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Title: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 04:23:23 PM
There is a new feature that has been installed at the forum. It is called "Like Post."

This is not be confused with any kind of Facebook integration. This is simply a standalone "like button" that is exclusive to the UMA. If you like somebody's post, you can simply click on the orange "like" button and let them know. You will also have the option to "unlike" the post should you have a change of heart.

P.S. You do not have the option to "like" your own post.

As always, your input is welcome.



Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Illoman on December 10, 2013, 04:37:18 PM
Well, I've gotten used to this feature on FB so why not have it here? A lot of times I do like the posts but don't fell compelled to simply write "I like this". This is a quick way to do this.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Count_Zirock on December 10, 2013, 04:39:00 PM
I don't think it's an option on Tapatalk, though.

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 04:40:27 PM
Quote from: Count_Zirock on December 10, 2013, 04:39:00 PM
I don't think it's an option on Tapatalk, though.

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk

No, I'm pretty sure this isn't going to work with Tapatalk. Sorry.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Count_Zirock on December 10, 2013, 04:47:43 PM
:'(

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: zombiehorror on December 10, 2013, 05:16:17 PM
"Like" seems so boring.  Is there any way to monsterize it?  Maybe instead of "Like" it could be "Ghoul" or "Fangtastic" or "Killer" or "Monsterous"......I dunno, something more UMA worthy!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 05:21:03 PM
Quote from: zombiehorror on December 10, 2013, 05:16:17 PM
"Like" seems so boring.  Is there any way to monsterize it?  Maybe instead of "Like" it could be "Ghoul" or "Fangtastic" or "Killer" or "Monsterous"......I dunno, something more UMA worthy!

Agreed. It's pretty mundane. I'm looking into whether or not this can be customized.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 05:35:56 PM
You may also track your "likes" and "likes" given by others by clicking on   Profile > Profile Info > Like Posts

(http://i44.tinypic.com/11toshy.jpg)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Flower on December 10, 2013, 05:48:06 PM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 04:23:23 PM

P.S. You do not have the option to "like" your own post.

As always, your input is welcome.

That's too bad as it was my only hope of getting 'liked' ...  ;) 
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Kidagain on December 10, 2013, 06:57:31 PM
Flower, we Like you here at the UMA.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Mike Scott on December 10, 2013, 10:12:05 PM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 10, 2013, 04:23:23 PM
This is not be confused with any kind of Facebook integration.

It's a slippery slope, that's what it is! Next thing, our posts will be limited to 140 characters!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Scatter on December 10, 2013, 11:20:46 PM
 (https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROsmf-f7tzbjIDSWMmmQayksF2w78Vb_cMEza1v4jRSQt-D1wp)

YOU LIKE MEEEEEE..............YOU REALLY LIKE MEEE!!!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: raycastile on December 10, 2013, 11:20:46 PM
I came to the UMA tonight and saw all these little orange boxes overrunning the forums like digital tribbles. I thought we might have been hacked!

I like the "like" buttons. They save me the trouble of actually posting anything.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Scatter on December 10, 2013, 11:22:11 PM
Quote from: Flower on December 10, 2013, 05:48:06 PM
That's too bad as it was my only hope of getting 'liked' ...  ;)

I don't like you. I LOVE YOU!!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Unknown Primate on December 11, 2013, 12:14:54 AM
U.P. not see orange buttons  :(.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Flower on December 11, 2013, 06:45:58 AM
Quote from: Scatter on December 10, 2013, 11:20:46 PM
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROsmf-f7tzbjIDSWMmmQayksF2w78Vb_cMEza1v4jRSQt-D1wp)

YOU LIKE MEEEEEE..............YOU REALLY LIKE MEEE!!!


This was one of the first things that I thought of too~
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: marsattacks666 on December 11, 2013, 08:04:35 AM
I like the LIKE button. I like, the LIKE button, so much so. I LIKED it. ;D
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Flower on December 11, 2013, 08:14:21 AM
Quote from: marsattacks666 on December 11, 2013, 08:04:35 AM
I like the LIKE button. I like, the LIKE button, so much so. I LIKED it. ;D

The question is .. Have you liked it enough to use it?
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 11, 2013, 08:37:47 AM
Quote from: Unknown Primate on December 11, 2013, 12:14:54 AM
U.P. not see orange buttons  :(.

You should now. Had to fix a permission.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: zombiehorror on December 11, 2013, 08:52:27 AM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 11, 2013, 08:37:47 AM
You should now. Had to fix a permission.

"Check" yes to enable "Like" permission for primates!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 11, 2013, 03:36:22 PM
Quote from: Unknown Primate on December 11, 2013, 12:14:54 AM
U.P. not see orange buttons  :(.

Good news, Mark.

I finally discovered the problem. The "Like" plug-in was not installed within the Core theme which is the theme that you use. I reinstalled the plug-in and it should now show itself. Primates and their problems.  ::)

If so, please be sure to like this post.  ;)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Scatter on December 11, 2013, 04:24:26 PM
Let's just hope UP's enormous sausage fingers can navigate the new system.

MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm................sausage.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Count_Zirock on December 11, 2013, 04:35:12 PM
Well, if I like a post enough to want to "Like" it, I can use Tapatalk's Web View feature to "Like" it.

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: jimm on December 12, 2013, 02:28:39 AM
Not a fan, glad its not cluttering up tapatalk :-
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 12, 2013, 08:12:50 AM
Quote from: jimm on December 12, 2013, 02:28:39 AM
Not a fan, glad its not cluttering up tapatalk :-

Thanks for your input, Jim. I'm open to all members voicing their opinion on the LIKE button. I recognize that this button could be less obtrusive, and that is something I will look into.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Mike Scott on December 12, 2013, 10:35:48 AM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 12, 2013, 08:12:50 AM
I recognize that this button could be less obtrusive . .

Or, MORE OBTRUSIVE!!

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3310/pqts.jpg)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: jimm on December 12, 2013, 11:22:53 AM
No, Mike, that's worse. Much, much worse... can it be disabled ala signatures on many boards?
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Mike Scott on December 12, 2013, 11:37:56 AM
Quote from: jimm on December 12, 2013, 11:22:53 AM
No, Mike, that's worse. Much, much worse...

Spoil sport!

Quote from: jimm on December 12, 2013, 11:22:53 AM
can it be disabled ala signatures on many boards?

I don't see any way to turn it off? Although, for some reason I don't seem to have it anymore.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 12, 2013, 12:12:14 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on December 12, 2013, 11:37:56 AM
for some reason I don't seem to have it anymore.

Are you sure? You won't see it under any posts of your own no matter how vain you are.  :D

You can only "like" other member's posts.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Mike Scott on December 12, 2013, 02:40:03 PM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 12, 2013, 12:12:14 PM
You won't see it under any posts of your own no matter how vain you are.  :D

Ah, didn't think about that! Never mind.  ;D
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Unknown Primate on December 12, 2013, 05:42:55 PM
Quote from: fmofmpls on December 11, 2013, 03:36:22 PM
Good news, Mark.

I finally discovered the problem. The "Like" plug-in was not installed within the Core theme which is the theme that you use. I reinstalled the plug-in and it should now show itself. Primates and their problems.  ::)

If so, please be sure to like this post.  ;)

You DA MAN!  Thanks!  U.P. fit back in!
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Count_Zirock on December 12, 2013, 06:24:12 PM
Quote from: Unknown Primate on December 12, 2013, 05:42:55 PM
U.P. fit back in!
I told you the extra-large crate was the way to go. ::)

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2013, 04:46:48 PM
So why has the Like feature now disappeared this afternoon?

???
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: fmofmpls on December 18, 2013, 04:49:34 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on December 18, 2013, 04:46:48 PM
So why has the Like feature now disappeared this afternoon?

???

A member group setting has changed due to the new donator tag. I had to enable a permission checkbox. It should be back on now for you, right?
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2013, 04:52:18 PM
Yes, it's back on!

:)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Allhallowsday on December 18, 2013, 11:41:09 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on December 12, 2013, 02:40:03 PM
Ah, didn't think about that! Never mind.  ;D
Me neither. 
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Monsters For Sale on April 21, 2014, 03:00:09 PM

I wish more people would use this feature.

After signing up to receive notifications of new responses to a thread, it can be disappointing to get a lot of e-mails that lead to comments that say only "Cool", "Me too", "Neat", etc.

The LIKE button expresses much the same sentiment without all the extra notifications.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Flower on April 21, 2014, 03:31:14 PM
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on April 21, 2014, 03:00:09 PM
I wish more people would use this feature.

After signing up to receive notifications of new responses to a thread, it can be disappointing to get a lot of e-mails that lead to comments that say only "Cool", "Me too", "Neat", etc.

The LIKE button expresses much the same sentiment without all the extra notifications.

I think that many people do both.  I know that I use the like buttons and often add a short comment too.  I think that it's nice to know who gave you the like .. I gave you one on the quoted post. .. COOL! 8)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Monsters For Sale on April 21, 2014, 03:47:18 PM

I do both as well.

But I try to add something a little more illuminating that "cool". 

If I think something is "cool", I try to let the person why I think it is cool or what I find best about it.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Mike Scott on April 21, 2014, 03:48:10 PM
Quote from: Flower on April 21, 2014, 03:31:14 PM
I think that it's nice to know who gave you the like ..

All you have to do is click on the "2 people liked this" link to see who liked it.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Monsters For Sale on April 21, 2014, 03:49:23 PM

Cool.
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Flower on April 21, 2014, 03:52:13 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 21, 2014, 03:48:10 PM
All you have to do is click on the "2 people liked this" link to see who liked it.

Now you tell me after I wasted all those 'cools' .. Sigh ..  ;)
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: Count_Zirock on April 21, 2014, 09:55:21 PM
Unfortunately, it doesn't work on Tapatalk. But, Tapatalk does have the "Web View" feature, and then you can use "Like"! :D

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 09:47:26 PM
Originally resisted lure of button, now I'm in...
Title: Re: Like Posts Button
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 09:48:50 PM
Quote from: Count_Zirock on April 21, 2014, 09:55:21 PM
Unfortunately, it doesn't work on Tapatalk. But, Tapatalk does have the "Web View" feature, and then you can use "Like"! :D

Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk

I'm just glad I can FINALLY edit on TT. You know you can disable that "Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk" very easily count :)