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a note on anonymity

the faq and rules pages used to mention that users are encouraged to post anonymously, to build community spirit. I was thinking on it, and I've removed both of these instances.

I think it's true that anonymous posting does create a unique sort of community experience, but at the same time, one of marzichan's key goals is to foster connection, and anonymity tends to make such opportunities for connection much more fleeting and rare. I don't want users to feel compelled by the site to post anonymously when that could deprive them of the opportunity to be recognized and make new friends, so please - feel free to use names and trips to your heart's content :)

of course, there's nothing wrong with choosing to post anonymously either, and since this is an imageboard, I'm guessing most users will still choose to post that way most of the time. but there should be no shame in posting with a name or trip here if you'd like to.

as always, feedback is welcome m(_ _)m

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/meta/ is a board for discussing Marzichan itself.

This is the place to:
- Ask questions about the site
- Report bugs/issues
- Request new features, boards, rules, etc.
- Propose or discuss changes to the site

Make sure to check the FAQ before posting to see if your question has already been answered!
Off-topic posts may be moved or deleted.

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theme tweaks

after staring at the site's colors for a long while, I realized I really wanted higher contrast between the replies and the background, to give them that nice, blocky post-it note look.

the reply boxes are already quite dark, so I decided to lighten the background considerably. it's quite jarring at first, but I think the rest of the elements really pop now, and they help keep the site looking purple. I also darkened the reply drop shadows for the same reason.

let me know what you think!

picrel is the OLD color scheme for comparison

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grammar fail!

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a lot of people are asking for sage, but it hasn't been added due to
- wishing to streamline and simplify the experience
- hiding site activity
- having the potential to be used in mean ways
- probably more
so I got an idea. what if there was a sage option that only bumped the thread just a little bit? i don't know how vichan stores the bump order in the database, but if its stored as a date, then you could do something like bump the thread by a couple hours or so. that way, it will appear below messages posted more recently, but appear above some older threads.
two ways to go about it, you could set the bump date to the current time minus offset, or the original bump date plus offset. don't know which would be better, but both could work
i think it would be a nice compromise!

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what vichan js extensions & themes are you using?

also options.js is giving me on my own instance "Uncaught TypeError: options_current_tab is undefined", do you know how to fix that?

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uh, Marzifrens...? your copyright expired...

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post formatting

I slightly changed the syntax for post formatting.
italics is now two asterisks (previously one), and
bold is now three asterisks (previously two)

it's something I want to be pretty stable, but it annoyed me a little that you couldn't do single asterisk wraps for things like *punches you*

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GIFT 4 U

Yo Marzichan I made a banner for you guys. Actually I made 2 lol. hope you guys like em and don't mind if i post em
-rads (rotting angels guy)

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quick post form and its issues

there are a bunch of problems with the quick post form currently - fields that I think should be there but aren't, as well as bugs/usability issues where the file uploader/embed field are inaccessible until you go to the top form and change your attachment selection, etc...

just wanted to say I'm aware of them and would like to fix it, along with other improvements to the post form. the existing quick reply js is very messy, so honestly maybe I should just throw out most of it and write one that doesn't suffer from the same issues. looking at it makes me want to jump ship to another board software like lynxchan, but I realize that might be an overreaction, and I'd have to redo all the modifications I've made here on vichan, so
( ´-ω-`) =3

anyway if you're just a user reading this, rest assured that the top post form still works entirely, and you can always use that one. sorry for the trouble m(_ _)m

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bottom-of-page reply button

been wanting this for a while - the bottom of each thread now features a [Post a Reply] button, assuming you have js enabled. it should open the quick reply form, or open the top form for you if you're close enough. of course, you could've clicked a post number instead, but this way you can open the form without adding a reply link that you'd have to delete :)

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Your request looks automated; Post discarded.
IVE DECIDED AFTER 10 EDITS OF MY SINGLE PARAGRAPH.
THE UNIVERSE DOESN;T WANT THESE THOUGHTS TO BE BROADCAST TO THE NET. MARZIMIN. ITS FINE. IM FINE.

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what is teh body limit?
i wrote 2000+
The body was too long.

edited down to 1999
The body was too long.

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I swear this website spontaneously breaks every couple of weeks. If it wasn't so inactive I would be suspicious

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Obsessed site wont let me post anything bigger than 10mb or something
>flood

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rss has wrong url format

https://marzichan.org/plaza/index.rss
has thread links as
>https://marzichan.org/plaza/res/856.html
thread links are actually
>https://marzichan.org/plaza/res/856.html

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What the fuck is this place meant to be?

What's the history?

-Another user from Megidochan.

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Hello from wapchan.org!

Hello Marzichan!
Since we're now net friends, I figured I'd introduce our site.
https://wapchan.org is mostly focused around retro anime, manga, and games, with a particular focus on the works of Rumiko Takahashi. We also host /kind/, a very relaxed board for kindposting.
Come visit us sometime.

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Hi! How did you do this that reply links are under the post?
It's very useful and I'd love to apply this to my vichan imageboard.

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Can I post a first, in the form of a question?

Just asking for a friend.

First.