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Revisions on forum topics? #61

Open jenlampton opened 6 years ago

jenlampton commented 6 years ago

This is a follow up to https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/49

Should we allow people to edit the initial post? If so, perhaps revisions should be turned on by default, and we can maybe show revisions in a "diff" style display. (See the Diff module for example).

We have turned on the ability for people to edit their own topics. Should we also allow or enforce revisions?

laryn commented 6 years ago

I'm not wedded to this but it seems fairly common on sites like StackExchange, etc. I'm assuming so that changes made after replies are added can be unwound manually (e.g. if a reply no longer makes sense after a question is revised, you can see the original question).

Maybe just showing the updated date on the question would be enough to indicate it's not the same as it was at the beginning.

jenlampton commented 6 years ago

Maybe just showing the updated date on the question would be enough to indicate it's not the same as it was at the beginning.

This is a good idea. Let's start here and leave this issue open for a while.

If others want revisions we can enable them, but to me it often seems like a lot of extra overhead (and sometimes UX confusion) for little gain.

jenlampton commented 6 years ago

Well, we could use some design direction. But for now the updated date is there: https://forum.backdropcms.org/forum-topic/problems-image-styles

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laryn commented 6 years ago

What do you think of this? (The date formats are not standardized between the created/modified dates, btw).

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jenlampton commented 6 years ago

What do you think of this?

I think it's better! I was worried about the gray on gray, is that enough contrast for the visually impaired?

The date formats are not standardized between the created/modified dates, btw

Yeah, the date we use for created looked too long for updated to me, but I can put it back if you think that's better. I bad at designstuff!