433 replies to this topic

[Jυra]

I for sure want thread/gallery tagging. You could just make them a regular moderator?

[David Diaz]

^ But then it's just not as cool.  

[Wolfie]

David Diaz, on 29 June 2009 - 04:54 AM, said:

+1. Or make it so the banned group can post to one forum that you specially selected.

She mentioned that.

Kotonoha, on 29 June 2009 - 04:34 AM, said:

• Option to make it so that when moderators ban a user the user's group is changed to the banned group. it is so annoying having to log into the admin CP and change a member's group manually. And it makes it extremely hard to make a system where banned members can view an appeal forum, because if they're banned by a moderator then there's no way to give them access to an appeals forum until the admin changes their group.

[Wolfie]

Here's one that I'm sure will get some +'s

Reverifying account information, namely, email addresses.  Over time, some members may switch to a new email account and forget to update their account information to reflect this.  So with that in mind, a few ACP settings.

Tools & Settings/Security
Enable account email re-verification? Yes/No
How long after notification before member loses access? [__] immediately/minutes/hours/days

Then, per member group
How often to re-verify email address?  [__] days (0 to disable for that group)


When the member visits again, they get sent to a special page that tells them that for security purposes, they need to verify their information.  They can be given the choice to do it right then or to continue without it at that point (unless the time limit is set to immediate).  After the notice and the specified time period, any visits to the board will require that they verify their email address.  What this would mean is that they would be shown the currently used email address, with the ability to change it.  If they put in a different email address, then they need to enter it again (to make sure it's correct).  After that, they press a button to verify and then click a link in the email they get.  The email simply tells the board to reset their account (ie, account was last verified at date/time).


This would help keep email addresses current and in doing so, could reduce the risk of an email address being dropped, but then someone else making the same email address (like on sites where email addresses can drop and someone else can register the same email address).  Because then all that new person has to do, if they know an account with that email exists, is do a password reset and then they can gain access to an established account.

Not only that but if you need to contact a member for any reason, it helps to know that you have a valid email address to reach them at.  Also, if someone sends them a PM or if they are watching forums/topics/etc, when notifications are sent out, less chances of something bouncing.

This would be different from putting an account into "awaiting validation" mode, as it would be specially flagged to either give them a warning of impending doom (ie, account will become disabled) and once disabled, the account would be unusable until re-verified.  This should also disable any other emails sent to the member (the aforementioned PM's and watched forums/topics notifications).  That way if an account does end up with an invalidated email address, there won't be bouncing emails.

One other thought on this.  If the email address IS changed during the re-verification process, an email should be sent to the old email address, giving notice of the change.  The drawback is that if the account is closed/etc, it will bounce.  But if someone is changing it without authorization, then the original account holder would be alerted to the action.

Also, changes during the re-verification process should be logged.  Account name, old email address, new email address, IP used (as well as browser and OS type).  For an admin that knows the member being affected, if they say it wasn't them and they see strange information (I know for a fact that they'd never us Windows! gasp! for example), then they can easily restore the account.

[TCWT]

1. Email notification when PM Inbox hits a threshold.
2. "Vacation" messages, like what email systems use.
3. Show list of members subscribed to a topic and allow admins to unsubscribe them. I don't undertand why there is an option to unsubscribe all but not this.

[Wolfie]

I want to be able to download PM's/conversations in .txt .html .xml .cvs formats...  Heck, any format would be nice.

[Jυra]

Takes me seconds to open Notepad to copypasta. :3

[Wolfie]

I mean mass downloading of conversations/PM's.  Not just one conversation but an entire group of them.

[tranceandy]

We already have Group Promotion, so group demotion based on negative reputation would be a great addition

Come to think of it, it would be good to have group promotion on positive rep too

[Wolfie]

"edit log" for Admins eyes only

Not a detailed log, just a simple "last edited by" log, with the date/time of the edit as well as who did it and the IP address of the edit.  This would be viewable by the Admins only (maybe global moderators?) and couldn't be hidden in any way.  It could be kept out of view with a drop down (menu like) where the Admin could view the history of edits.  So if a member makes an edit to a post, the admin will know it, even if no one else does.

Not a detailed log though, as in, not telling what changes were made, only that an edit took place.  For a detailed edit log, that should be something separate (there are requests for that).  However, any 'edit reasons' should be kept in the history as well.

[Maxxius]

Talked about it in http://forums.invisi...-bad-rep-group/

- Google etc. sitemap generator of topics and forums

[tranceandy]

.Wolfie, on 30 June 2009 - 12:38 AM, said:

I mean mass downloading of conversations/PM's.  Not just one conversation but an entire group of them.

We used to be able to download them, can't believe they got rid of that

[Wolfie]

Andy D, on 30 June 2009 - 12:07 PM, said:

We used to be able to download them, can't believe they got rid of that

I know, that's why I'm requesting it back.

[Perhonorificus_merged]

Since we're requesting things back, how about returning the emoticon side panel, or at least giving the option   Not sure why it was removed in the first place.

[Wolfie]

Perhonorificus_merged, on 30 June 2009 - 02:19 PM, said:

Since we're requesting things back, how about returning the emoticon side panel, or at least giving the option   Not sure why it was removed in the first place.

Rikki is already looking to make it so that when you double click the smile face (emoticon panel), it will show the side panel and the choice will (or can) be saved so it always appears.  As it is, you have to double click it per post you are making in order to show it.  So long as it can be minimized/hidden, I think it's a wonderful idea.


I'd like to see an option where a member (or admin) can request an automatically generated password, like form http://www.goodpassword.com

[Jυra]

Andy D, on 30 June 2009 - 12:07 PM, said:

We used to be able to download them, can't believe they got rid of that

I'm sure it was because so few people used it. I don't see why someone would want to save so many PMs.

[TCWT]

.Wolfie, on 30 June 2009 - 02:39 PM, said:

Rikki is already looking to make it so that when you double click the smile face (emoticon panel), it will show the side panel and the choice will (or can) be saved so it always appears.  As it is, you have to double click it per post you are making in order to show it.  So long as it can be minimized/hidden, I think it's a wonderful idea.


I'd like to see an option where a member (or admin) can request an automatically generated password, like form http://www.goodpassword.com

How would one know to double click to open the smilies panel? :/

[Wolfie]

Jυra, on 30 June 2009 - 03:00 PM, said:

I'm sure it was because so few people used it. I don't see why someone would want to save so many PMs.

Some people like to keep copies of their conversations and in order to do that and to free up more PM space, you have to be able to download them and then delete the ones from the board that you now have on your computer.

I'm quite sure plenty of people used the feature, just probably got overlooked.

TCWT, on 30 June 2009 - 03:33 PM, said:

How would one know to double click to open the smilies panel? :/

Magic.

[Oliver Beeck]

Double clicking on a post let's you edit it. That would be a cool feature

[tranceandy]

Jυra, on 30 June 2009 - 03:00 PM, said:

I'm sure it was because so few people used it. I don't see why someone would want to save so many PMs.

Because some people like to hoard things