Additions, new features, etc.

[WebMaster]

This thread is dedicated to new additions and features that will be coming to the website and forums in the future.


What has been done so far?

- Modifications to the Chat rooms...Please visit the chat to see.
- New smilies were integrated into the system.
- Latest topics script was added on the front page for you.
- Guestbook was made public



What can you expect?

- Favorites section will be launched soon. Very handy and easy to use feature!

- Quick Reply feature is on its way as well - you wouldn't need to reload the entire page to post a reply... saving us little bandwidth and saving you little time. :)

- Extensive amount of statistics about the forum and their implementation is under testing!

...and much more to come as we go along!

We hope you will enjoy and make good use of new features that will be implemented...

If you are having any trouble with anything that has been done or will be done please let us know. We want to hear from you and what you think about our website. We are open to new ideas and new suggestions to improve our website and discussion forum for you and other members.

Thank you and carry on.

[Ameer Kiani]

Sounds awesome! Keep up the good work.

[WebMaster]

Quick Reply enabled. :) have fun and ENJOY!

[Ameer Kiani]

:)

Man this is way easier!

[Destroyer]

ohhhh man is this easy

[Ameer Kiani]

ohhhh man is this easy
Yup

[WebMaster]

There was a problem with sending members email through their profile. When a user tried to send an email to someone, he would get an "invalid_session" error.

That problem is now fixed.

And thanks for liking the "quick reply" feature. :)

[WebMaster]

Favorites are up and running.... ;) Now you can add topics you like to your fav list... How do you do that? Well, "add to favorites" link is always at the bottom of a thread. ;)

Note: if you click on "wat this topic for replies" you will get an email everytime that topic gets a reply so its not that pleasant as favorites. :)

[WebMaster]

Forum Statistics are up and ready for REGISTERED users to see. :) Hope you can find the link! :roll

[WebMaster]

Favorites are up and running.... ;) Now you can add topics you like to your fav list... How do you do that? Well, "add to favorites" link is always at the bottom of a thread. ;)

Note: if you click on "wat this topic for replies" you will get an email everytime that topic gets a reply so its not that pleasant as favorites. :)

Note that "add to favorites" link ALSO appears on TOP LEFT side of the topic when you are viewing it. :)

[WebMaster]

New Icons uploaded. Style scheme changed. :)

[ALM]

Thats cool. It would also be useful if our logon status is displayed at the top (i.e "You are logged on as ALM"). The other day I accidently posted as Guest thinking I was logged on as ALM.

[ALM]

Ahhh ! .... ignore the above ... it seems you have already made this change ... well done ! :)

[WebMaster]

Yahoo groups for this website/forum are up and running... ;)


LINK > Defence Talk - yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/defencetalk/)

[WebMaster]

The FORUM RULES PAGE IS UP...

LINK > DEFENCETALK.COM FORUM RULES - READ THEM!!! (http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/rules.php)

[2much4ya]

Nice !

[WebMaster]

NEW Defence Portal website is up for now, it may become our homepage in the future but its in testing phase right now:

Link EDITED: No longer in service

Have fun.... :)

[Red aRRow]

Nice portal WEBS. :)

[WebMaster]

Front page (http://www.defencetalk.com) layout/look improved. Now you can LOGIN to the forums from the front page as well... added new navmenu and other minor improvements you will see as you browse the front page!!! ;)

Shamyel, yea, but not anymore. :D :lol

[WebMaster]

Going to update the current theme, if you see something funny, DONT panic!

[Red aRRow]

Damn I'm seeing something FUNNY!!!!! :help :help :eek :eek

:D :D

[WebMaster]

Damn I'm seeing something FUNNY!!!!! :help :help :eek :eek

:D :D

well... so far how do you like it? Its very different, but the color scheme is same just some changes when you view the topic.

[Red aRRow]

It's cool. Try changing the color scheme also and test it. :alian

[WebMaster]

Updated:

-Had some problems with the subject length. Fixed. 60 characters to 120 characters for the subject line.

-Now, when you reply "RE: {subject of the thread}" is automatically added to the post/reply. ;)

-Guests would need to register if they want to access memberlist, usergroups, profiles (still have some clitch with the profile restrictions which will be fixed shortly.

-Thread views do not increase IF the author views his/her post. ;)

-updated the banner, smaller size, easy on the eyes. :) (will update to more professional and better looking but for now... :bummer

-
Coming up?

-New folder icon for Poll threads.... under going some tests and it looks great!!!

-Jr Admin and Mods (is a security risk but is going under tests... so keep those fingers crossed.

-Mini Calendar (full size as well...)

-Buddy list/better IM system (I don't think we need it yet but doesn't hurt to test it.

All these "comingup" items are under going tests RIGHT NOW. So in coming weeks, months... you might see em or we might drop them without giving any further notice. :D

If you experience problems WITH any of these or anything else on the board, PLEASE let us know. Admin@defencetalk.com

Take care ya'all.

Admin

[Mukesh Patel]

:dance lQQking good webs. :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

Updated:



-New folder icon for Poll threads.... under going some tests and it looks great!!!

Admin

Added. :D :D :D

[WebMaster]

Guys...and ladies!

The Military Image Gallery (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/) is up with some pictures in it.

From FRONT PAGE, click on "gallery" and it should take you to the front page of the gallery... have fun. ;)

Currently, registeration and uploading/submission of pictures is disabled. :)

Check this thread for more details:

http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=336

Note: Religion and Chit-Chat forum are hidden from the regular users. They will be back soon. ;)

[WebMaster]

Announcement forum is up and running. All announcements will be made in this forum regarding other forums. This is another way to keep other forums clean and keep "off topic" threads out of users way so that you can see threads related to the forum up on the top. ;)

Hope you like it.

Thanks

Admin

[WebMaster]

New look for DefenceTalk.com front page. New Thread on that open.... here (http://defencetalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=352)

[WebMaster]

"Last edited by ...." added. Now you will be able to see who edited the post and how many times. ;)

[WebMaster]

Quick Register and login sidebar added. ;)

[WebMaster]

The forum has been updated to latest release. :)

Also, now members can APPLY for group membership... example: you can apply for moderators group... we do need some for forums that have no mods plus maybe in future too. ;)

Thanks

[WebMaster]

Avatar gallery is up... over 500 icons to choose from!!!! :P

[WebMaster]

The Smily module on the statistics page is fixed:

http://defencetalk.com/forums/statistics.php

;)

Only available to registered users.

[Pic Admin]

Gallery software upgraded to latest version... some new things such as "add pics to your favorites, plus many more features which you may or may not notice unless you try our gallery.

Military Gallery (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures)

Plus, fixed some pending issues such as no flood control message when you edit your threads/posts - Quick reply at the bottom of the topic - add topics to your favorites, etc. :)

Go get em boys! ;)

[WebMaster]

Users would need to REGISTER to view full size pictures... you are able to see thumbnails only if not registered.

If you are registered please login to take full advantage of our great gallery.

Thanks

[WebMaster]

Took away some things from the top of the forum so that users see nice clean look of the forum and not have to scroll down.

There are somethings which are only visible to REGISTERED users as far as menus, profiles, member list, group lists and forum stats are concerened. Condensed the top portion as far as possible... hope it looks easy and good now!

Thanks

[WebMaster]

HOME page login is working for the forum/gallery... you may use it to log in as well. Same will be taking effect in gallery. :)

We are still working on it so that when you are logged in and you move on to the HOME page-you do not see the login box so don't panic if you do notice that. :D

Enjoy!

[WebMaster]

Modified gallery's look a little bit as some of you may notice. :)

Updated the software and with that some bugs as well.

Search feature is working fine on the gallery page.

Enjoy! ;)

[Red aRRow]

Very nice work WEBS.

[WebMaster]

:)

One of the LOGIN/LOGOUT issues fixed on the galleries. If you click LOGIN link on gallery, it will bring you to the forum login page and then redirect you back to gallery instead of the forum. This feature was needed for those trying to log in from gallery and then ending up at forum.

Now, if you click on a picture and it asks you to login... it may not redirect you to that specific picture. Working on it. :)

Enjoy!

[WebMaster]

USERNAME is now liked to user's profile when viewing a topic.

[WebMaster]

All new statistics modules added. Do check them out. ;) They provide some really interesting insight about the forum.

Also would like to thank guys at: www.opentools.de for making this great modification for great phpbb. :)

[WebMaster]

Minor editing:

Announcements are displayed in every forum so that you may not miss an important news and update about defencetalk.com.

When viewing a forum you see this:

DefenceTalk.com > Forum Index > WMDs and Missiles

The bold part is now linked to the HOME page of the website, "forum Index" to forum page...

Add to favorites only appears when user is logged in.

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Some changes to gallery:

Airshow (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/index.php?cat=52) section is in full swing. We are adding pics in gallery on daily basis. World at War (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/index.php?cat=53)sections were created.

You see some nice effects when you hover over an image thumbnail... once you have visited that pic it has yellowish border telling you that you have already seen that pic. :) Hope you guys find that useful.

Remember if you have any idea and suggestion, we want to hear it so please don't hasitate to post here:

Feedback forum (http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=6ae2774d1a1faf4c086503a0afb b2c62) You don't have to be logged in to post... :)

Thats about it for now.

Enjoy.

[WebMaster]

Great news guys, and this one makes your life a little easier:

When you are viewing an image, and its "INFO" you will notice a new field there called:

bbcode

Which looks like this:


[url=http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1291][img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/UK-RAF-EuroF/Raf_eurofighter2.jpg[/img][/url]


What that does is create a link to BIG picture:

Example:
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/UK-RAF-EuroF/Raf_eurofighter2.jpg (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1291)

Working on something that will generated link to thumbnails of same pic but links to the big pic-like this:

http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/UK-RAF-EuroF/thumb_Raf_eurofighter2.jpg (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1291)

[WebMaster]

The Latest Topics heading now links to a page where you will find last 30 replies from various topics and forums.

latest topics page (http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/latest.php)

[WebMaster]

Rank Images updated..

[Red aRRow]

Nice! :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

Okay, made some changes when you view topics:

You can only see user's signature when you are logged in. Also, their profile link/pm/email/, etc. links at the end of their reply only visible when you log in.

LAST post column now has DATE linked to the latest post instead of a icon.

Forum and topic titles appear in your browser's window/title.

Enjoy!

[WebMaster]

New forum images feature a globe/map of the world. :D
Since we are an international website so its more approperiate i guess?

[WebMaster]

Gallery:

Here is an easy way to display THUMBs using the BBCODE already generated by the gallery software and is listed under picture INFO icon:

the gallery gives you this bbcode so that you can display picture on a forum:

bbCode: [url=http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718][img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/JF-17big.jpg[/img][/url]

http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/JF-17big.jpg (http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718)

Now, that links to BIG picture, which makes the scroll bar at the bottom to overcome that and to display just a thumbnail of the picture while still linking into the bigger pic use this method:

Using the code already generated, just add " thumb_ " in front of the picture name so for example:

bbCode: [url=http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718][img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/THUMB_JF-17big.jpg[/img][/url]

This would display thumbnail without taking the thread out of format.

http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/thumb_JF-17big.jpg (http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718)

[WebMaster]

Gallery:

Here is an easy way to display THUMBs using the BBCODE already generated by the gallery software and is listed under picture INFO icon:

the gallery gives you this bbcode so that you can display picture on a forum:

bbCode: [url=http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718][img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/JF-17big.jpg[/img][/url]

http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718] (+http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/JF-17big.jpg[/img]

Now, that links to BIG picture, which makes the scroll bar at the bottom to overcome that and to display just a thumbnail of the picture while still linking into the bigger pic use this method:

Using the code already generated, just add " thumb_ " in front of the picture name so for example:

bbCode: [url=http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718][img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/THUMB_JF-17big.jpg[/img][/url]

This would display thumbnail without taking the thread out of format.

http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/albums/userpics/thumb_JF-17big.jpg (http://www.defencetalk.com//pictures/displayimage.php?pos=-1718)

Now this is done automatically when you view picture INFO in the gallery. You will see "bbcode thumbnail" which you can post in any forum which has bbcodes enabled. :)

[WebMaster]

NO MORE SCROLL BARS!!!!

If you post a picture which is larger than your screen, it will be resized and link will be added so user can click and view the full sized image in new window. This is a nice user friendly feature.

Thanks to Dr Mustak anis for this great trick. :)

[WebMaster]

Quick Reply option at the bottom of a topic has been extended:

-Smilies with option to view all smilies.
-Select/highlight a text in the topic and click on "Quote selected" and it will quote that text into the quick reply box.
-Other features are also visible.

Happy posting, enjoy!!!

[elkaboingo]

nevermind :D .

btw nice add ons to the quick reply esp the smilies

[The Watcher]

:smokingc: Nice!

[WebMaster]

Small ajustments to the HOME page. ;)

http://www.defencetalk.com

Enjoy!

[WebMaster]

User able to choose what type of FONT s/he wants when replying to a topic.

Enjoy

[WebMaster]

Calendar (http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/calendar-1.4.2.php) has been added. We can use it to track events related to Militaries, defence, etc. Users can also add events. Enjoy!!! :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

Changed some colors. matching the top banner/nav menu, etc. ;)

[WebMaster]

Played with colours today... this looks nice, what you think?

[Red aRRow]

Much better. :D

[gf0012-aust]

:mrgreen same from over here!

[WebMaster]

:mrgreen same from over here!

phewwwwwww! Thank God! All Done with gallery and forums.

One shouldn't feel any difference (other than the pics, etc.) once they surf between forums and gallery. :D

[ullu]

looks good great job! :mrgreen

[WebMaster]

Defencetalk reaches 10K posts. :D

[WebMaster]

A little change... rotating the "HOME" page of the website for this month. News page is the home page this week, next week we ll think of something else. ;)

[WebMaster]

Now you can use www.DefenSetalk.com as well as defenCetalk.com to visit us. :D

[WebMaster]

Archive

[gone]

all in html. :D More friendly to the search engines. ;)

Enjoy

[WebMaster]

2000+ Members. :)

[umair]

Well if most of them start posting(I hope so!), we're gonna have a tough babysitting job on our hands :D2

[Red aRRow]

Now you can use www.DefenSetalk.com as well as defenCetalk.com to visit us. :D
Now that's good. :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

User must post 20 or more times on the forums in order to use our PM system. This solution has been implemented because some people were registering merely because they want to send people SPAM messages and advertisments for their products/websites, etc.

Enjoy!!!

[Soldier]

User must post 20 or more times on the forums in order to use our PM system. This solution has been implemented because some people were registering merely because they want to send people SPAM messages and advertisments for their products/websites, etc.

Enjoy!!!


That was a long shot webbie... Good enough since advertisers will stay away.

[WebMaster]

There was an issue with home page random picture area. Now fixed. It now parses three random pictures and one latest addition. ;)

[mysterious]

One more issue! Whenever I 'now' type www.defensetalk.com in my browser and hit enter, it takes me to the News section's Military Aviation news section instead of taking me to the General News section (which briefly shows news from all the underlying sections, land forces, naval, aviation, etc). Now why is that happening? :?

[WebMaster]

ITs just redirecting you to the JF-17 article. Had to make the URL short for some time on a request. ;)

[Revival_786]

Well done Webbie :D You are sure on the ball! Keep it up ;)

[WebMaster]

Please see this:

http://defencetalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16029#16029

[WebMaster]

Message limit in the PM/INBOX increaed from 60 to 100. Sent and saved inboxes also increased from 30s to 50. enjoy!!!

[mysterious]

Alrite!! Go Webbie! :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

Another feature.

<<<------- example: look at mine. :D

Now you can use icons/thumbnails of great fighters/tanks/etc/ in the gallery as avatars too. Just click on PROFILE, go down and click on SHOW GALLERY and from drop down menu select. :) Enjoy!!!

[mysterious]

Woohoooo!!! :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

New Smilies added:

:eek2 :ban :daz :duel :fly :haha :hul :kar :lam :nono :rel :pope :unknown


:P

[mysterious]

Now those are hillarious! Good stuff Webz! :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

In effort to replace static download page where FTP acces is required.

New and improved download page to come:

http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/dload.php :D

[XEROX]

Hey WebDude, the new site looks awesome :smokingc:

However is there a facility where people can make video clip uploads / downloads

[WebMaster]

Soon, we will have that option as well. ;)

[WebMaster]

Country flags added.

Click on PROFILE up on top, go down to LOCATION and select your country flag. :D

Enjoy!!!

[The Watcher]

Nice!

<my flag!

[WebMaster]

Google SEARCH as well as google site search added at the bottom of the forum pages. Please use it as often as you like. ;)

[WebMaster]

Now, you can use


[img]http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/signature_cpg.php[/img]


To display random image along with stats of Image gallery anywhere over the net (namely any discussion forum. provided that discussion forum allows image posting in the signatures/profile.)

Enjoy!!!

Demo? See my sigs.

[WebMaster]

Top welcome panel added. Shows your avatar when you are logged in on the left side as well as PM info. ;)

[srirangan]

Yea, I like the new updates. Good work. :)

[WebMaster]

It still doesnt look okay when you login, if the user has large avatar. Will work on it later! :help

[mysterious]

It was the first thing that struck my eyes and I was like, 'thats why the welcome page looks different'! :D

[mysterious]

Why is the DT main page the old one now? Where'd the new one go after the major database and server hiccup that occured a couple of weeks back? I liked that new main page where it said, "Welcome to DT, where generals come to talk". Unfortunately it doesn't say that anymore and I'm hoping that soon it will be fixed. :smokingc:

[WebMaster]

What are you talking about? It does say that.

Screenshot?

[mysterious]

Where does it say that? I guess I'm not sure where to look for that. But even then, I think the layout of DT changed a bit before the databse crash down but now its back to the old one. Isn't that so? Or I'm just talking crap? :P

[brahmos]

Are you working on a new layout for the Home Page? It won't load.