Forum Updates [July / August]

[Toby 2,938]

Forum Updates
[July - August]

Following is a list of all the forum-related updates that took place during the months of July and August:

Quick Mention:

This is a small but handy feature that enhances forum user experience. By clicking on the "@" under any users post, you will be able to mention them in your post. This feature makes it easier to tag those members which have long nicknames. Did we mention that it also saves you time?

Additionally, now you are able to tag users who have duplicate accounts due to the forum bug. Previously, it was a difficult choice to choose between Sacrifice and Sacrifice while tagging Sacrifice (YIKEESS!). Now, you can simply overcome that difficulty by using this feature.

Disabled Dual Topic Submission:

One of the most common forum errors include dual submission of topics due to forum gateways. Most of you would be familiar with this error, where when you click "Submit Topic" button more than once by mistake, you end up with multiple topics of the same content. This new feature will prevent this from happening. However, this only works for "topics" and not "posts".


Helpers' Profile Table:

On the right side of the forum page, you will find a table containing profiles of different helpers online. This table shows "Community Management, Administration and Helpers" that are online at the time. This is very useful for quickly being able to contact the relevant helpers in case you need any assistance. This saves you the trouble of going in to the List of Helpers each time you encounter a problem.

Some interesting facts about this table:

• It does not show candidates that are online.
• It only shows a maximum of ten helpers at a time ("Helpers Online").
• It only shows the first listed position of the helpers. 
• It takes longer to update than the "Online Users List".

Mark Message as Unread:

Mark message as unread feature is very convenient when you read a DM and decide that you would like to answer it at a later time of the day. You can simply click on this option and the message will be listed as "unread" in your inbox so you can come back to it later.

Note: The other user would still be able to see the last time you read the message. This feature has no effect for the user who is on the other end of the conversation.


Answer Voters:

Just like you could see the names of users who reacted to your post/topic, you can now see those users who upvoted your answer in the Questions & Answers section. Previously, we didn't have this feature and all the upvotes were anonymous. Click on the option "Answer Voters" and a list of all the users who voted for the answer will be shown.

 

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What do you guys think of these features? We would love to know your thoughts on it in the replies down below!

[Spinister 1,192]

Nice. btw a suggestion, bring the feature to see who voted in a poll too (It was in TX Forum and is in TO RU Forum.)

[Toby 2,938]

1 hour ago, Spinister said:

btw a suggestion, bring the feature to see who voted in a poll too (It was in TX Forum and is in TO RU Forum.)

I'll discuss your proposal. Thanks.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

11 hours ago, ControlledChaos said:

This feature makes it easier to tag those members which have long nicknames.

Namely, yours truly. At one point it was impossible to tag my full username.

[Venerable 2,970]

Some awesome updates!!

I especially liked the "Quick Mention" feature. 

Spoiler

"One in every two people is awesome"... hmm. That means those who have duplicate accounts on the Forum are always awesome, eh Sacrifce? : D

 

[Sacrifice 2,278]

4 hours ago, Venerable said:

Some awesome updates!!

I especially liked the "Quick Mention" feature. 

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"One in every two people is awesome"... hmm. That means those who have duplicate accounts on the Forum are always awesome, eh Sacrifce? : D

 

Those are 'two' accounts then, not 'two' people. Nice try tho

[Person_Random 4,991]

On 9/5/2020 at 7:47 AM, ControlledChaos said:

How much did he have to bribe you to say that @Spy 

Otherwise, I have to say, nice forum updates. However, I feel that the topic is a bit informal at times. Is it possible to fix that?

[Venerable 2,970]

On 9/8/2020 at 4:09 AM, Person_Random said:

However, I feel that the topic is a bit informal at times. Is it possible to fix that?

What do you mean? Shouldn't it be a little bit informal? Or should it necessarily be professional and formal?

I feel the informal tone at times appeals to players and attracts their attention... 

What did you have in mind? Do let me know!

Thanks!

[Person_Random 4,991]

19 minutes ago, Venerable said:

What do you mean? Shouldn't it be a little bit informal? Or should it necessarily be professional and formal?

I feel the informal tone at times appeals to players and attracts their attention... 

What did you have in mind? Do let me know!

Thanks!

Ah yes, of course, the informal does have its own appeal. Just a handful of jokes would be perfect, but I think this example below is a bit too much. I have added some minor commentary here.

On 9/5/2020 at 7:47 AM, ControlledChaos said:

The following is a list of all the forum-related updates that took place during the months of July and August:

Quick Mention:

This is a small but handy feature that enhances forum user experience. By clicking on the "@" under any user's post, you will be able to mention them in your post. This feature makes it easier to tag those members which have long nicknames. Did we mention that it also saves you time? (This part is great, perfect)

Additionally, now you are able to tag users who have duplicate accounts due to the forum bug. Previously, it was a difficult choice to choose between Sacrifice and Sacrifice while tagging Sacrifice (YIKEESS!). Now, you can simply overcome that difficulty by using this feature. (Removing the part in red would make it more playful without having the informal phrase in there)

Disabled Dual Topic Submission:

One of the most common forum errors include dual submission of topics due to forum gateways. Most of you are familiar with this error, where when you click "Submit Topic" button more than once by mistake, you end up with multiple topics with the same content. This new feature will prevent this from happening. However, this only works for "topics" and not "posts". 


Helpers' Profile Table:

On the right side of the forum page, you will find a table containing the profiles of different helpers online. This table shows "Community Management, Administration and Helpers" that are online at the time. This is very useful for quickly being able to contact the relevant helpers in case you need any assistance. This saves you the trouble of going in to the List of Helpers each time you encounter a problem.

Some interesting facts about this table:

• It does not show candidates that are online.
• It only shows a maximum of ten helpers at a time ("Helpers Online").
• It only shows the first listed position of the helpers. 
• It takes longer to update than the "Online Users List". (also good :3)

 

I also marked a few grammar fixes in green thanks to the proofreader in me. Hopefully, that helped clarify what I meant. I do like a few jokes, but that "yikes" was a bit too informal in my opinion.

[Water.Sky 136]

Did you program the Quick Mention function yourself?

[Sacrifice 2,278]

@Water.Sky afaik, it was a plug in. Feel free to contact one of the forum admins via discord for more details though. 

[RIDDLER_8 5,553]

@At_Shin

I have been tagging multiple users because I was answering multiple comments and questions of multiple users at once.

[Toby 2,938]

5 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

 

You can also (preferably) quote or multi-quote other players' posts, instead of just 'blandly' tagging them without sufficient context for other users. Use the 'Quote' function when replying to a single post, and 'MultiQuote' when replying to multiple posts simultaneously.

[RIDDLER_8 5,553]

12 minutes ago, ControlledChaos said:

 

OK.

[Xx.Zeldris.xX 66]

Cool  

[Momentary 396]

nice announcement

[RIDDLER_8 5,553]

Great announcement.

[Toby 2,938]

5 hours ago, krish123_super said:

but members who voted in a pole should be kept secret 

its a voting system afterall

Definitely, Krish. For which (and other obvious reasons) we have decided to keep it as is — anonymous.

[Xx.Zeldris.xX 66]

On 9/26/2020 at 6:44 AM, ControlledChaos said:

Definitely, Krish. For which (and other obvious reasons) we have decided to keep it as is — anonymous.

Great decision making skills. I approve 

[Karot 256]

On 9/26/2020 at 5:44 AM, ControlledChaos said:

Definitely, Krish. For which (and other obvious reasons) we have decided to keep it as is — anonymous.

Cool i guess

[Toby 2,938]

1 minute ago, At_Shin said:

 

Have you tried ignoring both of their duplicated accounts?

[Toby 2,938]

1 minute ago, At_Shin said:

yes, but it does not work. I try to ignore both but it still ignores only one. I think you might need to merge the duplicate account so that other people can ignore that user.

PM me with their username.

[Venerable 2,970]

9 hours ago, ControlledChaos said:

Have you tried ignoring both of their duplicated accounts?

 

9 hours ago, At_Shin said:

yes, but it does not work. I try to ignore both but it still ignores only one. I think you might need to merge the duplicate account so that other people can ignore that user.

As At_Shin said, when we try to ignore a person who has those duplicate accounts, we cannot ignore both. If we try to ignore the 2nd account, it says something like "already added to ignore list". And we can still see the ignored person's posts.