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Forum Update - April 2, 2009

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Forum Update - April 2, 2009

Minor update, but important

from WinCustomize Forums

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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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 25
Zubaz is going to end up spending more time editing than posting!

 
End of Zubaz's quote

More entertainment for us. :D

Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

I think I just heard Zubaz lobby for the spell check. ;)

Oh yeah, I haven't gotten this in yet.  Good job Bara!

*edit, Bara beat me to it in the following reply before I could get this edit up*

GOT IT!  Perhaps forcing the post to the colors that are default for the forum JUST inside that edit box.  That way you could still do the red/green.  That doesn't screw with the original post does it?

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Loupdinour, reply 23

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 18Hmm... I'll have to figure out how to handle that... maybe give it a background instead of just changing the text color.
At that same post though is a forced background color.  I edited my Reply #14 in this thread to have text color as well as background color changes, so you don't need to visit that gc2 thread.

I really don't know what to tell you though...and it would have to be some sort of formatting that we cannot already do.  Perhaps too much of an issue to deal with a minority that posts in colors.

~sighs~ Damned typos.  When do you think Firefox's spellcheck will work in posts again?
End of Loupdinour's quote

Actually, I decided I'll just get rid of all formatting from the edits, so it's just plain text.  I'll add the smileys, links, and quote formatting, but that's about it.  That should resolve the problem and make edits easier to manage and read.

By the way, if you guys notice any of the forums with color/image issues related to this, please be sure to let me know!  I know some of the forums have darker backgrounds and icons, so I used a different icon and style for those.

Bara

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This is a much needed improvement to the forums.It may even promote thinking before hitting the "Post Reply" button.(But I wouldn't be willing to bet any money on that happening);)

Reply #30 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

A perfectly cromulent idea. Well done, good sirs.

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

I will just find a way to make the editings funny as heck to peruse
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That reminds me of the intro to Hot Shots 2, which had text being typed on screen and went something like this:

plot to assassss...

(backspace)

assis...

(backspace)

plot to kill a guy.

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

Do have an issue with posts that I know have been modified. These are forums that have mods on them so they are constantlyl being updated. I cant get in them.

I open the forum, see the initial few words, start to scroll down and then get and error message.

Have tried CTRL + F5

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Oi Snark...you had TOO much fun with that.

Why do I foresee someone typing out a post, 1 symbol at a time and editing it...or even creating a pattern to scroll down through?

~rubs temples~

Perhaps this wasn't a good idea afterall lol.

Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Ryat, reply 7
Do have an issue with posts that I know have been modified. These are forums that have mods on them so they are constantlyl being updated. I cant get in them.

I open the forum, see the initial few words, start to scroll down and then get and error message.

Have tried CTRL + F5
End of Ryat's quote

Sample link to the post that gives you that?

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Ryat, reply 7
Do have an issue with posts that I know have been modified. These are forums that have mods on them so they are constantlyl being updated. I cant get in them.

I open the forum, see the initial few words, start to scroll down and then get and error message.

Have tried CTRL + F5
End of Ryat's quote
Post at least one URL that is causing an issue please.  What browser and version?

Reply #36 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

So long chaotic conversations, my brain & its fuzzzzyyyy puzzzzzling mindset of late thanks you (without typos! To lower the amount of data this site has to keep track of, and to NOT see a viewedits button underneath this post, etc)

Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top

I am using the lastest IE, version 8?

Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top

Biggest connection I see is most of the forums that are failing to load is that they are usually ones that have a lot of editing done to them. Also there is a long load time incurred (usually 3 to 10 sec).

Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 25
Zubaz is going to end up spending more time editing than posting!

 
End of Zubaz's quote

ahh can't see it please change the color ;)

Reply #41 from Elemental Forums Top

oh noes.  I'll be caught  (I edit my posts like a fiend.  Correcting typos and adding new ideas because I don't like double posting if I was the last person to post)

Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ahh can't see it please change the color
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Color blind?

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Here is the one I am most concerned about.

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335474
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Yeah . . that one won't load all the way due to a FF bug for me.  In IE it loaded but was a bear.

Interesting . . .  o_O

Reply #45 from Stardock Forums Top

It's the best thing since sliced bread.

At least one person has been permanently removed from Stardock's sites due initially to inappropriate forum edits.

Correcting typos is one thing.....revising the actual content to make respondents look 'silly' is entirely another....;)

The loss of the 'time-limited' edit function was "unfortunate" to say the least.  This is a welcome improvement, arguably superior to the old 'time-limit'...;)

 

And ZubaZ really si a good bloke.

Reply #46 from Stardock Forums Top

Awesome update, didn't take nearly as long as I expected!

Reply #47 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Oh no..Not that this isnt a fine idea, but showing edits to older posts too!!!

My first posts to many folks over the years have been.....well colorful, if you take my meaning. Common sense usually kicks in after readin my first reactionary post and then i edited it.

Oh well, some people are either going to be amused or really pissed off at my first thoughts on a great many things....

Such is life....

Well done though guys!! And spell Check as well??? That will save me hours every day!!!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Reply #48 from Sins Forums Top

another thread that has had a significant editing in the initial post is https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/340622

and when can we expect the spellchecker?

harpo

 

Reply #49 from WinCustomize Forums Top

and when can we expect the spellchecker?
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There is none planned that I am aware of.

And yes, posts that are huge with multiple edits are a known issue now.  Great thinks must be thunk to resolve it.  :beer: k6

 

:fuzzy:

Reply #50 from Sins Forums Top

Great thinks must be thunk to resolve it.
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Well, the edits have edit times/date associated with it. It could just show edits in the past 5 days or so. No mod thread should be updated that often, and since the main reason here is to stop the "bad" edit behavior, it will still be sufficient?