Forum Update - April 2, 2009

Minor update, but important

Published on April 2, 2009 By GunslingerBara In Forum Issues

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

Comments (Page 6)

GunslingerBara

on Apr 03, 2009

I have a fix ready for the long page loads, broken pages, etc. related to the new view edits functionality. I also have a fix ready for the "can't see op's edits" bug. However, I won't be pushing them until Monday morning. For the time being, please ignore any bugs related to those 2 issues until Monday morning's update! Thank you.

Bara

Annatar11

on Apr 03, 2009

Real men get Zubaz to do all the pushing, and themselves relax to a nice cold glass o' booze.

Just an idea.

Also, thanks

Jafo

on Apr 03, 2009

I think he meant that now that the public can see their edits, anything they post now will be seen, not just what they edit to....and thus people may think twice before posting a nasty reply.

Yes....that'll be the positive effect of having the edits publicly visible...

mbar8

on Apr 03, 2009

FYI the "view edits" does not work with firefox. Nor does the firefox spell checker for some reason.

Annatar11

on Apr 03, 2009

View edits works perfectly fine with firefox. Where doesn't it for you?

MouseGoddess

on Apr 03, 2009

I've noticed the term "trolls" on here. This isn't something I've seen on any of the other forums I hang out at. What is it? (And more importantly, are I one?)

MouseGoddess

on Apr 03, 2009

BTW, why do my smilies pop up at the front of my posts instead of at the end where my cursor is? I have to C/C/P them to the end!

ZubaZ

on Apr 03, 2009

mbaron888

reply 4

FYI the "view edits" does not work with firefox. Nor does the firefox spell checker for some reason.

Make sure you are looking at a post that has been edited. And do a forced refresh [ctrl][F5].

The FF spell check doesn't work. Never has. Something to do with the control we use. It's being evaluated for future builds.

ZubaZ

on Apr 03, 2009

MouseGoddess

reply 6

I've noticed the term "trolls" on here. This isn't something I've seen on any of the other forums I hang out at. What is it? (And more importantly, are I one?)

An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion

http://www.answers.com/topic/troll-internet

You are not a troll

mbar8

on Apr 03, 2009

Make sure you are looking at a post that has been edited. And do a forced refresh [ctrl][F5].

Thank you! [ctrl][F5] fixed it right up. Forced refresh. I'll file that away in my tool box.

Wizard1956

on Apr 03, 2009

This isn't something I've seen on any of the other forums I hang out at. What is it? (And more importantly, are I one?)

It's a regular zoo around here.We have s, s, s, s, s, , s, s, s,and of course

There are also geese,giant spiders and a poo flinging monkeh that show up from time to time.

You can't be a troll,you're a MouseGoddess.

sydneysiders

on Apr 03, 2009

why are there two sheep Wiz.....is that to keep an extra lookout for kiwis?....

Loupdinour

on Apr 03, 2009

Zubaz

reply 8

The FF spell check doesn't work. Never has. Something to do with the control we use. It's being evaluated for future builds.

I wouldn't say "never". It stopped working around one of the forum updates...too long ago to remember which one. It was a pretty big forum change though...

CarGuy1

on Apr 03, 2009

There are also geese,giant spiders and a poo flinging monkeh that show up from time to time.

I've got just the thing for poo flinging monkeys...

Wizard1956

on Apr 03, 2009

why are there two sheep Wiz

Good question.Because

s wouldn't be the proper plural form.(grammar police may be watching you know)

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