View Full Version : New Forum Features
Alright, I know it's been about a month since I upgraded the site's forum software (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=12901), so chances are most of you already know about the majority of the forum's newer features, but for posterity's sake, I'll spell out some of the more noteworthy ones:
Quick Editing
Previously, hitting the "Edit" button on one of your posts would load a new page wherein you could edit the message in question. Now, a form loads almost instantly inside the post itself, and the post updates right in front of you when your changes are submitted. No page loading (or reloading) is necessary.
Quote Linkbacks
When quoting someone, you'll now see a number next to their username while composing your reply. This number is the ID number of the post you're quoting. It creates an icon (http://movieforums.com/community/images/buttons/lastpost.gif) at the end of the "Originally posted by..." line on your posts that links to the post you're quoting. This should be helpful when trying to catch-up on a discussion you've missed, as it makes it much easier to see the context of a previous statement.
Unfortunately, this statement is not retroactive; it should appear on all quotes from here on out, except for those in which the quote tags are entered manually.
Multi-quoting
To the right of the "Edit" and "Reply" buttons on each person's post is the Multi-Quote icon (http://www.movieforums.com/community/images/buttons/multiquote_off.gif). Clicking it will "select" that post. Your selection will be indicated by a lighter icon with a minus sign (instead of the initial plus sign) on it, which looks like this: http://www.movieforums.com/community/images/buttons/multiquote_on.gif. When you reply to the thread, all the posts you've selected will be automatically quoted in your reply.
Selected posts will appear in your next reply regardless of which thread it's in. In other words, you can go to a thread, select a few posts, go to another thread, select a few more, reply to any thread, and all your selected posts will be saved. However, if you do this, a notification just below the message box will display, informing you that some of your selected messages are from other threads, and asking if you'd like to include them.
New Message Posting Options
You should notice a few new options on the message posting box, such as a button which prompts you to download a built-in spellchecker (http://movieforums.com/community/images/editor/spelling.gif), buttons which allow you to expand or contract the size of the text box (http://movieforums.com/community/images/editor/resize_0.gifand http://movieforums.com/community/images/editor/resize_1.gif), and a button which allows you to toggle between the full-scale, mid-level, and bare-bones message posting interfaces (http://movieforums.com/community/images/editor/switchmode.gif).That's about it. There are some other features which my various tinkering appears to have caused some trouble with, but I'll be sure to post here if and when I get them all to live in harmony. :)
You should notice a few new options on the message posting box, such as a button which prompts you to download a built-in spellchecker
This one slipped by me as I haven't noticed it till now. It's nice to have for sure. I used to go to another site to do this if my posts were long enough. Now it's right on here after you download. Very nice. :)
Thursday Next
03-27-07, 06:41 AM
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=13071
:eek: What happened to needing 20 posts before starting a thread? And can we have it back...
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=13071
:eek: What happened to needing 20 posts before starting a thread? And can we have it back...
It was 25, and yeah, I'd have to reapply it, given the upgrade. I'm still pondering whether or not to do so. The post minimum did cut back on any number of spam threads, but those who did spam went around posting filler all over the place, which takes just as long to delete. Also, we've done a pretty good job of getting the spam off the boards quickly.
I think the best compromise is to implement a modification wherein users cannot post links until they have a few posts under their belts. It'll still have some of the problems of the old minimum (people posting filler), but it'd probably cut down on the bulk of the spam, which is one-and-done, and it wouldn't present any real hurdles to new members, which is obviously something I'd like to avoid.
adidasss
03-27-07, 09:44 PM
Are the reviews new or has that been around forever and I'm just now noticing it.
Are the reviews new or has that been around forever and I'm just now noticing it.
Both, actually: they existed a long time ago, then laid dormant, and I've just revived them lately. Previously, they were written for the area itself; those are still there, but a handful of reviews from the forums have been added (with the permission of each author).
In case anyone's wondering, the two primary criteria for addition to the reviews area are length (most of the reviews on the forums are just a paragraph or two) and polish (most of the reviews on the forums are more casual and conversational).
adidasss
03-27-07, 11:14 PM
Yeah I just followed your link to your review of those ninja turtle-thingies and was a little confused as to where I actually was. It's cool, but you should definitely change the upper corner of the page, the buttons are completely indiscernible...It'll die again if you don't make them more visible.
Edit: Well come to think of it, I think it's a little redundant. We have a reviews subforum that is perfectly visible, and a small linky-type thing on the right side already, another section for reviews seems like overkill really. Maybe that's why it died the first time.
Yeah I just followed your link to your review of those ninja turtle-thingies and was a little confused as to where I actually was. It's cool, but you should definitely change the upper corner of the page, the buttons are completely indiscernible...It'll die again if you don't make them more visible.
I don't quite follow; you mean the word "Reviews" at the top above the image of the popcorn? If so, are you using a very high resolution?
Edit: Well come to think of it, I think it's a little redundant. We have a reviews subforum that is perfectly visible, and a small linky-type thing on the right side already, another section for reviews seems like overkill really.
The linky-type thing is to help people find the newest reviews. It serves the same purpose as the links on the homepage that show recently posted-in threads. I tend to think of these sorts of things as convenient, rather than redundant.
Anyway, I think there's a significant difference between traditional movie reviews and reviews posted on the forum. Forumgoers don't always want to worry about comprehensiveness, structure, or even grammar and spelling. Sometimes they just want to share their thoughts with their friends. That's perfectly cool, and the site needs that, but I think it benefits from having more traditional reviews, too, for new visitors who perhaps want the more dettached, objective take that traditional movie reviews strive for.
Maybe that's why it died the first time.
Well, by "died" I don't mean that people ever stopped using it. Just that I stopped updating it; along with the other areas of the site. The fault is with me, rather than the basic structure, I think.
adidasss
03-28-07, 08:29 AM
I don't quite follow; you mean the word "Reviews" at the top above the image of the popcorn? If so, are you using a very high resolution? I'm using 1024x768, that isn't too high I think. I mean the word and the button under it, they're too low key. I'm speaking from the user point of view, I remember it took me a long time to notice those things when I first joined...I think that maybe if the buttons were the colour they change into when you hover the mouse over them it would be better.
OK, I keep opening my User CP. That use to be the home button. You deleted that, and added the "new posts" button, didn't you? Either that, or I am just now noticing that one. Either way, the home button is gone, and I need more sleep. heheh
Tacitus
03-28-07, 09:13 AM
I'm using 1024x768, that isn't too high I think. I mean the word and the button under it, they're too low key. I'm speaking from the user point of view, I remember it took me a long time to notice those things when I first joined...I think that maybe if the buttons were the colour they change into when you hover the mouse over them it would be better.
I kinda agree. I find the colour scheme a bit dull and easily missed for the casual reader (and me for the first 6 months of membership), to be honest. :)
Maybe if the normal and highlighted state of the links were inverted? ;)
EDIT - Doh! The colour change is exactly what adi is talking about... :rolleyes:
I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised at this. For one, the design's been up, oh, 5-6 years, and no one's ever said anything like this before, to my memory. And the buttons are far larger (and more prominent) than the navigation on the overwhelming majority of sites.
Having them highlight all the time is an interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure that would look rather over-the-top; I mean, that's six very bright colors side-by-side, after all. I might throw together a test page of sorts over the next couple of days (might not be back at my home desk until tomorrow) to see how it looks, however, to be on the safe side.
There's also the issue of the designer; he was a brililant designer who never really steered me wrong, and knew design inside and out. Even if I did not trust his judgement (and I most emphatically do), but I'm pretty poor with graphics, myself, which limits the degree to which I can make most changes, anyway.
All that said, I'll mess around over the next few days and see what I can come up with.
Destiny: you're not crazy. The "New Posts" link has always been there, but yes, I removed the "Home" link. I may need some more links there in the near future, and it occurred to me that there's already a "Movie Forums" link immediately beneath the "Home" link, as well as the "Forums" button along the top, so I figured we could do without it. If it's any consolation, I've hit the User CP link by accident a few times, too. :laugh:
Pyro Tramp
03-28-07, 11:46 AM
How long do reviews need to be and how polished roughly? Last time i looked there were couple reviews for the same movie and only about 6 up, which in my opinion, isn't such a good thing.
How long do reviews need to be and how polished roughly?
It really depends. If a review gets its point across and is comprehensive and interesting, then just a couple hundred words should do. I'd say, ideally, reviews would be 400 to 500 words.
I should point out that I'm more than willing to do some minor editing for people who'd rather not worry too much about grammar, and don't mind me fiddling with the occasional sentence structure.
Last time i looked there were couple reviews for the same movie and only about 6 up, which in my opinion, isn't such a good thing.
There's actually over 80 in the archive; it just displays the last 6 more prominently. You can see the rest in their respective categories (links on the right). Categories are also linked from the bottom right-hand side of each item, too.
Pyro Tramp
03-28-07, 11:56 AM
Noticed the other reviews when i went back there a few times later, but was just an observation from kinda outsider view that 33% of reviews you're introduced to are for the 300 that most people have probably seen anyway already, and that turned me off initially.
Noticed the other reviews when i went back there a few times later, but was just an observation from kinda outsider view that 33% of reviews you're introduced to are for the 300 that most people have probably seen anyway already, and that turned me off initially.
I'm open to suggestions, but I'm not sure how else to go about it. Highlighting the latest additions to the area is pretty standard, and in this case two good reviews for the film exist. And obviously I'm not going to omit a review of a popular film because most people have probably seen it; heck, just the opposite, I'd say. :)
Anyway, I'll change the settings so that it displays 8 instead of 6, which might have been a little low, now that you mention.
Most of these comments are just fine and all (I welcome them, even if I don't always agree), but perhaps I should start another thread for them, as this one is largely about the forum upgrade changes, rather than the changes to the rest of the site.
adidasss
03-28-07, 12:44 PM
I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised at this. For one, the design's been up, oh, 5-6 years, and no one's ever said anything like this before, to my memory. And the buttons are far larger (and more prominent) than the navigation on the overwhelming majority of sites.
Having them highlight all the time is an interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure that would look rather over-the-top; I mean, that's six very bright colors side-by-side, after all. I might throw together a test page of sorts over the next couple of days (might not be back at my home desk until tomorrow) to see how it looks, however, to be on the safe side.
Seeing as how the buttons are the same colour as the banner, I never paid much attention to them.
Don't be afraid of a little colour Chris....;) I think it'll be grand...:D
Destiny: you're not crazy. The "New Posts" link has always been there, but yes, I removed the "Home" link. I may need some more links there in the near future, and it occurred to me that there's already a "Movie Forums" link immediately beneath the "Home" link, as well as the "Forums" button along the top, so I figured we could do without it. If it's any consolation, I've hit the User CP link by accident a few times, too. :laugh:
Oh, yeah, sure, take down the one that I actually used. Now I have to retrain my brain. :D
This is funny. I almost suggested a 'new posts' button the other day.
Two small improvements: now, when you hold your mouse over the recently posted-in threads under the "This Just In" heading on the home page, you can see who posted last.
Similarly, you can now hold your mouseover over the featured Member Review threads in the Movie Reviews (http://www.movieforums.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=3) forum and see when the last post was. The latter was necessary because, since they're at the top of the forum and laid out differently, there was formerly no way of seeing who last posted in them from that page.
I'll probably make changes like this, and not necessarily announce them. Generally, though, holding your mouse over a link on the forums should -- fairly often -- yield more information.
adidasss
03-29-07, 08:46 AM
Similarly, you can now hold your mouseover over the featured Member Review threads in the Movie Reviews (http://www.movieforums.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=3) forum and see when the last post was. The latter was necessary because, since they're at the top of the forum and laid out differently, there was formerly no way of seeing who last posted in them from that page.
Aye, this I like...:yup:
I'll mess around over the next few days and see what I can come up with.
Well, here are the fruits of said messing around:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/header.html
I have my own thoughts, naturally, but would like to hear what everyone else thinks first.
Yoda, I am no longer given a 'confirm message' tab if I send one out to someone. Do these upgrades have something to do with this. I also can't log out anymore. I'm stuck logged in for life. :eek:
Yoda, I am no longer given a 'confirm message' tab if I send one out to someone. Do these upgrades have something to do with this. I also can't log out anymore. I'm stuck logged in for life. :eek:
Are you referring to the read receits for PMs? If so, I believe that's normal.
As for not being able to log out; when you click "Log Out" and confirm, do you get the "an error has occured message," followed by another link? Clicking that second link should force the issue, and log you out.
If not, you might have a corrupted cookie, in which case the base way to deal with it is to delete the cookie from your hard drive manually. I can walk you through this on AIM or something of the sort if it's something you're not familiar with.
With mine, it use to give me a receipt, period, but now, I have to check a box for one. That is the only difference I am getting.
As far as signing out, I use to have to click sign out, then click the one for the error, and that be all. Now when I do that, even though it says I am logged out, I can still see my PMs. Once I click that log out button again, I am logged out completely. Honestly, I don't believe we are still logged in. I don't know why it stills shows me how many PMs I have, but if I go to the main page, instead of clicking log out again, they disappear. It is as if I am logged out. I dunno. It's no worry for me. I run my window washer too often to care. That logs you out of everything on-line.
Even after clicking the second link, things like PMs will appear until you load another page. I believe the reason for that is simply that, when the second page loads and the header is first processed, you're still logged in. So, you should indeed be logged in, but the forum didn't "know" that when first determining what to display in the header. Assuming I'm understanding you correctly. :)
Are you referring to the read receits for PMs? If so, I believe that's normal.
I dunno. Before it would automaically ask me if I want a reciept. Now it doesnt. I have to give this a better look next time I pm someone.
As for not being able to log out; when you click "Log Out" and confirm, do you get the "an error has occured message," followed by another link? Clicking that second link should force the issue, and log you out.
Yeah, I used to do all that before and it worked fine. Now it just goes back to the main page and I'm still logged in. Maybe it is the cookie deal you are talking about then. I'll check it out and thanks for offering to help. :)
Tacitus
04-03-07, 02:10 PM
Well, here are the fruits of said messing around:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/header.html
I have my own thoughts, naturally, but would like to hear what everyone else thinks first.
If the words were highlighted it'd be just dandy...then again it makes the Movie Forums gif look a bit dull. That'd need to go up to 60W too. ;)
Revenge of Mr M
04-04-07, 05:07 PM
Aha, when did the Favourite movies feature return? I assume it actually works this time? :D That's pretty cool. One of my favourite features from ages and ages ago was a kind of chart thing where it showed what percentage of your posts were made in a particular board on the forums... at least I think it was a feature here...
Aha, when did the Favourite movies feature return? I assume it actually works this time? :D That's pretty cool. One of my favourite features from ages and ages ago was a kind of chart thing where it showed what percentage of your posts were made in a particular board on the forums... at least I think it was a feature here...
Hey, Mr M, what's new? Great to see you around again. :)
The Favorite Movies (sans "u," you crazy Brits!) featured returned about a month and a half ago, I believe. And in my defense, the old one DID work, but then got buggy, and I was somewhat stumped at the time as to why. This one works swimmingly, and does more, to boot. Anyway, glad you dig it.
Regarding the other thing: you're not imagining it. It was called "User Stats," and it had an absolutely ridiculous breakdown of where each user had posted, and other such trivial things. I've thought about possibly rewriting that, but I think the old one was insanely inefficient, so I'd probably only do it if I could find a way to do so without, well, creating a big, slow-loading file, what with all the querying and/or data parsing/sorting that would be involved. I might end up writing a slimmer, stripped-down version with a handful of the old page's capabilities.
I wish we could do our comments, like our PMs. Where we delete the ones we don't want, and keep the others. Instead of only being able to see the last 10.
I wish we could do our comments, like our PMs. Where we delete the ones we don't want, and keep the others. Instead of only being able to see the last 10.
Me too. :yup:
Is that possible yoda?
I have no complaints :nope:
Me too. :yup:
Is that possible yoda?
Possible, yes, but it would be a fair bit of work. It'd be very involved to make it just like the PM system, but adding the ability to just delete the last 10, or perhaps just scroll through them, isn't out of the question. I'm a bit preoccupied at the moment but will see if I can add one of those two things.
I see that we can delete the confirmed/unconfirmed PMs now. That is good.
adidasss
04-20-07, 03:47 PM
Well, here are the fruits of said messing around:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/header.html
I have my own thoughts, naturally, but would like to hear what everyone else thinks first.
Better...:yup:
OT: There seems to be some problem with the signatures, sometimes they show sometimes they don't?
Signatures are set to only show up on the user's first post on each page. The idea is that it's not really necessary to have them again just a few clicks down, and with some of the larger signatures, the reduction in load time and clutter can be well worth the relatively small tradeoff on the other end.
adidasss
04-20-07, 04:47 PM
It's just text, how much can it be cluttering up things? Oh and Edit: Apparently that's not exactly true? Now I see them on each post on this page...:-/
It's just text, how much can it be cluttering up things? Oh and Edit: Apparently that's not exactly true? Now I see them on each post on this page...
Yeah, they come and go all the time. I even edited one of my post, sometime back, making sure that the signature box was marked, and after I edited, it was there, then gone again, then it came back, so I simply posted something sarcastic in the "why did you edit" box. I thought my computer was flipping out again.
See, there it is.
SamsoniteDelilah
04-20-07, 05:27 PM
If the words were highlighted it'd be just dandy...then again it makes the Movie Forums gif look a bit dull. That'd need to go up to 60W too. ;)
He took my answer.
I like the 'more color' version.
It's just text, how much can it be cluttering up things?
Seeing as how we allow large, colored text in signatures, it can clutter them up a bit more than you might think. Several regulars have signatures that are 5 or 6 lines long, which makes them longer than a fair number of their posts.
Oh and Edit: Apparently that's not exactly true? Now I see them on each post on this page...:-/
Odd. Works fine for me. I'll try to figure out what's wrong.
Odd. Works fine for me. I'll try to figure out what's wrong.
Well, if you have the option for the entire board set to one signature per thread, and we have it set to no, show the signature every time, in our edit options . . .
Signatures Only Shown Once:
If this option is set to yes then signatures will only be displayed once per page.
. . . then that is probably why it is glitching. I have mine set to no, show all of them. If you can delete that selection from our edit options, like you did with the signature picture setup, then that glitch will probably disappear.
I wish we could do our comments, like our PMs. Where we delete the ones we don't want, and keep the others. Instead of only being able to see the last 10.
Finally got around to doing this today. :)
Try it out (http://www.movieforums.com/community/usercp.php).
Good news, too: the system doesn't actually delete the comments, it just stops them from showing up, so they can be recovered down the line if need be.
Finally got around to doing this today. :)
Try it out (http://www.movieforums.com/community/usercp.php).
Good news, too: the system doesn't actually delete the comments, it just stops them from showing up, so they can be recovered down the line if need be.
That is great. Thanks allot!
Yeah, I tested that once, blocked 3 names, and then the older comments reappeared. Then I thought, "I wonder if those people know I just blocked them?!? Oops!"
diamondgeeza
05-27-07, 10:36 AM
Is it possible to have images as your signature? I've tried html and vb code and it ain't having it!
Is it possible to have images as your signature? I've tried html and vb code and it ain't having it!
No, imagines in the signature aren't allowed. This was a choice we made pretty early on, given that it has the potential to create quite a bit of clutter/loading/scrolling.
No, imagines in the signature aren't allowed. This was a choice we made pretty early on, given that it has the potential to create quite a bit of clutter/loading/scrolling.
I am glad you are not going to give in, on that :yup: I hate the clutter it causes, when you come here you can see the post straight away :yup: no distractions :yup:
Tacitus
05-28-07, 07:32 AM
I am glad you are not going to give in, on that :yup: I hate the clutter it causes, when you come here you can see the post straight away :yup: no distractions :yup:
There have been some who dared flaunt the Subtle Sigs rule (remember Firegod's pages of utter nonsense?) but The Lord Yod came down from his mountain (bike) and smote tham like they'd never been smitten (smoted? smited? I'm no good at this :confused:) before...
This place is all the better for it. :)
I noticed a little green message saying "saving message" pops up near the box as I'm making a reply. How do you access your message if the forum boogers?
I think you should have images allowed as your sigs, Only if they are of certain size.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-05-07, 11:26 PM
Images in your sigs? I'm not a big fan of the idea unless you can put boobies in them. Real boobies. None of that junk Nebbit flaunts around. Those things are too small to be real.
Speaking of signatures.... Is anyone trying to solve my MOVIE TITLE JUMBLE? I may have to close that case and label it as an unsolved mystery.
I think you should have images allowed as your sigs, Only if they are of certain size.
:nope: it becomes to cluttered :yup:
Gotta agree with neb here; it can really clutter up a forum quickly. I can understand the desire to have them, but I've given it a lot of thought over the years and really believe the cost outweights the benefit.
I noticed a little green message saying "saving message" pops up near the box as I'm making a reply. How do you access your message if the forum boogers?
You should be able to simply reload the same page, and the last saved version should be inside the message box already.
Pyro Tramp
08-06-07, 11:23 AM
Speaking of signatures.... Is anyone trying to solve my MOVIE TITLE JUMBLE? I may have to close that case and label it as an unsolved mystery.
I would've but since i'd never heard of last one, not gone for this one as much. Unless it's Madame Ricu
spudracer
08-06-07, 11:25 AM
Personally, the site would function fine without the gizmos and gadgets that are added on. I've been to a few other sites and things like images in signatures just make it really hard to find what you're looking for.
Keeping things not so much simple, but organized helps visitors to the site if they're just looking for a quick review or whatever, adding to that would just make it harder for someone not familiar with the site to find what they need.
Holden Pike
08-06-07, 12:25 PM
Any chance that new features will allow users to julianne fries, get rid of embarrassing age spots, organize kitchen clutter, improve cardiovascular and respiratory health, file your taxes, mow the lawn, whiten your teeth while you sleep, thicken thinning hair, taste as good as delivery, reach things on the top shelf, add ten to twenty miles per gallon, clean your floor in seconds without scrubbing and relieve the the heartbreak of psoriasis? Does it make a great gift? If I act now can I get a second MoFo at no extra charge? Are operators standing by? Are those operators hot, sexy, lonely girls with loose morals and a willingness to talk dirty until I...finish?
Well, then, I guess there are still many more improvements to be made, aren't there?
spudracer
08-06-07, 12:31 PM
:yup:
Holden makes a fine, albeit subtle, point. I don't know exactly when a forum becomes more about the forum experience than the topic of the forum itself, but I've seen it happen, and it always spells doom. Talking about movies has to be the most important thing.
That's one of the reasons I ditched the old rep system and all the dots/bars, actually. Or why, years ago, posts in the Intermission forum didn't count against user totals. I didn't want this site to be about post counts or rankings or other superficial measures of standing and tenure. These things can come to dominate a forum's discussion, even to the point where community rules and makeshift hierarchies receive more attention than the site's topic.
I don't know exactly where the perfect balance is, but I'd rather err a bit more on the side of the things Spud's talking about: being easy to use, well-moderated, and well-organized.
I agree except for being able to julianne fries, this should be a given on any standard forum.
spudracer
08-06-07, 07:56 PM
I remember where there was a time when there were a few post counters, who relied on their number of posts as a means of being "experienced" or "knowledged", who cares. We all started out at 1.
I ditched the old rep system and all the dots/bars,
Why have you decided to bring them back? I haven't missed them :yup: it made us all look equal, weeeell, as equal as we can be :goof:
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-09-07, 10:56 PM
Any chance that new features will allow users to julianne fries, get rid of embarrassing age spots, organize kitchen clutter, improve cardiovascular and respiratory health, file your taxes, mow the lawn, whiten your teeth while you sleep, thicken thinning hair, taste as good as delivery, reach things on the top shelf, add ten to twenty miles per gallon, clean your floor in seconds without scrubbing and relieve the the heartbreak of psoriasis? Does it make a great gift? If I act now can I get a second MoFo at no extra charge? Are operators standing by? Are those operators hot, sexy, lonely girls with loose morals and a willingness to talk dirty until I...finish?
Well, then, I guess there are still many more improvements to be made, aren't there?
Sounds like the same thing Tom Waits is selling in, "Step Right Up."
Who hasn't wanted to turn into a 12 year old hindu boy? Wait... what?
Talking about movies has to be the most important thing.
Yeah, about that...when are we going to start doing that?
:idea:
You should be able to simply reload the same page, and the last saved version should be inside the message box already.
How do you reload the same page though? Clicking on the back button just clears it all out.
How do you reload the same page though? Clicking on the back button just clears it all out.
Try hitting refresh; that will automatically restore whatever was last saved on that page.
Try hitting refresh; that will automatically restore whatever was last saved on that page.
Ok thanks. I'll try to remember that the next time I hit the post button and it goes to that white booger page. I'm trying to get into the habbit of doing a quick copy first but I still at times forget that as well and then I'm like "Damn, please don't screw up...please don't screw up." heheh
I didn't see a general question thread, so here should do.
You know how you can either see this . . .
Italic[ /i], or [I]Italic, when you are making your post. When I make mine, I highlight the words, and click on the I, B, etc . . . and it just changes. I don't get to see the codes. Is there a setting I can change in my profile, to where I can actually see these? My last post is all messed up, and I am assuming it is because the codes are messed up, and I just can't see them to fix it.
This wouldn't be happening, but for the past week, my Top 3 thread has been remembering my last post. When I click reply, I have to edit it out, and then make my new post. That is, at times, messing the whole post up.
I didn't see a general question thread, so here should do.
For future reference, you can just a start a new thread in this forum.
You know how you can either see this . . .
Italic[ /i], or [I]Italic, when you are making your post. When I make mine, I highlight the words, and click on the I, B, etc . . . and it just changes. I don't get to see the codes. Is there a setting I can change in my profile, to where I can actually see these? My last post is all messed up, and I am assuming it is because the codes are messed up, and I just can't see them to fix it.
Absolutely; just click on the "Switch Editor Mode" button in the top right-hand corner of the Post Reply page (just to the right of the "ABC" symbole and the up/down arrows.
If you want it to show the code every time, you can change the "Message Editor Interface" setting at the bottom of the Edit Options (http://www.movieforums.com/community/profile.php?do=editoptions) page. You'll want the "Standard Editor" option.
This wouldn't be happening, but for the past week, my Top 3 thread has been remembering my last post. When I click reply, I have to edit it out, and then make my new post. That is, at times, messing the whole post up.
Yeah, that's a bit of a bug in the Autosave hack, I believe. I'll keep an eye out for a patch. In the meantime, is the "Delete saved post draft after clicking Submit Reply" button checked when you submit your replies?
OK, that worked. It was what I thought. When I would hit reply, it opened the box up as if it were my last post, and when I was deleting it, to type my new post, I was leaving some of the unseen codes behind. Then I tried to fix it, redoing the codes, and was only making it worse. Oops!
Yeah, that's a bit of a bug in the Autosave hack, I believe. I'll keep an eye out for a patch. In the meantime, is the "Delete saved post draft after clicking Submit Reply" button checked when you submit your replies?
No, I am not checking that box. I don't think that is it, because the old post is there, the second I hit reply. It beats me.
Anyways, that works good now. Thanks!
Glad that helped! :)
No, I am not checking that box. I don't think that is it, because the old post is there, the second I hit reply. It beats me.
If I'm understanding you correctly, then that's exactly what it's supposed to do: automatically populate the field for you based on your last autosaved post in that thread. It checks for all this when it initially loads the page, so that would explain why it's there instantly.
So, anyway, what I'm getting at is that, if it happens again, checking the box should do the trick.
So, anyway, what I'm getting at is that, if it happens again, checking the box should do the trick.
Thanks Yoda. I was wondering why that was happening. Was annoying the hell outta me.
If I'm understanding you correctly, then that's exactly what it's supposed to do: automatically populate the field for you based on your last autosaved post in that thread. It checks for all this when it initially loads the page, so that would explain why it's there instantly.
So, anyway, what I'm getting at is that, if it happens again, checking the box should do the trick.
I will try that in my Top 3, but I haven't been clicking it for any threads, and that is the only thread doing that to me.
I didn't click the box here, either, but my old post isn't here.
The autosave feature only goes off after a few minutes, and it's on a per-thread basis. A post autosaved while replying to one thread will only show up again for that same thread, which would explain why you don't get it anywhere else. It's probably the only thread where you were composing a reply long enough to have it saved.
There's a thread about how the feature works here:
Automatic Post Saving (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=13736)
OK, I get it . . . finally! That would explain why my Jacqueline Bisset post, "Minus the nipples!", still showed up when I did all of those other posts/actors. I kept forgetting to delete that title. It didn't work so well with Strother Martin's list. Not that I know anything about the man's nipples.
Yeah, I'm tired. I'm going to bed.
Not that I know anything about the man's nipples.
Entered into blackmail archives.....;)
Hey Yoda. When you have certain posters on your ignore list is there anyway you can ever make it so that name never has to show up anywhere in your face on the forum or is that unfortunate impossibility?
Hey Yoda. When you have certain posters on your ignore list is there anyway you can ever make it so that name never has to show up anywhere in your face on the forum or is that unfortunate impossibility?
As i remember, when I had someone on my ignore list, their name was there but I couldn't read the post, hey i might be wrong :goof: as it is a long time ago :yup:
It's certainly possible, but it seems rather extreme, and comes with numerous logistical difficulties. For example, do their posts not appear altogether? If so, what about people who quote their posts in their replies? Does it completely ignore new PMs from them? Et cetera.
It's certainly possible, but it seems rather extreme, and comes with numerous logistical difficulties. For example, do their posts not appear altogether? If so, what about people who quote their posts in their replies? Does it completely ignore new PMs from them? Et cetera.
PMs already don't make it through. The names still show up if it was their last post made in that particular thread but you can't read their words of that particular post just like nebbit said up there.
And yeah, if someone quotes you, that will continue to show who they quoted.
Don't worry about it though and thanks for the ear. :)
adidasss
05-29-08, 05:29 PM
So, about this autosave draft thing, how do I turn it off? I have the "delete" option on when I post but every time I want to post again, it's there and I have to delete it...which is a drag. What am I doing wrong?http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/diezelpower/kosa22.gif
So, about this autosave draft thing, how do I turn it off? I have the "delete" option on when I post but every time I want to post again, it's there and I have to delete it...which is a drag. What am I doing wrong?http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/diezelpower/kosa22.gif
You may be doing what I do. There is a glitch, where if you preview your post, before sending it, it takes the check mark out of the delete box, and you can't put it back in. So every time you post in that same thread, every post you have made in it, is all bunched up in your new post. You should see how long my game posts get.
I wanted mine turned off as well, but he said he can't. I honestly forget why. To complicated, or something.
Yeah, the feature has a little quirk, as Destiny's describing. As of right now, there's no way to turn if off for individual users, so I'd have to turn it off altogether to alleviate the problem.
I will try to find time to examine the code myself to see if I can find the problem, though I'll have to put it off for a little bit to wrap some other things up. I'll let you guys know if I find anything. Hopefully I'll luck out and the guy who wrote it will have already written a patch to fix the issue.
adidasss
05-29-08, 06:38 PM
Sweet, thanks...:)
How long have we been able to see everyone's rep count, by holding our cursor over their green thingies . . . or red thingies . . . depending? Maybe I missed that post, or this is old news, but I accidentally discovered it just now. That is how I normally discover things, though. By accident.
Actually, that's an accident, too; I put it there while I was debugging something. Dunno if it matters if I leave it up, though. Can't think of a reason anyone would have a problem with it.
adidasss
06-02-08, 11:35 AM
That's pretty cool actually...:laugh:
Oh, OK. I couldn't see why anyone would mind, either.
That's pretty cool actually...:laugh:
Yeah, I thought so, too.
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