Forums updated to FluxBB 1.4.4

Pierre · 2011-02-12 19:03:47

Hi all,

I have finally updated our forums to FluxBB 1.4.4. The most visible change is the new "Topics" menu on the upper right. Also note that the "Mark all as read" link is now at the bottom. You might need to clear your browser cache (Ctrl+r).

Upstream changes can be found at https://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5058 Note: I didn't update the search index. Last time this tool about 18h with the forum being down during that time.

Have fun and thanks to the FluxBB devs for listening to our feedback.

Pierre

lie2815 · 2011-02-12 19:10:50

Ah, I'm glad you got it done now.

I hope the changes are doing everybody justice and everything is usable again.

Thanks for everybody's contributions - be it comments or suggestions. Feedback is always welcome (though it's much preferable on our forums).

lucke · 2011-02-12 20:13:17

Now I can easily see topics I posted to. Great.

Thanks to everyone involved.

tomk · 2011-02-12 20:18:55

Many thanks, lie2815 and the rest of the FluxBB team - these changes are most welcome.

lifeafter2am · 2011-02-12 20:20:36

Beautiful; thanks all around!

Procyon · 2011-02-12 20:41:05

Added a preview button on the quick reply area.

That is awesome!

I like the new layout too, it's the best.

Inxsible · 2011-02-12 23:21:09

very nice. thanks.

ozar · 2011-02-12 23:48:06

Yes, this is much better... thanks!

flamelab · 2011-02-13 10:03:54

lucke wrote:

Now I can easily see topics I posted to. Great.
Thanks to everyone involved.

+111 perfect, no need to subscribe to topics

toad · 2011-02-13 10:26:48

And the RSS feed is working again. Good stuff

cactus · 2011-02-13 20:09:25

A note for people looking for it.
"mark all topics as read" moved from the top to the bottom of the forum (between forum and footer on the right side).

I use that all the time, and I thought it was removed. nope. just moved!

fukawi2 · 2011-02-13 22:01:05

Yay for "Posted" page... Thx to FluxBB team for taking this feedback on board

Xyne · 2011-02-14 03:05:52

lie2815 wrote:

Ah, I'm glad you got it done now.
I hope the changes are doing everybody justice and everything is usable again.
Thanks for everybody's contributions - be it comments or suggestions. Feedback is always welcome (though it's much preferable on our forums).

Thank you and the rest of the FluxBB team!

*hugs the "Posted" link*
I missed you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

Larsson · 2011-02-18 10:07:03

Took me a while to get used to all new links but they seem to all serve a purpose.
But the "mark all as read" at the bottom, it just does not make any sense why it should not be with the other topic links?

SanskritFritz · 2011-02-18 10:50:30

Larsson wrote:

the "mark all as read" at the bottom, it just does not make any sense why it should not be with the other topic links?

I think it is because most of us scan through the topics first, and doing this we reach the bottom of the page

Mektub · 2011-02-18 13:08:43

SanskritFritz wrote:

Larsson wrote:
the "mark all as read" at the bottom, it just does not make any sense why it should not be with the other topic links?
I think it is because most of us scan through the topics first, and doing this we reach the bottom of the page

But then at the end I do a reload because probably a couple of new messages are there and I am at the top again.

Mektub

Larsson · 2011-02-18 14:08:59

SanskritFritz wrote:

I think it is because most of us scan through the topics first, and doing this we reach the bottom of the page

I don't think so is the case, many of us open the new topics in tabs and often only browse through the first few posts to see what the tread is all about.
Either way, this forum UI have always been clean and functional , so to split the links that logically fit together don't make sense to me, it's like putting "Logout" or "Profile" at the bottom.

Now I don't think the admins intentionally wanted this in the update, or perhaps they did, I'm only raising the topic because I really like this forum and don't want it to become to bloated or inconsistent. I mean, why change something that have worked well if it does not add anything?

bernarcher · 2011-02-18 14:31:50

Larsson wrote:

But the "mark all as read" at the bottom, it just does not make any sense why it should not be with the other topic links?

If I recall right, it has been put down there mainly to prevent inadvertent use.
This is only slightly awkward as on many browsers the bottom of the page is just one keystroke away.

Inxsible · 2011-02-18 15:28:32

Also, this is not from the Arch devs and or admins. Upstream FluxBB has made the changes and we just use the vanilla FluxBB as they serve it. We do not make any modifications to the code.

So if you are unhappy about something, please report upstream so that the FluxBB devs can incorporate the changes you propose if they agree with them.

Larsson · 2011-02-18 15:58:01

@Inxsible, thank you for the reply, since you don't do any changes to vanilla FluxBB then that's all I needed to know.
If i feel to annoyed by it I will report upstream.

venky80 · 2011-02-18 16:15:15

finally the annoying "mark all topics read" is out of sight ...Thanks

SanskritFritz · 2011-02-18 18:46:43

venky80 wrote:

finally the annoying "mark all topics read" is out of sight ...Thanks

QFT, my 2 cents. It just didnt belong to the top, next to the filters.

Reines · 2011-02-19 13:37:55

We moved the "mark all as read" to the bottom for a few reasons:

It's now the same place as the "mark forum as read" link when viewing a forum - this is more consistent.
The links at the top are filters, and this is an action. They don't belong together. (This doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't go at the top separate from the filters.)
We had a few complaints that the top was rather crowded when translated into certain languages. If the link had been left there it would cause them to wrap onto 2 lines on smaller resolutions, which looks ugly.
Because of the nature of the new posts page I think it's more likely users will be at the bottom of the page when finished at the top. Different people have different habits obviously, but I would think this is how the majority of people would work.

Anyway thanks everyone for the feedback regarding the filters etc. Please do let us know if there is anything else that could be improved/fixed.

Jamie (FluxBB Dev.)

Procyon · 2011-02-27 19:57:46

I have an idea for Active Topics / New Topics / Mark As Read.

Combining the functionality of two torrent aggregators:
-tokyotosho: the "mIRC" red line noting the last time you checked, together with showing all torrents like Active Topics.
-relweb: using the ID of the top most torrent when "marking all as read", in other words, if something new was posted between the last time you F5'd and pressed "Mark all as read", it would not get lost.

I wrote a proof-of-concept script using just page 1 of "Active topics". It has some bugs like when IDs disappear when a thread gets multiple replies in the listing. I didn't write it for actual usage.

Screenshot : Now if I press Enter a half hour later, the previously top most item becomes red : Screenshot

OLD

#! /bin/bash
while clear; do
    latest=$(curl -s 'https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=show_recent' |
        sed -n '/viewtopic.php.id/ {
                s@<span[^>]*>\([^<]*\)</span>[^>]*>@>\1@
                s@[^>]*>@@
                s@<.*@@
                h
            }
            /viewtopic.php.pid/ {
                s@.*=\([0-9]\+\)#p\1.*@\1\thttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=\1#p\1@
                G
                s@\t\(.*\)\n\(.*\)@  \2\n\1@p
            }' | 
        pr -W $(tput cols) -S"| " -T -2 -a |
        sed "s@^${latest:-0}.*@\x1b[31m&\x1b[m@" |
        tee >(head -n 1 | cut -f1 | sed 's@\x1b[[]31m@@') >&2)
    echo
    read -p "(Press Enter For Refresh)"
done

NEW, with awk I kind of like this one. This version needs 256 colors for making rows clearer (interchanging white / light yellow), it prints the date, no more lost IDs, and when the screen is wider than 60 columns it should right-align the URLs.

#! /bin/bash
while clear; do
    latest=$( { curl -s 'https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=show_recent'
#            curl -s 'https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=show_recent&p=2'
          } |
        sed -n '/viewtopic.php.id/ {
                s@<span[^>]*>\([^<]*\)</span>[^>]*>@>\1@
                s@[^>]*>@@
                s@<.*@@
                h
            }
            /viewtopic.php.pid/ {
                s@.*=\([0-9]\+\)#p\1.>\([^<]*\)<.*@\1 - \2|\thttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=\1#p\1@
                G
                s@\t\(.*\)\n\(.*\)@  \2\n\1@p
            }' | 
        pr -W $( cols=$(tput cols); (( cols < 59 )) && echo $cols || echo $(( ( cols -58 ) * 2)) ) -S"|" -T -2 -a |
        awk 'BEGIN { 
                latest='"${latest:-0}"'
            }
            { 
                if ( $1 == latest || $1 < latest ) { 
                    printf("\x1b[31m")
                    latest=0
                } else if ( NR % 2 == 0) {
                    printf("\x1b[37m")
                } else {
                    printf("\x1b[38;5;230m")
                }
                printf("%s\x1b[m\n",$0)
            }' |
        tee >(head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed 's@\x1b[^m]*m@@') >&2)
    echo
    read -p "(Press Enter For Refresh)"
done

Last edited by Procyon (2011-02-28 01:45:03)

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