New Features Added & Suggestions

[treelogger]

I have a request, but it is vague, and I don't know how it would be implemented. In a nutshell, I want to be able to have a little note or memo associated with users, but one that is private to me. And it should be displayed right with the user's avatar and screen name. For example: Alice - Knows Sigs; Bill - Super friendly; Cannon - Scammer; Danielle - RSO; Eve - Conservative; Fred - IPSC champ; Gene - Egomaniac; Henry - Zach @calguns; Ivan - Plaintiff; Jake - Weasel; and so on.

The idea is to make it easier to associate background info about users whose name I see regularly, but that are not so obvious (such as Fighterpilot or Big Pimping or CessnaDriver) that I can immediately remember who they are. And those are my own personal notes, I don't want anyone to see them.

Right now, the only way I can store some information about users for myself is to either follow or ignore them, but that's way too coarse. I've never seen anything like this implemented on another forum. For one discussion group that I was active in a few years ago, I kept a text file with notes myself, but once that grows longer than a screen, it's impractical.

 

[ikeo1]

Hello!

If you have any suggestions or comments please add them here. We're going to be reviewing things to put into the queue of updates and would like some feedback.

I'll be reviewing all the threads in this section, instead of arguing on CGN , I'll do something productive.

If you wanted something, now's your chance to ask (not for christmas). I'll do my best to get it in. I have a laundry list of things to work through, and thanks to the support from you guys. I've upgrade my setup with the Mac Mini M4 Pro and 40" stacked ultra wide and will get to work. If a suggestion was made that you agree with, give it a like or quote it. The more people want something, the more I'll prioritize it.

 

[Chupacabra]

This is an easy one. Still waiting for brightened text...

New Features Added & Suggestions

Small request, not of overwhelming importance: The overview page shows the subforums, starting with General Discussion, New here, Site Feedback, and so on. Looking at that page, I can't tell whether a subforum has new content or not. Once I go into a subforum, I can see which threads have new...

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Request - Increase brightness for thread post Report, Edit, and Delete buttons

Ikeo can you increase the brightness and contrast for the thread post Report, Edit, and Delete buttons? It's very hard to see these buttons in dark mode. You said to use light mode but the overall screen brightness bothers my eyes. I think the ideal brightness and contrast for the text buttons...

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[treelogger]

Another request. I totally get that editing and deleting posts after a short grace period (for fixing typos and thinkos) is disabled.

But sometime you want to go back and edit something, to correct factual mistakes. Here's an example:

Elephants are purple, and fly through the air using their large ears.
Edit: Thanks to Alice's correction, I now know that elephants are gray, and can't fly. While their ears are big, their primary purpose is to hear grandma better.

How to implement allowing edits in some cases, but not in most others? Here's a work-intensive idea: Have a special edit button that either requires prior permission from a moderator, or that automatically reports the post to a moderator, so they can check the before-and-after.

 

[ikeo1]

Another request. I totally get that editing and deleting posts after a short grace period (for fixing typos and thinkos) is disabled.

But sometime you want to go back and edit something, to correct factual mistakes. Here's an example:


How to implement allowing edits in some cases, but not in most others? Here's a work-intensive idea: Have a special edit button that either requires prior permission from a moderator, or that automatically reports the post to a moderator, so they can check the before-and-after.

I leaning to allow 24 hour edit for supporters as a benefit and increase the default to 6 from 2 hours. We can loosen things up a little but I don't think we can implement it in the way you're mentioning. It's a lot of extra effort that i don't want mods to be responsible for. Next year, we'll have more mods but I primarily want to make sure they maintain the vibe more than edits.

I want to make volunteer mod life easy cause this can kinda suck at times. Lol.

 

[Funjeff]

How about viewing only of discussions of your ad. It may be helpful to view and understand other opinions.

 

[ikeo1]

How about viewing only of discussions of your ad. It may be helpful to view and understand other opinions.

What do you mean?

 

[Funjeff]

I can't view my ad discussions. I thought they were blocked. Maybe there weren't any...just a thumbs up perhaps.

 

[ikeo1]

I can't view my ad discussions. I thought they were blocked. Maybe there weren't any...just a thumbs up perhaps.

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[MakeCAGreatAgain]

Hey there! Definitely enjoying the site. My feedback/ask would be that the filter options for calibers be expanded. As it stands right now shotguns are just 12/20 for one filter option, there’s no 6.5 creed more, Grendel, or other caliber options to filter or search. Would be a great help if this was given some attention!

Thanks in advance

 

[ikeo1]

Hey there! Definitely enjoying the site. My feedback/ask would be that the filter options for calibers be expanded. As it stands right now shotguns are just 12/20 for one filter option, there’s no 6.5 creed more, Grendel, or other caliber options to filter or search. Would be a great help if this was given some attention!

Thanks in advance

Use the keyword search for that. As we grow, I’ll add in the more popular ones but it’s pretty easy to use keyword search

 

[han_solo]

I just had a pretty cool idea not sure how hard it would be to implement,but what if you could make a tool that would show you the current market value for guns offered here against say .. gun broker or against local retail . I would pay for this as a premium user for sure. It could help establish market values and get rid of over priced adds . Although the price is set by the seller if it sells it sells but at least you might have an idea how much you are gonna over pay.

 

[2muchsoysauce4allthisrice]

Feel free to use this section to offer suggestions. I’ll also use this section to post changes and updates. I’m looking forward to hearing more feedback to see how we can improve the experience.

Some recent additions:

• Default to dark theme.
• Enhanced Navigation
• Classifieds Sections
• Product Reviews & Community Ratings
  • Members can submit Reviews & Ratings including YouTube video responses
  • The community can upvote on which reviews are useful

Updates will be posted here:

ikeo1

caguns.net

For searching classifieds, the ability to filter out closed or sold sales; similar to an online retailer website where you can eliminate out of stock items?

 

[BobGBA]

For searching classifieds, the ability to filter out closed or sold sales; similar to an online retailer website where you can eliminate out of stock items?

I believe that is the default setting, if you go to the classifieds via the menu bar near the top of the page.





If you access the classifieds via the "Auto" listings,

the sold items are included. It would be nice to have sold items excluded from the list.

 

[BobGBA]

Alternatively, if a sold icon could be added, that would be helpful, something like:

 

[2muchsoysauce4allthisrice]

I believe that is the default setting, if you go to the classifieds via the menu bar near the top of the page.

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If you access the classifieds via the "Auto" listings,
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the sold items are included. It would be nice to have sold items excluded from the list.

Ahhh! I see it now! Thank you!