Well, to try and get to 50 posts and not be a newbie (BTW, Congratulations Nick) I did a little exploring on the modify profile selection and found that the other profile available Classic YaBB SE theme is much larger type and much easier to read everything. I highly recommend you try it. While there you might try selecting Show Most Recent Posts at Top. Don't know for sure what it will do but I suspect that is what someone was looking for earlier.
Richard
Just tried the Yahoo Spell Check on this theme and it works much better.
I do not like that my background is blue. Will try exploring to see if I can change it.
Richard
Hmmmmmm. Lets see. The background on the first post was dark blue and the background on the followup was white. Lets see if this goes back to blue. Am I getting closer to 50 yet?
Richard
OK - now, I have installed a new theme titled Simplicity. It has an ALL WHITE background.
Now, the only thing is, I sure hope I get LOTS of support from our members ;D ;D ;D as I can't possibly know how to discover and work all these cool features across all these different layouts.
But - as busnuts are the BEST - that should be just OKEY DOKEY. ;) ;) ;)
Best Regards - Phil
Well, you win a few and you lose a few.
By doing the changes I made in Themes, I got a much larger size font which looks like about 12 and everything is much easier to read.
I got alternating Blue and white backgrounds on alternate posts.
Selecting the "show most recent post at top" rearranged all the replies to Phil's large sticky post. There are 49 replies and the 49th it the first one you see, so that is very nice I think.
I apparently lost in the changeover to a new theme, the ability to select at the top of the page unread posts and unread replies to my posts.
I wonder if there are some other themes available as that was a nice feature. Yes Phil it did solve the problem I had mentioned earlier.
Yahoo spell check found three typos in this message. It works great.
Richard
Hmmmmm. While I was preparing a post Phil entered information on a new Theme. Guess I will go try that now. Think I will get to 50 tonight?
Richard
I agree with Nick. I do not like Simplicity at all. Font is much too small to be readable. I am going back to YaBB SE. Nick, You ought to give it a try also.
Richard
BTW, the Yahoo spell check does not like Simplicity either.
Well, back to YaBBSE. This theme has a great statistic section and it looks like the board has had almost 10,000 hits in April already, if I am reading it correct. It also breaks down posts by authors and many other interesting ways. Try it guys, You will like it I think.
Richard
MAK Publishing Bulletin Board - Statistics Center
General Statistics
Total Members: 114
Total Posts: 309
Total Topics: 55
Total Categories: 1
Users Online: 9
Most Online: 19 - Today at 06:19:10 PM
Online Today: 19
Average registrations per day: 2.33
Average posts per day: 6.37
Average topics per day: 1.12
Total Boards: 1
Latest Member: Merlin
Average online per day: 3
Male to Female Ratio: 9:1
Top 10 Posters Top 10 Boards
plyonsMC9 66
Nick Badame Refrig. Co. 51
rv_safetyman 20
gumpy 20
Dallas 18
DrivingMissLazy 16
NJT5047 11
plyons 9
akroyaleagle 8
MCI 9 Tony 6
All Topics ( click here for quick start! ) 309
Top 10 Topics (by Replies) Top 10 Topics (by Views)
New Board Jump Start 48
Board format 24
Picture, Gumpy 14
Bus Fire Fighting Information 14
I'm testing it out too 10
Separate Discussion Area for HOW-TO use the board ? 10
14 members 9
This is only a Test 9
Change your background!! 9
Hello 7
New Board Jump Start 337
Picture, Gumpy 188
14 members 147
Bus Fire Fighting Information 127
Board format 106
I'm testing it out too 105
Shameless Use of the Board 99
Posting Pictures 97
Separate Discussion Area for HOW-TO use the board ? 85
You can now upload your own pictures ( avatars ) 82
Top Topic Starters Most Time Online
plyonsMC9 9
Nick Badame Refrig. Co. 7
gumpy 4
Dallas 4
rv_safetyman 3
DrivingMissLazy 3
akroyaleagle 3
JackConrad 2
Clarke Echols 1
RTS/Daytona 1
plyonsMC9 21h 52m
Nick Badame Refrig. Co. 16h 57m
plyons 6h 36m
DrivingMissLazy 5h 54m
gumpy 4h 50m
Dallas 4h 30m
rv_safetyman 4h 26m
MCI 9 Tony 4h 8m
NJT5047 3h 34m
redbus 3h 20m
Forum History (using forum time offset)
Monthly Summary New Topics New Posts New Members Most Online Hits
April 2006 23 180 78 19 9643
March 2006 26 101 30 15 1816
February 2006 6 31 6 3 0
Some interesting statistics from the YaBB SE theme board.
Richard
Fun stuff Richard :)
Default theme users can find this also off of their main screen, under forum stats.
Best Regards,
Phil
STAT, STAT, STAT,
Richard, I need more STAT,
Help!, I can't get enough STAT