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UBB.threads Custom Island from an RSS feed
RSS (really simple syndicated) feeds are a very versitile, simple and popular way of sharing information between web sites. It’s pretty much a defacto standard and there are many tutorials, widgets,...
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UBB.threads Twitter Custom Island
It seems as if Twitter is the rage nowadays, so it is at least logical to have the option of a UBB.threads Custom Island to display your latest tweets. Let’s do one! This tutorial will assume you know...
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Demystifying UBB.threads framework – Part I
Have you ever gone to a UBB.threads site, notice something unique about it’s layout and wonder ‘how the heck did they do that’ ? For example, there is a very well put together site that is in the...
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Adding a top logo to your UBB.threads forum
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen someone post on the UBB.central support forums, “How do I add a logo to the top of my new forum?”. It’s a simple request, really and we’ll find out that the answer...
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Adding a Gametrailers.com video tag
A customer of mine recently wanted to know if I could gin up a custom ubbcode tag for Gametrailers.com and I obliged him. The first thing is to note a pattern that can be matched from the video URL and...
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Upcoming events Custom Island
Ubb.threads has a very underused, but powerful capability in what are called “Custom Islands”. You essentially can have a php code module be scheduled to run at whatever interval you want to produce...
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Image upload directly into your post
A feature that has always been needed on ubb.threads is a simple way to upload images directly into a new post without having to either upload to a gallery forum first or a popular picture sharing...
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UBB.threads user selectable tooltip preferences
From what I’ve seen, the naysayers win in most cases and it ends up with the forum turning off the option entirely. Whoever wants it, just can’t get it. Matter of fact, this is the case over at...
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A Better YouTube custom BBcode
A forum that I consult to ( SimHQ ), recently informed me that YouTube has changed the URL format for when you click the “Share” Link below the video. It no longer matches the URL in the address bar...
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Custom Vimeo BBCode for UBB.Threads
I’ve had quite a few customers request a custom BBCode for Vimeo, so rather than go into a long post about it, I will post the file and some short instructions on how to implement. There are really two...
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