WebbyB Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi, As lot of suggestions may have been overlooked due to the huge length the suggestions topic I thought i'd write some of my latest suggestions here to see what you think:Similar Topics Having Similar Topics listed under the thread, where the ammount to be shown is configured via the Admin control panel.Auto Email a user on their Birthday What a really nice touch it would be if in V.3.0 you could build into the functionality the ability for the Forum to Email a user on their birthday. It would be an automated message, I know other forums do this and I think it would be a really nice touch. Also it reminds them about the forum if they have been absent for a while.Targeted Custom Error Messages When someone tries to post in a forum or does something they should you always get the error message "You don't have permission to do that" - which is alright in some respects but I think it would help the not so Web-savy people out there, to know why they can't access a forum or do a certain action, for example: You can't access this forum as you need to validate your account please see the email we sent you or click here contact the administrator. (This could aloso be a or "re-send the activation email").Thread Tagging Allows users to Tag threads with related keywords, all keywords would then form a tag cloud. This could have a max cut-off point to stem the growth so it's manageable, again this is definable in the admin panel, including what member groups can tag etc.Stackable Badges Badges are a great way to give status to members, but at present it seems you can only assign 1x badge, would you consider giving the option to make badges stackable so if a member of the forum has earnt another status then 2 badges can sit under their username?Automatic Prefixs for Thread Titles Say you have a tutorials section or a Question and answers section, it would be great to define a "Topic Title Prefix for each Forum" so anyone that posts within their will automatically add Tutorial - Photoshop Brush Guide or Question - How do I do this? Automated welcome PM Configurable via the ACP - on/off - subject - message. So you can send an automated welcome message to everyone that registers to the board. I have to say, ALOT of my members loved it when they joined to get a welcome message, it's such a nice and personal touch. Plus it's good to highlight what the board is about and direct them to interesting forums etc.Status Updates Don't suppose you have thought about "Status Updates" - much like Facebook you can quickly update your page with what you are doing, e.g. I'm off to a party tonight or Eeeek I have an Exam tomorrow? - and this message can also sit under your avatar on every post and also within your profile.Social Groups Ability to create/join a group..all done via your members control panel/profileProfile Area Thumbnail sizes! This would actually be VERY helpful!... You can specifiy the image post thumbnail size for posts within the ACP. Trouble is these sizes apply for the posts within a users profile... Can I suggest one of the follow please. 1. Disable images/attachments showing altogether within a users profile (under the posts and topics tab) or/and 2. Have a spearate option that allows you to spicify the dimensions of image attachments within a user profile area, that way it keeps the integrety of the boards layoutMail-Out: When sending in HTML format, to have the ability to specify what to display if the user has HTML disabled would be VERY beneficial. At present if it's disable on the email client then it's going to display the HTML code. which can really turn members off and may cause them to unsubscribe and even report as spam...Polls: The ability to create a "Poll Only" thread also a "keep votes private" option aswell. As you are into SEFURL's and SEO, can you also think about a Sitemap generator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markymids Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Some great suggestions here - I love the tag cloud idea - it would be very "web 2.0" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtibia Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I agree with all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTheme Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Some really great ideas! After reading all that, now I feel I'm going to be dissappointed if we don't see those additions. You just painted the picture of a dream forums. lol :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrigan Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I agree with some like the Topic prefixes but I know there is a way (already) to create Poll Only but it would be nice to have secret votes as I think that would help with integrity on my forum. I've been suggesting Social/Clubs for a while so I agree with that one. I think automated PMs and emails would be great, it would be awesome to just be able to setup events that auto PMs or auto emails the member (Post counts, birthday events, calender events and so forth. This would also give extra meaning to the calender which doesn't presently exist. Thread tagging CAN be good but just as useless if it isn't utilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanH Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I pretty much agree with everything you said! Great suggestions!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Nice ideas :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistleblower07 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Again, all good ideas - can we also have a live chat room that can be added. I know there are 3rd parties that do these but it would be nice feature if Invision could supply it as an add on. Quite happy to pay a subscription for it too. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTheme Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Again, all good ideas - can we also have a live chat room that can be added. I know there are 3rd parties that do these but it would be nice feature if Invision could supply it as an add on. Quite happy to pay a subscription for it too. Thanks. Definately agree on this too. I don't like parachat. I feel far more comfortable knowing I'm using IPS add-ons. Quality is a big issue for me, and IPS delivers every time without fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelle Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I aggree on all of the above. Those ideas look very similar to vbulletin 3.7. :D ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieTang Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I aggree on all of the above. Those ideas look very similar to vbulletin 3.7. :D ;) Yeah, but they should be better coded and less ugly than vB's. :P :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtibia Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 IPB need all if VB have more your stuff :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renita Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Wasn't there a modification around to PM/email people on their birthday? I can't find it, and I would love to automate that process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoLeRiNe` Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Wasn't there a modification around to PM/email people on their birthday? I can't find it, and I would love to automate that process!MICHAEL's mod. I use since the months. This is a perfect mod;http://www.devfuse.com/products/auto-birthday-greeter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrigan Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Well it would be nice to email things on other events like calendar events that they enter or the Admin enters. And also having the ability to email or PM appreciation on certain Post counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebbyB Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Thanks very much, glad you agree with these some suggestions, i'm looking forward to seeing what the full official IPS feature list will be, though appreicate this may be some time! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWT Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Nice suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Althaus Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I would like to see a throttled mass email option. Most forums are on shared hosts that limit the amount of emails sent per hour. It would be nice to have an option that would only send x number of emails (when sending a mass email, not regular board functions) per minute/5 mins/15 mins/...etc. For example: my webhost only allows 200 emails per hour. When my board membership reaches over 200 members, I won't be able to send out a newsletter to all 'my people' at once. I'll have to either only send to a few at a time or seek out other options (like using phplist). Just a suggestion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWT Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 While we're at this, I want a feature to display all the posts a member made in a topic. Sometimes, I want to see just posts from a certain member in a certain topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reformator Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 [b]Some really great ideas! [/b]After reading all that, now I feel I'm going to be dissappointed if we don't see those additions. You just painted the picture of a dream forums. lol :) Couldn't agree more! Really great suggestions! (w00t) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 lulz. Let's not spam too much. People will start to ignore welcome PMs, especially if they're default. I don't see all those email features as needed...and the welcome PM sends an email too... I don't know, I can really see forum owners over doing it with emails. I'd glady mark them as spam (most people don't know they can turn off emails from the forum admin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWT Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 There should be a notice to the member that his new topics/posts need to be approved by a moderator before it is visible. Often times, members have no clue why their posts/topics doesn't show up. Auto send a PM when their topics are approved. Allow BBcode to be used in topic titles, useful when you want a topic to be noticed. This is possible with vB, I've seen topic titles font sizes bigger than the others. Also, would be nice to show how many days remaining on a member's moderation preview and how many days since put on preview. The warn system needs a big overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWT Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 One last suggestion, this will be minor but it's nice to have some text to let the user to know to click to refresh the captcha image on all the forms containing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keven Fox Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Sorry for OT but not sure where else to post this, but can we expect some preview screens soon of some parts of 3.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubforums Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I hope I can post this... Something I have been wanting to see on the board is the ability for multiple attachment uploads. It can be very time consuming uploading one attachment at a time and I would think it would be a (relatively) easy feature to include. I hope it can rate some consideration, :) Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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