Apolyton 7: New Features: Members Photos, Buddies info & more

[MarkG]

Our 7th birthday is almost there and celebration begins with some new features for all users (plus related announcement in a separate thread)

The following have been implemented:

- Personal Photo: each user can upload a photo of himself. The photo appears his profile page and also on the all-members photo gallery

http://apolyton.net/forums/memberlist.php?s=&action=viewgallery

- User profile pages show the user's buddies

http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=830

- A new [ q=User ] [ /q] quote tag is availiable for easier quotes with original poster info

- Posts are numbered within a thread

- Quicky reply forms include a "preview" button

We've got a couple more additions to be made during the week....

[Hueij]

Man, I've been here for over six years now and this place just gets better and better

[Sparrowhawk]

While the changes look good, wouldn't it make more sense for the User Profile pages show the user buddies to show those buddies on the users list rather then those people that have you on their list?

I would rather see the icons of those people that I have put on my list then the icons of the people that have put me on their list.

/me

[MarkG]

you have that list in your control panel page

but i guess i could add it....

[MarkG]

personal photo now appears on profile page

http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=830

[Zopperoni]

Most of the additions are cool, but why have you chosen for buddies to be displayed? In other words, what are the benefits achieved with it?

I don't really give a rat's ass, but I wonder what the thought behind it was.

[Maniac]

People can brag against each other who's most popular.

[MarkG]

it's a "provide as many info as possible" attempt as well as sociology experiment

[Zoid]

A lot of eye candy and some nifty additions.

[Skanky Burns]

Nice features, they be.

[MarkG]

well put up some photos then!

http://apolyton.net/forums/memberlist.php?s=&action=viewgallery

[Shogun Gunner]

Cool stuff Mark. Thanks!

[DrSpike]

The photo stuff is great. You may want to consider some sort of 'suggestion' against people uploading joke pics to the 'Poly gallery though. Already there are 2 non-pics from 5.

And your pic is really scary in comparison to others you have posted over the years.

[Zoid]

Originally posted by MarkG
well put up some photos then!
http://apolyton.net/forums/memberlis...on=viewgallery

Done!

[MarkG]

Originally posted by DrSpike
The photo stuff is great. You may want to consider some sort of 'suggestion' against people uploading joke pics to the 'Poly gallery though. Already there are 2 non-pics from 5.

for now we'll let people post non-photos.

if it gets out of hand in any way, there is a verification feature which will put the publishing of each and every photo under my artistic control
i'm sure noone wants that