Serebii Forums Suggestion Thread - 2011 Edition

[Zhanton]

Can we update the vBulletin to 4.0?

Things not to ask about
Seriously read this.

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New Server / Upgrade to latest VBulletin
We actually got the server fixed at the start of 2011, upgrading to a newer VBulletin is being considered.

Basically it's been said a kabillion times that it's being considered.

[Nutter t.KK]

I can say "soon." How soon is up to Serebii and the people who would be doing it, the staff don't know yet. I can say this that It's not cheap. Disable adblock for Serebii sites, to help fund the site.

All I can say is the forums may go down for a small while.

[Jb]

This isn't really a suggestion but everytime I load a page here my broswer says "pokemonguides", does that have to do with the update?

[pkmnswampmaster]

Ehm this is regarding Forum Avatars, no I´m not gonna suggest any change or letting memeber have custom ones, I noted that there are not many avatars in some "Categories" like pokemon XD has only 2, or some are well "useless" like the one that has only Zorua and Zororak pics because they were the first 5th gen revealed, just saying, oh yeah one last thing I don´t know if we have a good amount of past genereations anime Avatars I only find the Movies ones and then 4th gen and 5th Gen.
Edit: Ignore the last part I found some in other categories like "Anime Characters Avatars", but still I think what I said about useles or alsmot empty Categories should be taken in mind.

[Jazz14456_Whenwilltheychangeitback]

Someway to check (if an individual allows it in the options) when the people on your friend list (not as individuals, as all of the friends at once) were last on. Its troublesome to look at each individual profile to see who's on when you want an swift, reliable answer.

[Nutter t.KK]

Someway to check (if an individual allows it in the options) when the people on your friend list (not as individuals, as all of the friends at once) were last on. Its troublesome to look at each individual profile to see who's on when you want an swift, reliable answer.

May be impossible, due to the way VB3 works, or most likey a hack, which Serebii won't add.

[Psychic Politoed]

This is a pondering thought, but what if we made a Dream World sub-forum? We could have DW Recent Happenings, DW Pokemon discussion, DW furniture discussion, DW area discussion, DW mini-game discussion, etc.

[Zhanton]

This is a pondering thought, but what if we made a Dream World sub-forum? We could have DW Recent Happenings, DW Pokemon discussion, DW furniture discussion, DW area discussion, DW mini-game discussion, etc.

Or we could save space and just use the one Dream World thread which is functioning fine with discussion pertaining to all aspects of Dream World.

[Psychic Politoed]

Or we could save space and just use the one Dream World thread which is functioning fine with discussion pertaining to all aspects of Dream World.

I guess it would be a matter of space versus organization. If we really wanted to save space, we could do that.

[RaZoR LeAf]

Dream World is a part of a bigger game. Having a sub forum for it would be like having a sub forum for Contests or a Sub Forum for Pokethalon. True they are not quite as big, but uyou can't play Dream World exclusively, at some point you have to go back to Black or White, so 'recent happenings' just comes under the usual BW Thread. The Pokemon in DW have different abilities, that is the only difference between them and any other pokemon, they don't need a whole thread to themselves.

You've also only pointed out 5 potential threads. There's no point having a whole forum for five threads, unless you can think of another 25 or so potential threads that wouldn't be repeats of themselves, to make having a new forum necessary.

[The Imposter]

I noticed recently that in both the quick and advanced replies lack a button for the [*S][/S] tags. Would it be possible to put a button for that, like there are the bold, italic, and underline tags?

[PikaPika677]

I noticed recently that in both the quick and advanced replies lack a button for the [S][/S] tags. Would it be possible to put a button for that, like there are the bold, italic, and underline tags?

Don't think so. And I wouldn't want one anyway cause I feel it's more suited more older forum members. Having newbies spamming it will take out the fun in it.

Can we have a block feature on here like on Facebook? Is that even possible? Blocking someone means you can't see their profile and posts and they won't see yours, either. I think this is a LOT better than the lame Ignore feature on here.

[Cassiopeia]

I was wondering if there could be an overall Computer/Discussion forum, with Tech Help and Webmasters & Websites being subforums of that. This is because there is not really a place to discuss general things about computers here.

[Azran Flame]

How about a Troll Thread Database? You know, like a sub-forum dedicated to all (failed) troll threads, depending on the opinions of the mod who closed it. I mean, it would be great to browse whenever you're bored, and it would clear Misc and GPD (as well as other forums) of useless troll and spam threads.

[Monster Guy]

Don't think so. And I wouldn't want one anyway cause I feel it's more suited more older forum members. Having newbies spamming it will take out the fun in it.

Can we have a block feature on here like on Facebook? Is that even possible? Blocking someone means you can't see their profile and posts and they won't see yours, either. I think this is a LOT better than the lame Ignore feature on here.

How is writing text with strikethroughs fun? :/

[Cinna]

How is writing text with strikethroughs fun? :/

Because it gives the illusion that you know more than you should about posting. Some users get WAAAAY to excited when they learn how to use strikethrough on every other word.

[Ellie]

I noticed recently that in both the quick and advanced replies lack a button for the [*S][/S] tags. Would it be possible to put a button for that, like there are the bold, italic, and underline tags?

Don't think so. And I wouldn't want one anyway cause I feel it's more suited more older forum members. Having newbies spamming it will take out the fun in it.

Can we have a block feature on here like on Facebook? Is that even possible? Blocking someone means you can't see their profile and posts and they won't see yours, either. I think this is a LOT better than the lame Ignore feature on here.

we can only do features that are built into vb, and a block feature isn't built in. the ignore feature is all we have.

How about a Troll Thread Database? You know, like a sub-forum dedicated to all (failed) troll threads, depending on the opinions of the mod who closed it. I mean, it would be great to browse whenever you're bored, and it would clear Misc and GPD (as well as other forums) of useless troll and spam threads.

the whole point of getting rid of spamming and trolling threads is to not attract more attention to the useless crap that gets posted. having a whole forum for that would just attract more attention and lead to more morons worshiping failed troll threads.

[PopPrincess_Lyra]

Uhm..how about making yer own SPPf skin? Liek in Bebo..make your own Graphics and upload them..also you can share them if you wanted
I think itll be Lyrawesome to have that ! nya~

[bobandbill]

It would require at least mod permissions (if not higher, or some new usergroup at the least, or so is my understanding) for people to make skins. (Not as simple as uploading them for VB at any rate - you need to do it through the forums). Also, we'll only be looking at making skins when we update the forums - not before.

[Cassiopeia]

Uhm..how about making yer own SPPf skin? Liek in Bebo..make your own Graphics and upload them..also you can share them if you wanted
I think itll be Lyrawesome to have that ! nya~

The thing is, you have to have someone to code the skin into a template, which takes a long time.