"As a forum user, I would like to be able to start a thread on a long running project where my posts as the owner of the thread are the dominant view while other's posts in the thread appear as comments to my posts"

On the very long running threads that become popular, such as aircraft rebuilds or other topics that span significant amounts of time or new items to contribute develop over time (posting on a road trip is another example), it can get difficult to follow the progress of the project when it is intermixed with other forum user's posts.

One way to think about it is a project specific blog. There are a few long running threads here and on other sites where it would be nice to compress the view to focus on the author's progress and make it easier to sift past the comments about a certain post.

I'm not sure if I explained it right or not.

These would likely need approval to create as they are an exception and I don't know if PHPBB is the right tech for it.

Yes, you can simply scroll down and past what others are posting - there are work arounds for everything which is why this is a feature request and not a bug report

wagonflyer wrote:On the website, I can't seem to figure out how to "mark all as read" (I easily can find the Unread posts view).

Quick distraction to the thread, this button is available, but only from the forum index page. Not when you're on any other page in the forum, however.

Back to your regularly scheduled program.

Bagarre wrote:"As a forum user, I would like to be able to start a thread on a long running project where my posts as the owner of the thread are the dominant view while other's posts in the thread appear as comments to my posts"

On the very long running threads that become popular, such as aircraft rebuilds or other topics that span significant amounts of time or new items to contribute develop over time (posting on a road trip is another example), it can get difficult to follow the progress of the project when it is intermixed with other forum user's posts.

One way to think about it is a project specific blog. There are a few long running threads here and on other sites where it would be nice to compress the view to focus on the author's progress and make it easier to sift past the comments about a certain post.

I'm not sure if I explained it right or not.

These would likely need approval to create as they are an exception and I don't know if PHPBB is the right tech for it.

Yes, you can simply scroll down and past what others are posting - there are work arounds for everything which is why this is a feature request and not a bug report

A cool (I didn't say easy or possible) solution would be a button in threads where it's like "Show only OP's replies" or similar to filter down the posts.

Under "view options" : click on "view new posts".
When you do this you get all the new posts since you logged out or whatever--
currently I've got 29 pages showing.
(threads change color after you've viewed them)

I like how I can scroll down and find a thread which I read recently--
instead of having to search through all the various forums to find it like I have to do on SC.org.
I really like this feature and hope it doesn't go away.

Bagarre wrote:One way to think about it is a project specific blog. There are a few long running threads here and on other sites where it would be nice to compress the view to focus on the author's progress and make it easier to sift past the comments about a certain post.

I'm evaluating a suite of software right now that lets users have their own blogs, which would essentially provide that functionality. It would move these from the forum to a slightly different presentation.

Each method has its pros and cons. Sometimes the chronological discussion is fun and provides a timeline of sorts.

A blog helps emphasize the author content and relegated comments to comments.

Here's a frustration I have with the current software:

When I'm trying to follow up on something a poster said in a thread and can't recall the title of the thread it's in, I go to the poster's profile and look at the listing of their most recent posts. There, when I click on the hyperlink of the thread title, it DOES NOT go to the thread; I get Safari can't open the page or it defaults to the site home page.

It would be easier if this would work than trying to drill down through an aging list of topics.

There, you asked, and I thought of something.

DeltaRomeo wrote:Here's a frustration I have with the current software:

When I'm trying to follow up on something a poster said in a thread and can't recall the title of the thread it's in, I go to the poster's profile and look at the listing of their most recent posts. There, when I click on the hyperlink of the thread title, it DOES NOT go to the thread; I get Safari can't open the page or it defaults to the site home page.

It would be easier if this would work than trying to drill down through an aging list of topics.

There, you asked, and I thought of something.

Yeah, that is a documented bug that I've tried to fix, and it's just a super ugly piece of code. That WILL get fixed with the new site, because it's a very important feature that's been broken for a long time.

As others have mentioned make it easier to post photos. Great site thank you very much!

So, speaking of adding pics, I just went to add some from a flight today using Tapatalk and the buttons to add pics are gone! The only thing there is “[\]”...and when you click it it gives you the option to do the IMG bracket thing like we have to do via BCP. Anyone know what the deal is!?!?

Grassstrippilot wrote:So, speaking of adding pics, I just went to add some from a flight today using Tapatalk and the buttons to add pics are gone! The only thing there is “[\]”...and when you click it it gives you the option to do the IMG bracket thing like we have to do via BCP. Anyone know what the deal is!?!?

I noticed that, too. For new posts, it’s permitted. But for replies, it isn’t. Strange.

DeltaRomeo wrote:.....When I'm trying to follow up on something a poster said in a thread and can't recall the title of the thread it's in, I go to the poster's profile and look at the listing of their most recent posts. There, when I click on the hyperlink of the thread title, it DOES NOT go to the thread; I get Safari can't open the page or it defaults to the site home page.....

You're doing better than me.
I'm trying to do this right now, but when I go to the guy's profile page I don't see a listing of his posts or a button to click to get them. ??

hotrod180 wrote:

DeltaRomeo wrote:.....When I'm trying to follow up on something a poster said in a thread and can't recall the title of the thread it's in, I go to the poster's profile and look at the listing of their most recent posts. There, when I click on the hyperlink of the thread title, it DOES NOT go to the thread; I get Safari can't open the page or it defaults to the site home page.....

You're doing better than me.
I'm trying to do this right now, but when I go to the guy's profile page I don't see a listing of his posts or a button to click to get them. ??

The easiest way is, from any of the View Options menu pages like View Active Topics, View Unanswered, View New Posts, etc...click on the green button at the top of the topic list that says " < Advanced Search."

In the form, just enter the author's username in the author field. The results will be what you're after.

All this may get totally replaced, but that's what works right now.

On another forum I visit I can scroll over the subject line of a new post and get a "preview" of the first couple of sentences from the body of the post. It makes it easy to see if I want to click on it to read further or not, especially if the subject line doesn't convey much information. I must use it a lot because when I use other websites, like this one, I catch myself scrolling over the title looking for the preview only to remember that it isn't there.

Oh ... a spelling and grammar checker. I'm guessing that's impossible. The last time I saw my high school English teacher he was in a Waffle House at the crack of dawn looking like he hadn't been sober in weeks. Now I know why.

Zzz wrote:......The easiest way is, from any of the View Options menu pages like View Active Topics, View Unanswered, View New Posts, etc...click on the green button at the top of the topic list that says " < Advanced Search." In the form, just enter the author's username in the author field. The results will be what you're after. .....

Worked great, Z, thanks!
No the problem will be remembering how to do it the next time I need to do it!!

Some of this is already doable on BCP, but here's a typical session checking my personal favorite forum:

Click "View Your Posts," which shows me all of the threads I've posted to and highlights those with new replies. Clicking on the title takes me to the first unread post.

Click "View Unread Posts," which shows all of the new threads or threads with new replies since my last visit.

Seeing something I like, something I dislike, or something that violates TOS, I click on a button which says "Flag." A menu drops down with choices of "Like," "Dislike," and "Report Abuse."

"View Unread Posts," "View Your Posts," and "Mark All Read" are at the top and bottom of every page.

"Search" includes an option for "Your Best Posts," which catalogs the things you've written that have gotten Likes. Yes, I feel a little narcissistic checking that, but it's social media!

The site requires use of real names, which are protected from non-members. It's amazing what that does to civility online. It also facilitates introductions when you're fortunate enough to meet each other in person. It's weird to say, "Hi, I'm Jeff, but you know me as 'MuscleDude.'" I wouldn't expect anyone to go for this in an established forum, but that site has had it since the beginning and it's, IMHO, a major contributor to it's success -- 40,000+ members -- and its civility. I've been on that site daily for almost 8 years and I've never seen any evidence that my information was gleaned from there.

Grassstrippilot wrote:So, speaking of adding pics, I just went to add some from a flight today using Tapatalk and the buttons to add pics are gone! The only thing there is “[\]”...and when you click it it gives you the option to do the IMG bracket thing like we have to do via BCP. Anyone know what the deal is!?!?

Yeah, what he said!

There's a couple features on the supercub.org site which I like.
1) clickable like and thanks buttons.
2) you can add photos to your posts directly from your computer.
Here you have to add them to your photo album,
then click on the photo,
then click on URL,
then (finally) cut-n-paste the URL address into your post.
Time consuming and a PITA, and somethings I just don't feel like messing with it.

kg wrote:On another forum I visit I can scroll over the subject line of a new post and get a "preview" of the first couple of sentences from the body of the post. It makes it easy to see if I want to click on it to read further or not, especially if the subject line doesn't convey much information. I must use it a lot because when I use other websites, like this one, I catch myself scrolling over the title looking for the preview only to remember that it isn't there.

+1 on this, I like that feature as well.

Better emojis. Thanks

Don't I remember a time that I got a message when a post I was following is replied to?

That was pretty handy.