VB3 thread

[Loony BoB]

I'm just one great big bottle of love.

[Dr Unne]

If they put that crap into the date field, they'd get "pm;4404oe505pmo4" as their date format. Any non-format characters in a PHP date string are interpreted as the characters themselves. You'd probably have to limit the length of the input field, but if people want to look at a line of gibberish and stretch the tables instead of look at a coherent date, they'd only be doing so for themselves.

I'd make the change myself, but I don't really want to edit stuff while someone else might be editing it at the same time, so *does nothing*.

[crono_logical]

I don't think everyone that wants to change their format would know PHP date formats. Like BoB, for example

EDIT: I suppose we could have two UPFs, one with the menu, and the string one, and to use the string one, you have to pick custom in the menu or something This is starting to sound messy though

[Dr Unne]

You can just put an input field, and put a text blurb like

Common formats:
12 hour: g:i:s A
24 hour: H:i:s

(Should be g in the format you have there now, too; leading 0's = bad *fixes*) So people can copy/paste those formats from the blurb if they want. And like I said, put a reasonable default (12 hour like at the old MB) and people won't even have to touch it. It works fine for phpBB.

[Big D]

When you're looking at or replying to a thread, the title's all bunched up into a column that's one word wide...

[Dr Unne]

Could you show a screenshot? It doesn't look wrong to me.

[Big D]

"..."

[Dr Unne]

At least one of the columns HAS to word-wrap, if the title is going to fit up there at all. The last piece in the list is probably the best one to pick to wrap. I reduced the font size of the title to 8pt, so it should wrap less now at least. The other option is to remove the "Welcome" box, but I kinda like it.

[Big D]

Couldn't the thread title slide in underneath the "Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Reference > Feedback Forum > VB3 thread" part?

[Dr Unne]

That's actually how VB3 comes by default, with the thread title always automatically on another line below the rest of the stuff. It looked hideous. I don't know how to keep it on the same line as the rest of the stuff unless it's too big, and then to move it down. I don't think it's too bad the way it is now, with smaller fonts.

[crono_logical]

I thought I changed it back to two lines at the test forums to accomodate that. Smaller font still looks nice though

I'll change the time thingy later unless you do it first, I find it harder to do stuff on a laptop

[Dr Unne]

The VB actually is pretty smart; it lets you have a dropdown and an input field, and if you put something in the input field it overrides the dropdown. *enjoys his lowercase 'pm' and lack of trailing 0's on the date*

Yeah, sorry for screwing up the display. If you put a bit of invalid PHP in the template I was editing, the VB chokes on the whole template.

[crono_logical]

I found that out when I missed off an ; at the end of one line this morning

[Kirobaito]

This probably is useless, but is it even possible to change "guest" back to the much more mysterious "lurker?"

[Loony BoB]

That's actually how VB3 comes by default, with the thread title always automatically on another line below the rest of the stuff. It looked hideous. I don't know how to keep it on the same line as the rest of the stuff unless it's too big, and then to move it down. I don't think it's too bad the way it is now, with smaller fonts.

Is there no way to make it word wrap, but have the entire line in one cell? Instead of having the thread title in a seperate one...