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Arantor

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« on May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 AM »
OK, there's a few things that need discussion since I'm not sure how best to cope with it. Some of it is just a to-do list, some of it needs discussion.

1. Thoughts
There are no configurable permissions for it at present, nor is there any way to disable it. Required permissions: add thought, edit (own/any) thoughts, delete (own/any) thoughts, reply to (own/any) thoughts.

2. Likes
There are no permissions for likes, nor any ability to disable it. I'm thinking that we also want options for whether likes are enabled or disabled, whether people can like their own posts or not and whether likes are only for the first post (i.e. liking the topic) or not.

3. Feeds
There's no way to have feeds active but disable the feed block in the sidebar. Do we need an option for that somewhere?

4. Quick access
There's no option to disable that. I'm thinking it might be a useful option. Also, might be nice to offer a hook for extending it so that plugins can add other areas to it.
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« Reply #1, on May 22nd, 2012, 02:47 AM »
Like your own post?! Not so sure about that, sounds a bit narcissistic to me!

Personally I think Likes should be on a per-post basis as one could well like a particular reply without liking the topic. Alternatively a system such as I've seen on several IPB sites where you can Like the topic and thank individual contributors.

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« Reply #2, on May 22nd, 2012, 02:59 AM »
Well, the system does not currently prevent you from doing just that, you're perfectly able to like your own post if you want.

Likes ARE on a per-post basis already, I'm only asking about giving admins the choice to make it per-topic.

As far as the 'thanking' goes, that's not going to be in the core, and that part is not negotiable, having anything over and above the likes will be plugin-material.

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« Reply #3, on May 22nd, 2012, 03:56 AM »
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Quote from Arantor on May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 AM
1. Thoughts
There are no configurable permissions for it at present, nor is there any way to disable it. Required permissions: add thought, edit (own/any) thoughts, delete (own/any) thoughts, reply to (own/any) thoughts.
TBH I didn't think I would like thoughts, I was wrong. I have nothing to add to the todo list item :P
Quote from Arantor on May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 AM
2. Likes
There are no permissions for likes, nor any ability to disable it. I'm thinking that we also want options for whether likes are enabled or disabled, whether people can like their own posts or not and whether likes are only for the first post (i.e. liking the topic) or not.
Liking ones own post should be off by default. Should be able to turn em off though I never would. I like the idea of liking a topic, might be useful to sort by that value. Granted I also like being able to like all posts, but I am greedy.
Quote from Arantor on May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 AM
3. Feeds
There's no way to have feeds active but disable the feed block in the sidebar. Do we need an option for that somewhere?
My browsers have feeds built in so the blocks are useless. That said I don't use the built in feed functions so having the link is a nice touch. Yeah I contradicted myself.
Quote from Arantor on May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 AM
4. Quick access
There's no option to disable that. I'm thinking it might be a useful option. Also, might be nice to offer a hook for extending it so that plugins can add other areas to it.
Not sure I would disable it, but I might want to expand on it with a plug-in or like you said have plugins add there own stuff.

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« Reply #4, on May 22nd, 2012, 04:02 AM »
Just to add... the browser has feeds built in but there are a bunch of feeds that the browser may not pick up, like per-topic feeds which IIRC are not indicated by the header.

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« Reply #5, on May 22nd, 2012, 04:05 AM »
Quote from Arantor on May 22nd, 2012, 04:02 AM
Just to add... the browser has feeds built in but there are a bunch of feeds that the browser may not pick up, like per-topic feeds which IIRC are not indicated by the header.
Very true though I hardly use those.

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« Reply #6, on May 22nd, 2012, 04:09 AM »
True, you typically won't, but the option's there.

Also note to self: the jumpto calls the core board index code, it would be possible to hook in already through the board index code though I would be inclined to add a flag when coming from the jump-to to indicate that's the case. Or, failing that, a separate hook for jump-to on its own (but I'd still probably include the flag so that if you hijack something into the board index, it won't show up in the jump-to if you don't want it to)
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« Reply #7, on July 23rd, 2012, 02:36 AM »
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3. Feeds
There's no way to have feeds active but disable the feed block in the sidebar. Do we need an option for that somewhere?
r1644 implements this. I'm looking at some of the other stuff.
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