RefractTrack Comments and Activity Log - Revision history

Nerdofepic at 22:50, 11 September 2026

2026-09-11T22:50:22Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:50, 11 September 2026
Line 12:		Line 12:
	=== Comments travel with your data ===		=== Comments travel with your data ===

	Both the comment thread and the activity history for a task come along automatically when you ~~export~~ a project. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].		Both the comment thread and the activity history for a task come along automatically when you back up a project. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].

	=== Related pages ===		=== Related pages ===

Nerdofepic at 03:34, 3 September 2026

2026-09-03T03:34:49Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:34, 3 September 2026
Line 19:		Line 19:
	* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|Formatting Text]]		* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|Formatting Text]]
	* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles\|Permissions and Roles]]		* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles\|Permissions and Roles]]

			[[Category:RefractTrack]]

Nerdofepic at 00:12, 29 August 2026

2026-08-29T00:12:18Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:12, 29 August 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
	== Comments and Activity ~~Log~~ ==		== Comments and Activity ==

	~~Each~~ task ~~detail~~ page has two tabs:		Every task's page has two tabs, kept deliberately separate so discussion and history don't get tangled together:

	* '''Comments''' — free-~~text~~ discussion, ~~rendered through~~ the [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|~~markdown subset~~]]~~. Posting requires <code><nowiki>comments:create</nowiki></code>; viewing requires <code><nowiki>comments:view</nowiki></code>~~.		* '''Comments''' — free-form discussion between teammates, with the same light [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|text formatting]] available everywhere else.
	* '''Activity''' — an ~~automatically~~-~~generated, system~~-~~written history~~ of what happened to the task ~~(stage~~ changes, review-status changes, ~~field~~ edits, ~~etc~~.~~), kept separate from human discussion so~~ the ~~two don~~'~~t get mixed together~~.		* '''Activity''' — an automatic, always up-to-date log of what's actually happened to the task: column changes, review-status changes, edits, and so on, written by RefractTrack itself rather than by a person. This is also where you'll see a note if you and a teammate happened to edit the same field on a task at the same time — see [[RefractTrack_Tasks\|Tasks]] for how that's handled.

	~~Both~~ comment and system entries share the same underlying <code><nowiki>task_activity</nowiki></code> table, distinguished by an <code><nowiki>entry_type</nowiki></code> column (<code><nowiki>comment</nowiki></code> vs. system-generated).		=== Editing a comment ===

	~~=== Editing~~ comments ~~===~~		You can edit your own comments after posting; admins can edit anyone's if needed. Older versions of an edited comment are kept, not thrown away, so there's always a clear record of what was actually said and when.

	Users can edit their own comments after posting (<code><nowiki>comments:edit</nowiki></code>); admins can edit anyone's. '''Edit history is preserved''' rather than overwritten — so a comment's prior wording remains visible/auditable rather than silently disappearing when it's changed.		=== Comments travel with your data ===

	~~=== Export ===~~		Both the comment thread and the activity history for a task come along automatically when you export a project. See [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].

	Both ~~comments~~ and ~~system~~ activity ~~entries~~ for a task ~~are included~~ when ~~exporting~~ a project ~~— see~~ [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import\|Export and Import]].

	=== Related pages ===		=== Related pages ===

	* [[RefractTrack_Tasks\|Tasks]]		* [[RefractTrack_Tasks\|Tasks]]
	* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|~~Markdown~~ Formatting]]		* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting\|Formatting Text]]
	* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles\|Permissions and Roles]]		* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles\|Permissions and Roles]]

Nerdofepic: Created page with "== Comments and Activity Log == Each task detail page has two tabs: * '''Comments''' — free-text discussion, rendered through the markdown subset. Posting requires `comments:create`; viewing requires `comments:view`. * '''Activity''' — an automatically-generated, system-written history of what happened to the task (stage changes, review-status changes, field edits, etc.), k..."

2026-08-27T23:24:48Z

Created page with "== Comments and Activity Log == Each task detail page has two tabs: * '''Comments''' — free-text discussion, rendered through the markdown subset. Posting requires <code><nowiki>comments:create</nowiki></code>; viewing requires <code><nowiki>comments:view</nowiki></code>. * '''Activity''' — an automatically-generated, system-written history of what happened to the task (stage changes, review-status changes, field edits, etc.), k..."

New page

== Comments and Activity Log ==

Each task detail page has two tabs:

* '''Comments''' — free-text discussion, rendered through the [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|markdown subset]]. Posting requires <code><nowiki>comments:create</nowiki></code>; viewing requires <code><nowiki>comments:view</nowiki></code>.
* '''Activity''' — an automatically-generated, system-written history of what happened to the task (stage changes, review-status changes, field edits, etc.), kept separate from human discussion so the two don't get mixed together.

Both comment and system entries share the same underlying <code><nowiki>task_activity</nowiki></code> table, distinguished by an <code><nowiki>entry_type</nowiki></code> column (<code><nowiki>comment</nowiki></code> vs. system-generated).

=== Editing comments ===

Users can edit their own comments after posting (<code><nowiki>comments:edit</nowiki></code>); admins can edit anyone's. '''Edit history is preserved''' rather than overwritten — so a comment's prior wording remains visible/auditable rather than silently disappearing when it's changed.

=== Export ===

Both comments and system activity entries for a task are included when exporting a project — see [[RefractTrack_Export_and_Import|Export and Import]].

=== Related pages ===

* [[RefractTrack_Tasks|Tasks]]
* [[RefractTrack_Markdown_Formatting|Markdown Formatting]]
* [[RefractTrack_Permissions_and_Roles|Permissions and Roles]]