But it's stupid, I cant find a solution by searching the forums, just a bunch of people who want the same thing, is there a mod for this? If not, why not? It cant be that hard to do, just give in and let these people set up their forums the way they want.
Kinda sorry, but not,
RCS
Like you, I'm just a user here. I search the boards, I ask for help, and if it's available I get it or find it. But having read literally thousands of posts and replies, I've come to really appreciate what all the devs and contributors do here and I find it quite disconcerting when users, like I am, feel it necessary to be rude when asking for support.
What we have here is a free product with unlimited free support provided by unpaid volunteers. As such, we should be more appreciative than unappreciative of all their efforts. I think we do a great injustice to all the users of coppermine when we are abusive or rude to the contributors and devs of coppermine.
Negative comments often have cummulative effect. What would happen if they finally say, "Hey, enough!" and decide to quit? Where would we all be then? I think we owe it to them to show our appreciation not our fustrations.
As to allowing users to set up their "forums" the way they want. ( I believe you meant "gallery" as "forums" would be under some other opensource project) Isn't that what we are all trying to do here? -- and why there are hundreds of mods and themes and over 20,000 posts? Try getting support on a commericially available package for a modification that's not already part of their package and you'll probably receive notice that modifying your package in such a manner will invalidate your service/support and licensing agreement. So, really, what more can we ask for?
I say this because I can relate to what these devs and contributors go through. I was once an unpaid sysop/moderator on 6 forums in Compuserve during its prime. I answered 150 emails and 200+ posts a day. The wear and tear of rude comments and guests really took the joy out of it and I ultimately left it all behind, leaving the burden of 350 questions daily to be answered by someone else.
I believe that good manners beget good manners,
Dennis - just a user