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Lüc, probably-Wittmeister-to-be (?)
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
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Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 04:59:11 PM
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
There is no native backup functionality from inside this forum, but it's as easy as making a backup of the database, which has to be done from my own end sadly.
Am I right that there's not a facility for "liking" posts on this forum?
Quote from: Miestrâ Schiva, UrN on December 03, 2019, 05:10:40 PM
Am I right that there's not a facility for "liking" posts on this forum?
You are correct, but there are mods for that and I have found one that should work fine. However, it somehow conflicts with the theme we're using or something, so once that's sorted out that function will be made available.
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:10:10 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 04:59:11 PM
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
There is no native backup functionality from inside this forum, but it's as easy as making a backup of the database, which has to be done from my own end sadly.
Ugh. Is it possible for me to have admin rights limited to making such backups?
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 05:20:46 PM
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:10:10 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 04:59:11 PM
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
There is no native backup functionality from inside this forum, but it's as easy as making a backup of the database, which has to be done from my own end sadly.
Ugh. Is it possible for me to have admin rights limited to making such backups?
I might be able to do you one better and set up an autobackup with a link you can just grab every week. I'll get back to you on this.
Can we renew the "latest unread (59) posts" feature?
No shoutbox?
Is there an option to access the BBCode or is everything supposed to work without it?
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:28:03 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 05:20:46 PM
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:10:10 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 04:59:11 PM
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
There is no native backup functionality from inside this forum, but it's as easy as making a backup of the database, which has to be done from my own end sadly.
Ugh. Is it possible for me to have admin rights limited to making such backups?
I might be able to do you one better and set up an autobackup with a link you can just grab every week. I'll get back to you on this.
Sounds good. I want both me and you (if you are willing) to be on this with saving the database every week. If you like, I'll add you to the Royal Archives staff officially for this specific purpose.
If you could put through a backup today or tomorrow and get the link to me, that would be excellent. I want to see how the files work and are arranged.
One thing is interesting, in URLs, "topic"-numbers in our forum don't start at '1'. Topic number one resolves to a 404, and your first post on the main forum is numbered '4'. Far more problematic is the lack of subject-lines being in thread URLs. Also, I see no direct links in individual posts, though in my archving of Witt XI, I always ignore individual post-links, anyway.
You have put in a ton of work on this, already. Thank you so much!
Very nice interface. I've not looked on desktop yet, but on mobile this forum is a huge improvement over the old one just on the eyes alone.
Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on December 03, 2019, 06:08:16 PM
No shoutbox?
Is there an option to access the BBCode or is everything supposed to work without it?
Do we need a shout box? Old Witt didn't always have one, it's only been a feature the past few years. I could live without it.
I don't like the Shoutbox because it doesn't leave a record. It seems a very efficient way for people to talk miéidâ about other Talossans without leaving a permanent record. If Lüc wants to set up a "Chat room" of some other sort, I'm fine as long as it leaves records.
Quote from: Miestrâ Schiva, UrN on December 03, 2019, 06:35:25 PM
I don't like the Shoutbox because it doesn't leave a record. It seems a very efficient way for people to talk miéidâ about other Talossans without leaving a permanent record. If Lüc wants to set up a "Chat room" of some other sort, I'm fine as long as it leaves records.
+1
Also, there is no icon in the mobile version telling me which boards have unread posts.
I'm here!
Thought I logged in but I guess not. Anyway, Azul!
^^^^ Zat you, Audradâ?
Yes, it's me.
Quote from: Audrada Roibeardet on December 03, 2019, 06:52:38 PM
I'm here!
Thought I logged in but I guess not. Anyway, Azul!
Wazzup!
Can we have the ability to embed videos, pretty please?
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 06:09:30 PM
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:28:03 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 05:20:46 PM
Quote from: Lüc on December 03, 2019, 05:10:10 PM
Quote from: GV on December 03, 2019, 04:59:11 PM
How do we archive this board? I would love native functionality to be able to make an archive of the whole of this Witt each week and in a format that is non-proprietary.
There is no native backup functionality from inside this forum, but it's as easy as making a backup of the database, which has to be done from my own end sadly.
Ugh. Is it possible for me to have admin rights limited to making such backups?
I might be able to do you one better and set up an autobackup with a link you can just grab every week. I'll get back to you on this.
One thing is interesting, in URLs, "topic"-numbers in our forum don't start at '1'. Topic number one resolves to a 404, and your first post on the main forum is numbered '4'.
That's because topics 1 to 3 were for testing. 1 was SMF's default welcome post, 2 was a sticky post I made to see how SMF handled it, and 3 was a locked post (same purpose). I deleted them before opening for registrations.
Quote from: Miestrâ Schiva, UrN on December 03, 2019, 07:09:54 PM
Can we have the ability to embed videos, pretty please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbGdfzckrI
I'm getting a weird skew on my profile pic at the top of the page. Maybe turn that off, since it's warped and skewed different ways over the past couple of days and doesn't seem necessary?
Quote from: Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on December 04, 2019, 10:58:59 AM
I'm getting a weird skew on my profile pic at the top of the page. Maybe turn that off, since it's warped and skewed different ways over the past couple of days and doesn't seem necessary?
That's odd. Maybe try force refreshing (CTRL+F5)? I did change the code for that bit to accomodate longer nicknames and take away a weird rounded edge effect, but that skew is just not meant to be there.
Well I'm here and ready!
Does anybody know the correct bbcode format for adding borders to tables? And, also how to make colspan work in tables?
Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on December 03, 2019, 06:48:34 PM
Also, there is no icon in the mobile version telling me which boards have unread posts.
I see the coloured globe for new replies in sections, and a "New" tag on the individual threads, just like with the desktop version.
Quote from: Sevastáin Pinátsch on December 06, 2019, 06:38:10 AM
Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on December 03, 2019, 06:48:34 PM
Also, there is no icon in the mobile version telling me which boards have unread posts.
I see the coloured globe for new replies in sections, and a "New" tag on the individual threads, just like with the desktop version.
Luc added those after I made that request.
Can we have the blob emojis from android on this? The default ones are meh
Quote from: Amada Merþedes on December 08, 2019, 10:43:56 AM
Can we have the blob emojis from android on this? The default ones are meh
The emojis are definitely going to be replaced soon-ish, along with the other editor stock icons. Can't say much about what style I'll pick. (Talossa-themed emojis are definitely a possibility.)
Am I just missing it, or is there not a way to change your display name?
Quote from: pmm23 on December 12, 2019, 02:57:43 PM
Am I just missing it, or is there not a way to change your display name?
Click on Profile in the top bar and then on Modify Profile > Account Settings
Quote from: Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial on December 12, 2019, 03:16:06 PM
Quote from: pmm23 on December 12, 2019, 02:57:43 PM
Am I just missing it, or is there not a way to change your display name?
Click on Profile in the top bar and then on Modify Profile > Account Settings
Thanks. I didn't see that under that section yesterday for some reason.
Since apparently we are doing immigration on an unofficial forum, registration has now been set to admin approval. I am looking into giving immigration-related permissions to the Government before the required regulations are in place, together with the Chancery.
It's not a good look when the government is warned of something being illegal, and the reaction is "Oh yeah, my bad, imma continue though".
- All citizens are now in the Citizen group, which gives full posting permissions.
- All immigrants will be put in the Prospective Citizen group by Immigration officials, which now have permissions to manage accounts.
- Registration will be set to automatic approval again. This does not give any permissions; people still have to be verified and manually added to the correct group for people to be able to do basically anything.
- Still looking into locking down further: Prospectives should not be able to modify their own profile, non-Citizen/Prosp/Guest should not be able to see immigration and Chatroom threads
Ideally, the immigration workflow should be:
> account created and auto-approved
> Immigration officials (currently only Eðo) verify the profile and move it in the Prospective Citizen group; also manually set custom title, avatar
> Immigration period takes place
> Grant is issued
> Chancery officials move the new citizen to the Citizens group.
Note: I have moved all citizens in the Citizens group, but I have not done anything to the Prospectives (short of approving the accounts, which again does nothing from now on) because it's up to the MinInt to decide and verify and assign by himself.
Quote from: Lüc on January 24, 2020, 05:36:30 AM
as above 2 posts
All received. I've had a quick look at my moderator dashboard, but I can't see the "prospectives" group on the group pages. Just "citizens", "global mods" and "admins".
You mean this page, right? https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?action=moderate;area=viewgroups
I can see Admin, Citizen, Global Mod, Immigration and Prospective.
Quote from: Lüc on January 24, 2020, 11:42:02 AM
You mean this page, right? https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?action=moderate;area=viewgroups
I can see Admin, Citizen, Global Mod, Immigration and Prospective.
Check your phone, I'm sending you a screenshot
All fixed.
Thanks Luc.