The Geek

Would like to see a necro bump feature.

Sometimes you have a user that likes to go back and comment on an old post.

Other users, not paying attention to the original date then comment.

In the ACP there would be a setting where you define the amount of time to pass before this shows up 30, 60, 90days etc.

Then in the thread, when a new post is made after the time designated in the ACP, a message will show between the last post and the most recent one "[color="#8b0000"]Necro Bump! There have been XX days between previous and next post.[/color]"

Like it - as long as it still allows you to post. Even if not, the name alone is reasona enough for it to get a thumbs up from me

Might be a better idea to have a check box when you sign up.

That way people know its there when they first join

Nice suggestion!

Well, I would say that its not a leap to say that email notifications bring people back and therefore regardless of what forums did it before, it is a good idea.

Dare I say in vB it was easily switched off in your usercp which could be also be overridden via a setting option in the post editor.

Couldn't you just do this with a template conditional? Reason I mention is that I think its a really rather specific requirement that may be much easier to accomplish that way.

HTHs

I'd love to see "ad blocks" that can be switched on and off, but rather, I'd like to be able to choose my own ad code (eg, other than Google). I think this is the one feature missing from IPB that a lot of people would use out the box. Sure, sure, IPB is designed to look pretty, but a lot of forums have ads and they often don't "fit" into the board. IPB by default can handle one or two banner ads at the top and bottom, but smaller ads elsewhere...it takes some work to move things around to make them fit in. A custom designed system built in would, IMO, work a lot better.

Agreed, I am trying to set up a global advertising block and it would be great if it was more straight forward and fast to do.

Allow displaying the profile picture in topic vie (a replacement of the avatar).

I like this idea. Avatars are the visual representation of the user. I find it inconsistent to sometimes see an avatar and sometimes see a picture.

Click My Settings, then click the Forums tab. "Manage Watched Topics" and "Manage Watched Forums"

Ah, I use FF usually. I'd submit that as a bug report in that case.

Thanks for the Brandon. Think I'll add it as a link to the users drop down list to make it easier to navigate to. I don't want to deviate from the topic, but it would also be nice for the list to default to only show those with new entries.

I do like the way its broken down by forum. What about if you are watching a blog or comments?

This can be done via IP.Content and via the built in Portal, depending on your specific needs.

ok

Can you clarify this one? What needs to be made easier exactly?

tbh, the only place I have found my watched topics is on the forumdisplay page.

You can already edit posts inline using AJAX. Or were you meaning something else?

Yup - odd, it was a request from a mod.

It already works this way. I use that functionality all the time in fact.

Doesn't work in IE8 for me. Enter a bunch of lines, highlight them and click one of the list options. I get a <li> under my selection

Thanks!

I am an IP.noob (I am getting immense mileage out of that one) fresh from vBS. My site is a mid sized (1m post) site. I have just spent the last few hours with my mod team and we have come up with this list. Some are duplicates (yes, I read all 18 freaking pages), but all important to how my mods are used to working.

- Soft delete. This is mega important to our site as it allows us to comment and undelete if needed. Also allows users to delete without us going "wha?". This isn't just for threads, but posts as well.

- Reputation comments. This is missed right now. People LOVE to get thanked and know who did it. Maybe even an option to make it public so the + rep and comment could show in an activity stream and/or profile. That would be win.

- Ajax quick reply. With how jaxed up IPB is, would have thought this would be a given. Saves a lot of bandwidth and time + IMO it creates a more user fluid environment. On that note, I do like how vB4's quick reply would pop up under the post you were replying to. That was a nice improvement in usability.

- Delete as spam - this is a much missed option that allowed us to delete a thread inline, ban the spammer and delete all their other threads all in 1 go.

- A 'whats new' portal page that will give you a snapshot in configurable blocks of whats new before focusing on specific areas of the site. I am kind of assuming this can be done with IP.Content, but haven't gotten a chance to try yet. This could also serve as a member home page. Maybe not configurable per user, but configurable via admin - that would be very hot.

- A contact page? I sort of assumed there would be a contact us page. Didn't realise until reading this thread there wasn't

- Easier way to view watched content

- Easy way to manage a 'global' sidebar.

- Swap between editors via ajax

- Inline edit via ajax

- When using the RTE editor, be able to select a block of text and use the list button to turn it into a list.

- Another user mentioned a vB mod called 'Live topic'. That was very swish and popular. The idea made the forums (and other areas governed by comments) very interactive.

I saw a few other suggestions that I have had experience with so I thought I would share. Clearly this is only my opinion and what didn't work for me could work for 99.9% of other people. I just thought I would share my experience through running a fair sized board as well as working on a lot of other vB sites. Take it with a pinch salt.

- Social Groups. We tried social groups and it just didn't work. At least don't use vB as an example as I honestly do not know of 1 vB site where social groups are a success. With some more thought I am sure they could have been made more prevalent in the community.

- I have 6 moderators on my site. I don't think any of them have ever used the ModCP.

- I don't know of many vB sites where tags have really worked well. Its one of those things that everyone wants, but no one really seems to use. In order for tags to be effective, they need to be used consistently. Forum users are not consistent with tag entry. There are mods on vB that helped with this, but then you end up with a lot of superfluous tags too.


Anyhooo - Hope this helps. I may be back with more as we play more :D