Bug 117418 – Add thread creation date info to 'Author' column in forum view

• Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Peter Penkala 2006-01-01 22:30:59 UTC]

Currently, only the thread author's name is given in the author column.  Adding some date information will help identify thread age.  I've chosen Month Year, which seems sufficient.

Example (centered in column):
pjp
Jan 2006

[Comment 1 Peter Penkala 2006-01-01 22:38:13 UTC]

Created attachment 75977 [details, diff]
Adds date information to 'Author' column of forum view template

Would something other than the use of class="gensmall" be more appropriate?

[Comment 2 Peter Penkala 2006-01-01 22:40:58 UTC]

Created attachment 75978 [details, diff]
Adds code for date info in 'Author' column of forum view

[Comment 3 nixnut (RETIRED) 2006-01-02 04:45:10 UTC]

I like the idea. Just a question about the proposed layout.

>Example (centered in column):
>pjp
>Jan 2006

Why not just like in the "Last Post" column? More consisten layout imho 
example:
Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:40 am
         pjp 

[Comment 4 Tom Knight (RETIRED) 2006-01-02 08:25:38 UTC]

I agree with nixnut, a more consistent layout would be better, also I'd go for class="postdetails" instead of gensmall.

[Comment 5 Peter Penkala 2006-01-03 10:28:15 UTC]

Created attachment 76094 [details, diff]
Template changes only, new date location & "consistent" format

Since the standard date format is being used, only template changes are necessary.

Examples:
- For single page thread: http://dev.gentoo.org/~pjp/new-forumview.png
- For multi-page thread: http://dev.gentoo.org/~pjp/new-forumview2.png

[Comment 6 George Prowse 2006-01-10 15:40:34 UTC]

I like the idea, I wonder where you got it from? :p

[Comment 7 Peter Penkala 2006-01-10 15:57:28 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> I like the idea, I wonder where you got it from? :p
> 

Which part?  In general, I've wanted the date for quite a while.  My first submition was of my own design (month, year), since all I wanted was the relevant date info.

I didn't like the idea of adding the same date format as in the 'last post' column, which was preferred by others.

While browsing at bit-tech, I noticed the author under post title, and thought that made a good place to put the time too.

[Comment 8 Peter Penkala 2006-01-10 16:01:00 UTC]

Created attachment 76787 [details, diff]
Updated to remove non-english unfriendly "by" word

submition/submission.  Really, I can spell.

[Comment 9 Tom Knight (RETIRED) 2006-01-14 12:49:59 UTC]

Just checked this patch in, thanks. It'll go live after testing.

[Comment 10 Peter Penkala 2006-01-15 16:42:43 UTC]

Closing.  Will reopen if any issues arise during testing.