On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 21:12, Dezdan wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> First I would like to thank you guys for working on MSA's old scripts
> and fixing the necessary bugs! The dreaded threading problem on MSA's
> wwwboard was a headache and a half!
>
> A few things I have noticed about the new version of wwwboard that I
> have a few comments on:
>
> On the main board page, there is no preview button if that option is
> enabled. I understand why it is not there, since the HTML is static
> and doesn't rely on the perl file variables for creation and thus
> can't tell if a user has that option enabled. If the preview mode will
> work from the main page for posting new threads, perhaps a small bit
> of documentation should be added to the readme file instructing those
> whom are HTML illiterate how to get the preview button on the main
> page. Perhaps just add the HTML, but have it commented out and
> instruct users to remove the comment tags if they have the preview
> option enabled.
>
That sounds like a way to go, I'll see if we can get it in the next
release.
> Also having to do with the preview, I noticed that when you preview a
> post that has an Optional Link URL or an Optional Image URL, neither
> of them will show in the preview. One problem that I see often is with
> new users who are unfamiliar with MSA style boards attempting to add a
> photo unsuccessfully. If you can have the preview show the photo or
> link that a user is attempting to add, I believe it would be very
> beneficial to a user, so they don't have to actually make the post to
> find out if their photo/link works.
Hmm, hopefully someone will have the time to look at this.
/J\
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