FFF.NET 2.0 is for the discussion of the latest version of this site.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 18:57
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YINYANG

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 2:41 PM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Paging. For the love of god, paging.

Seconded.

PIZMOBEACH

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 3:34 PM

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Originally posted by Haken:
... so that it'll last another decade.

Just like reading that

Thanks for everything Haken, what a great site. I agree with other suggestions, my only addition:

I don't get any email notifications now when someone replies to one of my posts - seems like that stopped after the last attack. I would like to see that returned and expanded to getting an email note when anyone posts to a thread we've posted to and not just directly to a post - it's nice to know when others have added something in general.

Dang, one other: preview post option?

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ECGORDON

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:11 PM

Not being a visual artist myself the resizing of images in the Blue Sun Room doesn't bother me too much, but as a courtesy to those who provide such art could you please allow them to display it in the resolution they prefer?

On the other hand, could you please transfer that resizing code to images displayed in forum threads? Take the "Avatar reports" thread: Just the first image that Out2theBlack entered of Neytiri causes the entire thread to be stretched horizontally, and I have to scroll to the right, then back to the left, in order to read replies. Yes, I suppose I could change my screen resolution, but for the most part I like it the way it is.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

KPO

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:22 PM

First of all, good man Haken.

Second, I am in favour of an 'ignore' function that allows me to ignore PirateNews. But I'm not so concerned about the effort on my scrolling-finger, more the effort of having to search to find a thread that isn't his spam in the first place. His cut-and-paste threads (essentially a transplant of his propaganda website) sometimes swamp the whole RWED board, and it stifles community discussion (and the free speech of the rest of us).

Would an 'ignore' feature remove his threads from my consciousness entirely (or at least hide them away)? If so that would be grand.

Heads should roll

HAKEN

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 11:07 PM

First off, let me just say that version FFF.NET 2.0 will be very similar to version 1.0 in terms of look. There will be some changes because I will be using CSS DIVs to layout the site rather than HTML tables. Yeah, FFF.NET has been around long enough that many technologies and ways of doing things have changed.

As for scripting language, FFF.NET 2.0 will be in C#. And, yes, ASP, which is basically VBScript is no longer supported by anyone, including Sun Microsystems, which acquired it several years back.

Where can you see it? It's currently at http://beta.fireflyfans.net. I'll try and do a build every couple of days, which basically means that I'll add a function or page every couple of days--time in real life permitting, of course. Those of you who wishes to help me test can go ahead and provide feedback so that I can make changes accordingly. This back and forth between myself and those of you who were around at the time worked out pretty well in creating the FFF.NET you see today.

Here are some feedbacks about the requests:

IGNORE FUNCTION
Sounds reasonable enough, I'll add that in when the message board is fairly complete and stable. The only drawback I see with an ignore function is that one might ignore something that's actually okay. I think in most cases, reporting an abuse might work better.

PAGING
It's not that I can't add paging. It's just that I've noticed for sites that do have them, we see threads that are hundreds or even thousands of posts long because people just keeps posting to the same thread. Overtime we just see threads that are hundreds of pages long, which pretty much renders paging useless anyway.

In the early days of FFF.NET it was decided that without paging, the community will naturally just create new threads for topics because members would realize that a thread was too long. I think this actually worked out pretty well in terms of keeping things fresh and moving along. It's interesting to note that while I was repairing the damage caused by the spambot, I discovered that there are over 750,000 posts in the message board with over 40,000 threads. Since we're on the subject, there are about 19,000 items in the Blue Sun Room. Overall, that's a lot of content.

Anyway, more later, gotta run out for a bit.

Haken

SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 4:20 AM

Speaking of cookies: No sensitive data in them i.e. the email address and password should NEVER be in them.

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HAKEN

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 4:34 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Speaking of cookies: No sensitive data in them i.e. the email address and password should NEVER be in them.

Yeah. That sort of thing won't appear in version 2.0 and cookie info will be encrypted.

HAKEN

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 4:41 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Not being a visual artist myself the resizing of images in the Blue Sun Room doesn't bother me too much, but as a courtesy to those who provide such art could you please allow them to display it in the resolution they prefer?

On the other hand, could you please transfer that resizing code to images displayed in forum threads? Take the "Avatar reports" thread: Just the first image that Out2theBlack entered of Neytiri causes the entire thread to be stretched horizontally, and I have to scroll to the right, then back to the left, in order to read replies. Yes, I suppose I could change my screen resolution, but for the most part I like it the way it is.

This is already in FFF.NET 2.0. If you look at the same Avatar thread on the beta site, you'll notice that the images are reduced to a comfortable viewing size. The same will likely be true for images in The Blue Sun room along with an option to view the image in its original size.

http://beta.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=2&tid=41192

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 5:59 AM

Hm, just looking around the beta, I really miss the latest post listing. I always thought that was one of the most convenient features of the site and wished more forums had it.
Text in threadlists and the tag looks teeny to me, almost unreadable, though I know I can alter that to a certain extent myself. I think slightly larger font would be better. I also like the margin on the left of the thread that's here on version 1.0, though that's probably a function of what I'm so used to, but it is a layout that seems easier on my eyes. Having the threadlist on the right side makes my brain want to keep reading into that, if that makes any sense at all. I do like the overall layout and menu of the beta 2.0, it's more visible and accessible. I hope the top 100 discussion and community links will make an appearance as you continue building

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 6:16 AM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Take the "Avatar reports" thread: Just the first image that Out2theBlack entered of Neytiri causes the entire thread to be stretched horizontally, and I have to scroll to the right, then back to the left, in order to read replies.

Yeah, that makes me run away from threads myself.

But, Haken RULES in any case!

The laughing Chrisisall

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