Camera Labs

Hi everyone, you'll notice the Cameralabs forum has a new look!

I've finally upgraded to phpbb version 3, which should hopefully make it more secure as well as providing new features.

You may need to clear your browser cache for the best results.

I also switched servers today, and while this *should* be a painless process, something always goes wrong. In this case, the DNS transfer didn't go quite as planned and ended up pointing to the wrong IP adress, the result of which no cameralabs or dslrtips for a few hours earlier.

Hopefully that's all resolved now (if you'll forgive the pun).

So now all we have to do is explore the new forum and see what it can do! Any questions? I may not be able to answer them as I'm learning too! But hopefully as we learn the software, we can help each other!

I can answer one straightaway though: the design is the default theme. I will be changing this to the Cameralabs theme as soon as possible, but I wanted to get up and running first.

Thanks as always for your support and patience!

Gordon

would be nice to have a hyperlink to the main site somewhere up top that was very handy, its a bit of a pain having to go back and forth by re typing the web address

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yes i admit i own a fuji hs10, please dont hold that against me.

I know, it's coming just as soon as I can figure out the themes and templates! Any phpbb3 experts here?

Its nota complaint, but I do miss the old site - and I think there are some weird posts being spammed here in the site.

Great job on the move Gordon, keep up the excellent work man.

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1) Olympus OM1 [Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8]
2) Pentax MZ-60 [Sigma 28-90 & 100-300]
3) Canon 7D [EF-S 15-85 & 70-200mm f/4 IS]

Leo's Flickr Page

Ooh, new BB smell Gonna take a little getting used to.

Although I have dabbled with it in the past, I don't have practical experience with running one.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Would have preferred to have a member's name on the left instead of the right, but oh well ...

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...

I just had a good look around for any theme options but I can't find one! I also prefer the user data on the left. Even if this is a default, I assumed there might be more default included templates to check out.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

I'd agree on user names to the left - if it can be done. It kind of shocked me when I dropped in this morning and saw the new look. Nothing wrong with it - just different!

I wonder if there is any option at all to have on the main forums page a list of most-recent posts (from all the different subforums together) - something where at a quick glance one could see the most recent 15 or 20 posts made to any thread in any subforum? Basically, the 'view new posts' button does this - but maybe it comes up on the main board index page by default? Might encourage a little more cross-forum hopping, or spontaneous responses and bump up activity a bit.

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Justin Miller
Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

Yeah i miss the old forum too. Now i need 3 times as long to find my way around. Painting it read would be nice to have again. The blue doesn't fit to the image of camera labs much.

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Nikon D90, 18-105mm kit Lens
Nikon 10 mm - 24 mm - f/3.5-4.5 G ED AF-S DX
Nikon macro 105 mm - f/2.8 G ED-IF AF-S VR
Nikon 35mm f/1.8 DX
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G
Manfrotto Tripod + Ballring
B+W Pol Filter 67mm & B+W Käsemann MRC Pollfilter 77mm, Step up rings

C lab by SUNR15E, on Flickr

Putting a banner across the top would be a good place to start.

Then I think matching the colours of the old forum would be cool...

Is anyone actually doing this?? I'm no expert but I could help with a start on the basics if needed...but I would need to talk about what you need.

SUNR15E

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D300s - MB-D10 - 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 - 50 mm f1.8 - 360AFD - bottle of water - and a kebab...


Find me SUNR15E, on Flickr.

Or find me on facebook SUNR15E PHOTOGRAPHIC

I miss the red colour, looks too much like other forums now.

What is the chance of changing the background colour, the current white or lite baby blue doesn`t show up photos as nicely as a darker background does. Like in flickr, when you click on the large/original picture. It is a camera/photo website after all. Something like a dark grey, dark red or dark green. Text could be a colour that shows up nicely in the background colour. Light green or light blue.

not sure if this is compatible but something like this
http://www.phpbb3styles.net/db/style/Cooperative

http://demo.phpbb3styles.net/Cooperative

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Canon Powershot S95, Canon 6D,7D, 24-70 2.8 Tamron VC, Canon 15-85, Canon 85 1.8, Sigma 30 1.4, 50mm 1.8, Canon 100 2.8L Macro, Canon 70-300L +Kenko 1.4 Pro 300DGX, Canon 430EX II and RS 4 Classic

Guys guys, please, I haven't done anything to the forum appearance yet - what you're seeing is the default theme, nothing else!

I haven't even started on it yet, but if I'd waited until I could finish the template, then the forum would have been locked for days or weeks, and I thought it best to just go live with it and sort out the styling later. There wasn't an option to install version 2 on the new server.

My intention is to as closely match the previous style as possible.

If anyone has customised a PHPBB3 forum before, please let me know.

Gordon

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D300s - MB-D10 - 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 - 50 mm f1.8 - 360AFD - bottle of water - and a kebab...


Find me SUNR15E, on Flickr.

Or find me on facebook SUNR15E PHOTOGRAPHIC

I just realized the scary quote button is back!

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Canon DSLRs: 5D Mark III, 7D
Canon lenses: 17-40/4L, 24-105/4L, 24/1.4L II, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 100/2.8L Macro, 70-200/2.8L IS, 100-400L
Other stuff: Canon Extender 1.4x II, Canon 580 EX II, Canon 430EX II, Velbon Sherpa 600R
Apple: MacBook Pro 15", iMac 27", iPad III, iPhone 4S, Apple TV

My deviantART

(At long last - I think the quote button is quite handy, although I do remove the unnecessary parts of the message from the quote often).

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...