Future of the Forum

Matthias720 · June 11, 2011, 05:45:19 PM

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.

Log a Log Grenn · June 11, 2011, 05:55:45 PM

Yeah I really want more topics and threads
Cool idea

Taggerung_of_Redwall · June 11, 2011, 06:06:16 PM

Of all things this board needs, spoiler warnings are defiantly up there.

Two points of such notice:

1). Spoiler Tags.
This board has some serious good tags. However, a spoiler tag is lacking. Its purpose would be to hide a portion of a post in a seperate box, thus warning users that a spoiler is contained within. There's a lot of possibilty to ruin Redwall themed-things for people that haven't read all the books or whatever yet.

I don't know, anyone think this would be remotely useful or worth bothering about?

The Lady Shael · June 11, 2011, 06:08:54 PM

I completely agree. More forums will definitely help this place grow. SMF has a lot of useful options and mods (RWL uses SMF too), a lot of it is just taking time to peruse the admin controls and switching stuff on and off.

Log a Log Grenn · June 11, 2011, 06:09:49 PM

Yes I like the second idea
I've only read up to the Taggerung so please don't talk about anything after that for me

Matthias720 · June 11, 2011, 06:12:52 PM

I'm on another forum that uses SMF, and alot of the features there really improve the experience of being a member and posting. So I agree with you wholeheartedly, Shael.

Taggerung_of_Redwall · June 11, 2011, 06:14:06 PM

I've not had much experince with SMF myself. It's definately not bad, though I'd say.

Matthias720 · June 11, 2011, 06:25:05 PM

Just had a thought:

We don't even have an admin/mod team yet. We should have at one or two people to watch over the board at this point, in case anything should happen, ie: flame war.

What do you guys think?

The Lady Shael · June 11, 2011, 06:42:19 PM

A moderation team will definitely be necessary at the rate this forum will grow. That's all up to Redwall Abbey though, I'm not sure what their plan is.

Taggerung_of_Redwall · June 11, 2011, 06:50:56 PM

Redwall Abbey seems for now to be around just fine to monitor the forum. That will, of course, change over time

Matthias720 · June 11, 2011, 06:59:33 PM

Agreed. However, it's good to make preparations for the future.

Log a Log Grenn · June 12, 2011, 11:05:59 AM

Hopefully we'll get lots of members

Matthias720 · June 12, 2011, 03:45:11 PM

What do all of you think about getting a Forum Games section in here soon?

Log a Log Grenn · June 12, 2011, 04:51:21 PM

Yeah I know great forum games I'm on 6 others

Kilkenne · June 13, 2011, 03:03:55 AM

Honestly the thing that I most hope for the future of this forum is a break from papyrus to make things infinitely more readable. Outside of that, I'm assuming that there's already some kind of plan for something other than just a general discussion board; I'm sure there'll be subforums in the (near?) future.

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Future of the Forum