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An enhanced editor

RarelyCharlie January 9th, 2019

Here are instructions for enhancing the editor we use in forums and feeds: How to: Enhance the editor

This was announced before, but I'm repeating it here because it came up again in connection with creating tables in forum posts.

At present this solution is experimental, and I know some things don't work. Please use this thread or PM me to report issues, even though I can't guarantee I'll be able to fix them all.

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 15th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - one thing I have noticed is that if I create tables, I cannot edit them later on. Is that an option that still needs to be added?

Erato January 15th, 2019

This is so awesome! Red heart Sometimes when the forum/feed glitches, this kind of toolbar shows up but I'm glad that I could install it to have it permanent.

PS. Looking forward to seeing the pizza emoji added to the emoji list! Winking with tongue

PPS. The toolbar doesn't show up anymore if we're going to make some changes or editings in our or someone else's forum posts.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 16th, 2019

Interesting! Yes, the default toolbar has all the buttons, then when the 7 Cups toolbar loads it hides most of them, so if a glitch prevents the 7 Cups toolbar from loading you see the default.

OK, pizza is on its way Face savoring food Any other requests, anyone?

I'm working on the editing problem. Right now it partly works. The toolbar appears and it doesn't trash any tables it finds. The next thing to do is make it save the changes.


@Erato

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 16th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie- if its not much of a problem: 🦋 🎖️ 🐼

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RarelyCharlie OP January 16th, 2019

OK, a butterfly , a military medal and a panda are on their way.

There's also a sports medal if you prefer.


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 16th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie wohoo! And all other additions are warmly welcomed.

Anomalia January 16th, 2019

PANDA PANDA PANDA!!!


@RarelyCharlie

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RarelyCharlie OP January 16th, 2019

Progress towards editing posts!

Version 0.6 is now available. Go back to 7 Cups - Forum inline editor and press the green button to update it. This version should avoid trashing tables and so on when you edit a post, but I can't be sure that edits are saved correctly because I don't have the authority to do that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will work...

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 16th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - congrats! working ok now (editing)

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RarelyCharlie OP January 16th, 2019

What a relief!


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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CalmWhisper22 January 17th, 2019

When I click to try to edit old post it won't let me now that I installed this new code. Can you please figure out why since I need to be able to edit old post with my role. Thanks


@RarelyCharlie @SoulfullyAButterfly

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Anomalia January 17th, 2019

I'm having the same issue! Is there a way for me to revert to the previous version, or will I need to uninstall the add-in for the time being? Totally okay if that's the answer - I know that you're busy with other things, too, just figured I'd check :)

To clarify a bit - when I click the edit button it opens up the ability to write a post, rather than editing the post that is already there - almost as though it's reading edit and reply the same way, perhaps?


@DanaMH @RarelyCharlie

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Anomalia January 17th, 2019

And a further addendum - it seems to be different on different posts! Some within this thread I can open in edit form as normal and others it opens as a blank post. The plot thickens!


@Anomalia

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@Anomalia - oh just tested on 2 of my forums and I can still edit okay, have you tried uninstalling and resinstalling?

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@Anomalia actually I've found a fix whilst helping @DanaMH - your browser may somehow be the culprit! I was using Edge and never had the error you both faced, so when Dana just tried on a separate browser apart from Chrome, it works just fine!

@RarelyCharlie

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CalmWhisper22 January 17th, 2019

@Anomalia - RarelyCharlie is working on the code since I can't even save on Firefox now.

@RarelyCharlie @SoulfullyAButterfly

Anomalia January 17th, 2019

Good to know! Though since I use Chrome for all of my stuff, I may just need to uninstall until it works in Chrome. Thanks for letting me know!


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@Anomalia - it is getting speedily fixed up so thats good news. and may try clearing cache etc. and seeing if that works out meanwhile! you are welcome.

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - found another error whilst experimenting the editor... I tried the Red Button and Marker "Styles" alongside the Box one, but once I posted the forum post, only the Box one remained and the other styles did not get implemented.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 17th, 2019

OK. Thank you for testing these. It's possible 7 Cups filters them. I'll put it on my list to investigate, but I want to focus on the editing problems first.


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - sure, good luck.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 17th, 2019

I regret to say I've not been able to track down the cause of the editing problems yet. I wonder, is there any legit way I can get temporary authorization to edit in some forum? So far I've just been trying to simulate editing, and when I do that it seems to work, so I can't actually observe it going wrong.

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - perhaps @Anomalia / @Mel can help as Forum Ambassadors? if not, I'm sure you can ask one of the Community Managers.

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Anomalia January 17th, 2019

I've reached out to Charlie separately to figure out a plan for him to be able to have test access temporarily, so hopefully that helps! :)


@SoulfullyAButterfly

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 18th, 2019

@Anomalia - great thanks!

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CalmWhisper22 January 17th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

I can give you access to 35+ temporarily

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Mel January 17th, 2019

@DanaMH hi! Please, at all cases, dont give badges or list people in leader lists without them being trained or accepted for the role! Even if we know its Charlie, and trust theyll use it for this trial and not misuse it, we need to know first and be aware!

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CalmWhisper22 January 17th, 2019

@Mel

ok - thanks

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RarelyCharlie OP January 18th, 2019

Version 0.7 is now available. Go back to 7 Cups - Forum inline editor and press the green button to update.

This version can edit posts (when I try it). I checked in Chromium, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

Thank you for arranging access, @Anomalia Winking If you and others can confirm that it's now working, then I will not need access any more.

By the way, this version has a new quirk—the toolbar sometimes appears in the wrong place—but I wanted to get the editing working before looking into anything else.

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CalmWhisper22 January 18th, 2019

It is looking like it is working from the things I was testing. I did get an error but think it was on the server side but it saved what I was doing when I refreshed the page. Thanks for looking into the code.


@RarelyCharlie

SoulfullyAButterfly January 19th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie awesome, seems great on Edge for now - and a plus: The Red Button Style also worked!!

wohoo I see this too: Butterfly PandaPurple heartMedalso @Erato can now throw us a Pizza party.

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Erato January 19th, 2019

PizzaPizzaPizzaPizza omg this is so exciting! Savoring food

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Thank you to Charlie as well! @RarelyCharlie

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Anomalia January 19th, 2019

This is great, thank you!!! Purple heart


@RarelyCharlie

Blaze January 30th, 2019

If the quick you're referring to is the toolbar appearing on top or in the bottom of the post editing box, I like it. If I write a long post and I scroll down, the toolbar becomes visible and I can use it without having to scroll all the way back up.
@RarelyCharlie

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 25th, 2019

I just uploaded version 0.8, which :

  • Fixes (I hope) the bug that sometimes made the toolbar show up in the wrong place.
  • Automatically converts some common text smileys, so you can type :D and get Grinning
  • Optionally puts a plain text signature at the bottom of every post. (Set it on your My Settings page.)
  • Adds two smileys: Cookie, and Bowl with spoon.

As always, go back to 7 Cups - Forum inline editor to upgrade if it doesn't do it automatically.

For the list of text smileys common to chats and posts, see the Emoji section in the How to.

Charlie

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SoulfullyAButterfly January 25th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - exciting news, thank you for this update

Erato January 26th, 2019

Thank you, charlie! Grinning I just wish that the signature would also appear even in the old or previous posts/responses we've made once we've turned it on.


@RarelyCharlie

Era

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RarelyCharlie OP January 26th, 2019

Ah yes, that would be better, but unfortunately I can't do that from outside 7 Cups Frowning


@Erato

Charlie

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Erato January 26th, 2019

Aww, that's okay! I understand the limited access and ability to do make changes.


@RarelyCharlie

Era

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CalmWhisper22 January 28th, 2019

Hi, I was trying the code prior and just installed this code also and when I try to put a url in a forum it is adding an image and removing the : and 1 of the / as shown below. Can you please fix this? Thanks

httpsWorried/tinyurl.com/ybyg3g3y


@RarelyCharlie

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RarelyCharlie OP January 28th, 2019

Sorry Flushed That was a bad oversight. I'm just about to upload a fixed version.


@DanaMH

Charlie

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Mel January 28th, 2019

Finally got to install the script! So trying things out

Cat with wry smile (that's my all time fav emoji!)

So a quote?

I love it!

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • yay!
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SoulfullyAButterfly January 28th, 2019

@Mel wohoo welcome to the party 😎

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RarelyCharlie OP January 28th, 2019

I just uploaded version 0.9, which protects URLs so you can write https://www.7cups.com/ and not get a worried Worried face in the middle of it.

By the way, you can protect anything from getting converted to emoji by changing the colour of part of it. For example, :) doesn't get converted to Slightly smiling because the colon is dark blue. But this trick is not at all obvious.

Version 0.9 also fixes a few things that were going wrong when posting feeds.

As before, you can upgrade here.

Charlie

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jennysunrise8 January 28th, 2019

oh wow i wish this would fix that problem in 1-1 chats ! the majority of links i give end up with an emoji in the middle so the trick is to try and find what might turn into a smiley in the link and make part of it colored either the eyes or mouth and it wont do that? because that is a constant problem for me i wonder if its possible to fix smileys in urls in the chats or if thats just something that cant be changed

@RarelyCharlie

jenny

CalmWhisper22 January 28th, 2019
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CalmWhisper22 January 28th, 2019

@RarelyCharlie

What am I doing wrong after the install it still has the face when I make the link active in new post? The Save button on an edit is really slow that I think the web page is broken and it won't even save.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 28th, 2019

Oh, it looks like something else is going wrong. I'm investigating.

https://www.7cups.com/


@DanaMH

Charlie

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MistyMagic January 29th, 2019

Edit

Grinning with big eyes

Purple heart

Butterfly
@RarelyCharlie

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Blaze January 30th, 2019

As soon as I saw the butterfly, I thought of you!
@MistyMagic

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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MistyMagic January 30th, 2019

ButterflyButterfly

Collision?

Love the signature!!!!


@Blaze

Listening .... One Step At A Time

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Blaze January 30th, 2019

I was already a fan of your work, now it's gotten out of control, haha!

My computer is in a language other than English, and the default information (Styles, Font, Size) are in that language. Doesn't bother me, but maybe it's worth mentioning.

I'm absolutely in love with the signature feature, and all else is awesome. Thank you for this. Red heart

I feel tempted to ask for more animal-related emoji, and maybe a fire emoji? Beaming with smiling eyes

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 30th, 2019

Ah, the language wasn't set, so I guess that would make it use the computer's language sometimes. I'll set it to English.

OK, fire is like this 1f525.png and I'm happy to add a row of animals, but which animals? Also, some animals come in more than one form, like a whole pig 1f416.png a pig face 1f437.png and a pig nose 1f43d.png. So the zoo will quickly get out of control! If you'd like to copy and paste a selection of up to 15 animals (or anything else) from here, I'll add a new row for them.


@Blaze

Charlie

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Blaze January 30th, 2019

So much responsibility. Grinning with sweat

Here you go: ððððððððððððððð
Touch to choose, I had to think of what animals would be most used by the people I know on 7 Cups! But I feel if there's any emoji in particular I want to use, I can always go to this list and copy-paste.

Also, I love being able to read the forum posts while writing my own post. Thank you for that feature.

@RarelyCharlie

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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RarelyCharlie OP January 30th, 2019

OK, those are all in the next version.

I originally did this just to be able to scroll up to see what I'm replying to Winking Discovering the extra buttons was an unexpected bonus.


@Blaze

Charlie

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MistyMagic January 30th, 2019

when you say next version, do we need to do anything or does it automatically update? Sorry for the untechy questions lol

@RarelyCharlie Clapping hands

@Blaze woohoo! Bouquet

Listening .... One Step At A Time

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RarelyCharlie OP January 30th, 2019

Oh, I'm sorry that wasn't clear. The next version (0.10) is in preparation but there's a bug I want to fix before I upload it. Could be a few days.

I think it automatically updates, but I'm not sure. You can check by clicking the Tampermonkey icon, choosing Dashboard, going to the Settings tab, and scrolling down to Script Updates. Mine says Every Day but I can't remember whether that's the default or I set it myself.

You can also check for userscript updates manually from the Tampermonkey menu.

You can also watch for notifications in this thread.


@MistyMagic

Charlie

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SoulfullyAButterfly February 1st, 2019

@RarelyCharlie - I can confirm that for me, I have to personally update it so yes these thread notifications are a good way. Good luck with fixing latest bug!

Your wings already exist, all you've got to do is fly!

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RarelyCharlie OP February 1st, 2019

OK, thank you for letting me know that. I think I fixed the bug I mentioned (which was to do with making URLs into links automatically), so after some more testing there will be a new version.


@SoulfullyAButterfly

Charlie

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