Private Sandbox Forum

NitroCipher

What if users could have their own private forum pages used as sandbox testing areas?

I recently was writing a long forum post that I wished I could have saved as a draft. I then realized that the scratch forums do not include a sandbox area for testing out posts. I know that we do have a preview option, but this does not help if you want to save it for future publishing, or testing out posts. (This might not make any sense, but some things display differently in the preview vs the actual post. Details here: https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/discuss/topic/234843)

Here is a quick breakdown:

Users would have the ability to save posts as drafts to their sandbox for future publishing.
Users could also create posts in their sandbox to test out forum formatting.

As per request, I created mockups of how it would appear.

Last edited by Paddle2See (Sept. 28, 2023 16:30:01)

Monkey_Legend

Support
It was only yesterday that I wanted to save my progress on a topic and I think that many other scratchers have been faced with this problem as well.

ML

awesome5185

yes, support, especially if you want to reference something and don't want the page refreshing. Also, maybe describe how you would save it more (UI, location etc) I personally would want it next to the summit button.

NitroCipher

awesome5185 wrote:
yes, support, especially if you want to reference something and don't want the page refreshing. Also, maybe describe how you would save it more (UI, location etc) I personally would want it next to the summit button.

I created a basic mock-up for you!

scrooge100

support so people dont use translating scratch

f1lip

Support ^_^ I for one, have wanted to save at various times but failed.

WHICH I HATE NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE

Sigton

Who would be able to view your sandbox? How would it be moderated?

Sigton

stickfiregames

Sigton wrote:
Who would be able to view your sandbox? How would it be moderated?

Sigton

Since it says “your own private forum pages” I assume it would only be visible to the owner. Maybe it could be a special link at the bottom of the page, like how you change your signature.

ZZ9PluralZAlpha

I support this, but I have the same questions as Sigton, so until answered, support level is 65%.

Monkey_Legend

ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
I support this, but I have the same questions as Sigton, so until answered, support level is 65%.

It as been answered above #9

ML

Last edited by Monkey_Legend (March 9, 2017 17:07:53)

NitroCipher

Sigton wrote:
Who would be able to view your sandbox? How would it be moderated?

Sigton

Moderators would be able to patrol the pages, but it definitely be much more difficult. What if a section appeared for moderators to look at an overview of posts in everyone's sandboxes?

Last edited by NitroCipher (March 9, 2017 17:17:40)

ZZ9PluralZAlpha

Monkey_Legend wrote:
ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
I support this, but I have the same questions as Sigton, so until answered, support level is 65%.
It as been answered above #9

ML

I would prefer an answer by the topic creator though, I accept that answer, however, it is only a guess based on what they think.

NitroCipher

ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
Monkey_Legend wrote:
ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
I support this, but I have the same questions as Sigton, so until answered, support level is 65%.
It as been answered above #9

ML
I would prefer an answer by the topic creator though, I accept that answer, however, it is only a guess based on what they think.

Check above, or go Here

ZZ9PluralZAlpha

NitroCipher wrote:
ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
Monkey_Legend wrote:
ZZ9PluralZAlpha wrote:
I support this, but I have the same questions as Sigton, so until answered, support level is 65%.
It as been answered above #9

ML
I would prefer an answer by the topic creator though, I accept that answer, however, it is only a guess based on what they think.

Check above, or go Here

Support level is now full.

NitroCipher

Bump

nonethenones

support i guess.

gems89

Support. i wanted to save my progress just yesterday ( 3/9/2017/ ) yet i couldn't and i didn't want anyone to see it until it was %100 complete. or at least above %70 done

Last edited by gems89 (March 10, 2017 22:06:55)

stickfiregames

gems89 wrote:
Support. i wanted to save my progress just yesterday ( 3/9/2017/ ) yet i couldn't and i didn't want anyone to see it until it was %100 complete. or at least above %70 done

You can copy-paste the BBCode somewhere and save it, but this idea would make it easier.

WaffleChurro

If you were writing up a big post for a collab or a sticky guide

couldn't you just copy it into a word processor and save it? At the moment I can't see many uses.

MathlyCat

So when can we have upvotes ST?

+1

This allows for better viewing than trash ‘preview’

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