For some time, some members in Linux Forum had asked for quick reply feature so that they can reply quickly without having to open new page and wait another loading time which is sometimes time consuming (for slower connection). It's actually a simple task, as there are a lots of phpBB hacks around and a lot of forum has used them and it's working well so far. One of my concern is compatibility whenever a newer version of phpBB is available, since most of the times, the file will be overwritten by the new version, so the modification has to be repeated again and rechecked for compatibility. Other reason is the amount of theme installed. For every theme, i had to update the files (including the language pack, since currently it's available on English and Indonesian language).
So today i decided to work it out and it's finished less than 20 minutes
. Luckily Indonesian forum only has 3 active themes (Jet, SubSilver, and GreenTech), so the amount of work is not that much. The feature is already there and you can start using it right away. I hope every member can have the benefits of this new feature
Yes, I know the feeling. The forum that I managed, ran a lot of plugins and hacks that should be re-install every time the forum updated to a new version. Bummer...
ReplyDeleteWell the quick reply feature is a good thing, it helps people to reply answers rapidly, yet the downside is, it tends bring one-liner posts more often.. :)
yes, but phpBB rarely release an update lately (perhaps because they're busy working the 3.0 version, aka Olympus). So based on that fact, i decided to install the quick reply hack. The problem will occur when 3.0 is released. Whether we should upgrade or stay with 2.x version.
ReplyDeleteOf course, but it depends on the people. Usually people in the forum i managed rarely do one-liner posts.