Enable the [OP] tag

[teddyearp]

In alot of other forums sites I visit, the user who starts the thread has an [OP] next to their user name in every other of their subsequent posts in the thread. I feel this makes it easier to see the subsequent progress and/or problems the person who started the thread experiences.

Meh, maybe it's an old guy thing with my limited number of working brain cell (singular intended) left, but could that be enabled here?

 

[Phases]

This has been suggested before. It doesn't seem it would add tons of load to the site, I'll think about it.

 

[dautley]

+1!

 

[Phases]

How's that? Wish I could think of better wording. Anyone? I don't much like:

Thread Creator
Thread Starter
[OP]
Original Poster

Because none are 100% clear what they mean. Or maybe they are and I'm just tired..

 

[AntimonyER]

Hey Phases... Haha, never mind. I see you got it fixed

 

[El Presidente]

[OP] or Opening Poster would be ok for me.

 

[teddyearp]

Whatever works for you, like I said most other sites just use [OP].

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But this works fine as well. And thanks!

 

[Phases]

Is "OP of this thread" or "This thread's OP" too long? (or stupid?)

Thread OP ..?

Hmm. I want it to be short but clear in what it means. I already got one PM asking what it meant.

 

[dautley]

Is "OP of this thread" or "This thread's OP" too long? (or stupid?)

Hmm. I want it to be short but clear in what it means. I already got one PM asking what it meant.

To the first question yes to both, sorry

I think OP or (OP)would be better, you could update the site changes and I'm sure all of us who have been around a while would be more than happy to answer that question if asked. It won't take long for everyone to catch on!
It does make the threads easier to follow!!

 

[Unforgiven]

^^^Exactly, OP is short, sweet, and easy to learn.

 

[sammyz]

I love this OP thing :thumbup:

 

[SUroot]

Just to throw a spanner in the works "Thread Author"

OP is great once you know what it means. But everyone always has to ask before they know what it means.

 

[sammyz]

Just to throw a spanner in the works "Thread Author"

OP is great once you know what it means. But everyone always has to ask before they know what it means.

^^^Exactly, OP is short, sweet, and easy to learn.

Like Unforgiven said^

...All the guides could put OP= Original Poster as signature

I like OP.

Everyone would start saying something besides OP updated if it were changed to thread author....I would say "First post updated..."

 

[SUroot]

OP means both original post and original poster. There isn't a guide posting in every thread so the question will always be asked.

The best option would be "OP / Thread Author" as this teaches the lingo whilst explaining it. The tag becomes self explanatory where as "OP" on its own is not.

 

[dautley]

I love the OP tag and don't want to see it go away but you might want to consider how you will handle merged threads? It is often difficult to follow the flow in long ones anyway, and having two OP's would make it more confusing. I would guess the OP tag will stick with the OP the thread the other one is merged into?

 

[sammyz]

I love the OP tag and don't want to see it go away but you might want to consider how you will handle merged threads? It is often difficult to follow the flow in long ones anyway, and having two OP's would make it more confusing. I would guess the OP tag will stick with the OP the thread the other one is merged into?

In merged threads I guess it should have OP for the first post in merged thread, and OP Post ## for the OP of the thread merged in...

 

[Xyro]

Is red the best colour choice? I'd have thought that black would be best, since we use colours as an indicator of usergroup.

In merged threads I guess it should have OP for the first post in merged thread, and OP Post ## for the OP of the thread merged in...

I don't know if Vbulletin keeps track of that kind of thing, to be honest. I think that would require a custom-built solution.

But then we try not to merge two or more long threads anyway, so I don't think it's going to cause too much confusion.

 

[Doit2it]

I had seen when teddyearp suggested this last weekend and just noticed it in the posts. I love it! Thanks!

 

[dautley]

Is red the best colour choice? I'd have thought that black would be best, since we use colours as an indicator of usergroup.

Red does jump out at you, I was thinking black or blue would be more pleasing to the eye but it's not really a big deal to me. The only thing with black is it would need to be in bold to make it stand out a little more than the rest of the info. You could probably get rid of the bold with red or blue.

 

[Phases]

I love the OP tag and don't want to see it go away but you might want to consider how you will handle merged threads? It is often difficult to follow the flow in long ones anyway, and having two OP's would make it more confusing. I would guess the OP tag will stick with the OP the thread the other one is merged into?

This is correct.

As for color - I think I agree. We'll try blue.

 

[Phases]

Please pardon me while I bounce around colors and wording.

 

[Unforgiven]

I vote for op in blue

 

[sammyz]

I like the blue it matches the color of my username

 

[SUroot]

Thread author (OP) works well. Looks nice in blue too

 

[teddyearp]

Thread author (OP) works well. Looks nice in blue too

x2. From the discussion here it would seem to fit the bill better than the last option.

Now where can I come up with something to get me more 'thanks'. . . .lol