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Title: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 07, 2006, 09:25:00 pm
Well, it wasn't smooth or easy, but here we are.  We are now running Simple Machines Forums.  Things are still a bit out of place at the moment, but I'm working on getting everything back to working condition.  It will probably take a few days.  In the mean time, please feel free to post any problems or suggestions.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 07, 2006, 09:26:49 pm
I like this forum software.  I use it on another forum I visit and it's pretty good.  It'll take some getting used to for a lot of people though.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 07, 2006, 09:39:27 pm
I've used SMF before and it's okay. But I wish the smilies were different; I don't like them.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Elizabeth Rose on June 07, 2006, 09:49:28 pm
I can finally reply! :ph34r:
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Dragon Of Grief on June 07, 2006, 10:13:00 pm
Why exactly did we need to move? This new forum looks like crap.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 07, 2006, 10:19:44 pm
I agree it does too. But I'm pretty sure that SMF is harder to hack than IPB.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 07, 2006, 10:22:32 pm
We're getting new skins ASAP.  I don't really like the usability of this one...
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: carterhawk on June 07, 2006, 10:32:11 pm
reminds me to much of yabb and phpbb. ipb2.1 is soo much cleaner :p. uBB is a close second.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on June 07, 2006, 10:48:13 pm
I'm used to phpBB and vB than this :P
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IceFox on June 07, 2006, 11:04:12 pm
Yeah, im not a big SMF fan, but we'll see how it goes. New skins could be nice, clean up the interface.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on June 07, 2006, 11:07:56 pm
Yeah, im not a big SMF fan, but we'll see how it goes. New skins could be nice, clean up the interface.
There are 3 other choices for skins. I like the classic look the best.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IceFox on June 07, 2006, 11:15:21 pm
Yeah, im not a big SMF fan, but we'll see how it goes. New skins could be nice, clean up the interface.
There are 3 other choices for skins. I like the classic look the best.
I know that, I still don't really like anything, so I am eagerly awaiting the new skins
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 07, 2006, 11:22:57 pm
I am too. And why are everyone's avatar smaller than before?
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: spongebuddie on June 07, 2006, 11:44:03 pm
i agree wit ty
WHY did we have to change??!!!!!!! n i don like the smileys :/
i want the blue skin back :(
this ones way to confusing!!
i kno!! y is everyone's avy smaller?? "/
AND HALF OF MY SIG IS GONE grrrrrrrr
 :angry:
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: partiallynothing on June 08, 2006, 12:08:51 am
Everyone: We needed to move to a more secure forum, it is that simple.  Because of the licensing costs of Invision Power Board (and our out-of-date license), there has been investigation for some time about alternatives.

PHPBB is simply not secure.  Period.  It's free, has a decent templating engine, but that is all it has going for it.

vBulletin looks terrible, and seems slow.

Simple Machines is very speedy (has anyone else noticed the responsiveness of the website), the main URL's are clean (and bot safe) and the templating engine is VERY COOL.

Give it some time while cmonkey and others work on getting a nice spongebob theme up.  For now, stop wining, this IS the forum software we're using.  Try to get used to it, and expect a new skin soon.

(And stop complaining about the dam smilies! =)
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 08, 2006, 01:20:41 am
I'm experienced in SMF and know what the admin panel looks like :P

And partiallynothing, SMF this time installs the mods for you.

And here are some lost smileys:

For : smile :
(http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

For : tounge :
(http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif)

For : sad :
(http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

For : angry :
(http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/mad.gif)

For : laugh :
(http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

For n00b reasons, i didn't get : birggin :

Also, there's a way to put text under your avvy which can act like 2 member titles, one on top, one in the bottom (http://boards.spongebobisland.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif) (yay! ipb smileys xD).
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Band8PGeek on June 08, 2006, 01:30:17 am
I come to SpongeZone.net for one day when I'm at my most confused, and I find this pathetic excuse of a forum??!!!!!
crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap

The glowing shadowy marqueey thing is kinda cool, tho'.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 08, 2006, 02:07:18 am
Why the heck are you saying 'pathetic excuse of a forum??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'? Don't you know what happened recently? USB got hacked. See screenshots: http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6039/usbisaghosttown1oq.jpg http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/9287/usbisaghosttown20ti.jpg
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Band8PGeek on June 08, 2006, 02:37:17 am
Sorry. no need to get so touchy.
I just hope they get the old forum back as quickly as possible. No offence, but the layout is kinda cheap.  
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: CloneTrooperX on June 08, 2006, 03:44:25 am
Finally we're back! I can now talk and do stuff.......
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 08, 2006, 04:27:47 am
Sorry. no need to get so touchy.
I just hope they get the old forum back as quickly as possible. No offence, but the layout is kinda cheap.  
Well, they can't get the old forum back (IPB). Read the first post by partiallynothing on the first page.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: super_sayian_spongebob on June 08, 2006, 06:39:41 am
I like this new fourm, but it ain't the same because I'm a big Invision fan.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: spongey snail on June 08, 2006, 08:45:13 am
I could care less what kind of forums we are in as long as it is spongezone.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on June 08, 2006, 09:13:28 am
I dont understand why you people can't test this SMF out for a week or 2 and see how you really feel. Its only been one day and you're already complaining which tells me you haven't given it a chance yet.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Chongster on June 08, 2006, 09:33:45 am
I've never actually heard of this forum softawre before, But I do like it. I like how my picture is deplayed in the top there all the time :D, oh, and not to mention the coolness of this random thing...  :ph34r:
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Sb129 on June 08, 2006, 09:47:18 am
It's cool looking! :ph34r:This is also a cool thingy!
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 08, 2006, 09:55:57 am
If you REALLY want something that looks more like IPB, then go change the skin.  Go to your profile, then "Look and Layout Preferences", then click "Change" where it says Current Theme and select the "Classic YaBB SE" theme.  It looks more like IPB for all you complainers who can't take the 3 minutes it takes to get used to the new forums..
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 08, 2006, 10:37:17 am
Really though, you'll find that SMF is pretty nice.  The default skin is just sort of really complicated looking.  Give us a week or so, and we'll have a couple of skins more like the ones we had.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 08, 2006, 10:57:19 am
Hooray, skins that were just like the old USB. :D
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 08, 2006, 11:40:42 am
Really though, you'll find that SMF is pretty nice.  The default skin is just sort of really complicated looking.  Give us a week or so, and we'll have a couple of skins more like the ones we had.

I like it a lot.  I visit another board that has SMF installed, and I like it better than IPB really. 
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 08, 2006, 11:49:06 am
For now, if you don't like the default theme, go into your profile, go to look and layout preferences, and choose one of the other ones that are available.  Test1 is just the default theme with bigger fonts.  Themeis is pretty nice, and is what I will probably base one of the United SpongeBob skins off of.  IZ is working on bringing back the blue skin that we used.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: SpongeBrain on June 08, 2006, 11:58:55 am
It's all good. It has just about all of the same featues as IPB. All we need is a new skin which doesn't even matter, anyways.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: garyfan on June 08, 2006, 01:14:41 pm
WAAAA this looks SO weird and I am not good at using simple machine forums.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ti89titanium on June 08, 2006, 01:34:14 pm
You guys should have gone to myBB. Even vBulletin is better than this. MyBB is awesome.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 08, 2006, 01:41:18 pm
You guys should have gone to myBB. Even vBulletin is better than this. MyBB is awesome.

Do you read?

Everyone: We needed to move to a more secure forum, it is that simple.  Because of the licensing costs of Invision Power Board (and our out-of-date license), there has been investigation for some time about alternatives.

PHPBB is simply not secure.  Period.  It's free, has a decent templating engine, but that is all it has going for it.

vBulletin looks terrible, and seems slow.

Simple Machines is very speedy (has anyone else noticed the responsiveness of the website), the main URL's are clean (and bot safe) and the templating engine is VERY COOL.

Give it some time while cmonkey and others work on getting a nice spongebob theme up.  For now, stop wining, this IS the forum software we're using.  Try to get used to it, and expect a new skin soon.

(And stop complaining about the dam smilies! =)

Anyway...stop complaining about the forums.  Be glad we even have forums up...

And SMF is fine.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 08, 2006, 02:53:15 pm
Any forum is okay, as long as we have one.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 08, 2006, 02:55:22 pm
Any forum is okay, as long as we have one.
Heh, perhaps you never saw the "forum" we were running on during the month we were hosted at 1&1.  I swear, we would have been better off mailing napkins back and forth with posts written on them.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 08, 2006, 03:04:02 pm
o_O

Now I've changed my mind about what I said in my previous post.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IZ on June 08, 2006, 04:03:14 pm
Any forum is okay, as long as we have one.
Heh, perhaps you never saw the "forum" we were running on during the month we were hosted at 1&1.  I swear, we would have been better off mailing napkins back and forth with posts written on them.
Which one was that again? :P
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: SpongeBrain on June 08, 2006, 05:10:12 pm
Any idea when the skin'll be up? Just wondering.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 08, 2006, 07:42:13 pm
Now cmonkey, find a mod in simplemachines.org of Fast Reply =P

Weirdly, the forums is a bit slow for me, before when USB was in IPB, it was much faster O_o
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: bub1028 on June 08, 2006, 07:48:51 pm
Dang, I haven't been on in a while.  Anyway, the skin will take a lot of getting used to, but with whatever happened, I'm just glad the forums are up.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 08, 2006, 07:49:43 pm
Dude, there is quick reply... it says "Quick Reply".  You might have to change it in your profile.  Anyway, it may be slow the first time before your browser caches everything.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: carterhawk on June 08, 2006, 08:24:03 pm
Dude, there is quick reply... it says "Quick Reply".  You might have to change it in your profile.  Anyway, it may be slow the first time before your browser caches everything.

You forum lord, in your new skins, make the links stand out in some way, be it color, underlining, blinking, whatever, just make them look different from regular black text.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: UltraSpongeyDude on June 08, 2006, 08:37:24 pm
Well, the new forums are okay. And this Marquee thing is the awesomeness!!!!!

MARQUEE IS ZE AWESOMENESS

Also, smileys are so much better then the old ones. :mellow: :huh: ^_^ :lol: B) :rolleyes: -_- <_< :wub: :angry: :unsure: :wacko: :blink:  :ph34r:

One thing though, bring back the old USB banner at the top. The simple text saying United SpongeBob Forums is just so plain!

Anyway, great forums!
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on June 08, 2006, 08:51:17 pm
Do ya'll not have patience or something? :|
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 08, 2006, 08:54:35 pm
Do ya'll not have patience or something? :|

No they don't.  They're expecting Rome to be rebuilt in a day.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 08, 2006, 08:55:24 pm
We're Rome?
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 08, 2006, 09:19:57 pm
Yes.  We are Rome.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IceFox on June 09, 2006, 12:16:50 pm
Oh, so we can't simply ask? No one is nagging about anything, only asking.


Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: spongebobnet on June 09, 2006, 01:06:36 pm
.I'm not use to this skin.White hurts my eyes.[
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: patbob on June 09, 2006, 01:37:48 pm
i no , its too bright, i like dark blue!

i llove IPB, SMF sux bad!
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: SpongeBrain on June 09, 2006, 02:03:40 pm
WE'RE GETTING A NEW SKIN.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 09, 2006, 02:40:51 pm
WE'RE GETTING A NEW SKIN.

Yes.  We are.  Listen to this man.  He's smart.

Stop complaining and asking a thousand questions.  Be glad we even have forums right now.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: spongebobnet on June 09, 2006, 02:56:44 pm
WE'RE GETTING A NEW SKIN.

Yes.  We are.  Listen to this man.  He's smart.

Stop complaining and asking a thousand questions.  Be glad we even have forums right now.
I know that!!I can't even comment on this new skin. :(
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Roger on June 09, 2006, 03:31:26 pm
WE'RE GETTING A NEW SKIN.

Yes.  We are.  Listen to this man.  He's smart.

Stop complaining and asking a thousand questions.  Be glad we even have forums right now.
I know that!!I can't even comment on this new skin. :(

It's annoying because EVERYONE has commented on it already.

We already know that the general consensus is that it sucks.  So no need to talk about it.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Snowthrower on June 09, 2006, 07:07:18 pm
Its about time that IPB is gone, SMF is so much better.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: DiE HaRrD PuNk on June 09, 2006, 07:41:23 pm
I agree it does too. But I'm pretty sure that SMF is harder to hack than IPB.


couldnt have said it better myslef..and yea..the new forums suckk....major lollypop...
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on June 09, 2006, 08:03:26 pm
I agree it does too. But I'm pretty sure that SMF is harder to hack than IPB.


couldnt have said it better myslef..and yea..the new forums suckk....major lollypop...
After a day use of the boards...you're saying it sucks? -.-;;

You people are impatient. If you dont like the boards, perhaps you dont have to use it.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: Patrik on June 09, 2006, 10:46:43 pm
I have completely changed my mind about the new forums. They rock! But I can't wait for the new skin; that would make it even better.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 11, 2006, 12:05:18 am
Now the forums load faster =)

All you need to do is to add some smileys, *hopefully* add some useful mods, =P

At least there's a marquee

WEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! xD

Also sir cmonkey, can you find a mod after you reply, you view the topic again like in IPB? That's some of the things im ticked off SMF -_-
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 11, 2006, 01:31:30 pm
Now the forums load faster =)

All you need to do is to add some smileys, *hopefully* add some useful mods, =P

At least there's a marquee

WEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! xD

Also sir cmonkey, can you find a mod after you reply, you view the topic again like in IPB? That's some of the things im ticked off SMF -_-
You can set that in your Profile.  It's under Look and Layout Preferences.  "Return to topics after posting by default."
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IceFox on June 11, 2006, 04:38:51 pm
Also people, we always had marquee.  :)
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: carterhawk on June 11, 2006, 08:56:23 pm
I think there are a few QoL issues that are better handled in IPB, but this is very close to yaBB, and i can live with that.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 11, 2006, 11:24:29 pm
What's better is you could change your username =D

Lol, I like this
[ ] Leave words uncensored

Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: spongebuddie on June 12, 2006, 09:01:40 am
what theres no cuss word censoring???
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: bub1028 on June 12, 2006, 10:56:29 am
No censoring?   :huh:

This may get ugly....

Maybe.  For some people who are new here.  But anyway, I'm starting to get used to it... even though it is a little urgh.... once you set a few modes in Look & Layout it's fine.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: IceFox on June 12, 2006, 11:33:09 am
No there are censors, but in your profile, you can choose to disable them.
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 12, 2006, 08:16:01 pm
And some smileys are wrong

When someone does like this:
- _ - (without spaces), it becomes, like this -_-

ph34r is weird O_O

And here's a tutorial

Go 2 /Themes/yourtheme/index.template.php
Look For:
Code: [Select]
if (empty($settings['header_logo_url']))
echo '
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 140%; ">', $context['forum_name'], '</span>';
else
echo '
<img src="', $settings['header_logo_url'], '" style="margin: 4px;" alt="', $context['forum_name'], '" />';

echo '
</td>
<td align="right" class="catbg">
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/smflogo.gif" style="margin: 2px;" alt="" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>';

Change that to
Code: [Select]
if (empty($settings['header_logo_url']))
echo '
';
else
echo '
';

echo '
</td>
<td align="center" style="background-image: url(http://www.unitedspongebob.com/forums/Themes/YOURTHEME/images/catbg.jpg);">
<img src="YOUR LOGO">
</td>

</td>
</tr>
</table>';

I used it in my old SMF board, and it worked  :)
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: King Neptune on June 13, 2006, 01:03:19 pm
well it has its ups and downs but i mostly like it. (the new forums)
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 14, 2006, 05:18:45 pm
I have problems :(

1) I choose the time is forever when I log in, and it logs out automatically when i go out the USB forum O_o

And is there a way to change the look of the news to like the iPB one? Thanx =)
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: cmonkey on June 14, 2006, 05:24:57 pm
The news looks about the same as it did.  Anyway, do you have cookies enabled?
Title: Re: United SpongeBob is now on Simple Machines!
Post by: williambob286 on June 14, 2006, 07:14:13 pm
Yeah, I do, it's just sometimes after I reply, I get logged out :(