MODX Forums: Highlight EVO/EVOLUTION threads

Maybe right below the buttons :
Discussion / Question? ← Is this a general discussion or are you looking for a specific answer?

Add (in the same style) buttons:
Evolution / Revolution ← What version of Modx is your question about?

In the overview add a new small row before the Board row [evo] [rev].
In the detailpage add a non clickable light green button into the dark green bar floating right?

@fourroses666, that's the kind of thing I was considering. Down the road we could add validation that could check against thread parent to make sure it wasn't blatantly in the wrong thread.

Quote from: smashingred at Jun 12, 2014, 12:55 PM

It sounds to me that it might be beneficial to have a radio input for MODX Version? I think only color highlighting the breadcrumbs seems like it's unlikely to solve the problem BobRay is describing. Thoughts?

The problem is NOT people posting wrong. The problem is that the only clue showing what forums a thread belong to is in a small greyed out breadcrumb. Revo is the main product and doesn't need to be highlighted. Everytime I see a great Revo answer for an Evo question I blame the forums.

Quote from: fourroses666 at Jun 12, 2014, 02:25 PM

In the detailpage add a non clickable light green button into the dark green bar floating right?

BEAUTIFUL!

Quote from: rdaneeel at Jun 12, 2014, 01:04 PM

Your initial idea, from 3 years ago

We have plans to separate the Revo and Evo forum sections

seems like a good start. The structuring of the forums is also not very clear imo.

There are too many forums on the same level, where i would expect EVO and REVO to be the 2 top level forums.

RDG

+1

Quote from: mrhaw at Jun 12, 2014, 05:09 PM

The problem is NOT people posting wrong. The problem is that the only clue showing what forums a thread belong to is in a small greyed out breadcrumb. Revo is the main product and doesn't need to be highlighted. Everytime I see a great Revo answer for an Evo question I blame the forums.

@mrhaw, that makes sense to me, now. As I figured, I wasn't 100% clear on the issue you were trying to solve. So the real problem is that as a user you are often unsure whether or not an issue is related to Evo or Revo and might waste time responding to someone in a completely incorrect way. It wastes your time and doesn't help the person who posted the question.

Quote from: smashingred at Jun 13, 2014, 01:41 PM

Quote from: mrhaw at Jun 12, 2014, 05:09 PM

The problem is NOT people posting wrong. The problem is that the only clue showing what forums a thread belong to is in a small greyed out breadcrumb. Revo is the main product and doesn't need to be highlighted. Everytime I see a great Revo answer for an Evo question I blame the forums.

@mrhaw, that makes sense to me, now. As I figured, I wasn't 100% clear on the issue you were trying to solve. So the real problem is that as a user you are often unsure whether or not an issue is related to Evo or Revo and might waste time responding to someone in a completely incorrect way. It wastes your time and doesn't help the person who posted the question.

Yes!! I'm not against your idea - that would be great for "general" topics.

But people who post under "Evo ...", "Revo ..." etc. has already stated what they are using.

Quote from: mrhaw at Jun 13, 2014, 02:05 PM

Yes!! I'm not against your idea - that would be great for "general" topics.

But people who post under "Evo ...", "Revo ..." etc. has already stated what they are using.

Okay, could you clarify this? Are you saying your suggestions is for people posting CMS questions, specific to one version or the other in General? We need to rethink that then, as well, I'd say. How would the Evo highlighting thing even work in General Topics? I am missing something again.

Jay

Quote from: smashingred at Jun 13, 2014, 02:13 PM

Quote from: mrhaw at Jun 13, 2014, 02:05 PM

Yes!! I'm not against your idea - that would be great for "general" topics.

But people who post under "Evo ...", "Revo ..." etc. has already stated what they are using.

Okay, could you clarify this? Are you saying your suggestions is for people posting CMS questions, specific to one version or the other in General? We need to rethink that then, as well, I'd say. How would the Evo highlighting thing even work in General Topics? I am missing something again.

Jay

My 2 lines of js would at least make the Evo forums highlighted. I don't understand what you don't understand.

Regarding the general forums they should be changed to "Evo General Discussions" and "Revo General Discussions"... but as Revo is the main product this isn't that confusing. [ed. note: mrhaw last edited this post 9 years, 11 months ago.]