Question Few bugs I have come across as well as anoyances

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Aside from the peanut gallery's running commentary on my avatar image, there has been a resounding silence in response to my puny attempts to deal with the overwhelming number of issues covered by this one topic. It would be nice to know how I've "scored" with any of my earlier answers to weise's questions, should I continue to wait for an answer, or should I go on further?

I will try to deal with one more, for the time being, to see what response follows.

weise wrote: Formatting / annoying links and other odd things that are not easily fixed:

The (code)etc(/code)

Code:

template specific changes make this look hideous...

tags have this light yellow BG with light grey text. I can not find where to change this hideous combination to my own custom colour settings.

I infer this as a general comment either about the visual appeal of the template or about the difficulty you are having in changing the colours to suit your needs.

As far as the visual appeal is concerned, as I wrote yesterday, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and what may appeal as unattractive or inappropriate to you may be ideal for someone else.

As far as the general approach to changing colours and other formatting attributes is concerned, using Firebug for Firefox makes it child's play to see where and how you can change what's displayed on web pages. The relevant light grey and orange colours (in the above example) are generated by the Kunena template CSS (I've hilighted the relevant lines in red

#Kunena div.kmsgtext pre, #Kunena div.kmsgtext code {
border-color:#BFC3C6 #BFC3C6 #BFC3C6 #F4A94F;
border-left:5px solid #F4A94F;
border-right:1px solid #BFC3C6;
border-style:solid;
border-width:1px 1px 1px 5px;
font-family:"Courier News",Courier,monospace;
font-weight:normal;
line-height:1.5;
margin:3px 0 10px;
max-height:25em;
overflow:auto;
padding:10px 15px;
width:auto;
word-wrap:normal;
}

Browsing either the Templates and Design categories in this forum or the companion Wiki site will provide you with a treasure trove of information to show you how easy it is to change the template.

thanks mate , yep I've got that bit sorted I should have mentioned. However the data is somewhat Squished for some reason... would you be able to upload (attach) a properly formatted version , I assume that it would be caused by some char-set conflict as this is how my Kunena template CSS;

so it is a little bit difficult to navigate , however you will notice that I have appended the changes to the bottom.

I have found a away around most of the above issues by simply re-installing and removing CB which tbh is a little outdated and 'not really my style' shall we say.

Only pending issues that Iam having now is more formatting which Iam fixing through the methods you suggested.

how ever I can-not find the spoiler/hide information so that I can customize the message's for each of these.

as well as remove the kunena link from the email.

I don't mind having the powered by Kunena on the Front page of the Forums but in the mail is not a good idea. we have been under alot of attacks lately by certain individuals who feel that DDOS is how you can get attention. And I feel vulnerable knowing that it these idiots sign up and subscribe to my website then it is only a matter of time before they find some way of exploiting the forum... Iam at odds with weather to continue using Kunena or Bridging PHPBB3 into my current site.

I love the look and feel of Kunena but I like the Security of PHPBB3 and if I could afford it I would probably settle for IPB...

However this not the case and I will take what I am given at this stage.

Much appreciated for the Help IRON_MAN

I will go through and see if I can answer the questions I poised earlier at some stage.

I am also wondering if it is my host or the forum as pages are already slowing down (loading) and I haven't even started lol. (couple of posts/sections & Categories) but that's it.

if you would like to see the website in mention then feel free to visit here


Cheers.

(1) Regarding your comment about the CSS template file being "squished", this is explained in Minified CSS in the Wiki.

Whichever way you decide to change the CSS information, we advise people to create their own template if they want to customise things. Whenever you upgrade Kunena in future (K 1.6.1 contains 40+ changes to K 1.6.0), the future version will replace the standard templates - things you may have changed - and your changes will be lost! :ohmy: You should not change the templates installed by Kunena. Instead you should create your own templates. Instructions for how to create your own template are given in the Wiki.

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weise wrote: I cannot find the spoiler/hide information so that I can customize the messages for each of these ... as well as remove the Kunena link from the email.

Most text strings are contained in your language file. Details about the language file are contained in the Wiki article Where is the language file?

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weise wrote: I love the look and feel of Kunena but I like the Security of PHPBB3 and if I could afford it I would probably ditch both and settle for IPB...

This is a new topic and should be treated as such.

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weise wrote: I am also wondering if it is my host or the forum as pages are already slowing down (loading) and I haven't even started lol. (couple of posts/sections & Categories) but that's it.

This is another different subject that you hadn't mentioned before. You may be interested to read several discussions on K 1.6 and performance as well as intentions to improve further with K 1.7. I'll leave you to search for that information.

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weise wrote: if you would like to see the website in mention then feel free to visit here

It helps. What I would have preferred was for you to answer one of my first questions regarding your configuration report. After I showed you how to obtain your configuration report, you did not give it to us. We've been flying blind ever since.

I see this topic is only fracturing further and going off into several more tangents. Please keep to the subject or we will lock it.

thanks for all your help sozzled , I have just killed the site in question and have decided not to revive it.

you may work on more pressing issues through-out the board

Sorry for wasting your time.

I may re-look into the Kunena Forums upon release of the next version for any future websites I build, but for the time being I'll let this one go.

again really do appreciate your help