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Public area => Features => The Pub => Features: Upcoming => Topic started by: Nao on May 11th, 2011, 08:07 AM
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Area: BBCode
Feature: Private tag
Developer: Nao
Target: users
Status: 30% (working but not committed; some features need to be added.)
Comment:
Use the 'private' tag inside a post to make sure only some people can read a portion of your message. This is different from the spoiler tag, as the portion will not be hidden, but completely removed from the message for those who can't read it.
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"only some people"? It's permission based?
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You can specify a list of user IDs. Otherwise it'll be visible only to your friends list.
I should add that this feature is not actually in the trunk for now. But hopefully it should be, in time for the first public release.
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This is going to be quite handy I think.
You can specify a list of user IDs. Otherwise it'll be visible only to your friends list.
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It would actually be easier and faster to be able to specify membergroups. It's not implemented though, but I guess it could be done through some syntax like [private groups=1,2,3]...
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Assuming they can't see the portions in question, how would this work for moderators/administrators editing a message containing this private tag?
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Admins could see it I'm afraid.
Tough job eh?
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As long as it's documented and clear to the end-user, that's fine with me, really. Most admins are capable of finding it in the database anyway.
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Yes :)
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analogous to "whisper" as in the vanilla forum?
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Never used Vanilla.
From what I can read(http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=24827), no, it's not that. Whispers are post-wide, while the private tag can be just a single word in a message.
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Question: when a user quotes a post, it should be stripped, or left in, depending on whether they can see it - but presumably, admins and moderators will get it in the quote as well?
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I like this idea. I could definitely see using it.
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Question: when a user quotes a post, it should be stripped, or left in, depending on whether they can see it
Having a private conversation happen in the middle of a public conversation should be considered a no-no. You can share some thoughts in a single post, but if others want to reply to you, they'd better do it by PM.
Of course, that's my opinion and I may be convinced otherwise, but I'd tend to say no.but presumably, admins and moderators will get it in the quote as well?
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No, I agree with you there, that's the right approach to take. I just wanted to be sure we were on the same page.
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I'm sure we already discussed it in the past. :P
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Oh, we probably have, we've discussed an awful lot and I know I've forgotten a decent % of it by now.
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I've forgotten an even higher % myself!
That's why I keep thinking we should talk, then work, then talk again, then work again etc, instead of trying to determine everything first (the Jaelta syndrom :P)
Thankfully, that's what we do most of the time...
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Or as BOFH put it, you can either have 'analysis, design, feedback, analysis, design...' or just go straight into implementation!
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Is your blog part of the 'analysis' or the 'implementation' part? :angel:
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My blog is my way of getting the analysis and design parts out of my system so I can get implementation done.
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Makes sense!
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You can specify a list of user IDs. Otherwise it'll be visible only to your friends list.
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That's the idea -- we could use custom groups in the params.
However, I doubt this feature will make it into Wedge final... Maybe for 2.0, or maybe simply as a plugin. Heck, it's pretty good plugin material actually...