#EdenUpdate - Forum Update - Suggestions Needed

A second thing I'd like, personally, is if we had the opportunity to edit posts even after somebody posts after us.

I know that it might seem like that would get confusing, if someone has replied to you, but the majority of forums I'm on (anything that's phpBB-based, and reddit, too) allow you to edit your post anytime. The way they prevent confusion is by marking at the top or bottom of the post "Edit occurred at 12:00:00 April 21" written by the system.

In use, most users are very good about explaining their edit if they make one. You'll see people go back and say "*Edit to fix grammar" or "Edit to fix broken link." Occasionally, you'll also see "Edit: I am clearing this post because I misunderstood the above poster, and got mad when I should not have. Apologies to all." I think all of these things are fine and even good to allow.

I haven't seen the system abused, either. So I don't know if everyone else thinks this is a good idea, but I would definitely support it. less

I'd really love it. At least for the original thread posts for clubs or something. (Eden staff! Pleeeaaase!) That way the managers or hosts could update it when the club moves meeting times, a contest has ended, terms have been altered, website or contact emails have changed, or if it changes hands to another host. Cause even if you made a new thread with all the correct, current information people still seem to find and read the old ones to the irritation of the club managers lol. less

How about an option to show what threads have posts we have not read, and I don't mean the lightbulbs. Currently, we can not differentiate between a post we have not read and one that has no new posts but had a new vote in the poll. And along with this, an option to "Mark all as read" in a folder. This would allow us to more easily determine new posts since our last visit to the forums. less

I hate to keep comparing EF to my knitting site, Ravelry, but I can't help it. The programming on that site is so good. On Ravelry, you can mouse over a thread and click on the shift key to see a flyout of the first 200 or 300 characters of the post. Maybe EF can implement something like that.

This or letting us mark threads as unread will solve this problem. less

Hi! I have two suggestions for your consideration

The first is about threads that are no longer relevant. The consensus seems to be that everyone wants them deleted. What if there was an archive tab instead? Anything more than 1 month old would automatically be sent to the archive tab so that only the posts for the last 30 days or 60 days, remain on the first tab.

The second suggestion is to thread comments. You can reply to an individual in a post and a thread will start so the conversation stays relevant and easier to navigate. This would make the forum posts look neater and will be easier to communicate points or suggestions effectively.

Thanks! less

I would like to see a search engine using keywords, reviewers could help with the keywords, A separate area for games, comparisons and polls, and the ability to mark a thread as 'read' to save re-reading it a few times-it would pick up where you left off. Also a positive symbol for very good posts, opposite of bad flags. Thanks! less

A really nice keyword search would be appreciated throughout the site! Specifically I mean being able to use -something, like in google.

When I wanted to look up the Fun Factory Wave, if I just searched "wave" most of the results in the reviews section were for the groovies wave. I tried searching "wave -groovies", which in google would give you all the hits that had "wave" and did not have "groovies", but here it ignored the minus sign, and it was like I searched "wave groovies." less

Also! If personal pages and the messaging system get tweaked, I think lots of people would like it if our unique usernames didn't show up. Right now, when you send a message you can see the username someone signed up with instead of just their forum handle... this seems like it's sensitive information for some people, because I've seen some that look like real full names, or email address beginnings. This logon name appears at the very top of the contributor page, too.

It would be ideal if that were private information, I think. Not sure if it's on-topic, though. less

Also! If personal pages and the messaging system get tweaked, I think lots of people would like it if our unique usernames didn't show up. Right now, when you send a message you can see the username someone signed up with instead of just their forum handle... this seems like it's sensitive information for some people, because I've seen some that look like real full names, or email address beginnings. This logon name appears at the very top of the contributor page, too.

It would be ideal if that were private information, I think. Not sure if it's on-topic, though. less