[RFC|Merged] Last topic title in forum list

[jsebean]

Why make life harder than it needs to be, why not just use what's currently already in phpBB, show the latest post, and require all post to contain a subject. If nobody posted that RFC I will in a minute, because, whether we go with this solution or not, I think it would still be a good idea to require posts to contain a subject.

[naderman]

Empty post subjects are rather uncommon, and I think having Re: in there just makes it clearer that it's a reply to something and not a new topic. So all in all, I think it makes more sense to use the last post subject, and it also simplifies things since we already store it anyway. So I think rather than spending time figuring out some new way to get access to the topic title, we should just stick to last post subject.

[imkingdavid]

Empty post subjects are rather uncommon, and I think having Re: in there just makes it clearer that it's a reply to something and not a new topic. So all in all, I think it makes more sense to use the last post subject, and it also simplifies things since we already store it anyway. So I think rather than spending time figuring out some new way to get access to the topic title, we should just stick to last post subject.

Any input on what to do with an empty subject line? There is another RFC for either requiring a minimum length of a subject (as we already do for topic titles, so why not subjects?) or even just doing away with post subjects altogether (or to some extent, see posts in that RFC), which would take care of the problem in one way or another.

[ecwpa]

Getting rid of replies titles make sense. However in my particular case I use them on my frontpage for news updates on a news thread already posted. This is probably pretty uncommon I guess but I would like to hear an alternative.

I'm not sure if the topic tags is being considered but that sounds like a good option for me.

[jsebean]

Empty post subjects are rather uncommon, and I think having Re: in there just makes it clearer that it's a reply to something and not a new topic. So all in all, I think it makes more sense to use the last post subject, and it also simplifies things since we already store it anyway. So I think rather than spending time figuring out some new way to get access to the topic title, we should just stick to last post subject.

Any input on what to do with an empty subject line? There is another RFC for either requiring a minimum length of a subject (as we already do for topic titles, so why not subjects?) or even just doing away with post subjects altogether (or to some extent, see posts in that RFC), which would take care of the problem in one way or another.

Getting rid of replies titles make sense.

RFC is here

However in my particular case I use them on my frontpage for news updates on a news thread already posted. This is probably pretty uncommon I guess but I would like to hear an alternative.

You could post that in the corresponding RFC then I could comment

I'm not sure if the topic tags is being considered but that sounds like a good option for me.

Post a new RFC?

[Oleg]

I think I have warmed up to the idea of displaying the last post's title and if it is empty, displaying nothing (there should still be a link to jump to the last post and last poster's name, as we presently have).

[jsebean]

I think I have warmed up to the idea of displaying the last post's title and if it is empty, displaying nothing (there should still be a link to jump to the last post and last poster's name, as we presently have).

Why not go with A_Jelly_Doughnut's suggestion posted here and then this wouldn't be a problem. It would also make things look a little bit better, because having a post with no subject just looks weird compared to the rest (like I made this post.)

[nickvergessen]

jsebean: we dont have the topic title there. That would cause an additional SQL-query or make the existing on heavier, and I think it's not worth it.

Before doing that, I'd just use "Re:" as replacement.

[jsebean]

Ahh I see sounds good.

[naderman]

Indeed, I think we should simply display the last post subject. We can still decide to enforce non-empty post subjects in another RFC.