Website Tips - How to use BBF

Donoreo

PL1 Well, you could press the "Windows logo key" + "." (period) and get just that.

CTL CMD SPACE on a Mac. It would be better if the software supported it. Also, I just found out moderators cannot delete single posts? WTF??

Somewhat-Reticent

Donoreo moderators cannot delete single posts?

They can edit them, right? ❓️

Rook

Donoreo

Donoreo Also, I just found out moderators cannot delete single posts? WTF??

What was said was that Mods cannot "lock" individual posts. I'm assuming "locking" a post would mean that no one can reply to that post.
They can delete them.

Kathy_9

Donoreo Also, I just found out moderators cannot delete single posts? WTF??

That is not accurate. We can and have deleted single posts.

Donoreo

Somewhat-Reticent I would hope so, but I do not know.

Somewhat-Reticent

Aaand my Notifications count just dropped to -1.

Guy54435

Somewhat-Reticent Does that all the time for me.

Donoreo

Rook What was said was that Mods cannot "lock" individual posts.

You are correct and I read it as meaning they could not delete. Did anyone post the reasoning for using this software? I did ask but never saw an answer @SLC_96 ?

PL1

Donoreo Did anyone post the reasoning for using this software?

Maybe because it's free? Flarum "Modern, fast & free community software"

Donoreo

PL1 Maybe because it's free? Flarum "Modern, fast & free community software"

There are other free forum software. If it is because @SLC_96 was familiar with it, then ok, but otherwise it seems to be "less than" the other available options.

Sorry, this thread is going off from the intended purpose. I know I seem to be complaining a lot but the reality is the software sucks overall. That said, I appreciate what has been done with the creation of the site.

ElQuintron

PL1 It's also very extensible and open source, but like many extensible things (and this is my opinion, and not necessarily the rest of management) they start off pretty barebones and you customize it to meet your needs. It's probably the second best thing to writing it from scratch.

broknsymetry

I'm happy with it. It's not perfect, but I've gotten the hang of it. There is always room for improvement.

PL1

broknsymetry I'm happy with it. It's not perfect, but I've gotten the hang of it. There is always room for improvement.

I've tamed it to be usable for me by ignoring every tag I'm not interested in, and then as I see a thread I'm not interested in, I ignore that as well. This took a lot of work initially, but now it takes very little effort to maintain. My landing page is https://broadbandbulletin.com/all

The best commercial forum software I've used is Fora (VerticalScope) used by AVS, Tivocommunity, howardforums, etc.

Donoreo

ElQuintron It's also very extensible and open source, but like many extensible things (and this is my opinion, and not necessarily the rest of management) they start off pretty barebones

I hope we see some of that soon, especially on navigation features.

Blackbird

PL1 I've tamed it to be usable for me by ignoring every tag I'm not interested in, and then as I see a thread I'm not interested in, I ignore that as well. This took a lot of work initially, but now it takes very little effort to maintain. My landing page is https://broadbandbulletin.com/all

I've done exactly the same thing, and (for me), it's a lot easier now than a couple weeks ago. In addition, I use a browser with a bookmarks bar, and I've got a few favorite BBB 'tags' bookmarked there for quick access to just those areas.

Things are certainly different here than from DSLR, and it takes some getting used to... but that's the case as well with almost all software alternatives that are different from what one's used for a long time. I'm just grateful there's a place to go now that DSLR is gone, and that somebody has cared enough to create this site.

Somewhat-Reticent

Is there a "search this Discussion" function available?
Phone-style display of a few (more) posts at a time defeats most normal search functions.

SLC_96

Somewhat-Reticent Is there a "search this Discussion" function available?

Yes, see first post for how-to

OzarkEdge

SLC_96 This website uses different terminology than you may be used to. Some websites may use the term, forums, here we call them tags. Similarly, other websites may use something called threads, here they are called discussions.

Can you comment on what is happening behind the Notification, "Someone re-tags a discussion to a tag I'm following"... does re-tagging 'move' the discussion/thread to a different forum?

SLC_96 You can hide all discussions with a particular tag.

Does this mean the same as 'you can hide all discussions/threads in a particular forum', i.e., hide the entire forum?

I have no problems understanding the website terminology... it all makes sense and looks plenty good to me... thanks for setting it up. But I am a bit confused by your definition of a tag... for me, a tag is a tag. I have tagged nothing... I have no tags to follow or browse... but I am browsing forums and reading their discussions/threads.

Kathy_9

OzarkEdge Here is the AI generated answer to what tags are.

The tags are created by the Admin of the forum. Think of them as forum names. So if you are following a tag, it's the same as following a forum. So, tags and forums are one and the same.

OzarkEdge

Kathy_9

I agree with AI... tags on Flarum forums are used to categorize discussions/threads to make it easier for the user to find discussions/threads of their interest. A tag is not a forum.

Here is an AI-generated answer to, 'Is a Flarum tag a forum?':

But nevermind. And I apologize for posting AI-generated content on this forum.

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