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I've had quite a few customers request a custom BBCode for Vimeo, so rather than go into a long post about it, I will post the file and some short instructions on how to implement.

Custom Vimeo BBCode for UBB.Threads

I’ve had quite a few customers request a custom BBCode for Vimeo, so rather than go into a long post about it, I will post the file and some short instructions on how to implement. There are really two ways to add a Custom Tag. One being to manually type all the appropriate fields in […]

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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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Image upload directly into your post

A feature that has always been needed on ubb.threads is a simple way to upload images directly into a new post without having to either upload to a gallery forum first or a popular picture sharing site, then link to it. There are other methods too, including having a companion photopost installation that links the […]

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Ubb.threads has a very underused, but powerful capability in what are called "Custom Islands".

You essentially can have a php code module be scheduled to run at whatever interval you want to produce output to be used as one of the custom islands (left or right) on your forums.

This will show you how

Upcoming events Custom Island

Ubb.threads has a very underused, but powerful capability in what are called “Custom Islands”. You essentially can have a php code module be scheduled to run at whatever interval you want to produce output to be used as one of the custom islands (left or right) on your forums. I was recently asked to provide […]

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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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