Hi Everyone, I have been asked by many members of both automaticwasher.org and Vacuumland about creating a feature where if they do not care for a particular member's posting style, the reader could somehow automatically hide all of their postings. While I suspect only a minority of users feel a need to hide or block another member on aw or Vacuumland, there will definitely be some members who will take advantage of this new feature. This new feature is available to both upgraded and non-upgraded members who are logged in.
Now this new feature is not meant to be controversial in any way, it simply is there as a convenience for logged-in members if they so choose to use it. Remember you have to be logged-in for this to work because if you log-out of your account all postings will return, there is simply no way around that. Once you log-back in those particular posting will vanish again.
So I just finished working on and installing the new "Hidden Member List" feature and here is how it works: If you go into the profile of any other member there is a new button-link labeled " Hide This Member's Posts". Once you click on that button you will add that particular member to you personal Hidden Member List and this will do the following:
#1 You wont see any threads that this particular member creates or had created in the past, they will not show up on the Thread Index pages.
#2 You wont see any posts from this member inside other members threads.
#3 If you are an upgraded member, this member wont be able to send you a message you and you won't be able to message them.
The only members you cannot hide are us administrators and of course you cannot hide your own posts.
Using this feature is very simple, if you want to hide another member posts simply go into their profile by clicking on their username:
Then near the upper right hand corner of the screen you will see an underlined link labeled "Hide This Member's Posts". Click on this link and that is it. That member is added to your Hidden Member List and now you won't see any more of their postings.
If you change your mind and want to see any member's posts who you've added to your Hidden Member List, simply click on "Update Your Profile", look for the red shaded box called Hidden Member List, and click on unhide next to the member's name who you would like to remove from your list so you can see their postings again.
So this was a major code change and now I need help testing the website as there probably is going to be some bugs. If you wish to help test, click into other members profiles and hide a few people. When you return to the index lists you will see their posts have disappeared from the Index and from inside threads as well. Later on then go and edit your profile via the "Update Your Profile" link and unhide them and their posts will come back.
Everyone please let me know if you notice anything strange that could be a possible bug related to this. If this turns out to be very buggy I will pull out that code and go back to the drawing board. Hopefully the bugs will be minor.
Thanks everyone for your help. Questions/Comments?
Now this new feature is not meant to be controversial in any way, it simply is there as a convenience for logged-in members if they so choose to use it. Remember you have to be logged-in for this to work because if you log-out of your account all postings will return, there is simply no way around that. Once you log-back in those particular posting will vanish again.
So I just finished working on and installing the new "Hidden Member List" feature and here is how it works: If you go into the profile of any other member there is a new button-link labeled " Hide This Member's Posts". Once you click on that button you will add that particular member to you personal Hidden Member List and this will do the following:
#1 You wont see any threads that this particular member creates or had created in the past, they will not show up on the Thread Index pages.
#2 You wont see any posts from this member inside other members threads.
#3 If you are an upgraded member, this member wont be able to send you a message you and you won't be able to message them.
The only members you cannot hide are us administrators and of course you cannot hide your own posts.
Using this feature is very simple, if you want to hide another member posts simply go into their profile by clicking on their username:
Then near the upper right hand corner of the screen you will see an underlined link labeled "Hide This Member's Posts". Click on this link and that is it. That member is added to your Hidden Member List and now you won't see any more of their postings.
If you change your mind and want to see any member's posts who you've added to your Hidden Member List, simply click on "Update Your Profile", look for the red shaded box called Hidden Member List, and click on unhide next to the member's name who you would like to remove from your list so you can see their postings again.
So this was a major code change and now I need help testing the website as there probably is going to be some bugs. If you wish to help test, click into other members profiles and hide a few people. When you return to the index lists you will see their posts have disappeared from the Index and from inside threads as well. Later on then go and edit your profile via the "Update Your Profile" link and unhide them and their posts will come back.
Everyone please let me know if you notice anything strange that could be a possible bug related to this. If this turns out to be very buggy I will pull out that code and go back to the drawing board. Hopefully the bugs will be minor.
Thanks everyone for your help. Questions/Comments?
