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e3stone
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 Posted - 03 June 2001 : 22:53:17
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Would anyone be interested in a mod that would keep track of the "reply with quotes" that were directed towards you? It would be about like the bookmarks mod or pm mod, but if someone "replied with quote" to you, then that message would automatically be added to that list.
It would probably use something like what Work Mule added to "jump to last post" except it would probably use "reply_id" as the anchor.
I'm just trying to address some of the ideas that the users of the Delphi forums wanted. Even though some of them seemed to be dogging our forum and just complaining about it, I think they presented some decent ideas to make this forum better for us.
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dayve
Forum Moderator
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Posted - 04 June 2001 : 14:16:58
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I like the idea but I gotta tell ya, I use the reply from author feature a lot and I can see this amounting to a large reviewing area. Keep talking...I'm listening...
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big9erfan
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Posted - 04 June 2001 : 15:24:36
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I think a mod like this ( as I quote people on my boards NUMEROUS times a day ) should be time based. There should be a time stamp to when it was entered and when you last visited the forums. If the reply is X day(s) older than your most recent visit to the forums it should be purged from the table, otherwise you could end up with a HUGE table and your DB growing in leaps and bounds.
Just a suggestion.
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04 June 2001 : 16:14:32
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Oh, I was thinking about just adding a field to the reply table and store the member id of who the reply is directed to. I'd use "0" if it was directed to no one but the community in general. I would also add another field to store the id of the post being replied to "Parent Post" - once again using "0" if it was directed to the original topic.
To show unread posts directed to a specific member, the query is pretty simple.
Another feature on Delphi is showing if the member that a post was directed to has read a message. Add another small field that is set to 0 when posted and then if the recipient member visits is changed to 1 would accomodate this functionality.
So by adding two int fields and one tinyint field (in SQL Server terms) to the Reply table we could accomodate a couple of features.
Simple but effective. 
The Writer Community
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
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e3stone
Average Member
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Posted - 05 June 2001 : 15:45:39
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Another feature on Delphi is showing if the member that a post was directed to has read a message. Add another small field that is set to 0 when posted and then if the recipient member visits is changed to 1 would accomodate this functionality.
I've been "tinkering" with my forum and have added a field in the reply table to store who the reply is directed to. I was about to post a message addressed the "read/unread" feature, then noticed that you had already brought it up 
I'm wondering what the best way to set this up would be. I was originally thinking about having a page similar to the "bookmarks" page that would display all the person's replied-to messages. When they clicked on the link given on that page it would mark the reply as "read" and then take the person to that message on the forum. However, should there also be a button on the individual message within the forum that's a "mark as read" button? for if the author has multiple responses within the same thread?
or should the author's replied messages be displayed in a totally seperate screen aside from the forum thread? I'm not sure how Delphi does it...I haven't registered with one of those forums. well, one, but I have to wait another 23 hours to post.
Anyone have any thoughts as to how this whole thing should look? plus additional functionality suggestions?
Here's what I have so far with the Reply To feature. My database is tracking who the replies go to, but I haven't yet made a page to view all those. I just added a "reply to this person" link on each message. right now it just displays who its to in the message, itself. Should I make that name appear right below the poster's name in the left column? http://www.galileandesigns.com/forum/
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InsideWaco.com
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