[wp-forums] Changing things

[Les Bessant]

And another thing that needs some TLC:

Pagination on "no-replies" and "unresolved". There's a nice "Next Page"
link, but it just reloads the first page. Makes it a bit tricky to see what
needs attention....

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Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
Losing it[1] - http://lcb.me.uk/
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of 
> Les Bessant
> Sent: 03 September 2006 09:30
> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: RE: [wp-forums] Changing things
> 
> Hey!! Some of us have to sleep, you know!
> 
> Yes, that might avoid people dragging up an old one and 
> saying "how can this
> be resolved, I've still got a similar problem". I have to 
> avoid answering
> those, it's too much like the day job...
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> Les Bessant les at lcb.me.uk
> Losing it[1] - http://lcb.me.uk/
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Handy
> > Sent: 03 September 2006 04:50
> > To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-forums] Changing things
> > 
> > As I enjoy no feedback, let me throw one more radical notion 
> > out there...
> > 
> > When a thread gets marked as Resolved, close it too.  If 
> folks want to
> > dredge up golden-oldies, let 'em refer to it by link.   After 
> > 50 or more
> > posts the topic has often drifted all over hell and back.
> > 
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > On 9/2/06, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So is this a weird compromise?
> > >
> > > Stop showing a blend of all posts from all Forums on the 
> > main Support
> > > page.  Go back to a more "traditional" forum look.  A mixed 
> > blessing, but
> > > helps focus posts to Forums, right?  And helps focus 
> > volunteers into areas
> > > they want to be working with.
> > >
> > > Add/Expand Forum (Fora?) for the Style/Theme/Xhtml/CSS 
> topics if so
> > > desired. (hey, can we nest Forums?).  Mods can move topics 
> > from forum to
> > > forum so that helps keep things organized.  And if I don't 
> > want to see
> > > CSS/XHTML questions, I just don't go into that forum.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/2/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Handy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >> I may be the only one thinking this, but since the 
> > forum software
> > > > dumps
> > > > > current threads to the main page I have to confess I 
> > hardly ever even
> > > > > notice
> > > > > what topic the post is in.  Ok, not hardly ever.  
> > Never,  In fact, I
> > > > just
> > > > > went to look to see what the the topics currently are 
> > as I had no clue
> > > > > /blush
> > > > > And as long as there's that big ol' list on the main 
> > page and the
> > > > filter
> > > > > for
> > > > > unanswered threads, I don't really seeing that change.
> > > > I never liked tags but then I grew to like them .... I 
> do like the
> > > > individual ones as I steer clear of the Themes forum. I prefer
> > > > Installation.
> > > >
> > > > > How about we dump "Requests and Feedback"?  Not like we have
> > > > developers
> > > > > lurking about in hopes of finding new features to code. 
> >   I'd dump
> > > > Beta
> > > > > too,
> > > > > personally.  At least until there's active beta testing 
> > going on.
> > > > I'd agree about Beta. The release schedule and testing 
> has changed
> > > > enough - it's also quite new (though it was a resurrection)
> > > > Requests - my guess is we will always get them and it does house
> > > > relevant topics it seems?
> > > >
> > > > > I like the FAQ idea, but probably not per Topic as we 
> > run the risk of
> > > > being
> > > > > "fractured" or wrestling with duplication or 
> > categorization.  But
> > > > chasing
> > > > > down all the FAQs in the Codex and combining to one FAQ 
> > page could be
> > > > cool.
> > > > > Then we could then respond to posts with, "See the 
> > [[FAQ]], section X"
> > > > and
> > > > > save a lot of typing / retyping  ;-)
> > > > Can FAQ's get so big as to become daunting for a newbie?
> > > >
> > > > > I'd volunteer to work on something like that in a month 
> > or so when
> > > > paid
> > > > > work
> > > > > slows down.
> > > > Excellent - who else wants to join ?
> > > >
> > > > P.
> > > >
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