Announcement New Forum Feature: Favourite Thread Prefixes/Flairs

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The Conservationist

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We have a working version of a new forum add-on tested and installed now.

Inspired in part by a request from @BobSacamano a while ago.


What It Does:

The add-on is similar to our "Favourite Reactions" add-on , with its functionality instead centred on Thread Prefixes/Flairs.

The idea is to reduce the number of thread flairs in your menu, while also preserving other available thread flairs if you change your personal preferences accordingly.

There is a default set of thread prefixes chosen by the admins, organized loosely by themes (e.g., General, Canada, Conspiracies, Media, etc.).

Over time we will probably cycle to new defaults as old ones become less relevant, and/or, rotated out due to them being seasonal/holiday specific, such as a Christmas-themed Thread Flair developed by one of our mods @Niacin .

Each member can then chose their own personal preferences for their favourites to show up in their thread flair menu (up to 75).

How To Use It:

At the bottom of the menu, you can access your preferences:

FavPrefixes1.jpg


Which looks like this:

FavPrefixes2.jpg

Chose your favourites, press 'Save', then those will be in your menu.

If you want to use another Thread Prefix that isn't in your favourites, and you're at your max 75, simply unselect one or more, select the new one, and any prior use by you of the thread flair you unselected ought to be preserved, you just won't be able to use it again until you re-select it.

If you press the box at the bottom, all thread prefixes show up (not just your 1-75 favourites), but your favourites will be grouped at the top in a separate category for quicker access.

You can alternatively change your Favourite Prefixes via your account preferences:

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New Thread Prefixes:

We also added a few new thread prefixes/flairs to the roster

e.g.,
  • Bring Back Asylums,
  • Don't Tread On Me,
  • 15 Minute Cities,
  • Eat Ze Bugs,
  • The Culture War,
  • The Green Guard,
  • Grain Of Salt,
  • This Is Fine,
  • Groomer Clowns,
  • COVID Grift,
  • Mask Madness, and,
  • Election Season

(There are one or two more patches to come, when they are made over the coming days it will reset your personal settings regarding your saved favourite thread prefix preferences)
 
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The Conservationist

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Moderator
Resistance Is Not Futile
On different but related notes:

- We have found a possible work-around for the PNG upload issue, it's not a perfect solution, haven't implemented it yet, and are still looking into a few alternatives

- We are in the early stages of having another add-on developed to allow for Catbox embedding of videos/images

- There are a few other add-ons in early consideration, probably will be released in the next while
 
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DripDrop

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Those were all hilarious. I hate when people post catbox files as a direct download, not playable like these. Stops me from clicking on the links. I just want to watch it, not own it. (and any other gremlins that might be downloaded with it)
 

border_humper

Chief Disinfo Officer
You Mods are Gods. They don’t pay you enough.
 
Any reason when I post a gif it converts to a jpeg?
What am I doing wrong?
 
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The Conservationist

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@NorthOfFrosty
My guess is it's a size issue, the test case above worked, but, if the GIF had exceeded our maximum file size limit perhaps it compensated by just taking the thumbnail as a JPG

Could you please send that GIF by catbox and we can check with it specifically?
 
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Well if I knew how to send something via catbox......

It's saved as a .gif on my tablet, but when I repost, it posts as a jpeg

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Edit this gif is 56 kb, screenshot is 103kb, don't think it is a size thing?
 

The Conservationist

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@NorthOfFrosty
Not a size issue, the above GIF was much larger


I happen to have a larger version of that GIF, loads here:

Deer eating popcorn.gif


Maybe try downloading that one then re-uploading it here, see what happens.

As for catbox, you would open catbox.moe, press upload file, then look for where ever its saved in your files to do it.
 

Rusty Canuckleford

DEI = Death of European Identity
Moderator
Conspiracy Factologist
@NorthOfFrosty
The problem might be your phone, it does that to my gifs sometimes as well. Maybe it’s certain file types.
I just move them from my camera roll to files, and then post it from there.
 

The Conservationist

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Moderator
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@NorthOfFrosty
Strange

If the timing coincides with the the PNG upload issue, maybe it's related.

But, it's also something specific to your device by the sounds of it.

Maybe clear cookies / try a different browser?
 

The Conservationist

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Moderator
Resistance Is Not Futile
It looks like we are done updating this add-on for now

Known bugs and desired tweaks have been made

(Any changes to your Fav Prefixe preferences should stick now)
 
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