New Forum Feedback

This may be a bit premature (and not taking into account bugs) but so far as one in a sea of users, I like the new forums. Though a little bit hard to find at first, the new layout and wealth of user perferences is great.

A couple of suggestions:

  • I've liked forums that list a "number of times viewed" column. It helps to know what other users have looked at, what they have found helpful, especially threads I have started.
  • Probably not suitable for a company forum, but I also like a Thanks feature, that you can thank a user and it is a user statistic - I think it encourages user contribution more.
  • Is the "answered" category similar to the "solved" feature in other forums? Ie where the user who posts the thread can tick a "Is Solved" box when the question is answered.

That's all, so far so good.

steve

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  • steve.k said:
    • I've liked forums that list a "number of times viewed" column. It helps to know what other users have looked at, what they have found helpful, especially threads I have started.

    Yes, I see what you mean. There is a "Popular Discussion" widget at the top-level forum thread listing, but we will look into showing the number of views (first to see if that is possible :)

     

    steve.k said:
    • Probably not suitable for a company forum, but I also like a Thanks feature, that you can thank a user and it is a user statistic - I think it encourages user contribution more.

    Hmmm... that is an interesting suggestion. Not sure if this system provides that, but it will be looked into also.

    steve.k said:
    • Is the "answered" category similar to the "solved" feature in other forums? Ie where the user who posts the thread can tick a "Is Solved" box when the question is answered.

    Yes, that is precisely what that is for. It existed in the previous system, but was only engaged in a couple of forums there... we did not think it looked that good, and what exists now is so much nicer. 

      

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  • I'm finding the new format to be cumbersome and confusing so far. It is NOT intuitive. Is there a tutorial to help us get familiar with the site?

    The  links to the home page should be more prominent (they are tiny hyperlinks along the top of the page). The links to my favorites are also not easy to find as they are small buttons at the very top edge of the page. I would really like to see the community in some sort of tree format. Right now it is difficult to find what content is available. As for the list of My Favorites, I am seeing my favorite forums and my favorite threads mixed together in the list.  I think we should keep favorite forums and favorite threads seperate. Otherwise the list is going to bloated and cumbersome.

    Lastly, is there a way to stop getting email notifications to my own posts like the old site was?

    Neil Wilson (aka Neilw)

    Power Civil v8i 08.11.07.245

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

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  • I'm finding the new format to be cumbersome and confusing so far. It is NOT intuitive. Is there a tutorial to help us get familiar with the site?

    The  links to the home page should be more prominent (they are tiny hyperlinks along the top of the page). The links to my favorites are also not easy to find as they are small buttons at the very top edge of the page. I would really like to see the community in some sort of tree format. Right now it is difficult to find what content is available. As for the list of My Favorites, I am seeing my favorite forums and my favorite threads mixed together in the list.  I think we should keep favorite forums and favorite threads seperate. Otherwise the list is going to bloated and cumbersome.

    Lastly, is there a way to stop getting email notifications to my own posts like the old site was?

    Neil Wilson (aka Neilw)

    Power Civil v8i 08.11.07.245

    AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018

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