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... I'm actually looking at upgrading the forums at the end of Jan/early Feb... May be worth starting a suggested feature thread for the planned upgrade?

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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1176851337/s-new/
I still haven't figured out how to just display a single post or anchor the page to one.  On the Admin post, I think it would be a good idea to put a sticky in this forum simply stating that it's copied and pasted from another part of the site.  It puts a different direction on how discussion goes and honestly it makes that section easier to take more seriously.  I hardly ever clicked there because I reckoned a blog on the forum was kind of... well kind of silly and in its current presentation it really does make a reader want to respond to the writer personally.  A sticky at the least I guess if not a clever renaming of the section... Enews TV Report or something.  Terry's TV Report.
I haven't really been much in the section and have myself twice picked on the content when I've only read maybe 4 or 5 things and it's more the presentation when I look at it from the perspective described because it's pretty easy to think "A blog?  ... where did that come from?" and then be insensitive to this strange person who's appeared and taken over part of the board... You have to remember that many of us didn't know who Terry was nor think a blog is usually a good thing unless we're goggling hardware or have a rare software issue or something.  It felt a little intrusive to have the section appear from nowhere and without any knowledge of just.... it was confusing...

Quoted from elie06

Can we please get rid of this emoticon:

I think lol in capitals would emphasise more what people are laughing at, since that emoticon up there looks like the person is drunk or something

Quoted from Gizmo

I suggest it is time to reconfigure the expletive editing on the board. . . I can't mention a famous shop that sells electronics because it has the D word in it. . ( and many men have the same name . .  

But a new member can post anywhere they like with this on show.

Spoiler:

Guest, I'm sorry but you need to register before you can view this text...

Quoted from music313

Maybe after you post, the page could automatically be at the bottom, after the new screen loads.

Quoted from coctosan

Do people think it would be good to make the first post in each thread "sticky"?

That way when there becomes multiple pages of that thread the first post will always be at the top of each page.

This would be useful for the games section (listing the rules) as well as for various other threads (outlining the context/issues to be covered in thread,etc).

Quoted from Paula

I had a PM from Admin this morning.  Here is part of that PM:



So if there is anything you'd like to see in this site upgrade, post it here.

I have made sticky/locked threads in three other forums alerting people to this.

P.S I have recently alerted admin to the request made by The_Pragmatic_One, re being taken to the last comment in a thread when you click in the last action box.

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And reputation, + and -, people give it to you based on posts. There are levels etc.

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And reputation, + and -, people give it to you based on posts. There are levels etc.

Quoted from me

Can I vote against this idea as i have found that most forums that do this most members worry about their post too much so they don't post what they really believe allowing the forum to become too much in the favor of group ideas which lacks important disagreement to the normal view.

Quoted from Sillygostly

I would also like the emoticon box to expand a little. I hate opening a separate window (which takes forever to load), just to look for a specific smiley.

Quoted from dara

Make the games thread not count towards post total

Quoted from Paula

I'd like theme/colour options.  All we have atm is the "platinum winter" theme.  Another board that I frequent has about 6 colour/theme choices, as well as 2 AFL football team colour choices.

Quoted from Lowie_1010

all I can say is........MORE SMILIES!!!

Quoted from 80

Paula help! They're using the wrong word!

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Do you think a shoutbox might work, rather than a javaapplet chat thinger, maf-you?

Quoted from Paula

Do you think a shoutbox might work, rather than a javaapplet chat thinger, maf-you?