Seeking a forum

Tektonaut

I would like a board that can support a few hard to get features:

1. Dynamic screen names and other local flairs that a person can use specific to a post certainly represent the highest priority

2. I would like a way to let a top forum include the subforums' content and/or a system allowing tag forums the way http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ can

3. Hierarchical reply structures similar to reddit and slashdot would be a help but I would prefer a forum specific option to use these or the flat way forums commonly employ

There is not a board out there with all of these I think?

But I am now quite intrigued by Vanilla and I wonder if I could get these features through modding?

martin2008

definitely you can with the help of documentations on how to create your own customized theme.

Tektonaut

Is there a mod to get dynamic names for Vanilla?

R_J

What do you understand by "dynamic names"?

Tektonaut

You could write a screen name ["dynamic"] and the post can claim it was posted by "dynamic."

So you could have a light roleplay name for a joke.

Where can I gain a tagging system on Vanilla?

hgtonight

@Tektonaut said:

Where can I gain a tagging system on Vanilla?

Tagging is a core plugin. You just need to enable it on your plugin dashboard.

R_J

So you basically want users to post anonymously and let them choose their user name? While this is technically possible (you would need a custom plugin, though), I would advice against it. It can become hard for users to see if a post is from TrustedUser or from some guy joking as "TrustedUser " (beware that this is no space but a unicode character). You cannot create a rule to distinguish between harmless jokes and mobbing/phishing/whateverbadyoucanthinkof

There's also a plugin that allows posts to be hierarchical somewhere... I think you would have to check that this is working with the current version of Vanilla and you would have to implement something like a switch to change both views

Tektonaut

No I would like a registered used to use a screen name on specific posts and the 'real account name' would be under the screen name for imposter prevention [I would put that in the same place as the avatar, basically].

It would be a lot like a custom field the user could set at the time of the post.

Is there a way to turn off the highlighting that appears for a split second when you post or edit?

I thank you for these answers.

Bleistivt

Maybe this plugin suits your needs:

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/firstlastnames-plugin

Turning off the highlight effect:

.DataList .Item {
  background: transparent !important;
}

Tektonaut

Would there be a thing like it but post-specific?

I would need the field associated per post instead of per account.

I would like a way to display the 'display' name on the topic listing but a simple custom field would work too.

R_J

You need a custom plugin for that. Look at that example in the wiki on how to do it by yourself (really easy): http://vanillawiki.homebrewforums.net/index.php/Practical_Example:_How_to_Extend_Existing_Forms

hgtonight

@Tektonaut said:
Would there be a thing like it but post-specific?

I would need the field associated per post instead of per account.

I would like a way to display the 'display' name on the topic listing but a simple custom field would work too.

Check out Discussion Extender: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/discussionextender-plugin

You can add a new field easily to the discussion form this way.

MobiusForum

Thank you and I saw an interesting signature system at the boards: https://forums.marvelheroes.com/discussion/8035/patching-issues-ssn-steam#latest

I would like a way to add 'background signatures' but do not know if these are a public mod or a proprietary thing.

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