Category: neodux

I finally realized that it would take a ton of work to create a fully functional forums package that would even come close to the functionality of IPB or phpBB. So I decided to just use one of the freely availble bulletin-board packages available.
I installed phpBB last night, got a few tweaks on it, and I'll continue to modify it to my liking.

Neodux Forums consist of a wholly seperate database than the neodux web content. You will need a new login name and password for the forums, seperate from the website. (yes, they can be the same name/pass) You'll see there aren't a whole lot of forums at the moment. Some may stay, some may go - what forums are popular completely depends on demand. I'm not going to focus the forums in any one direction. I will appoint moderators for each new forum to pop up. Forums are a community effort, all I ask is that the content stay workplace-friendly, and that you not be an asshat. k thx bye.

http://neodux.com/forums

We all have those cool links. And I'm not talking about those lame-o funny flash animations. I mean links that provide something useful: a service, information, weather, some kind of search.
Yeah, those kinds of links. I figure it's high time we share those links. So posts your favorite links in the comments.

Sites like:

Slickdeals.net

Houston area traffic

PriceWatch

The Linux Documentation Project

I have added decency filters on neodux now. "Naughty words" are now changed into pointless and silly phrases.

Also added, for admins with access level of 100 or more only, a shoutbox editor to better keep a handle on shoutbox entries. If someone screws up the shoutbox, it's usually a missing or a quotes on a URL. Now, you can go to the shout management to add/edit the shouts.

Finally, a better version of the url vbCode has been added. Thanks to Valt over at Xulphlux for the improved regex. Syntax for urls is still the same, but you can now use
[ url sitename.here] text [/ url]
(remove the space before url and you're set!)

Sorry ladies, I am now officially off the market!

Tonight, Jennifer Hampton said yes to marry yours truly. I proposed in the old town square in Marshall, Texas under their "Wonderland of Lights" Christmas light celebration in the historic downtown.
My beautiful bride-to-be now sports a nice James Avery-crafted princess-cut, solitaire on an 18k white gold Tiffany band.

It was a very cold, windy night, but not long after we finished dinner at the classy Venue 105 bistro nearby, the sleet/rain slush froze up into a true snow before I popped the question. A steady pace of snow flurries were coming down as we took a stroll. Due to the weather, the town square, usually busy with visitors to the light show was quite empty and dead. It made the evening rather private and the snow and cold added to the Christmas mood. It didn't take long to get the ring on her finger once we got her gloves off!

That's all for now, I'll post some pics once I get my camera hooked up to a PC.

Along with the other updates and modifications I've been compelled to do to Neodux, I have now added vbCode.

This is a test:
What is vbCode? vbCode allows HTML tags without knowing HTML. Rather than using HTML tags (which will still work for those of you reluctant to change). The following tags are currently available:

[b] to bold

[i] for italics

[u] for underline

[color="some RGB value"] to make colorized test

update: still working on the URL tag to make link creation easier.