Making PH More User Friendly
Melodie
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Post by Melodie on Jul 16, 2015 18:40:17 GMT
I have no idea what the range of customization that can be done with this board is, but I do have a few suggestions for making it more user friendly if these things are possible Oh, and this is not me complaining, I'm just trying to help make PH easier to use for everyone Since you've all used HH, I know you can all imagine what I'm talking about here 1. Notifications. Is there any way to put a button somewhere on the top bar for notifications? You know, a button that you can click that shows you your notifications At the moment, we have to go through our profile's to get to notifications which is a tad annoying at times. 2. How about a view new content type section? Before, I always hung out in the View New Content section where I was able to see everything that was going on. We have that here, sort of. Its just called 'Recent Threads' and is way at the bottom of the home page where its hard to even find 3. Status updating is weird here.... I imagine you all know what I mean... It just doesn't function in the same way as I'm used too... If everyone else is cool with that, then its cool with me too though 4. No 'About Me' pages here. I just kind of liked having that before... 5. Is it possible to make it so its says what country a person is from under their picture on the sidebar? I really loved that before and it does help in some conversations. For example if a person is looking for a type of pet food its good to know whatcountry they are in at a glance so you know what is or isn't available to them Also it was just cool to see all the nationalities Hmm, that's all I can think of at the moment, and again, I don't know what all is actually possible. Just thought I'd through some ideas out there
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ping
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Post by ping on Jul 16, 2015 19:02:40 GMT
Hi Melodie Great to see you here!! To be honest, we're all learning the forum software ourselves, so you can expect to see a bunch of new features and tweaks coming up as we figure them out I know Azayles is going to be looking at the nitty-gritty coding stuff over this weekend. I used ProBoards YEEEEEEEEEEEEEARS ago, and some of what you mentioned isn't possible, I don't think, or at least it wasn't back then. One tip I *can* give, is to set your bookmark to the "recent threads", so you go straight there rather than to the home page. I'll look into a way of making that link a bit more easy to reach
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 16, 2015 19:36:33 GMT
The first three should be linkable on the top bit, where it says home, help, search and so on. I've recently got Amy to give me Tier 2 admin privileges, which was no mean feat seeing as getting her to do anything is like tryna nail jelly to a tree ;) The country thing? I'm less sure about, but I shall endeavour to look! I want to also try to add different gender options, seeing as that was in demand on that other forum. These at very different times, after all! I'm going to Amy's tomorrow and will be there a number of days, so should be able to use her desktop confuser to have a play with some code.
Thanks for the suggestions, Mel! Everyone else, keep em coming!
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Melodie
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Post by Melodie on Jul 16, 2015 22:36:15 GMT
I see a 'Recent' tab has been added now. That already makes things feel much better Thanks!
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 16, 2015 22:39:31 GMT
OK I've been playing around and discovered the following: Notifications The link to these seems to relative to the profile URL, so unfortunately I can't put a global link on the top bar that'll link to notifications for everyone, cause it'd only ever work with whatever profile I linked to Things like updates on threads you've posted in can be accessed by clicking the "Participated" button at the top right. If it says "New" in front of it, you have new activity on threads you've posted in (subscribed to, if you like) New content Until I discover a better solution, I've linked the new content to a link at the TOP of the forum, echoing the link at the very bottom. This at least makes it easier to find Status Updating Status updating IS weird, I'll give you that! I expected a neat list down one side. There *might* be a plugin I can install for that functionality. Shall have a further mess about About me I'm sure I've seen something like that on here. Damned if I can find it now Shall keep looking! Country icon Not touched on this yet, but certainly shall. You're right that it's invaluable in determining the type of advice us members give to those in need of help
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 16, 2015 22:40:52 GMT
I see a 'Recent' tab has been added now. That already makes things feel much better Thanks! No worries! I knew I'd seen the navbar settings earlier, and it looked simple enough to do
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Melodie
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Post by Melodie on Jul 17, 2015 6:08:29 GMT
OK I've been playing around and discovered the following: Notifications The link to these seems to relative to the profile URL, so unfortunately I can't put a global link on the top bar that'll link to notifications for everyone, cause it'd only ever work with whatever profile I linked to Things like updates on threads you've posted in can be accessed by clicking the "Participated" button at the top right. If it says "New" in front of it, you have new activity on threads you've posted in (subscribed to, if you like) New content Until I discover a better solution, I've linked the new content to a link at the TOP of the forum, echoing the link at the very bottom. This at least makes it easier to find Status Updating Status updating IS weird, I'll give you that! I expected a neat list down one side. There *might* be a plugin I can install for that functionality. Shall have a further mess about About me I'm sure I've seen something like that on here. Damned if I can find it now Shall keep looking! Country icon Not touched on this yet, but certainly shall. You're right that it's invaluable in determining the type of advice us members give to those in need of help Sounds like its coming along great I have one more small request though, that I think should be real easy for you: Could we possibly have an Agony Aunt type section? Its nice to have a place to vent/rant every now and again It just came to me, since I have got a lot of friend drama going on right now (to do with that friend of mine who's living with me for the summer) and really felt like telling somebody everything....
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 17, 2015 6:36:18 GMT
OK I've been playing around and discovered the following: Notifications The link to these seems to relative to the profile URL, so unfortunately I can't put a global link on the top bar that'll link to notifications for everyone, cause it'd only ever work with whatever profile I linked to Things like updates on threads you've posted in can be accessed by clicking the "Participated" button at the top right. If it says "New" in front of it, you have new activity on threads you've posted in (subscribed to, if you like) New content Until I discover a better solution, I've linked the new content to a link at the TOP of the forum, echoing the link at the very bottom. This at least makes it easier to find Status Updating Status updating IS weird, I'll give you that! I expected a neat list down one side. There *might* be a plugin I can install for that functionality. Shall have a further mess about About me I'm sure I've seen something like that on here. Damned if I can find it now Shall keep looking! Country icon Not touched on this yet, but certainly shall. You're right that it's invaluable in determining the type of advice us members give to those in need of help Sounds like its coming along great I have one more small request though, that I think should be real easy for you: Could we possibly have an Agony Aunt type section? Its nice to have a place to vent/rant every now and again It just came to me, since I have got a lot of friend drama going on right now (to do with that friend of mine who's living with me for the summer) and really felt like telling somebody everything.... Good idea Mel! I thought about an agony aunt board yesterday, I don't know why I didn't add one! It's up now, I *think* I've set it so guests can see it, but can't read threads. I'll know for sure once you make a thread
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Melodie
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Post by Melodie on Jul 17, 2015 6:40:59 GMT
Sounds like its coming along great I have one more small request though, that I think should be real easy for you: Could we possibly have an Agony Aunt type section? Its nice to have a place to vent/rant every now and again It just came to me, since I have got a lot of friend drama going on right now (to do with that friend of mine who's living with me for the summer) and really felt like telling somebody everything.... Good idea Mel! I thought about an agony aunt board yesterday, I don't know why I didn't add one! It's up now, I *think* I've set it so guests can see it, but can't read threads. I'll know for sure once you make a thread Ok, I see it now. It's late and I'm heading to bed now, so I'll write that post in the morning. Glad I could help you make this place awesome Its actually kind of neat to have so much input on this
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 17, 2015 6:45:48 GMT
Good idea Mel! I thought about an agony aunt board yesterday, I don't know why I didn't add one! It's up now, I *think* I've set it so guests can see it, but can't read threads. I'll know for sure once you make a thread Ok, I see it now. It's late and I'm heading to bed now, so I'll write that post in the morning. Glad I could help you make this place awesome Its actually kind of neat to have so much input on this And thank you FOR that help We couldn't make this place what it is, and what it's fast becoming, without all the lovely members here We certainly value any and all input! Hope to hear from you soon
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