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maxxis wrote:Technically it will only refresh for those who have the link open. Should be fine.
I always have the link open :oops:
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+1 :lol:
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+1 again ;)
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Ron2K wrote:
bosaap wrote:Yea this is nicer and better looking than the old one.... but one small question and no its not for the sidebar.
Will it be possible to have the active topics refresh everytime a post was made or new post then you dont have to F5 the whole time. I have the forum open in its own tab while im busy with other stuff, and then coming back i have to refresh to see whats new, will it be possible?
Well, to get it to refresh whenever a new post was made, I'd have to teach myself some AJAX first. :P

What I've done instead was borrow one line of code from viewonline.php, add it to the relevant place in search.php, and the active topics page now refreshes every 60 seconds. I'll keep an eye on server load; if things slow down because of this, I will either increase the refresh interval or disable it entirely.
I would say you have the best option there Ron. If you refresh it every time a post was made you sit with the possibility that you will do multiple refreshes before the first is actually finished which may, in some remote cases, cause a deadlock on the DB.
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I have a gripe...

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See how the page numbers all have a similar colour? Almost identical... see? Usually the CURRENT page is a different colour. Any chance we can change this? :P
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oh yeah, I dig THIS look...
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AAA thx Ron
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DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I have a gripe...

Check this pic:

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See how the page numbers all have a similar colour? Almost identical... see? Usually the CURRENT page is a different colour. Any chance we can change this? :P
I asked maxxis that within ten minutes of our test run. He says it may be difficult to find the exact CSS styling, though not impossible. A couple others have asked too, so let's hold our breath and see.
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bosaap wrote:AAA thx Ron
I believe you have maxxis to thank for this theme. Speaking of which thanks maxxis it looks great, aside from my gripe about the loation of the PM, Email and other buttons, I love the new look! ;)
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Wasn't the "who is online" section at the bottom, a link to the list, in the original theme? if not, please can you make it a link? :wink:
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It says that Goggle bot and I are on the board alone :shock:
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Tribble wrote:It says that Goggle bot and I are on the board alone :shock:
Lol, one female online and a bot comes to Goggle. :roll: :twisted:
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Stuart wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I have a gripe...

Check this pic:

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See how the page numbers all have a similar colour? Almost identical... see? Usually the CURRENT page is a different colour. Any chance we can change this? :P
I asked maxxis that within ten minutes of our test run. He says it may be difficult to find the exact CSS styling, though not impossible. A couple others have asked too, so let's hold our breath and see.
He also said that he will have a look at it.
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Looking at it.

The problem is that the pagination area has no class attached to links and non-link in the code.

What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
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Eish sounds like a tough job...

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maxxis wrote:Looking at it.

The problem is that the pagination area has no class attached to links and non-link in the code.

What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
Nice solution Maxxis.
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maxxis wrote:What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
That was going to be my next suggestion. :whistling:
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Now if your board had a different colour skin - then we could see the number :wink:
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Stuart wrote:
RuadRauFlessa wrote:What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
That was going to be my next suggestion. :whistling:
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I did not write that. :shock:
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Stuart wrote:
RuadRauFlessa wrote:What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
That was going to be my next suggestion. :whistling:
Stuart,

I did not write that. :shock:
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Tribble wrote: Mousey strikes again :lol: :lol:
Oh I just love these cat and mouse games. You do realize that opposites attract. :twisted:
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Stuart wrote:
maxxis wrote:What im doing is that Im busy rewriting that part of the code to add classes to the links in order to change the CSS to get the colours set for the a tag :D
That was going to be my next suggestion. :whistling:
Stuart,

I did not write that. :shock:
But I never said you did ... :? :shock: :whistling:
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RuadRauFlessa wrote:
Tribble wrote: Mousey strikes again :lol: :lol:
Oh I just love these cat and mouse games. You do realize that opposites attract. :twisted:
Yep - it generally results in a black hole
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Stuart wrote:And mousey is about to strike again ...
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Just to keep in the spirit of things

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