Feedback & Feature Requests

[Winddancer]

Well poop.. I will do it for you then <3 I thought members had that option, many apologies <3

[Winddancer]

@Nessa Saelind I asked Narv to look into being able to delete them yourselves as well, but one of your posts has something in it, you sure you want that deleted??

[Nessa Saelind]

Yup, no worries. I keep backups of texts in an embarrassing amount of Word documents numbered depending on which edit series it is

[Winddancer]

They are now demolished!

And apparently being able to delete your own posts is not something that can easily be done :( So feel free to ask as per usual, sorry! :(

[Narv]

As Winddy said, this a dumb part of the phpbb software where they decided that after replies are made, members shouldn't be able to delete their own posts. The only option other than that is allowing people to delete ANY posts, including other people's (aka admin permissions), which would obviously bring its own issues ;)

I too would prefer to just allow self-deletes-after-replies regardless, but it's unfortunately baked into the core code and not something we can change without creating headaches for ourselves when keeping the software up to date. So editing the post to be blank or just sticking some 'nevermind this' message, while aesthetically unfortunate, is probably the best workaround (other than asking us to delete, which we're happy to do whenever).

[Lailyn]

The table thread is fantastic. Not to create more work for anyone but can I piggyback on Nessa's idea and ask if there could be a general How-To thread about stuff like that?

The few times I insert images into posts (Edit: and always want to resize them ha sorry forgot to mention that's the bit I can't remember), I always forget how to do it and I'd love if it were somewhere easier/quicker to refer to than going back to my own posts and opening the editor to get the code or searching through this thread for it.

Then if other cool things like that come up (or already exist I just can't think of anything at the moment), those could also be added subsequently in the thread and everything would be kind of neat and tidy in one place?

[Winddancer]

Sure thing, gimme a sec and I will merge it with the tables thread and rename it <3

Edit: All done!

[Lailyn]

Yay thank you Windy!!

[Winddancer]

No worries, its a great idea as I often use Tara's resize post to remember what to do too :P

[Nessa Saelind]

@Winddancer thanks for all the hard work in moving furniture posts with instructions to a new thread

[Winddancer]

Anytime! <3 It makes sense to have it separate :)

[Moriel]

@Winddancer

[Baphởmet]

SO MANY SMILIES!!!

[Marceline]

[Winddancer]

@Winddancer

Love you long time! <3

[Moriel]

[Marceline]

[Baphởmet]

[Moriel]

[Marceline]

[Baphởmet]

better and better

[Nessa Saelind]

In the interest of transparacy (and quite frankly to reassure everyone that I can actually IT without blowing up the Plaza - Narv and Tara are beyond relieved I am sure ) at the request of the TR aka @Fuin Elda Black Swans thread has been officially locked.

Honestly, well done me!

And we need a clown emoji in here

[Raisins]

So I've tried it a few times I think @Jwaein is the one I need for help on this as it's TABLES related...

I've not found a way to put in a break line wise in the table? a single space or double space doesn't seem to work (they just end up all one line wrapping) is there a specific code that I'm missing in the guidelines that is needed for that or is it just not doable atm?

[Marceline]

@Fuin Elda - when you say "a break line wise" do you mean an empty row, but with the row being the same height as rows with text in them? For example, the code below creates a smushed empty row, which doesn't look great:

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[table=30,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textleft]
			[th=50,null]Title1[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1] [/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text12[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

Title1
Text12

If I'm understanding your question correctly, I don't think there's a ton we can do without editing the tables extension's source code, which we don't do. I can suggest a workaround, though - adding a single non-space character (such as a period) seems to get the row height set properly (you could white it out if you don't want visible text in the empty row). Let me know if you the issue you're having is different from this though!

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[table=30,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textleft]
			[th=50,null]Title1[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1].[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text12[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

Title1
.
Text12

[Raisins]

No I'm meaning like putting a list in a single cell (like for the tingdain) for orders and having like some sort of <br> type code to make lines in each cell instead of a text wrap

[Marceline]

Hmmmm yes I see what you mean now! I'll take a look and see what's possible

[Marceline]

@Fuin Elda - I looked into this tonight and it appears that <br> tags get swallowed and ignored by the table code, for some reason. The best I can do with the extension we're using is a new [p]{TEXT}[/p] custom tag ({TEXT} is optional), which results in a paragraph break, like so:

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[table=15,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textleft]
			[th=100,null]Title[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]line 1[p][/p]line 2[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

Title
line 1 line 2

I don't think this tag will see much use outside of tables since the equivalent can be achieved in a normal post by hitting "return" twice. Still, hope this helps get at what you're looking for, if a little imperfectly! Let me know if this is useful and we can make it available via the post box.

[Raisins]

That is absolutely perfect thanks so very much!

[Marceline]

@Fuin Elda - Oh good! The p tag should be available in the post box via the "Full Editor & Preview" view now. Let me know if you can't see it for whatever reason!

[Raisins]

It's there! Thanks so much again @Jwaein !

[Afird Splitax]

Speaking of Khazad-dûm. I may as well continue my quest here to have the name fixed if possible. And, to get some opinions.

Khazad Dum
...And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.

I would assume this would mean between the year's II 750 and II 16971 when it was at its height when the realm of Eregion existed. At least that would be a good timeline for KD, I think.

There are not many images of KD at this time that I was able to find. The image that the kingdom has now in its header is a photo of Erebor from the movie, The Hobbit.
What other image would depict the timeline, besides the current one? The Doors of Moria? The Mirrorme? The Misty Mountains? Or something else?

Thanks for indulging an old dwarf!

[Nessa Saelind]

I would love to see Kheled-zâram! Because of its importance to Durin and his people. In addition, the illustration of the lake is timeless and could fit many periods. There's my two cents.

[Marceline]

@Afird Splitax Just wanted to peek in here to say I haven't forgotten about this - I've got a fix in progress

As for alternate header images, did you have any specific art in mind? (And the quote isn't necessarily binding in terms of what image can be displayed, either!)

[Afird Splitax]

Awesome @Marceline ! No hurries!

And yes I have an art piece in mind. Does anyone else?

[Marceline]

@Afird Splitax - the renaming is complete! I've tested this fairly thoroughly but please let me know if you see anything unexpected.

As far as art - feel free to share here so all can see what you had in mind!

[Afird Splitax]

@Marceline Yay! Thanks, Tara! Looks good and seems right! I am so glad that the circumflex worked.

[Raisins]

@Marceline I was just popping into KD and noticed that one of the header images for KD is currently showing the home forum image on the right side (the narrow little bit)

[Marceline]

Oooh good catch - thanks @Fuin Elda! I'll try to fix this soon.

[Afird Splitax]

I have another question regarding Global Member Announcements: What's Going on Around the Plaza.
I think that it should be just that, an announcement thread. It seems redundant to c/p what a member just posted, into the OP, advertising it twice in the same place.
I understand the thread's gist when Nuplaza was busy when it reopened, but now do we need the Master List?

I thought that the OP could still have links to similar threads from each Kingdom, such as Photo Threads, OOC Threads, etc. And, if you are looking for a pub or game, for example, you have to scroll down the adverts to find one.

What do you think? Thanks!

[Marceline]

@Fuin Elda - the rogue image should be fixed in KD now!

@Afird Splitax - I see what you're saying and personally don't usually scroll back to the OP (but instead just look at what's most recently been shared). That said, it's your thread so I support whatever you ultimately feel most comfortable with as its maintainer!

[Afird Splitax]

Thanks, Marceline! I will tidy up the OP. I have been neglecting it like that one sock you keep seeing under the bed but put off picking up for weeks and weeks until eventually it just becomes a giant dust ball, a world of its own with minuscule creatures living on it.

[Nessa Saelind]

@Afird Splitax - Regarding the OP of the Global Member Announcement in my opinion it should have a list of permanent RP threads for each Kingdom. I don't know if permanent is a good phrase, but in essence, RP threads that don't have a time limit like a game or a seasonal pub or something thematic... But as Tara said, you figure out what's more convenient to maintain for you. And if you need any help with organising let me know - I'll be happy to help