Discussion and post author and date change

clarkwinkelmann

karman extensions should be downloaded using Composer.

You can use `composer require clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change:0.2.0 to install the latest version that's compatible with beta 13 if the command from the first post doesn't work.

clarkwinkelmann

Version 0.2.2 released with Flarum beta 15 support.

phloo

Using the latest version (0.2.2.) on beta 15, after merging two discussions and changing the latest reply to be the first one, I dont receive any more notifications about new replies. I see them but the forum doesnt indicate it's an unread post.

clarkwinkelmann

phloo I don't know if re-ordering posts is a good idea.

Flarum is a bit complicated in that regard, because posts are ordered by date, while some other features are based on post numbers.

It's possible that somehow the last post number is memorized somewhere, and since it's lower than some posts before it, there could be some issues.

This extension won't update the cached "first post" and "last post" attributes of discussions, so changing dates will lead to some inconsistencies if the post order changes.

phloo

hey Clark, yes I understand your concerns. But seen from the logic side the post is always the newest - so replies to the thread should be shown as new/unread. If I would have changed the post to be at the end of the discussion I would say, yes, there is nothing newer. But this is not the case.

What triggers the notification/mark the post as unread?

clarkwinkelmann

Version 0.2.3

Add compatibility with Flarum beta 16
Fix user discussion and post count not being updated #3

This version is only compatible with Flarum beta 16.

r4nchy

I have clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change v0.2.0 running on flarum .13, it is causing issues while upgrading to .16, as I am unable to remove it.

I have tried the following command

composer.phar remove clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change

but all I get is "Nothing to install or update"

I am having the similar issue with fof/best-answer v0.1.12

SKevo

r4nchy have you tried running composer why clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change and composer why fof/best-answer? It should tell you "why" do they need to be installed and why composer refuses to remove them (most likely because they're dependency or dependant for something else)

r4nchy

SKevo

also, I have removed all the extensions, even the ones that are native to flarum

SKevo

r4nchy that's strange, sorry but I can't help you with this as I don't understand composer well. My best guess would be that you're either executing the command in wrong directory, outside of Flarum (so the extension is already "not there") or it's already removed and composer glitched out. Those are just my assumptions though, and they're usually wrong

rob006

r4nchy Try composer why clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-post-date

r4nchy

rob006

r4nchy You should remove clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-post-date then: composer remove clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-post-date.

clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change provides clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-post-date, which is required by your forum. That is why Composer refuses to uninstall clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change. AFAIK Composer 2 is better in expressing such dependencies in composer why.

[deleted]

Can we choose a future date and stick posts permanently to the beginning of the homepage with this plugin?

Is there any harm to seo?

ctml

[deleted] haha! that might be an interesting workaround for ''super sticky' discussions which a lot of people have been after 😃 Let me know if it works!

clarkwinkelmann

[deleted] I don't know what would happen. But this extension certainly won't prevent you to set dates in the future.

I don't think Flarum itself will encounter issues if you do it, but it could mess with some other community extensions that do things based on the discussion date.

If the discussions has no replies, it might be impossible to mark it as read if it has a date in the future.

Changing the date of posts can cause more serious issues however. When the numbers and dates are no longer chronological, linking to a specific post can cause all kind of weird jumping issues.

Permanently sticking posts could be achieved via an extension as is said in the other discussions about it. Personally I only see that change as bad UX. The homepage is supposed to show content the user hasn't read yet.

r4nchy

The previous Discussion preview of old author won't change to new author along with the author name

clarkwinkelmann

r4nchy which one is out of date?

The author/avatar on the post might indeed not refresh because Flarum has special conditions to decide when to redraw and the author changing isn't listed in those conditions, but I could add it.

Keep mind mind you still need to edit both the discussion author and first post author. I have an issue about that here clarkwinkelmann/flarum-ext-author-change4

r4nchy

clarkwinkelmann The one on the left (homepage) is out of date.
The avatar and username on discussion page gets updated, but not on the homepage

clarkwinkelmann

r4nchy is it a refresh issue (fixed with a full page reload)? Or a permanent difference that persists across reloads?

If it persists across reloads then it's probably the situation described in issue #4 above (as well as the README), you need to manually edit both the discussion (dropdown next to reply in the right sidebar) and the first post (3 dot menu under the first post)

If it's just a refresh issue, how are you experiencing it? Going back to homepage right after changing the author? In which order are you changing the post and discussion author?

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