https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 20:11:45 +0000 Thu, 01 May 2025 17:40:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10228 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66541&title=points#66541 Author: aaronk
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Posted: 01 May 2025 at 5:40pm

Yes, exactly. The paid database was custom built for Pat, and I paid my web developer to do all the updates you see. I'm extremely happy with how it turned out, especially considering he had to work with someone else's 20-year-old code and implement all the changes I was looking for.

The forum has always been "free" software, even going back to when the site was first launched in 2004. That's why there's a separate login and a totally different look and feel from the searchable database.]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 17:40:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66541&title=points#66541 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66539&title=points#66539 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 5:31pm

Ah OK, I see how one can sort now. I'm just getting used to the new system, having "reconnected" this morning. And I thought you came up with the Points system - I didn't realize they did, and that it was them (not you) who swapped out "posts" with "points" column on the Memberlist page. But hey, as you explained, it's free software so we can't complain :)
]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 17:31:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66539&title=points#66539 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66535&title=points#66535 Author: aaronk
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 4:51pm

I can see your posts in your member profile when I click your username. It currently says Posts: 2258 [0.30 posts per day].

On the Memberlist page, yes, it appears they have swapped out "posts" with "points," and I'm guessing it's because they added a point system somewhere between version 7 and version 12.

The sorting options are still there, though. I can click on a header, and it will resort the column. You can also use the yellow arrow to change the sort order from A-Z to Z-A.

]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 16:51:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66535&title=points#66535 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66529&title=points#66529 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 1:41pm

Oh wow! First of all, that's a huge change - 20 years in one update.

So I get that they may have gotten rid of the sorting options. But they deleted the "Posts" column (and replaced it with points?) That seems odd that they randomly deleted a column, if I'm understanding you're correctly.]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 13:41:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66529&title=points#66529 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66526&title=points#66526 Author: aaronk
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 1:26pm

The forum is not custom built. It's made by a company in the UK that offers it for free. You just download the software and install it on the server. We went from version 7 (circa 2005) to version 12 in one update, and all the changes you see are things that Web Wiz modified in the last 20 years.]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 13:26:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66526&title=points#66526 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66513&title=points#66513 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 10:52am

Interesting! I'd like to suggest for the Memberlist page, you also include # of posts (there's room after the 'date joined', for instance) and that you also restore the Sort options we had before, such as by # of posts, etc.]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 10:52:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66513&title=points#66513 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66509&title=points#66509 Author: aaronk
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 6:10am

The forum software now displays points instead of posts. If you want to see a member’s number of posts, you will find that in their profile.

Here's what the point system is based on (all are the default settings):

Create New Topic: 2 points
Post Reply: 1 point
Post Answer/Resolution: 5 points (This is currently set to 'admin' but I can change it so that all members can mark a post as an answer/resolution.)
Thanked: 5 points]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 06:10:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66509&title=points#66509 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66504&title=points#66504 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10228
Posted: 01 May 2025 at 1:54am

I'm seeing these Points listed on the left hand side. That made me go to the Memberlist, where it used to show the # of posts people had posted, some people had many thousands. Was this data all lost, Aaron, during the course of updating the website? That's a shame, if that's the case.]]> Thu, 01 May 2025 01:54:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10228&PID=66504&title=points#66504