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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 5, 2020 7:42:59 GMT -5
I felt like the Google group wasn't "engaging" enough, so I decided to go back to a regular message board system. I had moved away from the old one because there were some maintenance problems: some outdated plugins and themes made it impossible to apply patches and upgrades and this was getting to be too much. This message board is hosted on ProBoards, so that kind of maintenance is handled centrally. All that's left to do is configuring the look and feel and that kind of stuff. They have themes and I picked a readable one for now. Unfortunately, it's impossible to display this board (just like the Google group) next to the site's main menu, so that goes away when you're on the board. I'll check if there's a way to add a link to the site at the top or something. The Google group is still here for reference and/or if you want to bring some content you had posted more or less recently: groups.google.com/g/the-metal-cryptThere are currently two forums (or boards, as they call them): Metal Discussion and General Discussion. There's a private one for staff members, because we're speciaaal. I grabbed one of the Facebook cover pics that Luxi created. It kind of clashes with the current theme, but I like to think that it's the current theme that clashes with the pic. There are some ads (though I haven't seen any yet??). I could get rid of that, but I'm not made of money. Anyway, hopefully there will be more discussions going back to this type of board. Things have been a little too lifeless around here.
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Post by metalmike on Dec 5, 2020 10:04:47 GMT -5
Looks good! The Google ones were a little hard to navigate for us old folks
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Post by doomyguy on Dec 5, 2020 12:14:20 GMT -5
Hi there - saw your message on facebook and decided to hop aboard.
I kinda miss the days when forums ruled the (interesting parts of) the internet. Thankfully a few are still around, and hopefully Metal Crypt can become one them again.
I actually had profile back on the old board and was active for a brief period a few years back. (Can't for the life of me recall my username there - "Jan" perhaps?)
Anyways - I am an ageing metalhead living in Europe.
I am into most kinds of traditional metal and detest most modern styles. If the genre ends with core, it is probably not really metal in my book. Traditional/epic doom and epic metal is probably my favourite styles. That said, I dig the NWOTHM revival a lot. This is a great time to be a metalfan in.
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Post by luxi on Dec 5, 2020 13:03:02 GMT -5
Looks good... actually much better than the previous board!
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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 5, 2020 13:33:14 GMT -5
Hi there - saw your message on facebook and decided to hop aboard. I kinda miss the days when forums ruled the (interesting parts of) the internet. Thankfully a few are still around, and hopefully Metal Crypt can become one them again. I actually had profile back on the old board and was active for a brief period a few years back. (Can't for the life of me recall my username there - "Jan" perhaps?) Anyways - I am an ageing metalhead living in Europe. I am into most kinds of traditional metal and detest most modern styles. If the genre ends with core, it is probably not really metal in my book. Traditional/epic doom and epic metal is probably my favourite styles. That said, I dig the NWOTHM revival a lot. This is a great time to be a metalfan in. Ah yes, that does ring a bell. Welcome back! I wish I had seen ProBoards before, I wouldn't have switched to Google groups after having lots of problems with the two previous board systems. Hopefully this will work fine. Apparently ProBoards have been operating since 2000, so I guess they must be doing something right. I certainly miss the good old days. For several years there were a lot of lively discussions on those boards. The social media stuff just doesn't work as well.
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Post by doomyguy on Dec 5, 2020 14:34:24 GMT -5
Thank you.
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Post by doomyguy on Dec 10, 2020 13:37:41 GMT -5
I just love that you can edit bbcode directly, this is such a cool feature. (reminds me of Wordperfect of ages past.)
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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 10, 2020 18:04:44 GMT -5
Ah yes, the quintessential Reveal Codes. I miss that. Word can drive me nuts sometimes.
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Post by larmer28 on Dec 13, 2020 6:47:52 GMT -5
New member here. I read some of the reviews on the site and decided to check out the message boards.
Proboards is good.
I'm like, from Finland, and not very interesting. I like Savatage. Jon Oliva is a genius and my personal man crush.
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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 13, 2020 7:54:56 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. Lots of Finnish metal content here, largely thanks to our resident Finn, Luxi.
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Post by luxi on Dec 13, 2020 11:19:53 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. Lots of Finnish metal content here, largely thanks to our resident Finn, Luxi. Yes, welcome aboard, fellow country mate! Hope you'll enjoy your stay here.
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Post by doomyguy on Dec 14, 2020 0:29:13 GMT -5
Michel, is is possible to set the board to automatically open the last page of posts in a thread?
Currently it seems to always open the first page when following links from the front page.
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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 14, 2020 15:03:21 GMT -5
If you’re on the site’s main page, no, as it is using a RSS feed for those links.
To go to the last post, instead of clicking on the thread name, click on the right (“Last Post” column). Seems to be about as good as it gets. There may be something better, but for now that’s what I know.
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Post by doomyguy on Dec 15, 2020 1:26:50 GMT -5
If you’re on the site’s main page, no, as it is using a RSS feed for those links. To go to the last post, instead of clicking on the thread name, click on the right (“Last Post” column). Seems to be about as good as it gets. There may be something better, but for now that’s what I know. Ok, thank you for explaining
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Post by metalcrypt on Dec 15, 2020 15:57:54 GMT -5
Ideally I’d like something that would bring you to the first unread post in a thread.
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