Andy Millne

Breaks Topic View on upgrade to IPB 3.0.4 with error... [Fri Nov 13 13:19:32 2009] [error] [client 87.194.152.190] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method skin_global_1::tbsrtvhook() in /var/www/vhosts/*******/httpdocs/forums/admin/sources/classes/output/publicOutput.php(2912) : eval()'d code on line 1

I like how users can set a global default for the reply notification setting but as an admin I'd like to set this default to "daily digest" for new members. A lot of my new members don't realise they can subscribe to topics and as a result we often have questions asked and then the original poster doesn't visit again.

Great mod thanks. One issue though. For some reason only the colon and reputation figure show in calendar event view. The "Reputation" text is missing.

I can't see how posts in a public forum would have to be removed by law. I would be interested to know what is actually deleted when cancelling a facebook account. I can't imagine them having to delete messages sent to other users wall/group posts etc. Only the users own wall and images etc. I agree a cancel account feature may be appropriate to delete profile info/avatars/pictures etc. but submitted content should be left intact.

some good points there gp3. Communities are no longer just about forums and I do believe that at the core IPS realises this and this is why these products exist at all. Software takes time to develop and clearly attention has been focussed on their real speciality (IPB) up to now. This is not a bad thing! I do hope that the focus now balances out so the other products can be brought back into line and integrate with the current generation of IPB. This is just how things work out as the products mature, one foot then the other so to speak. As Pisaldi says my calendar is mainly being used for the default birthday functionality and whatever the admins can be bothered to add. The mainstream member with the odd exception, doesn't see it as a tool to contribute to, they only see it as a way for admins to notify them of events. What would help is if the current odd exception was given tools like invites to help wake up the other mainstream members to the possibilities. If a member gets an invite off another member then suddenly they are made aware that they too can publish events and so begins the cascade.

It is my opinion that, since the new ban system has been introduced, the old method of creating a dedicated banned group is now redundant with one exception. When a user is banned with the new method or via the automated spam service they still appear in the member list. I submitted this as a bug report but apparantly this is working as intended. I think this is strange intended behaviour as to me this is what I would call a "suspend" feature rather than a ban. So my suggestion is add a setting in the ACP to hide banned members allowing us to remove the dedicated banned user group. Alternatively extend the new ban functionality to include a seperate "suspended" state so admins have the choice at a user level.

Ah OK didn't realise that. I did a search for "reputation" and nothing showed up. Looks like my help files didn't update on the upgrade to 3.0.2.

I think it would be a good idea to explain the reputation system to users through the help topics or maybe even a "what's this?" style popup icon next to the reputation icons. Even better might be instead of the plus and minus buttons use the more common thumbs up, thumbs down "Like this" terminology?

I like the proposed changes in this thread. I currently have a hidden Admin category with a moderators forum and the trash can which is only visible to admins. It would be nice if discussion I currently have in the moderator forum could take place in the report center as well to keep everything focussed in one place.

On that note it would also be nice if the member list could be sorted by reputation too ;)

Yes but again this is an argument against the complete rep system not promotion based on reputation. How many people's friends are going to register to a random board just to get a friend a minor promotion. The point is, if the reputation system is any use at all, then it should be used for purposes such as this. Otherwise its entire existence is totally pointless. If the reputation system works succesfully, as it does on my board, then we should be able to utilise it fully.And would remove the temptation to reply to every post with inane smilies and comments that add nothing to discussion.

Yes and no. I wouldn't use it personally. In principle I agree but there would have to be some sort of max min range for when people are flirting with the threshold. if they flit back and forth over a couple of rep points it could be frustrating for the end user. So a promote at say 25 and demote at 15 would be a better way of doing it. That way they would have to deteriorate significantly to be demoted. If that were the case then yes I would use it.

Not a problem for me. If they have enough friends that are willing to spend time repping them to get them promoted then thats fine the system works. If people don't appreciate them or what they have to say then they won't do that for them.Kind of like a cooperative invite. What you are arguing is the reputation system is fundamentally flawed and open to abuse, in that case why even have it in the first place? Personally I think it does work if set to positive only and if so then why not use the results of it to perform actions such as this?

Would it be possible to add number of reputation points as a criterion for group promotion? I think this is a better way of determining quality of members than number of posts and days since joining.

Any reason why there's no RTE editor to edit the help files in the Admin Panel?

Yeah sounds like some good changes there. +1 On a related spam note I still can't work out how to hide banned spam members from the members list and member count. when I have a marked as spam memer the system says they are in group "Members (banned)" and obviously I cannot set the members group to not show in the members list :) In essence I don't really understand the altered method of handling banned members in IPB3. Could somebody please explain it to me?

I'd like to suggest that the "Show topics/forums with no new" text in the watched content hook be changed to "Toggle topics/forums with no new" or have it change to hide when expanded.

That it is Matt, it's a hidden gem. Well not so hidden really, just overlooked :) p.s. Bug reported and already fixed in 3.0.3

Well that's a pleasant surprise :) Thanks Josh. There's a tag mismatch on that query though, bug in the output?

I would like to use a single search facility across my site and as such a search API would be very useful. Say a search query is submitted via my site I would like to simmultaneously request search results from IPB/gallery etc and have them returned as an xml result set in order to combine them with my own search results. Is this currently possibly or likely to be considered for a future version?

Hmmm something seems to have changed in the way groups are handled in 3. The spam user is now in group "Members (Banned)" and my banned group is empty. Is this group now redundant? If so how do I apply your suggested change?

Cool thanks, does that group still count towards the member count statistic?

So back to the original problem of having banned users cluttering up the members list, is there a solution to that?

I know why don't we charge say 0.01 pence for a "forum message stamp"? oh wait hang on... #fail :)

I can think of a few things that would be a little more... shall we say... abrupt :)