Thoughts on switching javascript-help to a forum?

[mighty basin]

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[dry ferry]

Neat! The new format looks great! There is a small typo in the guidelines under section 3 (missing the word "put" I think):

But remember to it in backticks

Is there an archive of the posts from before the change?

[spring falcon]

Yea am curios about how to navigate to the older messages too

[mighty basin]

Thank you, fixed the typo

@dry ferry @spring falcon The older javascript-help channels is currently archived, we may consider opening it up again later.

[bitter cypress]

Why are they archived?

[dry ferry]

I think it was because it wasn't possible to convert the previous threads into the new format, so they were archived so they wouldn't be lost

[bitter cypress]

I see

[mighty basin]

That's right, and to avoid confusion between the old channel and the new one

[vale geode]

It would be really nice if the old posts were available during a transition period? Maybe lock them? Or better yet lock NEW posts but allow replies? There were a number of threads I was following that are now simply unavailable...

On the positive side - I'm anxious to see how this works out, looks like it'll really help to keep things tidy!

[bitter cypress]

Will this format be done for the other coding help channels?

[sour lily]

Same thought, name the old JS-help to be "js-help-archive"

[runic galleon]

Oh, we are transitioning to forums, neat!

[vital turtle]

Wait what's this channel?

Is this a new discord feature?

[odd jay]

Is there a reason there is only one post? (this one)

[mighty basin]

@vale geode @sour lily We're considering an 'old' section for the text channels if we decide to switch them all to forums

[mighty basin]

We're going to monitor this one and make a decision based on how it goes

[mighty basin]

It is - it's called forums

[mighty basin]

I think the reason is just that no one else has started a thread yet. Just tried with a non-admin account and it worked, so don't think it's a technical issue (let me know if I'm wrong though)

[runic galleon]

You're not Leanne, I have the new post option too, probably take a min for people to get used to it etc, the annoucement is still new, so soon! ™️

[vital turtle]

Oh Damn, I'll check it out

[opaque anvil]

Love it. The forum format just feels like a better fit for questions/answers. I always found the old chat style quite hard to read or follow, which I’d mainly put down to being over 35 years old and therefor ancient! Looking forward to seeing how this pans out 😄🥳

[bitter cypress]

I like this style too

[mighty basin]

Glad you like it!

[mighty basin]

Me too!

[odd jay]

Can this thread be renamed ? It's like people are reading the first few words then asking questions directly in this thread.

[vital turtle]

Check out the message above the most recent #announcements

[vale geode]

#announcements message

[mighty basin]

Thoughts on switching javascript-help to a forum?

[mighty basin]

Whoops, I have renamed this post now and reposted the JS questions into their own posts - hopefully this will give people an idea of how the forum will work 🌞

[mighty basin]

Wooo just look at all those JavaScript-tastic posts!

[slim otter]

I vaguely remember offering the concept in one of the townhall chats, at a collaborative web document in notion perhaps, so I am glad it eventually bubbled into the general pool of anonymous ideas. This way it will be easier for everyone to search for questions and answers, like a Scrimba stackoverflow 🙂
Thanks

[slim otter]

Also, it could be useful to add a "solved! thanks!" icon at the main area with the question loop, for when the user that raised the question considers it answered

[prisma sequoia]

Not sure why, but this old thread is all the time highlighted. Anybody else has it too? https://discord.com/channels/684009642984341525/1022994953711923220

[vital turtle]

Did you open this thread?

If no, then it should be highlighted

Every thread is highlighted for me except this one

[prisma sequoia]

Yes I did, even just for the reason you mentioned, so it would go away 🥲
so it's something on my part then... some cache or something

I cleared everything, no use... but my discord settings gone lol

[mighty basin]

Oh, interesting idea. I wonder whether we could use tags for that 🤔

[mighty basin]

Oh the Discord settings reset is the worst

(It's not highlighted for me btw)

[prisma sequoia]

Right. Luckily I didn't had that much set up 🙂