Safe Haven - Information

Responsive Theme

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:24:31 +0000

How do people feel about having a responsive theme instead of the mobile theme or as an alternative? Responsive is a theme that looks like the default skin but fixed for mobile browsers or tablets. That way items that have been removed from the mobile theme will still be there. Also, doing away with the pesky share buttons in the mobile theme.

A small screenshot of my test board:

Upgrade To 3.4

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:08:20 +0000

I've upgraded the forum to 3.4. There won't be much difference except on the self-injury.net (M) theme where I've added some features into it. There is a menu above the usual Safe Haven menu bar that says 'Forum'.

When you hover over 'Forum' you see the latest topics and blogs:

When you hover over 'News Feed' you see the latest in the news feed:

The little box with the heart you see in the screenshot will only appear if the news feed has new updates since you last refreshed the tab. It will check (and update itself if there's any changes) every minute for fifteen minutes and then it will stop checking.

There are various other changes to the theme but I won't bore you guys. (;

I've added some social media icons in skins that allow it. The hidden SH group is not included in this so no worries.

Oh, I've also fixed the Print/Download/etc. (Share) links.

Sh Forum Moderators

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:19:22 +0000

It's not very high traffic but I want a group of moderators to be able to validate the posts of new members. The only thing that really needs to be done is make sure it's not spam and make sure it's not hateful or against the rules. That way on the days I don't have time to come online new members don't have to wait.

So if you're interested, PM me.

The ED forum moderators are free to say they want to add this on, as well.

Ed Forum Moderators (Of A Sort)

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:10:19 +0000

This was brought to my attention, that it'd be good to have people who can validate posts in the ED forum when I'm not online. They'd have no say in reports or issues or otherwise *be* moderators, they'd just be able to validate posts/topics in that specific forum.

So, if you're interested, PM me. I'd be interested in having people from both sides of the pond since different time zones and all.

@mention, News Feed, Post Topic

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:10:09 +0000

I've added a few things.

You should now be able to tag a member and if they've chosen to get a notification when their username is tagged in a post they'll get an inline notification, PM, or e-mail. Whatever they've chosen in Notification Options.

Should be @[ member='the display name of the member here' ]. I haven't quite tested the ins and outs of this but a surefire way of it working is clicking the @mention link on a post of the member you want to tag.

There's a news feed now. It shows new posts, new topics, likes, names changes, blog/gallery/etc. comments, etc. It's basically notifications but for the whole board. I modified the 'like' feed item to show which post has been liked and in which forum. Will probably edit it later to show who liked it.

You can choose to opt out of having your posts, topics, etc. being added to the feed here. It also allows you to choose what you want displayed.

Also, now you can post topics in any forum from just about any page on SH if you're on your laptop/desktop. That does not mean you shouldn't familiarize yourself with what goes where, especially those of you who are new to SH

Upgrade & New Help Thread

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:19:15 +0000

Just a note to say the Blog's 'too many redirects' issue has been resolved, as has the issue with the help thread at the top of every forum. Gallery/Blog were updated.

Oh, and I created a new help thread on embedding YouTube videos that I've linked to in the help thread at the top of every forum.

Login Issues

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:07:48 +0000

I did a slight change to cookies last night (change from .gabrielle.self-injury.net to .self-injury.net intended for future changes to SSO) and didn't notice a change in Chrome but if you're having login issues delete your cookies for self-injury.net and gabrielle.self-injury.net.

http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cookies

Forum Rearrangement

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:52:03 +0000

I've changed some of the arrangement of the forums. Added some new forums, clarified or widened the focus of others.

Tentatively, the ED forum is reopened but posts/topics are on moderated status for now. Will change it to moderated status only for new topics if things go well. I'm thinking that if a poster don't follow the rules related to the forum repeatedly (pro-ED content, enabling the EDs of others) his/her posts in that forum will have to be validated by me (well, after the generalized moderated status is lifted).

Let me know if there's questions or concerns.

Upgrade To 3.2

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:42:26 +0000

We've upgraded to 3.2.

It changed my skin to the default one so I've imagined it's done that to other people. Click the 'Change Theme' link at the bottom if you want to change it.

Editor change (toggle the image of the switch to go to "simple" mode if you're having issues)
Tagging and prefixes (for example you could tag/prefix something as having an ED trigger warning)
View new content changes. Supposedly they've fixed it and they've added a number of new settings
A "like" system for posts, slightly different from the rep system
Shared media, like stuff from the Gallery or that you've uploaded can be used in your posts
Ignore the signature of whatever user you'd like
New mobile skin
Member photos and avatars -- the avatars that showed in your PMs, not the multi ones -- were merged.
You can quick quote into the fast reply box without it not quoting images or smilies.
It'll tell you if there's a new post or posts in the thread before you submit your post.

Forum Software Update Coming (3.2)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:04:54 +0000

There's a forum update coming up. They're currently on the third beta. We won't change over right away but will do so sometime this year.

Some of the changes:

Editor change
Tagging and prefixes (for example you could tag/prefix something as having an ED trigger warning)
View new content changes. Supposedly they've fixed it and they've added a number of new settings
A "like" system for posts, slightly different from the rep system
Shared media, like stuff from the Gallery or that you've uploaded can be used in your posts
Ignore the signature of whatever user you'd like
New mobile skin
They're working on an Android app
Notes in your profile are going away so save 'em if you need to.
Member photos and avatars are being merged. I think I can work around this since the multi-avatar system is separate from the regular avatar or member photo system.
Topic icons are going away though there might be a way to put them in through an outside script if it's a big issue.
You can quick quote into the fast reply box without it not quoting images or smilies.
It'll tell you if there's a new post or posts in the thread before you submit your post.

http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/331533-whats-new-in-ipboard-320-and-related-apps-so-far/

edit: Should say the forum in the above link is updated to 3.2 and has the new default skin.

Official Social Media For Sh/self-Injury.net

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:45:03 +0000

Social networks related to Safe Haven, mostly server updates and news except for the Facebook group.

Hidden Content
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Social Media

Mon, 23 May 2011 10:41:52 +0000

Somebody PMed me asking about creating some form of Facebook group which ties in to my musings on creating some sort of ties to social media (I mean there's #selfinjurynet -- yes, I'm aware of my typo ;P but it's really just a feed). Even if just for outages and server implosions since LJ is a pain in the ass and a lot of people are probably unaware there's a LJ community. I do try to crosspost to Facebook if I post something on the LJ community but, meh, maybe a hidden group would be more palatable for some than my fandom/Internet-people Facebook account. And something on Twitter.

I know some other websites totally tap into social networking in bigger ways than that but I'm not sure what people would be comfortable with. Ideas?

Chatting Up Underage Girls/boys

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:07:01 +0000

If you're above age (which I do know varies from country to country and state to state) don't enter into a sexual or romantic relationship with an underage person here or come onto them in a sexual or romantic manner.

Don't do it. I will ban you.

Also, young people, if somebody older (e.g. you're fourteen and they're twenty-five) is hitting it off with you in a romantic manner, they don't love you. Especially after starting the 'relationship' an hour ago. They are adults preying on vulnerable young people.

What's New (Updates)

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:38:09 +0000

Updated Blog.
Updated Member Map.
Updated Stats Page in Profiles (it's definitely snazzier).
Updated Light (3.1) skin.
Emoticons are now allowed in profile comments.
Posts that have been repped up now get a star to highlight them. Still don't know how to change the threshold. Ugh.
New skin -- self-injury.net (M) -- to match the main site but more IPB style. Made for fun.

Gallery should be getting an overhaul and coming out within the next one or two months. That's tentative.

edit:

07/2011

Gallery updated
Reputation added to profiles

Talking About Other Members / Telling Off Other Members

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:37:27 +0000

I've noticed an increase over the past few months of telling people off or name calling. It's been more than one person and I don't like it. Don't do that. If someone is pissing you off don't resort to name calling or cursing. OT is freer than the rest of the forum but come on, people keep pretending that the name calling / cursing at other people rule doesn't exist. It does and I must man up and start enforcing it.

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I also want to start enforcing the talking about other members rule. Now that I have confirmation that it's not just me thinking the current state of affairs is off then it's time to write about this. Talking about another member's issues or bringing up your current heavy issues with the member, whether they be friend, significant other, or just somebody you don't like, well, don't do it. That does include relationship issues and friendship issues.

Also, don't post somebody's real life name or contact info. I don't care if people are worried and you just happen to have it. That was just disturbing.

Taptalk/iphone App, And Positive 'reputation'

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:35:07 +0000

You can positive rep a post you like. Regular members can do up to 10 up reps a day, donating members can do 20. The numbers for this can and may change but I'm just testing it out. Will see about changing a few things if I can.

There eventually will be a 'like' system for the forum but that's not until the next version.

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There's an iPhone app for those of you who don't know.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ip-board-communities/id372597645?mt=8

... or the alternative, which is Tapatalk.

Tapatalk is a mobile forum app for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia. Tapatalk supports vBulletin, phpBB, IPB and SMF forums and forum owner can activate this service for free. Tapatalk supports all the usual forum functions plus full screen image viewing, image upload, caching (less reload), private messaging, all these features are accessible in just a few simple taps.

Showing New and Unread Thread with Avatar and Number of reply:

Images are thread are converted to thumbnail and allow full-screen viewing

Ability to see Who's Online and what they are doing:

Ability to search by topics and posts:

Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:

Logging In

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:51:18 +0000

I don't know why this cropped up recently but people were having trouble logging in and I noticed that the login settings were ticked for e-mail only. There are several login methods so some people were still able to login through username through these other methods but some people were unable to login unless using their e-mail address.

I've changed login to being username and e-mail. If you're still unable to login send me a message through the main site (comment on profile or the contact form).

Server Down

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:51:21 +0000

... due to a permissions problem. Killed it but I've brought it back and changed info accordingly.

edit: Posted about it on the LJ and linked index page to that.

Triggering Statuses

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:29:09 +0000

The rules apply to your statuses, as well. I'm not singling anybody out because it's not just one person so I'll just put the possibles that should not be in your statuses. If anybody can think of others please post but remember that SI content is exempt unless pro-SI or tippish which, of course, everybody has a different idea on where the line is.

Numbers, suicide notes, pro-ED/suicide/SI/drug content, explicit sexual content, tips/how-to's on self-injury/EDs/suicide/drug abuse.

All of the above should not be in your SH status.

Links to this content and statuses imported from Twitter -- Facebook, too? not sure if it does those -- also counts so if you've connected your Twitter to import your statuses to SH and are posting links to porn or are part of a pro-ED, etc. group there or post that sort of thing remember to disconnect the link. You can still have it export your SH statuses to Twitter and do all the other connection stuff.

Medication Sub-Forum Reopened

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:24:55 +0000

The medication sub-forum has been reopened. It had little of the issues of the other sub-forums and was rather helpful.

Server Move

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:40:33 +0000

We've moved onto the new server. I'm not sure why people would be stuck on the old server since this new server has no DNS entries pointing to the old server, which was happening last time. As soon as I can login to the old server I'll see about updating the DNS there to point here. I currently can't login there because they had some sort of security compromise and changed everybody's passwords so I managed to get myself locked out.

Checked 'View New Content' and it seems to be working.

Upgraded To New Ipb Version

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:04:21 +0000

This is the new IPB version, I'll be tinkering with the features people can use but wanted to roll this out as soon as possible so there'd be less posts lost. Feel free to point out any issues.

I upgraded the multi-avatars system a bit and now you can delete them with checkmarks and a save or you can mass delete them.

edit:

The avatar you chose for your post will not change to default when you use quick edit now.

The buttons below your avatar/user title. One inserts the name of the member who created the post into quick reply, the other allows you to highlight text from a post and it inserts it into quick reply as properly quoted text. Tab over them to find out which is which.

You can choose to hide the statuses in posts in your Setttings under 'Forums'.

There's several new skins and all skins have been updated.

The mobile skin was majorly updated so it should work a lot better.

There is also supposed to be an iPhone app called IP.Board Communities that you can use for SH. Not sure how this works or if it's any good because I don't have an iPhone.

A membermap has been added and should be working properly now.

All skins should work with the new version and several new skins have been made available.

Vacation Until 29/30 Of July

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:16:15 +0000

I'm going to be on vacation until 29/30 of July. New members whose posts aren't showing up, I'm not going to be here to validate them until then but will when I get back.

Login Issues Fixed

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:37:44 +0000

I had been working on the login system and then fell asleep and hadn't been online again so that left some members unable to login. Should be working again. Let me know if not.

Sorry. :/

Tech Support

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:24:31 +0000

I don't feel up to doing tech support. If the server goes down I'll handle it but everything else is as is because I don't currently feel emotionally invested in anything, much less SH. This may change, this may not.