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Posted: 25 Feb 2006 21:19
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Let's use this thread for version 2.0 suggestions. I have a nice list planned but I always forget some things, so let's put everything in this thread. Put all your feature wishes here.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 21:28
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Obviously, avatars & signatures... Status icons would be a nice touch. Slightly more advanced text editor

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 12:25
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Quote: Slightly more advanced text editor Can you be a little more specific on this one?

Posted: 01 Mar 2006 19:56
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I would like to see 3 levels of users: Admin, Moderator and user Moderator would be able to edit & add to assigned forums. Keep it simple! Ability to assign this level on Admin link. Also, I would like to be able to have access to registered users and be able to email anyone that gave permission or email the whole list. Your thoughts?

Posted: 02 Mar 2006 20:29
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My best idea for you is to copy all the main usability features of Vbulletin software but keep the design elements similar to how seo board looks in the base version. It would be like having the power of vbulletin but with much less fat.

Posted: 03 Mar 2006 10:54
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mayday, what would be the role of the user moderator compared to a moderator? trc4949, It is more complicated than just implementing features. The devil is in the details. A feature set can be implemented in 100s of ways resulting in different user satisfaction/usability etc. My problem is that I am always overthinking on details.

Posted: 09 Mar 2006 18:01
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Hi Hristo I suggest the following features for next version: 1.) a possibility to set posts to a status "hide" additional to the status "move" or "delete". Would be great if such a feature could be applied for each individual post. "Move" for instance is now only possible for the whole thread. 2.) An option, that registration requires the entry of real first Name and real last Name. I am very happy with your forum and it works fine. I have made some changes and additions (e.g. a simply routine to administrate moderators). If you wish, I send you the codes. Heinz

Posted: 09 Mar 2006 18:23
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Heinz, what is the purpose of the "hide" functionality? I will think about 2). I don't see even the big boards doing it. Please, everyone, list ALL your suggestions and be very specific. I would like to reaaaaally bloat the next version with useful features, but make it even faster.

Posted: 09 Mar 2006 18:46
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Hello Hristo "hide": Our Forum at http://www.vizslaclub.ch/seo/ has unfortunately some users that do not have the right behaviour and are posting messages that are not really nice. Of course we ban these users and we delete their postings. But if we should prove the real content of the deleted postings we do not have anything. With a "hide"-function we still have the respective postings, but the users will not read/see them. "realnames": It is more or less the same reason as mentionned above. We want that users have the right behaviour and that they present themselves in correct way, that means to say their right names. Of course I could add two fields to the seo_board_users-table and customize the register.php myself.

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 14:23
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How about blocking the conversion of smilies to images within code blocks? At present if you enter some code that contains what could be interpreted as a smiley, it gets converted, even within the code. This is unlikely to be the desired effect. You can get round it pretty easily by unchecking the "convert smilies to images?" check box, but this means that you then can't use graphical smilies in the rest of the post either. Not a big problem, but if you're fixing other stuff at the same time... Ian

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 15:52
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I have put the smilies problem on the todo list.

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 13:35
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Hi Hristo Another smilies thing that also affects the bold, italics, underline links etc: is it possible to have these insert at the cursor position rather than just at the end of the message?

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 14:24
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That's on the todo list.

Posted: 16 Mar 2006 05:17
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Two "small" suggestions. 1. "Post-it" / "Sticky" support. Could be really useful, for rules and general announcement. 2. A little search box, up and right, might be before the Logout or the Forum Dropdown? And... what's the ETA for the next version?

Posted: 16 Mar 2006 12:57
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The forum currently has sticky support, but you don't see it because you are not an admin/mod. Every time I give ETAs, they go wrong. I will never do that again

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 09:47
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Suggestions: Fix the MYSQL optimizer! i know this is very vague suggestion. but, by interest i click this one day and it 'corrupted' my entire SEO board mysql database... i had to delete it because it was just.. not right. i disabled the link, so others do not do it too... Add more than 1 administator option. i know people can code this into their forum, but it would be nice as an admin area option. obviously have 1 super admin.. Less mysql usage. Statistics aren't vital... Also things as reading user names into an array for future use in an array may be quicker than getting it all from the d'base all over again... Your forum is very good hristo. i personally would not add any "functions", just make it "quicker". or at least keep the current version for download

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 11:41
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The optimizer is just running a mysql optimize command on all tables. There may be some problem with the mysql or with the server, but it is not a seo-board problem. Multiple admins are already implemented. Statistics are brought to the extreme level (showing stats for every forum - how many are viewing etc. ala vbulletin). Don't worry the bloat can be turned off. Without it, the forum will run on upto 4 queries mostly.

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 18:20
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Mate you need two things: - sigs - notifications This board is fantastic. Don't bloat it out. MrLeN

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 18:54
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Is it possible to add username you have quoted, between the quote tags? Would be nice, if every post had a 'quote' option in it self, or something. I mean for example: Quote: MrLen wrote: This board is fantastic. Don't bloat it out. ps. I agree MrLen

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 19:50
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Lennu, it's on the todo list. btw. if any1 haven't noticed, the fastest way to quote a passage, is to select it with the mouse and click the quote button. The javascript puts the selected text within the quotes.

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 21:05
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Hey, that's a nice feature. MrLeN

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 20:18
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Hristo, What about optimizing the board further. I'll use this thread's URL as an example. Currently, you have: http://forums.seo-board.com/article398.htm I'd like to see the URLs generated like so: http://forums.seo-board.com/comments-suggesti ... I've optimized a lot of VB boards, using VBSEO, and its great and the traffic is excellent after optimization. But I love the ease of your board. I'd love to see this addition added. __________________ Voasi Blog: All you need to know.

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 23:02
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Voasi, I don't see a reason that will help rankings. The only way it could help is someone linking to a topic with the URL as anchor text. The benefits are miniscule or let's say close to non-existent. Benefits: - having the URL as anchor text - more people that have no clue will think SEO-Board is cooler and more SE friendlier Problems: - the vbSEO plugin actually hinders crawling priority and may hinder rankings at Google because it adds an additional / in the URLs. Two Google patents discuss the number of /s in the URL as ranking/crawling priority factors where less / in the URL are better. As far as I can remember the score for having 2 slashes compared to 1 slash was 2% lower (ranking score). - some URLs will become toooo long (topic title with more words). They start to look like spam and may actually get less CTR on the SERPs. - having this feature will require at least 1 additional SQL query - the code will get more complicated trying to reconcile topics with dup titles, pagination, forums using non-English alphabets etc. I just don't think it is worth the effort. I don't even think it will help at all. It could be tougher for newbies to install. The major benefit (to me) is more people will use seo-board. If there's an overdemand for this, I may write a paid addon for the diehard URL optimizers of course, without adding extra slashes on the URLs.

Posted: 24 Mar 2006 01:15
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The real benefit comes from having keywords in the URL. We all go by personal experience and I've done my fair share of optimization for LOTS of sites, as I use to work as an SEO for a large .com. I've seen the benefits from changing forums that we already friendly to having "keywords within the URL" friendly. Anyway, I wouldn't mind paying for it. I like the ease of the software and paying for this feature isn't a problem to me. Let me know if you are thinking of doing it. If not, I'll just RentACoder it. Thanks __________________ Voasi Blog: All you need to know.

Posted: 24 Mar 2006 11:04
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Voasi, can you give some more specifics (stats on traffic from search engines before after) etc. There absolutely no logic that keywords in the URL canh have any significant influence, because they are too easy to manipulate. If you don't want to share these in public email me. If you convince me, I will code that.

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 17:01
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Hi Hristo & Voasi, If i'm not mistaking the keywords in the title help too with increasing the relevance for a keyword for a page. I would like it too . It also solves the problem of having english text (article398.htm) in a foreign board. First my compliments for your work. I would agree with MRLen considering the first priority. Email notifications make good RETURNiNG visitors and make people want to reply on a post because they get triggered directly by the reply... I can't wait for the next version!! Could you give an ETA? Next I would like to suggest the possibility of a mass mailing. This way I could sent a newsletter to my members... This would be great for me since I want to mail people about contests and create a real community. Could you maybe add this future too in the next version? Other then that, GREAT WORK! You know what webmasters like! I don't mind paying for the next version and I think nobody would mind paying a small amount. Kind regards, Merien

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 22:12
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A little email form mailer in the users profile would be great. For contact and with no viewable email (no chance for spam bots). Regards, Jakob

Posted: 31 Mar 2006 08:28
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Private messages! this really comes short cheers, Sergey Smirnov __________________ Thru the darkness of Future Past the magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds Fire - walk with me.

Posted: 31 Mar 2006 09:24
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Private messages will be included in the next version. Keep the suggestions coming.

Posted: 31 Mar 2006 13:55
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This splendid that else: Full user list for admin Display newest users on main page In user profile add fields - home page, location File attachments Email notifications for new replies and private messages Rating of active users and popular topics on main page Spell checking Board help and FAQ page __________________ Thru the darkness of Future Past the magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds Fire - walk with me.

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