Aurora 4x
Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Erik L on September 30, 2015, 07:14:18 PM
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Let's see if I remember them all.
Popup notifications for new/unread posts and PMs.
Unread Posts link in the main bar (let me know if you don't see it)
Contact page in the main bar.
Gallery link in the main bar.
Staff Page (not sure how useful this will be)
And lastly, some Twitter integration. Again, not sure how useful this will be. It will require tweaking I am sure.
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How are the new features treating people? Anyone have any issues with them?
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The day you posted about the new features, I saw a popup for someone "replying" to me in a thread I never posted in... I havn't seen another popup since.
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Hmmm odd. I've only seen them to threads I've replied to. Or started.
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Just got a popup for this one, so maybe it does work after all?
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I've gotten some popups for threads I posted in (and was replied to) years ago, and some I think I've never posted in as well (when I get them like that I'll get a whole heap at once)
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Not sure if anyone has noticed, but there are two new additions to the menu bar, Fanfics and Knowledge Base. They both are currently empty.
I think the Fanfic can be a nice repository/archive of older fiction. No need to wade through numerous posts to find what you want.
And the KB could be an alternative to the wiki.
I've also made the Download link a menu drop. It links to all of the current download utilities.
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And now the grand question: how do we add to both categories?
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And now the grand question: how do we add to both categories?
For Fanfics, hover over the menu item until My Fanfics shows, then click. There should be a button on that screen to "Add story".
KB, on the left side, Add Article.
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I think you need to set the permissions first, because the KB outright tells me that I can't do anything in it.
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I think you need to set the permissions first, because the KB outright tells me that I can't do anything in it.
You are not seeing the menu in the attachment?
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Now I do, but not before.
Giving out full Admin access to the KB might be a bit much.
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And you can add an article?
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I can now add and edit articles.
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Well, the fanfic section seems to be broken. To submit a story you must select a category and a rating, but currently no options exist for either.
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There is a rating now. There was a category already, called Aurora.
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The category wasn't selectable though, even if it did appear in the menu
Edit: just tested, none of the 3 categories there can be selected - the placeholder "select a category" remains highlighted no matter where and how many times I click something
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I don't get the mouseover dropdown for the Knowledge base, do get one for fanfics though
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You can modify any article.
You can delete any articles.
I don't think that's right.
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I don't get the mouseover dropdown for the Knowledge base, do get one for fanfics though
That's because there isn't one :)
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The category wasn't selectable though, even if it did appear in the menu
Edit: just tested, none of the 3 categories there can be selected - the placeholder "select a category" remains highlighted no matter where and how many times I click something
I get the same result. The last post on the forum for the author is over a year old.
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I don't think that's right.
It seems the only way to allow creation of articles from others besides myself is to grant full admin rights on the KB.
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It seems the only way to allow creation of articles from others besides myself is to grant full admin rights on the KB.
Don't worry, its not like we will abuse that or anything (not that there's much to abuse at the moment anyway ;))
I get the same result. The last post on the forum for the author is over a year old.
I'm assuming you are referring to the author of the fanfic system...
Anyway, maybe try adding some subcategories to the list? What options are available?
Edit: Also, the comment system in the knowledge base doesn't seem to be working.
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Both should be working now.
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So I noticed you changed the permissions system on the knowledge base. I thought it would be a good idea to allow people to edit any article to give it a sort of wiki feel, and it might encourage more people to contribute as they are able to make small edits rather than having to upload a whole new article.
Well, the fanfic system is functional now, but comments still don't work in the knowledge base.
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So I noticed you changed the permissions system on the knowledge base. I thought it would be a good idea to allow people to edit any article to give it a sort of wiki feel, and it might encourage more people to contribute as they are able to make small edits rather than having to upload a whole new article.
Well, the fanfic system is functional now, but comments still don't work in the knowledge base.
I changed the top level permissions to allow edits on any article. Let me know if that trickles down.
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Is the knowledge base revertable?
If there isn't good protection from extreme bad edits, ie spam bots taking over, maybe you coukd give access to only those with over a certain number of posts?
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Is the knowledge base revertable?
If there isn't good protection from extreme bad edits, ie spam bots taking over, maybe you coukd give access to only those with over a certain number of posts?
I suppose I could create a "KB Contributor" member group and put the permissions there.
And I'm trying to think of the last time we actually had a spam bot here :)
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Still don't have permissions to edit other articles, and comments still don't work (tested on two different computers...)
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Now Erik, you never said anything about a new, nice looking News bar.
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Now Erik, you never said anything about a new, nice looking News bar.
Cuz I didn't change anything on it? :)
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Cuz I didn't change anything on it? :)
Really? Am I that blind that I just now see the News bar fades in/out after how long?
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Really? Am I that blind that I just now see the News bar fades in/out after how long?
Since like, forever? :)
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Since like, forever? :)
It was always in one big block for me. Today was the first time I've ever seen it do that.
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It was always in one big block for me. Today was the first time I've ever seen it do that.
You change your browser or theme lately?
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You change your browser or theme lately?
Nope, I've always used Chrome with the same theme.
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I just noticed it now as well. It always was one big block for me. I am also using Chrome
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Odd. It's always been the rotating style for me, but then I've pretty much only used IE.
Also: aurora.pentarch.org redirects to aurora2.pentarch.org
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I just tested on latest versions of IE, Safari, Opera, Firefox and Chrome. Chrome is the only one that choked on the news.
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The redirect does not work if there's anything after the domain name. If say, you go to http://aurora.pentarch.org/index.php , you'll get a Not Found error.
Also, I'm curious: what's the reason behind the 2 in the domain name? If you were able to redirect aurora.pentarch.org, and the game is not Aurora 2, what exactly would the purpose have been?
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The redirect does not work if there's anything after the domain name. If say, you go to http://aurora.pentarch.org/index.php , you'll get a Not Found error.
Also, I'm curious: what's the reason behind the 2 in the domain name? If you were able to redirect aurora.pentarch.org, and the game is not Aurora 2, what exactly would the purpose have been?
Umm don't do that then? ;)
The 2 is because the forums originally used phpBB. The software on the aurora subdomain got compromised and so when I moved to SMF, I put it on a new subdomain to mitigate some of the issues. I also too a fairly hardline on account creation (though I've relaxed that somewhat recently). This all happened circa 2007 I think.
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I don't suppose it would be possible and/or worth the time to add a chatbox/instant messaging area to the forum? Seems like it might be useful in the occasional circumstance where someone wants some help figuring something out and both parties (helper and helpee) are online at the same time.
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I don't suppose it would be possible and/or worth the time to add a chatbox/instant messaging area to the forum? Seems like it might be useful in the occasional circumstance where someone wants some help figuring something out and both parties (helper and helpee) are online at the same time.
I've thought about it, but there hasn't seemed to be enough interest for it.
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The new(ish) reply popups sort of do the job so I guess it's not too important, it was just an idea to throw around.
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The new(ish) reply popups sort of do the job so I guess it's not too important, it was just an idea to throw around.
Though that doesn't really tell you if they are online or not. Just that they've replied since you last were on the site.
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I think I would be interested in that feature.
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Though that doesn't really tell you if they are online or not. Just that they've replied since you last were on the site.
the Green box next to someone's name is a bit of a give away though
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the Green box next to someone's name is a bit of a give away though
But that has always been there :)
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how do you think I've known when to barrage you with questions?
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Of course, since I'm always online but not always looking at the page, that is a hit or miss proposition :p
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I added a chat. Should show up similar to the facebook chat. I'm not seeing it. Is anyone else?
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I dont, flush your cache maybe?
Edit: nope, its broken. I just noticed the twitter link though, oh and look the wiki is down.
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I'm fairly sure that twitter link has been around for a while now, and no chat box here either.
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The twitter link coincides timing-wise to the new reply notification. So maybe a month or so.
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Chat should be fixed now. There was an option buried deep in the settings to fix it.
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As of right now, I don't see a chat box of any kind.
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It should be docked to the lower right corner of your browser window. It also should persist across all of the pages.
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Nope, nothing different. Chrome is not reporting blocking anything from this site either so its not that.
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I see the thing.
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How do I use it? I see list of users, settings and button to hide it, but how do I chat?
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I see the thing.
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How do I use it? I see list of users, settings and button to hide it, but how do I chat?
Click a name, and it opens a new box. Then chat there.
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I saw the chat for a while, tried sending a couple people messages with it then it disappeared.
Edit: everything seems to be working now
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If you click the globe, it hides the chat bar. And turns colorless. Clicking again turns it green.
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no chat box, no globe, do have a twitter link though; doh! it just showed up right as I was typing this!
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It appears to be working in iOS.
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How exactly does the chat work? I've seen it, but no one seems to talk on it.
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It's more of a direct message system than something like irc.
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I slightly modified the link for Unread Posts. Previously it was showing unread posts since last visit. Now it shows all unread posts, which is what my intent originally was.
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Thank you ! It was slightly annoying when some threads would slip through my notice.....
Maybe I spend too much time here.
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When I post I don't get the like feature, this is a test
EDIT: it may be possible you don't see the like button under your own message :-)
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Is there a way to make the process of posting images any slicker? It's a PITA to upload to google drive, then get a link, then convert it to a direct image link, then add the image tags...
(Have I been doing it wrong this whole time?)
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You can always click Additional Options and add it as an attachment. But that is size limited due to PHP.
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When I post I don't get the like feature, this is a test
EDIT: it may be possible you don't see the like button under your own message :-)
I don't on my own messages.
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You can always click Additional Options and add it as an attachment. But that is size limited due to PHP.
And doesn't permit in-line images as far as I know
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What's up with the like / unlike system.
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What's up with the like / unlike system.
Why not?
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What's up with the like / unlike system.
Why not?
Don't we already have thanks?
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Like's are anonymous I guess
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Like's are anonymous I guess
To you maybe :)
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There are a lot of bad color combinations on the tags. I can't read this :/
(https://i.imgur.com/nu3C27T.png)
This hurts my eyes.
(https://i.imgur.com/MvUnTOo.png)
The (xyz liked this) text crashes into the icons
(https://i.imgur.com/h7kLd5x.png)
In general the tags and like buttons are ... visually intense ... compared to the rest of the forum's default theme.
Is there a way to just disable tags and like buttons in my forum profile somehow?
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There are a lot of bad color combinations on the tags. I can't read this :/
(https://i.imgur.com/nu3C27T.png)
This hurts my eyes.
(https://i.imgur.com/MvUnTOo.png)
The (xyz liked this) text crashes into the icons
(https://i.imgur.com/h7kLd5x.png)
In general the tags and like buttons are ... visually intense ... compared to the rest of the forum's default theme.
Is there a way to just disable tags and like buttons in my forum profile somehow?
The colors are auto-generated I believe. I did not set them up.
I will look at disabling them for people.
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Agreed with Kyle, they are really aggressive in their appearance when compared to the older features. The pale blue/gray and white theme is very subdued.
Also, when looking at threads, this is a bit annoying:
(https://i.imgur.com/nPmCYfW.png)
Could the like buttons be only inside threads? As well as the "x people liked this" note?
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I'm not a fan of the changes. We already had the "thanks" system, and the new buttons are kind of obnoxious.
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Where are the Reddit guys when you actually need them for something? :)
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Agreed with Kyle, they are really aggressive in their appearance when compared to the older features. The pale blue/gray and white theme is very subdued.
Also, when looking at threads, this is a bit annoying:
(https://i.imgur.com/nPmCYfW.png)
Could the like buttons be only inside threads? As well as the "x people liked this" note?
Done :)
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I'm going to miss my "Hero of the Draconis Combine" medal.
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While the award ribbons look pretty good and follow a logical progression & unified colour scheme, I wish there were more pixels between them (both horizontally & vertically). I'd find them easier to 'read' with more of a border effect.
(Actually, what I really want is a big contest where any member can submit ribbon designs and we all vote on them and the top eighteen or so become the board's new 'medals'.)
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(Actually, what I really want is a big contest where any member can submit ribbon designs and we all vote on them and the top eighteen or so become the board's new 'medals'.)
I'm all for that :)
And it is 16
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(Actually, what I really want is a big contest where any member can submit ribbon designs and we all vote on them and the top eighteen or so become the board's new 'medals'.)
I'm all for that :)
And it is 16
So far. . .