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  1. Grey Knightmare

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    Yup - good point.
    Not sure what to have though, EP? or A pic of some pony or other?
    Clicking the rep gems? Hmm
    That might be an option... - I'm not sure how screwed up the other icons would become if the rep one was missing.

    Still for the life of me trying to get the rep to display the value, it's so temperamental... >:|

    Changed the Home page layout a fair bit, added welcome and latest episode boxes.

    Etc.. =D
     
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    Whatever it is, you don't have much room to go with so choose something simple and without a lot of detail, like a symbol or something
     
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    A symbol! Great idea Derpy, have a medal :D
     
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    It gives me two options of helpful or not helpful. Also, it wouldn't let me submit it until I put a reason. Also also, I think the icon should just be twilight since she is the main character, or Derpy since everybody looks for her in each episode lol. By the way, I've noticed that already we have features in place that outpace what tapatalk can handle. We might want to advertise somewhere to hire someone to design a full mobile app
    I can't because I have no experience but I am sure that somepony would like to.

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    That's a lot harder than you'd think - until the forum is remotely 'popular' that's going to be the last thing on my mind.
    Put it this way Vbulletin just released a 'mobile' suite - which does exactly what your suggesting and they charge... well:

    I think unless anyone has serious objections we'll stick with the elements of harmony symbol for now - it's not hard to change so there's no hurry/great need to hunt down the 'perfect' one.

    EDIT: What I can do - if it interests you - is install a 'mobile' skin - which is basically a stripped, streamlined style - ugly but fast loading and tidy (on most mobile devices) style, you'd just access the site through your normal browser and 'most' devices will automatically swap to said skin.
     
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    Hey Grey, the elements of harmony symbol doesn't always seem to work - only occasionally showing up as the icon
     
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    Try clearing your cache/cookies - should sort it right up :)
    See you guys tomorrow =p
     
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    I've noticed that people's signatures always start just below where the post count is displayed. Obviously it's not a major problem but it'd still be nice if they started below where the post's text ends. It'd just mean less scrolling and less blank space.

    I made a (really quick :derpe:) comparison in photoshop comparing what it would look like to now. It even has (a) dimensions so you know it's legit, see attached :p The image is pretty huge but I made it ~200kb because I'm such a lovely person.
    http://fftesting.webs.com/Site-SuggestionsPosts.png
     
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    I'm pretty sure that's hard-coded but I'll have a look nonetheless :)
     
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    It's been done on LBPC (how many comparisons to LBPC have we had now :dunno:) So it can be done, I have no idea how difficult it is to change though, like I said it's not exactly an important feature. Thanks though :)
     
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    Hard-coded doesn't mean 'undoable' - it means it requires editing native bulletin files (and hence voiding our official support). But on second thoughts it's probably changeable in the style/CSS some way or another! :)
     
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    Well they also could be using different forum software, though it's most likely vb (vb seems the most common)
     
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    You'd be surprised, I actually find SMF (Simple Machines) and PHPBB3 are the two most common forum softwares but to my knowledge both are free.
    If people are willing to purchase forum software, yes in many cases Vbulletin is considered one of the top in the market and on that note LBPC is Running Vbulletin 4x (albeit an older version than our own).

    P.S.

    I really need a 'to-do-list' I have completely forgotten what I've done, what needs doing etc...

    Post gap size and reputation float over display spring to mind (**** the last one for now).
    I'm sure I've promised to do a lot more, so please feel free to remind me!! :derpe:
     
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    Mobile skin would work. (I wish LBPC would do that.)
    Would that allow me to use the chat feature?

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    I thought the post icons looked a bit bland, I replaced them (or am in the process of..).

    Umm yes, so long as your device supports it natively - I believe so.
    For e.g. iPods and iPod touch's safari will work with our chat (it's not ideal but they do for the most part).
     
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    Nice use of the Royal Guard icon so far Grey
     
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    Thanks :D
    Just wait till you see Jaret's contribution ^^

    EDIT: It's up as is a better 'hover' state for the report post icon.
     
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    Well I use opera mobile on my HTC Droid Eris. I don't know where to check on the way it works on Android. However, the IP chat on littlebigplanetarium.com works fine.

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    Androids/iPhones/Blackberries - Any 'smart' phone should work fine :)
     
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    Good. By the way, Tapatalk just updated and added a few more moderator capabilities like banning users and stuff. Just thought you would like to know.

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