Post your requests about the forum software here

JuliusBorisov · November 2016

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!

We've thought it may be a good idea to catch all the requests about the forum software (Vanilla) in one place, so that they could be brought to the devs' attention.

There're no promises, but still it's worth to gather the requests and see what can be done with them.

If you have ideas, post them in this thread.

mlnevese · November 2016

Is there an ignore/follow plugin for Vanilla? Both functions would be very useful.

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Kurona · November 2016

A notification option for when someone quotes you.

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mlnevese · November 2016

Shandyr said:
Until there is an official ignore plugin you can use my ignore script for greasemonkey.

I don't want it for myself. As a moderator I can't ignore anyone's posts but a follow function would be immensely helpful.

Troodon80 · November 2016

I think my only real request would be bringing back some form of HTML formatting using styles. At the very least, it would be nice to get inline code elements as an option (i.e. possibly separate the rule between code and pre tags). Oh, and speaking of formatting, subscript and superscript would be nice.

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BillyYank · November 2016

I'd like to be able to sort reactions by the last one given instead of the first one given. Right now, if someone "likes" an older post, there's no practical way to find out which post it was.

Also, I noticed that colors have disappeared from my older posts. It would be nice to have colors back.

Troodon80 · November 2016

JonSnowIsAlive said:
@Troodon80 Subscripts and superscripts could easily be done via TeX tags: [TeX]x_2 + x^2[/TeX] for math and [TeX]\text{Troodon}_{80} + {80}^\textsf{Troodon}[/TeX] for text. Just saying.

Or, more realistically, Some Text and Some Text as per standard HTML.

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, sub, sup, tt, var, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    font-weight: inherit;
    font-style: inherit;
    font-size: 100%;
    font-family: inherit;
    vertical-align: baseline;
}

The problem for sub and sup is vertical-align: baseline;.

Troodon80 · November 2016

@Dee also mentioned before about some form of dice roller functionality, too. Maybe with a tag such as <roll>2d6</roll>. The code then generates a random dice roll number, such as (2d6) 3+4=7, and the post is then saved to the SQL database minus the roll tag. On a forum for roleplaying games, it would seem like a good addition if at all possible. Not sure about the wider audience for Vanilla in general, though, so probably highly unlikely.

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Tresset · November 2016

I would love to see them fix our profile walls so that all the content that just vanished on its own is restored and returns to where it belongs.

I also kind of miss being able to stalk people er, see who is online in each of the various sections of the forums...

Other than that, just tell them to stop breaking everything!

mlnevese · November 2016

Tresset said:

Other than that, just tell them to stop breaking everything!

No. Don't! It would lose its charm! It would be like a Bethesda game without graphic glitches!

JuliusBorisov · November 2016

Glad to see the requests coming.

I've managed to find two additional requests mentioned in other threads:

1. More poll options and a chance to edit them after the poll is posted.

2. Make this forum Tapatalk ready

Let's keep new requests coming till Monday, Nov, the 18th.

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argent77 · November 2016

I would like to see a preview option for private messages. Currently I have to misuse existing topics to test out more complex html constructs.

It would also be great if we could edit existing private messages.

mlnevese · November 2016

Editing polls would be very useful. I think I had to delete two or three polls this year by OP request due to typos or because he/she wanted to add or modify something...

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Troodon80 · November 2016

JonSnowIsAlive said:
 and let's you play with subscripts and superscripts, sure, but they won't let you give a subscript a subscript, for example:

I'm... not exactly sure where you're getting your information. In HTML, each nested or treats the parent as the baseline. So, for example, this:

sup>A<sup>B<sup>C<sup>D<sup>E<sup>F<sup>G<sup>H<sup>I<sup>J<sup>K<sup>L<sup>M<sup>N<sup>O<sup>P<sup>Q<sup>R<sup>S<sup>T<sup>U<sup>V<sup>W<sup>X<sup>Y<sup>Z</sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup>

Will give you this:

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mlnevese · November 2016

Shandyr said:
^ I can see "Z", can you?

Sure... it's quite visible... in the source code...

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Troodon80 · November 2016

JonSnowIsAlive said:
Also, just to clear the air, this silly rivalry is just for fun, right?

Almost everything I do on the forum is just for fun. :-)

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Troodon80 · November 2016

That's why I asked for the HTML style formatting that was removed by Vanilla a while back. The same effect can be done in HTML. The font size can be set for each sup or sub element to keep the size consistent, or a span/div can be used instead. :-)

<sup style="font-size: 3em;">A<sup>B<sup style="font-size: 1em;">C<sup style="font-size: 1em;">D<sup style="font-size: 1em;">E<sup style="font-size: 1em;">F<sup style="font-size: 1em;">G<sup style="font-size: 1em;">H<sup style="font-size: 1em;">I<sup style="font-size: 1em;">J<sup style="font-size: 1em;">K<sup style="font-size: 1em;">L<sup style="font-size: 1em;">M<sup style="font-size: 1em;">N<sup style="font-size: 1em;">O<sup style="font-size: 1em;">P<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Q<sup style="font-size: 1em;">R<sup style="font-size: 1em;">S<sup style="font-size: 1em;">T<sup style="font-size: 1em;">U<sup style="font-size: 1em;">V<sup style="font-size: 1em;">W<sup style="font-size: 1em;">X<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Y<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Z</sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup>

Or consistent same-size even for sup/sub elements:

<sup style="font-size: 3em;">A<sup style="font-size: 1em;">B<sup style="font-size: 1em;">C<sup style="font-size: 1em;">D<sup style="font-size: 1em;">E<sup style="font-size: 1em;">F<sup style="font-size: 1em;">G<sup style="font-size: 1em;">H<sup style="font-size: 1em;">I<sup style="font-size: 1em;">J<sup style="font-size: 1em;">K<sup style="font-size: 1em;">L<sup style="font-size: 1em;">M<sup style="font-size: 1em;">N<sup style="font-size: 1em;">O<sup style="font-size: 1em;">P<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Q<sup style="font-size: 1em;">R<sup style="font-size: 1em;">S<sup style="font-size: 1em;">T<sup style="font-size: 1em;">U<sup style="font-size: 1em;">V<sup style="font-size: 1em;">W<sup style="font-size: 1em;">X<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Y<sup style="font-size: 1em;">Z</sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup>

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