WinCustomize Community Page Concept
WC2k8 - We need your input!
Sunday, March 18, 2007 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This is a concept of what we're thinking of doing with what is currently the "Articles" and "Forums". Instead, we would create a new concept called "Community".
The forums listed by default would be based on popularity. But users would also have their own list of forums and topics based on what they've recently participated in. This would be generated automatically based on user activity.
Top authors -- people who have created posts with the most activity, would be listed so that when other users clicked on those authors names, they would get a list of the articles those authors hvae created in order of last response. Note that this listing would NOT be based on # of comments to posts but the number of POINTS (to prevent cliques from taking over).
When dealing with the forums, UNLESS the user explicitly chooses forum index, users will only see posts based on last comment to that post. So the community will have control over what is displayed.
We also want to add suport for SKIN comments to this area too.
Anyway, this is a key issue for you guys who enjoy the forums and such. So we need feedback. The community page would be a landing page for all kinds of different areas on the site and what it displays matters.
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Reply #2 Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:01 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:51 PM
I believe that the top author list would encourage more participation...gives them their..*time in the spotlight which they rightly deserve if they are creating interesting posts.
Agreed
It's My Secret
Reply #4 Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:06 PM
Reply #6 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:27 AM
I'd like to see the Community Tutorials have a good spot on this page also; most popular, most recent, featured, etc. seperate from the Articles. Maybe display the top ten in one of those categories of Community Tutorials (recent, popular, or featured) and have links to the other categories, or the Tutorials page underneath. We really need tutorials (especially the Community Tutorials) to be more accessible and this would be a big help.
Is there any way to promote people who are really helpful in the forums/community (like Zubaz and Bichur among many others)? They are not always the topic starters.
There used to be a top commenters list and I don't know if that would apply here.
Other than that the page looks great and it would certainly be the first stop on WC for me.
Reply #7 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:37 AM
They already get their 'promotion' effectively by admins/mods noting their helpfullness and thus bumping up their rankings, something that is also community-based....
Reply #8 Monday, March 19, 2007 7:16 AM
For the record, I have never helped to bump up my rankings nor did I help in the past to get promoted. I help because I liek helping. Stardock is filled with great people making great products and building a community. I want to support that.
This community is filled with people who's lives can be a little better with a bit of skinning. I want them to be successful.
Also, I feel that Stardock's products are priced so low for the amount I use
them that I think I owe them a little support in exchange.
Reply #9 Monday, March 19, 2007 5:26 PM
I hope we can get a lot more feedback.
We know how many people read the forums and I can imagine us implementing something like this only to get a wave of criticism. We're trying our best to run this stuff by the community.
I am hoping we can get beta versions of these pages up in the next month or two.
Reply #10 Monday, March 19, 2007 5:44 PM
I see you have "Hot Topics" listed and "latest discussions" Soooo..im happy, LoL
Really, "The Most recent post" section does cover it all for someone to read and reply to...the various other sections are only needed to catagorize a new thread...
I think the new layout will be a good thing, the current layout I think uses up allot of un-necessary space..
Thats my -2 cents worth..
Reply #11 Monday, March 19, 2007 5:58 PM
I do like the idea of the "My Topics" section so that I can get a quick take on the threads I'm currently active in.
In the sections on the right it would be nice to select (like in the gallery list) among the sections that you want to include, ie I may not want to see the most popular thread if it's in the Multiplicity section which I know nothing about.
I'm not sure how points are accrued but for rating threads I would like to see threads that are popular because many people are posting replies instead of just 2 or 3 posting many replies in what can amount to a private conversation.
I don't see the "Popular Forums" box ever changing. I don't know for sure but there are a couple that forums that are ALWAYS active while many others may not get new threads for days/weeks/months.
If this is parallel to the forum page I would suggest the ability to control what sections I monitor on the forum "home" view with the other sections available thru a drop down. That would allow a little more flexibility than the current setup. The "Most Recent Posts" section is a great addition and I use it almost exclusively but, I do have to bypass a lot of sections that I have no relevant input for. I think an expandable "pinned" section would be nice for those new to the site as well.
Reply #12 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:05 PM
Reply #13 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:17 PM
Reply #14 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:33 PM
It's My Secret
Reply #15 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:51 PM
Brad, brand the hell out of the page, let me RSS everything else and move stuff around as I get in the mood.
Let folks access WC using my interface at zubaz.wc.com and apply it if they like it.
Let skinners apply skin (using the WC admin approval to make sure it meets your branding needs.
THAT would rock.
Reply #16 Monday, March 19, 2007 6:59 PM
Reply #17 Monday, March 19, 2007 7:05 PM
I don't have my guestbook either, andrew explained it in the issues/bugs thread. Apparently there are like 3-4 different versions and some are down and some are not.
Reply #18 Monday, March 19, 2007 7:21 PM
The correct answer: Zubaz is cooler than most people. stoopider name . . but cooler.
BTW, thanks for stopping by Lantec. Did you leave a comment?
I wish I knew why . .. it sucks not seeing them. I try to make a habit of hitting a few once in a while and saying hi.
Reply #19 Monday, March 19, 2007 7:27 PM
And possibly in the middle Recent articles?
Reply #20 Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:08 PM
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Reply #1 Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:52 PM