Time to clean up around here

regarding the closure time, I would prefer the deadlines Ryan mentioned. From what I have experienced in these forums, things can take a while, so 2 months is really not that long. Also, there are topics that stay relevant for a long time, as development continues (or does not), see for instance: http://forums.modx.com/thread/25110/aloha-editor?page=4#dis-post-425853

Well to deal with the case of if a topic continues to be relevant after x number of posts or y amount of time inactive, there could be a button for "start a new post on this topic".

I've thought that one of the areas we could use some scrubbing on is the Add-ons categorization—it may be fine as is, or it could use some merging/additions, and it should definitely match the Package repository. Thoughts on this?

(Auto-closing will take some additional coding, and likely would be based on the time of the last post, not the original thread date … don't look for this anytime in the immediate future.)

Are they Extras or Add-ons? I thought somebody said they should be referred to as Extras. An alphabetical listing would be nice. Would also like to see the date of the latest version in the initial listing of extras, for example http://modx.com/extras/category/administration

Susan,

Do you have a screenshot of this overlaid text issue. Bumped up the text size on my browser 4x and still couldn't break the layout. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place.

On the Extras vs Add-ons. The official name in the application is Extras, which was to encompass Snippets, Plugins, 3rd Party Components, Extensions and everything under the sun. Add-ons is a slightly less vague, and slightly more approachable name that directly suggests something you add onto your site. At this point either is fine, however consistency is key of course between modx.com and the forums to aid people in finding/getting the answers they need.

Do you have a screenshot of this overlaid text issue.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?pmlylo39w18szdd
(From http://forums.modx.com/thread/recent?page=3)
Edit:
That was on a 1024 x 768 screen in Firefox under Win7. [ed. note: ottogal last edited this post 11 years, 4 months ago.]

I think it would make sense to move Meet-ups & Events and combine it with the internationalization forums … since really it's all about supporting MODX, in your language, around the world. Or maybe, I'm just worn out and delirious.

Also, a dedicated Archive topic may make sense, which people can easily ignore should they so choose and perhaps hidden from being visible unless logged in (and therefore no longer indexed by search engines), but still available for those that need/want the info.

Quote from: AMDbuilder at Dec 08, 2012, 10:10 PM

• Combine Evo Legacy into one category
• Restructure Add-ons to match extra site catagories
• Combine Evo Core Dev/In Dev/Addon Dev - Evo is basically abandon so no sense in the three topics
• Combine Revo Core Dev/MODX Next - They are slightly similar
• Combine Blue Sky and Web Lounge
• Combine General Addon and Revo Addon topics - basically the same [and moved to the Add-ons topic]

(Completed have strikethrough style … others will most likely be done.)

Likely to also do and in progress:

• Dedicated Archive category … searchable if logged in, possibly searchable to SEs, too.
• Merge Hosting/Windows Hosting boards.
• Move Important News and Security Anncements into an "Announcements & Private Topics" category.
• Move Meet-ups & Events into Internationalization category and rename it to something like "MODX Around the World".
• Rearrange and archive some old private topics

[ed. note: rethrash last edited this post 11 years, 4 months ago.]

Quote from: ottogal at Dec 11, 2012, 12:47 AM

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?pmlylo39w18szdd
(From http://forums.modx.com/thread/recent?page=3)
Edit:
That was on a 1024 x 768 screen in Firefox under Win7.

Thanks for the screen capture. I added an ellipsis for overflow on single cells in this grid. Should be fixed when next set of fixes are pushed live.