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Seems like a fair question, since there has always been a log-in separation
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Both sides.
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Seems like a fair question, since there has always been a log-in separation
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The new forum software will be Xenforo. The developers of this vB 3.8 left many years ago and started Xenforo. So it's very similar to vB3 and we will stylize it so it feels familiar. However, because of the rest of the app and sites, it will be a process to update everything seamlessly. Also, when we do it, we want to add features that people want so need time to understand what people would like in the forum, review, course side of things as well as the apps.
Well, this sounds like a "What is in your DGCR Wishlist?" post, so let me be the first to make this suggestion...
Currently the course rating can be any whole or half value from 0.0 to 5.0, many have suggested adding .25 or .75 ratings under each whole number, or would it be easier to add .1 to .9 (under each whole number, EX: 3.7, 4.2 etc.) as rating options, that way you are still at one decimal point? :thmbup:
opcorn:
a word of advice (or my vote at least)
all manner of changes to the review mechanics have been proposed by various users since the beginning of this site. it has been argued, sometimes vehemently, ad nauseam in countless threads. i firmly believe that no convincing argument has been made and that it is for the best that Tim never made any changes.
given that DGCR serves a more niche group of users than the other app, it seems like it would be smarter to avoid these kinds of changes and the ensuing controversy that might alienate a large contingent of long time users who may rightly see it as a capricious move by new owners who don't yet understand the community they've just acquired.
this site is passionately regarded and defended by its regular users. let's not give them a reason to question that.
Let's not get focused on a feature request thread just yet. It's going to take time to scope all of this out. Tim has stressed this, and will not be overlooked when that time comes around. It just isn't here yet.
Can you let me know what hasn't worked correctly? Would love to correct any issues preventing you from the site. As always, please clear your cache, or reboot your machine would be the simplest place to start.
The only change to the review formulas that I have thought about is something like this: If a review has over 50% unhelpful votes, AND at least 10 total unhelpful votes, then it should remain visible but it should not factor into the overall course rating. I feel that this would encourage voting on reviews and prevent poorly written reviews from factoring into course ratings, without censoring them off the site entirely.
BUT before that, there are so many other things that would make DGCR easier to use like the forum upgrade, a better mobile app, a single login for both site and forum, better map searching, etc. I like the approach greens has stated of taking things slow and not rocking the boat.
improving the functionality of features and adding new features should be the primary focus.
I kept getting logged out. Constantly. I cleared my cache, multiple times. I rebooted (I'm in IT and that is always the first thing to try).
I've been away for a few days, so I'll see if the issue is still happening. But it was constant for at least three days after the change of ownership. I had issues posting....I would try to post and find out I got logged out.
I posted the issues on another thread also.
Apostrophes and other symbols are still getting screwed up when I'm posting reviews (happened to my latest review this morning).
tldr Stick with half point increments for reviews.