Kissena Forum Archive

Jun 18, 2015 at 03:59 PM

I've shortened the comments per page count to 50, let me know if it recurs.

Sep 10, 2015 at 12:20 PM

FYI the forum was down last night. If it's down in the future you can check the vanilla forums status page first to see if there's a reported issue before resorting to the dolphin for the satellite uplink.

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Sep 10, 2015 at 01:34 PM

The vanilla twitter handle is usually pretty good with updates as well

https://twitter.com/vanilla

Jeffrey White

Sep 16, 2015 at 12:45 PM

This thread will be at the top of http://kissenacycling.vanillaforums.com even though nobody cares.

Ingrid Spielman

Nov 08, 2015 at 02:23 AM

I’m currently in a hackathon and we’ve decided to build out an iOS app for cyclists and city commuters. Basically Waze for cyclists. The idea is that when you meet an obstacle (police, construction, people walking in the bike lane etc… ) you press a button on your phone that alerts other users of the obstacle. The data collected ( geo location and time ) are enough for the app to make decisions about where obstacles are located, which then populate a map and alert users (via sound) of upcoming obstacles on the road.

Would love to hear back with feedback on this app idea and whether or not you would be interested in using something like it. Open to all thoughts. pm me if you see this and want to input >_>

Nov 08, 2015 at 05:42 AM

Ingrid check this out

http://project.wnyc.org/bike-lane-blockers/

Ingrid Spielman

Nov 08, 2015 at 11:17 AM

saw this! I think the app can potentially do it better, by offering real time changes and updating with user input. The only thing is that using a button isn't a good feature so it would be cooler to have it voice activated.

Dec 09, 2015 at 06:42 PM

When I click on the discussion tab in the forum, it states recent discussion on the top of the page, but my discussions are not listed in order of my recent comment on the top. Does anyone know why this is?

Dec 09, 2015 at 06:44 PM

I guess it lists them in order of most recent, but still keeps the subheadings even though they are invisible when you click on the discussion tab. So, it's most recent by invisible subheading...that's kinda dumb.

Dec 10, 2015 at 12:51 AM

There are 3 main views on the forum:

disucussions (sorted by god knows what)
click the "Kissena" logo at the top to get a view by category
best of which is a newspaper style layout

(I'm pretty sure you can program your own if you prefer)

Dec 10, 2015 at 03:18 PM

How do you get newspaper style layout? And where do you program your view?

Dec 10, 2015 at 03:42 PM

Newspaper view is "Best Of..." link in nav (see pic)

I'm an admin, and the best view available is "Discussions" because it shows where the action is. Re programming view, if you are a coder I we can talk about getting you admin rights so you can tinker with to improve. It'd be much better if new comments is all you see, instead of having to scroll.

One cool feature that most don't know about is Bookmark. If you bookmark a discussion by clicking on the little star at top right, you'll receive an email when someone posts a new comment to that discussion.

Dec 10, 2015 at 03:45 PM

Would also like to nut out that Google Cal setting the page width issue on mobile.

Dec 10, 2015 at 03:47 PM

Thanks, John. I've been getting a lot of feedback about the forum from new members. I remember that I found it very overwhelming/disorganized at first, but once I figured out which discussions I was interested in and starred those, it got a lot better.

Dec 10, 2015 at 03:51 PM

I wish that when you clicked on discussions, it would list them in order of most recent. It seems like when you click discussions, it still shows you the category view, but without the category headings.

Mar 29, 2017 at 06:23 PM

Hey folks,

I did a little digging and you can now access the forum via https. Just change the URL you use.

There is lots more you can do for privacy but this is a hassle-free start.

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NuritEngelmayer

Sep 16, 2017 at 07:21 PM

is there an app for this forum platform? I saw that there was a vanilla app but I couldn't enter on my kissena specific account.

Sep 18, 2017 at 10:21 AM

NuritEngelmayer said:

is there an app for this forum platform? I saw that there was a vanilla app but I couldn't enter on my kissena specific account.

There's a paid app developed by third party but sadly Vanilla won't fold it into their subscription—only way is via phone browser. If you have suggestions for better/more cost effective community platform we're all ears, it's our club's number 1 expenditure and we're unimpressed with their lack of innovation.

NuritEngelmayer

Sep 19, 2017 at 06:43 PM

JohnMalcolmson said:

NuritEngelmayer said:

is there an app for this forum platform? I saw that there was a vanilla app but I couldn't enter on my kissena specific account.

There's a paid app developed by third party but sadly Vanilla won't fold it into their subscription—only way is via phone browser. If you have suggestions for better/more cost effective community platform we're all ears, it's our club's number 1 expenditure and we're unimpressed with their lack of innovation.

@JohnMalcolmson we use "slack" for the school paper, is great. And free