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 is the still the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]