Time offset...

[doron]

I think the time-offset option should be expanded. How about linking to a site which has the exact values for each country? Or a pull-down menu with country names, and it then calculates the time-offset by itself?

And one more thing - is there a way to diable the "no icon" option and have (like the ubb) a default icon?

Thanks

[doron]

oh, and another thing - the coolest feature of the ubb is the use of an iframe to view the original thread when replying. Or is this an on/off option in the cpanel

[Martin]

oh, and another thing - the coolest feature of the ubb is the use of an iframe to view the original thread when replying. Or is this an on/off option in the cpanel


the iFrame is a pain in the ass. It's not supported by Netscape (yet) and if you run ads on your site, it will kill WebTV because of trying to load 2 separate JavaScript functions at the same time.

If you don't mind blocking 50% of the people who want to come to your site, I guess it's a good thing, otherwise it can kill your traffic.

[doron]

well, what would happen is that netscape 4.7 and below (6.0 has it) would not show anything. It's one of the few sensible stuff at 'the other board'. If topics get long, it is a pretty neat feature.

You could have a link saying "view topic" if the browser does not support iframes.

[John]

Re: iframes

Iframes can be done through a simple change in the templates.

<iframe src="showthread.php?threadid=$threadid"></imframe>

I think that is the correct syntax - obviously you would want to add the necessary code for those who do not have iframes support.

Re: time offsets

This is not so easy, as all servers are in different times zones. However, I will have a think about how it could be done.

Re: no icon

This can be removed using templates

[Craig Antill]

Originally posted by John
Re: time offsets

This is not so easy, as all servers are in different times zones. However, I will have a think about how it could be done.


Thinking out loud here, but don't all servers have GMT available ? If i'm right, couldn't you tap in to this, and then have a drop down box for the users current location - eg:

GMT - London, Belfast, Edinburgh
CET - Paris, Berlin, Turin

Would be a lot easier to figure out for the users :)

[John]

Thanks Craig. Just found the PHP function for that too, so I'll see what I can do. :)

John