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Lakster37
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May 30 2009, 12:04 AM
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I just recently set the Portal as the forum homepage and I really like it, but there's a few suggestions I have regarding it and the calendar:
- Add Topic to Portal - Very similar to the Add Poll to Portal, only it adds a topic. I find the current system very annoying because the topic(s) you want on the Portal aren't always the ones that appear. If not, then at least have the option to change it so that the newest post, not the newest new topic, defines which topic displays on the Portal (including bumps).
Display First X Words - I also find it very annoying that it displays ALL of the first post of a topic on the Portal. There should be an option to set the first X words of a topic and then it would have a link "Click to view the whole topic" or something similar. If one leaves it blank it would default to the whole topic, though. - Code Created from ZBCode
- Display Latest Posts like Active Topics - When you go to the Active Topics feature it shows you which new topics you've read and haven't yet read (with that little folder image). It would be really helpful to implement this on the Latest Posts on the Portal.
- Display Latest Blog Posts - I feel that the Blog feature is thoroughly underused mainly because there's no easy way to tell if a Blog is updated. There needs to be a feature to view new Blog Entries, or even just implement it into the Active Topics / Latest Posts feature.
- Events on Portal - In a smilar way to how you can view Board Stats and Users Online on the Portal, there should be an option to put all Calendar Events (and/or Birthdays) on the Portal.
- Create Event from Topic - On my forums we use events a lot, and for each one we have to make a Topic AND an event on the Calendar: the former to allow members to comment on the event and the latter to make it show on the calendar. If there were some way to link these so that there was an option to automatically make an event on the calendar when posting a topic, that would be great. Then when you click on that event on the Calendar it would take you directly to that topic. I think it would still be good to be able to make an event without having to make a topic for it.
- Regular Event to Recurring - This is just a minor thing that used to be on IF. There you could easily change a single-date event to a Recurring even or vice-versa, and I think that would be really useful on Zetabaords as well.
- Shoutbox - I know this isn't out yet, but I'd like to suggest one thing about it. We have a chatbox already that works really well, but I'll be really glad once we get an "official" one that let's use use our own usernames. Anyways, it should be (or at least have the option) to put it on the bottom of the page (Footer) on EVERY page.
Well, that's all I could remember at the moment, I feel like I'm forgetting some so if I think of them or anymore things in this area to suggest, I'll be sure to do so!
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