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Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

As perhaps noone noticed Wink

, yesterday I've updated the pages of this website (except for the messageboard) to XHTML 1.0 Strict (which IMO is a nice thing).

As for the messageboard, here comes the problem. Updating the skin to the same XHTML syntax would be quite a lot of job. So either I would need someone to help with it, or... The other option is to get a completely new skin, or even completely new forum software.

Thus I'm now opening discussion about how this board should look and what engine should it run on. Any constructive suggestions are welcome - in particular, if you would like to propose some alternative forum software, please give some information about its strong and weak points.

08 Feb 2009, 14:49

revolution
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What is involved with updating the skin syntax? I don't mind giving some time to help.

If you change the forum software then:

I would give preference to forum software that supports non-JS browsers.

I would give preference to forum software that can search reliably.

I would give preference to forum software that can find all posts in the last day.

08 Feb 2009, 16:27

MHajduk

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MHajduk

Support for blue links really can make life easier. Wink

08 Feb 2009, 19:18

revolution
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revolution

As perhaps noone noticed Wink

, today I've updated the pages of the fasmarm website to XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Check out the validation.

09 Feb 2009, 12:16

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revolution

Tomasz: Can I just download the phpBB software and edit that? Are you using a standard version?

09 Feb 2009, 12:24

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

revolution wrote:

Tomasz: Can I just download the phpBB software and edit that? Are you using a standard version?

No, it's not standard. It was modified in some places exclusively for this board.

09 Feb 2009, 12:54

revolution
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revolution

Do you want to post the code here so we can all make changes? Or do you prefer to keep it private with just a few helpers? What is your plan?

09 Feb 2009, 13:11

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

I prefer to keep it private.

09 Feb 2009, 13:14

revolution
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revolution

I don't mind giving some time to help.

However: keep in mind that I am a complete noob with websites. But I am a fast learner.

09 Feb 2009, 13:17

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

revolution wrote:

I would give preference to forum software that can search reliably.

Can you give an example where current search fails? Maybe it's something I could work on.

MHajduk wrote:

Support for blue links really can make life easier.

OK. Done.

revolution wrote:

I don't mind giving some time to help.

Thank you for your readiness. If we decide to go on with upgrading the current skin, I will make a working copy of it (for testing) and give you FTP access to the files.

09 Feb 2009, 16:45

revolution
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Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

revolution wrote:
I would give preference to forum software that can search reliably.

Can you give an example where current search fails? Maybe it's something I could work on.

see here

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

MHajduk wrote:
Support for blue links really can make life easier.

OK. Done.

Okay I'm gonna try in this message. See above link.

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

Thank you for your readiness. If we decide to go on with upgrading the current skin, I will make a working copy of it (for testing) and give you FTP access to the files.

Sounds sensible.

09 Feb 2009, 16:53

MHajduk

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MHajduk

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

MHajduk wrote:
Support for blue links really can make life easier.
OK. Done.

Thank you, Tomasz. Very Happy

09 Feb 2009, 17:28

drhowarddrfine

Joined: 10 Jul 2007
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Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

As perhaps noone noticed , yesterday I've updated the pages of this website (except for the messageboard) to XHTML 1.0 Strict (which IMO is a nice thing).

Um. Well. No, you did not. All you did was add the XHTML stuff at the beginning of the page but you still aren't serving it as XHTML so all browsers only interpret it as broken HTML. So it's questionable that you gain anything from doing that other than learning how XHTML tags work and are validated.

One important issue. You properly inserted the xml declaration on the first line but only modern browsers know what that is while IE<7 chokes and goes into quirks mode and IE7 and IE8 ignore it altogether since no version of IE handles XHTML. You can safely remove this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Notice I have utf-8 which is what all pages should be using anyway.

09 Feb 2009, 18:24

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

Are you talking about the message board pages here? Because, as I said, I updated the pages except for the message board.

10 Feb 2009, 11:06

revolution
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drhowarddrfine wrote:

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:
As perhaps noone noticed , yesterday I've updated the pages of this website (except for the messageboard) to XHTML 1.0 Strict (which IMO is a nice thing).
Um. Well. No, you did not. All you did was add the XHTML stuff at the beginning of the page but you still aren't serving it as XHTML so all browsers only interpret it as broken HTML. So it's questionable that you gain anything from doing that other than learning how XHTML tags work and are validated.

One important issue. You properly inserted the xml declaration on the first line but only modern browsers know what that is while IE<7 chokes and goes into quirks mode and IE7 and IE8 ignore it altogether since no version of IE handles XHTML. You can safely remove this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Notice I have utf-8 which is what all pages should be using anyway.

Can you check the fasmarm page? I think I have fixed it up now to be properly compliant. Thanks.

10 Feb 2009, 11:50

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if the idea of changing the forum board software already exists... why not just build one from scratch... may take months to year. but eventually, something that.... we could be proud of.

10 Feb 2009, 13:49

drhowarddrfine

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drhowarddrfine

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

Are you talking about the message board pages here? Because, as I said, I updated the pages except for the message board.

I was talking of this page. Either I looked at it wrong or forgot to clear my cache but you are serving it correctly now. Are you serving IE differently? IE cannot display application/xhtml+xml. I'm not on Windows so I can't check.

Revolution, yours is correct also.

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10 Feb 2009, 13:54

revolution
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revolution

Thanks for checking.

10 Feb 2009, 13:57

revolution
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drhowarddrfine wrote:

Are you serving IE differently? IE cannot display application/xhtml+xml.

Tomasz taught me how to scan the "HTTP_ACCEPT" for xhtml and now it serves a different header for non-xhtml (IE) browsers.

10 Feb 2009, 14:01

drhowarddrfine

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drhowarddrfine

Ok, that explains that. Congratulations on moving the web forward.

My current job uses some elements of HTML5 and is, essentially, a HTML5 site. I'd use XHTML2 but IE8 won't support XHTML either, and Microsoft has already stated IE9 won't.

10 Feb 2009, 14:09

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