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Can anyone else see the new WYSIWYG editor for comments?
February 23, 2010
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Ashraf
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Hey,
I installed a WYSIWYG editor for comments, but for some reason it seems like only I can use it o_O. Can anyone confirm or deny that they can see the new editor?
Thanks.
February 23, 2010
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Wheezer
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I don't see anything different in the forum replys or the main site comment area.
February 23, 2010
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Ashraf
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Thanks for confirming I am not going crazy. I am trying to see how to fix this – a WYSIWYG editor would be very handy for comments.
February 23, 2010
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Wait a minute, I just noticed that I can still edit the last comment I left for the article about CapsLock Warning. I left that comment hours ago, and there are comments left after mine. Normally we only get what, about ten minutes to edit comments? So I guess there has been a change.
February 23, 2010
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Ashraf
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Hmmm. Hmmm. Hmmm. I didn't change anything to editing comments o_O. lols.
February 23, 2010
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Ashraf
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Ashraf said:Hmmm. Hmmm. Hmmm. I didn't change anything to editing comments o_O. lols.
Okay I just realized I had set the settings to allow logged in users to edit their comments indefinetly. Reflecting upon that, I have changed it to 10 minutes for logged in users also.
February 23, 2010
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Ramesh Kumar
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I'll check out the wysiwyg pronto by seeing if I can edit a post I wrote within the last 10 minutes.
However that said, in any case I prefer allowing "edit" only for a "limited time" rather than "indefinitely". It makes the dottech experience more enjoyable.
Almost 100% of dottech is about "reading a written word" or "writing words". It feels nicer to read if "whoever" who wrote thought through before writing what he wrote……… rather than getting careless or lax just because of being able to edit endlessly. A limited edt time makes for a "better blooper proofing level" than an "unlimited edit time".
Ramesh
February 23, 2010
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Ashraf
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@Ramesh
The comment editing actually has nothing to do with the WYSIWYG editor – they are two different things. Also, I have limited the time allowed to edit comments. Now everyone can only edit for upto 10 minutes. Before, logged in users could edit indefinitely.
February 23, 2010
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Ramesh Kumar
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Yes, it worked. I used the "Edit Your Post" gui icon on my thread headboard. So it is for a 10 minute span eh?
Makes sense.
- 10 minutes (I'd suggest 5 though) is short enough to force a writer to responsibly & quickly self correct his bloopered post. I suggest because 5 minutes because it is kinder to those who reply to the post. Most dottechies are also "quick on grasping & reply". 10 mins might actually hurt if they replied to a blooper post & discovered subsequently that the blooper sender subsequently edited the blooper………………..over 10 mins. Of course Ashraf would decide. This is only a suggestion.
- Reduces needless pressure on moderators
- Prevents server space from needlessly getting gobbled up due because hopefully it would throw up fewer bloopered posts as well
QED!
A simple winner of an idea all around
Ramesh
February 23, 2010
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Ramesh Kumar
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@Ashraf
Understood your post no.8 i.e. WYSIWYG is not edit post. I am still trying to figure out what then is WYSIWYG. Just reconfirming to you that nothing seems to have changed – no new WYSIWYG is there on my comp….yet
Ramesh
February 24, 2010
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Ashraf
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@Ramesh
WYSIWYG is "What You See Is What You Get". Basically, when you write a forum post here you are using a WYSIWYG editor – you don't have to use any code and can use the buttons to format your message. I want to have the same thing for comments.
Also, thanks for the editing time limit suggestion. I will keep it in mind.
February 24, 2010
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I cannot see the WYSIWYG editor for post comments.
February 24, 2010
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I still see the old comment poster also.
You got Pwnd
February 24, 2010
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Now commenting is entirely broken… ARGH!
Oh, the site that was :(
February 24, 2010
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Ashraf
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Locutus said:Now commenting is entirely broken… ARGH!
How is commenting broken? It works fine for me.
February 24, 2010
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nope, not getting the WYSIWYG editor either.
February 24, 2010
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Ramesh Kumar
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Hi!
Me too. No WYSIWYG comments editor. Could it be that I am not spotting it even though its actually there? Any "visual clue" you could provide? Gosh now even the headboard gui's & smilees are not there! I've coded a smilie by typing : follwed by )
Ramesh :)
February 25, 2010
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Ramesh Kumar
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@Ashraf
WYSIWYG seems to be ok now – headboard gui & smilies are back. Ok I got it. Earlier everyone had to tweak their individual profile to get it, now you've tweaked so everyone automatically has it always. The penny dropped
Ramesh
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