Bunch of Small Forum Updates

[KiD[ReD]]

I've finished modifying a bunch of features on the forum. Some of the more notable ones are listed below:

1. Instant messenger (MSN, AOL, etc.) icons are now displayed as one of the columns on the Memberlists page.

2. The Memberlists page now only lists members who have made at least 1 post. This makes searching for members a lot easier. Members with 0 posts can still be found through the site's search feature, but won't display on the Memberslist.

3. The time limit to edit the title of a thread created has been increased from 5-minutes to 10.

4. The maximum number of options a member can create for a poll has been increased from 10 to 12.

5. [Removed]

6. I've increased the number of view that constitutes a thread as being designated as "hot" from 150 to 175. This was done since our growing traffic was making more and more "hot" threads just because of our size.

7. Another way of constituting a thread as "hot" is by number of posts. I've increased the post threshold from 15 to 20.

8. Lastly, I added a new profile field for "Limits Played". This field is optional, and can be selected by going to "Edit Profile" within your Control Panel/Profile area.

If selected, it will display in both your profile and postbit (the little area that attaches to all of your posts).

[DeeYakaBaka]

5. I've removed the Birthdays area at the bottom of the front page. It is a neat little feature when a forum is very small and intimate, but now that we have over 8,000 members it has become rather useless as many "unknown" members are always being displayed.

ummm, check again.......Happy Birthday to Lemphis today.

for some reason, i kinda liked this feature

[KiD[ReD]]

It doesn't show it for me.. perhaps you had it cached? Is it still there for you?

[davidab157]

Still there for me.

[KiD[ReD]]

Ah yes, you're right. I can still remove it but am just going to leave it now :P