Clean cache and reload. New forum is here!
We finally uploaded the long-awaited Forums update. Try and and let us know if you find any issues.
Note that we have exactly the same Forum for the next version of Dolphin (7.0.3), so do let us know your impressions.
So, the new Forum...
This update brings a lot of improvements, visible and less visible. Some of the most notable:
1. New "Home" page that shows "Recently Updated Topics", wich seems to be the most convenient way to follow Forum updates.
2. Renewed "Forum Index".
3. Horisontal layout.
4. Moderation Features - moderators can hide/move topics and hide individual posts.
5. Speed. We removed more of the unnecessary AJAX effects, improved layout and some code pieces to make forums work faster.
6. Back button functionality improvement.
7. Possibility to re-order Forums and expand them by default in Groups
8. Delete entire Topic.
9. Focus to tinymce editor when quote link is pressed.
10. No-edit after some time.
11. Signatures.
12. RSS feed for recently updated topics.
13. New default icons.
14. Google-like loading indicator.
15. File attachments.
You will also find some smaller changes and fixes, and they're still coming. We have a few little things in the pipeline that we plan to add during the week.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
HTMLPurifier... instead of a different post filter than the rest of the site?
HTMLPurifier - yes, planned.
(English saying, it means you are funny)
I suppose file attachment will have to do if i must.
A "Please Wait" screen with a countdown timer for any thread updates would be nice too. ha ha
Here's my suggestions going forward:
I think style needs to be changed and make it look more lively.
Secondly, I think all the main forum categories should be in the middle like before and recent topics underneath it.
Thanks for the great work and software :)
Thanks for the updates !
Most Of my customers need special member forums for diffrent levels and I don't so this will be happen in Orca/
IE will you be changing URLS again??
Will you be transferring all data over too??
Personally think that there is still some way to go. Will be interested to see how the new integration is executed
/DM
Thank's for the updates and news
I cannot see why it is necessary to keep limiting the interactions the users have. On the one hand you include so much ajaxy stuff to increase user interactivity, and on the other you reduce it by stuff like this.
Would like to understand the reason for edit timeouts - i cannot see a need for it. Has there see more
Blogs are different in that respect, since comments are generally secondary there and everyone is supposed to read the original post.
http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/ticket/2106
Andrew - A very subjective interpretation.
The main (and obvious) difference between a blog and a forum is simply that a blog has one author, whereas a forum has many. The flow of the conversation is the same in both cases - unless you have a multi threaded setup - which you do not. In both cases people comment on both the original post, and also the posts of others.
It is bad nettiquette to edit your post so much that the context of the thread is lost - but this is something see more
A solution that creates another problem is no solution at all.
Don't try to fix that what isn't broken.
There has always been a constant blurring of line between blogs and forums here at Boonex - where the use and application of each seems to change monthly - We have had questions sections - which were basically blogs, a support section, which directed to the questions section - again blogs, support sections which are now forums - as they should be, and now see more
what is the point of having a 2000 char limit????
people simply post multiple posts to overcome it
Get rid of it - it's just another one of those things that make this place annoying, and hard to use.
/DM
we know that someone could not count to 100 (^^^see above)
is this the same person that cannot 'keep me logged in for 1 week?'
/DM
For me (i always use the arrows in the browser) it would be a great improvment but
can not find this point 6 in the new forum ! Any idea or is the ajax still the killer?