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Originally Posted by Morrus

A great hack. Some notes on problems/bugs I've noticed or which have been reported to me by users:

1) The navigation breadcrumbs don't work (broken links leading to non-existent pages). Note that groups is not level with the forum directory, but within it. I've tried changing that setting in the AdminCP to no effect.

2) When I click the Quote button to respond to a post, it brings up a blank reply form with no quoting. There's no normal reply button in group forums. When I try to quote, I get a blank reply page (so you could also say there's no quote function and the reply function has a quote button).

3) Same thing happens when you do a preview.

4) I started a thread and when I tried to post a new response in that thread and it simply appended it to the original post. I tested another thread and found that if you reply to someone elses post, it'll put a new response under theres. But if you reply and then reply again, with no other posts in between, it simply appends your reply to your previous post.

5) If I click on "Go Advanced" under the quick reply feature, then I get the following error message:



6) Some spelling/phrasing errors. "Category" is spelt "Category".

7) The sidebar telle me that "Type: Group Posts Are Private. Members Are Moderated. Only The Group Leader Can Make Threads.", yet a non-group leader can create threads.

And my thoughts on necessary changes/additions to make this a professional mod:

1) The default image in the group header needs to be sorted out and user-definable. Lots of people have suggested that in this thread, and there's a reason for that.

2) The wacky moderation/group leader powers setup needs to be straightened up. It's not only unintuitive, but it's impractical. As many have pointed out in this thread, the group leader should effectively be moderator of his/her own blog.

3) The ability to remove users is pretty fundamental. A woman created a private girls only group, and while she was struggling to figure out how to make it private, a man joined. Now he can't be removed.

I know that sounds all very critical, but I do think this is a very good hack and well on its way to being as professional as, say, vBlogetin.

1) Which links are broken? You're right, the admincp option does not effect the bread crumbs. i'll look into the feasibility of 'fixing' that.

2) Confirmed bug and will be fixed for next release.

3) Same thing happens when you do a preview.

4) this is the double post prevention feature.

5) Confirmed bug and fixed for next release.

6) Typo on your part?

7) Confirmed bug and fixed for next release.

And my thoughts on necessary changes/additions to make this a professional mod:

1) indeed. however should the donations i hoped for to keep my hosting for another year have come forward as opposed to it coming out of my pocket then as stated on several occasions the usability would be there. please note as much as professionalism is important there's only so much time one man can give to something and sadly i'm in a situation where by my priorities like elsewhere and for good reason.

2) i'm not sure what you're referring to. any group leader has the ability to fully moderate groups. at present the only feature a leader doesn't have is the ability to boot/ban from a group.

3) This will be present at least on administration level for 2.0.5/2.1 whichever naming scheme i preference for the next build depending on how much i have to do.

I know that sounds all very critical, but I do think this is a very good hack and well on its way to being as professional as, say, vBlogetin.[/QUOTE]
You're right it did sound critical but mostly in a good way and it's helped the advancement of the modification. however please bare in mind that while you compare it to vBlogetin, vBlogetin it is not. vBlog... charged $50 a year while this is free. i assure you that if i was getting $50 per installation professionalism would be top of my priority list. however i don't, so sadly it's not.