On 25 August 2012 09:49, Ingo Lütkebohle <iluetkeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi drawoc,
>
> thanks for the hint! I did a slightly different change now,
> essentially removing the previews from the front page, to reduce
> clutter.
>
> One of the real issues (besides spam) we are facing is that the
> registry is now used mostly for asking questions plugins, as opposed
> to just downloading them. For comparison: I get about one
> plugin/script update a day, compare to between ten and twenty
> questions/comments.
>
> This has led to the front page becoming quite overloaded. Solutions
> are still being sought ;-)
>
Is it me, or the current system does not allow any way of browsing the
plug-ins but
browsing for them in the foruns by (reverse) order of posting?
js
-><-
> cheers, Ingo
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:34 PM, drawoc <drawoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well, I know this isn't much help, but it's a start.
>>
>> If you add a CSS rule like this to the site:
>>
>> .field-item p {
>> overflow: auto;
>> }
>>
>> Then that would take care of the overflowing images problem. It should
>> just add scrollbars to any images that are too big to fit in one
>> column.
>>
>> The scrollbars might also scroll text that's near the images (in the
>> same paragraph) in some cases, but that shouldn't be a big problem -
>> the text will only go off screen once the user starts scrolling, after
>> which they have likely already read the text.
>>
>> -- drawoc
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Ingo Lütkebohle <iluetkeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Correct, its me ;_). There are definitely a number of issues, and I
>>> unfortunately have very little time fixing them.
>>>
>>> There are some users helping out with moderation (their registry ids
>>> are photocomix, schumaml, mahvin), but something more substantial
>>> probably needs to be done.
>>>
>>> One current issue is that the site is exceeding its Mollom site limit
>>> for a free site. Mollom is the spam service we're using, and when the
>>> limit is exceeded, all posts are blocked.
>>>
>>> Also, the registry has never been very easy to browse, and this
>>> problem has become worse due to size. This is both an issue of finding
>>> plugins/scripts, and of navigating the very deep comment hierarchies
>>> that have been added to some of the plugin/script pages.
>>>
>>> I'd be happy about help, or about people taking over maintenance. Let
>>> me know what you'd be willing to do.
>>>
>>> cheers, Ingo
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <gwidion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On 24 August 2012 11:03, Alexandre Prokoudine
>>>> <alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Guillermo Espertino (Gez) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's true that the site became a little bit difficult to use.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alexandre, do they need help with the site? I could use some help from the
>>>>>> Gráfica Libre community to give the site a refreshing.
>>>>>> That's, of course, if the mantainer of that site accepts it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think it's "they", it's "he" -- a singular :) And that's
>>>>> exactly the reason there are so many spam issues. A single person
>>>>> cannot moderate a popular site single-handedly.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone has Ingo's contacts, please get in touch with him.
>>>>
>>>> I believe him to be this "Ingo" I'had cc-ed here (got a single
>>>> e-mail in a gimp-web thread from 2010 in my inbox)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> js
>>>> -><-
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Prokoudine
>>>>> http://libregraphicsworld.org
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