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Last post by Selene310187 « Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:01 pm
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by Selene310187 » Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:40 pm

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Current supported social networks: Discord, Disqus, Google, Steam

I integrated these social networks in the registration and login forms of the...

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Now you can sign in/log in with your Discord and Disqus accounts, too.

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BBCode overview (default and custom ones)

Last post by Selene310187 « Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:41 pm
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by Selene310187 » Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:57 pm
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The first part of the text is about what a BBCode is. Then I link to the list with the default BBCodes options of the site and in the last part I...

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While writing my recent post in the Your adventures in Skyrim thread, I created two new BBCodes:

InlineSpoiler : displays the hidden text button...
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Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:41 pm
Guest Posting Guidelines

Last post by Selene310187 « Sat May 06, 2023 2:10 pm

by Selene310187 » Sat May 06, 2023 2:10 pm

Welcome to Modding on the Spectrum, a community dedicated to bringing neurodiversity and modding - the creation and usage of video game mods - closer...

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Sat May 06, 2023 2:10 pm
Overview of the changes to the forum

Last post by Selene310187 « Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:54 pm

by Selene310187 » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:54 pm

I list here all changes since November 1, 2022, the day the forum went live . Furthermore, I include minor changes (which don't have their own topic)...

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Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:54 pm
User Guide

Last post by Selene310187 « Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:41 pm

by Selene310187 » Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:41 pm

Last updated: September 10, 2023

I guide you through the steps of writing your first posts and becoming a member.

Since May 6, 2023, you don't...

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Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:41 pm
About Modding on the Spectrum

Last post by Selene310187 « Wed May 07, 2025 7:33 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:13 am
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It's a place where you can relax and chill while talking about mods and gaming, exchanging knowledge, ideas, struggles and accomplishments and much...

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Today, I added the new header image to the Oblivion subforums .

bannerOblivion.jpg
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Wed May 07, 2025 7:33 pm
Updating the forum software

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:49 pm
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by Selene310187 » Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:54 pm
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I just noticed that the phpBB forum software got a new update a few days ago. Well, it's the first time I'm going to do an update. Before I tinker...

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The board has been updated to phpBB version 3.3.11 !
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Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:49 pm
Attachments, images and file hosting services

Last post by Selene310187 « Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:17 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sun Oct 16, 2022 11:12 pm

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Update Sept 27, 2023
I added guide for inserting images into a post .

Quantity per post and file size limit

You can attach up to 6 files...

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How to insert images into a post
(updated guide)

Variant 1: Using imgc BBCode

If you have uploaded the image to the Spectrum's gallery for...

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Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:17 pm
The tagging system

Last post by Selene310187 « Sun May 07, 2023 9:02 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:17 pm
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You can assign multiple tags to the first post (the oldest one) of your own thread. Just type the tag in the white field below Tags: and hit Return...

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When I use my admin account, I can see the input field for the tags. But when I log in with the test account, I can't see this field, too.

I dug...
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Sun May 07, 2023 9:02 pm
Guest posting and new moderator!

Last post by Selene310187 « Sat May 06, 2023 2:07 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:46 pm

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Dear community,

We would like to give our daily visitors a voice to share their ideas, knowledge, and problems anonymously regardless of their...

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The anonymous guest posting is enabled in all subforums! :sn-2:

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Sat May 06, 2023 2:07 pm
Auto-saving drafts feature

Last post by Selene310187 « Sun Mar 05, 2023 1:09 pm
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by Selene310187 » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:45 pm

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This is done via the DB Auto Draft extension. When you write a new post, the draft is auto-saved into the database. If your post got lost somehow...

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That's what I thought too when I tried the extension for the first time (in the test forum). Now after writing a couple of posts in the live forum,...

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Sun Mar 05, 2023 1:09 pm
New "About me" profile field

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:18 pm

by Selene310187 » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:18 pm

It allows you to write a short description about yourself, the person behind the profile. You can enter up to 500 characters into the field. BBCodes...

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Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:18 pm
Gaming and modding in all facets of life

Last post by Selene310187 « Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:36 pm

by Selene310187 » Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:36 pm

Today, I thought about what the forum, Modding on the Spectrum, can be. How can I explain it.... It was my initial idea to build a forum which should...

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Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:36 pm
The #AskSelene31Something advice series

Last post by Selene310187 « Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:32 am
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by Selene310187 » Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:43 am

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The hashtag stands for my deepest wish to help people with matters concerning mental health and the life with neurodivergent/neurodiverse conditions...

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Why I haven't thought of personal messages as a way to contact me regarding your problems? You can send me one on Nexus Mods . Don't forget to...

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Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:32 am
Making the Neurodiversity hub more tangible

Last post by Selene310187 « Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:14 pm
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by Selene310187 » Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:55 pm

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I picked up some ideas from my brainstorming thread , extended them further and applied them to the Neurodiverstiy hub . Other ideas were dropped for...

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The forum description of Mental Health got the more about Mental Health link. It directs to the About the Neurodiversity hub topic which explains the...

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Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:14 pm
Calibrating the main emphasis of the board and the future of the Neurodiversity hub

Last post by Selene310187 « Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:11 pm
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by Selene310187 » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:28 pm

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Recently, I came to the conclusion that the true heart of the Spectrum is the Modding hub . A long time I wasn't sure where I put the focus on - more...

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I will sleep over my ideas one more time (this time the ones from the three edits of the previous post). If I'm still content with them and if any...

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Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:11 pm
Resources

Last post by Altbert « Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:02 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:51 am

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Banner

Feel free to use the banner in your signatures in other forums

If you need different sizes, you can use the included .svg file:...

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I updated the banner with the new tagline gaming and modding in all facets of life . If you still see the banner with the old tagline where...

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Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:02 pm
Mention members in a post and notify them

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:41 pm

by Selene310187 » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:41 pm

This is done using the Simple mentions extension.

Just type @ and after this the user name (without a space between @ and the username). A dropdown...

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Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:41 pm
New smileys

Last post by Selene310187 « Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:29 am
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by Selene310187 » Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:22 pm
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Yeah, shiny new smileys :sn-13: :sn-14: :sn-2:, 37 in total to be exact. Short code for each new smiley:

Just replace the number with number of the...

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Bonus tip - inserting the full resolution version of the new smileys:

The full resolution of most smileys is 148 pixels (width). The biggest...
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Last post by Selene310187
Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:29 am
Restructure of the moddable games discussions

Last post by Selene310187 « Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:42 pm

by Selene310187 » Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:42 pm

Changes to existing areas

All moddable games categories (e.g. Bethesda Games or CD Projekt Red Games) are converted into forums allowing to show a...

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Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:42 pm
Tags for Piranha Bytes Games

Last post by Selene310187 « Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:51 pm

by Selene310187 » Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:51 pm

Elex-1

Elex-2

Gothic-1

Gothic-2

Gothic-3

The following tags are used to differentiate between each part of a series:

Elex series tags:
Elex 1
Elex 2

Gothic series tags:
Gothic 1
Gothic...

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Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:51 pm
Recent Topics addition and Thanks for posts

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:16 pm
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by Selene310187 » Wed Nov 02, 2022 1:25 am

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Now you can easily identify the new topics on MotS. I added this section with the help of the Recent Topics extension and post #12 on this support...

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Guests can now see the thanks of each thanked post.

(I should test things in incognito mode more often...)

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Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:16 pm
User galleries for screenshots and more

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:01 pm
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by Selene310187 » Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:28 am
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Thanks to the phpBB Gallery extension we have user galleries now! You can add your own personal albums (User Control Panel > Gallery tab) or upload...

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Changes to the phpBB Gallery extension:

The Gallery icon/link on the right side of the navigation bar can now be seen by guests (it's next to Login...
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Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:01 pm
Open links in new tabs

Last post by Selene310187 « Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:27 pm
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by Selene310187 » Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:16 pm

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It's always possible to use the middle mouse button to open links in new tabs. But it's more comfortable when the site does it automatically. I was...

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The update of the forum software did indeed overwrite my edited bbcode.html. Luckily, I remembered that I changed this file to allow links to be...

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Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:27 pm
IP anonymization and usage statistics

Last post by Altbert « Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:06 am
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by Selene310187 » Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:15 pm

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I activated the IP anonymization function of the Privacy Protection extension. I noticed that activating this function forces a logout. I don't know...

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Very interested in the results! It might help what is effective and what is not! But I think you should keep that private.

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Last post by Altbert
Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:06 am
Additional BBCodes: gallery and text alignment

Last post by Selene310187 « Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:17 am
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by Selene310187 » Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:10 am

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Gallery BBCode

Attached images can be shown side by side using the gallery or gallery2 BBCodes. The two column layout of the gallery will be shown...

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I fixed the appearance of the gallery on mobile devices. The two column layout will be shown if the screen width of your device is greater than 1100...

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Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:17 am

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