Simple Machines Forums

[Eluvatar]

This forum, unlike the Lexicon's old forum, is a Simple Machines Forum. http://www.simplemachines.org

There are a number of differences. Let's start with what it doesn't have.
 Con

• There are fewer smilies (I'm working on that, just running into some slight issues)
• There is no shoutbox (I know how to get a shoutbox that will be part of this forum attached to this, I just haven't done so yet due to the overwhelming number of things going on)
• As noted by the registration agreement, because I actually host this place, it is possible for me to go in and look at the database. I cannot see your passwords, but it is technically possible for me to go in and see PMs. I have no intention of doing this however.
• I can't recall anything else-- additions to this list are welcome

 Pro

• There are some cool tags that are added. Mostly self-explanatory but they are Glow, Shadow (doesn't seem to work though) ,Marquee, Insert Flash (DISABLED), Insert Email, Insert FTP link (If you don't know what this does, don't fuss), Tables (the tag table makes a table, table row makes a row, and inside of that column makes one box), superscript and subscript, and I have no idea what "Teletype" is.
• Not only are there more tags but SMF manages them better. Instead of clicking on the button for a tag making the tag show up at the end of your thing and then have to click it again to make the closing tag appear, when you click the button the tag and its closing tag pop up at the spot where you were typing. In fact, if you have something selected and you click a tag, the begin and close will surrount your selection. (neato eh?)
• SMF has a search function!!!
• We can get various mods and such for SMF.
• A minor thing. If you don't like a category (in the default skin not sure about others) you can press the little
• button to make it go away
• There is the ability to attach stuff. Use sparsely
• This is kinda under the hood, but masking and permissions works much better. No possibility of an "I think you're not banned but you really are" situation
• Totally forgot-- there's lots of statistics that it shows on posting time etc.
• I just discovered this: QuickEdit is a button at the bottom of the post that acts like QuickReply. I think it's amazing!

I'm sure there's stuff I'm missing. Consider this an official "ask questions about SMF" thread.

[Baltija]

As noted by the registration agreement, because I actually host this place, it is possible for me to go in and look at the database. I cannot see your passwords, but it is technically possible for me to go in and see PMs. I have no intention of doing this however.

AHA!

SMF has a search function!!!

How many people uses search function...?

I just discovered this: QuickEdit is a button at the bottom of the post that acts like QuickReply. I think it's amazing!

This and

There is the ability to attach stuff. Use sparsely

May be very useful though.

[Zimmerwald]

It tells you that people have posted while you've been writing a masterpiece.  Invisionfree never did that.  This allows you to modify your post to reply to what others have written.

[Baltija]

Huh?

Anyway, this forum also warns that someone posted while I was writing my own post.

[Zimmerwald]

Thanks for repeating what I said

[Baltija]

Whatever.

[The G Rebellion]

Sounds great Elu!

[Romanar]

It tells you that people have posted while you've been writing a masterpiece.  Invisionfree never did that.  This allows you to modify your post to reply to what others have written.

I like that feature.  It especially comes in handy for those with slow fingers and short attention spans.  It's helped me a lot already. 

[Eluvatar]

Yeah I think that's probably the best change. One thing I forgot about that this kinda keeps from being a con though is that once you post it takes you back to that forum, not that thread.

[Gulliver]

But it won't let me use an apostophe in my name! Still miffed about that; no Mor'os, only ugly Mor Os.

[Eluvatar]

I don't think any modern forum software would let you have an apostrophe in your name. It's very very very potentially destructive to the database <_<

[Morthia]

Yeah I think that's probably the best change. One thing I forgot about that this kinda keeps from being a con though is that once you post it takes you back to that forum, not that thread.

You can change that in your personal settings somewhere. Glad to be of assistance.

[Eluvatar]

Yeah I think that's probably the best change. One thing I forgot about that this kinda keeps from being a con though is that once you post it takes you back to that forum, not that thread.

Oh nice

You can change that in your personal settings somewhere. Glad to be of assistance.

[Baltija]

Can you add more manly skins? You know, cars, war, pirates, booze, all that stuff.

[Flemingovia]

Nobody used the search feature in Invisionfree because it never bloody worked. I can think of many times i waded through dozens of threads looking for a post I knew existed, but could not find.

A working search feature? HUZZAH, HUZZAH, HUZZAH.