Re: Questions about NAML

Posted by Hugo <Nabble> on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Questions-about-NAML-tp6679167p6682425.html

GodlyPerfection wrote

It is always great to hear that you guys are keeping the possibilities in mind. Custom fields could be a very powerful thing... we especially would like it for adding our XBL gamertags.

Yes, we know this is important and we will look into this in a few days (we have to finish other top priority work first).

GodlyPerfection wrote

I haven't exactly thought about it quite yet or explored enough, but I'm curious as to whether or not a multi-quote feature could be added. This may require custom fields or something of the like to keep track of all posts that are targeted for multi-quoting, then when the reply link is hit the editor loads all of the selected posts in quotes into the editor automatically. There is a vBulletin plugin that does this and it is a very useful feature.

I am not sure, but I think this would be rarely used. As a forum user, I would prefer to keep it simple and open each post in a separate tab and collect the information I need from each tab while writing the post.

GodlyPerfection wrote

Also I just had the idea of building in an inline-reply editor rather than having to load another page. We are trying to come up with as many features to experiment with as possible so I'm just kind of throwing this down here to see what you guys think.

Yes, this would be a nice feature. The reply form could be loaded with AJAX (yes, AJAX is possible with NAML). This would require some Javascript code, but it is certainly possible.

GodlyPerfection wrote

Another feature that a lot of members have been wanting was a private messaging system because sometimes email is just not convenient and feels a little out of the way. Under the NAML system can you think of a way that this might be achievable?

You are not the first user to request this. One solution is to build a module in Java that manages the database fields and provide commands in NAML (the commands would be used to build the interface). Another solution is to create something similar to our workgroup feature, which allows topics to be assigned to users. In a workgroup, users can see what is currently assigned to them ordered by priority. Of course the interface would have to be changed in this case, but I believe it is possible.

GodlyPerfection wrote

As well as a notification system that doesn't require the use of storing cookies, but instead tracks what you have read server side. A notification system could be handy as well for favoriting topics and getting notified when those topics are replied to.

We do track visited topics on the server side and we also have favorites (stars) and email notifications (subscriptions). So I am not sure what you want to change in this case.

GodlyPerfection wrote

Another feature we are looking into is the creation of a "wall" like facebook has within a user's portfolio. From what I've seen so far I think this may be possible by creating a specific forum that would hold threads for each user that they would create by using a say "Create wall" link on their portfolio. The functionality would be very similar to vBulletin's visitor messaging system and would act as a very good substitute for a private messaging system if private messages are not possible. As of now if we need to contact anyone specifically we just start a thread with @Username as the subject in the spam folder. Having a more convenient way of messaging people would definitely be nice.

Let me see if I understand: you mean every user should have a page with posts that mention him/her (maybe with a twitter-like @username format). Is this correct? I like the idea. This would be possible because we can just read the list of nodes with a filter. I will think more about this.