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Also, @rokstrsk83rdude, looking at your widgets, you can change the size just by editing the code you paste, for instance, on the playlist widget, there are two places in the code that say width = 450, just change those to 220 and you'll be all set.

That chatbox you use may not have variable sizes, but www.chatango.com does.

hi, it looks like those google widgets are javascript, for security reasons javascript is disabled in widgets, however, flash is supported, and there are millions of flash widgets (as flash is supported on myspace).

Try http://widgetbox.com for flash widgets.

There is no way to change the recently online box or display all ppl currently online. We may add more functionality around this to the 'Members' page in the future.

As changing the sidebar size would make it difficult to read the posts in your forum (it's a delicate balence) We recommend using widgets that are less then 250px wide on your sidebar. Most widgets allow you to resize them by altering the code. If there is any widget code that you'd like to see how to resize, please send me an email with the code, 'chief -at- lefora.com'

also, rokstrsk83rdude, it is a bit rude to post a question, then 5min repost saying HELP ME. We are very active on this support forum, and ask that you would respect that questions will get answered in one to two business days (sometimes it's within minutes, and most times within hours, but respect the fact that a reply will take a little longer, but you will get a reply.)

@jason, thanks for suggesting highlighting the quote, we'll be doing more here. We'll also look into the line breaks.

@t-cell, we'll be putting the thumbs up/down back in the topics.

@sparkz56 to make your 'start a topic' black, add this CSS: #start_conversation {font-color: #000000;}

You don't need firefox w/ firebug to do this, you can 'View Source' in IE to see our CSS settings, however, Firefox with Firebug gives you a lot of information about your forum and allows you to test changes live on the page without having to save and reload.

we'll be working on that later this year - http://support.lefora.com/2008/08/26/ranks-on-a-hosted-site/page1/

You cannot control post order, however, we're currently working on new themes which support pagination, so your members can just jump to the last page.

@guest, to set up warhammerfantasy.com, just read this post: http://support.lefora.com/2008/04/19/free-custom-domain-name-giveaway/

@pspbackup, what domain provider are you using so that we can help you?

In order to preserver history of a discussion, we don't allow members to edit their own posts after the 15min window. We may add more options here for members to make updates to their posts, but that's not something we'll be working on for a few months.

To send a warning to a member, we recommend sending a PM to the member in question and point out any inappropriate behavior they have taken (and link to the post in question by copying the URL from the permalink on the post.)

Let them know you will remove them from the forum if their behavior doesn't improve.

You can turn a forum private, so that members can still post, but there is no way to 'lock' people out temporarily. If you're worried about spam, we automatically catch that.

Hi jason, the 'open links in a new window' although displayed on the Standard Editor is currently disabled, sorry about that. We filter out some html, including html to open links in a new window. We may change that in the future.

We'll be working on just that later this year, thanks for the request jason.

I just posted some solutions here:

http://support.lefora.com/2008/08/25/how-do-i-add-a-background-image-or-change-the-back/

First, read this thread:
http://support.lefora.com/2008/06/19/hacking-your-css/page1/

For a black background:
#page {background-color: #000000;}

For a white background:
#page {background-color: #FFFFFF;}

For any color in between, just get the HEX value from this site:
http://www.colorpicker.com/

For a background image, upload your image to a site like photoshack.com, then use:
#page {background-image: http://your-image-url-here.com/filename.jpg;}

yes, just start a new lefora forum, like "myforum-mods" and make the forum private. Then invite your mods/admins into the forum and only they will have access to it.

thanks, and where are you seeing it? If it's on the sidebar widgets, they take some time to clear out, so even if there is a no new posts, after a few hours, it should disappear.

For your domain, pspbackup.net, it was purchased from a domain company, like a godaddy.com or something. You will need to adjust your settings on that domain service provider to say that pspbackup.net should be redirected to www.pspbackup.net.

This is an issue on IE (Internet Explorer) that was recently brought to our attention. It's a security setting issue with IE, it will work in Firefox.

We're looking into a solution for IE.

The google toolbar also provides a free spell checker that will work on lefora posts. Just install the toolbar, then when you're posting, hit the spell check icon on the toolbar, and your misspelled words will be highlighted.

Thanks mattb4, this is something we will consider while building out the ranking system.

Thanks for the feedback, as we're currently busy with a few other features on lefora, modifying the PM system won't happen for sometime. Folders is a bit of an advanced feature, but 'group delete' we will have available at some point.