Comments on the site - Problems to Address?

julio 2016-11-21 23:39:14 UTC #21

You found that before I did!

With regard to page numbers - there aren't any, because thread aren't broken into pages. If you scroll to the bottom of a page, and there are more recent posts, they just load - works kind of like Twitter?

This has real potential, I think, for game threads. As posts are added, they'll just appear at the bottom of the thread - no need to refresh the screen, no need to move to the "next page."

julio 2016-11-21 23:40:23 UTC #22

In the category (the thread listing, not the actual thread), click on the time in the right-most column, and it will take you to the bottom of the thread.

Some posting pointers

julio 2016-11-21 23:42:26 UTC #23

Also, on navigation - check out the Keyboard Shortcuts (on the pulldown menu at top right). You can just type "u" to go "up" to wherever you were before. You can type "g,h" (go home) to go to the "home" page - which for me, at least, is the category listing (the old "Index"). There's a bunch more I haven't really internalized as yet...

I hit "g" "h" and then click on the "Unread" button, which takes me immediately to the threads that have unread posts.

julio 2016-11-21 23:56:20 UTC #24

I'm going off to have dinner now - back in probably about 90 minutes.. If you have an issue (with the board!), post about it, and collectively we'll figure out how to overcome it!

phillychuck 2016-11-22 02:30:46 UTC #25

I think we might need a message notification at the top of the board...is that an option?

julio 2016-11-22 02:40:35 UTC #26

I have no idea, but I'll try to look into it. I know there's no simple option to "turn on" to do that.

There is a user preference you can set to email you if you receive a message; I've set that (for myself - it's a user preference, so each user can choose whether to set it or not).

julio 2016-11-22 13:04:17 UTC #27

Mobile support is built into Discourse (the new board software), so mobile access is with your mobile browser. No third-party app needed (and maybe none available?).

On my iPhone (and I presume generally on smaller-screen mobile devices), the site uses a slightly different interface, that drops the "secondary" stuff that appears on the right side of the screen on my Mac - for instance, the Categories page displays the categories list, but not the "Latest" list that's on the right side on the Mac. I can switch to that view, but you get one at a time (makes sense, given the limited screen real estate).

Based on very limited testing with my first-generation iPad (which can barely run a browser...), on larger-screen mobile devices, the site seems to use the same general layout as on PCs/Macs. I haven't got the hardware/software to test it, but depending on the browser you use on an iPad, you may be able to have the browser "pretend" it's on an iPhone, if you want to use the interface that's engineered for smaller screens (with non-Safari browsers, you can control what "user-agent" the browser represents itself as to web sites).

scorcher 2016-11-22 16:08:07 UTC #29

I'm having trouble getting the latest post on a thread displaying on the top of the page. Is it possible to change this?

Figaro 2016-11-22 16:21:13 UTC #30

To quote another post supposedly the keyboard shortcut is "q", but I'm having trouble figuring out how to apply it. The only way I can see how to quote is to highlight the post and quote marks will appear which can then be clicked on.

Am I missing something?

julio 2016-11-22 16:33:45 UTC #31

I haven't figured out the keyboard "q" shortcut, but here are two ways to quote another post.

If you select (highlight) the post - or just a part of the post - that you want to quote, you'll get the "quote reply" button. If you click on that, or on the "Reply" link under that post, it opens the reply text field with the highlighted material already quoted. I highly recommend using this feature to respond to one point in a long post - just quote the part you're responding to, rather than quoting a whole (sometimes really LONG) post.
If you just click on the "Reply" link, it opens the reply text field. If you then click on the little balloon icon in the tool bar, it pulls in and quotes the entire post you're replying to.

julio 2016-11-22 16:42:51 UTC #32

If you're talking about having the thread display in inverse order - newest post at the top, with progressively older posts as you scroll down - no, I don't think Discourse does that.

From the category listing (e.g., you're in Renegade Phan Phorum, looking at the list of threads), you can go immediately to the latest post in a thread by clicking on the time in the Activity column (the right-most column).

scorcher 2016-11-22 17:01:57 UTC #33

Thanks for the info Julio

Figaro 2016-11-22 18:56:17 UTC #34

I'll be darned. Thanks.

julio 2016-11-23 01:46:52 UTC #35

The really cool thing about this post? LSP just dropped the link to the philly.com article into his post - the board created that llink, with image and starting text, all on its own. The board calls these things "oneboxes," but whatever they're called, they're bloody elegant!

LoneStarPhan 2016-11-23 02:00:46 UTC #36

Yes, this is a great feature. I discovered it yesterday when trying to figure out how to embed a link into a description of what the link was about. I commented that I didn't know how to do that yet, so I'd just put the link in my post. Lo and behold, a beautiful result. Love this feature.

LoneStarPhan 2016-11-23 03:20:41 UTC #37

I just checked out this thread on my iPhone using Safari. It is very easy to read and looks good. I haven't explored all the features, but I think this is going to be okay.

Usually, I post from my laptop or desktop computer. Just for fun, I'll try a reply to this from my iPhone.

LoneStarPhan 2016-11-23 03:23:55 UTC #38

Tried using a quote from my iPhone but can't get it to work. So I'll do a regular reply.

julio 2016-11-23 03:24:54 UTC #39

Oh, you'll just love keying in any kind of coherent message on the iPhone keyboard - not!

But seriously...yes, the mobile implementation is pretty well done. It will be an adjustment for those who got used to Tapatalk - but it's intrinsic to the board, as opposed to a third-party plug-in with periodic issues (and yes, Tapatalk had issues from time to time, which Chris had to deal with). One software package to maintain, update, etc., instead of two.

LoneStarPhan 2016-11-23 03:25:13 UTC #40

Back on my laptop and can get the quote to work fine.

I went back to the iPhone and checked again. The bubble and line of options doesn't appear there when I click on the reply arrow. I'm sure it's there somewhere. Learning a new system is fun.

LoneStarPhan 2016-11-23 03:34:14 UTC #41

A note on editing your posts.

If it is your post, the line at the bottom right of the post will have a pencil icon between the link and ... icons just to the left of the arrow Reply.

If it's not your post, you see the heart, link, ... and then the Reply.
If it's your post, no like but rather it's link, edit, ..., and then Reply.

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