New Forum Portal
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New Forum Portal
Ok this is the link to the proposed forum portal
http://www.astwoodbankac.co.uk/forum/portal.php
Please note there is no link to return to it within the forum yet as its only on a trial basis to get some feedback.
Please take the time to vote and to post any comments good or bad.
http://www.astwoodbankac.co.uk/forum/portal.php
Please note there is no link to return to it within the forum yet as its only on a trial basis to get some feedback.
Please take the time to vote and to post any comments good or bad.
Last edited by Paul Webster on Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:37 am, edited 5 times in total.
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Just another thought on this, Paul. I don't know if you're doing it or not, but if you're thinking of turning the site into a portal, have you looked at PHPNuke? http://phpnuke.org/ It pretty-much takes all the hard work out of it, plus new features can be easily added as modules.
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I like it paul, well done on all your efforts..
Only thing is how do I vote or is it closed...
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Only thing is how do I vote or is it closed...
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Sorry Paul but I can see the poll percentages but no vote button appearing, am I losing it or can anyone else not see it
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Sorry Paul, didn't think I'd voted and planned to come back and comment, maybe I did vote, that would explain it soz
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I think this is good step in the right direction. My eye is immediately drawn to the box currently in the top right which shows the latest posts. Personally I would give this more real estate and move the category taxonomy to the left or right. Assuming you can just link straight to the lattest message clicking on the subject this will make the forum more compulsive in terms of reading and contributing.
If It is possible to get a picture in (i.e. the latest significant catch photo), that would make the page more interesting still..!
I'll have a few more thoughts when I have more time...
Well done Paul. The effort is appreciated.
If It is possible to get a picture in (i.e. the latest significant catch photo), that would make the page more interesting still..!
I'll have a few more thoughts when I have more time...
Well done Paul. The effort is appreciated.
Thanks for that DoctorRog, the only problem with the box on the right it only lists the last poster to a subject so if 5 posts have been made it will only show the last poster. But I can't alter that as it relies on reading information from the sql database. It might be worth noting though there is a hyperlink in the top left box that shows the number of posts since your last logon and will filter just those subjects and poosts for you.
I will look into having the picture on the portal but its can get messy having the same picture represented in different places throughoput the web site as it just means more effort for me when a new photo is added but I will look to incorporate the idea I can always remove it if I don't have the time to keep it maintained.
I will look into having the picture on the portal but its can get messy having the same picture represented in different places throughoput the web site as it just means more effort for me when a new photo is added but I will look to incorporate the idea I can always remove it if I don't have the time to keep it maintained.
I like it...
Paul, noted the comments about the picture and understood. I had thought that maybe the latest one could be loaded automatically or something like that. Any chance of another 5 characters or so in the excellent "recent discussions" box? Or am I being greedy?? ))
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