[wp-forums] The future of the forums

[Handy]

After more pondering...

My take:

Don't duplicate all the forums.  Just add some way that folks can indicate
what release they're running as part of the posting process.



On 1/26/07, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> And err, I meant to add one more piece to that.
>
> "Thus, I don't feel comfortable offering opinions about adding/shuffling
> Forum topics.  I no longer recall the first time visitor experience."
>
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> On 1/26/07, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Somewhere along the line, this winter, my usage habits changed.  I *
> > never* click on individual forums.  I run through the front page (Latest
> > Discussions) and then the "Topics with no replies" view.  (and, of course,
> > ye olde' Akismet spam-trap)
> >
> > Am I like others or am I atypical (in this usuage, that is)?  Is there a
> > heat map to look at, I wonder (is crazyegg still in the mix?)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 1/24/07, Mr. Awesome < spencerp1 at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Jeremy wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:37 -0500, Mr. Awesome wrote:
> > > > [1] NEW Forum Categories - Will give you TWO different categories
> > > for TWO different WP versions. And of course, forums for each of those two..
> > > This way everything will have it's own place, rather then taking chances and
> > > everyone adding threads to wrong places and so forth..
> > > >
> > > > Interesting. +0.25. Mostly neutral.
> > >
> > > The reason for the Forum Categories enhancement was, as an example
> > > below:
> > >
> > > 2.0.X Support (- Forum Category 1)
> > > - 2.0.X Installation
> > > - 2.0.X How To Troubleshooting
> > > - 2.0.X so on ..
> > >
> > > 2.1.X Support (- Forum Category 2)
> > > - 2.1.X Installation
> > > - 2.1.X How To Troubleshooting
> > > - 2.1.X so on ..
> > >
> > > Of course, would make the index page a little bigger, but, maybe could
> > > sacrifice something else on there though.. *cough* Like lessen *how many*
> > > Latest Discussion threads are displayed on index page lol.. =P
> > >
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