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Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:39 pm

This is a simple thread to document any changes made to the forum and its functionality, for users who like to keep an ear to the ground.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:17 am

19/03/2019 - Updated the "Hacks" section of the forum to read "Utilities & Hacks", since there was desire expressed to discuss and demonstrate tools, which isn't technically hacking.
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Post by Daedalus » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:23 am

19/03/2019 - Added custom colours for VIP, The Eternally Faithful and Dogmeat user groups.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:01 pm

21/03/2019 - Increased the post count per page to fifteen.
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Post by Daedalus » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:07 pm

21/03/2019 - Increased the number of topics per page to 50.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:04 pm

21/03/2019 - Erased the old PHPBB constraint whereby avatars couldn't be uploaded if they were greater than a certain set of dimensions. The board should now scale down user avatar uploads so that they obey the board's visual style. No more fiddling with Photoshop and Paint!
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Post by Daedalus » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:04 pm

22/03/2019 - Gave the Youtube button when creating a post a more attractive and uniform appearance, and put it in a more logical position.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:39 pm

22/03/2019 - Increased the file attachment size limit to 2.5 megabytes. The default was quite stringent.
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Post by Daedalus » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:28 pm

22/03/2019 - Added the Strikethrough text and Spoiler text formatting options to the board.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:32 pm

28/03/2019 - Made some small adjustments to file hosting limitations and extensions to enable usermaps and episodes to be uploaded to the site. It goes without saying that this is then the official day on which the site began to be able to host such content! Expect this process to offer further visibility, automation and functionality in the future.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:02 am

16/07/2022 - Updated forum Software to phpBB 3.3.8. Updated site configuration to use PHP 8.1. Restored functionality of various features which were affected by the update. Made a tiny fix so descenders in user profiles are no longer trimmed slightly on certain posts.
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Post by Daedalus » Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:21 am

16/07/2022 - Modified the stylesheet for the site's avatar gallery. These should now be transparent where previously they were bright white, which was both unsightly and might've scared some users off from using them, possibly contributing to the peculiar trend of multiple users sticking to the "default painting avatar".
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Sun Jul 17, 2022 2:32 pm

17/07/2022 - Made a tiny visual change whereby read posts will have a grey paper icon and unread posts will have a red icon. Previously there was no way in which to immediately establish which posts were new upon reading old threads.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Lizzieborden » Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:12 pm

Hey thx so much for this:
read posts will have a grey paper icon and unread posts will have a red icon.
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Re: Altar of Stone Forums - Update Thread

Post by Daedalus » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:46 pm

18/07/2022 - Updated the personal message icons, which previously didn't fit so well with the forum's visual theme and replaced them with darker, Blood-themed icons.
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