Forum "Hacks"

[Castellon]

I have removed your External link as it violates the rules, and I was the primary target and have seen it.

Preview text is not a hack, rather a feature that is not turned on. (Server intensive)
The Dev post jump button is interesting maybe something we will look at, although we do already have a Dev post hack that shows an icon on the thread if a Dev has posted.

We are constantly looking for ways we can improve within the confines of technology, and budget to bring you the best forums we can, as always your input and suggestions are appreciated, I will keep them in mind.

 

[Kallocain]

Relax, everything will be back to normal in no time!
It was just a security patch, so I was not prepared that it would mess with the icons...

 

[Kallocain]

Castellon, Kallocain, is it possible for you to disclose anything about the server backend that this is running on at all? There's a few of us here with experience running vBulletin installations (I've run my own for more than a decade now), and it'd be easier to give you actionable advice if we knew what resources you actually had available. There's a lot of functionality that I would have thought you could enable, and it does kind of make me wonder if the server these forums operate of itself is somewhat underpowered.

The servers are not at all underpowered. They were for a very long time though.
Right now we are not turning on all the fancy features because the forum is growing very fast, and I feel it is best to keep it this way to make it easier later on.
We have turned on search again now though, and a few other things to make the forum a bit more enjoyable.
What is it you are missing?

 

[Kallocain]

For such a minor issue it does seem important... I would also add my vote to having back the old smilies! I always felt they were unique to these forums and that they were the 'Paradox Smilies'!

They were not though, they were just the standard vbulletin ones.
I agree with everyone though, these new ones are not better in any way. I'll see if I can scare up a good set from somewhere. Well, it's on the list, but it's not at the top, so I can't give you an ETA.