Suggestion for Site/Forums

[Merai the Vixen]

I really really wish we had a #IRC or Chat Channel.

Chat is coming!

 

There is skype being used by many, if you want something in the interim

 

How would that work?!  Like... You all call me up and talk over one another... Or its literally just a bunch of chat?! Add me!!! Add me!!

[Kage]

Is there possibly a way to unsubscribe to threads you've made? ;

[Melkire]

Is there possibly a way to unsubscribe to threads you've made? ;

 

EDIT: User CP (Control Panel) -> Alerts -> Alert Settings, take off the checkmark from "Receive alert when somebody replies to your thread?"

 

For regular subscriptions,

 

User CP (Control Panel) -> Miscellaneous -> Subscribed Threads -> Check the thread you wish to unsubscribe from, select "Delete Subscriptions" and click "Go".

[Kage]

But I only want it done for specific threads and not all of them ;

[Melkire]

But I only want it done for specific threads and not all of them ;

 

Not sure that that can currently be done without removing the alerts and manually subscribing to your own threads that you're interested in.

 

Might be worth looking into as a feature, FW would know better than I.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

But I only want it done for specific threads and not all of them ;

 

Clarify further.

 

If you just want the threads you've made, you can use the search feature for that. Options are under Advanced Search.

 

Do a search from username, threads only. There's no batch unsub, but you can at least get an easy list to click through.

[Kage]

I like the default option of having the threads I've made notify me that someone has replied to it.

 

But there are certain threads I've made (very small amount), such as this one, that I feel doesn't particularly warrant me knowing "asap" that it has been replied to.

 

And I can't just hit the unsubscribe to thread because I'm not listed as subscribed in the first place.

[FreelanceWizard]

I think this weirdness is the result of the fact that we have a mod that does notifications as well as MyBB's native thread subscription system. So, the alert comes from the mod, and can only be turned off globally; alerts there don't show up in the subscription list.

 

However, there's a way you can work around this. Turn off "Receive alert when somebody replies to your thread?" in your Alerts. Then, in Edit Options, set your "Default Thread Subscription Mode" to one of the two options (depending on whether you want an e-mail or not). That will subscribe you by default to any thread you start. You can then selectively remove those subscriptions in Subscribed Threads.

[Kage]

I think this weirdness is the result of the fact that we have a mod that does notifications as well as MyBB's native thread subscription system. So, the alert comes from the mod, and can only be turned off globally; alerts there don't show up in the subscription list.

 

However, there's a way you can work around this. Turn off "Receive alert when somebody replies to your thread?" in your Alerts. Then, in Edit Options, set your "Default Thread Subscription Mode" to one of the two options (depending on whether you want an e-mail or not). That will subscribe you by default to any thread you start. You can then selectively remove those subscriptions in Subscribed Threads.

 

Is the subscriptions retroactive?

 

I turned off alerts and then went to the Subscription mode (telling it no emails with the assumption it would however still notify me) but my subscriptions list is completely empty.

[FreelanceWizard]

Unfortunately, no, the subscriptions change would not be retroactive. You'd need to go subscribe to older threads for which you want notifications.

[Melkire]

Unfortunately, no, the subscriptions change would not be retroactive. You'd need to go subscribe to older threads for which you want notifications.

 

"FIND ALL OF YOUR THREADS" button on the main User CP menu is a godsend for tracking down every thread you've ever made, and should help anyone who wants to go subscribe to their own discussions after disabling self-alerts.

[Kage]

Is there a way to tie the UTC timezone provider to the settings used for the forums? I admit my ignorance to UTC and while it seems to be essentially GMT, the changes that (STUPID AMERICA) daylight savings time presents is confusing to me. Also how it deals much more with latitude and longitude and other parts of the hemisphere designations or something.

 

 

... I'm just not sure if I will properly convert it etc.

 

((As it is I follow PST/PDT GMT-8 so I -believe- I am UTC-8 ... ))

[FreelanceWizard]

UTC is the same as GMT. I'm in the US Central Time Zone, so I'm UTC-6. Pacific is UTC-8. The UTC offset technically doesn't change during DST, even though right now we're -5 and -7 accordingly due to stupid Congress-creatures.

[Kage]

... I love/hate America's needs for different standards.

 

So I "shouldn't" have to change it every half a year?

[FreelanceWizard]

I wouldn't, no.

[Ilwe'ran]

I suggest to add a "Guide / Lore" section under the RP discussion forum so we can separate people who discuss about RP in general or ask some questions from those who are working on some guides or gather some lore to make some big informative posts. It would be really easier to find what you're looking for and to valorise the people work that way rather than in the middle of those thousands topic all together :dazed:

 

Just thought of another thing which could work : Adding some tags to select for that section such as guides / Lore / Questions / general (dunno what others) and allowing us to do a tag search (I had that on my old university forum)

[Michikyou]

I'd actually like a 'lore sub forum' where people can post and add their lore rather than just go on lengthy tangents about 'what ifs'

[Ciel]

Better forum registration methods, please?  I'm seeing the second spambot in a week flooding RPC's boards with garbage.  We need something to weed them out before they start.

[Aoi Fukiku]

Better forum registration methods, please?  I'm seeing the second spambot in a week flooding RPC's boards with garbage.  We need something to weed them out before they start.

I agree :<

[111]

Maybe we can do it so if a users gets enough reports (IE 10?) they just can't post for a few hours. Which will work until a mod gets on.

[Aoi Fukiku]

Maybe we can do it so if a users gets enough reports (IE 10?) they just can't post for a few hours. Which will work until a mod gets on.

I think maybe a time limit in between posts? If it is a bot it is obviously doing it like once a minute. I know some forums who make new users wait 5 minutes between posts.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Maybe we can do it so if a users gets enough reports (IE 10?) they just can't post for a few hours. Which will work until a mod gets on.

I think maybe a time limit in between posts? If it is a bot it is obviously doing it like once a minute. I know some forums who make new users wait 5 minutes between posts.

 

We have an anti-flood rule in place. ...but it's only a minute or so

[Dat Oni]

I wouldn't complain about a 5 minute wait period between new threads. Hell, who but a spammer creates threads in rapid fire, anyroad?

[FreelanceWizard]

The only really effective solution against spammers I've found is a two-fold approach of relatively easy lore-based registration questions (which will need to be rotated now, since the spambots have figured them out, probably via Mechanical Turk) and massive IP bans at the web server level (which I typically do whenever a spammer is detected, since they usually don't come from residential netblocks).

 

So, if you have some good question ideas, PM them over and we'll do a question rotation. Posting them publicly won't work because then the spambots can index them.

[EveyVorai]

--- Never mind found what I was looking for---