A Feature A Day
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, October 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM (62105 Views)
I've been wondering how to get the feature request counter down for quite a while now. It seems that whenever I have made any progress, new feature requests come in to fill the void. While VaultWiki 4 has been in public testing, it's been difficult to make any dent, since there always seemed to be new bug reports and those had to take priority.
But since the core product seems relatively stable now, it's probably a good time to start focusing on the runaway feature requests.
So I've devised a challenge to myself I suppose, to eliminate at least 1 feature request from the tracker per day, for the foreseeable future. Whether by actually implementing the feature, deciding it's a duplicate, or otherwise closing it. I originally thought: what about a 60 features in 60 days plan, but in the end I think that is unrealistic. Some features in the list are major additions that would each take several days to complete, at least the way they are logged now.
Let this blog be a chronicling of my attempt at this challenge, with the dates and features listed below:
- 10/08/2014: in forum integration title instead of date
10/08/2014: Disable Main Discussion But Not Custom Ones
10/08/2014: Show how many views an article has- 10/10/2014: MediaWiki importer
- 11/3/2014: Merge Admin Panel into XenForo CP
- 11/6/2014: Show Link to Upgrade Script in Admin Panel
- 11/9/2014: Merge Moderation into XenForo Mod Queue
- 11/11/2014: Merge Reports into XenForo Report Center
- 11/13/2014: Allowed Topics for Wiki Index
11/13/2014: Allowed Sidebar Blocks for Areas and Wiki Index
11/13/2014: Globally Disable Custom Discussions
11/13/2014: XenForo Admin Search Integration- 11/17/2014: Show vB4 Tags for Page in Content List
- 11/20/2014: Make Prefixes Look More Friendly in Lists and Other Content
- 12/18/2014: Content Feeds for Showcasing Important/Favorite Wiki Pages
- 12/19/2014: Toggle for Wiki What's New? Links
- 12/26/2014: Reputation for Wiki Edits
- 1/27/2015: Show attachment thumbnail in AJAX link preview
1/27/2015: Choose icon for articles- 2/1/2015: Headers for Wiki Feeds
- 3/6/2015: Separate Permission to View Book Table of Contents
- 3/9/2015: Hint for not-registered users
- 3/10/2015: Open Graph integration (improved Facebook sharing, Twitter cards, etc)
- 3/11/2015: Special:Credits
- 3/31/2015: Insert Sidebar Blocks in Wiki Pages
- 4/14/2015: Pop-ups Require Click to Appear/Disappear
- 4/15/2015: AJAX Icon Previews
- 4/16/2015: CHAR BB-Code (use HTML character entities while HTML is not allowed)
- 4/17/2015: Assign Categories to Multiple Wiki Articles
- 5/15/2015: Disable Searching of Attachments
- 7/27/2015: Use XenForo Content Tags on Wiki Content
- 9/5/2015: Rename Wiki Code Tags
- 9/28/2015: Making the Wiki Thread Integration Expandable
- 10/11/2015: Setting for Table/Div/Span Class Whitelist
- 10/12/2015: Headers for Content Tags
- 10/25/2015: Permission for Having Contributions on Profile
- 10/27/2015: StyleVars for Icon Colors
- 12/14/2015: StyleVars for History Status Colors
- 3/4/2016: StyleVars for Icon Sizes
3/4/2016: XenForo Statistics- 3/7/2016: Create Links in Navbar
- 3/10/2016: Tile View for Content List
- 3/17/2016: Inline Moderation for Preview Blocks
- 3/18/2016: Select All for Inline Moderation in vBulletin
- 3/22/2016: Page Stats in Content List
- 3/25/2016: Disk Usage Limit for Wiki Attachments
- 4/30/2016: Download Old Versions of Wiki Attachments
- 5/18/2016: Admin Alert of Disabled Wiki
- 5/21/2016: Permissions Editor Shows Any Inherited Permissions
- 5/22/2016: Not Set and Never for Attachment Permissions
- 6/5/2016: Contributors in Wiki Content Lists
- 6/5/2016: Make Wiki Lists Look More Like Forum Lists
- 7/2/2016: Allow TOC, FOOTNOTE, REFLIST, SHOWTHREADS, FORUMINDEX, and BOOKINDEX in Non-Wiki Content
- 7/28/2016: Wiki as the Index Route in XenForo
- 8/1/2016: Users Browsing the Wiki
- 8/15/2016: Custom Display Name for Forum List Integrations
- 8/16/2016: Filter Content List by Content Type
- 8/18/2016: Choose Prefix for Auto-Links in Each Forum/Area
- 8/22/2016: Filter Page Chooser by Prefix
- 8/22/2016: Setting to Remove Posting / Author Details from Similar Content Block
- 9/7/2016: Tool to Recount User Contributions
- 10/12/2016: Thumbnails for High-Density Displays (4K/Retina/etc)
- 10/13/2016: Serve Wiki CSS/Javascript from CDN
- 11/22/2016: Synonyms Tab for Special Pages
11/22/2016: Synonyms Tab for Feeds- 11/23/2016: Edit Tab for Special Pages
- 11/26/2016: Integration Location on Forum Home
- 11/29/2016: Tab Listing All Pages Using a Template
11/29/2016: Tab Listing All Pages Using a File- 12/2/2016: Tab Listing All Categories Containing a Page
12/2/2016: Tab Listing All Translations for a Page
12/2/2016: Tab Listing All Feeds Showing a Page- 12/7/2016: Option to Disable Section Editing Mode
- 12/18/2016: Open/Close Discussions
- 1/2/2017: Move Forum Threads into the Wiki
- 2/9/2017: Create Buttons on the Wiki Index
- 2/11/2017: Javascript Date Picker for Date Fields
- 2/12/2017: Custom Style for Each Wiki Area
- 2/24/2017: Subscribe Button Above Main Discussion
- 2/26/2017: Remove All Subscriptions to Wiki Content
- 3/17/2017: Form-Based Import Configuration and Validation
- 3/26/2017: Select-All for Add Existing Page Dialog
- 4/13/2017: Setting a Default for Default Mode for Watched Content
- 5/31/2017: Mass Edit Tool
- 7/27/2017: Style Property for Contribution Section
- 8/8/2017: Style Properties for Assign Chooser Select Buttons
- 8/8/2017: Force REFLIST when FOOTNOTE was used
- 9/9/2017: Support for [bd] Widget Framework versions 2.5.3 < x < 2.6.0
- 10/6/2017: Username Auto-Suggest for Special:Contributions, Add Moderator, and Add User Mask
10/6/2017: Wiki-Only Option for XenForo Search Bar