• Notpunch - I'm making a forum system
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@Inacio [Suggestion] Text links Unless it's just not straight forward you don't seem to be able to give links custom text. (For example the equivalent of [url="google.com"]Not Google[/url] or, for a Newpunch example: Not Google) And a second one: [Suggestion] Post toolbar tooltips Some of the icons aren't obvious and don't appear to have tooltips. You can figure out what they do by looking at their class names in web devtools but that shouldn't be necessary.
you can, just select the text and paste the link
@Inacio [Suggestion] Images as links The ability to set an image as a link, so when clicking an image it takes you to the linked address and not the image address. [Suggestion] Thumbnail images The ability to post images as thumbnails rather than full sized. Useful for threads where people post large images to prevent excess scrolling. [Suggestion] BB Code Parsing I'm an old man and I need my old man things. Even to this day I type in [spoiler] or [b] before realising they don't work any more. I don't expect this one, I just wanted to suggest it as a nice to have. To me it's more intuitive to type out the formatting as I need it than highlight existing text or stopping to click the formatting options below the text box. [Suggestion] Custom CSS I know I can just use stylus but ti'd be nice to have the option to load custom CSS on the site itself. Not super important, just nice to have.
That's definitely not intuitive in my opinion. I'd never have even considered that being how it works because I would just assume it would overwrite the highlighted text. May want to consider making that obvious in a tooltip, changing it, or adding alternative methods.
@Inacio [Suggestion] Markdown to rich text translator
@Inacio This is mainly going to be mainly a long list of basic features that oldpunch or the majority of forums have that either newpunch or KO never got. [Suggestion] Some form of markup language, like [BB code] Markup makes it so much easier to prepare text, and is good if you are preparing an OP or a detailed post and is personally much easier than using a WYSIWYG editor. It doesn't neccessarily have to be BB code, but something similiar would be welcome. Preferably NOT Markdown! Markdown is quite useful for things like Readmes or whatever, were plaintext and structured text are both quite clean, but as a general replacement for other markup languages, Markdown can be quite annoying or limiting compared to other markup languages. [bold]text[/bold] might be more verbose than **text**, but it's much more obvious on what it means. Things like spoiler text is also harder to define obviously in Markdown, while much easier in traditional markup text. Once you want to add even more complex forms of markup, like quote tags, or image and video tags, Markdown really starts to show it's downsides. In addition you avoid accidentally applying markup to text you didn't intend for. Perhaps you can both a WYSIWYG editor and markup behind an "advanced post" mode, so you can also see the result of your markup (like most forums). [Suggestion] Quick shortcuts edits for text I don't know if the KO already has this, but selecting text and pressing Ctrl+B to bold text or add bold markup, Ctrl+I for italics, etc. Really useful alongside markup. [Suggestion] (For markup) Separate [image] and [thumb] tags and maybe one for [video] too Easy way to decide how to display an image or video without having to wrestle with WYSIWYG editors. There was some talk about videos looking to big, maybe this can help strike a good middle ground. [Suggestion] Allow you to quote only a snippet of what someone else posted and the ability to edit the quote Don't know if this was already implemented, but I've never seen anyone just quote a snippet of whatever someone else posted, leading to them quoting the entire post (and whatever they quoted!). Being able to edit quotes would also be good (markup would make this so much more easier), as you can highlight specific parts of someone text. Being able to quote things outside of whatever was posted in a thread, like from a news article, or someones post on another website, could also be immensely helpful. That's enough about markup, here's some other stuff. [Suggestion] Top ratings in a thread on the thread listing This was something that was very useful that oldpunch had and allowed you to judge the content of a thread without having to open it. So garbage threads could more easily be avoided if you wanted to. I'm sure other people miss this feature too. [Suggestion] A display of the number of users currently viewing a thread on the thread list Just a nice general feature that makes it fun to see a thread boom in views as more traffic gets directed to it, could also include unregistered users or guests in a thread as well. [Suggestion] A list of users currently viewing a thread and a list of users online in the main page Another nice general feature to see who is currently browsing the forum or viewing a thread, could also include the number of guests browsing the forum or in a thread too. [Suggestion] Invisible mode An option to go into invisible mode for users who don't want their username shown in the lists or want to be viewed as online. Users in invisible mode could be tracked as a number, but never named. I guess in essence what it boils down to is reimplement vBulletin, but make it less terrible? I don't know. What I do know is these are things I sorely miss and want in a forum. It would make using the forums so much more painless. Probably more stuff I've forgotten about, I'll post some more if I think of anything else.
I wouldn't call these suggestions, per se, more like theme adjustments, but... http://rhap.city/i/Im3D3.png Two things with this image. Firstly, I'm thinking that if a quote has enough layers that it starts to fade out like in the top post, it should probably show an indicator that you can click it to drop it down. It doesn't even need to be text, a unicode symbol like ˇ would work at a bare minimum. At the moment, some kind of visual indicator would be nice, since I actually had no clue that that would work, and only clicked it since I suspected that it might because it functions that way on some other forums. Visual indicators of features are king. Secondly, why are the ratings on different sides depending on if a post is rated or not? I'm of the opinion that the ratings on an unrated post should stay on the right (not because I'm being a Facepunch purist, but for visual consistency). As it stands, there doesn't appear to be any real reason why the ratings are on the left if a post is unrated, so it would probably look more out of the way and less visually distracting if it was always on the right.
@Inacio [Suggestion] Easter Eggs. Adding fun secrets as an homage to FP (like adding /quake at the end of any url on the website makes the frame shake like it does on FP sometimes, or postals ass camouflaged somewhere) [Suggestion] Oldpunch Style profile Profiles have various sections to input info (Steam, youtube, pineapple opinions, etc.) and a profile comments section. [Suggestion] Facepunch Skin I know that the themes only change colors, but it would be nice if somehow we could have a theme that approximates facepunch in layout and design. [Suggestion] Community Events It would be nice if there was a feature that gives a site wide announcement when things like official server events happen, or meetups. Perhaps a calendar with the ability to put info on a ticker somewhere.
Minor nitpick, the rules specifically mention Polidicks as opposed to Politics; Knockout is calling it the latter, so it should be edited.
BBcode might be old at this point, but it is still quite a strong language and makes things so much easier. I was wondering why people were suggesting Markdown, and apparently Reddit uses it, I think. So I'm going to hazard a guess that people want Markdown because Reddit and probably some other places use Markdown and they are used to it. The difference from other forums is that Reddit posts mostly consist of plaintext. You can't embed images or videos, you can't directly reply to multiple posts, and more complicated markup beyond the ones predefined are out of the question. That's why I prefer if we don't use Markdown. Also, for some wise words: Don't mix markup languages! Don't try to strike a balance by including both traditional markup and Markdown in the same text. Mixing markup languages is like mixing drinks, you're only going to end up giving yourself a headache. On the topic of markup:  @Inacio [Suggestion] Ability to embed links into images People can make pretty looking OPs, with lots of clickable images and links. Markup would make this so much more easier. [Suggestion] Emotes, or more emotes Bring back all those old "new" oldpunch emotes. Maybe add some other fun ones people liked from the SA bunch. Could even have events were more emotes get added, crowdsourcing good ones from the community.
I absolutely hate Markdown. The only website I use that uses it is youtube (I can't be fucked making a reddit account) and typing out a comment and having it come out differently when I hit post because I accidentally used some Markdown bullshit annoys the hell out of me. There are only a small handful of youtubers I bother to comment on, but I'm always worried Markdown is going to make it look like my comment was made by a complete idiot.
Count me in as being very much against Markdown. BBCode or WYSIWYG works fine.
@Inacio [Suggestion] Floating header When I scroll down I want the header to still be there - same as new punch. Saves me having to scroll all the way up to navigate back.
Damn, I think the site is blocked by the online filter at my work. I'm not entirely sure though, the log in screen does not seem to work for me.
same, I can only get this far https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/1809/5fb37bb6-24a1-4489-a012-5e106acdd3da/image.png logging in does nothing
This is where I am stuck at, but might be related to some work filters here. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/237363/04c725ab-87b5-47ad-b348-c590105cf818/test.JPG
oh I can go on the login page, but after I login with google auth nothing changes
Something like this? I had that already added to my QoL css, thought i'd share article > header, #app > div > div > header {     position: sticky;     top: -8px;     z-index: 1000;     background: #191919; } Keep in mind I am using Standard Scale and dark theme, if you use anything else you might need to change the top param
just had a "huh" moment, we broke 1000 users at some point and i entirely missed it https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/326417/2688cc31-700f-46f0-ab85-3cb131c5ac1c/image.png :toot:
[Suggestion] seasonal snowflakes/ghosts those were fun. especially when they got memey with em. let's bring em back
@Inacio [Suggestion] Alternative login methods Doesn't need to be steam (although that would be nice), I'd just like something other than Google.
@Inacio [Suggestion] Reply Alerts I noticed this feature on the Trello, but I wanted to push it again. I suggest using the current subscription system and having a different icon displayed if you have a reply in the thread. It's not exactly a reply alert system, but I think it's good enough.
added a tiny little notice to remind people of the rules https://forums.stylepunch.club/thread/new/1
I'm pretty sure Knockout is going to get seasonal snowflakes even if Inacio doesn't add them.
@Inacio [SUGGESTION] Visitor messages It doesn't have to be a full profile but I really miss public visitor messages from oldpunch. It's nice to be able to talk to someone or see what others are saying to them.
I'm sure this has been asked but I can't find it on trello. Will we be able to change our usernames eventually?
just pushed a really big update! please check it out and let us know if there's something broken
Loving the look of the thread space already. Much more compact. Very nice!
I can't see anything at all. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/58263/339a2310-4a3a-4ff4-aab2-a34a07a23e51/Annotation 2019-04-04 155943.png
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