W13 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Yeah skinning is the obvious next step because when it comes to features, IPB has everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Sephiroth. Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Skinning IPB was pretty easy back in 1.3.1 and 2.0, because all the images could be changed using the image macros. Now, I'm looking through IPB 2.2's skins, and about 50% of the images are hardcoded in the skin html, or, as with the my assisstant, hardcoded within the source file itself. (sources/action_public/xmlout.php) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Yeah skinning is the obvious next step because when it comes to features, IPB has everything.No, it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestingSomething Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 They should be nice and release IPB 3 on Christmas Day as a FREE present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobbo Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Why should they do that?Then people would moan that it is not much better than 2.2. Matt and Brandon can't just magic IPB 3 up :PAnd for free? Why should people get the software were all paying $50+ for, for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 They should be nice and release IPB 3 on Christmas Day as a FREE present.No, they shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherrymenthol Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 If they did that, I think a lot of people would file lawsuits.. especially with most of us paying good money for licenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobbo Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 And how are IPS going to pay all there staff and run a decent sized office building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikki Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Skinning IPB was pretty easy back in 1.3.1 and 2.0, because all the images could be changed using the image macros. Now, I'm looking through IPB 2.2's skins, and about 50% of the images are hardcoded in the skin html, or, as with the my assisstant, hardcoded within the source file itself. (sources/action_public/xmlout.php)Surely you could just overwrite the images that are already there? I can understand how it would be a problem if you wanted to, for example, use text links instead of images, but surely a straightfoward replacement is just as easy? I've just finished 4 skins for a client and had no problem changing images :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon C Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 They should be nice and release IPB 3 on Christmas Day as a FREE present.That pretty much fails all logic. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Surely all presents are free :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon C Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Surely all presents are free :blink:I meant it fails all logic for three reasons:1) Because they haven't even begun development on it I don't think (if they have, it's been very minimal work, I believe; I doubt they've even begun though).2) Christmas Day is in about 1-2 days for most of us (depending on where in the world you are). The likelyhood of IPS creating something within a day, implementing lots of new features in there (as it's going to be a feature-based release), having it fully tested for security and bugs, having it sent through Beta and RC versions, etc. is impossible.3) If they somehow miraculously attempted and accomplished #2 (and if they did, I'd guarantee you it'd be very bad), I don't believe they'd release it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Wers Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I like this interface (looks like highly professional) and I am expecting that it won't change very in v3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I meant it fails all logic for three reasons:1) Because they haven't even begun development on it I don't think (if they have, it's been very minimal work, I believe; I doubt they've even begun though).2) Christmas Day is in about 1-2 days for most of us (depending on where in the world you are). The likelyhood of IPS creating something within a day, implementing lots of new features in there (as it's going to be a feature-based release), having it fully tested for security and bugs, having it sent through Beta and RC versions, etc. is impossible.3) If they somehow miraculously attempted and accomplished #2 (and if they did, I'd guarantee you it'd be very bad), I don't believe they'd release it for free.I was joking :DHe said a 'free present' - surely all presents are free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microo Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Well what would be spectacular, it's if it will be released on Christmas 2007! For free ONLY that day... LOL... And if you can't install or have problems, they won't be responsible, as it's a free version... But I know it won't happen! ;)Cheers,SHaDoW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobbo Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Well what would be spectacular, it's if it will be released on Christmas 2007! For free ONLY that day... LOL... And if you can't install or have problems, they won't be responsible, as it's a free version... But I know it won't happen! ;)Cheers,SHaDoWGreat business logic. Why would they give a product they can make money from out for free? I can understand them giving a 25% discount or something, but not for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhid Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I believe there will be a version 2.3 before 3.0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elj Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I believe there will be a version 2.3 before 3.0!The next version will be 3.0. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stobbo Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 The next version will be 3.0. :unsure:I am under that understanding too. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 The next version will be 3.0. :unsure:I am under that understanding too. :blink:3.0 is the next expected version, but it's possible there could be a 2.3 release if some kind of unexpected work pops up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 One expects there to be major changes when theres a major change in version number (2.2 --> 3.0), so yeah I expect there to be some interface changes. It is definitely time for a new skin as IPS has had the same default skin for too long. We just got 2.2 so I expect it will be at least a 1 1/2 years til we see a release candidate for 3.0 which is fine. I'd rather they spend more time working on 3.0 and really blow our minds with it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeez14 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Sephiroth. Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Surely you could just overwrite the images that are already there? I can understand how it would be a problem if you wanted to, for example, use text links instead of images, but surely a straightfoward replacement is just as easy? I've just finished 4 skins for a client and had no problem changing images :)Of course I could do that, for I've already done it. But, what if I'm using a different file extension, such as png instead of gif everywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestingSomething Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 For those who say next version will be 3.0, like I said... staff had made it seem 3.0 was coming directly after 2.1 also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuCruTrooper2 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Must you always say something? Don't you have something better to do than complain about IPB 3.0 not being out?It's getting old really fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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