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Support / Re: Change Blurb on forum home page?
Obake « on April 26th, 2014, 10:20 PM »
Does not seem to be a simple way but what I had to do was this


Make copies of home.english.php, home.php and home.template.php and name those copies:

MyHome.english.php , MyHome.php, MyHome.template.php  ( or whatever prefix you want )

In MyHome.english.php edit and change the string to whatever you want.

Then edit the MyHome.php and change line 24 from 'function Home' to 'function MyHome'.  ( this part was not explicitly mentioned in the original instructions )

FROM:
Code: [Select]
// Welcome to the show.
function Home()
{
global $context, $txt, $settings;

TO:
Code: [Select]
// Welcome to the show.
function MyHome()
{
global $context, $txt, $settings;


Then in MySQL edit the Wedge db and change the default_index from 'Home' to 'MyHome'.

Purge the site cache and refresh the screen. You should see the new blurb and you will be future proof from updates.
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Features / Re: Poll: dropping oldIE
Obake « on March 10th, 2014, 02:27 AM »
+1 on Bunstonious comment.

Don't support it, remove the fixes for 6 and 7  but also do not block it.

To me, supporting IE 6 and 7 makes as much sense as MS supporting Win 98SE. I worked with a guy last year that was pissed because some AV outfit would no longer support his Win98.  :)  Some folks just refuse to move forward, I suppose.
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Off-topic / Re: Oh dear...
Obake « on February 23rd, 2014, 12:43 AM »
As an American, I must say that I completely agree.  :(   Dear God, seventy percent of the country are unable to read or write above the seventh grade level. Their attention span is about as long as a CNN or FoxNews news bite, maybe 30 seconds at best. And if given even a tenth of a chance, they will gravitate to the lowest common denominator.

I took down my telly about 6 years ago and have not watched TV since then, other than what I get on the web. For news I go to European news sites. Most of the musicians I listen to are European artists.

My current favorite is Mylene Farmer. Melts my better she does. Canadian transplanted to France.