There are some questions I would like to ask about the guestbook plugin. It could well be that they answers have to do with the plugin, it could also well be that the answers have to do with the theme used. Also, with me having made a stupid configuration mistake.
My current testing page is http://efg-test.xf1.de/index.php?/pages/guestbook.html
1. On the bottom of the page, there are 3 colored areas with an info-icon displaying information, the third of them is for the Captcha, for example. Below them, there is an empty fourth field. What is this, why is it there, is it supposed to be there?
2. The input field for the user's homepage, if made visible, does not have a label like Name and E-Mail fields have.
3. Is there a way to offer a "preview" to the user before actually sending the entry?
4. In the line "FIRST | PREVIOUS ( Seite 1 von 1 ) NEXT | LAST", the navigation is in English text. is there an alternative for e.g. German, or an international solution using "tape recorder buttons" (|<, <<,>>,>|)?
[Yes, I would expect most web using people to understand that much English - and no, I know from personal experience some really don't. True story.]
5. In the info fields mentioned above, the info icon is a font icon from from "fontello". In the line
[username] wrote at CLOCKICON [day],[ date], [time],
CLOCKICON is a gif - shouldn't it rather be a font icon as well (or be suppressed)?
Thank you for your time, and for your work.
Regards,
Bernd
Guestbook plugin
Re: Guestbook plugin
It would actually be interesting to see if all these also happen in 1.x, but since the guestbook plugin is very rarely used, I'm not sure we'll find someone using that combination.
The guestbook plugin has not been adapted to 2.0 yet for various reasons. One of them is that … erm … well … no one really uses it anymore, so it's not high on our priority list.
YL
That's an empty comment direction. No idea how that happens, might be related to changes in 2.x.kybernator wrote:1. On the bottom of the page, there are 3 colored areas with an info-icon displaying information, the third of them is for the Captcha, for example. Below them, there is an empty fourth field. What is this, why is it there, is it supposed to be there?
It does have a label (element), but that does not have content. Might be using a deprecated language constant.kybernator wrote:2. The input field for the user's homepage, if made visible, does not have a label like Name and E-Mail fields have.
Since the form does not have a preview button, I think it's safe to assume “No”, but I've never really used the guestbook plugin.kybernator wrote:3. Is there a way to offer a "preview" to the user before actually sending the entry?
I would assume that's sloppy coding that no one ever bothered to fix. There are actual lang constants for this in the lang files for the plugin, at least for next/prev (which are redundant because those already exist in the core lang files).kybernator wrote:4. In the line "FIRST | PREVIOUS ( Seite 1 von 1 ) NEXT | LAST", the navigation is in English text. is there an alternative for e.g. German, or an international solution using "tape recorder buttons" (|<, <<,>>,>|)?
That's because they have a different origin. The direction icon is a core functionality (and thus, handled the 2.0 way with an icon font), the clock icon is a plugin functionality.kybernator wrote:5. In the info fields mentioned above, the info icon is a font icon from from "fontello". In the line
[username] wrote at CLOCKICON [day],[ date], [time],
CLOCKICON is a gif - shouldn't it rather be a font icon as well (or be suppressed)?
The guestbook plugin has not been adapted to 2.0 yet for various reasons. One of them is that … erm … well … no one really uses it anymore, so it's not high on our priority list.
YL
Re: Guestbook plugin
This is the input field for the captcha!kybernator wrote: 1. On the bottom of the page, there are 3 colored areas with an info-icon displaying information, the third of them is for the Captcha, for example. Below them, there is an empty fourth field. What is this, why is it there, is it supposed to be there?
This is something else. It is the homepage field (by option) and really has a missing label. It isyellowled wrote:That's an empty comment direction. No idea how that happens, might be related to changes in 2.x.
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<label for="serendipity_commentform_url">{$CONST.URL}</label>
Regards,
Ian
Serendipity Styx Edition and additional_plugins @ https://ophian.github.io/ @ https://github.com/ophian
Ian
Serendipity Styx Edition and additional_plugins @ https://ophian.github.io/ @ https://github.com/ophian
Re: Guestbook plugin
Currently: No! (Probably: Yes, if that is coded)kybernator wrote:3. Is there a way to offer a "preview" to the user before actually sending the entry?
Guestbooks entrypaging is already langified, as far as some translators did (german is!), but uses the FIRST | PREVIOUS - NEXT | LAST as empty placeholders. You will notice, when entrypaging has actually something to page about. No alternate currently.kybernator wrote:4. In the line "FIRST | PREVIOUS ( Seite 1 von 1 ) NEXT | LAST", the navigation is in English text. is there an alternative for e.g. German, or an international solution using "tape recorder buttons" (|<, <<,>>,>|)?
No, since this is much older and font-icon themes are rare. And they would need to have this implemented. And it wouldn't be easy to find out automatically. To provide its own icon-font would need more occurrences to be worthwhile.kybernator wrote:5. In the info fields mentioned above, the info icon is a font icon from from "fontello". ... CLOCKICON is a gif - shouldn't it rather be a font icon as well (or be suppressed)?
Regards,
Ian
Serendipity Styx Edition and additional_plugins @ https://ophian.github.io/ @ https://github.com/ophian
Ian
Serendipity Styx Edition and additional_plugins @ https://ophian.github.io/ @ https://github.com/ophian
Re: Guestbook plugin
If there ever was a $CONST.URL, it has been replaced by $CONST.HOMEPAGE a long time ago. (Haven't checked the lang files forensics, though.)Timbalu wrote:Has {$CONST.URL} been disabled with 2.0?
YL
Re: Guestbook plugin
None in 1.6, 1.7, or 2.0. Strange! I'll fix guestbook.
Regards,
Ian
Serendipity Styx Edition and additional_plugins @ https://ophian.github.io/ @ https://github.com/ophian
Ian
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