1. New Forum Deployed
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Jul 23, 2008
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- Last edited Jul 24, 2008
Mario has been hard at work again on the Forum software. We think the bugs are fixed with the read messages showing up as unread at some future date/time. User name disappearing in the "Welcome, " as well as in posts made by those w/username missing.
Also, focus is now set on the Subject of the message post and Username of the login form.
Thank you Mario for doing this work.
Jeremy
2. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Jul 23, 2008
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- Last edited Jul 24, 2008
The [Older] [Newer] arrows don't seem right. They aren't links.
3. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Jul 23, 2008
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- Last edited Jul 24, 2008
I'm getting a Newer link, but it doesn't seem to work.
One thing that has been bugging me is that we've got inconsistent naming. When viewing a message, we get a "Message List" link, which takes us to a page claiming to be "Thread List", which is a good name for that view.
Then, from the "Thread List" we have a link to "Subject List." These seem more like synonyms than something different to me. It seems that our current "Subject List" should probably be named "Message List."
My proposal, then, is this:
- In a message, change the text of the current "Message List" link to "Thread List"
- Change all references to "Subject List" to "Message List"
- Add a link from within a message to the newly named "Message List".
I prefer to browse the non-threaded top-level view, and it's somewhat annoying to have to go to the threaded view before being able to get back to the individual message list.
Matt
4. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Jul 23, 2008
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- Last edited Jul 24, 2008
I'm getting a Newer link, but it doesn't seem to work.
I had to revert to pre-switch optimization... Something in forum an Eu, even 968, wasn't playing nice. Everything compiled fine and ran fine for many, but it seems when a certain condition is met in the creole parser that it triggers a bug and hangs the process 
The original message in this thread posted by me would trigger that bug and it would hang.
One thing that has been bugging me is that we've got inconsistent naming.
Yes... Sorry. We have had a few proposals, I need to go back and read them and execute one of them.
I prefer to browse the non-threaded top-level view, and it's somewhat annoying to have to go to the threaded view before being able to get back to the individual message list.
Now that user accounts are functional, Mario is working on preferences right now. One of those will be the view you desire.
Jeremy
5. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by eumario Jul 23, 2008
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- Last edited Jul 24, 2008
I'm getting a Newer link, but it doesn't seem to work.
I had to revert to pre-switch optimization... Something in forum an Eu, even 968, wasn't playing nice. Everything compiled fine and ran fine for many, but it seems when a certain condition is met in the creole parser that it triggers a bug and hangs the process The original message in this thread posted by me would trigger that bug and it would hang.
One thing that has been bugging me is that we've got inconsistent naming.
Yes... Sorry. We have had a few proposals, I need to go back and read them and execute one of them.
I prefer to browse the non-threaded top-level view, and it's somewhat annoying to have to go to the threaded view before being able to get back to the individual message list.
Now that user accounts are functional, Mario is working on preferences right now. One of those will be the view you desire.
Jeremy
Yes, I am working on Preferences, where you will be able to display your name, or your login, if you want, Choose the Subject View, Thread View for listing messages, and Tree View or Flat view for viewing the Messages, and they will stick with your account. Also, you'll be able to set your location, time zone, etc, etc. Things will be getting better. As always, more will come when I get things together.
L8ers,
Mario Steele
6. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Jul 24, 2008
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I had to revert to pre-switch optimization... Something in forum an Eu, even 968, wasn't playing nice. Everything compiled fine and ran fine for many, but it seems when a certain condition is met in the creole parser that it triggers a bug and hangs the process The original message in this thread posted by me would trigger that bug and it would hang.
If you can convert that into a test case that fails, that would be great. I just fixed some minor issues (which should have caused it not to compile, so I don't think I've fixed whatever this issue might be) and added some additional tests.
Matt
7. Re: New Forum Deployed
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Jul 24, 2008
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If you can convert that into a test case that fails, that would be great. I just fixed some minor issues (which should have caused it not to compile, so I don't think I've fixed whatever this issue might be) and added some additional tests.
I have not been able to identify yet what is causing it but I'll work toward that end.
Jeremy
