Forum thread printing

JohnnyWakko · Post by **JohnnyWakko** » 12 Apr 2007, 02:15

Hello to you suggestion box readers.

I have recently tried to print page 4 of this thread:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/6073

but the size of the page goes over the printed out page and I miss out on about 20% of the right side of the posts. I have tried priting it to PDF first, tried landscape, maxed out the marins, etc but alas I miss out on text on the right of the page.

Is there a way to make the forums printer friendly?

Also, it would be really good to be able to customise how many posts you see on one page. This way I could print a whole thread in one go instead of having to click from page to page.

Your best mate Johnny the Wakko one.

Post by **skipclarke** » 12 Apr 2007, 03:12

The page width is fixed. You can fit the width to a page wih FireFox or with IE 7 (I think).

I can't think of a way to strip out the formatting. phpBB2 doesn't allow for any user-specific formatting about page length. will check on phpBB3.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Apr 2007, 07:37

phpBB3 has a print thread option. We'll just have to wait for that. :)

Cynagen · Post by **Cynagen** » 12 Apr 2007, 12:51

phpBB3 has a print thread option. We'll just have to wait for that. :)

There should also be a mod for phpBB2 that allows for plaintext representation of the forums for easier printing. Unless i'm completely mistaken.

Post by **skipclarke** » 12 Apr 2007, 14:58

There is, and we use one version in our RSS feed for mobile phones. I'm not aware of a mod for phpBB2. Our focus now is one completing the Wiki data entry, and working on a new site skin for the upcoming phpBB3 release.

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