Lothy's Ramblings

ZB Hidden Features

This is my personal list of hidden pages and features of ZB that not everyone may know about. I really wish some of these were made more prominent, they're so useful! Please share the ones you know about too by commenting on this blog post.

Hidden Pages - The following links are listed as a generic formula to match them to your own board, but clicking them will take you to that page on this board.

• Board Feed - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/stats/feed/
  
• Status Updates Feed - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/stats/status_updates/
  
• Blog Feed - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/stats/blogroll/
  
• AutoTool Key - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/stats/toolbox/ (Only visible to mods and admins.)
  
• BBCode Key - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/keys/?c=1
  
• Emote Key - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/keys/
  
• Board Information - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/?info
  
• Ad-Free Theme Preview - http://#.zetaboards.com/YourBoard/?pic=1 (Only works if you are logged in as an admin [currently defunct?]. Allows you to view the board index as it appears without ads, solely for the purpose of taking screen shots of themes.)

Miscellaneous

• Hidden BBCode - Can you think of more than the ones I have listed?
  
  • Tables used to be hidden, but they now have a special editor button all their own that shows up when posting. It doesn't show up in the BBCode key, nor in the ACP BBCode controls.
    
  • [member] - Not in BBCode key, but is in ACP BBCode controls and posts (if enabled).
    
  • [staff] - Not in BBCode key, but is in ACP BBCode controls and posts (if enabled).
    
  • [class] - Not in BBCode key, but is in ACP BBCode controls and posts (if enabled).
    
  • [note] - Not in BBCode key, but is in ACP BBCode controls and posts (if enabled).
  
  
• You can restore a post immediately after accidentally deleting it. 0_0 Here's a sample URL from my test board, if you want to inspect the link address format.
  
• Hidden Themes - Turns out this isn't a built-in feature and is just something implemented on this board. I'll cover it anyway though. (Thanks to Helena for sharing the secret!) You start by adding and enabling a theme in your ACP. Then you use a javascript to hide it from the drop down list, which makes it only accessible if you dig up the setskin link to that theme.

Code: Script Goes Above Copyright

 

<!--<script type="text/javascript">
$('#setskin option[value=SETSKIN NUMBER HERE]').remove();
</script>-->

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