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Subject: Re: This Site's Messageboard

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 06:16:34 05/05/05

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On May 05, 2005 at 04:36:20, Dadi Jonsson wrote:

>On May 04, 2005 at 13:09:15, Dave Potesta wrote:
>
>>Has anyone talked about running a more user friendly Messageboard here?
>>Something that keeps track of threads easier so visitors can find what they're
>>looking for more quickly?  It also seems like recent threads run off the main
>>page very quickly and its quite easy to miss interesting conversations.
>>  One of those newer php free boards running off of MySql could make a world of
>>difference.
>
>I have one of those "old-fashioned" message boards, but it keeps threads
>together; a new message can bring the whole thread (intact) to the top of the
>board or just the new message; it displays view counts for messages etc.
>
>It also allows users to display chess diagrams by including a FEN string in
>their messages (similar to here, but without the [D]). What sets it apart from
>other message boards I have seen is that all the diagrams automagically become
>playable. Even if a message contains several diagrams all of them become
>playable. Only legal moves are allowed. This is still in beta and some planned
>functionality is missing (take back moves; update FEN string above board after
>each move; promotion is not yet implemented etc.).
>
>For an example message with several diagrams see here:
>
>http://skak.hornid.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?noframes;read=29746

good morning Dadi,very nice. does it come in english.

gerold.



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