Silver lining to COVID19...mgoblog improvements?
Seeing as there's almost literally nothing going on in sports, and people are generally advised to stay home and practice some social distancing, it seems like a great time to fix this site! Just a suggestion that occurred to me as, for the umpteenth time, a comment I made put me on the last page of comments in that thread and reset comments seen from 100 back to 50.
If this is a good thread for compiling fixes that are needed, if you use mgoblog in Safari, anytime you leave the window and return, the page jumps to the top of the page. So if you were in the middle of reading a long post, go to check something else, then come back, you are now at the top of the page. Really great design!
First rule of Drupal is: You do not talk about Drupal.
Second rule of Drupal is: You do not talk about Drupal. If you do talk about Drupal it will ninja-like sneak into your domicile and steal your last breath whilst you sleep.
Did anyone ever actually understand the explanation for why it was necessary to stick with drupal?
From what I've learned from friends that build websites is that it's actually a rather shitty product.
March 16th, 2020 at 12:13 PM ^
Usually, you have a pretty high sunk cost to whatever platform you are on. Migrating all of your current content (articles and threads and users) to a new platform is not trivial (would take weeks/months) and may require site to shutdown for a day or two.
If you can live with some of the shortcomings, it is just better to stick with the platform that you have already.
Well, maybe it's not so much about Drupal
as it is the quality of commenters and comments. In this context the platform is a relatively shining star. .
Yes, it's the commenters that cause the site to not have a functioning jump button since the "upgrade", or random pages to freeze side panels that cover half the screen. Or maybe being able to edit a simple mistake in an OP. Or points not working, or, or, or...
March 16th, 2020 at 10:48 AM ^
Speaking for yourself, I see.
Drupal is garbage.
Yeah when will I get my Tab? I’m starting to think the tab key doesn’t work on MGoBlog 
Tab? I can't give you a tab unless you order something!
Well in that case I'll have 4 whole fried chickens and a coke.
Why don't you try a Pepsi?
Don't forget the dry white toast.
Give me a Pepsi Free.
You want a Pepsi, son, you're going to have to pay for it.
March 16th, 2020 at 11:45 AM ^
just give me something without any sugar
March 16th, 2020 at 12:58 PM ^
Hey McFly!!!
I thought I told you never to come in here!
What’s with the life preserver?
I don't know if I can handle another improvement/update.
Especially if HELL, err...HUEL, is doing the work.
That comment thing is not a bug. It’s just enforcing social distancing on the blog.
This does seem like a great time to fix the things that Seth and Brian can sort out. I know Brian is a code-writing engineer (well, at least he used to be), but I don't know if Seth is. Nonetheless, it's a good time to sort out the light lift needs. But I suspect that most of the issues require some in-depth analysis and planning that Brian just won't do. HUEL may or may not be on commission to resolve this stuff. Personally, I suspect they aren't. I think they delivered a service they were paid to deliver - without a good set of requirements. I also think they botched a few things that they (HUEL) decided not to resolve...
It may be time where we can implement that complex message board feature of one being able to edit his/her original post made.
Good one.
Short and sweet thought...moderate the board or users will leave during this fallow season of sports, and many won’t come back. What are Brian, Seth, and Ace going to write about ??? Where have you gone Lsa2000? Why have you forsaken us Seth?
Why wouldn't people come back?
Conversely, it doesn't feel like the best time to be spending on infrastructure...
I'm pretty sure it's a time and effort thing more than a money thing.
Seth has said many times the front page articles get way more views than the board (which some people refuse to believe), but they're not gonna get a lot of article views when there's nothing to write about. May as well invest in a good site and board so we can stop bothering them about it.
March 16th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
You're absolutely right about the time and effort.
My understanding is that the stuff we're complaining about, for the most part, is stuff Brian said he would do. For a lot of different reasons, he has not done them (yet?).
March 16th, 2020 at 12:45 PM ^
No, it's a money thing because they'd have to pay HUEL to spend the time and effort (no one on the current team can do it).
Since the revenue from this site is going to plummet at a time when it would normally spike, they'll have even less to pay the staff for the next couple months.
No possible way they're going to also be able to pay HUEL to make any improvements.
I've got a random one. There used to be an icon next to the picture icon on the far right, and that was how you embedded tweets. But that icon went missing awhile ago, and now you can only paste the tweet link via the chain symbol. Which means you have to click and jump to Twitter to see what it's all about.
I really miss being able to see the entire message within a comment.
March 16th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
This icon?
March 16th, 2020 at 11:18 AM ^
I don't understand all the talk of the board being broke. Clearly it is not, from the non-user perspective. People that should be paid for the content and traffic are still getting paid and users are still coming to the site. Mgoblog still exists and without looking at traffic data I would guess is quite active.
Why fix a site that isn't actually broken?
March 16th, 2020 at 11:47 AM ^
Either that or this site will go away. Hope things get revised and or fixed on this site. Good place to vent.
Best joke I have heard in a while.