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adammc Apprentice
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: Quick Reply |
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Is there any chance of getting the quick reply mod installed on here? it saves so much time _________________ There'd better be fudge when I get home... |
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deepthought Guru
Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 321 Location: icbm://5131''N:0710''E
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Here it is.
Regards,
Alexander _________________ Out of loyalty to its disregarded comrades, this message feels free to ignore the reader.
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masseya Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 2602 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Fewer mods means faster, easier upgrades. There would have to be a lot of demand for this mod before we would install it. rac did an outstanding job updating everything here for the most recent upgrade. It's unfortunate, but it's starting to require a fantastic effort every time we want to upgrade. I don't think we want to make this process any harder. _________________ if i never try anything, i never learn anything..
if i never take a risk, i stay where i am.. |
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adammc Apprentice
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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fair enough...but just think of the bandwidth you could save from the decrease in page views heh _________________ There'd better be fudge when I get home... |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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A summary description of what it does? _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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adammc Apprentice
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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it adds a text input box to the end of threads so you can reply from the same page _________________ There'd better be fudge when I get home... |
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Souperman Guru
Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 449 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:35 am Post subject: |
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This sounds like a great idea. Perhaps a poll is in order? pjp? _________________ moo |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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A poll isn't really relevant. How much maintenance the 'phpbb upgraders' will have to deal with when upgrading phpbb is the issue. _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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adammc Apprentice
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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lots of sites use the mod, so I wouldn't think it'd make it all that hard to maintain. it just gets added to the template - which wouldn't be changed when upgrading anyway. _________________ There'd better be fudge when I get home... |
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klieber Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 3657 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 1:41 am Post subject: |
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any mod to the vanilla phpBB code is one more thing we have to maintain and ensure works correctly. That increases the complexity of upgrades and makes things more difficult all around. Our general policy on mods is that we don't add them unless it solves a bug or problem. For feature improvements, we request that users submit those to the phpBB folks for inclusion in the default phpBB code.
--kurt _________________ The problem with political jokes is that they get elected |
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adammc Apprentice
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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that's your choice, of course, and I see where you're coming from. but I would just like to make it clear that adding this particular mod doesn't require changing any PHP (at least it didn't last time I installed it). it only requires the addition of a form to part of the board style - since you're using a custom style anyway it couldn't possibly add any extra work / create any problems.
also, I'd like to make the point that on a large / busy forum such as this adding a quick reply form could save on bandwidth - since people do not have to load another full page of HTML to post a reply. _________________ There'd better be fudge when I get home... |
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krusty_ar Guru
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 560 Location: Rosario, Argentina
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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adammc wrote: | that's your choice, of course, and I see where you're coming from. but I would just like to make it clear that adding this particular mod doesn't require changing any PHP (at least it didn't last time I installed it). it only requires the addition of a form to part of the board style - since you're using a custom style anyway it couldn't possibly add any extra work / create any problems.
also, I'd like to make the point that on a large / busy forum such as this adding a quick reply form could save on bandwidth - since people do not have to load another full page of HTML to post a reply. |
If it really doesn't require to change phpBB itself then I think it could be a great improvement in these forums _________________ I am Beta, don't expect correct behaviour from me.
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:18 am Post subject: |
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If I'm not mistaken, the last upgrade did require some tweaking of the custom style.
Bandwidth isn't a big concern. _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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masseya Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 2602 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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klieber wrote: | any mod to the vanilla phpBB code is one more thing we have to maintain and ensure works correctly. That increases the complexity of upgrades and makes things more difficult all around. | This doesn't mean that it has to change phpBB code. It could very well do that because of our custom theme. Even if it didn't, this would be yet another thing to have to remember to do everytime we upgraded. _________________ if i never try anything, i never learn anything..
if i never take a risk, i stay where i am.. |
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Gherald2 Guru
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 326 Location: Madison, WI USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Sad to see such an excellent mod was rejected so long ago...
I think a good analogy is that the quick reply mod is like an shell alias to a commonly used command. It just makes the process of writing a quick reply faster, but (from what I gathered) does not affect the PHP or database in the slightest, and in the event that it's somehow got in the way of an upgrade you could simply remove it.
Oh well, I'm probably talking to an empty wall here. _________________ Unregistered Linux User #17598363 |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Gherald wrote: | Sad to see such an excellent mod was rejected so long ago... | If its any consolation, I don't think there are any "mods" installed. Search had to be customized, but thats a different issue. _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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eross n00b
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 71 Location: .ar
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Maybe you should just choose someone to maintain the forums, it would be easiest way to improve the forums.
In fact, at this very same moment forum is using an old version with known security issues (the exploits are posted all over the internet).
Maybe bandwith is not an issue at the moment, but you could optimize the forum a lot, some times it actually takes a while to browse these forums or make a search.
My humble opinion (as a phpBB board admin) is that you should get someone (if you dont have already) to correctly maintain and optimize the forums and the db. _________________ How To Ask Questions The Smart Way |
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eross n00b
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 71 Location: .ar
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Oh one more thing, in case you guys didn't know there are tools designed to update a forum with mods, it was designed not to reinstall the mod but to only apply a patch and thats it.
From my experience (using phpBB since 2001) installing a few mods is ok, inserting too many mods could complicate things though. _________________ How To Ask Questions The Smart Way |
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klieber Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 3657 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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eross wrote: | Maybe you should just choose someone to maintain the forums, it would be easiest way to improve the forums. |
We already have a number of people that do this. That doesn't mean we want to add to their workload.
eross wrote: | In fact, at this very same moment forum is using an old version with known security issues (the exploits are posted all over the internet). |
In fact, you're wrong. Just because the footer says we're running 2.0.6 does not mean we really are.
--kurt _________________ The problem with political jokes is that they get elected |
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eross n00b
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 71 Location: .ar
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