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Should I change it so it goes to the last page, and anchors to the last post by default?
Notifications of new comments should definitely do that but clicking on the link to the post in the sidebar should go to the original post and there should be a 'See most recent comment' button at the top (rather than a button that just goes to the bottom of the page because that would just be a random point in the thread what with pagination and such.)
I know you were wondering about moving all the stuff that's in 'fora' to 'app/fora' and just turning "fora" into a forum subsection of the app.
It already appears to be a subsection of the app as well as the app itself. It just seems strange to have a few of the views that are specific to the forum broken out into another views folder.
I guess it just depends on how 'app' is defined. Is the app the website that includes the forum, shop, muli-player gaming platform etc.? If so, I say put all the views related to the forum into the fora folder to compartmentalize it. If you think the forum and the node.js gaming platform I'm working on should each be self contained entities linked to from the outside, I say pull everything out of the fora folder, integrate it into the main app and make fora that entire app.
I opt for the latter. Fora should be its own app. The gaming platform should be its own app. The shop should be its own app. And 'the-flying-dutchmen' repo should contain all the folders for those apps. I don't know if heroku will like that though. What do you think?
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Really like the newly styled quote boxes. Would be nice to have an autosave thing, I may try to get on that at some point as well.
Agreed about the "see most recent" button and the first post of the thread being the post at the top. I like the links at the bottom and the "TFD," as well.
As for the, how is "app" defined--I also agree, which is one of the merits of keeping it all in its separate folder. If we wanted to run it on it's own dyno in the future, it could be done very quickly. I'm went ahead and moved the forum main page here (the other page was overwriting it, so there was to copies of a file with the same purpose).
Also a note about JS, for testing it's fine to put JS in the main template (speedier, and you don't have to recompile every time you reload a page). But in production, I copied the js into the webpacker file for fora, referred here, so that webpacker can compile everything. Though, I suppose it should really be in the fora folder...Hmmm.
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In addition to those issues, if I want to quote portions of someone else's post, there's no way to tell the forum/system where the quote ends. I have to start writing a reply first, and THEN go and copy and paste what I want to quote. Otherwise, if I do that first, my reply cannot escape being included in the quote.
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And what happens if I click "check This solved my question"?
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Should we just remove this functionality?Also the above text is attached as a comment/description on an attached image (just copied and pasted in the editor, here. It needs some display modification to make it more clear it's attached to the image while editing.
I'm gonna hit "Unsubscribe" and then "Subscribe" again.
That should have solved the problem. Right now the rule is that a mere post in a thread does not subscribe you. The button does not reflect that and should. The default should also be a setting in the User profile/settings section. We're working on that. Also, there is a rule that all 'mods' (you are all mods) recieve an email about new threads. That may also be need to be made adjustable.
Need the page navigation at the top of the page too.
I agree, that's a good idea.
Clicking on the thread takes me to the bottom of the first page, not the last.
Working on it.
And yes, I'm gonna bust your balls while you're trying to re-inventing this wheel!! LOL We need emojis so I can show y'all I'm not angry.
There are some icons here already, it's just prohibitively difficult to use them. And they aren't strictly emoji. Actually utf-8 fonts all have working emoji:
. This needs to be easier to use. Working on it. Also, please bust all the balls, I really enjoy solving programming problems. I think Josh does, too, haha.In addition to those issues, if I want to quote portions of someone else's post, there's no way to tell the forum/system where the quote ends.
'enter' 'enter' exits a quote. I have been doing an extra space above each quote as well because it displays better. Josh we may need to change the formatting a little bit so it has some padding at the top to avoid this.
Also, when I visit the forum and click on a thread(this one specifically), I get thrown to the bottom of the first page of posts, not the most recent page of posts.
And after posting and clicking the "Comment" button on the third page, I'm thrown back to the first page.
On it.
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I was looking at some of these problems but I'll just let you work on the repo today Cody (so we don't get any wires crossed and blow something up). You can hit WINDOWS + PERIOD to bring up emoji
No need to bother with coding those.Should we just remove this functionality?
NO! Just replace "this solved my issue" with "pin this post" and remove the word "Solved" Actually, that link marks the whole thread as 'Solved' and puts the thread into the 'Finished' category for all users but doesn't close the thread. Hmmm.
if I want to quote portions of someone else's post, there's no way to tell the forum/system where the quote ends. I have to start writing a reply first, and THEN go and copy and paste what I want to quote. Otherwise, if I do that first, my reply cannot escape being included in the quote.
I already addressed this issue. "Actually, if you hit enter once, it goes to a new line in the quote but, if you hit enter a second time, it jumps down to the next line outside the quote. However, if you hold SHIFT + ENTER, it will continue to add new lines within the quote."
I wish I could just link to that post but...wait does this work? No it doesn't. But it should.
I have been doing an extra space above each quote as well because it displays better. Josh we may need to change the formatting a little bit so it has some padding at the top to avoid this.
Yeah, I added a margin to the blockquote class. Maybe it's because I didn't make it !important to override the trix default style. I'll do that tomorrow.
I really enjoy solving programming problems. I think Josh does, too
Most definitely!
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Ideally, quotes should display the author. - Fidel
This is an excellent idea! I have some other ideas about a multi-functional but very intuitive quote button that would go right next to the edit button on all posts and I do think each quote should link back to its original post (and ideally be immutable).
can we create usernames to be displayed instead of displaying email addresses?
That's definitely Cody's department at this point. I do think the bold text next to profile pics should be the username but I also think the email address should always be visible. Internet accountability is something I want to discuss in depth at some point. I don't think simply displaying an email address will solve the problem but, what will? That's what I'd like to discuss. Until then, I don't intend to take part in any public threads (should we ever open any).
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