Forum Update - April 2, 2009

Minor update, but important

Thursday, April 2, 2009 by GunslingerBara | Discussion: Forum Issues

The forums have been updated again today with a minor change.  If a user edits his/her post, there will now be a "View Edits" button.  Clicking this button will show a history of that reply/post, along with highlights (red = removed text, green = added text).

If you do not see the button or clicking the button does nothing, please do a "hard refresh" by holding Ctrl and pressing F5.  This will clear your cache and force a download of the new image and javascript file.

Hopefully this will reduce the amount of griefers who go back and edit all of their posts.

Bara

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Annatar11
Reply #1 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:17 PM

I wonder what could possibly have prompted this update!

Great change though, griefers or not it's neat to see edits

I'm seeing a minor problem with very short posts that were edited. The box that pops up isn't long enough, and the "The text in green has been added" or whatever that message says exactly basically runs off the border.

You can see it by opening theleif's edits on the last page of the ban thread thingy: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/344924/page/7 reply #162 (sorry, was the first one I found )

ZubaZ
Reply #2 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:24 PM

Super-duper nice.  Thanks GunslingerBara!

Island Dog
Reply #3 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:35 PM

Very useful.  Thanks!

Nuttygamer
Reply #4 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:35 PM

That is cool

Annatar11
Reply #5 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:41 PM

Mooster
That is cool

It's going to be awesome just to see everyone's typos. Cook.

ZubaZ
Reply #6 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:41 PM

It's going to be awesome just to see everyone's typos. Cook.
What typos?

GunslingerBara
Reply #7 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:42 PM

Annatar11
I wonder what could possibly have prompted this update!

Great change though, griefers or not it's neat to see edits

I'm seeing a minor problem with very short posts that were edited. The box that pops up isn't long enough, and the "The text in green has been added" or whatever that message says exactly basically runs off the border.

You can see it by opening theleif's edits on the last page of the ban thread thingy: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/344924/page/7 reply #162 (sorry, was the first one I found )

I see what you mean.  I'll edit the CSS and fix that.

Bara

ShelbyGT_The_Car
Reply #8 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:07 PM

Things are always getting better around here.

Thanks Gun Slinger!

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #9 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:18 PM

Hopefully this will reduce the amount of griefers who go back and edit all of their posts.

Hankers
Reply #10 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:32 PM

Thanks Bara.    

MottiKhan
Reply #11 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:33 PM

Nice add on!  Thanks! 

 

Kitkun
Reply #12 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:38 PM

You mean I actually have to pay attention to what I type now?

 

 

Annatar11
Reply #13 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:44 PM

It looks like smileys don't show up in the view edits and are just translated to their text codes (I took MottiKhan's bait )

But that's also a minor thinger.

You mean I actually have to pay attention to what I type now?

Only if you wish to prevent future embarassment, so please don't pay attention!

Loupdinour
Reply #14 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:46 PM

Farking nice, even old posts hold this, so it's not just from today and on.

~skips off to see comments recended by others~

Tossing another edit in for S&G

MottiKhan
Reply #15 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:53 PM

(I took MottiKhan's bait )

Thanks for playing. 

Annatar11
Reply #16 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:55 PM

Now where's my cookie?

Loupdinour
Reply #17 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:56 PM

BTW it seems that if someone forces their text to be a certain color, the red/green won't work.  Check any of Gm00nii's posts on this page:

https://forums.galciv2.com/311488/page/16/#replies

GunslingerBara
Reply #18 Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:10 PM

Annatar11
It looks like smileys don't show up in the view edits and are just translated to their text codes (I took MottiKhan's bait )

But that's also a minor thinger.


You mean I actually have to pay attention to what I type now?
Only if you wish to prevent future embarassment, so please don't pay attention!

Yes, edited posts do not run through the same process as regular posts.  I'm going to leave it like this for now, as making it translate smileys, quotes, etc. would likely take up too much resources for what it's worth.  If I get enough complaints I'll change it though.

Loupdinour
Farking nice, even old posts hold this, so it's not just from today and on.

~skips off to see comments recended by others~

Yes, old posts also have the edited data (except for posts edited by moderators or above).  Also, older edits do not have breaks in them, so they'll look all scrunched up.

Loupdinour
BTW it seems that if someone forces their text to be a certain color, the red/green won't work.  Check any of Gm00nii's posts on this page:

https://forums.galciv2.com/311488/page/16/#replies

Hmm... I'll have to figure out how to handle that... maybe give it a background instead of just changing the text color.

Bara

milksama
Reply #19 Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:14 PM

Bara, thank you.   

Annatar11
Reply #20 Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:18 PM

Yes, edited posts do not run through the same process as regular posts. I'm going to leave it like this for now, as making it translate smileys, quotes, etc. would likely take up too much resources for what it's worth. If I get enough complaints I'll change it though.

I didn't post it as a complaint, just an observation Blame the beta tester in me.

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