Forum formatting suggestion

Slycaster

<div class="IPBDescription">Related to ease of use</div>This is a suggestion related to truncating as well as promoting more people to involved in subforums with minimal navigation.

I'll use the Natural Selection General Discussion Forum as an example.

It might be best to create one general Natural Selection 2 Forum, and have that essentially be "General Discussion" by default. Upon clicking this you're presented with 4 subforums visible at the very top of the general discussion. Mapping, Modding, I&S, and E-Team.

This eliminates the need to click through about 4-5 locations to properly switch between forums, and because it's presented to you first and foremost before general forum topics are listed, new people and people browsing the forums will naturally get an idea of the subforums immediately. This also allows people to browse general discussion and immediately see if there's any new posts in any of the other forums when refreshing it by looking at the latest post indictator on all 4 of the subforums listed at the top of the current forum.

This is just a suggestion, but I think it'd be much easier to navigate and serve to make a more cohesive forum browsing experience.

This also could be done with many of the original NS forums for truncation as well.

Sops

I dislike the use of sub-forms, too much clicking and your not able to quickly see everything

Slycaster

<!--quoteo(post=1767122:date=Apr 15 2010, 01:54 PM:name=Sops)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sops @ Apr 15 2010, 01:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767122"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I dislike the use of sub-forms, too much clicking and your not able to quickly see everything<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

This is another option, to have all 5 forums independent, but it appears the idea is to create some sort of containment of forums, hence why i suggested a more uniformed Main Forum and 4 subforums, instead of having a the current:

Creation > Mapping
> Modding
Discussion > General
> I and S
> E-Team

And turning it into:

Natural Selection 2 > Mapping
> Modding
> I and S
> E-Team

Drown

I too favour the idea of

NS2
> General Discussion
> Ideas and Suggestions
> Mapping
> Modding
> E-team

as compared to

NS2
<!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b> > Discussion</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
> General Discussion
> Ideas and Suggestions
> E-team
<!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b> > Creation </b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
> Mapping
> Modding


However, this would be the preferable format for when more sub forums are added...

NS2
<!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b> > Discussion
</b> <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--> > General Discussion
> Ideas and Suggestions
> E-team
> Server Discussions
> Tournaments / Events
> Guild Discussions
<!--sizeo:4--><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>
> Creation </b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
> Mapping
> Modding
> Modeling


edit:
Darn thing doesn't preserve indentation!

Garo

<!--quoteo(post=1767137:date=Apr 15 2010, 04:03 PM:name=Drown)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drown @ Apr 15 2010, 04:03 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767137"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I too favour the idea of

NS2
> General Discussion
> Ideas and Suggestions
> Mapping
> Modding
> E-team<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I also vote for this. It's completely useless to have another subforum for the creation stuff. Just put all five forums under NS2 to keep it simple :)

- Garo

Drown

well, I think it does have a use, it's just not really necessary (yet?)

Mr. Epic

<!--quoteo(post=1767137:date=Apr 15 2010, 04:03 PM:name=Drown)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Drown @ Apr 15 2010, 04:03 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767137"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I too favour the idea of

NS2
> General Discussion
> Ideas and Suggestions
> Mapping
> Modding
> E-team<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Another vote for that sort of layout, no need to nest the forums when there are so few categories.

Flayra

Done.

Water_Boy

nice :) now get back to making ns2 flayra, stop slacking on the forums hehe

Drown

<!--quoteo(post=1767157:date=Apr 15 2010, 04:02 PM:name=Flayra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flayra @ Apr 15 2010, 04:02 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767157"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Done.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Thanks so much!

Now I wait patiently to be the first post in the new sub forum.

Mr. Epic

<!--quoteo(post=1767157:date=Apr 15 2010, 05:02 PM:name=Flayra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flayra @ Apr 15 2010, 05:02 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767157"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Done.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
thank you!

Renegade.

<!--quoteo(post=1767157:date=Apr 15 2010, 04:02 PM:name=Flayra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Flayra @ Apr 15 2010, 04:02 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1767157"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Done.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
approve +1

spellman23

Yay!

BTW, I HATE sub-forums with a passion. Stupid extra nesting + low click economy.....

Quovatis

Aww, you removed the feedback forum. That other site is stupid IMHO, but if you guys still prefer it, I'll do it.