Sqrl said: ioi I have a number of design ideas for you, just going to share them here and I hope folks will have a chance to comment on which ones they like and which ones they don't like.
1) "NEW!" - Some way of marking a thread so that it is readily apparent that it has a new post since the last time you have checked the thread. Is here, Icon befor the thread 2) "Goto Post" - A link on the forum level listing next to each thread that you have posted in that opens the page and takes you to your most recent post in that thread. Agreed also a "Goto first unread post".
5) Predictions - New feature entitled "Predict THIS!". Step 1) Mod adds new prediction (ie "What will be the final LTD of Wii sales on Jan 1 2008?", along with this he sets a cut-off date for making the prediction and a "Lock-In" period for the prediction. Step 2) People go into their profile and can choose to enter into as many of these predictions as they want. Any prediction made is publicly viewable in the profile, and once the result of a prediction comes in the prediction and the result will be posted at the bottom of the signature of that user until the "Lock-In" period is over. So basicly include the Prediction league in the profile?
6) 5 second post delay to cut down on double posts What would help me is that i can't post empty. Somethimes I hit the middle mouse button to scroll on the reply button and make an empty post.
8) Thread Ban - I really think the idea of a thread ban could be very successful. Basically by allowing mods to stop people before they get going without forcing them to stop posting altogether would be a useful addition to the mod arsenal. Particularly for allowing the mods to stop an ongoing problem while they consult another mod for possible further action instead of allowing it to continue while talking to stof, ben, you, etc... Could work 9) Reviews Section - I already mentioned this one to you and I still like the idea of a review section, especially if you set up the forum in an alphabetized setup making it easy to find games and allow a special search feature just for reviews. If you threw in a specialized topic starter interface to allow for setting sub-scores and final scores you could do some interesting things at the forum level, and it would provide a sortable field for review scores. Possibly require a certain number of posts for users to utilize this also. And have some strict rules for abusing it.
Everybody can add reviews to the game directly. The problem is that it so hidden. 10) Topic Starter Title Edits - PLEASE!!!!!
AGREEED!!!!! 11) User specified posts per page - Allowing the user to set how many posts per page in their profile would be nice for some of the folks who maybe have more or less bandwidth/memory than normal. PS - I would still love a scaling width layout for the site...but I realize I am in the minority with my monitor of Doom =)
Yup. 12) OH, and "Thread Start Ban" - A certain someone is notorious for pointless threads. Perhaps one of these bans would help give them incentive to lay off of the frivolous topics a bit. I don't think just one or two random threads warrants action but constant pointless threads is ...well annoying.
Nope 13) E-mail updates - Allow users to get email updates, you can use this to let folks know when all the results are in for a given week and when you have big anouncements to make. This would not be as big of a feature for regulars as it would be for folks who visit occasionally and it might get people to sign up for an account and/or visit the site a bit more.
You will be suprised :o) 14) Donating Member - For folks who donate cash to the site you should give them either a special title denoting their contribution or perhaps an avatar? Something to point out and highlight the folks who are helping out.
Well a other donating system would be cool somehow. It should cost me personal nothing to give ioi the money by a bank transfer, (living in E.U.) but I don't have a paypal account. 15) Image Extraction - This one might be a bit harder but the basic idea is that you would allow people who are looking at a graph to download an image of that graph (or have it saved to the site itself) so they can link that graph in a thread rather than having 100 people come and look at the same graph over and over again. That could be easy if the graph is done in PHP as JPG anyway. That shouldn't be to hard to implent. I implementet charts at work, it realy isn't hard. |