I think we have a decent start here. I like the forum software we're using. Someone will need to tweak the style of the forum. But as I said, it won't be me because I'm not artistic and don't have a clue how to make a page look nice.
I can take a shot at it. Overall I think this was a great success. Over 50 threads and nearly 500 posts in <24 hours. PVC LIVES!
I'm pretty happy with this new forum, good work guys. Did Ichiban end up hosting it? Who designed it? The lack of a recent discussions list was a bit of a let down, but having the option up the top to view active topics and new posts is probably better!
Some suggestions: - Places for people to put online game IDs if they want for the consoles and perhaps popular PC services like STEAM - Spoiler Spoiler tags - Youtube tags and/or video tags - Brief blurbs below the name of each sub-forum describing its purpose - Change it to Movies, TV, & Music, perhaps - Is portable and smartphone supposed to include handhelds like the DS and PSP? If so I would change it to "handheld and phone gaming". If not I would could it "phone and media player gaming". The current title is ambiguous. - You should probably clarify in the rules whether profanity is allowed - I would change it to "Electronics Discussion" and "PC Hardware & Software", since there is currently no place to discuss non-gaming software. - I think it might be good if there were a sub-forum for general discussion and a separate sub-forum for bizarre, humorous, and non-sensical posts. - a sticky "introduce yourself" thread (not necessary for regulars, but good once we start getting new members)
-There are already Steam and PSN ID threads -No youtube tags. We want this place crap free. -Added Music to TV and Movies -Yes that's for handheld, iphone, and android games -I don't think there was ever much discussion of non-gaming software -Talk Incoherently is for humorous or bizarre off topic stuff -I'll add an introduce yourself thread later when we actually start getting new members.
I like the youtube tag idea. I don't think it would be much worse than images and we would at least get an idea of what the video contains before we click on the link. We do post a lot of videos here. A view count per thread would be nice and a member "last visit" time stamp might also be good or bad. It was on PVC but I never saw it on any other forum. It's kind of stalkerish but you always knew who was around.
Wouldn't "Entertainment" be a better name than Movies, Tv and Music? The blurbs is a good idea, but it may look cluttery on the main page. There is already a bit showing who is online at the bottom of the main page, but yeah, that would be cool.
I don't have a problem with youtube tags on other forums. When they used to autoplay it was aweful! I don't think you can do that anymore though. Yes, but as TheBlackCat said there is no General Discussion forum anymore. Is there a reason for this or was it simply forgotten?
Indeed, it would be better than linking. Also, maybe we should a "poll" option for threads. That could come in handle on a few levels.
I was also thinking, in another forum I have seen this mod where you can click on the side of someone's post. Those being like and dislike. The more dislikes, the more minus's and the more likes the more plus's. Such as +2 or -4 etc. It might be a cool addition as some peoples posts I wish it had a facebook like button on.