Nuke forums threads at phpBB.com

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:42 am

Don´t make the mistake and ask at phpBB.com something about your nuke forum. The chance is great that the thread is locked within seconds. Shocked

I normally need to edit my posts but if the thread is locked so quickly ... too bad I got no chance to change the url for:

http://www.nukeresources.com/

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=2359122#2359122

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

Not only was it locked...it was removed.

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:12 pm

Indeed that´s really strange. I believe they hate nukers. Sad

It was just a normal post. Someone asked how to to update his forums version 2.0.15 . I added 2 links to Chatservs pages and after 2 seconds the thread was closed by a moderator.

registered · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:38 pm

Yep they have no support at all for phpNuke. Can't even mention it.

It sucks because they get quite many users who use it because phpNuke is running phpBB Smile

Though I understand why they would not want the hassle of supporting someone else's software (esp if written by one FB) hehe

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:30 pm

Agreed, but don't delete the post - simply explain that and close the thread so others don't waste their time posting similar messages that have to be deleted...

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:33 pm

Well, but there is no reason to remove such threads because the links to BBtoNuke can help other users to find the right forum. There are many people like this user I meet at phpBB.com who don´t even know the forums version or the difference between phpBB and the great nuke forums module.
However, you hit the nail on the head. That´s certainly one of the reasons why they don´t support Nuke forums.
But why should I link back to phpBB ?
I make my own forums translation and link better back to nukefixes.com or nukeresources.com. Razz

registered · Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:32 am

Quote:

I make my own forums translation and link better back to nukefixes.com or nukeresources.com.

Ah, excellent point!

Are we allowed under the GPL to remove original visible references though? I don't think so, but not 100% sure...

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:41 am

You can comment them out. You cannot remove them from the source code if you redistribute the source or fork it.

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:17 am

I suppose another alternative would be to use css to create a new class to match the background color and then display the link using the new class - basically the link would still be there but invisible Smile

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:56 am

Interesting idea ! Smile