18 replies to this topic

[Enkidu]

Hello

when I tried to promote a topic written by member x, the front page was like: topic title, by: my name! Isn't it supposed to keep the name of the original author rather than credit his topic/post to the mod/admin who promoted it?

think about it. If I'm just a passing by visitor. How on earth I'm to tell that the name written underneath the title is of that who promotes the article and not the one who actually authors it?

besides, my members would beat me to death if they find my name on their posts

[Soarx]

Temporary solution is here.

[wimg]

Thanks, this works a charm!

Kind regards, WIm

[mikesound]

any chance invision staff can give this "fix" a thumbs up or not

as in will it have any unforeseen effects on other functions ?

[wimg]

It doesn't have any other effect that changing the name of the author of the article to that of the real author of the original post when promoting a post to an article, a the moment it is saved to the database.

Furthermore, if you save a copy of the original code, it is very easy to undo if need be at a later stage.

I do think, however, that this, i.e., preserving the original author, is the proper way to do it, and I don't understand why it was handled differently in the first place. If there is a need to change the name of the author, that can be done, but it should only be used sparingly, so for that option there is the ACP, IMO.

And this will still work whether the users themselves have access to the promote to artcile button or not.

Kind regards, Wim

[bfarber]

The suggested change is fine, and is exactly how I'd do it if I were to change IP.Content as requested here. I see merit in the change, but so far there isn't that much support for it, so I'm just gauging necessity still.

[mikesound]

maybe add it as a setting ?

or if trying to avoid too many settings

just make it so that you can choose the author when promoting ?

[chilihead]

Never knew it didn't show the author because I don't use it. Definitely should be treated as a bug, you can't take someone else's work and attach your name.

PS. How does "Blog This" work?

[Gearnik]

I agree 100% - the author's name should be used, not the admin's.

[Gearnik]

Just on this, I am trying to create a block for the portal that shows the last 5 articles. In the template I want to list the author's name - what variable should this be? I'm not seeing anything indicating the author name.

[Tigratrus]

I agree 100% - the author's name should be used, not the admin's.

Totally agreed with this. It's misleading at best and unethical at worst to have a system that improperly handles attribution for content authoring. If a member decides to get prickly it could cause issues that I'm sure everyone would rather simply avoid. Even if you win such a dispute, you lose because it damages your community.

[ajmboy]

I also agree that this is needed.

[TaffyCaffy]

Add me to the pile of those who'd like this fixed. Tigratrus's reasons are mine as well.

[THL]

Me too, the poster should be the author, deffo.

[bfarber]

We have decided to make this change for the next release of IP.Content.

[Ikadon]

Finally!!!

[Tigratrus]

We have decided to make this change for the next release of IP.Content.

Excellent.

Devs that listen... What a novel concept. Sorry, couldn't resist the jab at *another* dev group we've interacted with .

Thanks Brandon!

James

[TaffyCaffy]

Thank you very much, Brandon.

[YandB]

We have decided to make this change for the next release of IP.Content.