Trophies are on the list but I'm not sure if they will make it to 1.5 (I have very limited time for development so I like to push releases out when I've completed something, rather than delay it to add something else).
Regarding trophies, as the same thread can potentially be featured as many times as you like, I will probably need to add some sort of history table.
I could just do it the easy way and have a simple count in the user table, but that wouldn't be very accurate and every time the same thread was unfeatured and featured again, the count would increase.
Ah, well, if you're thinking of adding a history table that might tie-in with a suggestion I was going to make (although it may already be present - apologies if it is):
Include the facility to identify previously featured threads; so myself and the moderator team can see if we've previously put a thread up in a featured position and not re-feature it unintentionally (with tens of thousands of posts and hundreds of new threads per week we'll quite easily forget which threads we've featured on CycleChat [and when]).
I guess if there is a history table then that would be possible.
That's the first time it has been suggested (I think) so I'm not sure how the UI would work.
Possibly some sort of indication in the thread tools dropdown...
I guess if there is a history table then that would be possible.
That's the first time it has been suggested (I think) so I'm not sure how the UI would work.
Possibly some sort of indication in the thread tools dropdown...
TBH I was thinking in quite simple terms - bold/on/coloured indicator for currently featured threads and a greyed-out version for ex-featured; with maybe the ex-featured only visible to mods and admins (since I presume they'll mostly be the ones promoting threads to featured)?
TBH I was thinking in quite simple terms - bold/on/coloured indicator for currently featured threads and a greyed-out version for ex-featured; with maybe the ex-featured only visible to mods and admins?
I know the featured threads page pulls and grabs this info:
the thread itself... is there anyway it could pull what NODE it came from? The only reason I ask, is for perhaps Node Specific styling.
You could have your preset styling in Extra.CSS, and once promoted from whatever node, it would change to match that look. Could possibly give an extra dynamic to the page.
I don't do code, so no clue how hard or if possible, or what extra queries it would take. Just thought about it while looking at my FamilyGuyFans one. Would be cool to see a Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show "Featured" themes for them.