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PunBB core feature requests
You should add your request here if:
- This feature is not present neither in PunBB 1.2, nor in PunBB 1.3. Also check the lists of PunBB 1.3 official extensions and extension requests.
- You are absolutely sure that this feature should be part of the forum's core. Otherwise, add a PunBB 1.3 extension request, please.
Feature request list
- Do not waste user text on any kind of errors.
- The case: I click
Post reply
and add some text to theWrite message
field. At that moment I've got an urgent phone call, go away from the computer. I come back in an hour and see the message I've started before. I add more text, consider it finished and clickSubmit
. But my authorization has expired! I getYou do not have permission to access this page
and lose my message! The only hope to get it back is to rely on the browser keeping the form text on clicking theBack
button. - Possible solutions:
- Just print out the message source under the
You do not have permission to access this page
message. - Save the message somewhere, let user to log in and get him back to the
Post reply
form, having the text untouched.
- Highlight the incorrectly filled fields in the forms.
- E.g. I fill the registration form and type the password confirmation incorrectly. Now I get the error saying
Password confirmation is incorrect
and have too think of and look for the place to fix this. The better way is to highlight the incorrect fields. And/or even write the proper error message nearby (not in the top for all the form).