Feature Requests/Bug Reports/Support Requests solution

[electronerd]

I have an idea to thwart feature requests and bug reports.

Make a new forum in the 'phpBB 2.x' category. Call it 'Feature Requests/Bug Reports/Support Requests'. Set permissions to: All users can: post new topics, view topics; All Users CANNOT: post replies, or anything else.

Then: set it to prune all topics 1 day old every 1 day.

[electronerd]

Sorry about double post, but edit went away


One could also put 'Release Date Requests' in the title

[Trek]

hehehe, I like it :)

[andrew johnson]

i agree that place where i could request fix on search members

[psoTFX]

This is alpha quality software ... I don't understand why you'd even be requesting a "fix" ...

[electronerd]

i agree that place where i could request fix on search members

I think you missed the point. The net effect of this is redirecting feature, support, bugfix and relese date requests to /dev/null

[electronerd]

Sorry about the double post, but the edit option expired again.

I have another idea: A Mod which allows anyone with the necessary permissions to force a user to view certain pieces of text (like FAQ topics).

This would be implemented as a Mod, not as part of the Core, as it is unlikely to have the widespread appeal required to warrant inclusion in the Core.

Now before you all start whining about this not being the right place for Mod/Feature requests, I plan on writing such a Mod myself, once 2.2 is a little more interface-stable.

In order for such a system to be effective, I would think it would need to have at least some of the following traits:

• The text must replace ALL pages of phpBB, except result pages(like the 'Success' page you get after posting), when triggered
• There must be multiple pieces of text defineable
• They must be selectable singly or as a group
• When triggered, each should display on a separate page
• There should be a mnimum time that must pass between display and continuing on to normal viewing of phpBB pages enforced at the server
• That minimum should be extendable by whoever triggers it.

I plan to implement all these features, as well as an option to automatically trigger certain entries (defined by the administrator) on new user registration

Another neat, but nonessential, feature would be to suggest a minimum time based on the length of the message (like the UNIX fortune command can)

[EDIT: I also realize that this won't happen on this board, since there are no Mods on it.]

[psoTFX]

No feature requests, suggestions, hints, tips, whatever ...

[Lugie]

I've gathered that the only things accepted here are ideas of alternate ways for coding phpBB, suggestions on different database designs, et cetera, that improve performance of the overall script.

Those are about the only things I haven't seen shot down aside from encouragement and all that hum-jum/riff-raff.

[psoTFX]

Well this forum is designed for basic "Chit Chat" much as the General Chat forum @ http://www.phpbb.com." target="_blank Feature requests posted here are dislike because a) they get lost in the noise, b) typically result in duplication and c) do not allow for any kind of internal tracking.

Equally "disliked" are topics which say "Well, this isn't really a feature request more a 'change of emphasis' ... " or "This isn't a suggestion it's just an idea"

At some point soon I'll clear the request tracker of all items that are on our internal milestone list and re-open it. However, as I've already noted we've got a lot to get through with what we have already ... so the chances of many (any?) additional suggestions making it into 2.2 are slight unless they are trully unique, extremely useful or small enough to integrate into the codebase as we progress it.