This will be the thread that we use for the submissions for the February member spotlight. It will be only v5 series forums right now, since v6 is still in beta as of this writing. It is also the last chance to become eligible for the six month grand prize. You can either post your site in this thread, or post in a separate thread, but please put in the title something about Feb. submission, etc. Thanks.
Beginning in April, we will begin judging v6 sites and only v6 sites, but the same rules will still apply. Modifications are only 20% of the score. Site integration, design, color scheme, and user experience are also judged.
[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: AllenAyres ]
well i kno i wont win, but hell wit it, throw
HipHopAudio.com in it too!
good luck to everyone & i kno tha best board will win
(not mine of course lol)
~1~
www.comiccollector.com [ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: bryan868 ]
iight why not enter
http://www.411hype.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi it si ubb6 and its beta v7.3 soon to be 7.4 as sson as they release it!
[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]
once again (but this time majorly re-written)...
when reviewing this site, please create a user (e.g. ubbdev), as there are many many features that i have made that are only visible if you are a member. for instance, the dynamic navigation bars.
for further information the control panel rewrite/layout and moderator tools, please contact me and i will provide a tour and/or screenshots.
welp might as well enter again
My Forums Page
Please re-read what Allen said. Your site does not qualify.
It will be only v5 series forums right now, since v6 is still in beta as of this writing.
Better odds this time...
www.the-group.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi Good luck to all the entrants!
WHAT!!!!
thatz kinda stupid
then theres also one above mine whos runnnin v6
Sorry, took it out. Running UBB 6.0 7.3.
[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: MrBill ]
Okay sure, I'll enter again! Third times a charm?
http://www.freaksforum.com/ http://www.freaksforum.com/cgi/Ultimate.cgi AgentX
[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: AgentX ]
www.planetplastica.com Your Planetary Entertainment System.
Yup.. third time is a charm!
www.fraggersforum.com 
i bet alien is happy 411 can't compete, oh well.
I submit for your approval, the second too final Version of OML Fifth Generation Forums.
http://www.oneminuteleft.com/mb.html http://www.oneminuteleft.com/ good luck too all who entered. i don't like my chances against places like planet plastica anyhow.
Yes, it's just v5 right now... starting with the next one in April, it'll be just v6 from then on, so we'll hear from those with v5 about it not being fair either...
Good luck everyone who has entered so far, some
very nice sites. Entry deadline is midnight on the 15th (I guess that would be 11:59pm on the 15th, right before the 16th).
Oh the contrary. Failure of any site doesn't make me happy. There are several people over there who can be quite creative when they want to be. I have no interest in seeing 411hype fail whatsoever, and I have helped them many times over the last few months answering questions via ICQ, etc. I'm sure they're more rightfully concerned with who's been hacking their boards frequently. Heh.
I was only clarifying since 6.0 sites weren't allowed in this contest. Seemed like an innocent misread of Allen's post.
Lastly, I took a quick visit to see how things were progressing, and I'm not sure how their 6.0 could be judged for the contest even if it were allowed since it's barely customized whatsoever from out of the box.
That's some brass balls!
it still says "Ultimate Bulletin Board" for the logo...LOL
Well, may aswell try.
www.scifichat.net
our board isnt very hacked yet cause there isnt many out but the ones we do have are usefull!
and MANY board which havent been hacked @ all have won!
i mean i friggen compeetd for all 6 months and i friggin couldnt win so why enter again!
u know i was gettin really tierd of tha same **** .
and alien has been great help!
and it is true i didnt read the info above but i think thatz kinda stupid that ur not allowed ubb 6!
here is my submission once again:
http://www.gamerzparadize.com all new layout comming soon!
hi gamer its ubb6
u cant submit it till next month!
actually the month after next..
Jigga, just for you, go ahead and enter your site... I am sure the judges will take into consideration the "originality" of your front page too:
http://www.411hype.com/ - I don't think you'll wanna see the top 10 results with what you have up so far...
Still using UBB 5.46 (holding off until Infopop can release the final UBB6)
My entry (second try):
http://www.opentechsupport.net
hehe, i was just playing alien.
i really considered 411Hype my major comepetition this time around, but that balls out of the bucket, so it's me against planet plastica.
Changed my mind.. was going to enter, then went and looked at my forums in Opera again..
(not a pleasent experience I can tell you)..
Good luck to all those entering.
[ February 07, 2001: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Nice looking site Lucia... I don't think any of the judges use opera, tho we do have a few that check in NS.
http://ubb.core-dumped.net I host forums for gaming clans or actually anyone who can give me half a reason to host a forum for them
I put alot of work into my UBB as I'm sure everyone else does
Thanks for letting me submit hope you like
oops double post
[ February 07, 2001: Message edited by: ErkDog ]
Allen,
Just out of curiosity what browsers will the judges be using? Also can we get a break down of the criteria the judges will be using? Like 20% hacks, 20% design, 20% tech and etc...
Dawg,
Thanks Dawg for the compliments!! Your site is way killer!! Looks as if the contest will be close.
Best o luck to everyone.
hey rod, wanna affiliate forums? i'd by more than happy to do it, as i only affiliate with the best.
Well, what the heck:
http://www.acaldra.com and click forum in the top frame :), and Dawg, I love your site! (especially the roms ;))
[ February 08, 2001: Message edited by: Mafuh ]
well it looks okay in NS, but not great..
bane of my life..
Trouble was I spent a lot of time redesigning the way the forum would look, because IMho the default UBB looks really cluttered.. but every so often, I guess I screwed up a table tag, and just don't have the heart to rework it so it works in opera too (opera only accepts totally valid html, so must be that I suck.. ahh well)
Rodster, all criteria are judged equally, appropriate modifications, color scheme, site integration, user experience, and design. If one of them is absent (for instance, if your forum is not integrated into your site at all, just a link from your home page), then that is enough to most likely eliminate it from consideration for the top spots, the rest are just that good.
Most judges use IE, a few use NS, I don't know of anyone that uses opera. If your site isn't viewable in NS, then that falls under the "design" category and will get it eliminated.
Oh its viewable, workable all that stuff, just looks crappy.. and hence thats why I'm not entering..
phew, my board looks:
-nice in IE5.5
-nice in opera
-okay in Netscape
Allen,
I think all UBBs have viewing probs in netscape. Especailly ones with long topics and a complex layout may take a while. Even on a high speed line it may take sometime for 'NutScrape' to render the complex UBB tables. So how long then will a judge wait on a page to consider it 'unviewable' in NS? I dont mean to be picky, I just wanted to put it out there for everyone to be aware of.
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Dawg,
I may take up your offer on affiliate. I will let you know.
[ February 08, 2001: Message edited by: rodsterAce ]
We have patience, and understand NS's slow loading times of complex tables. We discuss these things when judging the sites, if it isn't loading for one, we double check it to make sure...
Some sites will not load no matter how long you wait tho, it's just poor table coding that causes that usually.... we actually had the same problem back when we opened in September, none of the threads would load in NS, until we fixed some coding errors.
For something interesting to check out, load this site in NS6, the dhtml doesn't work (thanks to C_P for pointing it out - I forgot to check NS6), so for all those who copied our files ;), you and I have some work to do still...
awsome rod, i'm actually shooting after a couple others too, but yers would be great.
Hello to visit my site
www.hel-clan.com to see the ubb board
http://www.hel-clan.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi I believe the genral posts regarding the web site is WOW!. Kinda proud of it, sorry not being cocky. WARNING!!!!!!!!!!, PLZ read the the warning message before you choose to view the intro. I cant explain it any better.
Good luck everyone.
[ February 09, 2001: Message edited by: HEL Asmodeus ]
Hey ASC, I am glad the move went well for you.. you get some rest?
You have an excellent site, but we won't be judging v6 sites until the next go-around... in April. Please enter then, and good luck.
To dawg911
heh...heh...
@ u and planet plastica.. go ahead and sleep.. but emceearena will prevail...
Btw, If I could vote.
I would vote for Blackhaze's board, I like it the best
yea, emceee is pretty fly, but i still think mine are cooler cause i have lotsa colors.
and i was here first.
http://www.oneminuteleft.com/mb.html - some things imma point out for the judges......
[*]VERY original, ive never seen a site like it
[*]look @ the general gaming forum on ultimate.cgi - never seen a bg image placed there EVER!
[*]very clean looking
[*]actually have active members
[*]not one bug that ive notcied
[*]visually ery appealing.........combines a huge number of hacks but it doesent look over hacked.
[*]the ONLY thing thatz lacking is the formdisplay pg......
if these sites were scored outta ten oml would get 2million four hundred a sixty seven thousand!
[ February 10, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]
[ February 11, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]
[ February 11, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]
Oh what the h_ll I might as well, no chance of being bugged about adding hacks to others boards, now that 6.0 is out... so I should be safe..
http://www.cyber-poetry.com
pssst: we always give the sites that
don't work higher ratings than the rest
http://www.lrforums.com , for all your video game chatting needs! *thumbs up*
null
hehe, i dunno where he got that from, probly caught me in the middle of an update (i do that allmost every day) my forums are never the same for more than a day.
why not take a gander at my control panel?
hmm, my forums are out I think (not that they had a chance or something :)). My server was attacked by hackers and now it's down...but maaaybe they'll fix it before the end...
i know mafuh, this is the worst time for hackers, we got hit before the january spotlight. it seems that people are hacking forums to give themselves a better chance. I don't understand it if u ask me, i think it's kinda pathetic.
we know FOR A FACT that it was a ubb developer who hit us last month. but ya can't do anything cept upload yer backups and walk away
Well if you want to drive yourself nuts, check your site in IE 5.5 , Netscape 6.0 and Netscape 4.7X. Netscape 6.0 has some major bugs. No wonder the report I read said Netscape is losing ground, anfd people are uisng IE. I switched after 2-3 years of using netscape..
One bug I just noticed is the first line of a post is in default text, the rest is in the font chosen..
Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
it's not really the best idea to keep a link to your CP visible to all your users on the board. that's probably the reason your site's security was compromised.
Emcee Arena Overlook:
[*]New front page will look ill when finished
[*]Has free email
[*]Very helpfull linx to each forum on main pg
[*]Top menu looks clean
[*]Unique look
[*]Great combination of many hacks!
[*]All in all a very clean site.....looks pretty tight and is a high candiddate for the award!
PS: sorry haze!
[ February 11, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]
most of my members just think the control panel link is an image. the majority just think that frame IS the cp.
my forums are average in netscape, they run, ppl can post... but some of the formating is off, but netscape does suck.
btw, jigga, we have our own free email too, we are actually renovating our email frontpage, but we still offer free email thru omlmail.com
what the hell eh!
its worth a shot!
http://ultimategamer.cjb.net (ps. if its slow its the server, i am in the process of moving it to another server)
gamer, if u install the affiliates hack, i would love too have yer forums as an affiliate, once yer forums grow they could probly be great
Squirt Gun Music I just opened it, its not all that great, and no one ever goes to it
mmmkay
wont win, but why not try? ;-)
http://factorq.net/cgi-bin/forum/Ultimate.cgi [ February 13, 2001: Message edited by: fQ Renegade ]
My forums are up again.
http://www.acaldra.com only downside is that you'll have to enter/register etc. using the buttons on the bottom of the main page.
yo dawg, im gonna install that hack now.. where can i find it?
feel free to become an affiliate... keep in mind that my newest sites gonna be 95% cgi!!!
hee hee hee
[ February 13, 2001: Message edited by: ultimategamer2k ]
We revamped our layout for the new year.
We hope you like it!
What the hell!
I'll give it a shot!
http://www.unitedconservatives.com
gamer, u should be able too find it by searching the database or the beta and finished mod forums here for "affiliate hack" or something similar.
when u get it installed, PM me here or at oml.
I'd like to enter one as well!
Prowler Owners Association is looking real good. Integrated personal scrappbooks coming (already in place...somewhat), interactive upload...I'm no great hacker, but our whole crew has been working hard.
please delete...sorry!
[ February 14, 2001: Message edited by: Vipermad ]
np, i think i have the file local, it's actually in the oml hack database. i'll post a link here when i dig her up.
i am officially re-submitting my forums. i have done some serious last minute hacking, now i do belive they are much better.
As for the design integration, it canot be done, because our website uses 2 designs, mainpage and template and the template isn't ready yet, thus the lack of integration.
wish me luck. if this is last change for 5.xx versions, the is my last entry.
some for me here, I added a dhtml menu and stuff =)
http://www.acaldra.com
Whats the deadline guys? Kinda wondering when we get judged?
www.hel-clan.com http://www.hel-clan.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi [ February 15, 2001: Message edited by: HEL Asmodeus ]
yo dawg, i made my own hack for the affiliates, i think mine looks better for my site at least, so send me ur banner, or link to the banner, and the name of ur site, and ill send u mine :-)
looks good. i just added even more stuff too my forums. dedline is coming soon.
a side note, my and the other 4 OMLboards/OMLmail admin have chosen our favorite ubbs,i will send the gold silver and bronze graphics is u like. below are the results:
AlienSoup:5-0 Vote
EmceeArena:4-1 Vote
Planet Plastica: 3-2
Hel-Clan(we love the flash): 3-2
so at OML, AlienSoup gets Gold, EmceeArena gets Silver and PP/hel tie for bronze. Now lets see how the ubbdev net one comes out.
GOOD LUCK YALL!
gotta bare wit me tonight im redesigning my main page..
Thanks everyone who entered... submission time is up now, we'll have an announcment on the 25th...
Good luck to everyone... soe real nice sites have been entered...