demoneyezer Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 Many moons ago Topic Description was a standard feature on IPS. It disappeared during the 3.x versions (someone created a hook for this afterwards) and also now it does not seem to be here.Is there a way to get it back as currently I see many users on my board using the Tags area instead and this is not what it is supposed to be I guess.
demoneyezer Posted June 5, 2015 Author Posted June 5, 2015 An extra line between Topic Title and Tags...
Chris M Jenkins Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I too would like to see this back, but considering it was removed from 3.x quite a few years ago now, I guess we're at the mercy of someone developing a plugin to allow us to re-add it.Many topics on my existing forum still have topic descriptions, so I wouldn't be eager to upgrade my live site and lose all of these.It might be time for me to try developing my own plugin for the first time... :/
4themusicman Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I just upgraded to 4 and was looking for this since we did a jump from 2.3.6 to 4. I too would love to have this. It was an integral part of our board.
demoneyezer Posted September 26, 2015 Author Posted September 26, 2015 Any updates on this so far guys?
gerard001 Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Hey I would also like this Could this also standard can come back in ipb4 please @Charles Gerard 1 hour ago, newbie LAC said: Hello, I have a custom plugin. would you like to make this plugin be available newbie LAC
Jamie Clark Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 There was a couple of mods out that brought the Topic Description part back in IP.Board 3.x but the current mods available no longer work since IP.Board 3.4.x and higher, well they definitely don't work on IP.Board 3.4.8 anyways but I have seen the same mods working on IP.Board 3.3.x. I would also be very grateful if somebody was nice enough the release a mod or edit for this for IP.Board 4. IPS should really add this feature back in IP.Board even if disabled by default but easily enabled via the AdminCP.
Management Charles Posted September 29, 2015 Management Posted September 29, 2015 We do not plan on adding "topic descriptions" in the software. They were removed in early versions of 4.0 over 2 years ago and we have had very little interest in them.
newbie LAC Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 On 27.09.2015,, gerard001 said: would you like to make this plugin be available newbie LAC I'll upload the plugin on MP today
demoneyezer Posted September 29, 2015 Author Posted September 29, 2015 10 hours ago, Charles said: We do not plan on adding "topic descriptions" in the software. They were removed in early versions of 4.0 over 2 years ago and we have had very little interest in them. Very sorry to hear this as our members are using (I should actually say abusing) the Topics Tags field instead now...
Jamie Clark Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 8 hours ago, newbie LAC said: I'll upload the plugin on MP today Hi newbie LAC, Will your plugin also work with any add on skins for IP.Board 4 or just the default skin? If it should work with any add on skins, I take it all required skin edits info if needed and install instructions, etc, will be included with your upload? Thank you in advance for responding.
newbie LAC Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 1 minute ago, Jamie Clark said: Hi newbie LAC, Hello, 1 minute ago, Jamie Clark said: Will your plugin also work with any skins for IP.Board 4 or just the default skin? The field will be displayed on any skin Topic description. Now we use css selectors instead of if/else points. If your skin template have its (I used default selectors) desc will be displayed. 6 minutes ago, Jamie Clark said: If it should work with any skins, I take it all required skin edits and install instructions, etc if needed will be included with your upload? No need any edits. I uploaded the file. Waiting for approval
Eric BXL Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 On 9/29/2015, 11:34:26, demoneyezer said: Very sorry to hear this as our members are using (I should actually say abusing) the Topics Tags field instead now... Same tags abuse happens in my forum. If there was a [Don't Like This] button, I'd for sure click it in Mr. President's post.
Eric BXL Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 On 9/29/2015 at 3:37 PM, newbie LAC said: I uploaded the file. Waiting for approval Any news about this plugin?
newbie LAC Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 3 minutes ago, Eric Smeets said: Any news about this plugin? Hello,
PPlanet Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 That's great news, I'm still using topic descriptions on 3.4.5 (Pav33 Topic Description). I won't be upgrading any time soon but good to see there's something to restore the functionality when the time comes. Newbie LAC, does this plugin restore the existing descriptions assuming they are still in the database? or is it for new ones only?
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