The forums have been updated again today with a minor change. If a user edits his/her post, there will now be a "View Edits" button. Clicking this button will show a history of that reply/post, along with highlights (red = removed text, green = added text).
If you do not see the button or clicking the button does nothing, please do a "hard refresh" by holding Ctrl and pressing F5. This will clear your cache and force a download of the new image and javascript file.
Hopefully this will reduce the amount of griefers who go back and edit all of their posts.
Bara
More entertainment for us.
I think I just heard Zubaz lobby for the spell check.
Oh yeah, I haven't gotten this in yet. Good job Bara!
*edit, Bara beat me to it in the following reply before I could get this edit up*
GOT IT! Perhaps forcing the post to the colors that are default for the forum JUST inside that edit box. That way you could still do the red/green. That doesn't screw with the original post does it?
Actually, I decided I'll just get rid of all formatting from the edits, so it's just plain text. I'll add the smileys, links, and quote formatting, but that's about it. That should resolve the problem and make edits easier to manage and read.
By the way, if you guys notice any of the forums with color/image issues related to this, please be sure to let me know! I know some of the forums have darker backgrounds and icons, so I used a different icon and style for those.
This is a much needed improvement to the forums.It may even promote thinking before hitting the "Post Reply" button.(But I wouldn't be willing to bet any money on that happening)
A perfectly cromulent idea. Well done, good sirs.
That reminds me of the intro to Hot Shots 2, which had text being typed on screen and went something like this:
plot to assassss...
(backspace)
assis...
plot to kill a guy.
Do have an issue with posts that I know have been modified. These are forums that have mods on them so they are constantlyl being updated. I cant get in them.
I open the forum, see the initial few words, start to scroll down and then get and error message.
Have tried CTRL + F5
Oi Snark...you had TOO much fun with that.
Why do I foresee someone typing out a post, 1 symbol at a time and editing it...or even creating a pattern to scroll down through?
~rubs temples~
Perhaps this wasn't a good idea afterall lol.
Sample link to the post that gives you that?
So long chaotic conversations, my brain & its fuzzzzyyyy puzzzzzling mindset of late thanks you (without typos! To lower the amount of data this site has to keep track of, and to NOT see a viewedits button underneath this post, etc)
Here is the one I am most concerned about.
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335474
If you need more I will try and get any I see. Thx
I am using the lastest IE, version 8?
Biggest connection I see is most of the forums that are failing to load is that they are usually ones that have a lot of editing done to them. Also there is a long load time incurred (usually 3 to 10 sec).
ahh can't see it please change the color
oh noes. I'll be caught (I edit my posts like a fiend. Correcting typos and adding new ideas because I don't like double posting if I was the last person to post)
This forum is real bad.
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/328126
actually forces me to CTRL+ALT+DEL the thing.
Have noticed that other people could access it.
Interesting . . .
It's the best thing since sliced bread.
At least one person has been permanently removed from Stardock's sites due initially to inappropriate forum edits.
Correcting typos is one thing.....revising the actual content to make respondents look 'silly' is entirely another....
The loss of the 'time-limited' edit function was "unfortunate" to say the least. This is a welcome improvement, arguably superior to the old 'time-limit'...
And ZubaZ really si a good bloke.
Awesome update, didn't take nearly as long as I expected!
Oh no..Not that this isnt a fine idea, but showing edits to older posts too!!!
My first posts to many folks over the years have been.....well colorful, if you take my meaning. Common sense usually kicks in after readin my first reactionary post and then i edited it.
Oh well, some people are either going to be amused or really pissed off at my first thoughts on a great many things....
Such is life....
Well done though guys!! And spell Check as well??? That will save me hours every day!!!!
another thread that has had a significant editing in the initial post is https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/340622
and when can we expect the spellchecker?
harpo
And yes, posts that are huge with multiple edits are a known issue now. Great thinks must be thunk to resolve it.
Well, the edits have edit times/date associated with it. It could just show edits in the past 5 days or so. No mod thread should be updated that often, and since the main reason here is to stop the "bad" edit behavior, it will still be sufficient?
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
Sign in or Create Account
