[wp-forums] MichaelH forums wishlist

[Josh Leuze]

That is a great list, I don't see anything on there that wouldn't be handy.

But for me, the biggest issue I have with the forums is not being able to
easily track when someone has replied back on a thread.

I hate having to check in and poke around to see which threads are still
alive and need a response from me. Things get missed and some people
inadvertently get the cold shoulder!

If the the "Recent Replies" list can't be easily modified to be sortable, I
would much prefer that it was sorted by default not by which threads I had
last posted on, but by which threads had been last posted to at all. I want
the freshest ones at the top of the list so that I can see them, that alone
would be so helpful!

Of course, it would be even better if I didn't have to check in at all. I'd
love to know when a thread that I have started or posted on had a reply
without having to check, but I certainly don't want to clutter up my RSS
reader. I would much rather be able to subscribe to follow ups by email,
much like you can on the comments of many blogs.

If I am doing this the hard way, and someone has any good tips for keep up
on replies without babysitting, I'd love to hear about them!
--
-Josh Leuze
www.JLeuze.com


On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Sam Bauers <sam at automattic.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thanks MichaelH for making this list...
>
>
> http://www.weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic/wish-list-for-the-wordpress-support-forums-software
>
> I'm going to use it as a basis for a todo list for the forums.
>
> Things are hampered a bit by the fact that wp-forums are running bbPress
> 0.9, but I'll be looking at migrating to 1.0-beta when it is released (we
> don't mind being guinea-pigs for bbPress right?)
>
> My to do list (in order but with original numbering) is looking like:
>
> 2. That the Threads Started column worked, and that those topics would
> display in both Recent Replies and Threads Started
> --- Wow, probably just a bug in the template.
>
> 11. That the Version pulldown box was more current.
>
> 12. That the Version field was able to be corrected.
> --- By original poster and moderator or higher.
>
> 5. That the search field at the top right of the forum screen worked
> correctly (e.g. paste 'Warning: Division by zero', click on Go, and get the
> message "We couldn't find anything!", but then immediately click the
> presented Search button and it finds results).
>
> 6. That the forum tag field allowed the same number of characters as the
> tag field that gets created when a post is originated at extend/plugins.
>
> 8. That tags for themes linked to the appropriate extend/theme (like
> plugins).
>
> 7. That a suitable tag could link to Trac (e.g. tracxxxx where xxxx is the
> Trac ticket number).
> --- One thing that is possible is a variation on this. I have a plugin
> already that enables trac style links to tickets and changesets using #1234
> and [4321] trac style notation respectively in the body of posts.
>
> 10. That the post quicktags were available when 'editing' a post.
>
> Will take longer ------------------
>
> 13. That there was some way to decrease the number of duplicate posts
> caused by people not understanding that their post are being held
> "somewhere".
> --- We have experienced some replication lag at certain times of the day
> when heavy MySQL tasks are being run for other services. Barry has been
> trying to reduce their impact, but it may never be perfect. Some duplicate
> post check should be possible.
>
> 1. That the Recent Replies under "View your profile" could be sorted,
> descending, by the time of the last comment.
> 3. That the search results could be sorted by time, or last commenter, or
> topic id, or title, ascending or descending.
> 4. That search results could be filtered by original author, or last
> commenter, or date, or forum (e.g. Installation).
> --- Sorting by columns like this should be a core feature of bbPress and I
> need to work out a more holistic method that can be applied across almost
> all lists.
>
> May not happen ------------------
>
> 14. That the list of topics, in each forum, and All Topics, displayed the
> name of the first, and last, commenter.
> --- Not convinced this is essential, feedback welcome.
>
> 9. That a post could be previewed before being committed.
> --- Not convinced when editing is available, but feedback welcome. There is
> a plugin for this I believe.
>
>
> If anyone can add their input to the order of this list or any additions
> then please reply to me directly or to this list.
>
> Thanks, Sam
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