Forum Suggestions/Bugs

[Dark-Assassin]

Please use the bug tracker to file issues with the website/forums.

[spoiler]I feel I should post this in this section as I am technically Developing the forums.

Anyway, Any suggestions and/or bugs, post them here.

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Forums not being marked read when all containing forums and threads are read (Software Bug)
"Mark All Forums Read" button on the Index does not work (Software Bug)
Login Redirects goes to ./forum/forum/ (IDKWTF)

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Small loading window hanging sometimes when using Quick Reply/Edit
Find out why the "Quote" button and "Preview Post" from "Quick Reply" area is not working.
Removed "Easy Navigation" as it caused annoyances
Figured out why MCP is returning errors for non admins. Temporary fix but if proves no problems it may stay.
Fixed post/thread previews not showing with any formatting.
Fixed 404 error after logging in from some places. Turns out there was a missing file.

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Ask me Peoples!

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Duplicate Breadcrums (Navigation Bar) to the bottom of the page
Cleaned up Top Level Categories and Forums
Added "Latest Active Threads" area on the Index page
Made external avatars no longer require a size limit. You can now use any and It shouldn't break anywhere.
Added a user group to disable the reputation system.

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Clan Title and Name
Custom User Titles that do not replace your Group Title
Removed spacing between categories on the Index page
Removed spacing between posts in Threads
Removed Spacing between posts in Portal
Search Page is no longer Ugly.
"Edit Profile", "Edit Options" and "Buddies/Ignore" areas in UCP looks better.
5 Themes. Base Theme (Light, Simple), Green Theme (Darker, Green), Blue Theme (Dark, Blue)
Made "View New Posts" show all posts going back 30 days
Added "View Your Posts" link
Moved things around in user bar/area (The place where it shows the login link, User CP Link, View Posts, etc...) (Report if text is breaking (Going to new line) with your Resolution used)
Page selection links in threads are no longer buttons
Made the option "Display posts in Classic Mode" useless. Everything is always shown in Classic Mode.
Added Location to Author's details in threads
Added Online Status to Author's details in threads
Added basic Legend on the Index page
Removed forum info from Index page
Removed Avatars from Memberlist
Added "Post Thread" button to threads (Now "New Thread")
Renamed "Post Thread" to "New Thread" in threads
Changed "New Thread" and "Post Reply" buttons and not images
Made reCAPTCHA replace the MyBB Default CAPTCHA
Added pretty spoilers
Cleaned up MCP
Removed MCP and UCP Navigation Icons
Applied Tempoary Logo, Planet background is lot a part of the logo.
Made the "Latest Active Threads" no longer open in new tab. Finally found what I needed to do to make it possible.
Made the "Latest Active Threads" load much faster.
Added a few more options for my 2 current colours. I should really get more colors than styles out here.
Fixed maximum image width to 100% of the post area. This is so no overflow can happen.
Removed all my themes and reinstalled updated versions of the blue one. I will be the only one allowed to maintain it.
^^ This has no affect on Space Tokyo any more. Wartorn can do whatever with his template and styles now.
Fixed a bug with spoilers that would cause them to break the post area.
Added "View Recent Posts" link for Guests and people who have not logged in.
Revived the MyBB Modern layout for posts. You can still change it back to the classic way via UCP > Edit Options
Added naming to code tags. Now done with [code="Name"]
Added fieldset tag. Done with [fieldset="Name"]
Smooth transitions everywhere. Only seen with modern browsers.
Added latest portal news on top of all pages. You can't miss it.
Pinned Signatures to the bottom of the post in "Classic Mode". Only applies for my themes.
Added PM Popup Notification on bottom right of screen.
Fixed massive amount of text in the code block breaking the post bit and portal announcements.

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Remove white bordering around rest of icons
Possibly add more theme colours.
Make the "Latest Active Threads" section less of a hack
Make up more useless crap as I go

Nearly all of these changes will only be applied to the themes using the "Base Theme" as a parent.[/spoiler]

[Dusk]

IMO, Projects and Releases don't belong here, they're not part of the development... neither is Editing.

I'd say, move those three to top-level, to their own category, and the development category should have this one forum at top-level, and link to BT at top-level. Let's keep things simple...

[Wartorn]

Personally I don't believe in keeping all three top level. I'll make Editing top-level and include Releases and Projects as the subsidiaries.

[Dark-Assassin]

I'd prefer them all top level in their own category as well.

[Wartorn]

Request: Can you duplicate the breadcrumbs at the top of the page to the bottom of the page as well? I hate having to scroll up when I'm casually browsing.

[Dark-Assassin]

Done

[Tribeam]

Suggestion:For ease of navigation, instead of having to click the words like a link, for a thread/subforum, have it so when you hover over that object's box, it highlights, and allow clicking anywhere in that box to go to that object's destination.

[Dark-Assassin]

Hmm, not completely sure if I can make an entire Div or Table Row/Column act as a link. I'll check it out.

[Dusk]

With some javascript it should be doable.
<div onclick="do_this()"> or something like that

[Tribeam]

Suggestion 2: Less sub forums lol

[Dark-Assassin]

Ok, Done. The table row and column will also change background when you hover over them.
Also works in your UCP and the 'Last Post' column.

[Wartorn]

Suggestion 2: Less sub forums lol

yeah holy crap where did these come from, we don't even -need- like half of these top level

[Dark-Assassin]

I like an organized forum more than something compact.

Anyway, if there isn't anything we "Need" or if someone has a better plan, Just say so.

[Wartorn]

Rules doesn't need a dedicated subforum for it as they can sit as globals/stickies inside of the Staff forum.

Community events would have sit better under the Community section as a subforum under a Matches instead of building a major top-level subforum for every possible event. Keeping a public archive for it seems a little pointless since the threads for the events are going to be globally announced anyway.

I have no idea what's the difference between Archives and Trash.

Keeping a closed staff forum is pointless since we want to go -open- with our staff, not the other way around. Ditto for burying a Development section inside of it- There's absolutely nothing we need to hide with Development.

What's "Large Scale Projects" vs regular projects, and why does it need a subforum for it? About how many people are we going to anticipate actually using this, seeing as we've never had a project of such a scale in the last 2 years?

And I'm still trying to see why we need the entirety of General Discussion when it could have been moved into Community.

[Dark-Assassin]

Well, how does it look now?

I'll still keep a private staff forum just in case. We don't have to use it.

Also, the difference between Archive and Trash is simple.
Archive is for old stuff, usually for reference and such.
Trash is for the stupid shit like splits and such.
Makes it a lot easier to find old threads for reference if they are separated from the shit that gets split almost every day.

[Wartorn]

Better. Move Modification Discussion to Editing Help (And rename that to just "Editing" since there is a lot that can be talked about beyond just asking for help.) and move Help and Assistance to "(Insert Name Here) and related Discussion". Should make things look nicer.

[Dusk]

Maybe move Trash inside Archives? It's trash so it doesn't really deserve to be top-level anyway. :P

[Dark-Assassin]

Trash is hidden from the public anyway, so it shouldn't matter.

[infurnus]

Is anyone else getting a bug where if you middle-click something ("Open link in new tab") it both opens the link in a new tab, and at the same time changes the current tab to the link? Redundant and kind of annoying
Happens at the main area http://angrypoet.the-powerhouse.net/forum/index.php

[Wartorn]

I don't get this issue in Firefox.