Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?

[tautech]

FYI, I notice that SMF version 2.1.13 has been release, and IIRC v2.1.x is supposed to have some UI improvments, including a new editor I think?
Should I try the upgrade it in the new year?
I'll have to have a look a test forum using it to see what's it like first.

Yeah why not if you have time.
Better over the break to try stuff for a day or 2 while many are on holiday.

Give us the heads up for when you decide to schedule it.

[RoGeorge]

Yeah why not if you have time.

Because the new SMF version has only the buggy editor we just tested.

[xrunner]

FYI, I notice that SMF version 2.1.13 has been release, and IIRC v2.1.x is supposed to have some UI improvments, including a new editor I think?
Should I try the upgrade it in the new year?
I'll have to have a look a test forum using it to see what's it like first.

Yeah why not if you have time.
Better over the break to try stuff for a day or 2 while many are on holiday.

Give us the heads up for when you decide to schedule it.

No pain no gain as they say ... 

[bill_c]

2 things I would like to see:
A button to take you to the new replies since the last time I viewed the thread.  Or even a setting to do this by default.
A way to hide (or give them a different background color) threads or posts from specific user(s) that I don't want to read. Kinda like my own little shadow ban that doesn't prevent others from seeing them.
This place is great and has many helpful members, I glad to be here just looking around.

[Ed.Kloonk]

A way to hide (or give them a different background color) threads or posts from specific user(s) that I don't want to read.

The ignore user feature isn't what you need?

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=lists;sa=ignore;u=631828

[tautech]

Yeah why not if you have time.

Because the new SMF version has only the buggy editor we just tested.

Yes of course but who’s to say the plug-in Dave just pulled wasn’t playing badly with it. 

[Black Phoenix]

2 things I would like to see:
A button to take you to the new replies since the last time I viewed the thread.  Or even a setting to do this by default.

In mobile thats what happens (at least to me). If I click in the arrow on the right of the topic title it goes to the first unread post since I last viewed the thread.

[tautech]

A way to hide (or give them a different background color) threads or posts from specific user(s) that I don't want to read.

The ignore user feature isn't what you need?

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=lists;sa=ignore;u=631828

You can Ignore members or threads.
Members it is done with settings in one's own profile.
Threads/Topics you need to ensure your profile is set correctly in order for the Ignore feature to be active.
Guidance here from when it was initiated:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-update-new-ignore-topics-feature/
 

[Smokey]

Change the Wiki permissions and authentication so that forum users in good standing can create pages, or can request the ability to do so without having to bug you for every new page added, then encourage us to make better use of it.  e.g. by creating indexes for long highly technical threads over on the Wiki, where it doesn't rely on the thread's O.P. to keep the index maintained.  Unfortunately you may have to think up a Wiki AUP before giving us page creator access so the few who invariably push the limits can be dealt with without excessive whinging!.

What a great idea!

Also... How about making the default size for embedded youtube videos less huge?

[PlainName]

A button to take you to the new replies since the last time I viewed the thread.

There's an existing button. Is that not what you want?

[T3sl4co1l]

I just wrote a reply and got doubled-up CRLFs...


Anyone else seeing that?


Also, ALT+S from the text box is broken..??



Tim

Edit: yeah, see for yourself. Edit doesn't add returns though?  ALT+S also broken there.

Ed ed: Oh what the fuck, RTF is back but with normal font so I didn't even notice. The text above was pasted but it looked normal on edit.

To be clear: there's no indication of it. If I knew which mode I was posting in, I'd use it accordingly. But there's no discoverability.

Ed^3: OK I see it, profile default is working now. There's still no good indication of which view you're using, until it breaksdoes something unexpected, but it seems to confirm the one bug is fixed, which is good.

[magic]

shortcuts: hit shift+alt+s to submit/post or shift+alt+p to preview

Still works for me without shift, btw, but didn't during Dave's experiments.

[T3sl4co1l]

Hmm, ALT+SHIFT+S doesn't work for me in RTF mode.  Only TAB, then ALT+S or ENTER (moves focus out of text box, Post button is next).

ALT+S still works fine in plain mode.

Tim

[bill_c]

Thanks Ed.Kloonk, tautech, and Dave, just another case of RTFM    This should solve my problem.

[EEVblog]

Yeah why not if you have time.

Because the new SMF version has only the buggy editor we just tested.

Does it?
The plugin I installed was a paid third party plugin.
https://www.smfpacks.com/wysiwyg/

[T3sl4co1l]

Hm, still bugs -- when I enable RTF and press Insert Quote on a post visible below, I get the error:

Code: [Select]

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'pasteHTML')
    at smc_Editor.insertText (editor.js?fin20:625:15)
    at onDocReceived (?action=post;num_replies=13:570:381)
    at oMyDoc.onreadystatechange (script.js?fin20:88:19)

Oh nice, editor.js is well formatted and even uses Hungarian notation.

Oh, go figure, registerDefaultShortcuts only works on Firefox ("if (is_ff) {..." (lines 1180-1190); the is_* globals appear to be binary flags for browser version, see script.js?fin20), that's why ALT+S doesn't work.

I don't see a reference to pasteHTML anywhere though... is it just completely not implemented??

Edit: also, it mangles the code tag when toggling modes.. doesn't look at all like the picture on the link?

Tim

[RoGeorge]

Yeah why not if you have time.

Because the new SMF version has only the buggy editor we just tested.

Does it?
The plugin I installed was a paid third party plugin.
https://www.smfpacks.com/wysiwyg/

No expert here, I've installed SMF long time ago and only played with it for a week or so.  That's how I remember.  After upgrade the WYSIWYG editor became the default and it was not possible to revert to the previous (previous == like the EEVblog editor from the last years).

If you want and if of any help, I can try to install again a SMF2.0 on a Raspberry Pi, just like I did back then, then put it online and upgrade it to the latest 2.1.xx version to double check how the upgrade behaves.

My kind advice would be to test the latest SMF on some other place than on this production EEVblog forum, for just in case.  Also seen this in the release notes, old plugins might need to be reinstalled/reconfigured or become incompatible:

If you are currently using any older version of SMF (including SMF 1.x, SMF 2.0.x, or one of the SMF 2.1 Betas or RCs), you can upgrade directly to 2.1.3 from whichever version you are currently using by using the "Large Upgrade" package from the Download page. Be aware that using this upgrade method will require you to reinstall any customizations that you have added to your forum, so if you are running SMF 2.1.0 or higher, it is recommended that you apply the successive patches instead of using the Large Upgrade.

Quote from https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=584230.0

I am not very sure what that means.  My understanding is that when going from v2.0 to v2.1, any EEVblog customization will require to reinstall/reconfigure.

No idea if any of the bugs fixed by v2.1 are now a problem for EEVblog.  Usually I push for don't fix what is not broken.  I wouldn't dare to apply the upgrade on the production forum without testing the upgrade on a copy first.  V2.1.3 is only a couple of months old, so it might have unknown bugs.  Either way, I wish the best for the forum and for you, too.



Happy New 2023 Year, and a big thank you for keeping the EEVblog up and running, and for inspiring so many others to pursue electronics. 

[RoGeorge]

Yeah why not if you have time.

Because the new SMF version has only the buggy editor we just tested.

Does it?
The plugin I installed was a paid third party plugin.
https://www.smfpacks.com/wysiwyg/

Memories slowly come back.  The editor you bought was at first free, then the plugin was removed from SMF repositories and became payed.  The plugin is an open source project called SCEditor, and somebody packed it nicely together with some SMF install scripts, then sold it as a payed SMF plugin for SMF2.0, the one you bought.

However, starting from SMF2.1 the SCEditor (like the one you bought for SMF2.0) became now the default editor, for free of course.  I've double checked my foggy memories, and indeed the editor change is mentioned in the SMF2.1 release:

https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=580585.0

The changes between SMF 2.0.x and SMF 2.1 are too many to count, but here are a few highlights:

    New features for users
        A new WYSIWYG editor, SCEditor
        Real-time alerts in addition to email notifications
        A new default theme with full support for mobile devices
        Draft messages (you can save & resume later)
        Mentions using @name syntax
        Drag & drop attachments
        Attachments can be embedded directly into post text
    New features for moderators and administrators
        An improved Administrator Control Panel
        Support for moderator groups, not just individuals
        Many security enhancements, including support for optional Two Factor Authentication
        IPv6 support
        Designed with GDPR support
    New features for modification and theme authors
        A massive expansion of the number of integration hooks available
        More powerful BBCode possibilities
        Background tasks
        New capabilities in the Package SDK

[EEVblog]

Does it?
The plugin I installed was a paid third party plugin.
https://www.smfpacks.com/wysiwyg/

Memories slowly come back.  The editor you bought was at first free, then the plugin was removed from SMF repositories and became payed.  The plugin is an open source project called SCEditor, and somebody packed it nicely together with some SMF install scripts, then sold it as a payed SMF plugin for SMF2.0, the one you bought.

However, starting from SMF2.1 the SCEditor (like the one you bought for SMF2.0) became now the default editor, for free of course.  I've double checked my foggy memories, and indeed the editor change is mentioned in the SMF2.1 release:

Maybe it's actually better. Has anyone been on a forum that moved from 2.0 to 2.1?