Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Wabz

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Originally posted by WDZ
I think Patchou wanted the testers to communicate directly with him

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Yeah this always works best

It's too late to start adding new forums for a beta which pretty much finished anyways.

And at least this way Patchou gets all our dumps and can see the problem many different ways.  We'd just get lazy

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Agreed, but it would still be easier I think for us to communicate through a forum.

Also, We dont know if Plus! 3 will spawn any sequals (Such as 3.01 or 3.50, etc.) like Messenger Plus! 2 did, and he'd prolly still use the same testers, so .

But yeah.  W/e.

Theres loads of little things i'd have liked to have asked other beta testers on a forum. I wouldnt dare consider e-mailing Patchou about it. They're a total waste of time... I like the idea personally.

But, there we have it.

Well, Patchou would be able to sort bugs easier (testers would sort them) and if there's something wrong, others could reply.

And Patchou would avoid the double-reported issue (which I can imagine is very annoying).

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Well, Patchou would be able to sort bugs easier (testers would sort them) and if there's something wrong, others could reply.

And Patchou would avoid the double-reported issue (which I can imagine is very annoying).

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I think that's a good point, Patchou should comment on this .

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Originally posted by MenthiX
I think that's a good point, Patchou should comment on this .

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Yes, he should.

Next time there's a beta testing period, I guess we can think about having a forum for it. One little problem though: beta testers would have to be in their own usergroup so forum permissions could be set up. There are two options:

1. Any elites/mods/admins who are testers would have to temporarily lose that status to have access to the beta forum.
2. All elites/mods/admins would have access to the beta forum, even if they're not testers.

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Originally posted by WDZ
All elites/mods/admins would have access to the beta forum, even if they're not testers.

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How many elites/mods are actually not testers? Maybe two or three? That shouldn't be a problem, if people are elite here they are good enough to be trusted not to leak any info. And admins should always be able to access every forum .

Can't you be part of two usergroups at once? 


Also if elite members were testers then we'd have to add to the elite members wouldnt we?

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Originally posted by WDZ
1. Any elites/mods/admins who are testers would have to temporarily lose that status to have access to the beta forum.
2. All elites/mods/admins would have access to the beta forum, even if they're not testers.

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can't you assign per user permissions?

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Originally posted by MenthiX
And admins should always be able to access every forum .

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admins and mods too.

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Originally posted by Wabz
Can't you be part of two usergroups at once?

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that should be implemented in MyBB.


another option (more complex) would be create a new board that only could be seen by testers. I know this may be too much work.

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Originally posted by Choli
another option (more complex) would be create a new board that only could be seen by testers. I know this may be too much work.

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Don't see how

A basic forum install with admin activation of accounts wouldnt take long

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Originally posted by Wabz

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Originally posted by Choli
another option (more complex) would be create a new board that only could be seen by testers. I know this may be too much work.

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Don't see how

A basic forum install with admin activation of accounts wouldnt take long

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yes, that can be done quickly, but we have to find a server (msgplus.net ?  shoutbox.menthix.net/tester ? ...) and set up the db and all that...

anyway, ... i think that would be the 2nd best option (the best is, imo, that a member could belong to 2 diferent groups)