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Banner on main forum page

Seriously! Who is the brainiac behind this? I'd like to know... Main forum page has nice new banner on top. GREAT! but when you have drop down boxes like SEARCH, than UNFOLD you do not COVER them with a banner!
Doesn't anyone TEST stuff when they put it on the site? Do you just copy paste a banner URL and job is done?

Just block them. I block as many adds as I can because my bandwidth sux. The page still comes up good afterwards.

why not just have the banner above the menu bar? is it that hard?

I don't want to block banners, it's a flash banner anyway. I don't even mind one banner. What I do mind is the fact that whoever put this there is clearly not doing their job right. FIX IT!

I love how I can post a complaint here but no mods a. answer, b. do anything about it. Great job, just great.

joannaex said:
Seriously! Who is the brainiac behind this? I'd like to know... Main forum page has nice new banner on top. GREAT! but when you have drop down boxes like SEARCH, than UNFOLD you do not COVER them with a banner!
Doesn't anyone TEST stuff when they put it on the site? Do you just copy paste a banner URL and job is done?
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I think it's a problem on your end because my menus and such (Quick Links and Search) open up OVER the banner, not under it... What browser are you using? I'm using Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista.

Here on Server 2003 and FF some banners are under, some are over.

Indeed. There doesn't seem to be a good responsive way to discuss forum problems.
Would be nice to get this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=290327
fixed also.

I'm sure the people that run this site have better things to do then fix compatibility issues with banners and advertisments. To tell you the truth I used to run a forum like this. It's not an issue of the code being wrong it's how it's interpreted by your browser. I just installed FireFox to see, and sure enough the menus show up UNDER the banner. That's not the site's fault, that's the browser's fault for rendering it wrong. If it works fine in another browser then use that. Sometimes there is a middle ground, but unfortunatly vBulletin only offers certain types of code and has constraints. Also I'm sure no one wants to pay money to switch to phpbb or invision powerboard. These board/forums softwares have issues to themselves.
However, I agree about the page layout there in ivorh's post, that can be fixed by some simple code changes, but it's not that big of a deal. The PDA list view could be fixed as well I suppose. Meh. I come here to get information, not spending 10 hours wondering why the banners aren't working along with the menus lol. I'm not saying you don't have valid points, but I think you need something better to get fustrated about.

there's a thread on the moderators forum about both issues, but the admins are busy with other things now... we'll try to get things fixed, just have a bit of patience

joannaex said:
Seriously! Who is the brainiac behind this? I'd like to know... Main forum page has nice new banner on top. GREAT! but when you have drop down boxes like SEARCH, than UNFOLD you do not COVER them with a banner!
Doesn't anyone TEST stuff when they put it on the site? Do you just copy paste a banner URL and job is done?
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joannaex said:
I love how I can post a complaint here but no mods a. answer, b. do anything about it. Great job, just great.
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Maybe if you had posted respectfully, someone might have responded.

As Pof said, the moderators are pulling their own hair out (a la Britney) about it on the Moderators' forum, but the admins have to get it fixed, not the worthless underling Mods.
Frankly, I never noticed the problem - I use an ad blocker by default. I probably shouldn't recommend that solution, but it's better then nothing.
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pof said:
there's a thread on the moderators forum about both issues, but the admins are busy with other things now... we'll try to get things fixed, just have a bit of patience
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cheers pof that's good to hear.... I expect if the admins are too busy and they made their version of vbulletin available in some form someone would have provided a patch for them by now.

ROM guide for Hermes

Hi guys,
I just made a blog what is a list of ANY rom for ANY phone!
Hope you'll find there what you want..
Already a lot of ROMs for your HTC Hermes!!!
http://all-cooked.blogspot.com
Please do not forget clicking on Google Ads (its free) if you like my work and want drink a beer with me!

zebra363 said:
Hi guys,
I just made a blog what is a list of ANY rom for ANY phone!
Hope you'll find there what you want..
Already a lot of ROMs for your HTC Hermes!!!
http://all-cooked.blogspot.com
Please do not forget clicking on Google Ads (its free) if you like my work and want drink a beer with me!
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Nice idea! ive just uploaded a 6.5 stock like rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3957547#post3957547 . feel free to add it if you like. if you keep this up to date maybe it should be stickied here

I also think it's cool, but, man that's a bunch of roms to keep up with!
I'm not worried that mine isn't there.
Keep up the good work!

zebra363 said:
Hi guys,
I just made a blog what is a list of ANY rom for ANY phone!
Hope you'll find there what you want..
Already a lot of ROMs for your HTC Hermes!!!
http://all-cooked.blogspot.com
Please do not forget clicking on Google Ads (its free) if you like my work and want drink a beer with me!
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Thanks and great idea. I first read your post in the general area and read the blog, but didn't have time to reply.
FWIW, and just so you know, it's against Google's Terms to in any way explicitly entice, tell, or ask someone to click on your google ads.
Considering you are hoping on some form of monetization from this blog, blogger is a google product, and if google catches you (you even say it right on the page...) they will take away your account and any money it has earned.
Just thought I'd let you know so you didn't get in trouble.
Great idea and thanks for the blog though, I'd been thinking about doing something similar for a long time now and just haven't had the time. Good work!

Thanks a lot guys! Hope i can help..
FCW, i updated your PointUI / Titanium ROM, and added Stock Rom!

(HTC Hermes) FCW's Stock Rom V2 (15 juny) - Stock Rom
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- WM6.5
Thanks.

jaysmith said:
Thanks and great idea. I first read your post in the general area and read the blog, but didn't have time to reply.
FWIW, and just so you know, it's against Google's Terms to in any way explicitly entice, tell, or ask someone to click on your google ads.
Considering you are hoping on some form of monetization from this blog, blogger is a google product, and if google catches you (you even say it right on the page...) they will take away your account and any money it has earned.
Just thought I'd let you know so you didn't get in trouble.
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cheers but these roms arent about making money. thats what our jobs are for. theyre about doing somthing you enjoy and sharing what you do with the community here. if people want to donate theyre welcome to but they dont have to pay to use the things on this site. yes it may help the popularity of my roms but it also helps with the idea of the blog it being there. other than that there is no planned gain from me saying that

ferdaus said:
- WM6.5
Thanks.
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now on v3 (fixed windows live)

Thanks FCW!
It is done.. Good luck for next versions!

iReflect icons for WM6.5

I had a few people asking for icon packs. I resized the first half of the 200+ icons entitled iReflect to fit the panels for WM6.5 without stretching them. Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?c3xmtmdjjawI'll be finishing the rest tomorrow night and posting the second pack in this thread. Additionally for all who have been wanting icons and backgrounds and are new to XDA check out the thread from dash users aimed specifically for icon pack request and background images http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415528

Hallo. It would be nice to give me some credits for creating all of this icons. This are the rules as i wrote in my first post. Thank you.

bluemetalaxe said:
Hallo. It would be nice to give me some credits for creating all of this icons. This are the rules as i wrote in my first post. Thank you.
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Alright well here is what you wrote, "If you use this for a ROM, Application or a theme here, just give me some credits, no need to ask. It is not allowed to post this icons anywere else or use them for commercial apps without my permission."
As you can see I neither made a ROM, App, nor a theme. And certainly didn't use it for commercial use. So I won't give you credit. I clearly mentioned the name that you branded your icon pack and everyone knows I didn't make them. I resized them. So live with it. I got no problem just taking the link down and not letting the fruits of your labor be seen by others. I was trying to help you out. So don't troll forums for your own stuff and see who violated your rules, just be happy your work is appreciated.

jdshifflett said:
Alright well here is what you wrote, "If you use this for a ROM, Application or a theme here, just give me some credits, no need to ask. It is not allowed to post this icons anywere else or use them for commercial apps without my permission."
As you can see I neither made a ROM, App, nor a theme. And certainly didn't use it for commercial use. So I won't give you credit. I clearly mentioned the name that you branded your icon pack and everyone knows I didn't make them. I resized them. So live with it. I got no problem just taking the link down and not letting the fruits of your labor be seen by others. I was trying to help you out. So don't troll forums for your own stuff and see who violated your rules, just be happy your work is appreciated.
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You got a very good point. I agree

NRGZ28 said:
You got a very good point. I agree
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Thank you I just wish he wasn't as anal. Tried to help some people out and share and I got yelled out, geeez lousie

@jdshifflett - Thanks for resizing the icons! I have not been able to find a good tutorial on how to use different icons though. Would you be able to point me in the right direction? Thanks!

miguelmondo said:
@jdshifflett - Thanks for resizing the icons! I have not been able to find a good tutorial on how to use different icons though. Would you be able to point me in the right direction? Thanks!
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Im not a pro with it but Ill write a tutorial for dash users this afternoon. ill let you know when its complete

Great looking icons
Hey there... I need help if you may, I want to know how to replace the icons on my phone with these?

application store?

Just wondering is there anything like app-store in xda-dev? because this site have a huge number of application and it would be nice if we can search the apps easily.
~sorry for my bad English

Welcome to forums
Have a read on the main page please.
All great devs here give their work for free and if you like their work you can always donate!, same to XDA!
That´s the way we do things here.
No selling.
Sharing and helping

looks like I didn't make myself clear.
What I mean is application-store-like interface so that the developers' works can be presented in a nicer way rather than hundreds pages of thread. It's purpose is to make a better and proper catalog for their works and not for commercializing their works.
something like this should be enough I think:
http://portableapps.com/apps
*must learn to express myself in English >.<

reckon said:
looks like I didn't make myself clear.
What I mean is application-store-like interface so that the developers' works can be presented in a nicer way rather than hundreds pages of thread. It's purpose is to make a better and proper catalog for their works and not for commercializing their works.
something like this should be enough I think:
http://portableapps.com/apps
*must learn to express myself in English >.<
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The first post made plenty of sense .
Some users have created their own, CRCinAu's Device Update is one such app, but there's no official one. There might be some more, new app's pop up everyday and I don't have time to watch them all .
Have a search around, but I think you'd be best either using the MS one, or just browsing the forum's and subscribing to threads like the rest of us .
Dave

reckon said:
looks like I didn't make myself clear.
What I mean is application-store-like interface so that the developers' works can be presented in a nicer way rather than hundreds pages of thread. It's purpose is to make a better and proper catalog for their works and not for commercializing their works.
something like this should be enough I think:
http://portableapps.com/apps
*must learn to express myself in English >.<
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I got you mate. i understand fully what you mean all the best stuff is on here and the sad thing is joe public dont really know about it. i wont get started on the subject but there was talk about appstores but for some reason they all disappeared.
try here on your mobile
http://www.pocketpcfreeware.mobi/index.php
there is device update
http://www.crc.id.au/deviceupdate/

thx guys, going to look at pocketpcfreeware and device update.
Oh, and will begin to subscribe thread <--- still dunno what it means, but I'll google it anyway.
Nice community!! ^_^

Feedback for Most-Thanked Widget

On XDA, sometimes you come across a thread with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of replies. Most normal humans don't have the time to read through such a large number of replies in order to find the most useful posts. Today, we're making it much easier for you to find the best replies that get buried within a thread. Introducing the Most-Thanked Widget. It lives in the sidebar (of the 2013 theme) and displays which posts have received the most amount of Thanks. It's divided into All-Time and Recent to help you find the most timely and useful posts. You can help make the Most-Thanked widget even better by being sure to use the Thanks button whenever you spot a useful post across the XDA Forums.
A few other details:
Right now, the Most-Thanked widget is only available for logged-in members as we tweak its performance. However, we'll soon be rolling it out to guests
The widget ignore post 1, because most people know that post 1 often contains the most useful information; we didn't want to be redundant
All members are limited to eight Thanks per day. Use your Thanks wisely!
The Most-Thanked widget is a work in progress! We'll be tweaking its logic over the coming weeks and months to make it as useful as possible. Thanks for your patience. Feel free to provide some feedback here

What a sexy idea.
in the 2013 theme.
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^^ Glad to see I'm not the only one who's still on the 2010 theme then It's so much nicer and more user friendly IMO.

Great idea, brilliant for overcrowded threads. Could you add an "option" or tab to leave out the posts by the OP? Having the posts has both advantages and disadvantages, as the users tend to thank the OP a lot. On the other hand, the OP only posts updates, so not having their post in the tab would be bad. That's why you should add a choice, best for both Maybe just limit the no. of posts by OP to 1 or 2

Great idea. Thanks for this svetius.
I'm finding it a little bit laggy at the moment but I'd figure that's just because it's only just been implemented. It's not a major lag though
''Evil corrupts the mind of the weak but fails to feed off the mind of the strong''

Yeah this is an awesome idea, but any way to integrate it into the XDA 2010 them for those of us who don't like the 2013 one?

orangekid said:
Yeah this is an awesome idea, but any way to integrate it into the XDA 2010 them for those of us who don't like the 2013 one?
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Amen.
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I think they'll probably see how it goes for now and then think about implementing it to a previous version.
''Evil corrupts the mind of the weak but fails to feed off the mind of the strong''

It's a cool idea and even nicer to see I'm in both all time top 5's of the ICS and JB version of the ROM I support
Only niggle for me is that it takes the place of the existing widget (messages/threads/forums) so you have to go back out of the thread to then see your subscribed threads again. I use this to navigate the threads I want to read as have links to all the forums I moderate so not too bothered about those. Would be cool to have a subscription (or whatever you want to call it) and thanks tab or something along those lines so you can then still have quick access to both when in a thread.
As for those still preferring the 2010 theme, once you're used to it the 2013 theme is so much nicer to use and I've never viewed the portal as much as I do now thanks to the 5 most recent posts always being shown on the sidebar. I love it!

great idea

AvRS said:
Only niggle for me is that it takes the place of the existing widget (messages/threads/forums) so you have to go back out of the thread to then see your subscribed threads again. I use this to navigate the threads I want to read as have links to all the forums I moderate so not too bothered about those. Would be cool to have a subscription (or whatever you want to call it) and thanks tab or something along those lines so you can then still have quick access to both when in a thread.
As for those still preferring the 2010 theme, once you're used to it the 2013 theme is so much nicer to use and I've never viewed the portal as much as I do now thanks to the 5 most recent posts always being shown on the sidebar. I love it!
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i wish both widgets exist in that side bar.. as its not already full and we can have both with leftover space in right side panel..

sir.. great idea.. thanks for this.. as its new i know it might have bugs..
so it seems there is a bug.. if the posts shown dont have titles.. then the title if its there for above post in thanks widget is shown for the below one too.. which is kinda annoying.. as they might be totally unrelated posts.. also some posts shown in widget doesnt have appropriate link to the actual post when clicked..
also 1 suggestion: please provide the message,threads,forums widget inside threads too along with this widget.. it helps a lot..
thanks for the widget again..
Edit: oops.. sorry for second post.. i could have edit the above one. i forgot that i wrote.

nitubhaskar said:
sir.. great idea.. thanks for this.. as its new i know it might have bugs..
so it seems there is a bug.. if the posts shown dont have titles.. then the title if its there for above post in thanks widget is shown for the below one too.. which is kinda annoying.. as they might be totally unrelated posts.. also some posts shown in widget doesnt have appropriate link to the actual post when clicked..
also 1 suggestion: please provide the message,threads,forums widget inside threads too along with this widget.. it helps a lot..
thanks for the widget again..
Edit: oops.. sorry for second post.. i could have edit the above one. i forgot that i wrote.
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Thanks for your bug report. I have recreated this bug and fixed it.

Good job.

AvRS said:
As for those still preferring the 2010 theme, once you're used to it the 2013 theme is so much nicer to use and I've never viewed the portal as much as I do now thanks to the 5 most recent posts always being shown on the sidebar. I love it!
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It's a preference thing. I've used the 2013 and it's too busy for me, I like the cleaner brown with a portal button at the top left if I want to view portal stories (which I do daily) I can go there.
I don't ever see me moving to the 2013 theme and I really hope they integrate this most thanked post feature into the 2010 theme because it's a really useful feature.

orangekid said:
It's a preference thing. I've used the 2013 and it's too busy for me, I like the cleaner brown with a portal button at the top right fi I want to view portal stories (which I do daily) I can go there.
I don't ever see me moving to the 2013 theme and I really hope they integrate this most thanked post feature into the 2010 theme because it's a really useful feature.
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Ditto.

I think we should test this in a very busy forum
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philos64 said:
I think we should test this in a very busy forum
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And you are implying that xda "isn't" a busy forum? :what:
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Prawesome said:
And you are implying that xda "isn't" a busy forum? :what:
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He means specific device forum.

Prawesome said:
And you are implying that xda "isn't" a busy forum? :what:
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He means specific device forum.
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That's exactly what I mean indeed
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