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Which of the following would be our best approach in your opinion?

Move the entire forums over to another platform
Leave DDF functionality & platform as is, but refresh the design
Leave DDF as is besides for product deals etc
Leave DDF functionality & platform as is

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #40 on: July 07, 2020, 11:52:22 AM »
maybe allow tags like on ddms. that way if a topic goes off course (which occasionally happens) people can still find the info.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #41 on: July 07, 2020, 11:54:47 AM »
maybe allow tags like on ddms. that way if a topic goes off course (which occasionally happens) people can still find the info.
occasionally?
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #42 on: July 07, 2020, 12:09:08 PM »
occasionally?


that's why people can't find the UPS method. it's buried deep in a TR

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #43 on: July 07, 2020, 12:09:47 PM »

that's why people can't find the UPS method. it's buried deep in a TR
Any real info on the UPS method was scrubbed meticulously from the site by Hillary Clinton's team.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #44 on: July 07, 2020, 12:11:50 PM »
Any real info on the UPS method was scrubbed meticulously from the site by Hillary Clinton's team.
The UPS method didn't commit suicide.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #45 on: July 07, 2020, 01:26:16 PM »
-Image uploading
This would be a major benefit.
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #46 on: July 07, 2020, 01:26:47 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #47 on: July 07, 2020, 02:08:57 PM »
Basically I agree with everything SF said, except that I'm not sure about this: "...basic reading/posting/formatting cannot be any simpler."  If you're concerned that the posting format may "scare off many new posters"(jj1000), then you probably want to hear from potential new posters, rather than those who have demonstrated their facility with the current site.

Also, to those who get (understandably) annoyed at the shenanigans needed for multiple quotes, I say, Use your words! Not your quote button.  (see above)

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #48 on: July 07, 2020, 03:30:27 PM »
That was fast!



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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #49 on: July 07, 2020, 03:31:18 PM »
I like the new image uploading option.
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #50 on: July 07, 2020, 03:33:02 PM »
That was fast!

Still hosted by a random third party. Could be easier to upload now, but I trust these guys way less than Flickr or imgur. I'm afraid it will lead to more broken links than anything else.
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #51 on: July 07, 2020, 03:44:52 PM »
That was fast!



DDF is now fixed!
Leave it alone.  :)
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #52 on: July 07, 2020, 03:46:52 PM »
Still hosted by a random third party. Could be easier to upload now, but I trust these guys way less than Flickr or imgur. I'm afraid it will lead to more broken links than anything else.
I couldn't find an SMF plugin that would allow hosting on our servers.

Also can't figure out how to get this plugin to do a default size. Seems like 640x480 might be best for most people?
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #53 on: July 07, 2020, 04:06:53 PM »
I like the new image uploading option.

Haven't tried it on mobile yet. Any experience?
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #54 on: July 07, 2020, 04:08:55 PM »
Still hosted by a random third party. Could be easier to upload now, but I trust these guys way less than Flickr or imgur. I'm afraid it will lead to more broken links than anything else.

Agreed. But this was a proof of concept. I.e. that things can be improved/changed incrementally on the current platform (I don't know that to be the fact, as I don't know what if any limitations the current platform has), without requiring total migration.
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #55 on: July 07, 2020, 04:12:13 PM »
I couldn't find an SMF plugin that would allow hosting on our servers.

Also can't figure out how to get this plugin to do a default size. Seems like 640x480 might be best for most people?

Never looked into this before, but some quick browsing came up with the ultimate plugin for CV, CM, HM, and JTZ

https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2626
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #56 on: July 07, 2020, 04:24:16 PM »
Also can't figure out how to get this plugin to do a default size. Seems like 640x480 might be best for most people?

That's very small. If you can, make it the largest possible and SMF will auto fit it to the page width.
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« Reply #57 on: July 07, 2020, 04:25:30 PM »
I couldn't find an SMF plugin that would allow hosting on our servers.

I think the trick might be some FTP system.
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #58 on: July 07, 2020, 05:28:20 PM »
I think the trick might be some FTP system.

On mobile?
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Re: New DDF Forums
« Reply #59 on: July 07, 2020, 05:30:53 PM »
I think the trick might be some FTP system.
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I couldn't find an SMF plugin that would allow hosting on our servers.
You already have that, I assume what you're looking for is a way to embed rather than attach the images.