Is It Just Me...

[Jacob Roman]

...or did every single mod end up being the moderator of the Forum Test Area just recently? I wonder why?

[manavo11]

It's not just you and it is so that off topic posts/threads don't end up there and to ensure that it's used like it's supposed to It's not meant to be Chit Chat Number 2.

Here is a Chit Chat post for example

[Jacob Roman]

Used to be that hidden chit chats were used in the Forum Test Area sometimes out of shear humor.

[manavo11]

Then why do we have Chit Chat? Don't get me wrong, a random CC post is OK once in a while, but it shouldn't be a habit...

[Jacob Roman]

Like this

Me

[manavo11]

Actually that whole thread doesn't test anything so it's more the creator's fault then the other posters' fault And lets not make this thread to Chit Chatty either

[RobDog888]

Is It Just Me...

Yes, Its just you.

If your not testing a VBF feature or function then the post does not belong there.

[Jacob Roman]

Actually that whole thread doesn't test anything so it's more the creator's fault then the other posters' fault And lets not make this thread to Chit Chatty either

Actually I used the Forum Test Area to upload some pictures to transfer from one computer to another. Posting it in Chit Chat will just be too embarassing to even describe.

[dglienna]

That's what YouSendIt.com is for.

[penagate]

Isn't it possible just to add the Moderators group rather than all of them individually? It just looks a bit ugly like that.

[RobDog888]

Nope, its a permissions issue that is allot of work and issues to oversee and apply.

[penagate]

Bah, silly vBulletin. I could do that in about 3 seconds on an Invision board

[RobDog888]

3 seconds huh?

But may partly be the fact that we have many Mods/Super Mods to manage that makes it allot of work.

[penagate]

Maybe, but (on IPB anyway) you can add groups as forum moderators. So if there is a Super Mod group and a Moderators group you just add them and that is all that shows up on the index page under the "Forum Led By" heading.

[RobDog888]

Yes, vB has those too but with our VB Code hack and other custom tweaks having custom groups caused an issue, I believe.

[brad jones]

Actually, permissions can be set on the role for the forum. The reason this wasn't set up on the Testing forum was because it didn't provide notification by default. To get notifications, a person has to be assigned as the mod, or we have to set their email address into the forum area settings. It was easier for Marty to simply assign the mods to the forum.

In summary, there are multiple ways to do something. We chose to assign the mods.