ttf_post.thread_id, ttf_post.post_id, ttf_post.author_id,
ttf_post.date, ttf_post.body, ttf_thread.title, ttf_user.username,
MATCH(ttf_post.body) AGAINST ('$string') AS score
FROM ttf_post
LEFT JOIN ttf_thread ON ttf_post.thread_id=ttf_thread.thread_id
LEFT JOIN ttf_user ON ttf_post.author_id=ttf_user.user_id
WHERE MATCH(ttf_post.body) AGAINST ('$string')
ORDER BY score DESC</font>
arun> ttf needs a jump-to-new-posts link. Scrolling sometimes is tedious.
i just made this feature. it's not as clean/efficient as it could be, but i'm feeling lazy right now and it only took 15 minutes.
i just made this feature. it's not as clean/efficient as it could be, but i'm feeling lazy right now and it only took 15 minutes.
we need a "fatty" button to make the reply boxes larger
yes, especially for the philosophy section :D
how about allowing PNG avatars!
sorry about that. i thought i had it correctly implemented, but i forgot to fix a error check. thanks! (it works now.)
cool, thanks :).
Man, lr can do anthing!!
I was wondering though, which programing languages do you use?
I was wondering though, which programing languages do you use?
ttf is 100% php4, mysql4, xhtml1, css2.
myself, i also use C for other projects.
myself, i also use C for other projects.
next i'll (finally) be adding edit and delete features. but if you know anything about me, you know that i'm an obsessive-compulsive data pack-rat. to that end, there will be no delete per se, rather an archive feature. additionally, edits will be stored as revisions using diffs. all users will be able to view the revision history of any post, although only the latest revision will be displayed in the thread.
comments?
comments?
i don't really know. it's a toss up. I only remember myself typing thinktankforums.com but i often click on the url that pops up after typing 'thinktank' if it's on my computer which has www.thinktankforums.com in it, or I punch the button..
Bookmarked.
Nice idea with edits/deletions.
Nice idea with edits/deletions.
p.s. this thread has been viewed 1,000 times. :o
[01:32] wingedleopard: it's be funny if i buss'd ttf and reopened v1
[01:32] wingedleopard: "game over"
[01:32] dp: woah that'd be nuts
[01:32] wingedleopard: made v1 open registration
[01:32] wingedleopard: too many suicides happened on v1
[01:32] wingedleopard: it's sad
[01:33] wingedleopard: maybe subconsciously that's why i haven't made a normal edit or delete feature on ttf...
[01:33] dp: haha fuckin suicides
[01:32] wingedleopard: "game over"
[01:32] dp: woah that'd be nuts
[01:32] wingedleopard: made v1 open registration
[01:32] wingedleopard: too many suicides happened on v1
[01:32] wingedleopard: it's sad
[01:33] wingedleopard: maybe subconsciously that's why i haven't made a normal edit or delete feature on ttf...
[01:33] dp: haha fuckin suicides
I think my bookmark points to www.thinktankforums.com, but if I'm not at home or I don't feel like touching the mouse or trackpad, I don't type the www.
"i had a dream last night that thinktank was done.
it looked badass in the dream so i'll expect the same from you..."
--db, sept. 14, 2004
it looked badass in the dream so i'll expect the same from you..."
--db, sept. 14, 2004
good job db, way to archive larz!
props to madams for making me realize that ttf was using the html trans. dtd and not xhtml strict! now that ttf is rocking xhtml strict, ttf looks awesome in IE!
i think i'm going to implement php-markdown. this is a lightweight text formatting markup language.
http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/
it seems to be just what ttf needs! a few more features and ttf will be ready for a version 1 release.
http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/
it seems to be just what ttf needs! a few more features and ttf will be ready for a version 1 release.
what's up with the spacing of the posts? I'm not into it.
haha.. it's markdown's doing. i'm gonna fix it later.
thank god, it's ugly as shit!
well the problem is that it puts paragraph tags around everything. i think i may just disable that particular feature.
props to this bro:
http://akinas.com/pages/en/blog/firefox_image_gap
i have cleaned up numerous little design problems now, including reformatting of all forms!
check out the new login form!
http://akinas.com/pages/en/blog/firefox_image_gap
i have cleaned up numerous little design problems now, including reformatting of all forms!
check out the new login form!
i'm a fan of the new login.
sweet sassy molassy, me too!
found anything about the logout and relogin thing when pushing the header's image ?
if you can describe the problem more, i can try.
ttf's wikipedia entry! please help expand it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Tank_Forums
ttf's wikipedia entry! please help expand it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Tank_Forums
It's not there anymore lucas. Weird but it's working just fine now.
*ttf* hmm just testing to see if markdown is still on
larz: Hot. I'm diggin the wiki page.
i just thought to look for a javascript that can do a sha1 hash.. and they exist!
so i'm gonna make the login process completely secure! as it is right now, every time you login to ttf, your password is in cleartext on the wire to the server.
the improvement will be to use the javascript to hash the password on the client side, so your password never hits a wire in cleartext.
security without ssl! :D
so i'm gonna make the login process completely secure! as it is right now, every time you login to ttf, your password is in cleartext on the wire to the server.
the improvement will be to use the javascript to hash the password on the client side, so your password never hits a wire in cleartext.
security without ssl! :D
nice! that's pretty neat. why not ssl, though? just curious.
because reputable certificates cost money
yeah, I thought it might have to do with getting a certificate. that javascript deal is really neat.
λαρζ want to be able to buss' greek! gotta fix this!
whats up on the code lucas? can i get a copy? let me take it from tables to css and html to xhtml. it will make it all clean and shiny!
i recently audited the code (i want it exploit-free and clean before i release it). so i just gotta fix up a few more things and i'll release it. expect it by the end of the year.
thanks for the interest! i'm planning on setting up a svn server and allowing people to help with the development. if you're interested as well, that would be great!
thanks for the interest! i'm planning on setting up a svn server and allowing people to help with the development. if you're interested as well, that would be great!
definitely,
i'm stoked. i already have a few ideas for improvements. i totally dig it already though.
i'm stoked. i already have a few ideas for improvements. i totally dig it already though.
i just upgraded the ttf live web to v1-beta. this involved a complete conversion of database text, so hopefully no information was lost.
the big problem with this change was slashes/magic-quotes. it's still really confusing me what exactly is happening. i hope it works fine.
here's the code!
http://www.thinktankforums.com/dev/v1-beta.zip
the big problem with this change was slashes/magic-quotes. it's still really confusing me what exactly is happening. i hope it works fine.
here's the code!
http://www.thinktankforums.com/dev/v1-beta.zip
awesome! thanks man. im about to dive in
nice. congrats lucas. I'm gonna take a look at the code.
Just the holiday blues...
has the "jump" function died for anyone else? i can't imagine what setting i might have changed recently to cause it to stop.
it ain't working in this thread for me. seems to work on others.
Yeah, I too noticed it. Its not working for me either.
fixed it. i must have screwed up the query when i was auditing the code.
it was using:
SELECT ttf_post.post_id FROM ttf_post WHERE ttf_post.thread_id='{$thread["thread_id"]}' ORDER BY ttf_post.date ASC LIMIT 0, 1
instead of the correct:
SELECT ttf_post.post_id FROM ttf_post WHERE ttf_post.thread_id='{$thread["thread_id"]}' ORDER BY ttf_post.date DESC LIMIT 0, 1
i also added the total number of threads to the "next 15 threads" link box on forum.php.
it was using:
SELECT ttf_post.post_id FROM ttf_post WHERE ttf_post.thread_id='{$thread["thread_id"]}' ORDER BY ttf_post.date ASC LIMIT 0, 1
instead of the correct:
SELECT ttf_post.post_id FROM ttf_post WHERE ttf_post.thread_id='{$thread["thread_id"]}' ORDER BY ttf_post.date DESC LIMIT 0, 1
i also added the total number of threads to the "next 15 threads" link box on forum.php.
i changed ttf to store avatars in the filesystem instead of in the database. now browsers cache the avatars! glorious day!
wlwlv1 received 3,935 posts in less than one year (03-jan-04 to 28-dec-04).
ttf is *finally* approaching that number, with 3,781 posts over the course of about 1.5 years (03-sep-05 to 12-feb-07).
i'm still amazed by wlwlv1's success.
ttf is *finally* approaching that number, with 3,781 posts over the course of about 1.5 years (03-sep-05 to 12-feb-07).
i'm still amazed by wlwlv1's success.
hi! just checkin arround to se the ttf interfase. i think im going to usito
great job guys
great job guys
this post has been archived.
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SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ttf_post WHERE hide='t' COUNT(*) 212
not true! ahh!
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my damn archivepost.php script screwed everything up when it wasn't working. sigh.
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ttf_post WHERE hide='f' COUNT(*) 4992 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ttf_post COUNT(*) 5204
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my damn archivepost.php script screwed everything up when it wasn't working. sigh.
ttf unique visits have held steady at about 1,500/month since january.
ttf page views have doubled from 7,250 in january to 14,675 so far in april.
in the last month, ttf has gotten 202 unique visits from google.com and 151 unique visits from code.google.com.
ttf page views have doubled from 7,250 in january to 14,675 so far in april.
in the last month, ttf has gotten 202 unique visits from google.com and 151 unique visits from code.google.com.
i'm still trying to figure out the character and direction of ttf (content-wise).
unclassifiable as of yet
unclassifiable as of yet
it's supposed to be a THINK TANK, yo!
... what agenda does our think tank have, larz?
the truth!
this post has been archived.
ttf's wikipedia entry! please help expand it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Tank_Forums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTF
Still need to update the think tank forums wiki article.
lots of stuff from virb. cool.
I see plenty of us use Meebo...
http://www.google.com/search?q=related :thinktankforums.com
grr.. just take out the space, or search "related:thinktankforums.com" on google
Bump.
:)
awesome thread
awesome thread