Re: Improvements to the forum ?
- Posted by ryanj Feb 01, 2015
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Let me explain a little more:
The forum can be viewed in two ways: "Topic List" (threads) or "Message List" (indiviual posts in chronological order). I propose changing the topic list to a categorized view.
A category filter section at the top lets you select any category or all categories with a dropdown box and a Filter button.
Below that, i could imagine a few different options. Show threads from all categories by default. Or, a few separate tables of threads of main categories. Or, a table that shows main categories and information about the last posted thread of each category, which you must click on to set the filter to show threads of the selected category. Perhaps the main categories could be something like: Project, Support, Development, Website, Other.
This would use the category system that is already in place. The difference is it allows categories to be assigned to threads not just individual posts, and it makes categories more useful. This would be different from most forums, which force threads to be put in specific sub-forums. My proposed system would let posts be assigned to multiple categories at the same time, so you can filter them in different ways. For example, threads related to WEE would be assigned to Project, Editor, Application, and WEE.
