New Place, New Stuff

[neilarey]

So, this is a new place which means we also get to get new stuff. Yay for new stuff!

We are currently receiving requests for extra profile fields and, providing they are within our current capabilities, new features.

Feel free to post your wants below

 

[Andi64]

Will it be possible to select text in this here WYSIWYG-editor with the mouse for editing/deleting/link-inserting?

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

I would love to have more of the old profile fields back: bio, current & past pursuits, challenges & themed weeks completed, etc. The link to one's check-in thread is super useful too!

Is the limit on post length hard? I tried to set up my check-in thread tonight, but the new forum is rejecting my post on account of its length.

Further to @Andi64 's question above, this editor is allowing me to select text, but the highlight colour is barely any different from the regular background colour. Is is possible to have greater contrast there?

 

[neilarey]

Will it be possible to select text in this here WYSIWYG-editor with the mouse for editing/deleting/link-inserting?

this should be fixed now!

You can edit the link on mouse over.

 

[neilarey]

@Laura Rainbow Dragon we will add the log's link later today! The other stats will also be added later (except for the themed weeks, I am not sure about that one yet - since they are retired now). In general, we plan on expanding the profiles here.

I hope this helps

 

[dontmindlosing]

If the feature to select 3 favourite workouts is reintroduced, would it also be possible to add the ability to select favourite programs (or even challenges, I guess, while we're at it)? I mostly do programs since they set me up for weeks at a time.

 

[lofivelcro]

I liked the quote or whatever it was called you could put into your profile a lot. The one that appeared in italics on the right side of your profile picture. Having that one back would make me happy.
Or maybe it's already there and I missed it. I have a hard time finding things here, tbh. But I'll manage.

 

[HellYeah]

A dark theme would be nice.

And: Thanks Team Darebee for your great work!

 

[PETERMORRIS966]

How do I find my thread so I can post my exercise days?

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

How do I find my thread so I can post my exercise days?

You need to start a new thread here: https://www.community.darebee.com/forums/checking-in-training-logs.5/

 

[neilarey]

A dark theme would be nice.

I am adding this to the future update list ...but not near future (this right will require a new template).

 

[neilarey]

I am going to see about favorite workouts and programs sometime today

And I believe we can enable profile statuses. Hold my beer.

 

[neilarey]

@lofivelcro You can now add your current status in your profile (it's under your log URL)

 

[lofivelcro]

@lofivelcro You can now add your current status in your profile (it's under your log URL)

Neat, thanks!

 

[Sif_Shepard]

Did the watch link get removed from posts in the checking in section?

 

[neilarey]

@Sif_Shepard oh, my bad. Is it ok on your end now?

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

@Sif_Shepard oh, my bad. Is it ok on your end now?

It's back for me now.

 

[Sif_Shepard]

Yep it's all good, thanks for the fix!

 

[Working on myself]

Hey all, new to the site. Not sure if this has been asked long ago, but is there a place to purchase swag, like a workout shirts?

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Today I am missing alerts which I knew were there yesterday but which I have not yet checked. Is the site auto-removing alerts once we get to a certain limit? If yes, can it be reset to only remove alerts we've checked? I know a bunch of threads I follow have been updated since I last checked them, but I now have no manageable way of finding them.

 

[JohnStrong]

Today I am missing alerts which I knew were there yesterday but which I have not yet checked. Is the site auto-removing alerts once we get to a certain limit? If yes, can it be reset to only remove alerts we've checked? I know a bunch of threads I follow have been updated since I last checked them, but I now have no manageable way of finding them.

I've been noticing this phenomena lately too.

 

[neilarey]

@Laura Rainbow Dragon @JohnStrong
We can tweak the settings. I am going to list current settings and if you let me know what you want them set to, we'll change them!

Days to retain viewed alerts: 4 days
Alerts per-page: 30
Days to retain viewed alerts in popup: 7 days
The alert popup will show all unviewed alerts, plus any viewed alerts that were viewed within the time frame (in days) before now. Note that the total amount shown in this popup is limited to no more than 25

And since we are on the subject:
Hours to retain read conversations in popup: 72 hours

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Hmm... I think the problem is with how the site is interpreting "viewed alerts".

I try to check into the Hive every day. But I don't have time to read everyone's threads every day. So I check my alerts page. I see the alerts listed on the page. If any are replies to questions I've asked, posts I've started, or new News items, I check them right away. Meanwhile, there are a whole bunch of additional alerts for threads I follow but did not initiate. These I don't have time to view until the weekend. So what I'm finding is this:

1. a bunch of people updated their check-in threads on Monday
2. I visited the site on Monday, viewed my alerts page, viewed the threads listed there I check daily, but left the weekend-only threads to visit today
3. a bunch more posts were made during the course of the week to the threads I only check on weekends
4. today I viewed my alerts page with the plan to visit all of the threads listed there. but alerts for any threads that were updated prior to Wednesday have now been wiped from my list. even if the thread was updated again on Wednesday or later, I still don't have an alert for it.

My preference is for the alerts to expire after I've clicked on them and viewed the thread they refer to. It would be fine (in fact preferable) for them to expire immediately after I've done this.
I don't want my alerts to ever disappear just because I've seen the alert in my alerts feed (but not actually checked the thread it refers to).

Is this possible?

 

[mavie]

I gave up working with the alerts early on because I did not get how they work.

I'm back on track since I discovered the filter option under new posts. One can set the default option to new and watched and when I'm done with those I change the default back to new only.

Main setback here is that one cannot use the back button like in the old hive but has to tap/click through the menu and scroll again.
Alerts I only scan for likes and if there are any, use as a quick way to my log.

If there are better ways to handle I'm keen to know.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

That is helpful, @mavie . Thank you!

 

[oneironaut]

Is it possible to put a page navigation widget at the top of thread pages in addition to the one on the bottom? I am loving the new forum system; it feels really polished and has a lot of usability improvements. Thank you!

 

[neilarey]

@oneironaut hi! We added it on desktop it's still only at the bottom on mobile, though, by default.
I hope this helps.

 

[oneironaut]

@oneironaut hi! We added it on desktop it's still only at the bottom on mobile, though, by default.
I hope this helps.

Greatly appreciated, thank you!