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Upgrade to phpBB3 or tapatalk?
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:36 am
by RetroRomper
I understand this has been an ongoing back and forth "when there is time and maybe interest" sort of thing, but it would be nice to have a tapatalk app for Jolt Country or at least phpBB3 with a style for mobiles.
And the rss reader...
And what not...
Just a request, not sure what the RoI would be, but it would make the forums a little less painful to scroll when I'm in the bathroom at work.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:12 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
I agree about phpBB3, but I tried the conversion once and it didn't work. And we would lose the theme.
However! I'd sooner kill myself than install Taptalk because of how it ruins every website it infects with that gay-assed HURR dialogue box when I go there for mobile. I'm pretty sure I see it whine about its use on non-mobile versions as well.
But your main point is CORRECT. It'd be nice for mobile and RSS support. Let's bump this thread until I get home internet again.
Re: Upgrade to phpBB3 or tapatalk?
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:36 pm
by CO
RetroRomper wrote:with a style for mobiles.
Please no. The absolute worst thing about the internet in 2015 is how every damn website defaults to inferior mobile versions when browsing from a cell phone, and many don't even have an option for full site anymore (or they make sure to hide the link as well as they can). Newsflash to developers: I can read a full site on my 6" screen cell phone just as well as I can on my laptop.
I don't get why now that everyone has huge smartphones, the internet has decided to force upon us mobile websites that would work on a phone from the early 2000s.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:41 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
An option for mobiles would be nice. Right, CO? Right????
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:11 pm
by pinback
I would like to say, and I will, that I think after 15 years, maybe the place could use a coat of paint.
I know it won't change anything, and the theme has served us well, and I know it will NOT be changed, ever, but I think it should. Not a huge change, just...
Just a fresh coat of paint.
We're all different from who we were when we joined the site. The site itself is evidence of that.
Time for the old girl to change with us.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:57 pm
by bruce
Fuck paint.
Fuck fresh.
Fuck the internets.
Get the fuck offa my fuckin' lawn.
Bruce
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:46 am
by Ice Cream Jonsey
I guess I just don't want it to look like every default forum everywhere, with black text on a white screen.
I also don't want white text on a black screen.
It would also be nice if the transition to phpBB3 worked.
Lots of people do the thing where they abandon the old URL but I don't want to do that either.
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:35 pm
by The Happiness Engine
DB migration tools for the old posts
With any somewhat-normal BBS software we can just have a theme contest to find/make something that is/isn't horrible. Fun for all!
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:27 am
by RetroRomper
Could we get this party started?
Convert phpBB2 to phpBB3
https://www.siteground.com/tutorials/ph ... phpbb3.htm
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:34 am
by RetroRomper