Known issues/phpBB3 wish list

[Mr. Flay]

Starting a new thread, partially for my own information, partially so people know its on our radar with regards to the upgrade.

• Format of PMs is wonky

  - I know, I know, technical terms. I can see it's not formatting correctly and I even know why, but I haven't tested the fix yet.

  Estimated completion: 6/22.
  Done.
  
• scumchat

  - need to put the link back up for it, soon! Undecided about where exactly, yet... taking suggestions.
  Done.
  
• Game Moderators being unable to unlock their own threads, or edit once locked

  - we know what's causing this and are working on a workaround. Go to http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... =1&t=14321 in the meantime if you're unable to unlock your game.

  Estimated completion: 6/17 at the latest.
  Done.
• Read in Isolation mod

  - I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from.

  Estimated completion: 6/18.
  Done; does have an idiosyncrasy when there's just one post.
  
• wiki images

  - mith has fixed the permissions on the upload folder.
  Done.
  
• BCC PMs

  - The new 'Add' button on PMs works great, except it copies the names in public.

  Not so great for role PMs

  ! Use 'Add BCC' instead. I'll look into changing it, but I suspect it will be easier to just learn the new interface.
  Added a disclaimer.
  
• Open Game Forum

  - pretty easy actually, we did it on the test forum. Low priority compared to some of the current problems/bugs, though.
  Done.
  
• Watched Topics

  - WT were a homebrew mod by JEEP so they didn't convert over into Subscriptions/Bookmarks. I'll check with mith about getting them ported into Bookmarks, but can't promise anything. Use 'View Your Posts' to find most of them and Subscribe/Bookmark them.
  
  
• In a similar vein, the regular reply screen should be made less confusing (Submit | Preview | Save Draft)
  Done.
  
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  somewhere

  there's a bad interaction between comment tags that leads to a trailing tag showing up on the Quick Reply box. It doesn't happen on every page, however... may be because of an oddly-compiledBBcode.
  I believe I found this problem and fixed it...
  
• Post Numbers

  - I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from.
  Done.
  
• Game Moderators being unable to edit locked threads/player posts in their games

  - you should be able to edit an unlocked game's first post - just do that before you close it for Night. We're working on getting the ability to edit your player's posts restored.
  Done.
  
• Topic-Mod

  - Game Moderators should only be able to edit posts in their own threads, not forum-wide. Just requires a bit of fiddling with permissions.
  Done .
  
• class="first"> -->

  - Some users (Opera-only?) are getting this before posts. Check and see if there's any mismatched comment code.
  I believe I found this problem and fixed it...
  
• Truncated posts
  - We underestimated how big our biggest posts were; some posts over 100,000 bytes got truncated.
  All data is still available!
  mith is working on a copy scheme.
  Fix in progress.
  
  
• [] links

  - reimplement the profile button for personal wiki pages!
  Done.
  
• Birthday/Scumday
  - just need to look at JEEP's old code, should be an easy implementation.[/strike] Done, thanks to Kison for the scumday code fix.
  
• scumchat link
  - the redirect from index.php doesn't work right now;
  the fix is coded but not implemented yet
  .
  Fix didn't work; will try something else.
  
  
• Edit posts while locked

  - game mods can't edit threads while they're locked. Need to check both Topic Author Moderation and Admin-locks to make sure there's no bad interactions.
  Done.
  
• mafSepia, mafTigers
  - Sepia is implemented. Tigers needs a new artist/coder, as the other person had to drop the task due to time constraints. Some people have also asked for a mobile theme that is high-visibility, low-image-use.
  Priority for Tigers and Mobile: medium-low; sciGreen and others; negligible


• Gender and other custom profile fields
  - The data's reimported, but icons aren't implemented yet. Would like to have a way to 'forbid' the use of the tg icon if it becomes problematic.
  Estimated completion: not sure if we'll do this again
  
  
• Preview on Hover

  - JEEP's old mod shouldn't be that hard to transfer over, but it might take me a while to get to it.
  Done, though only for first post, not last post.
  
• Game tags
  - Chess is done, though I'm looking into removing the 'piece icons' from the moves list. are still dicey, and Go/etc isn't even on my radar...
  Priority: low-medium.
  
  
• Quick Reply needs some tweaking
  - already forced it to display by default and swapped Preview for Full Editor. A "Quote Selected" button would be nice; should also re-add the "Subscribe to this topic?" checkbox. Found a mod that does most of this. Also need an option for people to disable
  Priority: low
  
  
• Prod Interface

  - It should be possible to give game moderators a summary of when everyone last posted in the game, and an easy way to prod them. There's an offsite script that does this at present, but integrating it with the forum should be more efficient.
  Done thanks to Kison; This will benefit from a way to designate players as 'alive' or 'dead'..
  
• View Entire Thread
  - had this on the old server, disabled it due to server load. Might be able to restore it, for Printer-Friendly View at least.
  Priority: low
  
  
• Search PMs
  - http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/pm_search/ will probably work, but may need some bug-checking.
  Priority: low
  
  
• View All Players' Posts
  - on the old board a 'bug' allowed all the View in Iso posts to show up on a single page. Some people want this again... may instead bump it to 100 posts/page when viewing in ISO.
  Priority: low
  
  
• Global Announcements
  - something seems to be acting up about the 'view latest unread' when it comes to GA threads. Have to dig in the code to find out what might be causing it, though...
  Priority: low
  
  
• View First Post on every page
  - had this on the old server, will need to look into JEEP's code for it and see how well it translates. Would like to add a way to enable it by thread owner, not user.
  Priority: low.
  
  
• Multiquote
  - I'm not sure exactly how people want this implemented, but it exists now for the last 25 posts in a thread - just look at the Topic Review under the posting editor. Other sites use a 'sticky' QuickReply box, or checkboxes and then quoting all checked posts (will lead to walls).
  Priority: low
  
  
• BBCode Documentation
  - At some point we should edit http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode to show our new/custom bbcodes. I'd prefer to upgrade the FAQ Manager first.

Let me know of other things - this is more of a honeydew list than the Post-Conversion FAQ thread.

I remember seeing a forum that displayed thread views (or maybe thread replies, idk), but when you clicked the number it showed you a list of who had posted in that thread and how many times. I think that would be handy to quickly get a game post count without having to look at each player in iso.

Also, would it be possible to indicate original post numbers somewhere in iso? So that I can look at iso24 and know it is #342 without navigating?

Enabling single-logon between the phpBB forum and the wiki, allowing us to do away with/curtail anonymous editing

How about an option like an iso that ONLY shows text in between VOTE: tags and who posted them? I don't know if that'd be too much work, but it'd be helpful.

Some sort of more automated signup process, that takes into account flaking, site-wide game limits, signup throttling, and baking cakes for starving children in Africa.

I wonder if there's a way to have php calculate the actual pixel-length of a username, and flag it if it's too long to display properly?

[ReaperCharlie]

If you need any UI/UX help let me know (themes, custom fields, etc).

[Ythill]

Can we put the "quote selected" button on the list? I did go look for a pre-coded version last night, but the only one's I found were bundled with entire quick reply MODs. Obviously not a crisis item but I REALLY miss it.

[shaft.ed]

You can no longer type in the page number you want to in a text box at the top or bottom of each thread. Instead you have to go by clicking through 3 page incriments. Kinda of a pain in long games, especially with the ISO function down.

[imkingdavid]

You can no longer type in the page number you want to in a text box at the top or bottom of each thread. Instead you have to go by clicking through 3 page incriments. Kinda of a pain in long games, especially with the ISO function down.

^this
This feature is default so I'm not sure why it was removed. Normally you could click the "X posts" next to the pagination area and it would bring up a javascript box where you could enter the page number to go to.

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, we had it on in the test forum. Where's the setting? I thought it was 'Enable display of jumpbox:', but that's already on...

[Nuwen]

I didn't think that was a stock option? Control panel jumpbox display = forum jump

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1987035

[hasdgfas]

Is it just me, or are post numbers suddenly missing? It's a bit disorienting going through mafia games where people say "I agree with Post X" and I can't tell which one that is.

[Vi]

Post Numbers

- I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from.

Estimated completion: 6/20.

EDIT: We need a cooler "delete post" button.

[hasdgfas]

Post Numbers

- I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from.

Estimated completion: 6/20.

EDIT: We need a cooler "delete post" button.

lost it in the list

[imkingdavid]

Post Numbers - I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from. Estimated completion: 6/20.

And there's a phpBB MOD already made for that. I used it on my own board so I know it works. I just need to find where it is and I'll give you the link.

EDIT: Found it: here. It begins at #1, instead of #0 like before, so that may screw with some cases that are already written up in current and previous games. But that shouldn't be difficult to change from starting at #1 to #0.

EDIT 2: oh, and here's a screenshot of some person that uses it on their own board: here. (it's in spanish in that image, but the MOD is in english)

[Mr. Flay]

EDIT: We need a cooler "delete post" button.

What, the gunshot hole isn't working for you?

(Maybe nobody can tell what that is, except me...)

[Me=Weird]

Why isn't there a link to the index page at the bottom of the page? Can you change that?

[Mr. Flay]

You mean where it says, "Board index" with the little house icon?

[Me=Weird]

It used to be higher up! And then the forum was next to it. And that is quite obviously an arrow.

[Vi]

EDIT: We need a cooler "delete post" button.

What, the gunshot hole isn't working for you?

(Maybe nobody can tell what that is, except me...)

Oh, that's what it is? I thought it was a bomb or a spider

[Papa Zito]

Didn't the old forum have a dropdown for page numbers? I seem to remember in-thread navigation being easier.

[imkingdavid]

Didn't the old forum have a dropdown for page numbers? I seem to remember in-thread navigation being easier.

There is a default phpBB one as well if I recall correctly. Must have been removed for some reason.

Yeah, post numbers & iso search are the top two wants right now.

And both are being worked on.

[ReaperCharlie]

First off; i LOVE the vote tags. Thanks a mil ...but for unvote one, people don't usually say:

Unvote: Mr. Flay
Vote: ReaperCharlie

they just say,

Unvote; Vote: ReaperCharlie

sooooo... if the unvote tags are empty, maybe use a semicolon instead of a colon, but when they're full, keep the colon?

idk, is it possible to make conditional statements on tags like that?

[xRECKONERx]

HEY FLAY WHAT ABOUT WIKI LINKS

[xRECKONERx]

Didn't the old forum have a dropdown for page numbers? I seem to remember in-thread navigation being easier.

You can just click the link on the top right by the page numbers and manually type in a page number to jump to.

[nhammen]

A minor thing, but since we have vote tags, I think it would be cool to have it display in an obviously different font. That way, it wouldn't be possible to fool people with fake votes, because no other tag would replicate the effect.

VOTE: x

using

VOTE: x using VOTE:

But obviously this is of very low importance.

[Mr. Flay]

Didn't the old forum have a dropdown for page numbers? I seem to remember in-thread navigation being easier.

You can just click the link on the top right by the page numbers and manually type in a page number to jump to.

Oh, right... I knew it existed, it's just bloody hidden! Thanks for spotting that.

[Papa Zito]

Aha. Kinda convoluted but that works. Thanks Reck.

[Papa Zito]

OMG. The site is slow again. OMGOMGOMG

Someone hold me. :/