Tag Archives: 7.x
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?

A Better YouTube custom BBcode

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 is the still the […]

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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.

UBB.threads user selectable tooltip preferences

From what I’ve seen, the naysayers win in most cases and it ends up with the forum turning off the option entirely. Whoever wants it, just can’t get it. Matter of fact, this is the case over at Ubb.central right now ( I posted the solution there as well ). It’s turned off for whatever […]

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

Adding a Gametrailers.com video tag

A customer of mine recently wanted to know if I could gin up a custom ubbcode tag for Gametrailers.com and I obliged him. The first thing is to note a pattern that can be matched from the video URL and the resulting embed code at the site. In most cases, this is what you want […]

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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.

Handy Mysql queries for UBB.Threads

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. This will be a continually updated list of queries that I either run into or have to create in order to get data out of threads that isn’t normally […]

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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.

Adding a top logo to your UBB.threads forum

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. This article will build up to the final answer by first […]

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UBB.threads usually allows for alternating row colors in many of the parts of the forum and it is nice to have in order to set apart the rows by color (or more specifically CSS styling).

The Post Island is such a creature that doesn't allow this for some reason. Oversight? I really don't know, but it is really a small tweak to put in the option to alternate the rows and make them have a distinct look.

Alternating row colors in a Post Island

UBB.threads usually allows for alternating row colors in many of the parts of the forum and it is nice to have in order to set apart the rows by color (or more specifically CSS styling). The Post Island is such a creature that doesn’t allow this for some reason. Oversight? I really don’t know, but […]

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Adding Smiley pop-up to the Shoutbox

Have you ever wanted to have a smiley pop-up for the UBB.threads shoutbox? Look no further, because I’ll show you how to do it in this article. Credit where credit is dude goes to CampingPA Ranger over at CampingPA.com. Stop by and have a look at their site. Their list of smileys is quite impressive […]

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Have you ever gone to a UBB.threads site, notice something unique about it's layout and wonder 'how the heck did they do that' ?

For example, there is a very well put together site that is in the 'Community spotlight' forum over at UBB.central called [ <a title="Love the Garden forums" href="http://www.lovethegarden.com/forums/" target="_blank">Love the Garden</a> ]

Demystifying UBB.threads framework – Part I

Have you ever gone to a UBB.threads site, notice something unique about it’s layout and wonder ‘how the heck did they do that’ ? For example, there is a very well put together site that is in the ‘Community spotlight’ forum over at UBB.central called [ Love the Garden ]. They peeked under the hood, […]

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