[wp-forums] Thread layout borked

[Rich Pedley]

http://pastebin.com/tools
may be of use.

Pastebin also has an api - whether that means a plugin could be 
created for WordPress or not, I don't know. For some reason they have 
the api page restricted to logged in users only.

Rich
still alive, just busy elsewhere.

On 04/04/2012 14:54, Kathryn Presner wrote:
> 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
>>
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