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New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:09 am
by Omphalos
As you can clearly tell, the board has been upgraded. I've added no mods yet, save for a good spam catcher, but there are a bunch of themes and a shit-load of new smileys now. If anyone wants any specific mods, post about them here and Ill see. I have a few I will be putting up shortly. There seem to be a lot more screens on this one, and multiple levels in some cases.

Hope you all like it. Its gonna take me some getting used to, but the board is now safer from spam and attack, and has lots of new features. Ill use this topic to post updates.

I'll be adding some graphics soon too.

I'm also happy to set up a test area so you guys can play around.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:41 am
by Ragabash
Omphalos wrote:As you can clearly tell, the board has been upgraded. I've added no mods yet, save for a good spam catcher, but there are a bunch of themes and a shit-load of new smileys now. If anyone wants any specific mods, post about them here and Ill see. I have a few I will be putting up shortly. There seem to be a lot more screens on this one, and multiple levels in some cases.

Hope you all like it. Its gonna take me some getting used to, but the board is now safer from spam and attack, and has lots of new features. Ill use this topic to post updates.

I'll be adding some graphics soon too.

I'm also happy to set up a test area so you guys can play around.

YEAH

FUCK YEAH

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:11 am
by GamePlayer
Hehehe, another forum I visit (unrelated to Dune) that uses the exact same software you guys use just upgraded the other day. What a coincidence! :)

I don't see the vomit smiley. So were going to need to add that. But the existing list is so massive, I think we'll be covered by everything else!

Everything looks good otherwise. Little adjustment period, but shouldn't be a problem. Congrats!

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:14 am
by GamePlayer
One other question; is it possible to increase the font size of the member names? I think a larger sized name would be better to separate it from the rest of the small text.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:37 pm
by Omphalos
Not at all sure. :lol:

I'll look into it. Looks like we are being bombed by spammers again.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:39 pm
by Omphalos
FYI, there are several themes loaded here, including a minimalist skin for dial-up users. Just go to the "User Control Panel" and click on "Board Preferences," and locate the "Board Styles" dropdown. All of them are there.

:character-beavisbutthead:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:51 pm
by Omphalos
Also, we have fixed the e-mail notification issues from the last board. I would appreciate it if you guys would not request the system notify you of new posts by e-mail. I know that some of you like surfing the board that way, but it really bogs down the e-mail server we use, and crashed it the last time. It would work better if you just clicked on the "View New Posts" each time you visited.

Thanks.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:57 pm
by Omphalos
GamePlayer wrote:I don't see the vomit smiley. So were going to need to add that.
Its in there GamePlayer. I saw it last night when I loaded them. Its the one that pukes out of its eyes.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:16 pm
by Mandy
Awesome! I love it.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:21 pm
by Himachil
Looks good.

You're right... that is a shit-load of smilies. I'm sure they'll come in handy.

:obscene-moneypiss: :puke-huge:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:31 pm
by Mandy
GamePlayer wrote:One other question; is it possible to increase the font size of the member names? I think a larger sized name would be better to separate it from the rest of the small text.
The user name font size is different in the few skins I've tried out.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:11 pm
by SandChigger
Kewl. :D

Edit: When is Jacurutu upgrading? ;)

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:55 pm
by SandRider
can we have less than a zillion posts per page on this one ?

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:07 pm
by Omphalos
SandRider wrote:can we have less than a zillion posts per page on this one ?
Lowered to 25. I'll see how I like it. 12 is too few. I kind of like 45 per page, but this is the second complaint I have gotten, so....

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:25 pm
by The Phantom
i like it... and i like the 25 posts per page... would be nice at jacurutu too TBH.

i like the new smileys :D

gonna go check out the skins now :dance:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:01 pm
by Omphalos
Himachil wrote:Looks good.

You're right... that is a shit-load of smilies. I'm sure they'll come in handy.

:obscene-moneypiss: :puke-huge:
The pissing monkey looks fantastic on both of the two black themes. :wink:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:13 pm
by Eyes High
Cool. I like this :text-bravo:
And lhanks for all the smilies: :text-thankyoublue:

:angelic-little: I wouldn't mind some of this over at Jacarutu and Worm's

Gone to check out some posts and the skins. Thanks again for upgrading and the smilies :D

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:48 am
by chanilover
Great smileys - :gay-imgay: :gay-imgay:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:04 am
by inhuien
Love the new board guys.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:40 am
by Rakis
Ragabash wrote:
Omphalos wrote:As you can clearly tell, the board has been upgraded. I've added no mods yet, save for a good spam catcher, but there are a bunch of themes and a shit-load of new smileys now. If anyone wants any specific mods, post about them here and Ill see. I have a few I will be putting up shortly. There seem to be a lot more screens on this one, and multiple levels in some cases.

Hope you all like it. Its gonna take me some getting used to, but the board is now safer from spam and attack, and has lots of new features. Ill use this topic to post updates.

I'll be adding some graphics soon too.

I'm also happy to set up a test area so you guys can play around.

YEAH

FUCK YEAH
My sentiment exactly... :happy-jumpeveryone:

It's gonna take some time to choose a smiley now...

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:16 am
by The Phantom
yeah that's a fuckload of smileys :P
I see why you added this one, Omph :techie-hal:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:28 am
by Omphalos
:D

I was even thinking of making my HAL avatar the logo for the board, and switching avatars.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:34 am
by The Phantom
Omphalos wrote::D

I was even thinking of making my HAL avatar the logo for the board, and switching avatars.
you should make a HAL-based logo for your umbrella page... it would suit well I think

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:16 am
by A Thing of Eternity
Wow... I'm so lost and confused now... this is going to take some getting used to!

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:28 am
by The Phantom
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Wow... I'm so lost and confused now... this is going to take some getting used to!
I just switched back to my old theme... basically everything's the same except for the added functions... couldnt handle the avatars on the right :P

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:34 am
by A Thing of Eternity
Baraka Bryan wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Wow... I'm so lost and confused now... this is going to take some getting used to!
I just switched back to my old theme... basically everything's the same except for the added functions... couldnt handle the avatars on the right :P
That's driving me nuts too, I think I'll go back to oldschool myself right now.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:47 am
by Omphalos
Most of the stuff you are going to want, on just about all of the themes, is either on the top of the board, or in the User Control Panel (abbreviated "UCP" on some themes). Just mess around with that stuff and you will get it down pretty quickly.

You are right though, it is taking me some getting use to also. Another reason I did not do Jacurutu yet. That one is a ton more active and the confusion would be probably exponentially greater. We can do that one once everyone is fine with this one here. I have a feeling though that we will be discovering new shit for some time to come.

You outta see the admin panels. Very repetitive, IMHO, and needlessly complex.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:00 pm
by Freakzilla
SandChigger wrote:Kewl. :D

Edit: When is Jacurutu upgrading? ;)
Yeah, can you update Jacurutu, too? :clap:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:11 pm
by Omphalos
Freakzilla wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Kewl. :D

Edit: When is Jacurutu upgrading? ;)
Yeah, can you update Jacurutu, too? :clap:
Of course. Just wanted to hear from you first, Freak. In all likelihood we can get it done in the next few weeks. We just have to find some time to sit down and do it. It takes quite a bit of work to finish (about six hours for this on Saturday).

Im finding that most of the mods people have asked for are already integrated into the new board, but if you want any let me know.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:19 pm
by SandChigger
With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:56 pm
by Omphalos
SandChigger wrote:With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)
Good idea on the announcements. We did in fact shut this place down on Saturday. I noticed that we had to boot Schu off (as everyone east of us was probably asleep when we did it). :wink:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:14 pm
by inhuien
I thought it would be a useful idea if we make mention of new board features that we come across here.
The one I just noticed was if a post is made once you have started your reply you get a wee preview of it above where you're typing.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:36 pm
by Freakzilla
Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)
Good idea on the announcements. We did in fact shut this place down on Saturday. I noticed that we had to boot Schu off (as everyone east of us was probably asleep when we did it). :wink:
Let me know when you want to do it and I'll make the announcement.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:41 pm
by The Phantom
i love the new search function and how pressing 'back' to the 'view new posts' search updates the list, but doesn't make you wait like 10 seconds before doing so.

much better boardware IMHO

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:46 pm
by Omphalos
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)
Good idea on the announcements. We did in fact shut this place down on Saturday. I noticed that we had to boot Schu off (as everyone east of us was probably asleep when we did it). :wink:
Let me know when you want to do it and I'll make the announcement.
It'll probably be in May when we can set aside the time. Hope that works for you, Freak.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:51 pm
by Rakis
Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)
Good idea on the announcements. We did in fact shut this place down on Saturday. I noticed that we had to boot Schu off (as everyone east of us was probably asleep when we did it). :wink:
Ah...That explains it... :)

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:06 pm
by Ragabash
FYI, the board was offline for a few seconds this evening (about half an hour ago) to deploy a patched release of the board engine. The patch only affects new account creation, and constitutes solely of a new CAPTCHA system that employs the judicious use of OMG CUTE KITTENS!!!!111one

Apologies if your board browsing experience was interrupted by the brief outage (cf. CUTE KITTENS!!!!111one)

--the super

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:26 pm
by Omphalos
Ragabash wrote:FYI, the board was offline for a few seconds this evening (about half an hour ago) to deploy a patched release of the board engine. The patch only affects new account creation, and constitutes solely of a new CAPTCHA system that employs the judicious use of OMG CUTE KITTENS!!!!111one

Apologies if your board browsing experience was interrupted by the brief outage (cf. CUTE KITTENS!!!!111one)

--the super
Soon to be Fremen and ornithipters, once I get to a 'croppin!

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:59 am
by Freakzilla
Omphalos wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
SandChigger wrote:With the activity level over there, you might want to announce it (several times?) beforehand and close the board to (non-admin) logins before beginning the update process. ;)
Good idea on the announcements. We did in fact shut this place down on Saturday. I noticed that we had to boot Schu off (as everyone east of us was probably asleep when we did it). :wink:
Let me know when you want to do it and I'll make the announcement.
It'll probably be in May when we can set aside the time. Hope that works for you, Freak.
I'll make it work, just say when. :D

Re: New Board

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:02 am
by GamePlayer
I just wanted to say this new board is working out great. I love all the added features, especially since I've been used to them on other boards. It makes the experience here much better. Thanks for upgrading the forums. Your hard work is appreciated.

Re: New Board

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:28 am
by SandChigger
And think of the coup it will be when Jacurutu upgrades and Dumb Numbels is still floundering along using the old version. :snooty:

Re: New Board

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:41 am
by Rakis
SandChigger wrote:And think of the coup it will be when Jacurutu upgrades and Dumb Numbels is still floundering along using the old version. :snooty:
Decadent crap? :)

Re: New Board

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:38 am
by Eyes High
That's the spirit. Look on the bright side. 8-)

Re: New Board

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:13 am
by Omphalos
GamePlayer wrote:I just wanted to say this new board is working out great. I love all the added features, especially since I've been used to them on other boards. It makes the experience here much better. Thanks for upgrading the forums. Your hard work is appreciated.
You're very welcome, from Ragabash too, I'm sure.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:11 am
by inhuien
Is there any chance that we could get that 610nm theme installed over, please. It's soooooocooooool :D :D :D :D

Re: New Board

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:53 am
by Himachil
inhuien wrote:Is there any chance that we could get that 610nm theme installed over, please. It's soooooocooooool :D :D :D :D
That;d just be confusing :P

I'm not usually a fan of blue forums, but eTech is bloody well designed!

Re: New Board

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:30 pm
by Omphalos
Ill try to get 610 mn installed this week sometime.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:08 am
by inhuien
That's super Omphalos, Cheers a million.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:19 pm
by Rakis
I'll keep Getaway for this board...I've been using it for some time and it became the official color of the OH's lounge for me... :obscene-smokingsombrero:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:22 pm
by ᴶᵛᵀᴬ
Bravo Omph ! The new board index is more simple, more legible ! You made a great job this week-end :clap:

Re: New Board

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:27 pm
by Omphalos
Thanks. I like the cleaner look too. PHPbb3 is extremely versatile. Without the board it would not have been possible.

Hope I got all of the permissions correct. Let me know if you all cannot see specific things and Ill go fix the problem.

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:42 pm
by Omphalos
Hi all,

I have an announcement to make. After passing through the rigorous gauntlet of security training we have around here, our very own Joseph-V. T. Askaris has been promoted to the position of administrator of the entire T(A)U board. Formerly Joseph was one of our very few moderators, responsible - with others - for the goings on in the LLB project in the basement threads. Now Joseph will be able personally to do more higher-level work on that project. This will definitely make the project - and the whole board - a better place to be.

Please join me in congratulating and thanking Joseph for the time and effort he has given to make this place fantastic.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:44 am
by Eyes High
Viva mon Joseph. Bien. Way to go Joseph. Very proud of you. :clap: :dance: :clap:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:49 am
by Serkanner
Good luck Joseph. The project is becoming more and more interesting.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:54 am
by merkin muffley
Thank you, Joseph!

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:07 am
by Freakzilla
This means drinks are on you, Joe. :wink:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:31 am
by SandChigger
Congratulations! :clap: :D

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:39 am
by SadisticCynic
:clap:

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:49 am
by A Thing of Eternity
Congrats and thanks!

One thing I'd love to see here that has nothing to do with admin, just us all coming up with topics, is more use out of that "themes tropes etc" subforum. I love that stuff, but rarely have ideas of my own to start topics with.

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:06 pm
by SandRider
this means that Askaris & his crew can clean-up & add-to the Basement Archive, right ?

Re: New Board

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:49 pm
by Robspierre
Hooray! Time to raid Sand Riders liquor cabinet!

Rob

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:39 am
by lotek
Robspierre wrote:Hooray! Time to raid Sand Riders liquor cabinet!

Rob

and the drugs drawer too ?

"Félicitations Joseph !"

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:06 am
by inhuien
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Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:28 am
by Omphalos
SandRider wrote:this means that Askaris & his crew can clean-up & add-to the Basement Archive, right ?
Looking for new slave labor? Haven't you got a field hand you can assign that to? :D

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:41 am
by lotek
SandRider wrote:this means that Askaris & his crew can clean-up & add-to the Basement Archive, right ?
Image

I'll be a (small) part of this, as I am the fulcr... yeah well I am sitting on two chairs with one ass is more like it.

the Basement ?

sounds scary when you say it

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:37 pm
by SandRider
Omphalos wrote:
SandRider wrote:this means that Askaris & his crew can clean-up & add-to the Basement Archive, right ?
Looking for new slave labor? Haven't you got a field hand you can assign that to? :D

D'Pope was down there for quite awhile, and I kinda feel bad about that
whole episode ... he was still a raw recruit at the time, and like a wild ass
of the desert, went forth to his work ... ran out in the middle of the information
highway and started snatching up all the words Keith had spewed about ...

then the poor fucker actually read all that stuff ... it's one thing to
say KEVIN J. ANDERSON IS AN ASS-HAT PICKLE-FUCKER,
but quite another to be inundated & overwhelmed by the sheer volume of
empirical evidence, all straight from the horse-ass' mouth ...

at first, the normal human brain rejects such ass-hattery; surely an
actual person, much less a semi-public figure, is not this literally retarded ?

then the truth begins to dawn ... initially, there was anger at tehKJA for the
rough-treatment Frank's story got, but the uninitiated cling to the belief that
Keith tried, and then there is the whole Frank's Notes thing ...

then, it becomes clear that "the Notes" are a scape-goat & all-purpose escape-clause
for the flaws in the McDune plotlines ... then, it becomes clear that not only does
Keith not understand that he is a mediocre hack at best, it is actually quite the
opposite - Keith sees himself as a Master of SciFi ... and throws infantile tantrums
when this fantasy is challenged by mere-mortals (who have the gall to use his own
text
in their criticisms ...

it is at this point that the Burning Hate sets in ... and also, more damaging,
a general loss of confidence in the Human Species ... if such a thing as Keith Anderclone's
McDune can not only exist, but continue to exist and be praised in public
by the Herbert Family AND tehKJA continues to get projects green-lighted ... well,
what hope does the rest of Humanity have ?





yeah, yeah ... lemme work on that there ... "McDune" as a Sign of the Apocalypse ...

Re: New Board

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:47 pm
by lotek
talking of wild asses in the desert, and they're riding camels...

how's that for a sign ?

Image

mental note to myself, go back there and mock :
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct03/andersonb.htm

Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:01 pm
by ᴶᵛᵀᴬ
SandRider wrote:this means that Askaris & his crew can clean-up & add-to the Basement Archive, right ?
Dear Master,

Don't worry about that, and if they don't, I'll do it myself meticulously :D
The Basement Archive & Lampadas are twins : data & metadata.
Your project is important to us too.

So I am sure there is a lot common and I'm confident that
we can find synergies that will be mutually beneficial.
....For instance, create a new parent category for you and us ? :think:

Regards
JVTA
Omphalos wrote:
Looking for new slave labor? :D
:bow-yellow:
Robspierre wrote:Hooray! Time to raid Sand Riders liquor cabinet!

Rob
:orcs-cheers:


Thank you all for your congratulations. Thank you all very much.

Herbertiana, the Concordantia Dunensis (and Chig projects), the Dune Secondary Source Bibliography, the Basement Archive, the Dune Explorer, the Freakzilla's Reading Room & the Lampadas Library...
Don't we all have the same goal in mind? We may work in different projects, but we all have the same herbertarian vision. As Robspierre said : « ...provide an outlet for well thought out writing about Frank Herbert and his works. [...] What [we] want is to take the high road, academic based, citations, sources, etc, to insulate against the [KJA] fans. »

I'd especially like to thank Omphalos for his gracious offer and for always supporting me. His encouragement and honest fedback has been of inestimable value to me.
I'm a foreigner. English is not my mother tongue language. I find myself always think in my own language, and then translate it into English. So I assume I might sound very weird.
Hopefully, TΛU is not a "Kingdom of the Trolls" :roll: , TΛU is the place to be. An international haven for the Real Dune fans :
[color=#FF0000]Omphalos[/color] wrote:I also intended it to be an OH refugee, or a place where OH'ers could post as they like without fear of being censored. But with Arrakeen now verboten and DN a wasteland of stupidity, a need for a real Dune board presented itself. I opened a topic on it at TU - might have been T(A)U at that time - and Freak said that he dreamed about running his own Dune site. I asked him if he wanted a section of T(A)U to run on his own w/o interference from me - I thought at the time that it would be best to keep everyone at one place, and some agreed but not all - but Freak preferred having his own URL. So Ragabash set up the board and gave it to Freak to run as he sees fit. T(A)U stayed the way I intended it, though the clubhouse did come after Jacurutu was established. Freak wanted a place that was open to everyone. With that criteria the need for a pure OH forum still existed, so I set it up. I think its worked out very well. Jacurutu has its purpose. T(A)U has its, and everyone who needs to know knows.
source
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Re: New Board

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:25 pm
by Omphalos
Nobody is a foreigner on the net, amigo.

But I also guess I should move my Herbert bibliography down to the basement, huh? It'll be in better company down here.

As for a parent category, I do want to do that. Just want to read up on it so I dont frak up the board when I do it.