UBB.threads and Wordpress experts

A forum that I consult to ( SimHQ ), recently informed me that YouTube has changed the URL format for when you click the “Share” Link below the video. It no longer matches the URL in the address bar and this was causing some confusion.

The URL in the address bar remains the familiar one that links to youtube.com, adding the ?v=xxxx parameter as always, but the Share link has gone a different way now.

So… how do we modify the existing custom BBCode tag to accomplish this, you ask?

In version 7.3 of UBB.threads, we introduced tooltips. This allows users to hover over a topic title in a lists of posts for a forum and have a sneak preview of what was inside, so to speak.

Well, the mistake I made was to make it only an admin selectable option. In other words the entire user base for a particular forum would either have it or not have it. This caused problems, because I’ve found that users either love it or hate it and the middle ground is rare.

A customer of mine recently wanted to know if I could gin up a custom ubbcode tag for Gametrailer.com and I obliged him.

It’s good to have an SQL toolbox of queries at your disposal. UBB.threads has the Database Tools section, where you can save and re-use helpful queries.

Some are listed here.

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen someone post on the UBB.central support forums, “How do I add a logo to the top of my new forum?”. It’s a simple request, really and we’ll find out that the answer is just as simple.