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0004359Zandronum[All Projects] Suggestionpublic2024-08-01 09:232025-01-14 10:05
unknownna 
Kaminsky 
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3.23.2 
0004359: Login menu should have a message linking users to'https://auth.zandronum.com/register [https://auth.zandronum.com/register]'
IMO, there should be a message in the menu that guides the user to the account registration site so they will have an idea where accounts can be registered. Maybe only display the message when there's no login_add and login_default_user settings stored.

"Visit'https://auth.zandronum.com/register [^]' to create an account."
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Issue History
2024-08-01 09:23unknownnaNew Issue
2024-12-15 21:51KaminskyNote Added: 0024179
2024-12-15 21:51KaminskyAssigned To => Kaminsky
2024-12-15 21:51KaminskyStatusnew => needs testing
2024-12-15 21:51KaminskyTarget Version => 3.2
2024-12-22 14:15unknownnaNote Added: 0024185
2024-12-22 14:15unknownnaStatusneeds testing => feedback
2025-01-13 21:39unknownnaNote Added: 0024191
2025-01-13 21:39unknownnaStatusfeedback => assigned
2025-01-14 05:15KaminskyNote Added: 0024194
2025-01-14 10:05unknownnaNote Added: 0024198
2025-01-14 10:05unknownnaStatusassigned => resolved
2025-01-14 10:05unknownnaResolutionopen => fixed
2025-01-14 10:05unknownnaFixed in Version => 3.2

Notes
(0024179)
Kaminsky   
2024-12-15 21:51   
This commit:'https://foss.heptapod.net/zandronum/zandronum-stable/-/commit/24a5d05747f29cfb3f41fc40a7bbe10280865b38 [^]' added a tip message on how to create new accounts, including a link to the aforementioned registration website, to the menu.
(0024185)
unknownna   
2024-12-22 14:15   
Thanks a lot for this, I think it helps with bringing out the account system more and makes it seem less obscure.

Maybe the first part of the message could be rephrased to:

To create an account, please visit:
'https://auth.zandronum.com/register
[^]'
Though it's ok as it is I suppose.

I would at least rephrase the latter part of the message to:

If the server is using another auth host,
you must register there instead.

Contact the server host for more info.

to make it a bit clearer.

I would also make the link appear in gray color instead of red, to make it easier to read.
And maybe the "---Notice---" line appear in green or something, whatever looks right and stands out more.

What do you think?
(0024191)
unknownna   
2025-01-13 21:39   
I saw you made an edit to the message, appreciate it.
The grammar still feels a bit off though.

"If the server is using their own auth host"

It's a singular server, but with a plural "their". Shouldn't it be "its own" if you want to suggest the server host owns the auth server?

And it would probably still look better with the link being in gray color.
(0024194)
Kaminsky   
2025-01-14 05:15   
Quote from "unknownna"
The grammar still feels a bit off though.

"If the server is using their own auth host"

It's a singular server, but with a plural "their". Shouldn't it be "its own" if you want to suggest the server host owns the auth server?


...does it really matter if either "its" or "their" is used in this context? Both cases are still grammatically correct, and the use of plural pronouns such as "they" or "their" to refer to a singular noun (e.g. server) has existed for centuries. I'm really not going to create another commit and merge request again just to change a single word if the current wording is still acceptable.

Quote from "unknownna"
And it would probably still look better with the link being in gray color.


Unfortunately, MENUDEF doesn't offer ways to colourize text differently than whatever menu text colours are specified in the "GameInfo" block in MAPINFO, so this isn't so easy to do.

If there's nothing else wrong with the tip message as it currently is, I'd prefer to resolve this ticket and move on.
(0024198)
unknownna   
2025-01-14 10:05   
I see, thanks for the explanation!

Quote from Kaminsky
If there's nothing else wrong with the tip message as it currently is, I'd prefer to resolve this ticket and move on.

Yes, no problem. Great work, thanks.