The Smiley Smile Message Board

Looks good, Chuck. Am I missing it, or is there no PM function here?

There's a little IM button under the avatar of each person.

Check out these Smiley's

 ;D :D 8) ::) :P ;)

You mean we gotta get our post counts back? Shame on the ass who hacked the original SSMB.

As nearly as I can tell, there has been some weird thing going around affecting phpbb boards involving cookies.  That's why I wasn't able to access the administration area, and that's why people couldn't log in or stay logged in.  I think that's why people were seeing redirects, too.

I tried making a new phpbb here on this web host, and within hours the same thing happened here.

PHP is a right pig to work with. Yet somehow it seems to be one of the internet standards for message boards.

Nice work, Chuck! 8)

Didn't take long to find ya!  :D

ED

You're very welcome-- thanks to everyone who has made the trip over here!

I was getting this earlier:

Template Parse Error!
It seems something has gone sour on the forum with the template system. This problem should only be temporary, so please come back later and try again. If you continue to see this message, please contact the administrator.

You can also try refreshing this page.

That was me-- I am trying to put Ponghit's south park bb gif under the title of the board, with no success (so far).

And posts to the Sandbox don't seem to add in the count either.

So what is the next step beyond "newbie"?  Seems strange to be labelled that again.  I remember the days of "Vegatables" and "Surf's Up" once upon a time....

name, stars, # members, # posts

Newbie     *     63     0     
Jr. Member    **    0    50    
Full Member    ***    0    100    
Sr. Member    ****    0    250    
Hero Member    *****    0    500

It's just a default thing that comes with the board.  I may change them to a BB theme someday.

I think that'd be a great idea. Maybe we could do a topic full of suggestions...

I really like this new board. It´s quite fast and has a lot of functions. But I hope that this will stay for a while, the history of all the SMiLE-boards gets more confusing than the history of SMiLE itself.

By the way Chuck, what about a link-button to the main site (www.smileysmile.net) on the top of the message board?

Awesome board, I like all of its functions and options! And the speed is nice too! Thanks!!!

its good to be here!
i look forword to contributing to this board

Maybe:

Mike fan     *     63     0     
Al fan    **    0    50    
Carl fan    ***    0    100    
Dennis fan    ****    0    250    
Brian fan    *****    0    500

or

KTSA     *     63     0     
MIU    **    0    50    
Surfs Up    ***    0    100    
Friends    ****    0    250    
Smile    *****    0    500

(OK, now yell at me for my bad rankings)

Yosville!  Nice to see that my "SOUTH BEACH PARK BOYS" image made it to the new board...
 
I had to re-register -- a new account with my old name -- is that cool?  Or should the old account info be available...?
 
thanks!
 
-PongHit

No, it's a new board, so people will have to reregister.  Thanks for coming aboard!

I've just registered, so this is a kind of test. One two three is this thing on?  ;D
Are you feeling the acid yet Al?  :o

So, what....it's all about how many posts you make?  Quantity rather than quality?  Hmmmmm....

I DO like this board, the way it's laid out...the fact that it's not a phpboard....hmmmmm again.....

My first post.   Congratulations and thanks Chuck. A very different looking message board format.  At first glance, looks to be a very well organized layout, with a lot of options. :)

Yes.

My BIG new question...
Why when it asks you to login- if you select FOREVER you still need to log back in the next time?

Forever... that's your way of giving a nod to the Beach Boys, right Chuck? Yer so clever.  ;) Crazygonuts!

I haven't had to re-login since hitting that feature. It might be your browser settings.

I keep having to re log in. It stinks, I dont have a problem at the php boards.

Except that they're all getting hacked, that is.

Im referring to the smile shop also which is clean and clear thus far. I'm just saying it isnt Browser Settings.

Gotcha. But what am I, after all, a doctor? I'm of no help whatsoever. My diagnoses are best unheeded.

Nice forum.  ;)

Thanks for all your hard work here, Charles.

How do I set the preferences so I can see the whole message at once, without any scroll bars?? I'm on a Mac, using iCab and OS 8.6.

:D That would be a hilarious signature. :D

Is there some kind of character requirement before a post is considered a post in your totals?

If so, that's so damn cool!

 :D

Just speaking as a forum owner myself.

I don't think so-- but that is a neat thought.  I'll have to check further.

Here's a weird one.  I've set myself to stay logged on "forever" - but i don't want that...and i can't figure out how to change it.  Any thoughts, Charles?

Maybe log out and and then log back in without choosing "forever?"

Can't log out.

This isn't a suggestion or a comment...it's more of a question.

Is anyone offended by the album cover in my avatar?

When you click on "log out," you don't actually log out?

In the old Smile Shop we use to have names of Smile songs like Gee or something like that. I remember being happy getting to gee and then we had our board washdown and then they left. It would be totally awesome to have that back once you reach a particular # of posts.

Yes. Keep it.

Correct, Charles, i can't log out.  And when i totally shut my computer down, and come back to this site after turning it back on, i am automatically logged in.  Forever, indeed!

Hmm.  Maybe if you delete the cookies from your browser, close out, and start it up again?

I just deleted the cookies from my cupboard, and my girlfriend wasn't too happy.

Or throw the computer against the wall and use an abacus, some yarn and a few bits of tinfoil instead?

I've done that...at least i think i have.  I"ll try it again.

So there's no setting on your end that can change my "forever" setting?

I hope beyond hope that the "it" you've tried is my post's suggestion, not LePage's. I really do.

What, Luther...you want me to break my computer?? 

No, I want you to make one from an abacus, tinfoil and yarn!

Oh, i'm afraid that's FAR beyond my abilities!

The whole board should be the black color, VERY VERY classy, far better than this green.

I don't know, I almost had a seizure or something when I saw it.

That's because of the harsh transition.

"The whole board should be the black color, VERY VERY classy, far better than this green."


You can change the board-style in your profile. I for example have everything blue/white.

Thanks J!!!!

Black and green is the way to go. :)

Sexy background for a sexy site.

Hmm.  maybe we should have a poll...

One thing I just LOVE about this new site, is that you can make the fonts bigger using your Windows "View - Text Size" settings.  I sit far away from the monitor with a cordless keyboard and mouse, and this is so much easier on my eyes.

The board should go back to being called the "Smile Shop". This is the real thing, daddy-o.

My suggestion:

All Luther, all the time.

Uhhhhhhhhhh, no.

I still wish there was a way to get rid of those foda internal scroll bars in messages. It makes them very hard to read on a small monitor.

What scrollbars?

That's what I was wondering. Check your settings, Emdeeh.

She said fucking - wow!  I wouldn't've thunk it of ya, Emdeeh! 
;-)

Charles, please check your email. I've sent you a screenshot of the problem. I'm on a Mac running OS 8.6.  I've tried three different browsers, two of which (IE 5.2 and iCab 3.0) work properly with this site. Both of those have the aforementioned scroll bars. I've tried changing all the settings I can find, with no luck.

Also, can you add the South Park Boys to the alternate board themes? They disappear when I log in. Thanks!

I received your email, but I'm not sure what to say.   I don't know if the problem is that you are viewing this on a 13 inch monitor, a mac, or something else.  Which theme are you using?

I'm using SAF green, and I'm seeing the scroll bars independently of what theme I'm using.

What are your screen dimensions?  800 by 600, for instance?

640 x 480 fixed -- can't go any larger.

If I set my kid's computer to 640 x 480, I get a scrollbar too.

Only way at that resolution to get rid of the scrollbar is to make the text so small you can't read it.

Hi Charles, what about a seperate thread for Mark Linett? Like the one Stephen Desper has.

Please notice the strange way I have done my sig and the reason for it, which can be seen to the left in my message.  Very strange as I am not even typing merda.

Edit:  Thanks, Chuck, now I can type the characters "chit" in a row.   ::)

It's the little things that bring such pleasure.   ;D

How about another topic in the reviews forum for the "Brian Wilson Productions" releases, like Pet Projects?

What's with every other word being replaced with "cadela" ?

It's censoring any word that contains the letters b i and h, probably because it's trying to censor the word Bitc*. Which is a pretty silly word to censor, cause no one says it in an offensive context here.

Yeah, you bi--...just kidding.

 ;D

When I use the "preview" function either in posting or private messaging, i'll usually encounter a "already submitted post" when trying to submit it.

Nothing to worry about though, it's just a bit annoying.

How about a section for saved threads?

Chuck, i've gotta say, i'm loving the new Desper search engine thing on the main page.

the Blueboard may be official, but SS has the better set up

Suggestion for the site:

It would be interesting and very helpful if we could have a section of the site devoted to the actual music (Chords, Tabs, Notation, etc) much like the .pdf file of the music thread for BWPS. We could make sure that each song is completed fully and correctly quite easily being that there are countless musicians on board who i'm sure are willing to test out our interpretations of the music.

I do remember it was one of the first things that I looked for upon coming to this site a year ago. And while other sites offer a vast amount of interpretations of the songs, they do not contain *all* songs which is something we might strive for if everybody is okay with the idea.

Good suggestion. I can be a "tester" for any piano music. However, you'd have to ket any guitarists here do the tabs and check them out, because I'm a moron when it comes to guitar stuff; I'm a piano guy.

Good idea, HV.  We'll see what can whip up.

I think its a great idea to put up music for rareities or music that hasnt been released through song books. I dont think we should be posting tabs/sheet music fof BWPS because they just came out with a Piano, Guitar, Vocal book...and Im pretty sure hte publishers woulkdnt like that :P

How about corrections to what has been officially published?

There ya go. As I own it, I'm currently recording covers of BWPS for my own use. I notice, though, that it is amazingly difficult to play, esp. with all the sudden key changes and time signature changes.

My intention is 1) threads won't be deleted unless they become issues due to behavior or content, so the threads will be here to read for a LONG time, and 2) the best threads will become content for the main site.