The new TAT2.0. And how it works (technical questions)

[ponchi101]

Dear all.
phpBB has issued a release for phpBB, which now will be 3.3.3. The geniuses that run this thing have made the announcement, which tackles simple fixes.
As you know, I am not an expert on this software, but I like to keep the forum as updated as possible. I will test doing that upgrade in my localhost site tomorrow, to see how many things I get wrong, and then I plan on doing the upgrade tomorrow night, when I gather everybody will be at the bar, nursing a nice cold one, enjoying themselves.
I wish.
Will post on any developments.

[Deuce]

Ok - here's a riddle for you that I've tried to figure out the answer to, but have been unable - and so I'm giving up:

Why does the 'Topic Preview' (which displays the first and last post in a topic) work with most topics, but not with others?
For example, it does not work with the 'ATP Cup', 'In Memoriam', 'Sports Random, Random', and 'College Football' topics (and likely others, but those are the ones I've just verified for the purpose of this post).

And in 'Hello, Dante' and 'Reset 2.0', the preview displays only the first post, not the last.

I can't figure out any common denominators with these topics, and so throw it out here as a riddle.

[ponchi101]

Ok - here's a riddle for you that I've tried to figure out the answer to, but have been unable - and so I'm giving up:

Why does the 'Topic Preview' (which displays the first and last post in a topic) work with most topics, but not with others?
For example, it does not work with the 'ATP Cup', 'In Memoriam', 'Sports Random, Random', and 'College Football' topics (and likely others, but those are the ones I've just verified for the purpose of this post).

And in 'Hello, Dante' and 'Reset 2.0', the preview displays only the first post, not the last.

I can't figure out any common denominators with these topics, and so throw it out here as a riddle.

Indeed, very strange.
But I figured it out
I will put it here as a spoiler, in case you want more time to figure it out too...

► Show Spoiler

If the FIRST or LAST post start with any kind of link/attachment (to a tweet or an image) the post is not picked up by the extension. If either first or last start with a link/attachment, THAT post will not show up in the FIRST/LAST post function.

[Deuce]

Your spoiler lasted about half a second with me - I've been trying to figure this riddle out for a week...

Ok - so you've proven you're a better detective and a smarter person than me - what do you want, a medal?
Fine, then give yourself one!



It seems to be that even if the last post in a topic is a normal written post, it won't appear in the Topic Preview if the first post in that topic is a link or tweet or image.
So it's the first post in a topic that determines everything about the Topic Preview - if the first post is a tweet, or image, or link, it then completely disqualifies that topic from the Topic Preview - forever. Because right now, the last post in the 'In Memoriam' topic is not a link or tweet or image, but it doesn't show up on the Topic Preview - seemingly because the first post in that topic is a tweet.

Thank you for solving that riddle.

Now you can work on this one: Why do we refer to pants in the plural? You can't have just one pant. Shirts, sweaters, jackets, etc. are always singular. But any garment worn below the waist (PAIR of pants, PAIR of underwear, PAIR of shorts) is always plural.
WHY??
Solve THAT, Mr. smarty pant(s)!

[ponchi101]

Actually, you can say pant. It is accepted by Webster.
It is mostly in the US that "pants" is used, and indeed, it makes no sense. But that is something that we were talking about in a separate topic: how illogical the English Language is. There, we were referring to the pronunciation aspects, but, like all languages, there is no formality to them.
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You got the TOPIC preview thing right. If the first one is a bbcode, all hope is lost.

[ponchi101]

Dear all:
There is a new extension for phpBB which forces re-sizing of all images. The size is set by the admin of the site, but you can click on the image and it will pop up in LIGHTBOX mode, and you can move from one to the next.
I am not sure if people would like that. Some opinions would be welcomed

[Suliso]

Would it be possible to increase avatar size from 6 kb to say 12 or 15? Very difficult to resize to 6kb...

[ponchi101]

Would it be possible to increase avatar size from 6 kb to say 12 or 15? Very difficult to resize to 6kb...

Done. Up to 12, Min 20x20 px, Max 90x90 px

[Suliso]

Would it be possible to increase avatar size from 6 kb to say 12 or 15? Very difficult to resize to 6kb...

Done. Up to 12, Min 20x20 px, Max 90x90 px

Thanks a lot.

[glarange]

where do we play the Suicide Pool game?

[ponchi101]

where do we play the Suicide Pool game?

Here:
viewforum.php?f=24

[ponchi101]

Dear All:
A new POLLS extension has been added. It gives you:

• Ability to hide poll votes till end of poll

• Ability to show poll voters in poll

• Ability to mark a poll as "I don't want to vote" so you can directly see the results

• Choose default options for poll creation

• Permission to see poll voters

• Moderator permission to see poll voters even if poll is not public

• Limit voting to people posted in thread

• Works with all the Ajax calls

• Ability to assign multiple votes to a single option

• Ability to vote incrementally

• Ability to vote on closed topics

• Can specify poll end by date and time, as well as duration

• Can specify poll duration in hours

• Results of a poll may be ordered

There are some other controls that admins can enable/disable.
Hope it is useful.

It looks like this:

Screenshot 2021-09-07 114636.jpg

[ptmcmahon]

General question...when looking at recent posts on the main screen, if I go to page 2 I get the next page of recent topics... but it still looks like page "1" is selected, and I can't go back to page 1 by clicking on it...that happening for anyone else?

[ponchi101]

Let me keep and eye on that. Certainly not happening to me and right now I have so few recent topics I only have one page.
Will post you.

[ptmcmahon]

The ones I mean are on the homepage ... so you should be able to go to page 2, regardless of if they have been read or are unread.