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Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 09:20 PM »
Yeah, polls are something that need some UI love and that's partly why I proposed some other stuff which would encourage a more thorough look at the UI anyway.
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Archived fixes / Re: Updated CSS code is buggy
« on May 30th, 2013, 09:19 PM »
I didn't add any files, I literally just pulled in from my local repo. I even reuploaded everything using binary mode in FileZilla (because 000webhost keeps dropping the connection if WinSCP does it) specifically to rule out EOL issues and the like :/
But I'll reupload in a bit and see what happens.
But I'll reupload in a bit and see what happens.
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Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 09:12 PM »
It is easily done ;) And yes, you have voted now :)
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Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 08:53 PM »
Other than glancing at it briefly in 2010, and coming from PunBB back in 2006 (to SMF), I don't really know it, but I think it's going to be lower down the list.
This time around is pretty clearly IPB, but I will put it on the list next time :)
This time around is pretty clearly IPB, but I will put it on the list next time :)
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Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 08:40 PM »
(psst, if you don't vote in the poll, it doesn't count... and yes, I can tell since admins can see who voted what)
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Features / Re: Poll enhancements
« on May 30th, 2013, 07:49 PM »
Yes, multiple polls per post. Other systems offer this.
As far as using points, I think it's a bit of a niche thing, however when you think about it, the only real difference between it and normal voting is essentially just one of interface.
As far as using points, I think it's a bit of a niche thing, however when you think about it, the only real difference between it and normal voting is essentially just one of interface.
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Off-topic / Re: json_decode and arrays
« on May 30th, 2013, 07:48 PM »
Doing it with a , has other consequences that with a . does not. Specifically, if you get into the realms of doing inline ternary expressions, you need to be careful of operator priority.
echo 'string' . $var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low'; does something different to echo 'string', $var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low';
The reason is that the concatenation will occur before the ternary is evaluated, so you'd have to wrap it in parentheses for it to work properly, i.e. $echo 'string' . ($var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low'); is what's required.
In this particular case it'd be OK:
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echo 'string' . $var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low'; does something different to echo 'string', $var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low';
The reason is that the concatenation will occur before the ternary is evaluated, so you'd have to wrap it in parentheses for it to work properly, i.e. $echo 'string' . ($var > 1 ? 'high' : 'low'); is what's required.
In this particular case it'd be OK:
echo '<li><a href="', $url, '" title="', $title, '">', $artist, ' - ', $title, '</li></a>';518
Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 07:40 PM »
OK, so IPB seems to be the runaway winner thus far... but I'll give it a little longer in case anyone else wants to vote for WBB...
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Off-topic / Re: Next System Visitation
« on May 30th, 2013, 07:17 PM »
I have just added a new option to the poll for Woltlab Burning Board 4 - they've released the first beta for free download for use until November, as per http://www.woltlab.com/news/Burning-Board-4.0.0-Beta-1-released.html
I figured it might an interesting thing to explore, and people can also change their vote if they'd like to see me take a look at it.
I figured it might an interesting thing to explore, and people can also change their vote if they'd like to see me take a look at it.
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Archived fixes / Re: Updated CSS code is buggy
« on May 30th, 2013, 06:52 PM »
And yet, I didn't hit any of those issues :/
cache.lock is in my local repo but for some reason I've marked it as ignore locally. Ideally it should be made by the system rather than by the installer because it shouldn't be owned by the FTP user (since then touch() won't update it)
But the group colours bit I didn't get that for some reason :( It just 'worked' for me in that no fatal errors turned up - but the file just contained { } and ; characters. About 4k's worth in total :/
cache.lock is in my local repo but for some reason I've marked it as ignore locally. Ideally it should be made by the system rather than by the installer because it shouldn't be owned by the FTP user (since then touch() won't update it)
But the group colours bit I didn't get that for some reason :( It just 'worked' for me in that no fatal errors turned up - but the file just contained { } and ; characters. About 4k's worth in total :/
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Plugins / [Plugin] Re: Notifications system (1.0)
« on May 30th, 2013, 06:38 PM »
Has it even been modified style-wise since we inherited it? At least it's not the white-on-green on 1.1.x...
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Off-topic / Re: Initial forecasts of Wedge installs/conversions
« on May 30th, 2013, 06:36 PM »
That sounds like index.template.php is damaged somehow. :/
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Archived fixes / Re: moderation log and non-moderators
« on May 30th, 2013, 03:44 PM »
Yes, all thread moves should get logged.
Been meaning to review the list of what gets logged, actually.
Been meaning to review the list of what gets logged, actually.
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Plugins / Re: Notifications (Moved Topic)
« on May 30th, 2013, 03:43 PM »
So I should just stop sending you PMs if I move your topics? Topic mover gets the choice ;)
Though I did that before we had the notifications system, should really be in core.
Though I did that before we had the notifications system, should really be in core.
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Features / Re: Miscellaneous/WIP screenshots
« on May 30th, 2013, 06:10 AM »
Heh, it's easy done.
I should add, I'm not just getting these things entirely out of my head, I have been doing the rounds of reading requests for other software, and if it seems logical and doable, I'll add it in. The reported-posts-in-profile came from a 2 year old topic on sm.org, the merge came from - hmmm - seeing it discussed on XF as being in 1.2.
The best bit, I don't even see this as bloat even if it's a feature that most people won't ever use. I can think of a bunch of big ticket features that could easily be bloat but are critical for some (I'm thinking arcade and the like)... but tools for the job like this actually seems not-like-bloat to me. So I'm actually really happy about adding stuff like this. Because it's 'bloat' right up until you actually need it.
Of course if anyone has any ideas about similar tools they'd like to see, let me know and if I can make it happen without being crappy, lame or fugly, I'll see what I can do ;)
I should add, I'm not just getting these things entirely out of my head, I have been doing the rounds of reading requests for other software, and if it seems logical and doable, I'll add it in. The reported-posts-in-profile came from a 2 year old topic on sm.org, the merge came from - hmmm - seeing it discussed on XF as being in 1.2.
The best bit, I don't even see this as bloat even if it's a feature that most people won't ever use. I can think of a bunch of big ticket features that could easily be bloat but are critical for some (I'm thinking arcade and the like)... but tools for the job like this actually seems not-like-bloat to me. So I'm actually really happy about adding stuff like this. Because it's 'bloat' right up until you actually need it.
Of course if anyone has any ideas about similar tools they'd like to see, let me know and if I can make it happen without being crappy, lame or fugly, I'll see what I can do ;)