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variant2
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CCom was nice to upgrade the forum so this may be a good time to give them some ideas of what needs to be tweaked to keep the natives happy.
This is what I noticed thus far:
1. Allow the OP (original post) to be editable indefinitely. This will help for certain threads like box passes where the first post needs to update often
2. Allow some of us to become moderators. This will aide in keeping things in order like Stickies, double posts, etc..
3. Icon link that takes you to the last post of a thread.
4. Ignore button to shut JD up.
5. Change the layout parameters (if possible) so the post windows have more room.
6. Viewing via mobile is just about impossible.
7. If possible, add more options in our profiles (Bday, Bio or About Me box)
8. Allow signatures.
This is what I noticed thus far:
1. Allow the OP (original post) to be editable indefinitely. This will help for certain threads like box passes where the first post needs to update often
2. Allow some of us to become moderators. This will aide in keeping things in order like Stickies, double posts, etc..
3. Icon link that takes you to the last post of a thread.
4. Ignore button to shut JD up.
5. Change the layout parameters (if possible) so the post windows have more room.
6. Viewing via mobile is just about impossible.
7. If possible, add more options in our profiles (Bday, Bio or About Me box)
8. Allow signatures.
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All valid, we'll see what we can do here. We just got done tweaking the off the shelf layout to fit our ecommerce site. Lots of work left, but better than no forum at all. Keep the suggestions coming and I'll do my best to get them implemented timely.
-Bryan
Anyway to sort from Newest to Oldest?
Thank you for all your hard work!
Big thumbs up for that.
Ability to jump to first unread from the directory page would be great.
And it's nice to just hit "enter" to make a new line!
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
Andrew, thanks for the reply.
As for #1, the OP only gets a 1 hour window to edit the first post. There are certain topics where the OP will need to edit (for updates) the first post continuously over the weeks.
Pretty sure we can, but it will apply to all threads. You all good with that?
-Bryan
I think so. I believe on the old platform it was all one way or the other.
Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!
Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!
I'm just one guy with a preference that can't\won't speak for everyone - that's someone else's call.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
ability to jump to the newest post you haven't seen in a thread. I imagine that is an option in the forum software
if we can have breadcrumbs at the bottom of each page to jump back to where you were. as is now you have to scroll back up to the top of the page to get go back to the general discussion page
can we have who the original poster listed under the discussion? it is nice to see who created a thread when you go to read it.
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The old forum was built on an outdated platform as many of you frequently commented and it inhibited our ability to respond to your requests for feature additions and functionality and being a customer service oriented company it was killing us that we could not respond to your requests. This new forum will allow us build on and improve over time.
Thanks again for your patience. Our next priority is to respond to some of these most important fixes and comments. Once we get settled in, we can think about how we want to further customize this hang out space!!!
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
It already does that for me. I just click on the title - it takes me to the newest, unread post.
Thanks for the updates and the work. It looks good, and great that everything carried over.
*I see phone issue is being addressed.
I see buttons to attach photos
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
Now that's cool, I hated having to go thru PB to post a pic.
A slippery slope for sure.................
Having to go to the last page and scroll all the way down is a pain, not to mention consumes data on a phone.
Also, the auto save feature.
While it's handy, on a phone causes all kinds of headaches and lag.
It doesn't need to be set for every 3 minutes.
If I wanted a draft saved, there is a button for it.
Autosave is a pretty good resource hog, so you might want to re-think it. Just a thought.
As was stated, SIGNATURES!
Might want to cut down the amount of posts per page.
Looks like it's set for 25 post per page.
Holy cow! On a phone, especially if your not in a 4G area takes some time to load.
Remember a lot of folks are using their phones to access the forum, so sometimes less is better.
Just my thoughts, but what do I know?
60 minute edit time?? Really?
What, are we 12?
Ok, that probably won't end well.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White