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#1 2011-12-10 20:21:05
@people
Hey guys! So, I was posting on a thread recently, and I had an idea! So, you know how on twitter when you do @(username) it will give them a message saying that you did that, maybe you should be able to do it on the forums
Example:
User_A: Posting: "hey @User_B whats up"
User_B: Logging on: They see a notification saying that User_A has notified them, with a link to the post.
This could be both for the forums and the main website, or one or the other.
Sound good? Sound horrible? You don't care? Post anyways!
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#2 2011-12-10 20:34:47
- Cassiedragon
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Re: @people
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums. 
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#3 2011-12-10 20:57:53
Re: @people
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Probably not. I don't have much experience with that, but I imagine it could update some database when someone posts a post.
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#4 2011-12-10 21:09:31
Re: @people
gbear605 wrote:
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Probably not. I don't have much experience with that, but I imagine it could update some database when someone posts a post.
You'd need a plugin.
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#5 2011-12-10 21:12:18
Re: @people
Vista4563 wrote:
gbear605 wrote:
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Probably not. I don't have much experience with that, but I imagine it could update some database when someone posts a post.
You'd need a plugin.
Essentially. I know there is one for some forums, but I figure it is either already out there, or the scratch team can make it themselves.
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#7 2011-12-11 07:56:36
Re: @people
aqualung wrote:
why not just search for your name on the forum
Because, for most people, if I searched my name, I would come up with hundreds on results.
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#8 2011-12-12 12:33:51
- scimonster
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Re: @people
Yeah, sometimes people tell me things I'll never see. 
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#9 2011-12-12 12:55:58
- RedRocker227
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Re: @people
Wouldn't this eventually turn into a chatroom sort of thing though?
Why
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#10 2011-12-12 13:15:28
- veggieman001
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Re: @people
That would be somewhat nice, but people could spam it. Maybe a limit per post and only for Scratchers? Support.
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#11 2011-12-12 13:20:38
- RedRocker227
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Re: @people
veggieman001 wrote:
That would be somewhat nice, but people could spam it. Maybe a limit per post and only for Scratchers? Support.
That's a good suggestion about only allowing Scratchers to do it, actually. I support if only Scratchers can do it then, but I don't support if everyone can do it.
Why
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#12 2011-12-12 16:50:28
Re: @people
RedRocker227 wrote:
Wouldn't this eventually turn into a chatroom sort of thing though?
No.
A) Everyone can see the post
B) It won't show you the message, it'll just give a link to it. Like the current "USERNAME commented on your project" message, but for the forums too.
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#14 2011-12-12 23:39:22
Re: @people
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Actually, it would be very simple.
@Magnie knows how to do some Python, ask him.
All it would need to do is look for an @ sign then check if there is a name after it and if there is, it would get the post and topic ids then add it to a URL: /forums/viewtopic.php?pid=[topic id]#[post id] then put it into an "a href" HTML tag then put it into a message and send it to the user: "Someone has mentioned your name here."
A few things to add though: It shouldn't look for it in any type of BBCode. Like quotes, codes, urls, images, colors, etc. The user should also have the option to "unsubscribe" from certain forums or all of them.
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#15 2011-12-12 23:49:54
- PaperMario123
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Re: @people
veggieman001 wrote:
That would be somewhat nice, but people could spam it. Maybe a limit per post and only for Scratchers? Support.
Yes, and the option to turn off receiving these messages, like with comments. If both of these things come with the deal, I support. If not, no.
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#16 2011-12-13 00:05:51
- veggieman001
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Re: @people
PaperMario123 wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
That would be somewhat nice, but people could spam it. Maybe a limit per post and only for Scratchers? Support.
Yes, and the option to turn off receiving these messages, like with comments. If both of these things come with the deal, I support. If not, no.
Yeah, that'd be nice as well.
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#17 2011-12-13 00:54:33
Re: @people
Magnie wrote:
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Actually, it would be very simple.
@Magnie knows how to do some Python, ask him.
All it would need to do is look for an @ sign then check if there is a name after it and if there is, it would get the post and topic ids then add it to a URL: /forums/viewtopic.php?pid=[topic id]#[post id] then put it into an "a href" HTML tag then put it into a message and send it to the user: "Someone has mentioned your name here."
A few things to add though: It shouldn't look for it in any type of BBCode. Like quotes, codes, urls, images, colors, etc. The user should also have the option to "unsubscribe" from certain forums or all of them.
Huh. Seems simple enough.
The only thing I'd like to add is possibly contrasting the @handle from the rest of the text. But you could probably just edit the CSS for that.
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#18 2011-12-13 12:47:17
- scimonster
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Re: @people
Vista4563 wrote:
Magnie wrote:
Cassiedragon wrote:
This would be cool, but it would be very hard or impossible to put into the forums.
Actually, it would be very simple.
@Magnie knows how to do some Python, ask him.
All it would need to do is look for an @ sign then check if there is a name after it and if there is, it would get the post and topic ids then add it to a URL: /forums/viewtopic.php?pid=[topic id]#[post id] then put it into an "a href" HTML tag then put it into a message and send it to the user: "Someone has mentioned your name here."
A few things to add though: It shouldn't look for it in any type of BBCode. Like quotes, codes, urls, images, colors, etc. The user should also have the option to "unsubscribe" from certain forums or all of them.Huh. Seems simple enough.
The only thing I'd like to add is possibly contrasting the @handle from the rest of the text. But you could probably just edit the CSS for that.
But marking it with CSS would require a whole database upheaval, to redo it all to add something like span.at.
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