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MyBB: Lets play guess the feature

http://www.surfionline.com/archives/2006/04/16/mybb-lets-play-guess-the-feature/
Published on April 16th, 2006.

It is time for another update on what has been happening with MyBB recently (well, what I’ve been up to anyway).

Things have only just started picking up again in terms of serious activity thanks to my Easter break (two weeks). It means a fair bit of code is changing daily and we’re seeing bug fixes, code improvements, changes to existing features and new features show up in the code base.

I’ve spent my time perfecting the new Javascript in MyBB which I’ve hopefully managed to fix all of the cross browser compatibility problems with. I’ve tested it all on Safari, Firefox, Opera, and IE 6/7. I haven’t had a chance to toy about with IE 5.5 yet however.

Data handlers are coming along nicely and Peter and myself have finally finalised the spec for them (well, we hope so). We’ve been changing things - deciding what works better and what doesn’t work at all.

I’ve implemented a few small things such as the ability to search for users by custom profile fields (Admin CP), a new Javascript class for generating popup menus, changing the theme system so that “Extra CSS” is no longer inherited - it caused way too many problems, as well as a few other little things here and there.

I compiled a list today of new features and changes (no, you’re not seeing it yet!) and I feel we’ve got a damn solid release coming along bringing features which have been requested, lots of bug fixes, code improvements, and many template improvements.

Just after my earlier “MyBB: I like the way you… AJAX?” post, I managed to complete the inline messaging functionality for MyBB which allows you (similar to other systems) edit messages in line on the thread display page. No video this time, but I promise that it is cool and has a fancy “loading image” when the content is loading. You initialise it using the popup menu functionality which I wrote about earlier. That isn’t what I wanted to really post about.

Something new and exciting! I’ve just finished the base structure of greatly improving a feature that people have been complaining about - “There is no way to delete this x” (hint?). When we designed this certain feature it was fairly poorly designed. I can say now that this feature is a lot better and nicer than it was before. Of course, I’m not giving away any secrets yet. I wonder what it is though? (Sorry, it isn’t the Calendar)

From now until then, keep guessing and checking back for the latest on MyBB.

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  1. 1.

    tikitiki (April 17th, 2006, 3:15 am)

    bah, I don’t have a clue… If you’re going to make me guess I could sit here hours on end guessing and never get it, even when the answer is sitting right in front of me!

    On another note, I’m Glad you got that Quick Edit in, and the new Data Handlers - Those will be interesting to see. I can’t wait for MyBB 1.2 :)

  2. 2.

    Belloman (April 17th, 2006, 3:23 am)

    Interesting, very interesting. You are making me want MyBB 1.2 even more every day! Ah well, I’ll just be patient and wait it out, I don’t have a clue what your “hint” is.

  3. 3.

    Bobby (April 17th, 2006, 9:51 pm)

    Well knowone has actually said ‘There is no way to delete this’ on the forums (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=”There is no way to delete this” site:community.mybboard.net&btnG=Search); could you give us a better quote to work on.

    Thank GOD for the holidays, I was waiting for them for so long, 11 weeks of school was enough thanks!

  4. 4.

    Dennis (April 18th, 2006, 6:07 am)

    I know I know!!! ;)
    Sorry I couldn’t resist.

  5. 5.

    Bobby (April 18th, 2006, 1:30 pm)

    Dennis could you give us a better quote to work on…

    Obviously you would know, you have access to the dev code :)
    About the Calendar, has it been tweaked?

  6. 6.

    Dennis (April 18th, 2006, 2:39 pm)

    I’d basically be giving you the answer if I gave any other clue.

  7. 7.

    Bobby (April 18th, 2006, 2:42 pm)

    What clue? You didnt give us any clue… lol

  8. 8.

    Chris Boulton (April 18th, 2006, 3:12 pm)

    I forgot to include in my post that we also removed a feature: The ability to rate users.

  9. 9.

    Dennis (April 18th, 2006, 5:24 pm)

    Ugh Chris… how am I supposed to tell the world that you are a five-star person then :(

  10. 10.

    Chris Boulton (April 18th, 2006, 5:28 pm)

    I don’t know Dennis.. Wouldn’t you agree that giving each other stars is a stupid way of rating someone?

  11. 11.

    Bobby (April 18th, 2006, 5:35 pm)

    Chris Boulton said:
    I don’t know Dennis.. Wouldn’t you agree that giving each other stars is a stupid way of rating someone?

    Well that can be debateable…

    OMG! You wouldnt be giving us another clue, its the ratings system, isnt it?

    Wait, You have another plan up your sleeve; your going to make the ratings system like MSGplus Forums.

    Unless… you wanted us to think that it was the ratings system that you were going to remove, but because you said it it wont, so the ratings sytem will stay, unless you really meant it. But then you would change the ratings system so it would be like the msgplus forums system, that way we would get hyped up about it, unless all your really doing is conspiring about removing the ratings systems which you probably will be doing because you probably meant it…

  12. 12.

    Chris Boulton (April 18th, 2006, 5:40 pm)

    There is already a modification, “Alternate Reputation System” for those who want it to look like and work like the Messenger Plus! Forums.

  13. 13.

    Bobby (April 18th, 2006, 5:42 pm)

    I know, I thought I might as well ramble on about nothing :)

  14. 14.

    Dennis (April 18th, 2006, 5:48 pm)

    Chris Boulton said:
    I don’t know Dennis.. Wouldn’t you agree that giving each other stars is a stupid way of rating someone?

    Well I guess so. I’ll start rating all your announcement threads then :D

  15. 15.

    xiaozhu (April 18th, 2006, 11:07 pm)

    Hehe, I thought MyBB wanted to develop some kind of Repuation Software like the ARS for it ?

  16. 16.

    tikitiki (April 20th, 2006, 10:03 am)

    So my 0 Stars for Chris is not going to count anymore? :(
    Perhaps we can Delete polls now? o.o

  17. 17.

    Chris Boulton (April 20th, 2006, 11:33 am)

    You could always delete polls!

    “Delete Poll” should be an option in the moderation tools.

  18. 18.

    Bobby (April 20th, 2006, 5:21 pm)

    Theirs something im not catching on here… I just know it…

  19. 19.

    tikitiki (April 21st, 2006, 3:17 am)

    I’m still very upset that I cant give bad ratings to people anymore :(
    xD

  20. 20.

    Matt Light (April 21st, 2006, 6:44 am)

    Hmm… I have not been around for a while, but I think it has something to do with moving posts and leaving a redirect.

  21. 21.

    Chris Boulton (April 21st, 2006, 12:19 pm)

    Theirs something im not catching on here… I just know it..

    Yep! A few bigger hints dropped in the commenting.

    Hmm.. I have not been around for a while, but I think it has something to do with moving posts and leaving a redirect.
    Edit

    You’ve been able to delete them for a long while too :P
    It is something that you can not delete using MyBB.

  22. 22.

    Bobby (April 21st, 2006, 12:55 pm)

    A wild guess…

    Chris Boulton said:
    You could always delete polls!

    “Delete Poll” should be an option in the moderation tools.

    (PS. I was being ironic in my last post :))

  23. 23.

    Bobby (April 21st, 2006, 1:02 pm)

    Opps! I forgot, ‘Delete Poll’ is in Moderation Options. Chris you’ve got us there… :D

  24. 24.

    Belloman (April 23rd, 2006, 1:49 am)

    Let’s see… you can’t delete ratings (of threads)… hmmm… this is a tough one.

  25. 25.

    Dennis (May 4th, 2006, 12:30 pm)

    Belloman said:
    Let’s see… you can’t delete ratings (of threads)… hmmm… this is a tough one.

    Yes I can :D *logs into phpMyAdmin*

  26. 26.

    Belloman (May 11th, 2006, 9:41 pm)

    Dennis said:

    Yes I can :D *logs into phpMyAdmin*

    You can’t delete ratings without using phpMyAdmin :P
    But I know what it is now anyway, and it’s a great change :D

  27. 27.

    Dennis (May 14th, 2006, 6:41 pm)

    Cheaterrrrr :P wait…that’d make me one too… :(

  28. 28.

    Bobby (May 14th, 2006, 8:08 pm)

    Yay! The Mysterious feature is ‘Delete Ratings’!

  29. 29.

    Chris Boulton (May 14th, 2006, 8:51 pm)

    No, the user rating feature is gone remember?

  30. 30.

    Bobby (May 14th, 2006, 8:59 pm)

    :D Just testing you :D

  31. 31.

    Tikitiki (May 15th, 2006, 11:35 am)

    Yall read the interview chris just posted - might have a few hints

  32. 32.

    Bobby (May 15th, 2006, 8:57 pm)

    Interview, where?

  33. 33.

    Chris Boulton (May 17th, 2006, 12:25 am)

    You need to check my main page more often, Bobby ;)

  34. 34.

    Bobby (May 17th, 2006, 10:43 am)

    Hehe :) Opps! I would have found that interview… in a month.

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