Future of the Forum

[Taggerung_of_Redwall]

I think there's more themese already on the board, Kilkenne.

I personally like the current theme I'm using, the original. Normal fotn size might be a bit too small for some though. It can always be enlarged though

[Mariel]

Papyrus is readable, but only when the font size is enormous, which makes scrolling annoying.

[Log a Log Grenn]

I'm not using papyrus I'm just using yellow

[Mariel]

I'm not using papyrus I'm just using yellow

What does "yellow" mean?  Your post doesn't look any different.

[Log a Log Grenn]

No the background for the website is yellow for me

[Taggerung_of_Redwall]

I don't see any extra themes on the board afterall.

Also, I can personally read the font at a very small level. That is on my personal basis, if someone can't other themes could be aviaiable. Regardless, I like papyrus

[Matthias720]

Papyrus does have a Redwall-esque feel to it.

[Superdreuzel]

Now I know this forum is only a few days old, but it's not too early to start thinking about what direction we want the forum to go in and discuss features we would like to see.

I, for one, would like to see some more boards that separate topics by theme, ie: Redwall Discussion, General Discussion, Board Issues, etc.. Also, I think it would be good to have a button next to the "last post made by [insert username here]" that would take you to the last post in that topic. Finally, it would be nice to have an option at the top of the screen, next to your username, that allows you to see a list of all topics posted in since your last visit.

Just some ideas I got from being on other forums. I hope y'all on the Redwall Abbey staff will consider these ideas, and the potential they bring.

I suggest a Role Playing section, where we can create our own characters in the wonderous world of Redwall and write down our own adventures. Such things are always fun!

[Mariel]

Yeah, that would be awesome!  Maybe we could fix up the role-playing thing separately from the Forum, so that you wouldn't have to be part of both if you didn't want to.

[Superdreuzel]

Yeah, that would be awesome!  Maybe we could fix up the role-playing thing separately from the Forum, so that you wouldn't have to be part of both if you didn't want to.

Well, we could either make a seperate board for it, or make another forum or something. Don't know what the moderators think is best?

[The Lady Shael]

Of course we don't know how much effort the Redwall Abbey staff is planning to put into this forum or if they will read this topic (you guys have been posting a lot, it might be too much for them to keep up with).

Instead of relying on redwall.org, we can always create our own websites or forums, or use the ones already out there. There are a couple sites I listed in the Redwall websites topic where Redwall role-playing forums are already set up.

[Matthias720]

There is something special though, about posting on the official Redwall forums.

[Mariel]

There is something special though, about posting on the official Redwall forums.

Yes, I feel like someone will assuredly read what I'm writing; it seems very permanent.

[The Lady Shael]

If anyone can get a hold of them, it would certainly be ideal. =)

However they haven't posted or updated since putting the forum up, so we don't even know if they intend to expand on this forum. I sent them a message several days ago and haven't gotten a reply. I'm just telling it like it is, we don't know if they have time or are willing to expand this forum into what you guys want. It takes a lot of time and effort to maintain a forum like that, and redwall.org has always been a low-maintenance website.

Just saying we shouldn't expect things from them or pile on responsibilities they may not want.

[Matthias720]

Yeah. I noticed they were on for a bit yesterday, and a brief time the day before that. My hope is that they will put some people in place to run the forum proactively, so that the forum will truly flourish.