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bbPress support forums User Favorites: ear1grey http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums User Favorites: ear1grey en Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:55:52 +0000 fel64 on "Migrate WordPress Comments" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/migrate-wordpress-comments#post-9986 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:58:50 +0000 fel64 9986@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I don't know if this is exactly what you're looking for but <a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/56?replies=11">bbSync</a> unifies commenting and when an old topic is synchronised the comments are transferred - albeit as if they had just been posted, with a little message saying they haven't. Mistainu on "Migrate WordPress Comments" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/migrate-wordpress-comments#post-9985 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:30:57 +0000 Mistainu 9985@http://bbpress.org/forums/ if this were done, I'm hoping it would be a fully integrated system in wordpress and bbpress. it would be nice of both applications "realize" they're both there in the same website and perform integrated functions themselves by means of one plugin in each wp and bbp. Null on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-7027 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:36:02 +0000 Null 7027@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I think that we also must take under consideration that the basic template (Kakumei) will be used as a starting point/ reverence. So "fixing" this in that template will be a good point to start with... chrishajer on "Split an existing topic" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/split-an-existing-topic#post-4572 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:05:51 +0000 chrishajer 4572@http://bbpress.org/forums/ ear1grey: I recall seeing that, either in a topic post or in the trac. Thanks for that. I will hope for the best on that one. Right now, doing it manually is a big PITA, but I wonder if the Site Management "Recounts" might help with keeping it all straight after moving things around. Thanks. ear1grey on "Split an existing topic" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/split-an-existing-topic#post-4570 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:50:03 +0000 ear1grey 4570@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I <a href="http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/584">trac</a>'d it last week... Uni will be over soon, then I'll have time to play with stuff like this. chrishajer on "Split an existing topic" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/split-an-existing-topic#post-4562 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:24:21 +0000 chrishajer 4562@http://bbpress.org/forums/ bumpety I have a need for this again. Has anyone looked into this? ear1grey on "Sticking Topics to Tags" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sticking-topics-to-tags#post-2777 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:52:53 +0000 ear1grey 2777@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I'd followed-up on this idea a while later with a <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/317">sub-forums think-aloud</a> which might also be of interest. thomasklaiber on "Sticking Topics to Tags" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sticking-topics-to-tags#post-2772 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:21:44 +0000 thomasklaiber 2772@http://bbpress.org/forums/ It's a really good idea!! Never thought about it. Maybe this is something for a plugin? :) Trent on "Sticking Topics to Tags" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sticking-topics-to-tags#post-2762 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:10:37 +0000 Trent 2762@http://bbpress.org/forums/ STICKY Within TAGS. I like that! Trent Mistainu on "Sticking Topics to Tags" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sticking-topics-to-tags#post-2753 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:30:05 +0000 Mistainu 2753@http://bbpress.org/forums/ never say it that way, i second that. ear1grey on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1295 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:41:53 +0000 ear1grey 1295@http://bbpress.org/forums/ gnawph wrote: <blockquote>The bbPress designers would look foolish changing all of their IDs to Classes and wouldn't conform. </blockquote> I've already stated that: "I'm not advocating the removal of any of the ID's from templates". I am, however, conscious that the reliance on ID based formatting in the default template is more likely to run in to integration problems in the long run. <blockquote>"Latest and Popular are different tables and shouldn't be labeled the same". </blockquote> Yes, <code>latest</code> and <code>popular</code> are different tables (their ids are different), but they are both examples of a certain kinds of table that show an ordered selection of items based on some kind of score (be it date or rating). So it's better to define what that kind of table is, so use a class. <blockquote>"If code redundancy is an issue you could always go:<code>#latest, #popular {</code>" </blockquote> Yes, this does have a similar effect, but, if I'm writing a plugin with UI elements then for it's output to be shown correctly in TemplateX, either: <ol> <li>I have to add CSS to the plugin which might work with TemplateX, but be incompatible with TemplateY, or</li> <li>The authors of X&Y must alter their css to cope with my plugin.</li> </ol> This potential hassle just becomes less likely if template designers take an extra few minutes to consider what the more abstract classes in the design should be! BTW: <code>class="tableonmainpage"</code> might be better described as <code>.mainpage > table {}</code> SteveAgl on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1291 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:08:51 +0000 SteveAgl 1291@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I totally aggree with gnawph, the right use od IDs and classes is the one it explained, I on't agree about havng different object with different purpose sharign a common class just cause they will look the same, they are different objext and then shoudl be identified by different ID, the child elemens, like row and cells, HAVE to be identified ausing class only cause they really look the same and they are more than one. So +1 to the gnawph's point of view gnawph on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1287 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:58:15 +0000 gnawph 1287@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Users should have to rethink their CSS. Not using a ID selector just because a "newbie" doesn't realize there can only be one element attatched to them is lame. The difference between ID and Class is one of the fundamentals of CSS. The bbPress designers would look foolish changing all of their IDs to Classes and wouldn't conform. These selectors carry semantic meaning and without them your HTML code becomes less proffesional and harder to read. Latest and Popular are different tables and shouldn't be labeled the same. If code redundancy is an issue you could always go: <ul> <li>#latest, #popular { </li> -or- <li><table id="latest" class="tableonmainpage" ></li> </ul> <ul> If somebody is going to be digging around and making their own theme they should really take 5 minutes to read a CSS tutorial.</ul> ear1grey on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1286 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:47:54 +0000 ear1grey 1286@http://bbpress.org/forums/ That's part of it yes... ...but also, using ID based formatting can cause trouble down the line when users want to add more elements to the page and find they have to change the CSS rather than just saying that their new addition <code><thing id='latest' />;</code> should be formatted in the same way as <code><thing id="popular" />;</code> because they're both the same kind of table. This is a double pain because CSS seems to get stuck in some browser caches so users see the new page with the old CSS. The shift from "how do I want this to look?" to "what kind of thing is this and what do those things look like?" is (I have found) worthwhile. gnawph on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1285 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:36:33 +0000 gnawph 1285@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Right. I'm sorry, but I don't understand your point. I like the ID elements, much easier to understand the page. I'm doing a quick check of bbpress's default templates and I don't see too many IDs I'd even consider repeating inside the code. Is your poing that styling more than one ID with the same colors, padding, whatever, is redundant? ear1grey on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1282 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:40:06 +0000 ear1grey 1282@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Using anchors for navigation ("jump links") is a good thing, I agree. I'm not advocating the removal of any of the ID's from templates. The fact that so many WP and BB elements are identified in the DOM is a good thing - for one thing it makes the identification of objects easier in JavaScript. It's just that ID based styles are not as extensible as class based styles - ID styles let you describe the style for <code>one and only one</code> element. Class styles let you describe the style for <code>one or more</code> elements that declare they are of that type. gnawph on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1279 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:19:16 +0000 gnawph 1279@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Using classes for everything is pretty sloppy. When start hacking up the bbpress theme and come across an ID I know exactly whether or not that element is going to be repeated. When I work with a design that has strickly class based selectors I go crazy. Something like "class=header" is completely insane. There really should only be one header inside the site and you use an ID to signify that elements usage. For example when I take a look at /bb-templates/font-page.php and see <table id="latest"> I already have a good idea of what all the code contained inside that <table> tag will be. Also if my page gets larger I can put "jump links" to those sections and help my users navigate my site. There are other properties of ID tags that do fancy stuff with javascript but I'm not quite sure what they are. ear1grey on "Stars for bb-ratings plugin" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/stars-for-bb-ratings-plugin#post-1278 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:08:16 +0000 ear1grey 1278@http://bbpress.org/forums/ This should work as described, but... firefox 2 has a major failing with SVG at the moment: it can't be used in an img tag for content negotiation... so there would have to be some browser recognition and hocus-pocus coding to get it to work. still, it all helps bring about an end to the use of <code>px</code> in css, so as you suggest, lets rock. <a href="http://boakes.org/images/star2.svg" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/images/star2.svg</a> <code><?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg width="10cm" height="10cm" viewBox="0 0 270 240" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"> <desc>bbPress inverted star by ear1grey - GPL</desc> <g fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="#2e6e15" fill="#888888" stroke-width="3" > <path d="M 135,000 L 164,086 254,086 182,130 208,226 135,175 062,226 088,130 016,086 106,086 135,000 M 0,-15 L 0,240 270,240 270,-15 0,-15 z" /> </g> </svg></code> mdawaffe on "Stars for bb-ratings plugin" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/stars-for-bb-ratings-plugin#post-1276 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:26:44 +0000 mdawaffe 1276@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Is it possible to make the background a fixed color (say white) and the inside of the star transparent (so that if I put the image on a red background, I get a red star, on a white background)? Rock on. ear1grey on "Stars for bb-ratings plugin" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/stars-for-bb-ratings-plugin#post-1270 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:36:55 +0000 ear1grey 1270@http://bbpress.org/forums/ mdawaffe wrote (in the readme for the bb-ratings plugin) : <blockquote>If anyone can create better star images (SVG would be super cool), contact the author of this plugin.</blockquote> See it at: <a href="http://boakes.org/images/star.svg" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/images/star.svg</a> ...just play with the width and height values to change it's size. <code><?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg width="10cm" height="10cm" viewBox="-15 -15 270 240" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"> <desc>bbPress star by ear1grey - GPL</desc> <polygon stroke="#2e6e15" fill="#888888" stroke-width="1ex" points="120,000 149,086 239,086 167,130 193,226 120,175 047,226 073,130 001,086 091,086" /> </svg></code> ear1grey on "Theme designers: Use CSS classes, not IDs." http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/theme-designers-use-css-classes-not-ids#post-1264 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:01:35 +0000 ear1grey 1264@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <code></code> Having hacked at the default bbPress template I'm conscious that it makes extensive use of element identities for it's formatting. i.e. elements have an <code>id="xyz"</code> or a <code>name="xyz"</code> attribute, and in the css there is a corresponding <code>#xyz { color: #FFF; }</code>. With a pluggable base model such as bbPress it makes sense to specify "how to render things like this" rather than "how to render the thing called this". Thus my request and suggestion is that anyone considering designing bbPress themes in the future seriously considers using CSS classes instead of IDs for formatting. The use of classes has the same effect as id's, but there is a key benefit: an ID can only appear once on a page, so if a page element is repeated, and it's formatting is based on an ID, then the template breaks. <code></code> ear1grey on "Sticking Topics to Tags" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sticking-topics-to-tags#post-1062 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:19:18 +0000 ear1grey 1062@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Stickies are great; tags are great; but they don't work together. How about being able to make a topic sticky within any or all of it's tags? Thus, tags would become a more useful form of soft-forum, and sub-forums (or even forums) might be obviated. ear1grey on "Split an existing topic" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/split-an-existing-topic#post-877 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:30:44 +0000 ear1grey 877@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thud, thud, thud <- that's my head on the wall :) It's happened again! Another forum user has added their problem onto a thread which is tackling a different issue entirely. Joe Public just doesn't seem to dig that it's OK to start a new topic. Having looked a bit at the DB structure I think splitting a thread should be fairly easy, any thoughts or hints, please shout - I'm going to look at a plugin when I have time, but time is short currently. If someone else has some spare cycles I'll willingly test it, even if it's really rough :D mozey on "Google Analytics Plugin" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-analytics-plugin#post-492 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:27:14 +0000 mozey 492@http://bbpress.org/forums/ nice work :) ranrar on "Keep bbPress Light" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/keep-bbpress-light#post-476 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:00:32 +0000 ranrar 476@http://bbpress.org/forums/ why not do as wordpress does? just copy a script/code into a folder and then activate the plug-in and then folow the install instructions acorting too the plug-in readme about tags? and so on? then you can easly can deside yourself witch you need this plug-in ore not just like wordpress. nolageek on "Plugin Requests" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-requests#post-472 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:58:55 +0000 nolageek 472@http://bbpress.org/forums/ I would like a plugin with a imageshack/fapomatic upload form. :) ranrar on "Plugin Requests" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-requests#post-468 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:52:30 +0000 ranrar 468@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Maby a plug-in that alows users to post pictures in the forum ore an avatar for etch user to upload... ear1grey on "Plugin Requests" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-requests#post-452 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:21:08 +0000 ear1grey 452@http://bbpress.org/forums/ Thx Philip - Naturally I was hoping to avoid the XML round-trip, but I'll swallow that little overhead-pill for now! :) planetphillip on "Plugin Requests" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-requests#post-430 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:24:30 +0000 planetphillip 430@http://bbpress.org/forums/ ear1grey: what you need is already available see: <a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/87?replies=5" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/87?replies=5</a> I tried this one: <a href="http://www.ozpolitics.info/blog/?p=87" rel="nofollow">http://www.ozpolitics.info/blog/?p=87</a> but eventually used this one: <a href="http://www.underjc.com/?page_id=15" rel="nofollow">http://www.underjc.com/?page_id=15</a> You may need to modify your rss2.php and copy it to your my-templates folder. You can see it in action on my site (link via my username). Hope that helps. p3t3r on "Plugin Requests" http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/plugin-requests#post-412 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:52:35 +0000 p3t3r 412@http://bbpress.org/forums/ @ear1grey: Maybe I´ve got the plugin you want to have - some time ago I created a plugin like that for a bbpress+wordpress site which is no more online - I´ll search it on my HD and test it, and if it still works I´ll put it up for download...