Forum features wishlist
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This is for wishes only, new things to add, not bugs. If you find bugs please see Bugs! We got 'em!
Here's our current wishlist, in no order except by where they would appear on the site:
Site Features
- Embed our twitter feed in a page that we can sticky.
- Better job posting boards. Need clarification here.
- Bring back the old rank system. (fixed 2016-06-03)
- Forum skin chooser.
- Recent Topics button. (added 2016-09-19)
- Drafts button. (added 2016-09-19)
- HTTPS support.
Search
- Use quotes to search a string, use + and - to force/ignore search terms.
- Sort the results: date of original post, date of last reply, number of replies, number of views.
- Option to disable search term highlighting.
Front Page
- Automatically post latest tweet to the News page.
- A separate section on top of the main page for the latest monthly recap.
- RSS feed for the news page.
Categories
- Less dead space in thread list view. (fixed 2016-06-10)
- Thumbnails next to thread titles.
- Mark unread threads as green and read threads as gray. (added 2016-10-07)
- Jump to a specific page in a thread, from the thread list.
- Show the number of pages in thread titles.
- Show the last poster's name. (added 2017-03-01)
- Show the last post date. (added 2017-03-01)
- List view rollovers are too jumpy. (fixed 2016-06-10)
- Show if OP has replied to the conversation.
- Show if you have posted in the conversation.
- Filtering options for recent topics. For example, a filter for General Discussion + 3D Showcase + Technical Talk.
- Trending posts section. Maybe underneath the stickies.
- Stickies divider above regular posts.
- Subforums list should show the most recent reply in each. (added 2016-10-03)
- Ignore list: hide all topics & posts by those users.
Comments - Features
- <iframe> support in HTML mode. For example to control Vimeo options like width/height/etc. (Vanilla will not allow this)
- Marmoset viewer embed.
- Bring back the old Polycount emojis.
- Anim gif avatars.
- Ability to view artwork in full resolution.
- Quick drawing overlay tool for art critiques. Freehand draw, lines, arrows, circles, text, etc.
- Quote block shouldn't allow a backspace below it to enter inside it.
- Quote a selection.
- Reaction buttons "Like" "Thanks" etc. (added 2016-09-02)
- Image size limit for uploading, to avoid WAYWO browsing slowdowns.
- Add a new poll in a reply within an existing poll.
- Polls should allow multiple choice, as an option.
- "This post has been edited" indicator.
- "Show original post" if a post has been edited.
- View a single post.
- Favorites list for tagging single posts.
Comments - Layout
- Less dead space in thread view. (fixed 2016-06-10)
- Ranks shouldn't be same font as usernames. (fixed 2016-06-11)
- Ranks should be in the Online/SendMessage block on the right. (won't fix, all now in header)
- Two-tier name, time they have been a member plus the number of posts, to create a two word title. This way, even lurkers will get 'promoted' without having to post a lot. (won't fix, too much clutter)
- Offline/SendMessage moved to underneath avatar, or into right side of post header. (fixed 2016-09-09)
- Customize the color for the yellow flash animated effect when you post.
- OP avatar is way too large. (won't fix, they're fine)
- User name in quote header should link to their Profile page.
- Signatures limited. 3 lines max, no styling like bold or sizes, no colors only gray (unlinked) or white (linked).
Comments - Navigation
- Option to view posts in a thread in reverse chronological order.
- Previous Thread/Next Thread navigation at the bottom of every page.
- Suggested threads list at the bottom of each thread, related to title or OP.
- Threads should send one notification, then stop sending notifications until you look at that thread again.
- Option to follow another user. Receive notifications when they post.
- Option to "automatically favorite any threads I participate in" (Forum designers said they won't add this feature. Instead, disable the option "Notify me when people comment on discussions I've participated in" and manually click "Add To Favorites" when desired)
- Notifications (bell icon) is redundant and should be removed. (Won't remove, some use it for recent posts, using "Popup" in Notification options)
- Notification email should contain preview of what was said. PM notifications do this, why not thread reply notifications?
- Notification email when you're quoted, as an option.
- Notifications: option to be notified when OP replies.
Profile & Messaging
- Drafts should be created for Conversation replies.
- Remove redundant profile buttons "Edit My Thumbnail" and "Remove Picture", they exist inside "Change My Picture". (fixed 2016-06-10)
- Drafts: how delete? Add a way to selectively delete drafts via Profile. (fixed 2016-06-16)
- Edit a private message after it's been sent.
- Badges for milestones & awards: Recaps, Banners, Frontpages, years as a member, Posts, contest awards. (added 2016-10-04)
- Show why an account was banned. (only shown to moderators)
Replies
Better job posting boards
There's this: http://polycount.com/discussions But agreed, a button for it would be nice.
Can you give me some detail about this? What exactly doesn't work. I think I know but I don't want to guess.
Just wanted to post the idea somewhere before I forgot it.
You can do that with Lightshot and ShareX . Although you would still need to upload the image.
Edit: Also it may have been mentioned already but users should get notifications when they are quoted in a post similar to if they had tagged a user with the at symbol.
Auto tagging/notify sounds awesome. Is it not a thing yet ? I mean; I could add the '@' manually, like I did above. Did that notify you, AtticusMars ??
All these suggestions are great. Added them to th OP, and will add to our tracking system.
@PyrZern Didn't work. Don't know if that is always the case, I've tried that before as well, not sure anyone else gets them.
I remember a while ago looking at my profile there was an option to see all the drafts I had saved and to delete them, but I don't see it anymore. Maybe I'm just blind?
Not that big of a deal I guess but I have accidentally replied to multiple threads because I am clumsy and had a draft saved -____-
http://polycount.com/discussion/63361/information-about-polycount-new-member-introductions/p1#forum
Deleting drafts is not so easy, only way I've found is to replace each with a space character, then Save Draft.
I'll add quote notifications to the list.
Is one line for sigs good enough? Or do you need it to be two, or three?
Better search, noted.
PNG handling is in the bug list.
We can re-enable the old rank system. That was very Polycount. Will take a look tomorrow.
Maybe we should bring back the old red/blue/green skin. Ha. Adam would kill me.
- A 'HOT' section underneath the stickies which would showcase threads that spark lots of interest would be nice as well (like a 'trending' section?).
- A small space between the stickied threads and the regular ones on the boards. Not too important, but it'd be a nice way to make the boards a bit more organised.
- A size limit for uploaded images. Since some users upload dozens of megs worth of PNGs to the WAYWO threads they take forever to load with a slow connection.
- A small list of suggested threads at the bottom of each page of a thread, which would give you a few threads that relate to the title or the OP of the thread. Would be helpful when you're trying to find information about a certain topic.
About "like" buttons. There are times I'm finding where I want to upvote someone's post because it's funny, or because it's Truth, or just to say thanks. Negative buttons are probably not a good idea. People tend to take downvotes too seriously.
Not sure about how our built-in Reactions system works, will test it out. Some reaction setups show who clicked what, which is nice, like a mini-poll for that post. The ratings might also show up on your profile page too.
More thoughts about like/dislike buttons?
Also really like the idea of a "Like" or "Thanks" button. There are a ton of times where I would like to thank/like someones post or something I see in WAYWO without having to take the time to write "cool image". Basically for those times I dont feel like writing out a crit but to let the person know what they did is cool.
I have this on a Car Forum I frequent and its amazing how much I like the feature. Its great when you get Likes/Thanks for what you post without the need of EVERYONE having to write something. Great for people who just lurk as well.
Just a thought
Green titles for unread threads, yeah that's wish # 4. I want that as well.
Would the rank text look better lowercase or not bold? Maybe italicized? Just feels a bit odd being the same size and cap as the name.
the second would in my opinion promote the threads already getting tons of attation, ie, not the ones that need it. you already have the front page that promotes stuff that is seen as popular and cool by the mods. this is the same reason i think thread-thumbnails is a bad idea. the less people need to engage in conversation and just simply scroll through images the more polycount becomes like instagram and such.
obviously these are only valid points if you think polycount should primarily be about giving critique and growing as artists. if you think of it as a place to simply showcase art you made, i can see the reasons for these functions.
eventough i personally think that the critique giving is WAY more important than the showcasing, i can see the need to have somekind of balance, to attract people here. i think the strength of polycount so far has been it has done both very succesfully. im just worried when it seems like we pushing to far into the showcasing part, hurting the balance. as i wrote, the is already places like this, maybe most notably artstation.
I don't think Polycount need anything like that.
Can you give an example how this might be used?
How would it work with the setup that shows each user's votes in their replies?
In the meantime you could simply reply with a link to your new poll thread, and/or a link in the new thread back to the originating one.
Well this probably could be used in community made contests, if it ever comes back. For example, when polycount had the dota 2 monthly competitions, everyone would always be replying their choice of theme in the thread, when it would've been easier just to open a poll for people to vote. Or even in the general discussion, if people want to say they liked a movie or not.
Setup: Basically someone creates a reply, or a new poll button and starts a poll like any other poll thread. The poll would be locked from editing after being created to prevent people from deleting it (except for admins). As for the reply system, there could be a time limit to the polls so that replies after "x" amount of days/hours, would no longer show results. That way people wouldn't have many poll results in a long thread. Or maybe have that feature (user votes in replies) special just for the new thread polls.
Having polls within replies wouldn't really be used on a regular basis like some other features. I just thought it just be a little convenient rather than opening outside a thread. Definitely a feature like this wouldn't be at the top list.
Where's my RANK !?
The biggest problem is it doesn't show the spoiler wrapper while you're editing (incomplete WYSIWYG editing is a known bug). Though you can click Preview to see it.
We can't force spoilers on others' images. We thought about enforcing file size limits, but that doesn't stop people from using external image hosts with extra large files (or slow serving speeds).
Rank is also a known bug, and being worked on. In fact you are example # 1.