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April 30, 2006 at 11:32 pm #150
Phidippides
KeymasterHey folks, I'm writing to ask your opinion about this forum template. As you can see, we are using a dark template, with a black/near black background, chrome-like borders, and some other neat features. While I like this forum template, I'm considering making a change to a different default template. The reason is that this site is eating up a lot of bandwidth – over 700 megs this month, and that's with a relatively small amount of visitors (I believe the reason is Googlebot and MSNbot).Anyway, I think that a simpler template, without the extra neat things this forum has, would reduce the size of the bandwidth of this site. Also, I think that a lighter, more basic template could be more inviting to users over the long term. What are your thoughts? Should I change it? Add your comments below.
May 6, 2006 at 4:39 am #5166Phidippides
KeymasterWell, I think I'll do it anyway!
May 15, 2006 at 5:28 am #5167DonaldBaker
ParticipantYou are the emperor. Why ask the plebes their thoughts? (lol)By the way, I opted for the simple subsilver at my forum, but I manipulated the style at the file level. I added new icons and edited some of the index body .gif's in paint to get the color I wanted. It is still a simple template, but not a vanilla subsilver either. I don't like extreme templates although I did like the one you had. This one is easier on the eyes though. I think that is more important than being all fancy. Just the humble opinion of a plebe.
May 16, 2006 at 12:47 am #5168Phidippides
KeymasterThanks for the input. Your point is taken number one. 😆Changing the template seems to have reduced the load on bandwidtch that was occurring with my old theme. I still have to spruce the place up with graphics and fix an error. I just need to schedule it in somewhere. Ironic - a forum about civilizations throughout time, and yet I can find no time!
May 16, 2006 at 4:39 am #5169DonaldBaker
ParticipantYeah I'm seeing some blank image boxes on the post screen. You are missing a file here or your code is corrupted somewhere. Probably in a .tpl file like the viewforum file or the post body file or whatever is SMF's equivalent to phpbb.
May 17, 2006 at 3:32 am #5170Phidippides
KeymasterActually it should be the logo.jpg file that I deleted because the default one was one that I didn't want on my site. I'll just need to upload a created one of my choosing. Problem is that I can't really do much coding or graphics work during the week – only on the weekends, and my weekends are usually busy with other things to do.
May 17, 2006 at 5:01 am #5171DonaldBaker
ParticipantJust how much SQL do you understand? Are you fluent in php? You know what I mean. Can you write scripts or are you like me and just follow the instructions of the writers and change the things you know won't hurt anything like the images or adding a text field here and there?
May 18, 2006 at 3:28 am #5172Phidippides
KeymasterI am about half way between the two ends of the spectrum you mention. I am in no way a “coder” (the term for a php whiz who can program his own code), but I have more knowledge than just moving images and such around in code. Why, is there some particular thing you are looking to have done?
May 18, 2006 at 4:10 am #5173DonaldBaker
ParticipantI can't get some modules to work on my postnuke site so I tried to get open source software to use and just link it to the site. I tried to install Coppermine and Gallery. Both require GD library to manipulate the images, and I couldn't get that to install either. I am thinking 1and1.com doesn't support it, but they say they do. I want the gallery so that when I start my auction, users can start virtual galleries of their products or have multiple pics of their listings etc…I obviously don't know how to do this and I need some help. Of course maybe the auctio program I buy will have such a function but I still need the GD library for any image manipulation for thumbnails etc…
May 18, 2006 at 11:22 pm #5174Phidippides
KeymasterWhy are you going to buy auction software? I thought you said you were going to use phpauction. That's free.
May 19, 2006 at 6:21 am #5175DonaldBaker
ParticipantWhy are you going to buy auction software?? I thought you said you were going to use phpauction.? That's free.
No it's not. You have to pay a one time fee for it, then you are free to resell it or distribute it as you see fit, or alter the software as you wish. It costs $24.00 for the GPL license and no installation. It costs $104.00 for the GPL license and installation. It costs over $200.00 for GPL, installation, and customized templates. It's still far cheaper than the other major auction software running around. Here's the link: http://www.phpauction.net/user.registration.php?account=4&package=10
May 20, 2006 at 1:53 am #5176Phidippides
KeymasterDonnie, – check this out:
May 20, 2006 at 9:24 pm #5177DonaldBaker
ParticipantDonnie, - check this out:
Are you telling me you got your auction up for free? It's pretty cool by the way. Can you upload pics once you register?
May 20, 2006 at 9:46 pm #5178DonaldBaker
ParticipantOkay I see I can upload pics. Duh…Okay I need details. Database size, pruning capability, etc...Do I need ImageMagick or some other image manipulation software or does it come with the auction package? Basically tell me everthing I need to know to install this myself.
May 20, 2006 at 10:14 pm #5179DonaldBaker
ParticipantI posted a demo listing to see how it works. Everything is really sweet except the auction beginning and ending dates are a little screwy. Have you set the date on your auction site?
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