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[Swoop]

With Feld0 over in Europe, and Zoop on break from administrative duties, it looks as though I'll be the forum herald for a while - hopefully any announcements I make will be positive ones!
 
Recently, Ol' Sarge requested a method of tagging other members outside of a given thread. After a bit of digging through the IPS Marketplace, we were able to find and implement a hook which accomplishes exactly that, along with some minor improvements to the existing quoting system.

Some of you may have already noticed the features' existence, but for those who haven't, here's a brief explanation on how to use it:

1st: if you want to quote just a certain part of a post, highlight the text and a balloon will pop up with choices of "Quote", "@Mention" or "X"; choose "Quote" and you will get the standard quote box we are used to seeing, but with just the text you highlighted.

2nd: If you just want to alert someone that you are replying to their post, but without any quotes, then highlight just enough for the above mentioned balloon to open up, then choose "@Mention" and click. This will produce a string that when posted will look like "@Swoop, " and will be highlighted and clickable. The member will receive a notification like "Swoop has mentioned you in recently added post"

So there you have it! Mentioning members, and quoting selective text is now just that little bit more straightforward.

[SylveonBL]

This feature is awesome. Thanks for making it. Time to test.

@Swoop, Hey swoop

@Crona The Critic, Hey Finest.

@, Hey PDS.

@ Speedy Transition , hey speedy.

Edited by Bandana RaccoonBLee, 03 August 2012 - 01:11 AM.

[NASCARFAN160]

This will undoubtedly take some time to get used to, but I'm almost 100% sure this will be one of the best additional features we've introduced in a while.

(Also hoping the drawback compatibility of the desktop version on iOS doesn't screw this up....)

[SylveonBL]

@NASCARFAN160,

Hello NASCARFAN.

This feature is neat. Can't wait to use it to call people when I need them.

[Tom]

@Swoop, shall we begin the insurrection against Feld0 & Zoop?

I've noticed a problem with this system.
If they change their names the tag will disappear.

[SylveonBL]

@Tom,

I do see that as being a problem. And it does ruin the effect. I can also see it being a problem when you are talking to different people, one changes their name, and they can't see it.

(Off topic: Yes I'm a phoenix! )

Edited by Bandana RaccoonBLee, 03 August 2012 - 01:24 AM.

[Crispy]

@Swoop

Oooh, fancy.

Ironic that Facebook is looking at this thread, since this feature is pretty much lifted from there. Still, it's a neat thing.

[SylveonBL]

@Swoop,

You aren't going to tell people how they can mention people out side the thread? It seems like it would be pretty helpful. Also, we need a shortcut to be able to mention people outside a thread also.

[FLARE]

@FLARE,

Does this work?

seems pretty cool, I'll use it next time I need to and I can see a lot of use for this!
thanks!

ebook is looking

and the new addition to the current quote system is pretty cool as well

Edited by Flare, 03 August 2012 - 01:31 AM.

[MrL0LZ]

So that was what these new buttons do. Good to know what they do, I was actually searching earlier today if someone had made an announcement for this .

[SylveonBL]

I want to give a big thanks to @Ol' Sarge for coming up with this awesome idea. Thanks man. You are the best.

[Swoop]

@, an "@mention" button on the quick reply format pannel for cross-thread mentioning sounds like quite a practical idea to me. I'll see if we can go about implementing something to that effect.

@Crispy, It's surprising just how many social networking features can actually be implemented effectively in a forum environment. Looks as though I can thank Facebook for something after all!

@Tom, Oohohoho, soon my friend. Soon.

@FLARE It sure does, Flare! ^^

If they change their names the tag will disappear.

Thankfully, by the time a user has altered their name, any existing members tags will have likely already fulfilled their purpose. Considering that the hook was created by a 3rd party, and not custom made, we unfortunately won't be able to directly modify the hook in order to fix any bugs.

[Colon Leftbracket]

@Colon Leftbracket, Hey Colon! How are you today you beautiful stallion you!

Am I doing this right guys?

@Colon Leftbracket Oh nothing much I'm fine, and thanks for the complement...
I seem to be getting a lot of those recently!

Oh and you are using the new features fine!

[Crona The Critic]

Oh trust me. People fucking know how to use this because of Scootacool.

I woke up with over 600 notifications because of him and the thread ;-;

[Colon Leftbracket]

@FLARE,

Does this work?

seems pretty cool, I'll use it next time I need to and I can see a lot of use for this!
thanks!



and the new addition to the current quote system is pretty cool as well

Flare... Flare... FLARE!

ARGGHHHHHH!

And I thought I was being clever and original!
Oh well back to weirding people out at 5 AM

@Colon Leftbracket,Oh don't say that you are awesome!

[Shadow Chaser]

Awesome suggestions and awesome addition to the site! Comprehensive and easy to use. I may even go so far as to say it's dummy proof! I agree with how to use it to tag on people not in the thread.

"Feel the flow, Happy. Feel it. It's like a carousel. You pay the quarter. You get on the horse. It goes up and down, and around. It's circular. Circle. With the music. The flow. All good things."

[SylveonBL]

@Bandana RaccoonBLee, an "@mention" button on the reply format pannel for cross-thread mentioning sounds like quite a practical idea to me. I'll see if we can go about implementing something to that affect.

...Please simplify. I have absolutely no idea if you even answered my question. Though whatever you said sure sounds like a good idea anyway.

Wow, this is awesome.

[Tom]

an "@mention" button on the quick reply pannel for cross-thread purposes sounds like quite a practical idea to me. I'll see if we can go about implementing something to that affect.

It's listed in the special BBCode list, as "member". (the button to the left of the font combo box)
Although having it's own button would be worthwhile.

Edited by Tom, 03 August 2012 - 01:54 AM.

[Leafeon]

A nifty implementation for sure, special thanks to @Ol' Sarge, who brought up the suggestion in the first place. It's now more straight forward as Swoop mentioned and more flexible is some cases than the standard quote implementation.

Let the overflow of notifications begin... Especially for notable members. x)

[SylveonBL]

@,

Can you tell me if we are going to get a shortcut key to mention members who haven't posted in a thread? It gets really tiring typing it out.

Edited by Bandana RaccoonBLee, 03 August 2012 - 02:38 AM.