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Libervurto
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Posted: 19th Feb 2013 21:07 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 15:14
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This:
is a bit silly. There's no way of telling what page is what; surely the thread or board title should come first?

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 19th Feb 2013 23:12
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Ah!! I was literally going to post about this very thing the other day!
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Phaelax
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Posted: 19th Feb 2013 23:29
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Hover your mouse over the tabs and you'll see the thread title is indeed part of the tab name.

"You're all wrong. You're all idiots." ~Fluffy Rabbit
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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 19th Feb 2013 23:33
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That's true, but that's inconvenient. Would be much nicer for the name of the thread to come first, then "The Game Creators" or whatever else shall also be in the title come last.
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Quik
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 00:00
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true, but it's not a major hassle either - I usually keep very good track of the threads I have open



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RUCCUS
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 00:40
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I think the strange glass window favicon for the forums bothers me more .
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TheComet
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 00:59 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 01:00
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That icon is from back in the days of DBC - It was the icon of the executable. It brings back too much nostalgia, TGC better leave it there!

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RUCCUS
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 01:08
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Ah, that explains it, never used DBC.
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Libervurto
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 02:16 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 12:36
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Quote: "Hover your mouse over the tabs and you'll see the thread title is indeed part of the tab name."

Yeah after "THE GAME CREATORS FORUM -" which fills up the entire tab on every browser ever created...

There might as well be nothing there but the weird glass window as Ruccus put it (yeah I don't know why they didn't change that to the DB pyramid or the TGC logo).

I don't expect the forum to be rewritten over night but there are tonnes of little issues like this that never get fixed and there are always threads about stuff that's bad about the forums. Most of it is minor stuff that could be fixed in a day. Of course that does depend on how it was originally coded.

Couldn't we all pitch in? I'm sure there's plenty of folks who could make some real improvements on it. Or follow agentSam's advice: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=203405&b=2&msg=2432333#m2432333

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 02:21
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Agreed![i][/i]
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Ortu
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 04:19 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 04:22
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Quote: " I don't even know how to link to a specific post on here"


in the url, you can use the GET variables to do this where:

m=forum_view (always)
t=thread
p=page
p=page#m message (a specific post [remove the space])
b=board (1=dbpro, 2=geek culture etc)
i=board index (a board's main page, not viewing any specific thread)

so to link your last post directly, you can form the link like this:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=203733&b=2&p=0#m2436100

to get the message #, in firefox you can right click a post and inspect element, you will see something like 'div#msg2436100' where the number is the message id of that specific post

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 06:51 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 07:01
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or right click the post link, which is under the link button on the top right of each post.

This thing,



Which contains the link like so,
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=203733&b=2&msg=2436119#m2436119


Mobile Platforms Are Coming

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Libervurto
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 12:35 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 13:07
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Ah, cheers Kevin. I've updated the link to AgentSam's comment about re-styling the forums and here it is again to save scrolling up: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=203405&b=2&msg=2432333#m2432333

Incidentally, I had a go at doing this but I found it quite complicated. I've used CSS before (not extensively though) but I seem to be missing something: I'm trying to change the colour of new threads background (sometimes I find it difficult distinguishing the pale blue from grey) but it isn't changing.

I would post the code but I was doing it on windows and I'm on linux right now and can't find the file.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 12:43 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 12:47
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Libervurto
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 13:10
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@Mr Handy
Yes?... We know the thread name is in the title, but it's a bit pointless if we can't see it on the tab.

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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 13:20 Edited at: 20th Feb 2013 13:22
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I'm sure there's a plugin that allows you to stretch the tabs as long as the name is...




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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 13:27
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@OBese87
Quote: "There's no way of telling what page you're on"

I have full page title in adress bar.

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Libervurto
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Posted: 20th Feb 2013 15:18
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@Mr Handy - Ah I see, I meant to say that you can't tell what the tab pages are (edited the original post).

@All
I've managed to sort out my errors with the CSS for stylish, here's what I have so far:

Any glaring errors?

It's not great looking but it's a start. Screenie attached -->

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 21st Feb 2013 20:41
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Fixed
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Libervurto
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Posted: 21st Feb 2013 20:57
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Holy purple underpants! Thanks Paul, you are awesome.

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 00:32
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See the cool thing about a forum full of developers, run by developers, is that techy stuff gets done. Fair play, Paul.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 01:40
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Quote: "See the cool thing about a forum full of developers, run by developers, is that techy stuff gets done"

Usually

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Chris Tate
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2013 00:40
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Very good

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swissolo
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2013 01:09
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This has bothered me for years. Now that it's changed though... feels weird.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2013 21:12
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Whoa! Nice fix. Hadn't realized how much it bothered me until I read this thread the other day. Love it!

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