Next problem is it doesn't handle tabs. They get replaced with four spaces ... which is not ideal.
PS: Damn! This editor is so slow once there is any content. It really is the pits. The web browser even prompted me if it should wait or kill the script, several times. This one line has taken a good five minutes to write!
In case you missed the prior announcement @evanh , the slowness fix is queued for deployment and will be live in a matter of days hopefully. Along with the removal of Gravatar and addition of the contributions from Wuerfel_21.
AFAIK moving it to the left isn't a thing you can do without changing the DOM (read: changing the server code), so that's not happening. I did put some stuff to highlight unread threads, but I may have went too subtle.
This is important! Multiple users -- including me -- have expressed a desire for a higher density of threads on the Discussions page. Wuerfel_21 has shown how to do it. Will you make it happen -- please?
Is it possible to have the old BBS code (or whatever it was) as a user option instead of markdown for those of us who would prefer the old way? If so, add to list.
If I edit an old post then I can still use the bold, italic, etc tags using square brackets but it doesn't work on new posts.
I was hoping to do that, but couldn't find a plugin to support that. Seems many articles I read poo poo that idea for various reasons, such as future compatibility between data. Although I don't really see why it should be an issue, and as you said, the editor does read back the old code ok. I suppose it might be more to do the software team not having the resources to implement dual support, coupled with legacy compat.
Ps. I"ll take the forum offline for an hour or so this morning. Each backup (before and after) takes about 20 mins. Wow, there's a lot of data here!
There've been way too many posts on this thread for me to have bothered keeping up with, but I just wanted to say: @VonSzarvas , nice job on the latest updates. Loving the more compact layout and easier-to-see count of what is new and how many new posts are on new threads.
So far I like the way things are working out as well. I agree with the fellows there, especially the one being stared at by two bots wearing swim fins.
But regarding the markdown encoding, where'd I find a reliable manual on it?
That yellow text is certainly the way to go for easily showing up the updated threads. Great job!
Maybe the completely new discussion indicators could get a similar treatment in another colour, perhaps a red or orange if it works with your foreground colour. Right now they still seem to get lost a little. Or you could possibly colour their overall cell areas in a different light/subtle shade like the sticky/announcement threads as shown the top making these newly started discussions easy to spot.
Wow! This is very slow typing right now. Nothing complex in the post this time. It must be a comms thing. ie: The editor needs to talk to the website or something.
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Oh, and another thing: the tweak that fixes avatars on mobile/narrow window breaks on the private message system.
In particular, these rules in the custom CSS
.PhotoWrap { border-radius: 5px } @media screen and (max-width: 768px) { .DataList .AuthorWrap, .DataList .Meta, .MessageList .AuthorWrap, .MessageList .Meta { line-height:1.5; margin-top: 0px } a.PhotoWrap { margin-left: 84px!important; margin-top: 12px!important } }need to be changed to
.DataList .PhotoWrap, .PhotoWrap { border-radius: 5px } @media screen and (max-width: 768px) { .DataList .AuthorWrap, .DataList .Meta, .MessageList .AuthorWrap, .MessageList .Meta { line-height:1.5; margin-top: 0px } .Discussion a.PhotoWrap { margin-left: 84px!important; margin-top: 12px!important; } .Conversation a.PhotoWrap, .Conversations a.PhotoWrap { margin-left: -7px!important; margin-top: -7px!important; } }Okay, got that working thanks.
Next problem is it doesn't handle tabs. They get replaced with four spaces ... which is not ideal.
PS: Damn! This editor is so slow once there is any content. It really is the pits. The web browser even prompted me if it should wait or kill the script, several times. This one line has taken a good five minutes to write!
That auto replacing of tabs is not good.
In case you missed the prior announcement @evanh , the slowness fix is queued for deployment and will be live in a matter of days hopefully. Along with the removal of Gravatar and addition of the contributions from Wuerfel_21.
AFAIK moving it to the left isn't a thing you can do without changing the DOM (read: changing the server code), so that's not happening. I did put some stuff to highlight unread threads, but I may have went too subtle.
My fingers are crossed here.
VonSzarvas,
This is important! Multiple users -- including me -- have expressed a desire for a higher density of threads on the Discussions page. Wuerfel_21 has shown how to do it. Will you make it happen -- please?
Thanks,
-Phil
It's certainly on the list to look at.
https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/comment/1515219/#Comment_1515219
Item five is a good one.
New item: The auto-removal of tabs from code blocks is bad.
Is it possible to have the old BBS code (or whatever it was) as a user option instead of markdown for those of us who would prefer the old way? If so, add to list.
If I edit an old post then I can still use the bold, italic, etc tags using square brackets but it doesn't work on new posts.
I was hoping to do that, but couldn't find a plugin to support that. Seems many articles I read poo poo that idea for various reasons, such as future compatibility between data. Although I don't really see why it should be an issue, and as you said, the editor does read back the old code ok. I suppose it might be more to do the software team not having the resources to implement dual support, coupled with legacy compat.
Ps. I"ll take the forum offline for an hour or so this morning. Each backup (before and after) takes about 20 mins. Wow, there's a lot of data here!
Update:
Some CSS edited (thanks to Wuerfel_21)
Gravatar removed
Editor box update now moved until tomorrow (backup / dependencies updates pending)
I like the Yellow highlight on the "NEW" posts.
VonSzarvas, Nice work... Thanks for all you are doing!
+1
I concur!
@VonSzarvas and @Wuerfel_21 - thank you for your time getting the forums polished!
Keep your eyes peeled for that Spin syntax highlighting. It came out really good.
And then get on that HyperEdge, @VonSzarvas :)
Oh, yes! Love the new discussions page! Thank you, VonSzarvas and Wuerfel_21!
-Phil
I don't recognize the favicon in the browser tab. What is it?
-Phil
The globe seems to be the default icon Chrome is using when no other icon has been fetched. Have many such open right now.
Oh yes, favicon is broken
EDIT: aaand back to normal for me?
There've been way too many posts on this thread for me to have bothered keeping up with, but I just wanted to say: @VonSzarvas , nice job on the latest updates. Loving the more compact layout and easier-to-see count of what is new and how many new posts are on new threads.
So far I like the way things are working out as well. I agree with the fellows there, especially the one being stared at by two bots wearing swim fins.
But regarding the markdown encoding, where'd I find a reliable manual on it?
That yellow text is certainly the way to go for easily showing up the updated threads. Great job!
Maybe the completely new discussion indicators could get a similar treatment in another colour, perhaps a red or orange if it works with your foreground colour. Right now they still seem to get lost a little. Or you could possibly colour their overall cell areas in a different light/subtle shade like the sticky/announcement threads as shown the top making these newly started discussions easy to spot.
I actually like the new thread indicator being less attention-grabbing than the new-post-in-old-thread indicator.
I actually like the new thread indicator being less attention-grabbing than the new-post-in-old-thread indicator.
I can't imagine why. In both cases, there is unread content that needs to be highlighted. The two cases are equivalent from a user's standpoint.
-Phil
I explicitly don't read quite a lot of topics. And I use the 100% unread status for reminding myself not to randomly start reading them.
Eg: A title like "Who Doesn't" won't get my readership.
On that note, it was nice to know who is the opening poster when looking at the list of topics too.
Wow! This is very slow typing right now. Nothing complex in the post this time. It must be a comms thing. ie: The editor needs to talk to the website or something.
No, it really is just big brain programming. Some modules are lazy-loaded, but that only happens once and is cached.