Has forum use dropped in recent years?

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I think you are right, though I began noticing this downward trend a few years before facebook became really popular. Maybe I'm too old and fixed in my ways, but I really don't get the whole social site...

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I remember about ten years ago, when I first really started using the internet for daily things, that forums for very abundant. Not only were there numerous forums for just about any topic you could imagine,...

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ooh yeah...don't wanna do that. =/ Any other ideas?

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Ok, sombody please tell me how to do this? I'd really like to use the sitemap feature. I have already give <MACHINE_NAME>/IIS_USERS full control of the folder, but it still won't allow writes. What......

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Update: well I'm not sure why they were getting the error above, but it seems to have resolved itself. Odd indeed because I didn't change anything. =/

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This is a new install. Invited a friend to register and become a Super Moderator to help test things. No changes made to usergroup permissions. User can edit profile fine, except for uploading a custom...

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I'm sorry, but I can't seem to locate the class for changing the grey gradient in the header of the WGO box on FORUMHOME. I am using FireFox / FireBug, but still can't quite seem to zero in on it. What...

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I've been playing with the style generator and noticed that the category strips don't get the nice gradient like who's online. It's just a flat color. Is this intentional or a bug?

Compare...

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For the record, I figured it out! I didn't have to edit any files after all. While I was browsing through them, I found several hooks that I hadn't noticed before. All I had to do was create hooks for......

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Your assumption is correct. I got my account there straight this morning, but so far, nothing I've seen actually answers my questions. =/

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First, "Create New Style" and gave it a name.
Second, "Add New Template" and gave it content of "<b>hello</b>" and named it "layout_top". (It...

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Thanks again, but I've seen them. It doesn't work. I'm not working with a custom page, or a plugin. I'm trying to register a new custom template in the same manner that vb itself registers header, headinclude,...

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Thanks, I finally got my password there fixed. Still, the article didn't help a lot. Here's the issue. I'm not writing a plugin. I'm adding additional globals to the whole shebang.

First,...

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Thanks for replying Zach, but as per my first post, I no longer have access to vb.org and I'm not getting the password reset emails. I haven't tried contacting them yet, it's on slate for tomorrow. I...

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Additional info:

I've added my template names to the array in class_bootstrap->cache_templates like I would have in the vb3 days. The following is a guess, but it doesn't work. What am...

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What's the new syntax for using a custom template within other templates?

In 3.x we could use with $template_name as long as we added the templates to the global array, or special array if...

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This should be a simple thing, I am just not seeing how old vb3 code translates here.

I have a custom template in my style that I'd like to include in other templates. What's the syntax?...

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So that's what all the fuss is about...

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What if all you want to do is renew an expired license to gain access to 3.8.4, and whatever come out between now and the time 3.x.x is outdated? I see no option for this. Being stuck with 3.8.1 and a...

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Er...no. I think, sadly, I may have to find another system. All I want is a good basic forum anyway. I really don't care about avatars and file uploads, nor blogs / calendars / events / or cms's. This...