Post by Kokuou Munashii on Oct 21, 2015 15:59:18 GMT -5
well since we dont really have a thread where we can list complaints and suggestions on things about the new site that we would like to see changed, at least not one that is centralized and condensed instead of scattered throughout half a dozen threads [if we do, well i didnt see it] here are a few from me.
A] whenever i get an email notification it just tells me that there was a new post in a thread that i am watching/participating in, however A] it no longer gives me a copy of the post in my email so i can read it at work without being forced to try and log in on my phone
A1] additionally, the link always starts me off at the vary first page instead of the first unread post,
B] and despite asking me if it wants to save my password and keep my login info so i can just jump directly into the thread, the site keeps asking me to reenter my password.
B1] in addition to that, every time i have logged in i get this message, although it has not actually done anything that i have noticed. i always successfully log in despite it.
Oops, there was an error! Invalid request token / possible request forgery (error 1). If you received this message in error, please go back, refresh, and try again.
those are just the ones that i have right now, others feel free to point out things you are having problems with.
Post by Kokuou Munashii on Oct 21, 2015 16:12:18 GMT -5
of course i got the site bookmarked although just to read this new message i clicked on the email i got and despite being logged in on another tab it has me logged out on that new window.
Post by Shiro Usagi on Oct 22, 2015 20:00:06 GMT -5
Hello Shun and Admins!
Bunny suggest looking into Xat as a chat for the site. Why Xat? Because you can put the chat on the front page in much the same way the glitchy Shoutbox is so it will be clear and accessible to every member easily. It also supports mobile versions of the caht and stuffs.
Bunny has been to a couple Bleach RP sites that use Xat for their chatroom, and it always seems to work well. Bunny has never had issues with it not refreshing the chat or anything. Occasional disconnects and things, but it usually tells you when that happens and upon a quick reconnect click it fixes it.
Bunny is sorry to mention this...just the sites community is split between the new chat and the shoutbox. So when you of the Admin team feel up to it she hopes you will consider Xat as a possible middle ground between easy accessibility and having whatever it is that that new chat has that made you pick it.
Post by Shun Minamoto on Oct 22, 2015 20:35:10 GMT -5
Oh please, you don't need to apologize.
Our current chat, AddOn Chat, isn't very mobile friendly. It works on my phone and performs much better on tablets. However, on most smartphones...not so much. That said, the old chat didn't work on my phone at all.
Xat, unfortunately, is not a professional chat solution. It doesn't have the back-end permissions management I want (an absolute must), multiple chat rooms, transcription services, specific virtual private servers for security, etc. They're not a company I want to associate with.
Not to mention it looks obnoxious and is easily the most annoying chat solution I know of.
cbox.ws was another contender, of course, but it's missing out on the IM and permissions management features we use here on Bleach Gotei. I've used cbox.ws in the past for other communities.
If you know of a chat solution that offers these key features (hefty permissions management and multiple channels for private messaging) that can also be integrated with our website, do let me know! If the price is right, we can go with it.
Right now, despite the mobile friendliness being limited to apparently Windows Phones (maybe iPhones) and tablets, it's easily our best option and has proven very popular despite the mobile shortcoming.
We'll probably end up shutting down the Shoutbox if people feel like it's too dividing of a presence.
Last Edit: Oct 22, 2015 20:37:48 GMT -5 by Shun Minamoto
Both of them have their problems. Shoutbox has the most annoying problem in my opinion though, every now and then it ceases to refresh itself and I sit there wondering what happened. When I get the hint and click refresh a dozen messages fly by at once and I'm out of the loop. The corner chat just has a habit of vanishing every so often, takes a second to log back in, a minor annoyance.
Post by Shiro Usagi on Oct 22, 2015 21:22:06 GMT -5
Bunny used Bunny connections and asked a friend at another major Bleach RPG about it. This person is not only the head admin of that site but he also does Chatbox and text based tech support things for businesses.
you can add rizon's webchat to your own site with an iframe, they've got a wizard for it and everything
and rizon certainly is the place to be if we're gonna go IRC but I mean
it's not the most straightforward system to the uninitiated
I love IRC but it's a complex system to get into if you don't know what you're doing and people have a tendency to be very impatient with things on BG for whatever reason
CSS Layout specifically the position property. I'd like that changed to a fixed position. That way I can have multiple windows opened without having the text smashed into an unreadable column of characters. Especially since this site places recent posts at the bottom of the reply screen.