Suggestion for New Board

[JGadrow]

Thought of this based on something one of the newer members said: Would the creation of a 'Security' board be useful to members of this site? Mabe as a child board of Code Discussion (I think that's the title)?

Might serve as a 'first-stop' for people asking questions regarding code security.

[jannesiera]

I think it's an option, but not sure it's the right thing to do. Aren't child boards only needed when the parent board is overcrowded? I don't think the code board is active enough. So maybe a sticky and / or article on security are better options? my 2 cents

[JGadrow]

Boards are for organizational purposes. As far as I know, there's no hardline rule as to when a childboard should be created. It's all up to how granular the site admins want to be on organization.

I'm not exactly certain whether a 'security' board would be popular or not. I have a feeling that if some decent articles were posted there it could be referenced a lot, and it would certainly be a good starting place for someone trying to read up on security practices. Outside of that, I'm not sure of its utility.

[MystressNyx]

We've been going through and *removing* boards so that everything's not spread so thin. That and we're really trying to avoid child boards as much as possible. We also merged all of the articles into a single forum so that that could be the "first stop". So, for anyone just wanting to post a helpful article, I would suggest posting it there.

[JGadrow]

Thanks, I agree. As you can see, I didn't really see a whole lot of utility for this feature but I wanted to at least have it documented somewhere since I saw someone ask for it.

[Scion]

In every forum that ive administered ive allways tried to keep child boards to a minimum....95% of activity is on recent threads and theyre allways at the top if you look at a board directly...(personally i use the unread posts since last visit thing) and if you really really do want to find something then there is allways the search function....generally undrused IMHO.

One thing that i have seen used to good effect is a sticky'd index thread to particularly interesting or relevant or common themes...

[Delifisek]

Agreed +

[JGadrow]

Yeah, I use 'unread' link too. As well as the RSS feed to let me know when new topics have been posted. And I agree that search is under-utilized. I always try a quick search at least before posting a new topic.

[shoespeak]

If you are looking for more organization, maybe a sticky could be created that acts like a "table of contents," and every time a new article is posted the sticky is edited.

[Nox]

Would it be possible to be able to modify number of shown "recent posts" in the bottom?

[Chris]

Would it be possible to be able to modify number of shown "recent posts" in the bottom?

Yeah, I would like to have like 25

[MystressNyx]

There is already a link just below in the Forum Stats section that says "View the most recent posts on the forum" which will show you the last 100 posts made. It's a happy medium between those that don't enjoy the extra clutter and those that use the feature.

ETA: Alternately, you can click the icon to the left of the Recent Posts section to reach the same extended list.

[die4me]

how about the top ten mod?

[MystressNyx]

how about the top ten mod?

Top 10 what? There are various Top 10's in the More Stats section. Can't think of anything beneficial beyond what's already listed there.

[die4me]

it just shows last posts and hot threads top posters and such just easier to navigate site with

[Nox]

I think Nyx meant http://community.bbgamezone.net/index.php?action=recent - linked by the icon on the left side of recent posts and "View the most recent posts on the forum."

I personally like the condensed way (no content, just post subjects) better, but I understand it's not that essential

[Chris]

Maybe some mod to exclude double replies? I think most want to know which topics were changed recently, not that there were 5 people replying to it today. This would effectively make the history of changed topics longer without displaying more lines of text.