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Message 106 of 198 (172404)
12-30-2004 10:08 PM
Reply to: Message 72 by Ben!
12-28-2004 4:09 PM


Re: Login screen bugs
Ben writes:
1. If you click "forgot your password" when you're NOT logged in, you get a 500 error. NOT HELPFUL!
This is fixed.
2. If you click on a URL with a bookmark from an email, but are not logged in, you are given the login screen. If you then login, you are forwarded to the original URL--but SANS the bookmark. So you're brought to the top of the page, instead of the proper message.
I'll look into this when I get a chance, but there may be nothing I can do. URLs are passed to the server, bookmarks are not - they're handled locally by the browser. In other words, the board software never sees the bookmark. I've looked at ways to get JavaScript to do the page positioning but haven't discovered a way to do it yet that doesn't involve an investment of effort way out of proportion to the benefit. Of course, if someone can find an example of a solution, that makes it much easier.

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Message 107 of 198 (172407)
12-30-2004 10:11 PM
Reply to: Message 74 by Ben!
12-28-2004 4:11 PM


Re: FAQ
Ben writes:
As far as I can tell, ALL links (both those on the sidebar as well as those in the text) are completely outdated in the FAQ page.
This was a "Doh!" I think all links to pages of this website are now correct, but let me know if you come across others.

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Message 108 of 198 (172411)
12-30-2004 10:21 PM
Reply to: Message 75 by Ben!
12-28-2004 7:14 PM


Re: image in signature.
The URL goes outside the tags when you use [img] tags, e.g.:
[img]Not Found[/img] keep the change

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Message 109 of 198 (172412)
12-30-2004 10:23 PM
Reply to: Message 78 by Ben!
12-28-2004 7:54 PM


Re: No bookmarks on URLs for
Ben writes:
Run the search function, and you get some message results. But if you click the link to the message, you get the right page, but since there's no bookmark on the URL to the specific message, you have to page down to find the proper message.
I might have mentioned this already, but if not, I *was* able to reproduce this, and the search results now have bookmarks.

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Message 110 of 198 (172415)
12-30-2004 10:28 PM
Reply to: Message 103 by RAZD
12-30-2004 9:51 PM


Re: glitches
RAZD writes:
no word on the button contrast? black on the pale blue buttons would be better, but red would draw the eye, and that would be good for the {reply} button.
Button design is tough, so I can offer no relief in the near term. In the longer term I plan to add user control of the board's appearance, which would include the buttons.
I can't make any promises, but if you'd like to try your hand at button design, send me a button set and if they're good enough and mesh well with the board's current appearance I'll consider using them.

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Message 111 of 198 (172436)
12-30-2004 11:22 PM
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12-30-2004 10:21 PM


Re: image in signature.
Maybe I wasn't being clear?
(which I input and saved in my profile) was reduced to (nothing else, no dbCodes, no nothin'). That was weird.

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Message 112 of 198 (172498)
12-31-2004 9:10 AM
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12-30-2004 11:22 PM


Re: image in signature.
Ben writes:
(which I input and saved in my profile) was reduced to (nothing else, no dbCodes, no nothin'). That was weird.
This bug should be fixed now. Good find!
The "new bug found" rate seems to be decreasing. Either that or the sheer volume has exhausted the testers! Anyway, thanks for all the help!

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Message 113 of 198 (172513)
12-31-2004 11:50 AM


New Feature: Peek Mode in Replies
When you reply to a message, the message you're replying to is displayed at the bottom of the page. A button to select "Peek Mode" has been added to this message. Click on "Peek Mode" and the message will be displayed with all the dBCodes and HTML used by the author.

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Message 114 of 198 (172605)
12-31-2004 8:20 PM
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12-30-2004 10:28 PM


Re: glitches
I see where this has come up on another thread. going there.
EvC Forum: Love the new format!

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Message 115 of 198 (173372)
01-03-2005 9:19 AM


suggestion
this came up on another thread:
http://EvC Forum: What happened at talk origins? -->EvC Forum: What happened at talk origins?
but as a side note: it seems that whenever the posts on a topic jump in numbers that there is an off-topic issue going on ... might help admins to watch for it?
I wonder if {percy could implement \ admins could administer} a lock on off-topic posts to prevent replies (or to tunnel them to a new topic, say in coffeehouse, or short topics, so that it is open for comments). maybe the posts could be "closed" similar to the closing of whole threads?
just a thought.
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Message 116 of 198 (173391)
01-03-2005 10:16 AM
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01-03-2005 9:19 AM


Re: suggestion
I wonder if {percy could implement \ admins could administer} a lock on off-topic posts to prevent replies (or to tunnel them to a new topic, say in coffeehouse, or short topics, so that it is open for comments). maybe the posts could be "closed" similar to the closing of whole threads?
What a great idea! I'll put this on my list.
In case anyone is wondering what I'm working on, here are the things at the top of my list:
  • Improved search speed. The board's search function has two problems. First, it is sufficiently compute intensive that it occasionally timesout (the server cancels the process for taking too long), corrupting the search database for a forum. Second, it is just plain slow, which wasn't true in the early days, but with over 150,000 messages in the database, searches are taking a while.
    I'm currently debugging improvements, and am in the middle of trying to understand some puzzling behavior. If I open one big search file, it happens instantly. If I open a second big search file (such as when you're searching more than one forum, or when admins move a thread from one forum to another), then it takes a long time, around 6 seconds. If I switch to using DB_File then it speeds up enormously, but there are file locking issues because I can't get flock to work. I'm in the middle of trying to understand all these issues.
    By the way, Google does a pretty good job of searching EvC Forum, but it only catalogs the site every couple weeks, while EvC Forum updates its own search database as soon as a message is posted. If you're not looking for something recent then you can use Google, but the Google database hasn't yet cataloged the site using the new links. Hopefully this will occur soon.
  • Restore the missing links, like Forum Guidelines and so forth. I want to use dynamic menus similar to what we had before, but don't want to buy a solution, and don't have time to develop it myself. So what will happen is that I'll create some very primitive dynamic menus attached to a "Navigation" link or some similar name. They'll work with mouseovers if that turns out to be possible.
  • The "replies await" issue. It has often been requested to be able to mark a message as one you won't be replying to, making the "replies await" indication go away. A related request is to be able to find all unreplied to messages from you in a thread.
  • Reputation. Members rating other members. Admins could turn on a board option that ties privileges to reputation. Has interesting potential for abuse, i.e., ganging up unfairly, etc.
I'm curious about how well the "unread messages" indicator that appears in the left hand column of forum and thread lists is working for people. There were some complaints when this went away early this year (it went away because I thought it worked poorly, but apparently some people liked it), and I'm curious how well the new behavior is working out for people.

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Message 117 of 198 (173442)
01-03-2005 1:05 PM
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01-03-2005 10:16 AM


Re: suggestion
thanks
By the way, Google does a pretty good job of searching EvC Forum
yeah, it is kind of spooky to do a google on a topic and find your own post in the list ...
I'm curious about how well the "unread messages" indicator that appears in the left hand column of forum and thread lists is working for people.
it's not. or it isn't operating in real-time anyway: I usually look at the number of my last post compared to the total to see if there is activity, and I often find the activity is a reply.
same with e-mail so far (no notices since the new version of the board).

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Message 118 of 198 (173449)
01-03-2005 1:29 PM
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01-03-2005 1:05 PM


Re: suggestion
RAZD writes:
I'm curious about how well the "unread messages" indicator that appears in the left hand column of forum and thread lists is working for people.
it's not. or it isn't operating in real-time anyway: I usually look at the number of my last post compared to the total to see if there is activity, and I often find the activity is a reply.
What do you see happening? If you're looking at the list of threads for a forum, do you see blue dots next to threads you that have unread messages? If you do, then what happens when you click on the thread and read it, then you return to the forum by clicking on the forum's link. Doesn't the blue dot go away? You can't just click on the back button, because that doesn't refresh the page.
same with e-mail so far (no notices since the new version of the board).
This seems to be working for me. Is anyone else missing their email notification?

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Message 119 of 198 (173454)
01-03-2005 1:40 PM
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01-03-2005 1:29 PM


Re: suggestion
no, not the forum page but my own post list page
http://EvC Forum: Information -->EvC Forum: Information
it did not show some posts as being replies to my post (mostly on the probability thread} but when I went to the latest post it was a reply.
the numbers of posts were correct just the "yes" was missing.

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Message 120 of 198 (173465)
01-03-2005 2:04 PM
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01-03-2005 1:40 PM


Re: suggestion
Test...

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