Reuqested forum features

Solar2D Daily Builds and Public Releases
#1

Hi ANSCA team,

I saw that you changed the look of the developer portal more consistantly to the main page. Looks nice. I also noticed the enhancement that inside a topic, you have a link now to the upper forum structure/level. That makes it a little easier to navigate. Thank you!

As it seems that you want to keep this forum software, here are some feature requests:

  1. Please implement the ability to quote messages. This is a must to have imho.
  2. Please implement syntax highlighting and formating of posted code. This is also a must to have.
  3. Please implement file attachments. That makes sharing of code samples much easier.
  4. Please implement avatars. It would be nice to have as it gives this place a little more personal touch.

Michael Hartlef [import]uid: 5712 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 300971[/import]

#2

I’d push this farther up on Michael’s list, but:

  1. If you haven’t already, please fix the “login cookie” so it lasts for at least 24 hours and renews each time you hit a page. Having to re-login every 3 hours is just a real pain in the patoot.
  2. If you take care of #5, this is much less of an issue, but the login page should redirect you to the last page you were on. This is trivial to do in terms of a website as you’ll just need to grab the referring page… and if it’s local to your server, Location header them back to it.
  3. An easy one, add the awesome *awesome* navigation links to the bottom of the page as well.

It’s so nice to see the “preview” is now readable as well. :slight_smile:

Great step forward!

Scott [import]uid: 5659 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2208[/import]

#3

Great feedback. We are far from done on the site,(our documentation, sample code, showcase page need help as well as our registration form) and we will take your items into consideration.
s.powers: 5) If you haven’t already, please fix the “login cookie” so it lasts for at least 24 hours and renews each time you hit a page. Having to re-login every 3 hours is just a real pain in the patoot.

Trust me, I feel it too !! as well as #6

Carlos [import]uid: 24 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2239[/import]

#4

One other suggestion for your Documentation page. Please add an “update date” for each of the documents so we know if anything has changed. Also, which version of the SDK it supports.

Tom [import]uid: 6119 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2275[/import]

#5

That is part of our new docs page as well. Allow you to not only see what is new, but for you to provide feedback as well.

Carlos [import]uid: 24 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2276[/import]

#6

Carlos,

Is this for new doc pages that haven’t been released yet? I can’t tell what has been updated in the existing docs.

Thank,
Tom [import]uid: 6119 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2279[/import]

#7

Yes it has not been release. We are adding bunch of features for you to provide feedback on our docs …

Carlos [import]uid: 24 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2282[/import]

#8

code and lua amongst a few other tags can now be used for code blocks in a sane fashion. I’ve also bumped the session cookie from 5 hrs to 24. [import]uid: 3 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2400[/import]

#9

Yes!! Thanks so much Sean!

I really like the new code block (altho the colors are hard to see, perhaps make everything bold?), but I’m not complaining (really!)!

Good stuff.

Scott [import]uid: 5659 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2402[/import]

#10

Yeah, we’re still adjusting the coloring. Either way it’s way better than it was before. [import]uid: 3 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2403[/import]

#11

Hi Sean, latest colors look great.

I did notice something that’s going to likely cause some problems.

The font you’re using 1 and l look exactly (or indistinguishably) the same.

[code]the number 1
the letter l

local tl;
[/code]

See the problem? There’s no way to tell if that’s t-el or t-one.

Should probably try to find a different font if possible.

Scott [import]uid: 5659 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2442[/import]

#12

I threw Menlo at the top of the font list which has a slightly better l vs 1 differentiation. It’s a bit fiddly though because you really want to only pick between monospace fonts, and some of the other options are worse IMHO ( like the Courier family, they have the l1 problem, and the O0 problem )

Let me know if that looks better to you.

[import]uid: 3 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2450[/import]

#13

Hey Sean,

I did a little googling and found some good info on what platforms have what fonts installed. Here’s the best I came up with that has the highest probability (on each platform: mac/win/unix) of being installed and also has good differentiation between 1l and O0.

http://spowers.net/testfont.html

Scott [import]uid: 5659 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2464[/import]

#14

Hey Sean,

nice enhancements to the forum so far. Can you please implement a quote style? [import]uid: 5712 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2487[/import]

#15

I still think I like menlo over manaco as far as mac centric fixed width fonts. The l in menlo is rounded at the bottom which seems like more of a give away than the squared cornered monaco.

That is a good page though, I’ll go through the css and add the fonts from other OS’s so things look decent on other systems. [import]uid: 3 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2498[/import]

#16

Mike:

I’ll look into it.

Quoting, and some kind of wysiwyg text entry widget are high on my requested list (even internally). [import]uid: 3 topic_id: 971 reply_id: 2499[/import]