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#1 2005-03-14 1:50 pm
- Camp David
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PunnBB and PMs
I scrolled down and didn't see a recent post explaining why PMs were eliminated... perhaps I missed it. Anyone wish to explain why?
I know that my opinion doesn't carry much weight here but other boards make use of PMs and I see their utility herein... my two cents...
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#2 2005-03-14 2:25 pm
- NAG
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
PunBB currently does not have a pm ability and I believe the mod for it was broken at the time the new board was installed.
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#3 2005-03-14 4:57 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
yes, we don't there is a mod for it though. If only GUI could install it...
[mr. burns]that would be excelllllllllent....[/mr. burns]...
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#4 2005-03-14 6:08 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
but phpbb dosent have the "oh so sexy" stylesheets that GUI allways brags about, Does it?
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#5 2005-03-14 6:29 pm
- skymt
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
It has themes, which are much harder to make and install. Besides, I like PunBB. It renders fast.
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#6 2005-03-14 7:02 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
The Master Chief wrote:
but phpbb dosent have the "oh so sexy" stylesheets that GUI allways brags about, Does it?
I was working on sometime like that for phpBB, but never got around to finishing it.
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#7 2005-03-14 7:11 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
I am working on a template that uses *NO* tables and matches my site. It too is sitting in the abandoned airfield part of my server.
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#8 2005-03-14 8:19 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
Themes are much more powerful, extensible, and customizable than stylesheets anyway.
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#9 2005-03-14 8:28 pm
- sosumi
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
The speed increase has been worth it I think. Plus, you forget that some evil gremlins within phpbb were bringing our server to its knees with frightening regularity.
As soon as the PM mod for this version is available, they're coming back. I pine for them as well.
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#10 2005-03-14 8:42 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
please don't come back to 54
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#11 2005-03-14 10:20 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
sosumi wrote:
As soon as the PM mod for this version is available, they're coming back. I pine for them as well.
Are you sure you're not pining for the fjords?
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#12 2005-03-14 10:35 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
Thrica wrote:
Themes are much more powerful, extensible, and customizable than stylesheets anyway.
Yes but in practice what we got was themes lacking certain MAF features. Only subsilver support everything, and it was ugly, too much like XP.
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#13 2005-03-14 11:57 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
Miles wrote:
sosumi wrote:
As soon as the PM mod for this version is available, they're coming back. I pine for them as well.
Are you sure you're not pining for the fjords?
PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
Look at it this way: you've sold as many paintings as Van Gogh—and you have both your ears.
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#14 2005-03-14 11:58 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
Thrica wrote:
Themes are much more powerful, extensible, and customizable than stylesheets anyway.
And much, much harder to work with.
Look at it this way: you've sold as many paintings as Van Gogh—and you have both your ears.
Thanks, Dad.
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#16 2005-03-16 12:34 am
- TheConfuzed1
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
I like PunnBB. I don't like the lack of PMs and polls, but I'm betting that we'll have both of those eventually. The board now is more dependable than it used to be, and MaxAttack is fun to use. 
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#17 2005-03-16 9:39 am
- ConnertheCat
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
NAG wrote:
There is no magic bullet.
Yeah - there is. You just don't have enough clearance to know what it is.
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#18 2005-03-16 1:57 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
Oh. My. God. I agree with Camp David on something.
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#19 2005-03-16 2:23 pm
- Camp David
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
shapoopy wrote:
Oh. My. God. I agree with Camp David on something.
http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/max … sAnime.gif
Come on over on the side of the Lord shapoopy! And send me a PM when they are re-instituted herein!
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#20 2005-03-16 2:41 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
PMs are just a crude hack in a place where email fits the bill perfectly.
It's my opinion that PMs should go away permanently.
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#23 2005-03-16 3:44 pm
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Miles- me too.
Which was then immediately followed by the thought "Oh sweet, I haven't tried that one yet."
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#24 2005-03-16 4:11 pm
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Re: PunnBB and PMs
Miles wrote:
There's plenty of people here that I might want to say something to directly without giving away my e-mail address.
If you can't say anything nice... tsk, tsk.
Really, we shouldn't have to hide behind the internet - if you don't want somebody to know your email addy, you're probably better off not communicating with them at all. Flame wars, private or public, are stupid and pointless.
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#25 2005-03-16 5:15 pm
Re: PunnBB and PMs
Miles wrote:
Camp David wrote:
And send me a PM when they are re-instituted herein!
OK, I read that as "send me a PM when they re-institute heroin!"
Hell, that's not half as good as what I misread when I scanned it. I got:
Camp David wrote:
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