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Forum installation and loss of functionality

Started by Gryzor, 12:08, 20 September 16

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Gryzor

Hello guys,


As discussed before, I'm preparing to do a fresh install of the forum. I have a pretty good idea about what this entails, but computers being what they are, some issues must be expected... I'd be most grateful if you could report these here. I plan to populate this post with issues as they are found and work through the list.


One thing I know for sure: ALL modifications to the plain-vanilla functionality of the forum will be lost. This means, for instance, no youtube embedding, no Cpt Picard facepalms no Tapatalk, stuff like that. I plan to slowly re-add them, and I have kept a list of most things, but again, do let me know, as this will also help me judge the importance of each of these modifications.


Thanks!
G


Feature list:

       
  • Tapatalk
  • Attachments in PMs
  • Unread tab
  • Youtube embed
  • Mentions
  • Limit forum within viewport
  • Multi quotes
  • CPC Sites banner
  • Responsive skin
  • RSS Feeder
  • Spoiler BBCode
  • Footnotes
  • Shoutbox
  • Facebook metadata implemented for sharing
  • Member Awards
  • Custom Tab
  • Treasury
  • Bookmarks
  • Mark Personal Messages as Read
  • PM to New Members
  • InLine Attachments
  • Top X Stats
  • Add Social Media Icons To Profiles
  • New Hooks backend
  • Sortable Packages backend
  • Drafts
  • Off-Topic BBC
  • Gravatar 4 SMF
  • Stop Spammer backend
  • Country Flags
  • Smart Pagination
  • Recent Forum Topics Boardindex
  • SMF Downloads Directory
  • Pretty URLs
  • Reorganized Admin Area admin
  • Likes Mod
  • WYSIWYG Quick Reply
  • Google Analytics Code backend
  • SEO Sitemap backend
  • Descriptive Links
  • RSS Feed Poster backend
  • Social Login
  • Post History admin
  • Integration Hooks Report admin
  • Alerts
Maybe won't do:

       
  • Enhancements to purge inactive members backend
  • Admin Notes [size=78%]admin[/size]
  • Adk Shadow Box
  • Increase/Decrease Text Area BBCodes
  • PM Attachments
  • Email Inactive Users admin
  • Open Embed
  • geoIP Location
  • Topic Solved
  • eBay BBCode

Bryce

Put Tapatalk at the top of the priority list. I can live without Facepalms (by ignoring certain posts :D ), but Tapatalk is a must as I'm sure it is with other members too.

Bryce.

Gryzor

#2
Done :)


I populated the list with the things I have noticed. As you can see, it's tons of work...

EgoTrip

Quote from: Bryce on 13:22, 20 September 16
I can live without Facepalms (by ignoring certain posts :D )

You'll be fine, I don't post much.

Bryce

 :picard2: :picard2: :picard2: :picard2: :picard: :picard: :picard: :picard: :picard:

I'll just leave these here so that I can cut and paste them as needed while the installation is happening :)

Bryce.

Gryzor

That's one way to do it, yes.


Completed backing up, will probably do the installation tomorrow.

Bryce

You can leave Shoutbox off the list completely as far as I'm concerned. 50% of the comments are people mistaking it for the search function anyway :D

Bryce.

CraigsBar

Quote from: Bryce on 14:50, 20 September 16
You can leave Shoutbox off the list completely as far as I'm concerned. 50% of the comments are people mistaking it for the search function anyway :D

Bryce.
Lol, you think it's as low as 50% teeheehee?
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Audronic

Would it be possible to get rid of the " Expand Quote " and the " Shout Box "

Thanks     Ray
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Gryzor

I'll run a poll about shoutbox, perhaps. I think we did something like that in the past and people actually wanted it...


The Expand Quote is part of something else, but hopefully it'll get fixed so as to not overlap with actual content.

arnoldemu

Take away the shoutbox and just give @SuTeKH/Epyteor
and @Mav their own thread  ;D
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Gryzor

Okay then, forum has just be re-virginised (eh?). Time to get to work on it now!

Gryzor

One down: Tapatalk has been reinstalled, if anyone could check it I'd be grateful...

Bryce

Yup, Tapatalk seems to be working.

Bryce.

CraigsBar

Quote from: Gryzor on 11:27, 21 September 16
One down: Tapatalk has been reinstalled, if anyone could check it I'd be grateful...
Working for me too.
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Bryce

The "New" flag on updated threads is the same colour and format as the thread title, making it barely noticable.

Bryce.

robcfg

The "Unread" option to see all unread messages is missing.


;D

Gryzor

@Bryce , @CraigsBar : thanks for the confirmation, I'll scratch if off the list (yeah, mentions don't work yet)

@Bryce : hm? Here it's as it always was, orange and quite noticeable... can you post screenshot? Maybe we're not talking about the same thing?

@robcfg : yes, that's in the "tab" entry in the first post, it's a hack of sorts where I must insert a custom tab for them.

robcfg


Gryzor


Gryzor

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Please do let me know which ones are the most important for you so I can prioritise!

remax

Impressive work.. i didn't even noticed there was a reinstallation.
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Gryzor

Ah that's good one one hand; on the other it means all the added bells and whistles are of no use? :D

arnoldemu

Quote from: Gryzor on 13:01, 21 September 16
Ah that's good one one hand; on the other it means all the added bells and whistles are of no use? :D
Likes and mentions please!

My generated avatar/icon thing is missing too. Is that on the list?
Country flags seem to be missing too?
My games. My Games
My website with coding examples: Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource

remax

Quote from: Gryzor on 13:01, 21 September 16
Ah that's good one one hand; on the other it means all the added bells and whistles are of no use? :D


I did not run an extensive test  :D
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