Forum Features

[michael]

As I told Harper last night, (Anna and Cynthia certainly know this already), the site and the forums are works in progress, we are under tight deadlines here, so there will be changes to the forum and site designs.

For the Moderator and Administrator's purposes, we are interested in the most important issues currently, such as:

can people edit posts,
can they read discussions without gettin lost,
should the messages be threaded or flat. Things like that.
If you have any suggestions, please let us know here. But the top priority now is getting this thing launched!

michael

[Ginger]

do you want us to test w/ the mod name or another user name w/o mod status?

editing to test.

[michael]

As moderators is fine. If you guys want to test things out as a user, let me know here as to your username, so I'll accept you. Currently we only allow one username per email address I believe, so if you have a seperate email address or if you need a temporary email address, let me know.

m

[Tarheels]

Testing this out. :D

[NeonJungle]

Hi, Michael,
Yes, I think people should be able to edit their own posts.

I think the threads should be flat -- i.e., when you click on the thread title, you see all the replies, text included -- not just title. I don't like forums where you have to click on the title of the reply to see it -- too much clicking and people lose interest.

I sent some suggestions re: posting guidelines, user titles and ranks and the like to you via e-mail, and I'm posting that message below.

Hi, All,

Here are my suggestions:

User titles & ranks:
0-25 posts: Just Signed Up
26-75 posts: Getting Started
76-200 posts: In Training
201-500 Posts: Working Out
501-1000 posts: Workout Partner
1001 posts and up: Master Workout Partner

User reputation titles: The mods will pull these from fun comments made in threads.

Review current user policies:
Below is what I drafted for your consideration:

WHFN Forum Posting Guidelines

In order to make your on-line experience as helpful and positive as possible, WHFN has instituted the following message board posting guidelines. We’d like our online community to be an informative and encouraging one, and with your help, it will be.



Opinions, discussion and constructive criticism are welcome; repetitive debate is not.
Please be civil, especially in threads that may be controversial. Personal attacks, insults and flames are not allowed. Posters with grievances should take the matter to private message or e-mail.
No profanity, epithets, overtly sexual comments, pornographic information or links to pornographic information is allowed. <
Posting entire articles from other websites or publications is not allowed, as this is a copyright violation. Please link to the website or article instead. You may quote portions of an article as long as the website's or publication's copyright information allows it, and as long as you include the author, source, date, and copyright information.
No solicitation is allowed. Posts regarding other exercise methods, videos, DVDs and the like are definitely allowed – however, posts soliciting customers for the same are not
The administrators and moderators reserve the right to lock and/or delete threads not in keeping with these message board posting guidelines. In addition, the administrators and moderators reserve the right to edit these message board posting guidelines.
Posters who would like to question moderating decisions may do so via private messaging to the moderator/administrator.
For thread options, I don't like the posts to be threaded, where you have to click on the title of a reply to see it. I like the way the threads are on the current website, where all replies to the post are visible -- i.e., "one-stop shopping." IMO, if people have to click to many times they lose interest.

Dirty words! Hee! All of 'em. Seriously, the regular vocab:

b*tch
sh*t
d*mn (including G. D.)
f*ck and its variants
b*st*rd
J*sus Chr*st when used as an expletive

I think "***" and "hell" are OK, but that's up to y'all. Maybe not, since this isn't a general message board, but affilated with WHFN.

Thanks!
Harper

[michael]

User titles & ranks:
0-25 posts: Just Signed Up
26-75 posts: Getting Started
76-200 posts: In Training
201-500 Posts: Working Out
501-1000 posts: Workout Partner
1001 posts and up: Master Workout Partner

Good ideas! I will go ahead and set these up as User Titles. I just found out the difference between titles & ranks. Titles are based solely on the number of posts, whereas titles are for members of a group, and can ALSO depend on the number of posts, if we so choose. You guys probably already knew that, however! We will probably reserve the ranks for members that sign up for the monthly subscription service, if that comes to fruition.

I think the threads should be flat -- i.e., when you click on the thread title, you see all the replies, text included -- not just title. I don't like forums where you have to click on the title of the reply to see it -- too much clicking and people lose interest.

Darn! I need to read more carefully - I just asked another question about this. I'll reply to my own post on that other thread.

[michael]

Ok - I changed them a bit. Here's what I did:

0 posts: Just Signed Up
25 posts: Getting Started
75 posts: In Training
200 Posts: Working Out
500 posts: Workout Partner
1000 posts and up: Master Workout Partner

[Tarheels]

It looks good!

I lost my "Moderator" title though, as did Ginger/Linda, and I tried to change it myself, but it didn't work - still shows Just Signed Up under my name. :confused:

[NeonJungle]

Michael, can you change the titles back for Jenn and Ginger? Thanks! :)

[michael]

I'll get on this today - sorry!