Forum category specific admin defined circumstance descr.
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2002 7:10 am
Ran out of title characters, here it is:
Forum category specific admin defined circumstance descriptors
When some post under a very specific subject like PHP, they don't test their code.
It has at least the following effects:
What I found was this:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=45029
This, or a variant of this, could be helpful in understanding circumstances for a post.
Say you are about to post a reply to:
The one who replies has to guess what system is used where the problem occured.
My suggestion is forum category specific admin defined checkboxes, radio buttons and small text inputs to specify certain circumstances for the post. For example:
And so on...
That would not only clarify circumstances. It would make the poster think a bit more before posting.
Of course, all that can be done by typing it manually at every single post.
But people don't work like that... Correct?
I know this is a rather big feature suggestion, but as it is coming up at phpBB as admin configureable user properties, maybe they / we / you should go even further to make these check boxes, radio buttons and textareas go for single posts aswell?
Forum category specific admin defined circumstance descriptors
When some post under a very specific subject like PHP, they don't test their code.
It has at least the following effects:
- * The problem is not understandable / the fix suggestion does not work
* People make more posts than necessary
* Development time is delayed for the projects in mind
What I found was this:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=45029
This, or a variant of this, could be helpful in understanding circumstances for a post.
Say you are about to post a reply to:
There is one error in the example, and a uncertainty whether $loggedin was registered properly in the session.this doesn't work, $loggedin is a session var:Code: Select all
if($loggedin=1){echo "secret";}
The one who replies has to guess what system is used where the problem occured.
My suggestion is forum category specific admin defined checkboxes, radio buttons and small text inputs to specify certain circumstances for the post. For example:
Code: Select all
tested code Yes, No
PHP version їtextbox]
Platform OS Linux, MacOS X, Win 98, Win 2000, blah blah
Platform web server Apache, IIS, blah, blah
PHP installed as Module, standalone binary
Register globals On, OffThat would not only clarify circumstances. It would make the poster think a bit more before posting.
Of course, all that can be done by typing it manually at every single post.
But people don't work like that... Correct?
I know this is a rather big feature suggestion, but as it is coming up at phpBB as admin configureable user properties, maybe they / we / you should go even further to make these check boxes, radio buttons and textareas go for single posts aswell?