To-do list & latest changes

[Guybrush]

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Find some volunteers
Fix the spoiler tag text in dark mode
Add cooler badges for admins, moderators and global moderators
Set up forums
Add [you] tags to boards
Add [spoiler] tags to boards
Add checkmark and xmark to boards
Add star ratings to boards

I might keep a to-do list eventually in this first post. Following posts will be updates.

[Guybrush]

Added checkmark  and xmark 

To use them in a post, call them like this:

Code Select Expand

:checkmark:
:xmark:
Currently, they are also visible from the menu in the post editor.

[Guybrush]

I've added a simple way to add star ratings to a post, such as a movie, book or album review.

The format is something out of 5 stars, demonstrated here.













To add stars to your post, use the following smiley-type codes:

Code Select Expand

:0stars:
:0.5stars:
:1stars:
:1.5stars:
:2stars:
:2.5stars:
:3stars:
:3.5stars:
:4stars:
:4.5stars:
:5stars:


[Guybrush]

We had a period of poor response and I suspected it might be due to the Guest tag. I've disabled it for now and will do some testing on our test forum.

[Guybrush]

Another period of poor response, but it seems to somehow be connected to FTP activity?

I don't see how that could be, but I've disabled FTP just in case (sFTP only) and things seem to be running smoothly again. Will reactivate Guest since it was not the perpetrator of this horrific crime.

[Guybrush]

Forums are btw up and running. Consider the current layout and number of forums a suggestion.

[Guybrush]

Made some preliminary badges/icons for admins, global mods and our new members group called old timers.

We have a secret forum available to those with higher post counts, but I want that to be available to people we know who came in from other forums, hence the new group.

[Guybrush]

Forgot to post this, but added a couple of new smileys.

:palmface: =
:coldsweat: =

[Guybrush]

Made a membergroup for the SCD film club sporting a popcorn badge

[Guybrush]

Have fixed a few things:

• Changed the name of moderators to curators in the theme / template files, although "moderator" is bound to turn up here and there still
• Some smileys were added (poop, puke, devil, rage)
• Some IPs were overflowing from the user area under avatars into post space. This was only visible to admins / global mod. I edited the theme to create a link to show IPs instead of them always appearing.
• I believe I've fixed the problem of scrollbars in posts, at least in default theme. Just added two BRs immediately after post content when displaying (display template)

[Guybrush]

I set up a thread graveyard in a new section (Archive). I made a new membergroup for curators so they can see the Administration forum and also so they can curate the Thread Graveyard. My thinking is if a curator sends a thread to the graveyard, they should be able to undo that decision if they regret it later.

[Guybrush]

Renamed the group Curators to Ghouls since one of the main purposes of that group was to allow moderation of the thread graveyard.

This means curators can show off their Ghoul status if they want (click your avatar to bring up your menu, then choose my groups Account Settings and set Ghouls to primary).

Inside the forum they curate, the curator title and badge will be shown instead.

Edit:

@Rubber Soul I got it wrong, sorry! See updated instructions above

Weirdly, admins are able to do this the way I first described, but others not.

[Guybrush]

Removed the Welcome forum and moved the two topics that were in there to The Lounge.

[Guybrush]

Created new forum The Abyss and a opt-in membergroup, Divers, that is able to see it and post in it.

[Guybrush]

The Abyss is no more; has been removed and its announcement moved to the graveyard. Divers are gone, but may reemerge at a later point. Who knows?

Abyss-threads have been moved to The Lounge and Secret.

To those who were not part of Divers, The Lounge got a bit more morbid all of a sudden. 💀