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Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« on: December 04, 2022, 04:43:55 am »
I had a recent thread on Mastodon which got voted with little interest. But I was wondering if there are any other services/apps/whatever that people would like to see added to the EEVblog.
i.e. something that could be of benefit to the existing community here?
I don't know what those things would be, that's why I'm asking.
And I'm talking thing that would run on the EEVblog server locally.
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2022, 09:30:55 am »
The thing that comes to mind immediately is fixing the attachment plugin, I think you disabled (half of) it when pictures got mixed up? It still gives you the choices (end of post, inline etc.) but as far as I am aware it's not functional. If it can't be fixed it's probably better to remove the plugin, or would that screw up posts that used it in the past?
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2022, 10:08:36 am »
Finally fix the **** attachment thing. Define this as your only mission in life. Dedicate all your resources to it. If you succeed, then let's think about what else we would like to have.
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2022, 10:39:09 am »
Finally fix the **** attachment thing. Define this as your only mission in life. Dedicate all your resources to it. If you succeed, then let's think about what else we would like to have.

Working on it right now.
 
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2022, 11:04:02 am »
Damn, I hate inline attachments being to easy :scared:

But if we are at that, you could fix your avatar too ;D
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2022, 11:30:13 am »
Spell chequer.

On that subject, could the mod edit misspelled subject lines, as to assist the Google spider when it comes indexing?

Also, Apple Safari does not recognise the standard favicon. There is no Dave Hand on my iPad bookmarks. Instead, Safari requires a 'favicon' defined as an apple touch icon, go figure? It's just an extra rel-link in the page header: vis https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/appletou.htm

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2022, 11:44:27 am »
Does it mean that some other body part could be shown to Apple users with no one else noticing? :-DD
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2022, 12:15:40 pm »
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!.
 
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2022, 01:06:07 pm »
Change the Wiki permissions and authentication so that forum users in good standing can create pages

Good idea, I didn't even remember such wiki existed.
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2022, 01:35:56 pm »
I don't know if this functionality exists and I don't know how to use it, but I would also like to be search by poster, since certain posters seem to have a high density of interesting content  to me.
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2022, 02:28:34 pm »
I don't know if this functionality exists and I don't know how to use it, but I would also like to be search by poster, since certain posters seem to have a high density of interesting content  to me.
Search by user is already available on the forum's advanced search page: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/search/?advanced
replace the * in the By user: box by the exact user name, or by a partial user name with * as a wildcard, and also put at least one search term in the Search for: box.
You can also exclude selected sub-forums e.g. if you don't want to read their ramblings about Cooking!

N.B. if you aren't logged in yourself you will have to answer a Captcha.

If you've got no idea what search terms to use, you can view all their posts via their profile.  e.g. here's yours: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=showposts;u=878380

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2022, 02:44:02 pm »
Thanks.  I will try out what you wrote.
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2022, 03:31:56 pm »
Hi Ian,

I don't see how you got from my profile to u=878380
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2022, 03:35:41 pm »
Hover over the name next to a post in a topic and most browsers will show the user number in their status bar.  Click the name next to a post, and it opens their profile where you'll find a 'Show Posts' link in the section below their name on the right, which is where I got your user 878380 'Show Posts' URL from. 

As Dave (Mr 'EEVblog') is trying to collect useful suggestions for new services and features here, if you've got further "how to use the forum" questions, please start an new topic for them rather than going further off topic in this one.
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2022, 03:40:11 pm »
Finally fix the **** attachment thing. Define this as your only mission in life. Dedicate all your resources to it. If you succeed, then let's think about what else we would like to have.

Working on it right now.

Oh-Oh, hold onto your hats everyone, we're about to go through the attachment-scrambling wormhole again  :-DD
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2022, 03:43:35 pm »
[evil] Quick! Attach some cat videos! [/evil]  :popcorn:
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2022, 07:57:01 pm »
Yeah, I wonder if Dave has some QA server to test stuff on or we are going to suffer some random cardgame again  :scared:
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2022, 08:00:10 pm »
Finally fix the **** attachment thing. Define this as your only mission in life. Dedicate all your resources to it. If you succeed, then let's think about what else we would like to have.
Agreed. This is the main thing that has been missing from this forum: an easy way to add/manage pictures to a posting. If I want to attach more than 1 image, I use an image hosting service but for many of my early postings the images are long gone.
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2022, 08:05:40 pm »
1) Attachment/Pictures is number one priority
2) For me, getting a better private messaging system is the second priority

This board has what I experience as the worst PM functionality I ever used. You cannot manage conversations, no attachments are possible, no way to download PM's for archive, etc.

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2022, 08:23:37 pm »
I agree, attachments in PM would be my second suggestion but I didn't want to distract Dave from item #1  ;)
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2022, 08:45:46 pm »
What about a new software entirely?  https://www.vbulletin.com/ comes to mind...
 

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2022, 08:49:34 pm »
Forum upgrade > any other hosted service then  ^-^


Xenforo is top btw. Much better than vBulletin.

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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2022, 08:49:49 pm »
Once this attachment thing works as advertised  :)
may I propose a test equipment picture database:

Often only a test equipment designation is given
in the body of text.
And often enough I'd like to see the corresponding
picture, preferably by way of an in-line link and not by needing
to find a picture through an external search.

Any ideas on this? Cool or not?




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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2022, 08:54:05 pm »
What about a new software entirely?  https://www.vbulletin.com/ comes to mind...

But only as a last resort. Lost the highly valued "Tonmeisterforum" forever because of such a move. Conversion didn't work and backups also didn't work. Was an extremely valuable resource, I am missing every day.
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Re: Are there any EEVblog server app you'd like to see installed?
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2022, 09:01:47 pm »
I would like to open something of a can of worms :D

I mentioned this already some time ago, and a couple of other did as well.

Would you consider changing the forum software completely? SMF shows it's age.

Several communities i'm a member on are using Xenforo (www.xenforo.com), and i came to like it a lot. It is modern, with a seamlessly scaling UI depending on your device, and at the same time keeps the look and feel of a forum. Unlike for example Discourse  :phew:
The WYSIWYG Editor works well (and can be switched to a non-WYSIWYG Editor), and you can just drop an image into any post inline, or attach them as well. A well working notification system. A great quoting system, giving the opportunity to easily avoid fullquotes.
Its paid software, but it is not expensive.

Though of course i have no idea how much effort a migration would be. They say they have a SMF 2.0 importer, but i have no idea how well it works :D

What about a new software entirely?  https://www.vbulletin.com/ comes to mind...

But only as a last resort. Lost the highly valued "Tonmeisterforum" forever because of such a move. Conversion didn't work and backups also didn't work. Was an extremely valuable resource, I am missing every day.
Ooof, that hurts. But that the forum was lost that way shows incredibly poor planning by the webmaster of that site. Test your backups, people!
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