7 July 2008

Forum Suggestions

by meridimus

As you may be aware we're working on bringing a forum to JohnnyTwoShoes. We're currently trying to work out what additional features would make the forum more enjoyable, things are not just there for no reason, features that really make sense to JohnnyTwoShoes.

This post is really to ask you guys — what do you want the forum to include/omit? We're asking you because you know us best of all.

Remember, we're writing the forum from scratch so if you have a wacky idea, let us know — we might just build it!

15 Comments

mitch123456789· 2 Months ago

first.
mitch123456789· 2 Months ago

i think you should have categories for comments in which to go under. like 1 for bugs and 1 for game suggestions and 1 for site suggestions etc.
meridimus· 2 Months ago

That's cool, I'm talking more — do you want the forum to have any special features like, rating posts etc.
meridimus· 2 Months ago

Also, I updated these comments to highlight your own name when you're logged in. Makes it easier to read and matches JTV.
DarknessFalls· 2 Months ago

Your own posts should be a different color, when new posts are added to threads they should bump up to the top of the forum (Some forum's don't do this) and individual and separate forums should be used as opposed to a tag like category system (Think PhpBB homepage over BBpress)
meridimus· 2 Months ago

DarknessFalls, that's great stuff. Keep it coming.
Samvt· 2 Months ago

It should have a clear layout so it's easy to browse through. I also like ranks like 1-10 post is newbie 20-100 is (...) 100-200 (...) etc, but that not neccesary, just for fun. Ofcourse signatures and avatars. Just some basic forum ideas really. It should have a good search feature aswell in case you lost a post, favoriting topics aswell maybe.
meridimus· 2 Months ago

Do you think it would be cool if we made it so you could actually *draw* your own signature on the page? Just something I was talking about with Josh :)
Lyxor· 2 Months ago

I think its better to draw the avatar instead of the signature, imho it can be really annoying if you got colourful images between the posts...but otherwise i find the painting is a great idea :)one suggest i have: maybe you could set up a mini-chat or shout box something like that, for the senseless stuff that have to be told,but not to be saved ;)
meridimus· 2 Months ago

Ok, that's cool Lyxor
Pennywise· 2 Months ago

Mmm...you could also make a "useless subjects" category for threads,just to talk about every kind of stuff.And a presentation thread too,so everybody can introduce themselves and tell where they're from,hobbys,etc...
dravirdude· 2 Months ago

as someone else told, have diffrent types of "forums" one for bugs, one for games, and a few more.lets look into what bugs could be!bugs= game bugs, site bugs, forum bugs, other bugs.and what games could be: High speed chase, thermastorm, comatose, attak, a birds journey, pirates of JTS, catch of the day, banana dash (and so on)lets look into the game forum for: High speed chase:this is a place people can make their own threads, but there could also be "offisical threads" made by you.HSC-generalHSC-ideasHSC-medalsofficial threads above... unofficial (player made) threads belov...high speed chase 2 better or boring?top speed?funny trick!see? there are alot of possebilities!i odnt like that "rate posts" ability (but thats just me...) but mayby a "rate poll" system to show the best rated polls, and not just the stupid spam-spam ones....so i mean that you should be able to make your own threads somewhere...=Dgood luck...and lets hope this post is too long...meh..
dravirdude· 2 Months ago

and ofcorse something like: creative corner: post your art, videos, comic's, pictures ect... (both JTS inspired and normal non-JTS things =P
Lyxor· 2 Months ago

hmm i think that would be oversized, 4 bug categories, 3 for every game and so on...what the hack should i do with 40-50 categories with 1 post in each of them?it should be very compact for the beginning, an then the time will show witch categories are really needed :)and dravidude: imo you're will be able to create your own threads because otherwise it don't would be a forum ;o
dravirdude· 2 Months ago

lyxor i did not say 50 bug threads for each game...there are 4 bug threads: site bugs, game bugs, forum bugs and other bugs (the two last ones are not realy needed) if you press "game bugs" one topic of each game pops up...not 50...hmm...mayby you got part of my post wrong? after i tell about the bug forum, everything else is about the "game" forum...

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