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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by ZubaZ | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues
I don't want this to be a break/fix thread.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
I'll start:
It would be nice if the navigation at the top of each forum was duplicated at the bottom.
It would be nice to have the current time near where the last reply time is displayed.
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Andrew Powell
Reply #62 Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:10 PM
Reply #62 Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:10 PM
The mouse hover info is simply there as an extra. Consider that the old forums didnt display nearly as much information. We're giving you the post title and author (in the subforum view), last posted date, last posted by and as an added bonus, if you feel like waiting 1/10 of a second - the last posted/replied-to post title in the mouse hover.
We wanted to go in the direction of the standard forum systems, but we didnt say we wanted to give up being slightly unique. I dig the participation, but this one thing isnt likely to change 
liquidguru
Reply #63 Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:12 PM
i fully understand that you and we want Wincustomize forums to be a little "different", but that diiference should not come at the expense of practicality. it's a 'neat' function, to have the 'hover-over', but is it useful?...maybe it would be better to show the forum topic last added or edited, and have the user's name shown with the hover-over...it just seems that having the nic and time showing without the topic makes very little sense..we were used to, from the old forums, being able to see the last topic edited, but not the user who edited it...whatever you decide to do, the new forums look great
Reply #63 Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:12 PM
| We wanted to go in the direction of the standard forum systems, but we didnt say we wanted to give up being slightly unique. I dig the participation, but this one thing isnt likely to change |
i fully understand that you and we want Wincustomize forums to be a little "different", but that diiference should not come at the expense of practicality. it's a 'neat' function, to have the 'hover-over', but is it useful?...maybe it would be better to show the forum topic last added or edited, and have the user's name shown with the hover-over...it just seems that having the nic and time showing without the topic makes very little sense..we were used to, from the old forums, being able to see the last topic edited, but not the user who edited it...whatever you decide to do, the new forums look great
Andrew Powell
Reply #64 Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:27 PM
Reply #64 Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:27 PM
Thanks again for the comments. Like to know that people are enjoying them. At this point it's a matter of space. We had to push to get the topic 'lines' at the height they are now, and I'm not sure it would go over well to increase those even more to fit in Post Titles. At this stage of the game, its not something I would plan on seeing soon.
Please do keep the suggestions coming though. We are implementing a couple of them.
ZubaZ
Reply #65 Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:55 PM
If you are going to keep the fade . . can you put mouse focus on the input box.
I click the hyperlink icon . . page fades, dialog box opens . .I start typing URL . . . It's in the reply form. Doh!!
Reply #65 Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:55 PM
| 4. Get rid of that fade when clicking to insert a picture/link . It slows down my firefox (1.5.0.4), and isn't really useful (is it?). Yes, it is useful. It keeps a user from trying to perform some other action with that dialog still open. I'll be fighting to keep this one. |
If you are going to keep the fade . . can you put mouse focus on the input box.
I click the hyperlink icon . . page fades, dialog box opens . .I start typing URL . . . It's in the reply form. Doh!!
Bebi Bulma
Reply #66 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:06 PM
Reply #66 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:06 PM
I'm confused about something, when it shows the poster information on the forums page, is it supposed to be the original author of the thread or the author of the most recent post? For me it seems like it's showing the original author, wouldn't it make more sense to show the most recent poster or is it just updating a little slowly?
I have another question about the timestamp issue (I know it's beating a dead horse) but would it be possible to allow the users to select their time zone so the timestamp will be correct for each user, or would that be too much modding?
The new forums are great, it's just taking a little time adapting is all. Keep up the good work.
I have another question about the timestamp issue (I know it's beating a dead horse) but would it be possible to allow the users to select their time zone so the timestamp will be correct for each user, or would that be too much modding?
The new forums are great, it's just taking a little time adapting is all. Keep up the good work.
ZubaZ
Reply #67 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:51 PM
On the main forum page . . on the right it shows the time of last post . . hover over that and you get more info. Click and you go to that post.
At the bottom of the main page in the recent post section Title and original author are displayed on the left, last poster on the right. The same seems to be trur in the sub-catagories.
[Title]....................Replies.......[Last post time]
by [Original poster]..........[X]........by [Last poster]
ZubaZ loves ascii art!
Reply #67 Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:51 PM
| I'm confused about something, when it shows the poster information on the forums page, is it supposed to be the original author of the thread or the author of the most recent post? For me it seems like it's showing the original author, wouldn't it make more sense to show the most recent poster or is it just updating a little slowly? |
On the main forum page . . on the right it shows the time of last post . . hover over that and you get more info. Click and you go to that post.
At the bottom of the main page in the recent post section Title and original author are displayed on the left, last poster on the right. The same seems to be trur in the sub-catagories.
[Title]....................Replies.......[Last post time]
by [Original poster]..........[X]........by [Last poster]
ZubaZ loves ascii art!
Bebi Bulma
Reply #68 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:02 AM
Reply #68 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:02 AM
Found the right topic this time, good job. 
What I mean though is, to be more clear, is for me it's showing this as the last post info for this forum (Site Issues):
Today, 11:00
by liquidguru
When hovering over the icon it displays the topic title about the line breaks issue in the advanced mode.
But how can that be the last post if mine is the last post at the time of posting this? It's correct in the subforum view and in the Recent Posts lists, but on the forums home it's showing when the last topic was made, not the last post in that forum. Am I making sense now?
What I mean though is, to be more clear, is for me it's showing this as the last post info for this forum (Site Issues):
Today, 11:00
by liquidguru
When hovering over the icon it displays the topic title about the line breaks issue in the advanced mode.
But how can that be the last post if mine is the last post at the time of posting this? It's correct in the subforum view and in the Recent Posts lists, but on the forums home it's showing when the last topic was made, not the last post in that forum. Am I making sense now?
ZubaZ
Reply #69 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:26 AM
I don't know where you are . . but here it's late and you might be clear . . but I may not be. -=sigh=-
I'll read it again in the morning. [of course, it's not important that i understand . . andrew and Co. have been doing all the work. I've just been tagging along.]
Reply #69 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:26 AM
| Am I making sense now? |
I don't know where you are . . but here it's late and you might be clear . . but I may not be. -=sigh=-
I'll read it again in the morning. [of course, it's not important that i understand . . andrew and Co. have been doing all the work. I've just been tagging along.]
ZubaZ
Reply #70 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:26 AM
Reply #70 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:26 AM
just posted and went back to the forums page and . . .there I am . .???
Bebi Bulma
Reply #71 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:52 AM
Reply #71 Friday, July 21, 2006 12:52 AM
I've uploaded a screenshot: Link (wow the fade thing when inserting a link is kinda slow) 
On another note, would be nice if it would take me to the newest post instead of the top of the page, is that a confirmed issue or is it just me? I know some other people have been having problems of different sorts. Been happening since before the new forums implementation.
Has anyone else been having issues when trying to post links from the main post comment section (while viewing the topic)? Each time I've tried to make a post with a link, it converts it to html and everything before the link name gets chopped out.
On another note, would be nice if it would take me to the newest post instead of the top of the page, is that a confirmed issue or is it just me? I know some other people have been having problems of different sorts. Been happening since before the new forums implementation.
Has anyone else been having issues when trying to post links from the main post comment section (while viewing the topic)? Each time I've tried to make a post with a link, it converts it to html and everything before the link name gets chopped out.
liquidguru
Reply #72 Friday, July 21, 2006 8:54 AM
it's showing the last topic created, rather than the last reply posted to a thread.... i hope that make sense Bebi
Reply #72 Friday, July 21, 2006 8:54 AM
| What I mean though is, to be more clear, is for me it's showing this as the last post info for this forum (Site Issues): Today, 11:00 by liquidguru |
it's showing the last topic created, rather than the last reply posted to a thread.... i hope that make sense Bebi
dragonmage
Reply #73 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:06 PM
Reply #73 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:06 PM
Now did andrew mean to post issues in a seperate thread or post a seperate thread for each individual issue?
CerebroJD
Reply #74 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:50 PM
Reply #74 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:50 PM
dd/mm/yy is my preference of date formats. I would like to be able to customize this to my liking, but I'm not sure how much the coders want to make forum-specific personalizations.
ZubaZ
Reply #75 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:52 PM
Each issue . . new thread. Try to be very descriptive in title so duplicate issue threads are created.
Reply #75 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:52 PM
| Now did andrew mean to post issues in a seperate thread or post a seperate thread for each individual issue? |
Each issue . . new thread. Try to be very descriptive in title so duplicate issue threads are created.
CerebroJD
Reply #76 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:56 PM
Reply #76 Friday, July 21, 2006 4:56 PM
"so duplicate issue threads are created."
are NOT created, you mean?
are NOT created, you mean?
Adamness
Reply #77 Friday, July 21, 2006 5:49 PM
Reply #77 Friday, July 21, 2006 5:49 PM
I still think the thin gray line in between replies needs to be beefed up. 
CerebroJD
Reply #78 Friday, July 21, 2006 7:36 PM
Reply #78 Friday, July 21, 2006 7:36 PM
Adamness, I'm just going by the location of the user pictures at the moment.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #79 Friday, July 21, 2006 8:37 PM
Yeah I understand that, I just don't think it makes much sense to show the last created topic instead of the most recent post.
Reply #79 Friday, July 21, 2006 8:37 PM
| What I mean though is, to be more clear, is for me it's showing this as the last post info for this forum (Site Issues): Today, 11:00 by liquidguru it's showing the last topic created, rather than the last reply posted to a thread.... i hope that make sense Bebi |
Yeah I understand that, I just don't think it makes much sense to show the last created topic instead of the most recent post.
Corky_O
Reply #80 Friday, July 21, 2006 10:15 PM
Reply #80 Friday, July 21, 2006 10:15 PM
Okay, sort of off topic, but:
How about a premium suite based on the style of the titlebars, buttons, etc?
Anyone seen MikeB314?
How about a premium suite based on the style of the titlebars, buttons, etc?
Anyone seen MikeB314?
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Reply #61 Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:10 PM
This suggestion appears to be in place but seems to give inconsistant results (multiple browsers, PCs, etc). I will monitor and create a new post if needed. Until then, please remove it from the suggestion list.