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Forums Suggestion by chris on 01-25-2004 at 09:23 AM

Umm im not really sure how to explain this... like yea heres a suggestion for the area  were peoples usernames go so that if you got a long name it is only long on there post... see attached screen shot.. invision does it..

RE: Forums Suggestion by Muss on 01-25-2004 at 09:29 AM

instead of screwing up the entire page, it screws up one post?


Would be harder to notice (if it was with avatars) and might be less likely to be removed :P


Also, depends on if WDZ wants to do it or not :P

RE: Forums Suggestion by chris on 01-25-2004 at 09:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jehuty
instead of screwing up the entire page, it screws up one post?
yea thats exaclty what it does... also it would be good for the usernames too :) and you dont even notice it till you got to that users post...
RE: Forums Suggestion by Choli on 01-25-2004 at 12:23 PM

I like the idea. Some people have very long names without spaces and/or wide avatars and that makes all the page be ugly displayed...

RE: Forums Suggestion by musicalmidget on 01-25-2004 at 12:35 PM

I like the idea to. :)

Might it just not be as easy to restrict username lengths though?

RE: Forums Suggestion by Choli on 01-25-2004 at 12:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by musicalmidget
Might it just not be as easy to restrict username lengths though?
and how many characters would the limit be?note that some characters like m take more space than others like i. And what about people already registered?
RE: Forums Suggestion by musicalmidget on 01-25-2004 at 01:52 PM

Well, I think the default limit is 20 characters, so maybe 15 would be wise.

I can't think of any existing members off the top of my head with more than 15 characters in thier name, but I think any limit imposed should only apply to new registrations not current members.

That's just my idea anyway. :)

RE: Forums Suggestion by Choli on 01-25-2004 at 02:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by musicalmidget
I think the default limit is 20 characters,
so there is a limit? i didn't know that :P
Well, Fraisie, has a 21-characters nick PiratesOfTheCaribbean. I don't have anything against her nick, but it hasn't got any spaces and that makes the pages looking strange.
RE: Forums Suggestion by lizard.boy on 01-25-2004 at 05:45 PM

correct me if i'm wrong but right now the forum displays 1 100%width table right? its just a matter of making it so that each post is a table and that would make it so the even if somebody posts a 1024x768 screenshot on his/her post goes way off the right of the screen

RE: Forums Suggestion by saralk on 01-25-2004 at 06:31 PM

couldnt u just have a fixed width for the username column, that way, if the person has a really long username, then it will just take up multiple lines

RE: Forums Suggestion by lizard.boy on 01-25-2004 at 06:47 PM

thats how it is now i'm pretty sure but even with a fixed width a wide something (picture block of text with no spaces) could expand it

RE: Forums Suggestion by WDZ on 01-26-2004 at 04:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by musicalmidget
Might it just not be as easy to restrict username lengths though?
They will be limited after I upgrade. :p

quote:
Originally posted by Choli
And what about people already registered?
They don't matter. :p Most have short names, and the ones who don't aren't active anymore.

quote:
Originally posted by lizard.boy
correct me if i'm wrong but right now the forum displays 1 100%width table right? its just a matter of making it so that each post is a table
That would make the HTML much more complex, and larger in size. It's not a very good idea, IMO. :^)

quote:
Originally posted by lizard.boy
thats how it is now i'm pretty sure but even with a fixed width a wide something (picture block of text with no spaces) could expand it
I think you're right.

quote:
Originally posted by Choli
I don't have anything against her nick
I do. (A) I was reluctant to change it to something so long... :dodgy:
RE: Forums Suggestion by lizard.boy on 01-26-2004 at 11:41 PM

urm dz add some spaces and you get your formatting corrected :refuck: