🆕 Forum Update Log (Dec. 2018)

@panther said in Suggestion: removal of sub-forums:

@general-6-stars

It was about GeneralDiscussions/Politics actually.
I did not want to hurt your feelings, just separate different topics from each other. Simply the moderator’s job. :wink:

Ya. I get it

@SS-GEN said in The new forum has been a lot of work and it's not done yet:

I know it’s getting better but I posted a reply for my game report in house rules and with the changes the stuff just gets buried. Somebody post another tread reply and such now you have to go threw every topic to find it. Just sayin.

If I’m understanding correctly, there’s no difference between the old forum and the new forum for this situation. If you post a topic, and a bunch of folks post different topics, your topic will eventually end up on another page unless somebody replies. On forums, “stuff gets buried” all the time.

Also, you absolutely do not have to go through every topic to find your topic. This has come up multiple times, there are tips and tricks that cover this, I added helpers in the navigation bar. Not to be harsh but I’m just not sure what else we’re supposed to do.

Here’s a recap of your options:

Notifications: there is a bell near your avatar on the toolbar. When somebody replies, there will be a red number. Click that and you’ll get all of your notifications.

Replies to your Posts: I literally added this to the toolbar because people were complaining about finding their stuff. It’s the double-left arrow in the nav bar. It’s literally the same as clicking Notifications followed by “See all Notifications”

Recent Topics: Click the clock in the nav bar. Where it says “All Topics” select “Watched Topics” instead. You can even select a category to further narrow it down.

Recent Watched Topics: Click the eye in the nav bar. That will give you “recent” watched topics, including any topic you made or any topic you replied to. (I think I’ll change this to the next one)

All of Your Watched Topics: Go to your profile. Click the 3 dots. Click Watched.

Your Topics: Go to your profile. Click the 3 dots. Click Topics.

Bookmarks: If a particular topic is super important, then click the three dots on a topic, the one next to Reply, Quite, <heart>, < 3 dots> and click Bookmark. To find your bookmarks: Go to your profile. Click the 3 dots. Click Bookmarks.

That 6 ways to find your stuff. The old forums had a stupid icon that was hard to see and made no sense, I think it was a face or something. The replies to your posts was nice but we have that and more.

Note: there’s a bug with your watched topics if you have infinite scrolling turned on. I’ll file it later.

Given this is the second request, I will do it very soon. Almost certainly this evening.

@Herr:

Maybe……

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Leonardo_tank.JPG

:-D

Maybe when we get Axis & Allies & Renaissance Italy… but likely not before then  :-P

-Midnight_Reaper

Most of the discussion about the structure of the new board has actually taken place over here…

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=37125.0
Axis and Allies.org Boards > General > Website/Forum Discussion > What should be the URL of the new forums?

…in a thread that’s actually about the name of the new URL, rather than here in this thread about the new forum organization – so I’m not sure where I should provide feedback.  The present thread seems like the most logical place to discuss ideas for the structure.

Speaking in very general terms: if any of the proposed small number of top-level categories were genuinely to have an inordinately large number of subcategories, in my mind this would be an indication that the top-level categories would need to be re-thought.  Ideally, the number of top-level and sub-level categories ought to be reasonable in both cases.  And if the only way to make one number reasonably small is to make the other number excessively large, no matter how they’re arranged, this might be an indication that a three-level structure is needed (though it wouldn’t be my first option, and though I wouldn’t go beyond three levels).

At any rate, it’s hard to express an opinion without seeing an outline of the entire proposed revised structure, with all the levels indicated.  Could we see what the draft structure currently is?

Moderators should copy and paste the rules in their entirety into any post

Yes good point i was gonna make. The text of the rules should be crafted in a manner where exact conduct code can be copied and posted in these threads for consistency. This not only treats bad posts universally, but gives moderators a constant reference to the rules so they understand them.

Yes i suggest they need to contact a moderator first before the first post…just to make sure these are humans and not spamming machines, then we access their account and toggle “enable” so they can post.

Yeah, anything to avert attention from the Political Discussion Forum is GREAT!