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new: "your forums" page totally redone The "your forums" and "all forums" pages have been completely redone. Most importantly, these pages now track when you last visited the forums and only display what's new since then. This should make it much easier to keep up to date with "your forums" For example, if you visited two days ago, only forum statistics for the past 2 days are show. You can change "XX days" choice with the pulldown menu to view any number of past days. The "your forums" page http://bookmooch.com/m/forums now displays in tabular form: 1) number of comments on that forum in the past XX days 2) number of messages on that forum in the past XX days 3) the subject lines of those new messages, each linked to the full message itself The "all forums" page http://bookmooch.com/m/forums_all now displays 1) the number of comments on that forum in the past XX days 2) the number of messages on that forum in the past XX days 3) the date it was created in "3 days ago" format, rather than a hard-to-read date. Note that when you change the "XX days" ago on the pulldown, it is remembered across all these pages, even when you visit later that day: 1) your forums 2) all forums 3) all "recent messages" pages John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]
as requested: photo/username in forums links to bios As requested on this forum, I've changed what happens when you click on a BookMooch user name or photo. You used to go to a "forum statistics" page for that user. People didn't find that helpful. Now, you are directed to that member's bio page. If you still want to see their forum statistics, there is a link to that on their bio page. John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]
as requested: comments in a thread are sorted oldest first As discussed on this forum, I've changed the way comments are displayed. On the "recent messages" overview page, comments continue to be shown in a "newest comment first" fashion. However, if you click on the _comments_ link on a message, all the comments are displayed, and they're displayed in their original (oldest first) order, which makes it much easier to follow the conversation. John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]
new forum feature: move a message to another forum Forum administrators now have the ability to move a message (and all its comments) from one forum to another. This feature is most helpful when a message thread starts on a forum which really is better served on another forum. A friendly email is automatically sent to the message author letting them know that the forum message was moved. Note that there already exists a feature where a forum administrator can "upgrade" any comment into a full message, when a comment is deemed substantive enough to merit its own conversation. John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]
new forum feature: email me replies to this message When you write a new message, there is now a checkbox option that reads: (X) Email me replies to this message A similar checkbox now appears on the "leave a comment" box: (X) Receive this thread by email If you check this option, you'll receive email copies of replies (aka comments) to your message, and only your message. You'll also receive a link in each email to optionally stop the emails (unsubscribe) This feature strikes me as very handy when you don't want to receive all the email from a forum, but do want to hear back about your particular question. Note: this option does not appear if you are set to receive all emails from the forum. You can also choose to receive/stop email for a thread from the pulldown menu when ready any message thread. John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]
Fixed bug with creating new forums I figured out and fixed the bug that was preventing people from creating new forums. It should work now. The problem was a mistake in my HTML, which most web browsers didn't have a problem with, but some (I'm guessing IE) didn't like. Let me know if you have a problem creating a forum now. John Buckman 13 years ago no comments [write a comment]