General site updates, TODO list and discussion

u/Snektron April 21, 2015, 12:17:21 PM

It would also be cool if there were an automatic post to a download topic. Though you can also just use the link i guess

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 21, 2015, 04:16:02 PM

Do you mean dynamic topic listing on the blog?

Also I finally figured out how to fix the Karma log permissions. I wanted them viewable so it's easier for staff to see which post's karma was changed, but for odd reasons non-mods couldn't see it. It turned out that in addition to permissions, there was an extra box to check in the Karma settings to enable that feature. >.<

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 27, 2015, 06:57:58 AM

Site updated to SMF 2.0.10. This supposedly fixes some bugs over the previous versions, although for the most part nothing that seems to have affected our user experience before.

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 06, 2015, 10:06:38 PM

So I updated the first post again with what still needs to be done and feature ideas. It was pretty outdated since various things have been fixed (CODE divs in spoilers), were confirmed to not be issues anymore or were scrapped ideas.

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 07, 2015, 07:24:38 PM

UPDATE: Members that have 0 posts are no longer allowed to post external website links. Hopefully this cuts down some of the spam.

u/Snektron May 07, 2015, 08:30:01 PM

Ah thats a good update, i hope it will work

u/Jonius7 May 08, 2015, 12:08:27 AM

Ah that's why it said I couldn't post links when all I did was have BB Code. I was however able to quick modify it in afterwards.

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 08, 2015, 02:48:10 AM

Yeah we had an increase in spambots lately and since we currently only have 3 moderators (only one having regular computer+internet access) sometimes it takes a while before bots get banned. If they try to bypass this by trying to camouflage their links as something else then we can always add a filter for it.

Or we could get extra moderators

u/CKH4 May 08, 2015, 02:53:36 AM

Its kinda weird, I haven't seen any spambot posts. If you need a sort of part time mod I can be on every other day. I don't really want it though so if your getting more moderators pick other people over me.

u/Strontium May 08, 2015, 03:10:46 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on May 08, 2015, 02:48:10 AM
Yeah we had an increase in spambots lately and since we currently only have 3 moderators (only one having regular computer+internet access) sometimes it takes a while before bots get banned. If they try to bypass this by trying to camouflage their links as something else then we can always add a filter for it.

Or we could get extra moderators

*raises hand*^{noplsdon'tmakemeamoderatorisuckatmoderatingplusihaventevenbeenherelongenough}

u/Yuki May 08, 2015, 03:17:31 AM

Quote from: CKH4 on May 08, 2015, 02:53:36 AM
Its kinda weird, I haven't seen any spambot posts.

DJ has time to slay them before anyone can see them, what an efficient guy.

u/Unicorn May 08, 2015, 03:23:48 AM

I might be able to Mod, I'm on almost every day for at least an hour... That is if you want me to.

Last Edit: May 08, 2015, 03:27:02 AM by Unicorn

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 08, 2015, 03:42:08 AM

Quote from: Juju on May 08, 2015, 03:17:31 AM
Quote from: CKH4 on May 08, 2015, 02:53:36 AM
Its kinda weird, I haven't seen any spambot posts.
DJ has time to slay them before anyone can see them, what an efficient guy.

Erm, while I can send the topics right to the trash bin, I cannot ban members. I can move them to the restricted membergroup, though (which requires admin approval on every post). Only server maintenance guys who have been here since the very start, along with moderators, can ban/delete accounts. Hence why I said having more moderators would be nice. But of course we need to know the user well and trust him enough to not end up with a moderator that uses his powers out of anger (which is why I didn't want to be mod) or for entertainment purposes.

EDIT lol Unicorn at that pixel art.

Last Edit: May 08, 2015, 03:46:59 AM by DJ Omnimaga

u/Unicorn May 08, 2015, 05:35:21 AM

I was just wondering, could the membergroups feature be used to make coding groups in the future? I actually see a contest bbetween coding groups if that happens.

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 08, 2015, 06:02:53 AM

What do you mean by that? Because we already have the Elite Coders group, in which notable programmers get put if they are still planning to make new stuff and contribute to the site. For contests, I think it would be counter-productive to restrict them to just members of such group.