Message Pointer Date is an important feature to have. When a new user
logs onto your bbs and you have messages dating back to 2015, that makes for adifficult read!
I want it to set the date right at the apply/login process just for
newest users. Thanks if you can point me in the right direction.
Since having this discussion with you, I now plan to look into the possibilityof doing this with NEWUSERAPP.MPS. I think it would be easy
to figure out howto run the menu command for set pointer date & run the command for set scanareas near the end of the script, but I'm not sure
if it will work or notbecause I suspect that Mystic will want the user
to be already created beforemaking these kinds of choices - hopefully
I'm wrong about that. I'll get backto you if I ever get a chance to try
it out.
There are 2 ways to do this that I can think of:
1) Use a flag to catch new users arriving at your primary menu for the firsttime. If they have the new user flag, prompt them to set a newscan date &/orset scan areas, and then remove the flag.
In A47 you will be able to do this:
+ New users now have their default message pointers set based on
several one of several different options found in New User Settings 1:
I'm also working on an adult access auto-verifier MPL... I've got that pretty much written; but was also figuring out how to give the set #1
flag A - which with a menu command I can also do. Thanks; and talk to me if you ever do that on your board. I might have to make a
dummy/deletable account on compufck sometime.
Assuming they don't lie about their age you can just use the age ACS
(a18 meansthey have to be 18 or older, for example).
+ New users now have their default message pointers set based on several one of several different options found in New User Settings
That is awesome g00r00. Thanks for that.
Assuming they don't lie about their age you can just use the age ACS (a18 meansthey have to be 18 or older, for example).
Who lies about their age anyway. On social media I am a 19 year old
female cheerleader from Nebraska.
Yeah glad you like it. I started doing it a while ago and completely forgotabout it, so I just finished it off this morning after reading
that discussion. Its one of those things that was mostly "done but
wasn't in the configurationor tested" kind of thing so I quickly added
it to the configuration and testedit over a couple of hours. Its in the latest A47 build if you want it.
Lets be honest here, you're not a cheerleader.
Who lies about their age anyway. On social media I am a 19 year old female cheerleader from Nebraska.
It is one of those things that I have always thought about mentioning
but never got around to doing. I'm glad someone brought it up. I too
have seen new users just walk away from message bases because there are 10,000+ messages to scan through.
Yeah that hit a nerve with me when I read that. I always jump to the latermessages if that happens but maybe others don't know to do that or just don'thave the patience. Either way, setting it to the last 20 messages or 30 daysis a pretty nice solution.
Who lies about their age anyway. On social media I am a 19 year old f cheerleader from Nebraska.
17/f/Cali
Oops, I'm late for cheerleading practice.
Hello Ladies! I'm Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC!
Assuming they don't lie about their age you can just use the age (a18 meansthey have to be 18 or older, for example).
Who lies about their age anyway. On social media I am a 19 year old female cheerleader from Nebraska.
Lets be honest here, you're not a cheerleader.
What is a cheerleader? Someone leading the cheers!
I'll take the first shot then...
Who lies about their age anyway. On social media I am a 19 year old
female cheerleader from Nebraska.
Frank, if you want to lure out the creepers, you're gonna have to make yourself a reasonable age. Try 13.
In A47 you will be able to do this:
+ New users now have their default message pointers set based on
several one of several different options found in New User Settings 1:
I'm also working on an adult access auto-verifier MPL... I've got tha
Assuming they don't lie about their age you can just use the age ACS
(a18 meansthey have to be 18 or older, for example).
But you could also do this with a menu command and a user flag. Use the -Ymenu command to ask a yes/no question and then if they confirm they
want accessto adult content, you could then run another menu command to set the user flag.
Yeah that hit a nerve with me when I read that. I always jump to the latermessages if that happens but maybe others don't know to do that or just don'thave the patience. Either way, setting it to the last 20 messages or 30 daysis a pretty nice solution.
I also rewrote the menu command itself that allows setting it by a specificdate so that its much faster.
Perfect, everything you described after that is exactly what I want to
do for my new users. So this isn't implemented yet, correct?
several one of several different options found in New User Settings
When it is, where will a sysOp find these options? [If you don't know
yet, thats fine...]
One more thing, g00r00, another user told me to mention this to you. I
was unable to find the 11-17 build - and figured out its because I run
the Raspberry Pi version of Mystic. Not making any more work for you,
BUT is there a place or way that Pi users can get the newest builds? I'm
I think that some new users don't KNOW how to jump ahead, or even what they're doing in general... buy they do, many times, just give up and go away from the messages section.
Your changes in a47 will fix this, and I think it will help new users 'get' BBSing more quickly. Heck even I, after coming back after years of
What is a cheerleader? Someone leading the cheers!
I'll take the first shot then...
2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate......
Go g00r00, G0 g00r00
(repeat)
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Jesus, you just gave me weird mental visuals - and I don't even know what g00r00 looks like; somehow or another my brain does, tho... and I just
saw anentire squad of BBS-handles with pom-poms. Stop. :P
Jesus, you just gave me weird mental visuals - and I don't even know g00r00 looks like; somehow or another my brain does, tho... and I jus saw anentire squad of BBS-handles with pom-poms. Stop. :P
He looks just the the Rugby player from England by the same name, James Coyle.
Like I said earlier, I'm a 19 year old cheerleader from Nebraska. Wanna see som
pics, lol.
Plot twist: That name is just a pen name!
Wow, you can get pens with your name on them in PA? All of mine say Bic or Lammy.
In Mystic its as easy as pressing the "END" key while in the list of messages to get to the end of the giant list, but I can understand how users may not think or know to do that.
Wasn't Penny a former cheerleader / sportsing participant from
Nebraska?
When it is, where will a sysOp find these options? [If you don't know yet, thats fine...]
The part you just quoted says where it is! ;)
I usually do Pi builds when someone running the Pi wants a feature I
have in aprealpha (assuming I know they want a Pi build). Other than
that usually whenI add something big I will make a Pi version, or if
there have been a handfulof new smaller things since the last Pi build I will make one.
I just did a Pi build yesterday so you have a 11/23 build there which shouldhave this new feature in it!
In Mystic its as easy as pressing the "END" key while in the list of messagesto get to the end of the giant list, but I can understand how users may notthink or know to do that.
I agree. I wish I had done it sooner. When I read the messages here aboutusers giving up that really hit a nerve.
Glad that so many of you seem to find this useful, I hope the users do too!
Jesus, you just gave me weird mental visuals - and I don't even know g00r00 looks like; somehow or another my brain does, tho... and I jus saw anentire squad of BBS-handles with pom-poms. Stop. :P
He looks just the the Rugby player from England by the same name, James Coyle.
Where can I find this "END" key you speak of on my MacBook? lol.
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Thank you - I'll just go stand over here now. :P Appreciated; I didn't
see itthe other day.
(PS, its funny what that mental image IS of all of you. LOL. Wish I were anartist... would be neat to draw that one up and just leave it here.)
That sucker is missing all kinds of keys for BBSes!! LOL. I tried to BBS on myiMac and was lost... How do I type The Alt button again? Sheesh...
That sucker is missing all kinds of keys for BBSes!! LOL. I tried to on myiMac and was lost... How do I type The Alt button again? Sheesh.
Working just fine here, albeit my arrow keys do take a pounding.
frank // netsurge
Otherwise, assuming jp has ftp access available on the mystic site, I could whip up a script to login and check date stamps and do it from
here.
I don't recall ever setting up public FTP access on that site, but I certainlycould if you guys want to use it that way.
On Tuesday November 24, 2020, Dumas Walker said to NETSURGE...
Wasn't Penny a former cheerleader / sportsing participant from
Nebraska?
Touche, you are the only person to catch my Big Bang Theory reference.
In Mystic its as easy as pressing the "END" key while in the list of messages to get to the end of the giant list, but I can understand how users may not think or know to do that.
Where can I find this "END" key you speak of on my MacBook? lol.
Where can I find this "END" key you speak of on my MacBook? lol.
Where can I find this "END" key you speak of on my MacBook? lol.
I think you have to grab a large mallet and smash it before it will appear!
fn+right arrow = end
fn+left arrow = home
fn+up arrow = pg up
fn+down arrow = pg down
fn+right arrow = end
fn+left arrow = home
fn+up arrow = pg up
fn+down arrow = pg down
Good stuff; I need one of those Awesome Window Manager-type cheat sheet pop-ups. :P I know they
actually do make one... FUNCTION - function - Function -It's the function key, Paul LEE function KEY
Paul LEE....
Good stuff; I need one of those Awesome Window Manager-type cheat she pop-ups. :P
Oh shit. That reminds me of those plastic function key templates you could buyand put on your keyboard, to label all the different function keys for WordProcessors and stuff. Good times! bobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbob
Oh shit. That reminds me of those plastic function key templates you could buy
and put on your keyboard, to label all the different function keys for Word Pro
essors and stuff. Good times!
Oh shit. That reminds me of those plastic function key templates you could buy
and put on your keyboard, to label all the different function keys for Word Pro
essors and stuff. Good times!
If I look hard enough, I could probably find one for Word Perfect around here somewhere. :O :)
I grew up using PFS:Write for DOS.
My first PC computer came with a copy of PC-Write for DOS. Used it for most of my word processor needs for a few years.
My first PC computer came with a copy of PC-Write for DOS. Used it for most of my word processor needs for a few years.
Wordstar for the win!
Atreyu wrote to Netsurge <=-for
My first PC computer came with a copy of PC-Write for DOS. Used it
most of my word processor needs for a few years.
Wordstar for the win!
Bah. Edlin.
Wordstar for the win!
Bah. Edlin.
Bah. copy con myfile.txt
Bah. Edlin.
Bah. DEBUG.
On Monday November 30, 2020, Atreyu said to Gamgee...
Bah. DEBUG.
Bah. Stone tablet and chisel.
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Bah. DEBUG.
Bah. Stone tablet and chisel.
Bah. Telepathy from a vastly superior alien race.
And don't tell me go to back to my sock collection; that remark was perfectly justified as per the name of this net.
And don't tell me go to back to my sock collection; that remark was perfectly justified as per the name of this net.
No more socks please. I'm sorry.
And don't tell me go to back to my sock collection; that remark was
perfectly justified as per the name of this net.
No more socks please. I'm sorry.
Oh fine then, since the rest of the region 12 snowflakes complained.
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