We need a new subforum

scienceguyz · 2014-02-26 09:59:30

We need a new subforum where we debate stuff. Like which is better, Android or iOS. And which is better, a Kindle or a Nook. And which is better, Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, or Xenocide (obviously Xenocide in this case).

That is all, thank you.

Different55 · 2014-02-26 11:15:36

Why can't that stuff go in their own categories?

Android or iOS...
...Kindle or a Nook

Computers, Android, Kindle

Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, or Xenocide

Books, Xenocide.

scienceguyz · 2014-02-26 11:16:32

So that we can collect them all together into one spot.

Different55 · 2014-02-26 11:30:45

Seems legit.

N1KF · 2014-02-26 18:33:16

Different55 wrote:

Seems legit.

Eeyup.

Different55 · 2014-02-26 18:36:47

What would this be called?

N1KF · 2014-02-26 18:39:09

Different55 wrote:

What would this be called?

SRS BUSINESS

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Different55 · 2014-02-26 18:49:28

I was thinking the same thing but then I was like "nah" and instead I posted that question then you said that so IT'S A SIGN.

N1KF · 2014-02-26 18:51:15

Different55 wrote:

I was thinking the same thing but then I was like "nah" and instead I posted that question then you said that so IT'S A SIGN.

It's a sign from the heavens above, trying to contact you of the name of the new subforum, starting a new generation of life! YES!

Different55 · 2014-02-26 18:55:08

IT IS DONE.

Now we need to move srs business into srs business

Ratburntro44 · 2014-02-26 21:16:59

What if we could have topics that fall under multiple subforums be in multiple subforums?

Different55 · 2014-02-26 22:14:55

Interesting idea. I like it. That would treat forums more like tags than folders. But how would it be accomplished? It sounds like it would be achievable with minor modifications. The thing I can't figure out is how to store the information in the database. I got this, bro.

Okay, there are two ways of doing this that I see.

1) We limit the number of forums a topic can be tagged with to a small number. This would be implemented by adding a few columns to the topics table, changing the MySQL query selecting topics slightly, and editing the way users post new topics. This has the benefit of being easy to implement with little modification to the forums. However, there would be a limit of maybe 2-3 forums that a topic can belong to. I can't imagine that there are many topics that would belong to more than 3 forums, though, so it's not much of a con.

2) Adding a new table. This would be implemented by adding a new table, writing a PHP script to copy all the topic placement information to the new table, and then modifying the topic selection query quite a bit. It would be a bit difficult to add but would let us set the number of tags per topic to any number.

I'm probably going with the first option because it's easy and the only con isn't much of a con.

Last edited by Different55 (2014-02-26 23:16:27)

Ratburntro44 · 2014-02-26 23:58:54

Definitely 1. No real reason to need to add it to more than a few.

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We need a new subforum

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