An idea to possibly increase board involvement?

[NextGenBoys]

Hey mods, just a quick idea that I had that could possibly help people post more often...

I'm sure the majority of us have facebook. Well, they have a "notification" tab that pops up and is highlighted in red whenever people leave comments, friend requests, etc.

I think it would be great if we could implement that here. Whenever someone quotes a post you had, a notification tab will be highlighted letting you know someone is directly responding to a post you made, that way you dont have to dig through threads to see everyone's responses to your posts.

Just an idea.

 

[silver]

Hey mods, just a quick idea that I had that could possibly help people post more often...

I'm sure the majority of us have facebook. Well, they have a "notification" tab that pops up and is highlighted in red whenever people leave comments, friend requests, etc.

I think it would be great if we could implement that here. Whenever someone quotes a post you had, a notification tab will be highlighted letting you know someone is directly responding to a post you made, that way you dont have to dig through threads to see everyone's responses to your posts.

Just an idea.

very good idea.

 

[Dawgs0916]

I like this idea a lot

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm sure the majority of us have facebook.

I don't.

And I don't know if that is possible.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I'm not sure about friend's request but a lot of the other stuff you mention should already be built into the software or not that difficult to add.

You can already subscribe to threads that you want to watch by using the thread tools.

As far as getting notifications when someone replies to your post, I am pretty sure that is a feature most PHP based boards have, the site administrator(s) just have to turn that feature on. On all the technical boards I visit (ASP.Net, VBForums.com, SQL Team, JDEList, Experts-Exchange etc etc), you automatically get an email when someone replies to your post.

Also, a lot of PHP boards have options to where you can subscribe to posts in each Section via RSS feed but I think you have to turn that on or install that feature.

 

[NextGenBoys]

I don't.

And I don't know if that is possible.

Well you're in the minority then!

One of my buddies write web code, I'll see if he knows how to do it or if it's possible. I didn't think it'd be that hard to implement, maybe just with a CSS tweak or something.

If its not possible thats fine, it was just an idea.

 

[Signals]

I like the idea. PM Reality and add a poll to this thread to find out who's on board.

 

[NextGenBoys]

I like the idea. PM Reality and add a poll to this thread to find out who's on board.

A poll has been added, but it doesn't matter how many people want it. It's whether or not it can actually be implemented. We're not sure if it can.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

find out who's on board.

They already have that feature doofus. It's right there on the front page.

 

[Signals]

They already have that feature doofus. It's right there on the front page.

They just added it when I suggested it DOOFUS. :laugh2:

 

[NextGenBoys]

They already have that feature doofus. It's right there on the front page.

Hahaha I think he was using some word play, meaning "find out who's alright with the idea"

 

[DallasCowpoke]

They just added it when I suggested it DOOFUS. :laugh2:

 

[Rampage]

the board will pickup in a few weeks when tc starts

 

[Bob Sacamano]

lol at the don't cares.

 

[NextGenBoys]

the board will pickup in a few weeks when tc starts

Yeah I'm not trying to imply that we need more activity or that its slow.

I'm just saying it'd be easier to see when people respond to your posts, and perhaps that would make people post more often.

But I wasnt implying that we need people to post more or anything.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

But I wasnt implying that we need people to post more or anything.

~cough, cough~

~cough, cough~

 

[Rampage]

Yeah I'm not trying to imply that we need more activity or that its slow.

I'm just saying it'd be easier to see when people respond to your posts, and perhaps that would make people post more often.

But I wasnt implying that we need people to post more or anything.

GARRETT SUCKS!

 

[NextGenBoys]

GARRETT SUCKS!

lol :laugh2:

It's alright so does Morgan Burnett!

 

[Rampage]

lol :laugh2:

It's alright so does Morgan Burnett!