Bug Nodes List disordered

[Sbenny]

Details:

When you add new forum nodes, the Nodes List in each event of DragonByte Credits is disordered.

Steps to replicate:

1) Create new forum nodes, as child of the first Forum you have in the index.
2) Create a new Event (I'll use "Thread").
3) Go to the tab "Event Settings" and under "Forum" you'll see the newly created nodes at the very bottom of the list.

Major issues caused by this bug:

When you have many nodes in the forum, it might happen that some of them have the same name of others (such as multiple nodes called "Requests" as child of different forum). Because of this bug, you end up selecting the wrong node because you can't know which one is the right to select.

 

[Fillip H.]

I can see how this could occur, a temporary solution would be to change the display order of your child nodes so that they more closely match your parent nodes.

For instance, if you have this structure:
Category 1
--- Child 1
------ Child 2
Category 2
--- Child 3
------ Child 4

Then a potential solution would be to change it so Category 1 has a display order of 100, Child 1 of 110, Child 2 of 120, Category 2 of 200, etc.

That should, in theory, work around this issue. I realise this is sub-optimal, especially if you have a lot of nodes whose display orders would need to change.

As for the actual solution, this issue will actually be fixed implicitly under a new initiate I'm taking in order to have our XF2 mods comply with the new resource guidelines posted yesterday.

I've included below a quote of what I plan to post in the thread of all affected XF1 and XF2 versions:

What is happening?
On the 11th of July 2018, XenForo published their Resource Guidelines aimed at ensuring performance & stability of XenForo modifications. At the moment, this product does not meet these standards, due to the fact that this product has been engineered to allow the core code to run on both XenForo 1 and XenForo 2.

As a result, I am beginning work on re-engineering this product to become a "native" XenForo 2 modification. At this point in time, there are no plans to re-engineer the XenForo 1 version, as the guidelines appear to target XF2 specifically.


What does this mean for the XF1 version?

Given that I will no longer be able to produce new features for XF1 and XF2 simultaneously without also doubling the work, the version numbers for the XF1 and XF2 versions may diverge going forward. The primary focus of development will be the XenForo 2 version of this product. Support for the XF1 version is NOT ending, and you will continue to be able to download the XF1 version alongside the XF2 version free of charge. Whether I will bump the XF1 version's version number to be in line with XF2 is undecided at this time.


What does this mean for the XF2 version?

First of all, I want to be clear that you will NOT have to uninstall the existing XF2 version in order to continue using this product going forward. I will be releasing beta versions of the re-engineered XF2 version as I finish working on them. I will need your help testing the various features and combinations of features in order to ensure the Gold version is as stable as possible.


When will this update be released?

Unfortunately it is not possible for me to give an ETA on when these updates will be completed, as it depends on the complexity of each individual modification.


Will this be a paid upgrade?

If you have an active license at the time of release, you will be able to download the new version free of charge.


----
I would also like to ask for your patience while I work on this update. My ability to fix bugs in the existing released version may be diminished, depending on the complexity of the issue.

The tentative priority list, based on ease of development, is: Member Map - Donate - Mail - Credits - Shop.

I am aiming to have all new XF2 versions ready by the end of this month, although that may not be possible depending on how much work I actually have to do.

 

[Sbenny]

Thank you, I'll temporarily order all my nodes by number, altough it'll be very time consuming, especially when you'll have to add a new node child, which will force an admin to change all the numbers once again, unless he gives a margin of 100+ numbers between forum categories.

 

[Fillip H.]

If you think you may need to add more nodes, you can always space the display orders with 1000 or even 10000 - it doesn't really matter.

I hate menial tasks like that too so I do apologise. In the future, though, there should be no more issues like this one.

 

[DragonByte Technologies]

Hello @Sbenny,

We hope your ticket regarding DragonByte Credits has been addressed to your satisfaction. This ticket has now been closed.

If your ticket has not been resolved, you can reply to this thread at any point in the next 7 days in order to reopen the ticket, afterwards this thread will be closed.

Please do not reply to this thread if your ticket has been resolved.

Thank you.


- DragonByte Technologies, Ltd.