[WEBSITE v2] MusicBee website and forum redesign

[boroda]

One can like an add-on, then clear browser cookie and bam can like again. ofc i can use their IP to make sure same IP user won't be able to like more than one time. But IP can be changed rather easily.
The only safer solution is to have some sort of authentication. Specially verify the user by their email address.

yes, i understand this, but i guess that we should protect us from fools, not from evil.

never mind. it was just idea.

[redwing]

By any chance do you have quick reply disabled? it is placed at the bottom of the page, like this:

Disabled.

Ah, i see. I will post a fix soon.

You're right. With quick reply on, it's working properly.

I just pushed an update, it should be fixed.

That's fixed. Thanks!

[boroda]

AvikB, i have a problem. for tag tools plugin (and only for it) the limit of 5000 chars for readme is insufficient. considering possible plugin evolution in future i would want at least 15000 limit (or no limit at all). is this possible?

[AvikB]

AvikB, i have a problem. for tag tools plugin (and only for it) the limit of 5000 chars for readme is insufficient. considering possible plugin evolution in future i would want at least 15000 limit (or no limit at all). is this possible?

yeah it is possible. I will probably provide a patch for this in the next major update. Until then you can create a wiki post containing the extra info.

[boroda]

ok. thanks.

[Steven]

@AvikB, see this topic re: add-on pages
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19558.0

[hiccup]

Perhaps I am speaking to soon and there is work in progress right now, but:

In the 'General' category there now resides a board also called 'General'.
That's slightly confusing, and the proposal therefor had 'General Discussions' for the latter.

The 'Questions' board is now almost empty, and what should be there is currently placed in the 'General' board.

[Steven]

Perhaps I am speaking to soon and there is work in progress right now, but:

In the 'General' category there now resides a board also called 'General'.
That's slightly confusing, and the proposal therefor had 'General Discussions' for the latter.

The 'Questions' board is now almost empty, and what should be there is currently placed in the 'General' board.

i've updated the header.
I dont get your second point. There are 307 pages in the current General Discussions and no one is going to go through and split out all the topics. In any case i am not yet fully convinced having the "Questions" board is going to work well so i wouldnt want anyone to make any effort moving topics around

[hiccup]

I dont get your second point. There are 307 pages in the current General Discussions and no one is going to go through and split out all the topics. In any case i am not yet fully convinced having the "Questions" board is going to work well so i wouldnt want anyone to make any effort moving topics around

That's surprising to me.
The majority of postings on this forum are questions, so to me it seems very logical to have a board called 'Questions'.

My suggestion would be to move all topics currently present in 'General Discussions' to 'Questions'.
Probably less than 5% of those belong in 'General Discussions', and they could be moved there by mods without much effort.

[AvikB]

@AvikB, see this topic re: add-on pages http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19558.0

So basically you guys need a way to transfer ownership of add-ons that is submitted via dashboard? right?
If so, i checked my database plan and it is possible. I will add an option in the dashboard, I will allow mods and admins to transfer the ownership of any addon page to someone else.
Anyone who want to transfer ownership can contact mods and they will do that for them, or should i just give normal user the ability to transfer the ownership between them?

[Steven]

@AvikB, see this topic re: add-on pages http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19558.0

So basically you guys need a way to transfer ownership of add-ons that is submitted via dashboard? right?

yes thats right. Its probably best to restrict that functionality to mods

[psychoadept]

The new forum setup looks great.  Questions seems to be a hit!

It seems like it might be with worth making a questions subforum for portable devices, to go along with the bugs subforum. (Or break portable devices apart completely, including the bug reports, but I think either way some folks will post in the wrong place and it will be up to mods to correct.)  The benefit would be that the portable device threads don't get swept away by other questions, so others can find them more easily.  Especially since the answers to portable device questions tend to be very repetitive, this should reduce the overall number of questions, too.

[phred]

Seems like a practical solution.
+1

[Steven]

The new forum setup looks great.

Hiccup and Phred deserve the thanks for that (apologies if anyone else was involved that I didnt know about).
And i have to say i am really pleased with everything AvikB has done for the forum and the website. The Add-Ons page is a great addition

[boroda]

AvikB, i want to localize this site to russian. is this:

https://github.com/Avik-B/musicbee-website/blob/Dev/includes/languages/en-us.php

php file still up to date?