IPBoard needs a useful member feedback system (not just stars)

[WWOOF Australia]

Is it possible for a feedback system to allow comments on a user's profile (like ebay) to be integrated into a future upgrade to IPB, with admin controls to limit the number of characters (ebay allows 80 characters, but we would like much more, perhaps 150 words/ 500 characters)

We would like this system was very controllable: ie:

• we would the ability to enable/disable members to review the feedback and approve or delete it BEFORE it was visible (or for administrators to remove offensive comments)
• we would like to enable/disable replies to feedback
• we would like to control the length of feedback
• we would like the ability to enable/disable feedback comments

We would also like the star system to rate a number of different things, so the ability to set up multiple categories of custom star ratings for members would be an excellent addition, ebay also has this for things like value for money, speed & cost of delivery, communications etc.

Many issues would be solved if there as the ability to add comments to the star rating selected, i.e. one star for "value for money" & a comment to say "I didn't buy this as it cost too much" would make it clear that a product itself was not rated, just the price. In our case we have Hosts and Guests, we would like them to be able to rate each other in terms of cleanliness, friendliness, cultural exchange etc so future Hosts/guests can make informed decisions about who to stay with or invite to stay.

We tried the star system alone several years ago and disabled it soon after when our Hosts started "rating" each other to boost their star ratings, even though they had never met. We would love a system that was less open to abuse & we think adding comments would greatly assist this.

[TracyIsland]

If you take a look at this third-party application, and read some of the reviews as well as the support topic, you'll see some people want to use it just for member-type reviews, at least that's what I got from it.

[WWOOF Australia]

Thanks surferboy, it looks good, but we are hoping Invision will incorporate such a system into their board, so all future upgrades will include it & improve on it.... maybe Invision could buy the rights to this one & incorporate it into the Board :)

[Neil2]

Apologies and usually I do not post when I disagree with someone's topic, but this is forum software forum means posting, socializing, creating topics, etc. if you want feedback etc go to facebook, twitter, or stay on e-bay.

This software is already leaning and moving away from it's roots and catering more towards the facebook, twitter, and other crap.

[TracyIsland]

Thanks surferboy, it looks good, but we are hoping Invision will incorporate such a system into their board, so all future upgrades will include it & improve on it.... maybe Invision could buy the rights to this one & incorporate it into the Board :smile:

I understand. I have wished the same thing on several other applications as well. It would be very useful to use on member's who post off-topic.

[jackflash]

Apologies and usually I do not post when I disagree with someone's topic, but this is forum software forum means posting, socializing, creating topics, etc. if you want feedback etc go to facebook, twitter, or stay on e-bay.

This software is already leaning and moving away from it's roots and catering more towards the facebook, twitter, and other crap.

Welcome to the new world order.

[GreenLinks]

Apologies and usually I do not post when I disagree with someone's topic, but this is forum software forum means posting, socializing, creating topics, etc. if you want feedback etc go to facebook, twitter, or stay on e-bay.

This software is already leaning and moving away from it's roots and catering more towards the facebook, twitter, and other crap.

I fully support this , not everything should be core functionality as adding more and more will only bloat the software.

[Woodsman]

IPS has been as you say cutting the fat from the software to the point customers are up in arms... I can already see this topic taking on a life of its own.

But in all reality cutting the fat in preparing for version 4 is essential... Adding to it I feel will be a rather large step backwards.

Applications, Modifications and Hooks paid or unpaid are also essential with some forums but not all and are on the most part upgraded to comply with each board version.

In comparison, the total numbers of legal boards out there using any one particular application, mod or hook is not as great as we all may think ask any one of the developers... I don't think they are ready to retire early on their riches.

What you are asking for may be a benefit to you and a small number of users but not to client-el as a whole. This is what the Marketplace is for as the topic Modification support.

Another direction my Insanity travels to is core... To integrate as you speak of is one more set of scripts to be added and maintained by IPS Support as another freebe rather than the current paid mod of the developer. 2 problems I see here already. People complaining about the additional pricing or "You added this Crap but took out my favorites in the name of bloat reduction"...

There are already enough Big Headed chronic complainers typing real big tough guy words out here where face to face they would rather wet themselves before saying word one.

[Jυra]

Why can't people make up how they feel and know about someone based on their content and behavior?

[Royzee]

I think Bug Tracker from Market Place works fine for any kind of feedback.

[Rheddy]

We don't need a feedback system integrated into IPB. What for? To say "I like this member" or "I think this user is hot". Ack! If I wanted feedback in user profiles, I'd go to eBay or Amazon.

[Woodsman]

We don't need a feedback system integrated into IPB. What for? To say "I like this member" or "I think this user is hot". Ack! If I wanted feedback in user profiles, I'd go to eBay or Amazon.

I Agree,

For a minor few this may be a good thing. But for the majority well again it will be a waste not to mention another headache if and when it fails...

[# AleX]

Most serious boards have some form of Classified Lists or other that require feedback. If IPS develops that kind of app with good feedback capabilities I and lots of others would buy it. Maybe it even outsells some of the other apps...

[Jυra]

Serious forums is so vague. I don't even know what that means.

[GreenLinks]

Most serious boards have some form of Classified Lists or other that require feedback. If IPS develops that kind of app with good feedback capabilities I and lots of others would buy it. Maybe it even outsells some of the other apps...

If the board is serious ( honestly have no idea what that means and i only expect it is related to a business forum )the owner should not be afraid on investing for a uniqiue classified and review system for his board.

You simply can't expect IPB build everything for you.

[Mario Thomas]

Apologies and usually I do not post when I disagree with someone's topic, but this is forum software forum means posting, socializing, creating topics, etc. if you want feedback etc go to facebook, twitter, or stay on e-bay.

This software is already leaning and moving away from it's roots and catering more towards the facebook, twitter, and other crap.

This reminds me the famous exclamations in the Blackberry headquarters by their CEO some years ago as the iPhone was launched:

"Blackberries will never play that multimedia crap, we are a business provider!"

(we all know how the story went...)

[# AleX]

If the board is serious ( honestly have no idea what that means and i only expect it is related to a business forum )the owner should not be afraid on investing for a uniqiue classified and review system for his board.

You simply can't expect IPB build everything for you.

My English is not that good but by serious you should understand is definition as an attributive. Something substantial in terms of size, number or quality, related to business or not. My money is as good here as everywhere else but I would like to leave the money here and have all software from one source. Is that a lot to ask? I run a SMF board for 10 years and it was and is still free so from them I can't expect everything but from IPB I can as ask for (not demand) whatever I want. IPB does it, puts a price in it and I buy it if I like it. I'm sure someone once said that IPB should have a Chat room and probably someone said that was useless too, but there she is...

I mean, if I cant expect IPB to do things for me to get or buy, or at least listen to what I have to say, why should I change from SMF? I'm still using that so if I'm not upgrading to a better solution I should probably stay where I am.

BTW, I will also need a simple blog, should I get Wordpress? No! Because IPB already did it for me! Who would expect that?

[Royzee]

BTW, I will also need a simple blog, should I get Wordpress? No! Because IPB already did it for me! Who would expect that?

IP.Blog barely qualifies if all, as a true blog. It is more like a sub-forum masquerading as a blog.

[# AleX]

I know. I didn't bought it yet because of that, but I think it will suffice. The same concept could be used on the core package to let admins control and users reply to their feedback which then could be used on lots of other apps.

[Mario Thomas]

IP.Blog barely qualifies if all, as a true blog. It is more like a sub-forum masquerading as a blog.

IP.Blog barely qualifies as a true blog? ...and.... what is then a true blog for you? I don't see any differences between IP.Blogs and Wordpress Blogs actually and I use both.

What barely qualifies as a true blog is Joomla or Expression Engine or some other CMS but IP.Blog does exactly that = Blogs.

[Royzee]

IP.Blog barely qualifies as a true blog? ...and.... what is then a true blog for you? I don't see any differences between IP.Blogs and Wordpress Blogs actually and I use both.

What barely qualifies as a true blog is Joomla or Expression Engine or some other CMS but IP.Blog does exactly that = Blogs.

If you were a blogger for about 10 years ( as I was before I switched to a forum ) you would know that there is a world of difference.

[Jυra]

IP.Blog isn't even near like Wordpress.com or any other sites like it.

IP.Blog to a stand alone blog using Wordpress is even further incomparable.

I don't believe IPS has the resources to compete with Wordpress or other blogging software. I wish they did.

[Mario Thomas]

If you were a blogger for about 10 years ( as I was before I switched to a forum ) you would know that there is a world of difference.

I've been a (b)logger for more than 10 years, when things like personal computers did not even exist, or in more recent time when things like Wordpress did not even exist. I started my (b)logged as a kid using a notebook (in paper) and years later in the internet era I made my own Blog using a custom database on the web, then I used pMachine (now Expression Engine) and narrated my one year trip in Australia in my own made blog using a cellphone and an iBook G3 from the dessert over wireless.

And the concept of a blog is the same now, 10 years ago or 500 years ago, be on IP.Blogs, Wordpress, Blogger or bloody piece of paper, is a place where you write your views and experiencies about something, be your own life, or external concepts, which method you use to put it down in words makes no difference.

Photography is the same now as it was 100 years ago, lights get into something and you get an impression of that moment be on negative, paper or digital, it makes no difference.

Don't get confused between WHAT you do with HOW you do it.

You can do it using a Forum or with Roll of Toilet paper, as some prisioners used to do it in the Franco era in Spain on their cells when did not get paper to write all the things happening in ther prisions.

And yes, you can use IP.Blogs to put down those views and experiences in words and makes that job with easy... :baby:

[Mario Thomas]

I don't believe IPS has the resources to compete with Wordpress or other blogging software. I wish they did.

I wish Wordpress has the resources to compete with IPS in many many aspects...

• A real Calendar implemented in the core.
• Real Community Features
• A Facebook Connect
• A Google Sign in
• Real Forums and not the bbPress - buddypress jokes
• A real Photo Gallery for users
• A Twitter Sign in
• Integrated Suscriptions system (no plugins)
• A Chat (that doesn't suck)
• A secure platform (we all know how little secure is Wordpress)
• Support from Wordpress developers (Automattic) that does not cost $15.000 a year

Yes I love wordpress but has many flows as with IPS...

Both are terrific CMS but as a Community Platform and many other uses Wordpress is not a match to IPS.

[Jυra]

Wordpress doesn't need the resources to make those features default. Most of those things you list can be done with Wordpress. IPB can be used with Wordpress.