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Post by Kami on Apr 18, 2024 12:54:10 GMT -8
As a tarot practitioner myself, if you're looking to entice people looking for readings + to practice your own craft, you gotta explain things. You've set up the board but there's so many boards without content that I would have fleshed out before putting it up for review -- I know that there are multiple types of tarot decks, as I'm sure you do, and that in addition to tarot there's also oracle decks, etc, but the casual forum-goer may not even if they're interested in getting a reading. Ultimately if you want to put yourself as someone running the show and doing tarot readings for your community, you gotta set yourself up as an expert and so far i'm not seeing that since this forum looks like you made it like, a day or two ago and haven't gotten around to making any content for it.
Visually I think it's all right. A little plain for my personal tastes, but there's nothing wrong with plain.
Overall: Needs work; if the forum is nearly content-empty and has very basic visuals, there's not really a lot for us to review and give feedback on.
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Post by Kami on Apr 17, 2024 7:45:30 GMT -8
Are there any pb plug-ins like this? I looked at external resources. But I don't want people to have to create accounts with cloudinary or vgy or anywhere else. Scott's done the short answer, but I want to go ahead and give a more detailed explanation so you understand why you're not finding what you want more readily available. 1. Plugins aren't all that special.What I mean by this is that plugins are simply plain ol' javascript, things that are rendered for your view on your end — broadly speaking, no data is sent to PB's server. In order to create a plugin that allows you to upload images to a post, that plugin needs to be connected to an image host or other database as the uploads aren't sent (and cannot be sent) to PB's servers. 2. A majority of image hosts do not allow their service to be used as a content delivery network (CDN).Each service has a different threshold from when something switches from "normal" usage to what they consider being a CDN, but as a rule of thumb they generally don't want to see a lot of traffic to images coming from one specific source near exclusively. In order to help prevent this and monitor if their service conditions aren't being followed, most require an account to be made. There are sites that do not require this, but their definitions for being a CDN are usually far stricter and anyone found in violation of that may get the website and/or host of the website blocked from accessing their servers (meaning no one can use their service across all of PB, if they decided to block PB due to what they consider CDN activity). 3. Running image hosts are expensive.We saw this a few years ago with Photobucket locking everyone with a free account out of their images until they upgraded; over the years many free image hosts have gone belly up simply for it being too cost-prohibitive to run an image host that doesn't require an account or a subscription but also doesn't have overbearing ad sponsorship. As a result, the image hosts that are available today are much more careful about how their services are used. 4. An API of some sort must exist to create a plugin of this nature.You can't send information and data to a server without permission from the server's owner. If an image is uploaded externally, away from the server's own upload page, there has to be something in how the external upload is handled that tells the server that it is OK to receive and store that image. Many image hosts opt NOT to allow this, which means that plugin creators have very few options with which to create an interface to allow PB users to upload without leaving their forum / having to create an account on the host's service. 5. Plugins require upkeep.If you've found a forum that is utilising a plugin that is not publicly available, that's usually because the plugin was created as a bespoke feature for that forum. This allows the plugin creator to (among other things) make sure they are able to continue supporting that plugin without it taking too much of their time. Plugins that are publicly posted — especially ones of this nature — require a lot of upkeep technologically (keeping up with both changes to PB as needed, and changes to the host as needed including terms of service changes), and interaction with the PB community at large in order to support the functionality as well as provide guidance and help to forum users interested in using the plugin. -- All of these factors combined mean that making an image upload UI that fills all the following conditions simultaneously: - no external account - doesn't cost money - doesn't break the host's tos - doesn't break PB's tos - is reasonable to upkeep - that doesn't present security problems is virtually impossible, unless you have someone willing to invest in doing so either for general use, or dedicated for your forum. You have to make a compromise somewhere, and that's why the things available publicly require you and/or all users to create an account with an external service in order for the plugin to function.
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Post by Kami on Apr 16, 2024 20:50:56 GMT -8
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Post by Kami on Apr 16, 2024 17:33:25 GMT -8
Forum URL: aussportsforum-asf.freeforums.net/Hi. Its me ... again. I've noticed on some sites they have these sort of robotic post(ers) that place up to date news on the site. In an allocated thread. How do you get them ? Do you have to invite them or just join somewhere - ie give the URL of your site ? These aren't "robots" as PB does not allow any script that automatically sends a request to their servers (which what an automated bot would do); instead, a member of the staff creates a dedicated account for that particular purpose and manually posts the updates.
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Post by Kami on Apr 15, 2024 18:53:07 GMT -8
Maybe in your headers/footers, a custom page, or in a specific team template; technically, PB is designed to break out of iframes, but I believe it's only if a PB site is put in one, and doesn't also break any iframes place onto a PB site.
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Post by Kami on Apr 15, 2024 9:55:07 GMT -8
Thank you for the insight and recommendation, Kami. When the board was more active this particular Mod was pretty trustworthy, so maybe it was just a case of them making some changes with good intentions. You're probably right about the way the images/links changed as well. I can't imagine the Mod uploading the weird gifs that were on the board, making it almost unusable. But I might just change their Mod status anyway, just in case. If you can't contact them reliable to ask about it, I think demodding them would be the most prudent course of action :) Happy to help!
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Post by Kami on Apr 14, 2024 7:09:33 GMT -8
Not sure why it might be happening, but you could check your theme settings and look into the default theme and delete the gifs if they are there. Otherwise, you could check Admin/Securite/Security Log to see if anyone added them. Thank you for the suggestion! I just checked the Security Log and it looks like one of the old Moderators added them in back in 2020! I don't know why on earth they did that, unless their account got hacked or something. Super weird. For what it is worth, sometimes this happens when using image hosts that don't require an account to upload; since no account is required, URLs get recycled after a period of time where no traffic to that image is recorded. The addition may have been harmless initially, but due to the lack of traffic to the forum (and therefore the images) the URLs were repurposed for another upload. I could be way off base here, since it looks like 2020 was an inactive year to start with so there would be no reason to add new images, but just wanted to offer a possible "why" that doesn't involve "hacking". To err on the side of caution though — while it's unlikely that their account was hacked (hacking generally involves compromising the software, which would be a strange thing to do if all that changed was the addition of gif images), their account may have had a weak password or perhaps they were feeling cheeky and wanted to leave an unpleasant surprise as some sort of misguided joke, I recommend removing their moderator powers by editing their profile to remove their moderator member group and (if applicable), remove their name from any boards they may be listed as a moderator of (you can do this in your admin panel by editing the boards in admin > structure > categories & boards).
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Post by Kami on Apr 13, 2024 21:53:03 GMT -8
Yes. I typed [https://]quakerparrotforum.net thanks for confirming -- a pb admin will have to double check the custom domain setup for you here to see why it's being treated as if the SSL certificate is invalid. they'll be back during business hours next week (mon - friday, 9am to 5pm pacific/-8 gmt) but they occasionally log in off hours so check back later.
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Post by Kami on Apr 13, 2024 17:05:21 GMT -8
I typed [https://]www.quakerparrotforum.net and a page with a black background came up with a message that says "This site can't provide a secure connection." www.quakerparrotforum.net provided an invalid response". ProBoards doesn't use WWW — unless you specifically set up www when setting up your custom domain. Does this error show up if you drop the www?
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Post by Kami on Apr 13, 2024 13:28:14 GMT -8
I tried and got the same thing. It seems you are using a custom domain; an admin may need to look into why the SSL certificate isn't applying -- to be clear, you get the same result from http://quakerparrotforum.net AND https://quakerparrotforum.net -- be sure that you are checking both the http and https versions (first and second, respectively). If the answer is yes, then there might be an issue with the custom domain and the SSL certificate combination which is nothing you can handle or prevent yourself, so please don't be concerned
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Post by Kami on Apr 10, 2024 16:19:09 GMT -8
Ok, I think I understand, but just to be sure... Forum admins can manually lock a post, preventing its author from editing or deleting it, immediately after it's posted and well before 5 minutes have elapsed, but if it's done automatically with a plugin, there must be a 5 minute delay at minimum. Is that right? Basically correct - with the exception that posts cannot be locked, only threads. Just some added clarity: you can still disable editing / deleting posts via the plugin with the 5 min delay, it's just the terminology of "locking" only applies to threads as it's the name of an actual built-in function.
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Post by Kami on Apr 7, 2024 15:05:09 GMT -8
Thank you. I still cannot work out how to do this. There does not seem to be an option to remove from group only ban or delete. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated Cathie You mentioned you were the forum owner, but I wanted to confirm: do you log into an account with the username of "admin" / did you create the forum? I am not doubting your ownership, but sometimes people are handed the reins of ownership from someone else but do not realise there are certain things that can be accomplished only by the "admin" account unless those powers are manually granted through the admin panel to the administrator member group. If you ARE the forum creator, then it would be beneficial to share a screenshot (you can upload it as an attachment to your reply) of what you see when following the previously provided steps. If you are NOT the forum creator, it is possible you aren't able to change a user's member groups. If this is the case, let us know and there are a few things you can do to see if you can get the powers without involving the forum creator. Alternatively, if the person you're attempting to remove from being an administrator is the forum creator and they are stepping down, there is a different process entirely for that.
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Post by Kami on Apr 3, 2024 9:33:41 GMT -8
Wow those rules are complicated. Honestly, I think making my own is going to be easier That's absolutely okay! For what it's worth though, the rules are in place simply to make sure that you get exactly what you want without a lot of back-and-forth between yourself and request filler, since they are voluntarily assisting. Making sure you have a vision and any required resources like the colours you want, images you want, fonts you want, etc, makes things easier for the person filling your request to deliver in a timely manner. It's definitely not a path for everyone, especially if you have the know-how to make something yourself. I just wanted to give some additional context as to why the requirements are this way. It is 100% absolutely your choice, and there is no right or wrong decision here on this end, do whatever makes you most comfortable!
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Post by Kami on Apr 3, 2024 7:45:42 GMT -8
I need a banner for my forum please Vanilla Minecraft Forum It needs to be like minecraft and match the theme please While I can't promise that I will be the one to fill this request, before anyone can begin work we need more information. Please have a look through the request rules, here: support.proboards.com/page/cdrules#gdrMake sure to edit your first post to include the required information that's missing, and remember that request-fillers aren't invested in your forum so more detail is generally better than less to make sure your banner turns out the way you'd like it to.
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Post by Kami on Apr 1, 2024 7:29:58 GMT -8
oh thank goodness, i've been locked out of support by this for like three days 😩
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