TwistedTwigleg We have a plugin for selecting the best answer, similar to vanilla (though I have no idea how a best answer looks currently) but I didn’t realize I needed to set it manually. Now it is set on all the help tags and I also added a secondary question tag that can be added to any discussion.
The forums are up again! Migration to new forum platform
TwistedTwigleg though I have no idea how a best answer looks currently
Maybe the answer, to be "best" should get some critical number of likes?
Tomcat TwistedTwigleg though I have no idea how a best answer looks currently
Maybe the answer, to be "best" should get some critical number of likes?
I think the “best” answer is supposed to be the answer that helped solve the issue, like how it was in Vanilla. The user who made the discussion can select the “best” answer (and forum staff).
I think it is better that way, as it prevents “best” answers from becoming a popularity-based thing.
TwistedTwigleg You are absolutely right - the best answer is exactly how it works.
That looks good.
TwistedTwigleg I think the “best” answer is supposed to be the answer that helped solve the issue, like how it was in Vanilla. The user who made the discussion can select the “best” answer (and forum staff).
I think it is better that way, as it prevents “best” answers from becoming a popularity-based thing.
Well, in theory there could be 2 things: the best answer as picked by the OP and the "most popular reply" as per upvotes, but we don't really currently have a up/down voting in here such as exists on slashdot or reddit(and i think the reddit godot community already fills that niche).
Also, at least on Reddit, the most upvoted post usually ends up being a joke or the incorrect answer.
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I usually will "like" a picture of a cat (because I like cats), regardless of the post's content.
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cybereality It appears that old forum links are not redirected to the new threads. This is not a high priority, but it's fixable. I had to do that once for a PHPBB forum, let me know if you need help with that as well.
Coming from a search engine looking for answers, it gives the impression that the forum is offline/dead. The only reason I know to go to the front page and copy-paste the thread title into a forum search is because I'm aware of what happened here.
The first day I was clicking on broken links, I thought the forum was temporarily down again. All those search engine results have the resemblance of being inaccessible and lost.
EDIT: Fixed the quote. This new software is overwhelmingly modern for me to navigate comfortably.
Yes, I know. I believe I can fix it, but there is a lot going on right now. We have all the data backed up, so it's just a matter of writing the scripts. I will speak with the admins about it.
cybereality ...there is a lot going on right now
I believe it! Just FYI from a user perspective. I can find things just fine in the meantime.
Yeah, we are working on redirects. Right now, I am thinking the easiest and best solution is to have a rewrite rule in the forum's .htaccess file, but getting it right is going to be tricky. For example, we need something like this:
But to convert URLs from:
https://godotforums.org/discussion/<ID>/<Topic Name>
To the following:https://godotforums.org/d/<ID>-<Topic Name>
If anyone has experience and/or ideas on how to do this, please comment! I am going to do my best to get it working, but I'm not very experienced in this kind of thing
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I used to be knowledgeable on that subject, but it's been a long time. I'll make an attempt at it if someone else doesn't do it first.
I think maybe this link will be helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34695691/htaccess-from-old-forum-url-to-new-one
Will have to try this weekend
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Seems like the new forum software brought in some new users. Still not a huge amount of activity compared to some other places like Reddit, but I feel like it's growing. Definitely seems to load a whole lot faster and it's easier to read.
Nice to see the new digs!
Don't forget to upload avatars, people. I never remember anyone's name, I just look at the picture.
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Old forum links should be working now! Please give them a try and let me know if it works.
(I purged the cache, but your browser may also keep a cache for the forums - so please give it a little bit if it is not working to clear the cache)
Edit: Now I am going to be looking at the email issue that is causing some users not to get their password reset emails.
Just as a heads up for everyone: I am changing the forum email - now instead of being noreply@godotforums.org
it will be GodotForums@gmail.com
. This should, I believe, fix the issue where emails are not sending to certain email addresses. I was going to just try and change the email settings for the noreply email address, but my server provider doesn't allow the settings to be changed that I can find on the server settings and via search engine results.
So We all lost the badges!!!!