✅ Forum Migration To Do List

On my mobile I only see the “Popular Topics”.
There is an error message saying

/forumscategories not found
This site does not exist. Return to Homepage.

When klicking “homepage” I see the forums list.

The error occurs when browsing to
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums

It does not occur, when browsing to
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/

URL that cross-reference inside the forums are no longer valid.

For example in this posting
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1234063
I referenced another posting in another thread that in the old forum had the URL
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=43693.msg1824014#msg1824014
but in the new forum is here:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1234065
or here:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/32350/axis-allies-and-zombies-q-a/3

Consequently the original URL now gives an error message.

If there is a way (like on the old forums) to highlight posts that are stickied - that would help immensely.

At current if I go to an area it’s not immediately apparent to find what the latest post is.

What are the criteria for a topic to be a “Popular Topic”? There are very new ones listed. I could think of various older but still very popular topics being more popular than those listed. (Not talking about the game threads that already are in the above list.)

@djensen said in Forum Migration To Do List:

Oh, you’re talking about the sidebar. :smile:

Yes, indeed.

@djensen Yes, maybe that is a good idea - I don’t see how this adds any additional value to the site - at least not as it works now.

@djensen Another item for the list: Add “Donation”

@djensen said in Forum Migration To Do List:

• Find out if the Recent/Unread/Popular lists can ignore the games threads

This is what I found out:
Every user can filter the categories that are relevant for him on those screens. It defaults to:

Now click on that button and you can uncheck “All categories” and check those you are interested in:

Leaving the box changes the button to:

The problem with these settings is, that selecting categories acts as filters for the current list of threads. Next time you look at one of those screens the selection is back to “All Categories”.
So it would be great if there was a way to save those selections.

Also changes here do not affect the Popular Topics - box (sidebar).

@djensen I’ll take a look.

@djensen Another small cosmetic issue for the list:
Arrange Patron Badges so that they appear together (look at my 2012 badge that is a bit “disturbing” between the others).

@djensen
Another one:

My answer to this posting:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/post/1235902

Suddenly looks like

Maybe related to number of badges?

Edit:
It IS realted to the number of badges. After removing the 2012 patron badge, everything looks fine again.

So the task is to find a solution for correctly displaying text when many badges are present.

@djensen The issue is back again (same thread):

Would be interesting to see how many Badges are working correctly.

Quite a list for NodeBB ;-)

Just for your info, @djensen , this issue is not primarily an issue of the badges, but of the complete line that includes the badges.

For example: If you answer to someone with a long username (like in this case), you need to reduce your badges to prevent from the display problem.

Maybe it is worth pointing out to the communitiy that showing too many badges leads to the display problem due to this bug.