New Forum Features
Alright, I know it's been about a month since I upgraded the site's forum software, so chances are most of you already know about the majority of the forum's newer features, but for posterity's sake, I'll spell out some of the more noteworthy ones:
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 364416)
You should notice a few new options on the message posting box, such as a button which prompts you to download a built-in spellchecker
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Re: New Forum Features
http://www.movieforums.com/community...ad.php?t=13071
:eek: What happened to needing 20 posts before starting a thread? And can we have it back... |
Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Thursday Next (Post 364819)
http://www.movieforums.com/community...ad.php?t=13071
:eek: What happened to needing 20 posts before starting a thread? And can we have it back... I think the best compromise is to implement a modification wherein users cannot post links until they have a few posts under their belts. It'll still have some of the problems of the old minimum (people posting filler), but it'd probably cut down on the bulk of the spam, which is one-and-done, and it wouldn't present any real hurdles to new members, which is obviously something I'd like to avoid. |
Re: New Forum Features
Are the reviews new or has that been around forever and I'm just now noticing it.
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 364894)
Are the reviews new or has that been around forever and I'm just now noticing it.
In case anyone's wondering, the two primary criteria for addition to the reviews area are length (most of the reviews on the forums are just a paragraph or two) and polish (most of the reviews on the forums are more casual and conversational). |
Re: New Forum Features
Yeah I just followed your link to your review of those ninja turtle-thingies and was a little confused as to where I actually was. It's cool, but you should definitely change the upper corner of the page, the buttons are completely indiscernible...It'll die again if you don't make them more visible.
Edit: Well come to think of it, I think it's a little redundant. We have a reviews subforum that is perfectly visible, and a small linky-type thing on the right side already, another section for reviews seems like overkill really. Maybe that's why it died the first time. |
Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 364897)
Yeah I just followed your link to your review of those ninja turtle-thingies and was a little confused as to where I actually was. It's cool, but you should definitely change the upper corner of the page, the buttons are completely indiscernible...It'll die again if you don't make them more visible.
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 364897)
Edit: Well come to think of it, I think it's a little redundant. We have a reviews subforum that is perfectly visible, and a small linky-type thing on the right side already, another section for reviews seems like overkill really.
Anyway, I think there's a significant difference between traditional movie reviews and reviews posted on the forum. Forumgoers don't always want to worry about comprehensiveness, structure, or even grammar and spelling. Sometimes they just want to share their thoughts with their friends. That's perfectly cool, and the site needs that, but I think it benefits from having more traditional reviews, too, for new visitors who perhaps want the more dettached, objective take that traditional movie reviews strive for.
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 364897)
Maybe that's why it died the first time.
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 364899)
I don't quite follow; you mean the word "Reviews" at the top above the image of the popcorn? If so, are you using a very high resolution?
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Re: New Forum Features
OK, I keep opening my User CP. That use to be the home button. You deleted that, and added the "new posts" button, didn't you? Either that, or I am just now noticing that one. Either way, the home button is gone, and I need more sleep. heheh
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 364914)
I'm using 1024x768, that isn't too high I think. I mean the word and the button under it, they're too low key. I'm speaking from the user point of view, I remember it took me a long time to notice those things when I first joined...I think that maybe if the buttons were the colour they change into when you hover the mouse over them it would be better.
Maybe if the normal and highlighted state of the links were inverted? ;) EDIT - Doh! The colour change is exactly what adi is talking about... :rolleyes: |
Re: New Forum Features
I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised at this. For one, the design's been up, oh, 5-6 years, and no one's ever said anything like this before, to my memory. And the buttons are far larger (and more prominent) than the navigation on the overwhelming majority of sites.
Having them highlight all the time is an interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure that would look rather over-the-top; I mean, that's six very bright colors side-by-side, after all. I might throw together a test page of sorts over the next couple of days (might not be back at my home desk until tomorrow) to see how it looks, however, to be on the safe side. There's also the issue of the designer; he was a brililant designer who never really steered me wrong, and knew design inside and out. Even if I did not trust his judgement (and I most emphatically do), but I'm pretty poor with graphics, myself, which limits the degree to which I can make most changes, anyway. All that said, I'll mess around over the next few days and see what I can come up with. Destiny: you're not crazy. The "New Posts" link has always been there, but yes, I removed the "Home" link. I may need some more links there in the near future, and it occurred to me that there's already a "Movie Forums" link immediately beneath the "Home" link, as well as the "Forums" button along the top, so I figured we could do without it. If it's any consolation, I've hit the User CP link by accident a few times, too. :laugh: |
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How long do reviews need to be and how polished roughly? Last time i looked there were couple reviews for the same movie and only about 6 up, which in my opinion, isn't such a good thing.
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Pyro Tramp (Post 364925)
How long do reviews need to be and how polished roughly?
I should point out that I'm more than willing to do some minor editing for people who'd rather not worry too much about grammar, and don't mind me fiddling with the occasional sentence structure.
Originally Posted by Pyro Tramp (Post 364925)
Last time i looked there were couple reviews for the same movie and only about 6 up, which in my opinion, isn't such a good thing.
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Noticed the other reviews when i went back there a few times later, but was just an observation from kinda outsider view that 33% of reviews you're introduced to are for the 300 that most people have probably seen anyway already, and that turned me off initially.
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Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Pyro Tramp (Post 364929)
Noticed the other reviews when i went back there a few times later, but was just an observation from kinda outsider view that 33% of reviews you're introduced to are for the 300 that most people have probably seen anyway already, and that turned me off initially.
Anyway, I'll change the settings so that it displays 8 instead of 6, which might have been a little low, now that you mention. Most of these comments are just fine and all (I welcome them, even if I don't always agree), but perhaps I should start another thread for them, as this one is largely about the forum upgrade changes, rather than the changes to the rest of the site. |
Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 364924)
I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised at this. For one, the design's been up, oh, 5-6 years, and no one's ever said anything like this before, to my memory. And the buttons are far larger (and more prominent) than the navigation on the overwhelming majority of sites.
Having them highlight all the time is an interesting idea, but I'm pretty sure that would look rather over-the-top; I mean, that's six very bright colors side-by-side, after all. I might throw together a test page of sorts over the next couple of days (might not be back at my home desk until tomorrow) to see how it looks, however, to be on the safe side. Don't be afraid of a little colour Chris....;) I think it'll be grand...:D |
Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 364924)
Destiny: you're not crazy. The "New Posts" link has always been there, but yes, I removed the "Home" link. I may need some more links there in the near future, and it occurred to me that there's already a "Movie Forums" link immediately beneath the "Home" link, as well as the "Forums" button along the top, so I figured we could do without it. If it's any consolation, I've hit the User CP link by accident a few times, too. :laugh:
This is funny. I almost suggested a 'new posts' button the other day. |
Re: New Forum Features
Two small improvements: now, when you hold your mouse over the recently posted-in threads under the "This Just In" heading on the home page, you can see who posted last.
Similarly, you can now hold your mouseover over the featured Member Review threads in the Movie Reviews forum and see when the last post was. The latter was necessary because, since they're at the top of the forum and laid out differently, there was formerly no way of seeing who last posted in them from that page. I'll probably make changes like this, and not necessarily announce them. Generally, though, holding your mouse over a link on the forums should -- fairly often -- yield more information. |
Re: New Forum Features
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 364973)
Similarly, you can now hold your mouseover over the featured Member Review threads in the Movie Reviews forum and see when the last post was. The latter was necessary because, since they're at the top of the forum and laid out differently, there was formerly no way of seeing who last posted in them from that page.
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