Good day all. I'm currently working on an add-on and would like some feedback or suggestions for improvements. The add-on helps you to keep track of milestones/events that have happened on your forum.
There are three types of entries that can be made:
Milestones - these are normally set automatically, but you may add your own as well. The add-on supports 7 types (if XFRM and XFMG are installed), they are:
These milestones can be edited by those with the permission, changed, reworded, etc.
Events - these entries are added by those with the permission (should normally be the site owner). Events may include the taking on of a new moderator, firing of a staff member, merging with another forum, forum being sold, etc. They are basically any event you feel has impacted your forum and want to keep track of. You can also add an event that occurs in the future, but will not display until the event date arrives.
Private entries - these are set and are view-able by those with the permission, and are meant for admins and not to be made public. Private events could be anything you want to keep track of, such as if you want to keep notes on a troublesome member or two, maintain a to-do list, etc.
All entries made, automatically or manually, are editable: entry type can be changed (ie: change an entry type from event to private, or to a milestone), date the event occurred or will occur, title, and description.
Events can be reported, except for automatic ones which can not be reported unless they have been edited. They can also be approved, unapproved, removed from public viewing, or permanently deleted.
The add-on comes with a default set of milestone markers (see screen shot), and these can be changed in the add-ons options. Each marker should be divisible by ten (see the option SS as to why). You may add more markers or just have one (depending on the size of your forum when this add-on was installed).
With the exception of the anniversary milestone, the included milestones may be removed at any time, and when re-added will pick up where they left off. If removed, any entries already recorded will not be removed from the history page, you can use the inline mod to remove them if you like.
It's still alpha, and there is a lot of little work to be done, including the sidebar. I'm not sure about the layout, especially how the title looks. The date has it's own property for styling, and I think I'll add one for the title of the entry as well.
Note that automatically entered entries do not have an avatar displayed, only manually entered entries do.
There are three types of entries that can be made:
Milestones - these are normally set automatically, but you may add your own as well. The add-on supports 7 types (if XFRM and XFMG are installed), they are:
- members (the number of valid members that joined)
- posts
- threads
- anniversary of the day your site went live
- resource count
- media count
- album count
These milestones can be edited by those with the permission, changed, reworded, etc.
Events - these entries are added by those with the permission (should normally be the site owner). Events may include the taking on of a new moderator, firing of a staff member, merging with another forum, forum being sold, etc. They are basically any event you feel has impacted your forum and want to keep track of. You can also add an event that occurs in the future, but will not display until the event date arrives.
Private entries - these are set and are view-able by those with the permission, and are meant for admins and not to be made public. Private events could be anything you want to keep track of, such as if you want to keep notes on a troublesome member or two, maintain a to-do list, etc.
All entries made, automatically or manually, are editable: entry type can be changed (ie: change an entry type from event to private, or to a milestone), date the event occurred or will occur, title, and description.
Events can be reported, except for automatic ones which can not be reported unless they have been edited. They can also be approved, unapproved, removed from public viewing, or permanently deleted.
The add-on comes with a default set of milestone markers (see screen shot), and these can be changed in the add-ons options. Each marker should be divisible by ten (see the option SS as to why). You may add more markers or just have one (depending on the size of your forum when this add-on was installed).
With the exception of the anniversary milestone, the included milestones may be removed at any time, and when re-added will pick up where they left off. If removed, any entries already recorded will not be removed from the history page, you can use the inline mod to remove them if you like.
It's still alpha, and there is a lot of little work to be done, including the sidebar. I'm not sure about the layout, especially how the title looks. The date has it's own property for styling, and I think I'll add one for the title of the entry as well.
Note that automatically entered entries do not have an avatar displayed, only manually entered entries do.
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