That New Forum Smell

[ArielMT]

Post Counts can be edited.

I don't think post counts should be edited, especially in light of a more prominent reputation rating just beside it.

[Joshi]

It would be a massive pain in the ass to moderate.

Well it wouldnt have to be moderated at all. We already have a Phoenix IRC and the idea would be to just... Yeah stream it to the forums for example as a little box at the top

[ArielMT]

Has anyone mentioned the daily "like" limit of 10 yet?

Spend those tokens wisely, I guess?

We're definitely going to have to figure out a good balance with that.

[Kalmor]

Well it wouldnt have to be moderated at all.

Yes it would. If not then people would start using it as a loophole around the forum rules to say, harass someone or spam.

I think it's a bad idea and also removes conversation from threads on the very forum it's on. If you want an IM style chat then just join one of the few forum based skype groups that people have running.

Edited September 25, 2015 by Kalmor

[Joshi]

Yes it would. If not then people would start using it as a loophole around the forum rules to say, harass someone or spam.

I think it's a bad idea and also removes conversation from threads on the very forum it's on. If you want an IM style chat then just join one of the few forum based skype groups that people have running.

Yeah the fuzzbucket skype group is awesome. Its just that I know a few forums with a shoutbox and a few where I actually have to moderate and we never had bad experiences with it. Its cool to just.. Yea chat

But not my decision, was just  an idea

[Sutekh_the_Steak]

Having an option to have more than 25 posts per page on a thread would be nice, I usually set it to about 60 or 75 per page so I'm not having to jump between pages constantly.

[Signy]

It'd be nifty to have a "Who's viewing this thread" implemented again, mainly because I'm nosy and like to see who's interested in a topic / how popular it is.

[PheagleAdler]

It'd be nifty to have a "Who's viewing this thread" implemented again, mainly because I'm nosy and like to see who's interested in a topic / how popular it is.

Yes, it's always interesting to see who's 'lurking' in the threads.

[Signy]

Oh look! It's down there! Yay! Thanks for the super quick addition. 

[DrDingo]

I love how we finally get notifications when we are quoted or get likes.

No longer do we have to go through a long list of our old posts to check if anyone said anything, or who agrees with you. 

[Signy]

Yeah, this forum software is quite an improvement.

[Caretaker]

Ah, found another thing. Having an option to disable automatic emoticons. I HATE using them, and because some are tied to generic combos like "x D", I have to avoid doing some faces that I usually might to punctuate a post, because I can't tell it to not parse it as an emoticon.

I change the triggers from "x D" to ":biggrin:" in which case you wouldn't get an automatic emote but users could still choose to add them. I do like them however so I would want to take a wider sample of feedback before considering that change.

 

You can't get rid of a Bean-sídhe that easily! I would sing for the old forum but you know it already died so I suppose I'm a bit late on that.

I've got a couple requests:

1. Can we get something akin to The Black Hole made, if it wasn't already?
2. How about a section for other subculture and lifestyle interests? Some of us like myself aren't into Furry as much, but are hip deep in others.

I've got a few suggestions for forum rules that are reasonable and should make us all happier in the long run:

1. No obnoxious font as a posting habit. This includes gigantic/unreasonably small text and any type of colored fonts or styles that would make up the entire body of a post.
2. Keep the forums SFW, if you have to ask you should reconsider posting it.
3. No extreme insults directed at users. Discussions can get heated, this is natural and one should take the good with the bad for a healthy means of communication, but they should stay within reasonable civility (For an internet community).
4. Don't post links to anything illegal, obviously.

I mean you could go on but a lot of it would be the typical common rules in most places. The rules here should be reasonable but not overtly heavy-handed like a couple of other places most of us know. It quashes discussion, and frankly a forum filled with drama is active and alive. It's what separated FAF from Wzl Forums.

Bringing back "The Black Hole" was one of the ideas I had personally, I had not been around for that and it was floated as being quite a bit of harmless fun. If I do not hear any screaming objections then I don't see why that could not be done. Perhaps it could be nestled in under Forum Games ?

A good suggestion that, something to consider moving forward.

I think it would be nice to have little icons under our avatars again, to link to our art galleries, Skype, etc.

Thank you for everything that you've done so far, though! I admire your tenacity despite the setbacks you've had.

The software lets me create "custom profile fields" so I'll play about with those a little and see how best to implement links to: Popular IM services, The major furry art communities etc.

Another suggestion - forum section descriptions.

The reason being that it is a little difficult to determine what a forum is about right now. The names for the forums are great, but some of them aren't very intuitive, so it'd be nice if there were a forum section description or something? Example: http://prntscr.com/8k9zau

I will be adding these, probably within the next few minutes.

All was lost....

                                                        This light theme.....

              Can't see anything...

                                                                           Why???.....

 

Because light-themes are common defaults? That picture also describes the look on my face when I stumble across something that I really did not want to see.

This place is lovely. The features are great, the interface is nifty, and I love the pop-up notifications. 
It feels like it was actually made in the year 2015.

That might be, because it was written in 2015

Custom titles, location, and species would all be great in close proximity to our avatars.

Custom titles are available as an option but might not be visible yet, typically they enable when a certain post-count is reached and it replaces the rank that you have.

[Joshi]

And the little customizable text under the avatar was cool c:

[DrDingo]

That might be, because it was written in 2015

Hah, so was FA Beta.

But unlike FA, this actually looks and feels good. And it works a charm.

[Corto]

I dunno if this has been suggested, but is there some way to limit the content/size of signatures? Right now they're kinda ridiculous. 

As far as rules go, I suppose "Don't spam, don't be an ass with no good reason, don't post/do illegal content, don't post unmarked NSFW content and above all LURK and USE COMMON SENSE" should cover all the bases. 

EDIT: And some sort of autorefresh when you post? While I'm typing a reply it tells me "there's X new replies!" but then I post and it doesn't show those new replies unless I refresh the thread. 

Edited September 25, 2015 by Corto

[Kalmor]

As far as rules go, I suppose "Don't spam, don't be an ass with no good reason, don't post/do illegal content, don't post unmarked NSFW content and above all LURK and USE COMMON SENSE" should cover all the bases. 

Indeed, though I'd rather us use the old FAF rules for now (with some obvious omissions) until we can sort out new ones.

[ArielMT]

Everyone's signatures can be hidden on either a global or per-user basis.  You can block an obnoxious sig without having to block everyone's sigs.

The handle is at the X on the far right just below the sig bar.

[Corto]

Indeed, though I'd rather us use the old FAF rules for now (with some obvious omissions) until we can sort out new ones.

Hey, I understand, I'm fond of those since I helped type them out. But if we're leaving behind the corporate past and adopt a more "laissez faire" state of things, I think minimalistic rules (that leave leeway to interpretation while still being pretty clear) would be much better . That old mess was typed with the exact mindset of "has to cover every situation, leave space for upper management to get whiny, and leave NO room to interpretation because the userbase loves to abuse that crap". A ligther set could possibly work better.

 

Everyone's signatures can be hidden on either a global or per-user basis.  You can block an obnoxious sig without having to block everyone's sigs.

The handle is at the X on the far right just below the sig bar.

Yeah I have sigs hidden for now. They covered more than half of every thread and were pretty obnoxious. But may just be me being an asshole. 

[Kalmor]

Hey, I understand, I'm fond of those since I helped type them out. But if we're leaving behind the corporate past and adopt a more "laissez faire" state of things, I think minimalistic rules (that leave leeway to interpretation while still being pretty clear) would be much better . That old mess was typed with the exact mindset of "has to cover every situation, leave space for upper management to get whiny, and leave NO room to interpretation because the userbase loves to abuse that crap". A ligther set could possibly work better. 

Oh I agree, I just suggested that we have them temporarily until we can put up something better.

[Fantasma]

Also, a way to view the desktop on mobile?

Currently I have no way of changing it to desktop which would enable me to see signatures, and presumably easier changing between pages on a thread.

Edited September 26, 2015 by Johanna Waya

[Kaizy]

Can I have a custom user title that lists me as the Queen of Phoenix embroidered in gold and complete with shiny Blingee graphics?

I think this could vastly improve the forum.

[ChaosCalix]

Yes it would. If not then people would start using it as a loophole around the forum rules to say, harass someone or spam.

I think it's a bad idea and also removes conversation from threads on the very forum it's on. If you want an IM style chat then just join one of the few forum based skype groups that people have running.

Pretty much my opinion on that matter.

Most forums I've been a part of have a noticeable drop in activity when there is a chatbox that people can freely use on the forum.
It's better to keep chat and forum separate, because otherwise, what's the point in posting? A lot of things are faster through chat.

I change the triggers from "x D" to ":biggrin:" in which case you wouldn't get an automatic emote but users could still choose to add them. I do like them however so I would want to take a wider sample of feedback before considering that change.

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Custom titles are available as an option but might not be visible yet, typically they enable when a certain post-count is reached and it replaces the rank that you have.

I think just having an option to "Disable emoticons" on your posts would solve it entirely, honestly. I never use them, so when that's an option, I always have it ticked. I think people that like them wouldn't be bothered by having them triggered with common phrases, but people who don't like them would be annoyed at it. Kind of a win-win in my opinion.

Of course, it would be nice to have some kind of key to make the forum not parse things as emoticons, like putting / before the emoticon's text. But I don't know just how MUCH customization this forum has.. doing something like that may require some trickery with auto-replacing text. Too much hassle.

EDIT: I actually forgot to respond to your second part >.>; hah
I was going to say, that's actually EXACTLY what I was going to suggest. Tie it to either a post count, reputation requirement, or both. That way when people reach a certain rank, they can name it theirselves... so you don't end up with a lot of regulars all with the same boring title.

Also, yay for the edit button persisting longer than five minutes x3

Yeah I have sigs hidden for now. They covered more than half of every thread and were pretty obnoxious. But may just be me being an asshole. 

I'm curious how tall your screen is, because that's not really an issue for me. But that said, yeah, some signatures ARE obnoxious. Usually forums that try enforce a size limit stick with 200~300 pixel height as a guideline for the maximum, from what I've seen.

Edited September 26, 2015 by ChaosCalix

[Chinona]

Sooo wasn't that terribly active on FaF did a fair amount of lurking there and quite frankly from what I've seen my favourite members have migrated.  Also much prefer Invision to Xenforo so not that big of a deal to me.

 

 I'm going to ... uhhhh umpteenth vote for a dark  theme.  The loose for rules are also really good, I think the insults could be a fun bit (I call people names on other sites that are less than savoury but done out of love so...)  Anyways 

I'm just gonna roll around now in the dirt so that I look you know... Familiar.  Let me fix up my profile and stuff.

 

EDIT: ON  Rep giving out perhaps have 20 be the standard and tie it to post count later as well after so many bonus rep per say 100 posts or something like that.  (or whatever the different usergroups are at)

Edited September 26, 2015 by Chinona

[Sycophantic Feline]

Oooh, fancy.

[WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly]

The new forums are nice and all, but I left some stuff back on the old ones that I'd like to go back to once they've come back, so can somebody keep an eye on them and tell me when they're back up?  Also, I tried putting my non-forum FA user name into my profile, but it appears to be (gasp!)  one character too long, so can we jack up the character limit for that?  

Edited September 26, 2015 by WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly
Forgot to edit my last edit's edit notice (should have said 'Clarified my last sentence.' or something like that…

[WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly]

Also, browsing in Safari gives me rather a lot more instances of 'Safari cannot find this page…,' etc., etc., than one would expect, especially after trying to add new content.  Clicking through activation e-mail links is buggy, too, 'cause that led me to a page that said 'This account does not need to be activated.' or something like that and that, strangely, also wouldn't let me leave!  I had to log out and then log back in again to get back to the normal Phoenix Forums experience.  

[ArielMT]

Multiple-posting within the edit window automatically merges posts.  Is that a setting that was enabled?  If so, is there some sort of divider that can be put between them in the merged post?

[GarthTheWereWolf]

Dunno if this has been suggested already or not~ but it'd be nice if the "Who's Online" section at the bottom of the forum were alphabetized. Make it easier to figure out which people of interest are online or not instead of the jumbled mess it currently is.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

Just thought of another suggestion. Maybe there could be a little "Who's online?" dot next to people's usernames. Green when the user is online, red when they're offline.

[ArielMT]

In case you missed it, folks, blogs are go!  Look up at the buttons just under the masthead.

If you want to post anything that doesn't quite fit with a forum thread format, make your blog and post entries.  You can also subscribe to blogs if your browser recognizes RSS feed links.

[Scrydan]

Should be an interesting feature.

 

Also one thing I've noticed now is a lack of a preview button next to the submit reply button. I am either going completely blind from one thing or another or it is missing somehow. If there is a place or action to bring it up and I am completely missing it, apologizes.

Edited September 28, 2015 by Scrydan

[Hewge]

It's beginning to smell of wet fur and cum again already ~

[ChaosCalix]

It's beginning to smell of wet fur and cum again already ~

Maybe you just need a shower~

[Scrydan]

Honestly it wasn't me! I am a dragon, I have no fur for it to stay on.

[PheagleAdler]

Just thought of another suggestion. Maybe there could be a little "Who's online?" dot next to people's usernames. Green when the user is online, red when they're offline.

This is a good idea, I believe we had this feature on FAF actually.

[LazerMaster5]

Make it so you can directly paste text into the text box, and I would be happy.

[ChaosCalix]

Make it so you can directly paste text into the text box, and I would be happy.

You already can, it's just an issue with your mobile device or browser.
You should probably clarify your device and browser.

Edited September 29, 2015 by ChaosCalix

[LazerMaster5]

You already can, it's just an issue with your mobile device or browser.You should probably clarify your device and browser.

Acer Iconia A100 running on factory stock Android 3.2 Honeycomb, with an older version of Firefox.

[TrishaCat]

Are there any plans to make Youtube videos smaller and less intrusive when posted here? Currently you either post a link or get a huge embedded video the size of a whale.

[TrishaCat]

Bumping to also make a suggestion that Pixiv be added to the list of art sites people can link their profiles of under their username.

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

Bumping to also make a suggestion that Pixiv be added to the list of art sites people can link their profiles of under their username.

Pixiv is a site in Japanese. I doubt many people on here have an account there.

[TrishaCat]

Pixiv is a site in Japanese. I doubt many people on here have an account there.

There's an English version of the site (or it can at least be set where most text is in English) and the site is very English-user friendly. You don't need to know any Japanese to be able to navigate it. Its also got a lot of furry artwork on it.

Edited October 5, 2015 by Battlechili

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

There's an English version of the site (or it can at least be set where most text is in English) and the site is very English-user friendly. You don't need to know any Japanese to be able to navigate it. Its also got a lot of furry artwork on it.

Ooooh, ok.

[Nolorio]

I think the mobile version should by default have a lower posts-per-page count in threads since profile pictures and embedded pictures/videos/gifs can eat up mobile data usage fairly quickly.  I think it would be nice for those with limited data plans like me.

[ChaosCalix]

I think the mobile version should by default have a lower posts-per-page count in threads since profile pictures and embedded pictures/videos/gifs can eat up mobile data usage fairly quickly.  I think it would be nice for those with limited data plans like me.

Other options that would help:
* Ability to turn off avatars or load them at half resolution
* Show embedded items as a link rather than an embedded item

On an unrelated note: What does ignore ACTUALLY do? Because it doesn't seem to do jack shit.

[Nolorio]

Other options that would help:* Ability to turn off avatars or load them at half resolution
* Show embedded items as a link rather than an embedded item

On an unrelated note: What does ignore ACTUALLY do? Because it doesn't seem to do jack shit.

Definitely that along with an option to not automatically load embedded images.

[yell0wf0x]

Also the dark theme notification popup thingy when ye press the bell thing on mobile still has a white background in it. I wonder if that'd be fixed cuz it looks awkward with the dark theme and all. Could be just me tho

[PheagleAdler]

There's an English version of the site (or it can at least be set where most text is in English) and the site is very English-user friendly. You don't need to know any Japanese to be able to navigate it. Its also got a lot of furry artwork on it.

I only have an account there because an artist I watch used to post there, the English isn't really the best but it is functional for the most part. Their forms don't always display in English though.

[Caretaker]

Also the dark theme notification popup thingy when ye press the bell thing on mobile still has a white background in it. I wonder if that'd be fixed cuz it looks awkward with the dark theme and all. Could be just me tho

The Dark Theme is still in beta, there are elements where items like popups still use a white BG and I need to find the appropriate CSS entry to change. I've not messed with IPB Skins since 2008 back when I managed a few places running on v2.3

[Ikrit]

 

Adding a topic for discussing cars.

carenath plz