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Suggestions and Ideas
- Amaikokonut
- Busy Bee
- Posts: 89
- Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:25 am
- Country: USA
- Currently Playing: C3/DS
- Favorite Game: C2
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Nice! Thanks for the update 

- Amaikokonut
- Busy Bee
- Posts: 89
- Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:25 am
- Country: USA
- Currently Playing: C3/DS
- Favorite Game: C2
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Would you consider adding custom BBcode for spoilers / content warnings? I realized in writing one of my posts that sometimes depictions of norn-death can be a little brutal or just outright depressing and it would be nice to have the option to hide that from those that might be sensitive to it. It can also come in handy for organizing large/image-heavy posts or allowing the expanding/collapsing of different sections of a guide. Just thought I'd throw that out there!
- Jessica
- Discover Albia
- Posts: 152
- Joined: Sat May 28, 2016 10:52 am
- Country: United States
- Currently Playing: C1
- Favorite Game: C1
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
I can definitely look some sort of spoiler BBCode. Right now you can kind of get away with it using the "bgcolor=" code to match the font color, but I'll be the first to say that this is rather silly and annoying. I'll do a bit of research to see what I can come up with, yet I think that's a great idea! I imagine we'll have this implemented at some point soon.
Also, a quick note that signatures should be enabled soon! I'm just working out a couple of very minor things, but this feature should be available beginning this week. Keep an eye out for that announcement!
Also, a quick note that signatures should be enabled soon! I'm just working out a couple of very minor things, but this feature should be available beginning this week. Keep an eye out for that announcement!
- Jessica
- Discover Albia
- Posts: 152
- Joined: Sat May 28, 2016 10:52 am
- Country: United States
- Currently Playing: C1
- Favorite Game: C1
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Signatures are now active as of today (June 14)! The current limit is 1,000 characters, but please also keep size in mind. For instance, please avoid large images and the video BBCode. I think everyone knows what works and what doesn't in a signature, though! Feel free to let me know if you have any other feedback.
Note that previous posts will not show your signature because it was disabled. You can go back and edit your posts, or simply use it going forward. I think the only one who has a lot of previous posts is me, so hopefully it's not an issue. If it is, though, I can do this for you! Just trying to make things as easy as possible.
Also, still looking into that spoiler BBCode, and I'll have an update on it as soon as I find something that works!
Note that previous posts will not show your signature because it was disabled. You can go back and edit your posts, or simply use it going forward. I think the only one who has a lot of previous posts is me, so hopefully it's not an issue. If it is, though, I can do this for you! Just trying to make things as easy as possible.
Also, still looking into that spoiler BBCode, and I'll have an update on it as soon as I find something that works!
- Jessica
- Discover Albia
- Posts: 152
- Joined: Sat May 28, 2016 10:52 am
- Country: United States
- Currently Playing: C1
- Favorite Game: C1
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
So let's just say that the spoiler BBCode is a little messier and not quite as easy as I would have hoped for. It's not currently in the list of BBCodes yet, but what do you think of the following method? The only downside is that these have to go on their own lines, so you won't be able to have them show up in the middle of a block of text. However, this one works whereas others seem to only allow one spoiler per post. Thoughts? The biggest downside is that the preview text (what you see before clicking) does not allow any punctuation. Still a work in progress, but is this getting close?
- Amaikokonut
- Busy Bee
- Posts: 89
- Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:25 am
- Country: USA
- Currently Playing: C3/DS
- Favorite Game: C2
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Oh wow, I really love that! The fact that you can customize the label text and that it doesn't look like an ugly gray button are huge pluses in my book. It just looks really nice! It's a shame that it doesn't fit inline but I think the format of it totally makes up for it.
- Jessica
- Discover Albia
- Posts: 152
- Joined: Sat May 28, 2016 10:52 am
- Country: United States
- Currently Playing: C1
- Favorite Game: C1
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
As of today (June 20) the spoiler BBCode is now active and available to use when posting! It does have a couple of slight drawbacks as Amai and I mentioned previously. These include:
Keep those ideas and suggestions coming! Hopefully you're all enjoying the new features that are coming out... They may be small, but every little thing helps. Thanks!
- Spoiler text is not inline, and appears on its own line/paragraph.
- Punctuation and special characters may not be included in the spoiler hint.
Keep those ideas and suggestions coming! Hopefully you're all enjoying the new features that are coming out... They may be small, but every little thing helps. Thanks!
- Grendel Man
- Everyday Egg
- Posts: 9
- Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:52 pm
- Favorite Game: C3/DS
- Favorite Species: Grendel
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Another suggestion: It'd be nice if clicking on a topic would automatically take you to the first unread message. A few of the other forums I go to have that feature, and it's just pretty convenient.
- xan
- Everyday Egg
- Posts: 34
- Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:34 am
- Country: USA
- Currently Playing: DS
- Favorite Game: C3/DS
- Favorite Species: Grendel
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
You know, now that you mention it, I did feel like something was 'off' when I was clicking topic links to new posts. Thanks for putting a name to it.
I will marinate you in the GPL for 4 days and then I will roast and eat you.
- Amaikokonut
- Busy Bee
- Posts: 89
- Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:25 am
- Country: USA
- Currently Playing: C3/DS
- Favorite Game: C2
- Favorite Species: Norn
Re: Suggestions and Ideas
Clicking on the little 'page' icon next to new posts doesn't take you to the first unread post? It seems to for me anyway. I think that is standard of phpBB, I might be wrong though.
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