[wp-forums] Thread layout borked

[Kathryn Presner]

I agree that we should improve the way this works currently.

I'd thought of #1 before (putting it into a pastebin myself) and I'd
certainly be fine with putting it into practice - it's really not much more
work.

kp

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Speaking of that:
>
> I totally understand the need for the Pastebin requirement. (Threads
> quickly get unreadable without it, and bbPress isn't ideal for
> reading/parsing long blocks of code, anyway). However, is there any way
> that we can provide better user experience here?
>
> When pasted code is moderated currently, that code just disappears. Given
> the mutable nature of the typical support thread, that original code might
> not be recoverable by the people participating in the conversation. (That's
> even moreso true for solution code, where it would have never existed
> anywhere *except* for the support topic.)
>
> I have at least two ideas, and would welcome more (and feedback):
>
> 1) When code is moderated, have the moderator create the pastebin.
>
> 2) When the post is published, add an interstitial check for the existence
> of a code block, and direct the user to pastebin *before* posting
>
> The former option adds burden to the moderator load. The latter option
> requires functionality/workflow that currently doesn't exist.
>
> Is either one viable? Are there any better options?
>
> Chip
>