What user moderation tools are necessary?
Hi, could you give some input - what moderation tools would you be interested to see in this software? I would like to collect a list of requirements to put up a package of those tools. Thanks.
View Articleis it possible to disable attachments in askbot wmd editor?
is it possible to disable attachments in askbot wmd editor? ans how can I change the editor completely? can I use pagedown editor? thanks in advance.
View ArticlePlease allow hyphens for user names.
Hi, I would like to use my full name (Mathieu Guay-Paquet) as my user name, but it is currently not accepted because of the hyphen in my last name. Could you allow hyphens in user names please? Thanks!
View ArticleAllow internal links at low karma
A user with low karma cannot post link in a question, answer or comment. I suggest making an exception for internal links, like links to the page of another question or answer on the same askbot site,...
View ArticleUse "x min ago" instead of "x mins ago"
Request for improvement: use "x min ago" instead of "x mins ago" to display time since last activity on a question. Explanation (from http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/symbol.html): > Using...
View ArticleDifferent karma gain for question and answer upvotes
It would be nice to be able to have separate settings for the amount of karma gained when someone upvotes a question or a an asnwer. This is similar to how Stack Exchange handles reputation: Answer...
View Articlesupport for Mozilla Persona
Could Askbot add support for Persona(BrowserId) ? It is a authentication system designed by Mozilla. There is a Django module at https://github.com/mozilla/django-browserid...
View ArticleNavigation warnings
While I am editing an article on wikipedia and try to navigate in the current tab (reload, back, forward, click on a link), it shows me a JavaScript alert "This page is asking you to confirm that you...
View Articlemark tags as aliases
Ability to mark certain tags as aliases of other tags so it is treated as the same tag when doing searches etc would be very useful
View Article[Fundraiser] Is it possible to migrate from OSQA to AskBot?
There are migrate scripts for StackExchange and ZenDesk, but none for OSQA. Is it possible to migrate from an existing OSQA installtion to AskBot?
View ArticleHow to block spam?
Our subscribers to our askbot powered site (and askbot.org) were hit this morning by a Chennai based spammer who was referred from:...
View ArticleGet permanent link of a comment
Getting the permanent link of a comment is a very useful function. Link to comments already exist but there is no easy way to get them like the answers through a button "link". Instead, if we really...
View ArticleView site administrators and moderators
On the "people" or "users" tab of an askbot site, one can sort by karma, recent, oldest, username, but it would also be interesting to sort by status (site administrator, moderator, basic user. Can...
View ArticleHow to see who's an admin or moderator
Hi, There is a way to can see if an user that answer or interact on the site is an admin or a omderator? Like a badge under the user avatar for example.
View ArticleWhat features should be in the API of a Q&A forum?
Hello, could you share some ideas - what are the most valuable features in that you'd like to see in the API for a Q&A forum? Thanks!
View ArticleFix preview on Ask Askbot
Currently, when writing a question or an answer on Ask Askbot at http://askbot.org/en/questions, the preview is not available. @Evgeny, could this be fixed?
View ArticleProvide "view source" link below questions
Would it be possible to provide a "view source" link below questions? This would allow users with too low karma to "edit" to see the source code for a question, and help them understand how to achieve...
View ArticleSQL command to delete all users with karma 1
I have more than 2000 user accounts which need to be deleted. In the /admin/ page I cannot filter these users out. Is there perhaps an SQL command that allows me to delete all the users with karma 1...
View ArticleFeature to provide tags descriptions
can we make some short description for tags and then edit it (including users) like in stackexchange?
View ArticleBetter x-axis labels for the karma graph than "Jan 01"
Currently the karma graph for long-time users has a bunch of "Jan 01" labels along the horizontal axis, see eg> http://askbot.org/en/users/1/evgeny/?sort=reputation Could this be changed to...
View ArticleUse robots noindex nofollow in profile pages at karma 1
A lot of spam is hitting Askbot-powered Q&A sites. Spambots often open accounts and fill in the "website" field in the user profile with a url they want to promote. They also often fill in the...
View ArticlePLEASE add TinyMCE The Most Advanced WYSIWYG HTML Editor in COMMENT SECTION
This is the most needed feature request PLEASE add `TinyMCE` The Most Advanced WYSIWYG HTML Editor in `COMMENT SECTION`
View ArticleFeature Request: Spoiler
In stack overflow and other stack exchange sites the >! will be a spoiler that hides the text tell clicked, would this be possible here? on both answers and questions! for example right now the...
View ArticleIs there an option to add prefix to database tablename?
Consider this. There are multiple askbot instances running as apps in a single django project. How are the database write duplicates handled? By using a different table prefix for each app. Like how...
View ArticleFeature request: OpenGraph metadata support for Askbot sites
Currently Askbot doesn't seem to be giving OpenGraph metadata. OpenGraph metadata is used by social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter etc Please add the feature to disaply OGP metadat for Askbot...
View ArticleFeature request: Use select2 JS for StackOverflow like tags
Currently the tags are plain text. There is auto-complete, but no tag like feel like Select2 JS or Stackoverflow provides. Multi-select boxes (pillbox) in Select2 is what we would want. For demo see...
View ArticlePlease add an error reporting button
I see this message quite often and Imagine support@askbot.com does not an email for each one, but more streamlined feedback might be nice. "Internal server error system error log is recorded, error...
View ArticlePlease add Gravatar feature like 0.7.58 to AskBot 0.10.2
Hi there, Please add AskBot 0.7.58 Gravatar like feature to AskBot 0.10.2 So that it will automatically load the avatar from Gravatar. Reagrds...
View Articlemerge users?
In Ask Fedora, someone logged in using one open id and again posted using another open id and now has two different ids and we need the ability to merge users so that the ownership of questions,...
View ArticlePlease allow triple-backtick for code blocks
It would be nice if triple-backticks could be use to enclose code blocks, as an alternative to indenting by four spaces. Ideally, these triple-backticks could be followed by some language to indicate...
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