vBulletin 3.0 Gold Questions

[Child of the 7th Age]

Pio,

I think you are right.... Now, that I think of it, all the people who had "pluses" were on my buddy list. I will try the "invisible" trick....


OK, one more question for anyone out there.... Why do phrases like "1 viewing" or "2 viewing" appear after the name of the forum in the general menu? At first, I assumed that it was the number of people viewing that particular forum. But the numbers don't always seem to coordinate with the names actually appearing in the forum itself. Perhaps it is the number of members but excludes any guests?

Child

[Mister Underhill]

What are "user options" and should they be accessible to a poster?

These are for admins, where we can do fun stuff like ban trolls.

Why do phrases like "1 viewing" or "2 viewing" appear after the name of the forum in the general menu?

These do correspond to users viewing the forum, but I'm not sure if it includes guests or not.

[Sharkû]

Who's Online and people currently viewing forums aren't updated in exact real time, which can result in minor discrepancies, too.

The avatar thing _should_ work, but I know there's a bug hiding somewhere. We'll have to look into it, I think.

As for reputations, you can view your current standing by clicking on the scale next to any of your posts. In the window which pops up, you can also see what ratings, if any, you got for that specific post, and read any comments.

[HerenIstarion]

reputation re: can we get the list of entries, please? I mean., adventure in what direction - towards fame and fortune or other way round? Hang of what?

(par example, let us suppose there is such a clause as "X is awesome", does it mean X is awesomely respected or disreputed? )

[The Barrow-Wight]

Reputations are based on what people think of the posts you make. People can either agree with your post or disagree with it. The captions will change to reflect your overall reputation as related to the quality of your posts . I'm not going to give out the list of reputation captions, though. People will just have to earn enough reputation points to find out what they are.

[HerenIstarion]

thx

the list is certainly of interest

[Bêthberry]

I am sure Mr. Underhill and BW will appreciate the fact that I can now set sticky threads in my own forum. Thank-you, vBulletin.

So far, I like the new format very much even though I am still learning it.

One new feature which I think is particularly valuable is that we can now post opinions on the quality of individual posts. The rating feature on the old software really amounted to little more than popularity about posters but this feature now allows us to comment on the posts--and even more importantly, give reasons for our opinions. Now, reputations really can be more about the quality of writing and ideas than personalities. We don't want this to be a barrow of --um, can I get away with this--ill-repute.

[Mister Underhill]

Another interesting factoid about reputation is that the higher your reputation is, the more weight your opinion carries when you rate other members' posts. It's a pretty complex little system of calculations.