I've noticed that there isn't an official roadmap yet (or I've just not been able to find it).
I was wondering what your plans were regarding user profiles on TokenBB?
Might I suggest that a couple basic features could be added in one of the next releases?
I'm glad to see that you are looking into making this. I think leadersboards, post counters etc. are a great way to incentivize users to spend more time on the forum and be more participating. I think a lot of Steem DApps forget this, and believe that money/STEEM is the only thing that motivates people to participate. I tend to think that friendly competition for getting a higher rank on a leaderboard etc. tend to be a much better incentive than a $0.05 upvote for most people.
@valth leaderboard is excellent, we need more devs lol! :) need to chain them to the desk 24/7 lool.
Hehe. I can imagine how difficult it must be to prioritize what features to develop. Maybe you can get some extra dev help with the SPS in the future? ;)
Where should we post topics about the selection/voting process to select new improvement for the Steem blockchain. Somewhere in the governance section.
Would a sub-section about voting and selection process be usefull ? or maybe there is already one somewhere ?
I noticed that the title tag says "TokenBB Forum" no matter where on the forum I am located. It would be a nice change to have this include the name of the current thread I am viewing to make it easier to use the forum while switching between different tabs. For example, it would be nice if the title said "New topic - Neosteem" or something like that now that I'm currently making a new topic. I think this will also benefit the SEO aspect of the website in a positive way.
I love the amount of work that has gone into building this awesome forum software. It feels a tad bit insensitive critiquing it knowing how much work has gone into it.
However, for every great piece of forum software having an alert or notification system is cornerstone. Not necessarily sending notifications to emails or phones but a bell icon at the top that when clicked displays activity on your posts. Either replies, upvotes, downvotes etc.
Is this something that is possible or even in the works?
I am using the partiko app which works just as nicely. You should consider having a bulletin board where people can follow what feature you have prioritized first and what is planned. That way, even as we offer suggestions we know we are not just repeating something that is in the pipeline. That would be super helpful.
Yes sure, please critique away, all feedback helps us prioritise things. For now I have a workaround for you, subscribe to @ginabot she is a Discord bot that will notify you if anyone responds to your topic and send you a forum link. I will add the notifications to the task list, we have alot to add so may not be that quick to get done.
I am using the partiko app which works just as nicely. You should consider having a bulletin board where people can follow what feature you have prioritized first and what is planned. That way, even as we offer suggestions we know we are not just repeating something that is in the pipeline. That would be super helpful.
Thanks for your feedback @therealwolf, Battlenet is nice, however we have already commissioned and paid for this theme and we have so many other improvements we need to roll out, fortunately the themes are open source and anyone can develop and theme and sumbit it as a contribution, can even create a business around developing themes for TokenBB customers. We will keep this in mind if no one submits any theme alternatives before we get around to it.
The fact that this forum exists on tokenbb is clearly benefiting your company, so I'm not really sure why the responsibilities to improve the color sheme is not inside your scope. But even if you're commissioning a theme, wouldn't it make sense to ensure it's properly done?
And to clear up a possible confusion point: I don't mean to remove the blue element, but rather make it more enjoyable for the eyes.
I'm glad you like the updated mockups. Like I said in the latest mockup, good user interface design feeds off of user input, and I'm glad that you didn't hesitate to tell us what wasn't working.
In addition to being much easier on the eyes, the transparent look helps show off the background: that's the Carina Nebula, thank you NASA.
If there's anything else about the forum UI that doesn't sit right, let us know and we'll see what we can do.
Yes, much better! There is no text in the last screenshot, but it's simply important to have a good contrast between background & text, which isn't draining the eyes too much.
Thanks for your feedback @therealwolf, Battlenet is nice, however we have already commissioned and paid for this theme and we have so many other improvements we need to roll out, fortunately the themes are open source and anyone can develop and theme and sumbit it as a contribution, can even create a business around developing themes for TokenBB customers. We will keep this in mind if no one submits any theme alternatives before we get around to it.
I also think it could be nice if users also have options to choose from a few variations of the same forum theme, as approved by the forum owner as they have to represent the forum's brand properly and not just be any old theme applied.
I gave everyone the opportunity to get involved in structuring and planning this forum in my post and even created a forum planning channel in Steem Devs Slack, very few people engaged and gave input so we went ahead and did it as best as we could and approved the artwork ourselves. As I said we have so much to do to improve this forum including mobile responsiveness, the Ui isn't that bad looking alot of people have said they like it so before we expend more resources on the design we would love to get consensus first from a few more forum users on what they would like to see, some might have other ideas besides going with a theme like Battlenet.
We are not ignoring improvements on the theme, this forum is currently in stealth launch mode and we are taking valued feedback like yours and will see what we can do.
@therealwolf your colour suggestion looks nice, thanks for that screenshot, will see if we get internal consensus to get that amended.
BTW everyone will benefit from this forum not only us, we will be rolling out beneficiary rewards for topic creators likely 5%/5%.
There are quite a few charity communites on the steem block chain. It would be a good idea to add a new sub forum to list the charity communites and category.
I personally think that Steem Bounty would be a great DApp to integrate into SteemBB. A forum is the perfect place to post bounties, since threads are neatly organized and stay visible for as long as they're active.
I have a lot of issues with using the forum at the moment, because every time I click on a link, it takes me to tokenbb.buildteam.io instead of neosteem.com. I guess this is an old URL, but the problem is that it does not seem to load for me. So I have to manually edit the URL every time I want to click on any/most links on the website.
Ah, alright. It's good that there's an easy workaround :)
The different urls are part of our security model and normally users should not notice them. But in case of a new tab we are still missing a check to redirect the user back :)
@valth if you just click the topics and don't open in a new tab it won't have that problem, keep working on the same page and will be fine till we have the fix.
@valth if you just click the topics and don't open in a new tab it won't have that problem, keep working on the same page and will be fine till we have the fix.
Yeah, that's what I began to do after reading @reggaemuffin's reply. It's a bit unfortunate though, because I (and probably many other users) will want to open several threads at once. I typically open 10+ tabs when I browse other forums. But I will just use the workaround for now :)
Ah, alright. It's good that there's an easy workaround :)
The different urls are part of our security model and normally users should not notice them. But in case of a new tab we are still missing a check to redirect the user back :)
Ah, I see. I will just stay away froms using tabs for now then.
Would it be possible to add a "Remember Me" checkbox at login which sets a cookie? If I do an F5 BrowserRefresh operation on any page here, I am logged-out, just as if I had exited the site. If I close this tab, or Refresh the page, it would be nice to stay logged-in upon return. Thanks for consideration! 🙂
User @thekittygirl wrote at 28.06.2019 02:06:15 UTC:
Would it be possible to add a "Remember Me" checkbox at login which sets a cookie? If I do an F5 BrowserRefresh operation on any page here, I am logged-out, just as if I had exited the site. If I close this tab, or Refresh the page, it would be nice to stay logged-in upon return. Thanks for consideration! 🙂
This already works and also across forums :) the only thing that stops this feature is the brave shield, which basically forgets you every time you hit F5. We have ideas for how to circumvent this, but so far, lowering shields offers a better user experience :)
I am using the OPERA browser, not Brave, but they are built from the same webkit. I will try whitelisting the site in my Ad-Blocker shield and see if it helps. Thanks! 🙌
Topic: User Stats & Forum Ranks
I've noticed that there isn't an official roadmap yet (or I've just not been able to find it).
I was wondering what your plans were regarding user profiles on TokenBB?
Might I suggest that a couple basic features could be added in one of the next releases?
Basic profile information:
I'm sure this is probably already planned, just giving my opinion on what I think should be included.
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We are definitely planning user profiles!
We haven't yet published a roadmap, but you can check our issue tracker for things we definitely want to do. For example User profiles https://github.com/BuildTeamDev/tokenbb-web-client/issues/14
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I'm glad to see that you are looking into making this. I think leadersboards, post counters etc. are a great way to incentivize users to spend more time on the forum and be more participating. I think a lot of Steem DApps forget this, and believe that money/STEEM is the only thing that motivates people to participate. I tend to think that friendly competition for getting a higher rank on a leaderboard etc. tend to be a much better incentive than a $0.05 upvote for most people.
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@valth leaderboard is excellent, we need more devs lol! :) need to chain them to the desk 24/7 lool.
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Hehe. I can imagine how difficult it must be to prioritize what features to develop. Maybe you can get some extra dev help with the SPS in the future? ;)
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Topic: A new category for voting process
Where should we post topics about the selection/voting process to select new improvement for the Steem blockchain. Somewhere in the governance section.
Would a sub-section about voting and selection process be usefull ? or maybe there is already one somewhere ?
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I think where you put it is fine for now.
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Topic: Suggestion: Change the title to reflect the subforum or thread
I noticed that the title tag says "TokenBB Forum" no matter where on the forum I am located. It would be a nice change to have this include the name of the current thread I am viewing to make it easier to use the forum while switching between different tabs. For example, it would be nice if the title said "New topic - Neosteem" or something like that now that I'm currently making a new topic. I think this will also benefit the SEO aspect of the website in a positive way.
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Cool we will note this, thanks for bringing it up!
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Topic: Notifications Feature. (Great Job by the way)
Hi,
I love the amount of work that has gone into building this awesome forum software. It feels a tad bit insensitive critiquing it knowing how much work has gone into it.
However, for every great piece of forum software having an alert or notification system is cornerstone. Not necessarily sending notifications to emails or phones but a bell icon at the top that when clicked displays activity on your posts. Either replies, upvotes, downvotes etc.
Is this something that is possible or even in the works?
Again, fantastic work.
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I am using the partiko app which works just as nicely. You should consider having a bulletin board where people can follow what feature you have prioritized first and what is planned. That way, even as we offer suggestions we know we are not just repeating something that is in the pipeline. That would be super helpful.
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Yes sure, please critique away, all feedback helps us prioritise things. For now I have a workaround for you, subscribe to @ginabot she is a Discord bot that will notify you if anyone responds to your topic and send you a forum link. I will add the notifications to the task list, we have alot to add so may not be that quick to get done.
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I am using the partiko app which works just as nicely. You should consider having a bulletin board where people can follow what feature you have prioritized first and what is planned. That way, even as we offer suggestions we know we are not just repeating something that is in the pipeline. That would be super helpful.
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@deniskj good idea we will consider doing that!
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Topic: Improve UI color-sheme
The blue and purple color-sheme is waay too funky. Something like this (https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/) would be more approriate.
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The fact that this forum exists on tokenbb is clearly benefiting your company, so I'm not really sure why the responsibilities to improve the color sheme is not inside your scope. But even if you're commissioning a theme, wouldn't it make sense to ensure it's properly done?
And to clear up a possible confusion point: I don't mean to remove the blue element, but rather make it more enjoyable for the eyes.
For example:
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Thanks so much for the feedback, @therealwolf!
I'm glad you like the updated mockups. Like I said in the latest mockup, good user interface design feeds off of user input, and I'm glad that you didn't hesitate to tell us what wasn't working.
In addition to being much easier on the eyes, the transparent look helps show off the background: that's the Carina Nebula, thank you NASA.
If there's anything else about the forum UI that doesn't sit right, let us know and we'll see what we can do.
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Yes, much better! There is no text in the last screenshot, but it's simply important to have a good contrast between background & text, which isn't draining the eyes too much.
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Reveal spoiler
User @thecryptodrive wrote at 19.06.2019 22:57:10 UTC:
@therealwolf, my eye for graphics is not as good as yours, can you tell me if the text looks okay in the mockup below:
Yes looking great!
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@therealwolf can you let us know if this mockup is more subtle?
if you are happy we will take it further.
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@therealwolf what do you think now of the colour fix?
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Thanks for your feedback @therealwolf, Battlenet is nice, however we have already commissioned and paid for this theme and we have so many other improvements we need to roll out, fortunately the themes are open source and anyone can develop and theme and sumbit it as a contribution, can even create a business around developing themes for TokenBB customers. We will keep this in mind if no one submits any theme alternatives before we get around to it.
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I also think it could be nice if users also have options to choose from a few variations of the same forum theme, as approved by the forum owner as they have to represent the forum's brand properly and not just be any old theme applied.
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I gave everyone the opportunity to get involved in structuring and planning this forum in my post and even created a forum planning channel in Steem Devs Slack, very few people engaged and gave input so we went ahead and did it as best as we could and approved the artwork ourselves. As I said we have so much to do to improve this forum including mobile responsiveness, the Ui isn't that bad looking alot of people have said they like it so before we expend more resources on the design we would love to get consensus first from a few more forum users on what they would like to see, some might have other ideas besides going with a theme like Battlenet.
We are not ignoring improvements on the theme, this forum is currently in stealth launch mode and we are taking valued feedback like yours and will see what we can do.
@therealwolf your colour suggestion looks nice, thanks for that screenshot, will see if we get internal consensus to get that amended.
BTW everyone will benefit from this forum not only us, we will be rolling out beneficiary rewards for topic creators likely 5%/5%.
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@therealwolf, sure will convey that feedback.
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@therealwolf, my eye for graphics is not as good as yours, can you tell me if the text looks okay in the mockup below:
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Ok thanks @therealwolf
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Good job @gutenmorganism I can't wait to see the changes come together.
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Topic: Suggestion for Creating Charity Community
There are quite a few charity communites on the steem block chain. It would be a good idea to add a new sub forum to list the charity communites and category.
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Hi @successforall thanks for the suggestion, I have created the category Fundraising and Charity https://neosteem.com/topic-list?category=fundraising
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Thanks. I will list @tamilcharitycoin Tamil Charity Coin there.
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Topic: Is it possible to integrate Steem Bounty into SteemBB?
Steem Bounty is a Steem DApp which enables users to create bounties that can be claimed by performing certain tasks.
https://steem-bounty.com
I personally think that Steem Bounty would be a great DApp to integrate into SteemBB. A forum is the perfect place to post bounties, since threads are neatly organized and stay visible for as long as they're active.
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Yeah, Steem Bounty can just create a forum at https://tokenbb.io/pre-registration/ and then start posting bounties to threads. if you look at https://forum.drugwars.io they automatically post their fights to a category, we give them an api for that. @reggaemuffin can give more details.
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Topic: Bug report: URLs point to tokenbb.buildteam.io and not neosteem
I have a lot of issues with using the forum at the moment, because every time I click on a link, it takes me to tokenbb.buildteam.io instead of neosteem.com. I guess this is an old URL, but the problem is that it does not seem to load for me. So I have to manually edit the URL every time I want to click on any/most links on the website.
For example: when I want to open the thread "TokenBB Technology Powered Forum" by @thecryptodrive, the URL I get taken to is https://tokenbb.buildteam.io/topics/thecryptodrive/tokenbb-topic-tokenbb-technology-powered-forum-1560675137075. And now I have to change this to https://neosteem.com/topics/thecryptodrive/tokenbb-topic-tokenbb-technology-powered-forum-1560675137075 if I actually want to see the content.
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The different urls are part of our security model and normally users should not notice them. But in case of a new tab we are still missing a check to redirect the user back :)
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This happens if you open links in a new tab. We are working on a fix.
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Ah, alright. It's good that there's an easy workaround :)
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@reggaemuffin, please will you respond to this particular issue.
@valth have you tried completely clearing your cache? Also what browser are you using? Are shields and adblockers turned off?
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It did not help to clear my cache. I'm running Firefox 67.0.3 (64-bit). And I have turned off all shields and adblockers.
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@valth if you just click the topics and don't open in a new tab it won't have that problem, keep working on the same page and will be fine till we have the fix.
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Yeah, that's what I began to do after reading @reggaemuffin's reply. It's a bit unfortunate though, because I (and probably many other users) will want to open several threads at once. I typically open 10+ tabs when I browse other forums. But I will just use the workaround for now :)
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Ah, I see. I will just stay away froms using tabs for now then.
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Topic: Login Cookie Request ("Remember Me")
Would it be possible to add a "Remember Me" checkbox at login which sets a cookie? If I do an F5 BrowserRefresh operation on any page here, I am logged-out, just as if I had exited the site. If I close this tab, or Refresh the page, it would be nice to stay logged-in upon return. Thanks for consideration! 🙂
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This already works and also across forums :) the only thing that stops this feature is the brave shield, which basically forgets you every time you hit F5. We have ideas for how to circumvent this, but so far, lowering shields offers a better user experience :)
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I am using the OPERA browser, not Brave, but they are built from the same webkit. I will try whitelisting the site in my Ad-Blocker shield and see if it helps. Thanks! 🙌
Topic: Bug - when two users replied 1 hour ago shows the oldest one
In the screenshot shows that therealwolf replied last 1 hour ago but actually i replied after also shown as 1 hour ago. My reply was the latest.
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We are working on a fix for this :)
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That is probably a caching issue and should fix itself by reloading.
A smarter refresh system that always shows you the newest content without you having to reload is in the works :)
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Yeah it did fix itself after a while @reggaemuffin.
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