Announcement DPF "State of The Forum" - April 2021
Thank you.After experimenting, you have to choose +Quote on the message(s) you want to quote, but then you have to click on the "Insert quotes" box as well to actually include the quoted message.
You can also just hit "reply" if you only want to reply to one message, instead of a bunch.Thank you.
Awesome! I am guessing Pin Trading as the thread. But that's a guess.Archive.org has stuff! At least some, through January 2021. The formatting is all crap, but I should be able to copy the "I Collect This: Directory."
What forum was the "Pinpics traders" post in? I can't remember, because I didn't use it too much.
I don't want to be responsible for editing these threads. So I am going to create a temporary thread, and then the people who do want to maintain these threads can create new ones and then copy & paste.
Replies, yes — I believe you can either reply in the forum or from the “discussion” tab on a given item in the marketplace. Will require some testingWill you be able to reply to threads once they are created and appear in there?
I will see if I can remove the price field from the trading section — I think I left it there in case there would be trades that require cash on top; but if this has never happened, I should be able to suppress the price field in the “trading” sections.Just posted a test trade thread through the new Marketplace. However . . . you can't post a thread without entering a price. But for trading . . . no price is needed or wanted really. What should we do on that? Enter a zero?
Just something small to see if it could be set . . . anyway to have the Recent Posts show a few more than 3? I think it used to show 12 and it was really nice. But, no sweat either way!
Thank you for bringing the forum back and doing updates! Here is some of my feedback, some of which come from having a tech background:
What are your suggestions for making the forum better? (More mods? The addition of some specific forums? etc..)
What features did you like/dislike in previous iterations of DPF?
- I definitely think there should be some more mods added, and people who have the powers to stop something like this from happening again (ex: being able to run updates, have more access to the tools necessary stop things in their tracks, etc.). Just anything you can do to prevent something like this happening again, or at least it being so damaging.
- Definitely try to keep things updated, keep an eye out for known vulnerabilities (if possible).
- Something I suggested in the chats while the forum was down, is that as a newbie (I joined in Feb) I found a lot of dead links and advice that was no longer applicable or referenced things that no longer existed or worked in pinned posts meant for newbies or referenced in general. I'm willing to go through all the pinned posts/material again and help clean up the forums a bit if wanted.
What does DPF need? Can we grow it or increase activity?
- If feedback is added back, I found the process of doing it a little strange. If it could be more streamlined that would be nice. I can't remember specific examples, I was only able to do it 4 times before the wipe.
- As I mentioned in the first set of suggestions, I think making the place a bit easier to navigate as a newbie and making sure pinned posts are cleaned up every so often and/or updated (if able). I was confused quite a bit by posts meant to help me. If I wasn't quick to figure things out/find what I need through searching etc, I might have given up and gone somewhere else.
- Good news is this community came up fairly quickly when I was searching around about Disney Pin collecting, though not sure how much the wipe might have affected search results. I know google SEO is quite literally it's own job (I haven't done it but have had coworkers do it) so not sure how much to suggest/help there, but I think just making sure things are updated and managed well (and reaching out through other social media platforms, etc) should help things along. Maybe have "partnerships"/affiliations with other disney pin collecting places. Forums aren't as popular as they used to be but taking advantage of using other platforms (Instagram, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, etc) might help.
I'll let you know if I think of more! I'm glad we're back.
More mods is a great idea, and something I know we desperately need as many have come and gone; and since I haven't been around for the last 2-3 years, having active mods would make things go more smoothly.Thank you for bringing the forum back and doing updates! Here is some of my feedback, some of which come from having a tech background:
What are your suggestions for making the forum better? (More mods? The addition of some specific forums? etc..)
- I definitely think there should be some more mods added, and people who have the powers to stop something like this from happening again (ex: being able to run updates, have more access to the tools necessary stop things in their tracks, etc.). Just anything you can do to prevent something like this happening again, or at least it being so damaging.
- Definitely try to keep things updated, keep an eye out for known vulnerabilities (if possible).
- Something I suggested in the chats while the forum was down, is that as a newbie (I joined in Feb) I found a lot of dead links and advice that was no longer applicable or referenced things that no longer existed or worked in pinned posts meant for newbies or referenced in general. I'm willing to go through all the pinned posts/material again and help clean up the forums a bit if wanted.
I'll see if there's anything better out now; we were using a feedback addon that I made some tweaks to, to accommodate DPF -- There has to be something better/more robust out now, especially now that we're on XF 2.0.What features did you like/dislike in previous iterations of DPF?
- If feedback is added back, I found the process of doing it a little strange. If it could be more streamlined that would be nice. I can't remember specific examples, I was only able to do it 4 times before the wipe.
What does DPF need? Can we grow it or increase activity?
- As I mentioned in the first set of suggestions, I think making the place a bit easier to navigate as a newbie and making sure pinned posts are cleaned up every so often and/or updated (if able). I was confused quite a bit by posts meant to help me. If I wasn't quick to figure things out/find what I need through searching etc, I might have given up and gone somewhere else.
- Good news is this community came up fairly quickly when I was searching around about Disney Pin collecting, though not sure how much the wipe might have affected search results. I know google SEO is quite literally it's own job (I haven't done it but have had coworkers do it) so not sure how much to suggest/help there, but I think just making sure things are updated and managed well (and reaching out through other social media platforms, etc) should help things along. Maybe have "partnerships"/affiliations with other disney pin collecting places. Forums aren't as popular as they used to be but taking advantage of using other platforms (Instagram, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, etc) might help.
Great to hear! And I can totally help, at least for now (at some point in a couple months my life will be consumed with moving to another country). I'll comb through things tomorrow.I can't believe I missed this helpful postThanks for the reply!
More mods is a great idea, and something I know we desperately need as many have come and gone; and since I haven't been around for the last 2-3 years, having active mods would make things go more smoothly.
I did pick up a new license that would keep us updated with the latest version for the next year, and the donations that have come in will more than cover server costs, and any paid additions to the forum for the near future.
I'll see if there's anything better out now; we were using a feedback addon that I made some tweaks to, to accommodate DPF -- There has to be something better/more robust out now, especially now that we're on XF 2.0.
Definitely agree; trading and other discussion has moved to other platforms over the years, but I do still think the "organization" and relative permanence of information, along with the way it's presented in forum(s) is way more conducive to learning about and discussing a new hobby. Thanks for the feedback as a new memberThis will definitely help drive the way info is managed and presented here. I'll definitely see what we can do about cleaning up old posts/stickies (if you have any suggestions, or would like to help in some way i'm all ears!)
@Cicada Sora posted in the Discord today that her IP address has been banned. Could you share your email address so she can reach out to you? (You can PM me).Yay, I’m back! Thank you so much for restoring my account.
I’m banned again? What the heck.
[9:37 AM]
Does anyone know of a way to contact Cicada off the forum? Like an email address or something?
[9:40 AM]
I think maybe he unblocked my screen name so I could change my password, but didn’t do anything about my IP address. (I don’t know anything about these things, but it’s just a guess. The one time I was able to gain access to the forum again was following the link to reset my password that Cicada sent me, but that doesn’t work anymore now that I’ve reset it.)
i'm assuming the IP she is using is the one that's been logged into more than others -- I unbanned the IP; can you have her try again?@Cicada Sora posted in the Discord today that her IP address has been banned. Could you share your email address so she can reach out to you? (You can PM me).
*References and feedback is missing
I don't believe it's available at the moment.
I very much hope that our feedback profiles will be able to be retrieved.
Awesome sauce!!! Thank you for all your hard work!!!Feedback has returned! I was able to purchase and upgrade the same feedback system we were on before, and it looks like everything transferred over nicely. Huzzah!
Yay! I thought I would lose the very tiny amount I had already gotten so glad it was able to transfer over.Feedback has returned! I was able to purchase and upgrade the same feedback system we were on before, and it looks like everything transferred over nicely. Huzzah!
There's also a "Feedback" tab at the top to view the latest feedback/top traders/etc...:
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That. Is. AWESOME! Thank you!!Feedback has returned! I was able to purchase and upgrade the same feedback system we were on before, and it looks like everything transferred over nicely. Huzzah!
There's also a "Feedback" tab at the top to view the latest feedback/top traders/etc...:
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Tapatalk should be back! Please login/check, as I don't use Tapatalk -- report any issues in the "Help Desk" thread here:
DPF 3.0 Issues Thread
"Who Replied?" function added to the thread listing; view who replied in the thread: clicking on the number shows that users' replies in the thread:www.disneypinforum.com
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