New skin to play with

[garysgold]

We dont have a spell checker :sarc:

Hmm, that would explain it. Must be something I done here.

edit: Yep. I was using IE. Still works in FF beta2.

 

[johngalt]

In Fx you can accidentally disable the spell checker if you right click and hit the letter S....

I personally use Spellbound II (modded {maxVersion bumped} by yours truly over at AMI) and am loving it - I did a full write up on how to get it working in Fx 3.x (and can confirm it works on 3.1 as well). See SpellBound II {Discussion} - Add-ons Mirror for instructions, and SpellBound-II v2.2 (FX) - Add-ons Mirror for the modded version.

See SpellBound II {Discussion} - Add-ons Mirror (same thread as first post, just further down the chain) for screen shots as to how I have my Spellbound set up.

Finally, it *does* have some quirks - namely, if you try replace all / ignore all, then it tends to skip misspelled words, and if you start making corrections, the scroll bar on the left goes away....

Also, on this forum, the default text editor for the quick reply is the Rich text editor, which breaks Spellbound if no text is selected - but I just turn off the Rich text editor as I like to use BBCodeXtra as an extension as well, which allows me far more manipulation options for text...and all from the context menu....

 

[darkassain]

thanks for the bbcodeeXtra john...
havent heard of it but it looks good

 

[garysgold]

thanks for the bbcodeeXtra john...
havent heard of it but it looks good

What DA said.

Gary

 

[z3r010]

I have set the skin as default for a few days to see how it effects traffic.

 

[Barman58]

Just one thing I've noticed - the Fixed version (thanks BTW from us luddites),
doesn't have the right logo

 

[z3r010]

If the traffic improves with the skin change (as it did over @ x64) I will get all the source files together again and change it.

 

[pooch]

No spel cheker?

Hai Kum on onli th ozzy's wud neeed won!!

 

[darkassain]

Hai Kum on onli th ozzy's wud neeed won!!

i not unstand word you sai....lol

 

[pooch]

Just one thing I've noticed - the Fixed version (thanks BTW from us luddites),
doesn't have the right logo

Call me old fashioned but I like it like this. There is no mistaking where you are

 

[johngalt]

lol - I am still sticking to W7 wide - cause it has forum links at the bottom....

 

[Mark]

I agree with you John, I also like the links at the bottom and I know where to find everything lol, but I still like the new skin as well, different strokes for different folks.

 

[garysgold]

I agree with you John, I also like the links at the bottom and I know where to find everything lol, but I still like the new skin as well, different strokes for different folks.

Seems they exist in windows7 fixed but not in windows7.

Gary

 

[johngalt]

I agree with you John, I also like the links at the bottom and I know where to find everything lol, but I still like the new skin as well, different strokes for different folks.

I definitely like the colors of the new skin, but soo many of the colors blend in so well that at times I miss things that should be right there under my nose, so to speak. I think offsetting things with a bit of orange would make this a very likable skin for me. Then again, I'd also go with a very dark skin, as I like dark backgrounds, too....

Seems they exist in windows7 fixed but not in windows7.

Gary

You're right - I would never have noticed that as I simply cannot afford (more like do not want to) have unused whitespace on my widescreen monitor - at a resolution of 1680 x 1050, that all the non-wide skins look, well, ugly, in that there is so much white (wasted) space on the sides...hence my preference for a wide skin.

In fact, it is the same reason why I am always running all my browsers in maximized mode, either to a single screen or to my entire desktop...Now *that* is efficient real estate use....



Here is a small tutorial I wrote on how to use BBCode efficiently with this board (and other boards that are based upon the BBS / Forum software being used - I am guessing that it is IPB?)...

In every reply box, at the top right part of the reply box is a letter "A" - if you hover over it, in Rich Text Editor mode it prevents pasting items from the BBCode Xtra Extension, so you'll need to click it *once* to exit Rich Text Editor mode.

You can permanently set the type of editor that you will be presented every time you log into the board by going to your User Control Panel --> Edit Options --> Miscellaneous Options --> Message Editor Interface

In my set, there are three options available in the drop down:

• Basic Editor - A simple text box
• Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls
• Enhanced Editor - Full WYSIWIG Editing

I have my profile set to use Standard Editor and it seems to work just fine - depending upon Fx version, though, you may be *forced* to the Basic Editor.

ALso, if you plan on using the Spellbound II extension I mentioned earlier in http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/932-new-skin-play-5.html#post7890 then you'll need to do one of these as well....

 

[darkassain]

thanks john
i noticed that in the user CP and i didnt know it was there
now i have a use for it thanks

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

z3r010, I saw that!..............


















Later Ted

 

[z3r010]

There seems to be a problem with some of the ajax functions in the vbulletin build I upgraded to this morning, I have turned a few bits off for now until I can get a fix