What can we do to make the forum a better place for YOU?

[Administrator_JSVN]

The Forum is pretty cool, and I like it a lot.  One thing that I find myself doing when I open it is going to the bottom to find out what the latest replies on a particular subject are.  Maybe you could have a link at the top of the page with the "latest..." entries.

It is something similar there, look at the right top for "UNREAD POSTS since last visit / NEW REPLIES to your posts"

The unread posts since last visit doesn't work most of the time that I look at it, therefore I just go to the bottom of the page and see who's posted what.

I use the  "UNREAD POSTS since last visit / NEW REPLIES to your posts" regularly and seems to work for me. Though if I haven't visited for a couple of days it may be five pages long!!

Maybe you're expecting it to be unread THREADS, which is different from posts. There's a link at the top right of that page to "mark all posts read". Use that to clear the list so to speak.

 

[Alan m]

I definitely appreciate all of this feedback. Some of it may be possible, some not as we are limited by the inherent capabilities of the forum software.

However, I guess I had something a little different in mind with my original post. I was gearing it more toward: is there something we can do to make the forum more enjoyable, engaging, valuable to you as a member.

you should start a new thread on this to stop this thread going off topic or should that be on topic [eek]. im sure you could get a few good sugestions

 

[Alan m]

I knew my name would come up when I read Neills post!   I thought some one is going to say something and it had to be you Alan M the annoying member who used Red highlight appose to just making it bold!  Its hard to read!
that was my point jmb. i hate it 2

I hate members who highlight especially yellow highlight really hard to read.  [tongue] [tongue] [tongue]
A few improvements I would like to see.

1) Is being able to untag your self from a thread once you posted as some threads go on an on an on an on an on an on an on and every time I sign on I click on new replies the thread is back der again  I end up just clicking on it and then clicking pack on new replies to get it away.  The only solutions I found was to delete all my post I posted in the thread.
i know this is anoying when you lost interest in a topic or replied to a off topic bit
i also hate when people delete a post as the whole thread makes no sence some of the time after that point

2) Being able to go onto your own profile and see ALL Threads/Topics you started as I think I have started a fair few and I cnt remember them all nor can I easily find them some times.
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3) Clicking on my profile I am able to see all my posts I have posted not in order like it is now Show members last post which takes ages to find what your want but in categories  so this would help with number 2 included!  So as well as seeing   Show members last post   another section Show members Posts/Threads.    

It takes you to a page and you can see ALL Threads started by this member and by clicking on a specific Thread you can see all posts this member has posted ONLY in this Thread no other post by other members.    

Go back to the Show members Posts/Threads  you can also see all other Threads this person has posted but not Threads started by this person and click on them to see what they ONLY have posted in that particular Thread.

All this Show memeber posts/Threads can be put in order of Type!  So by Date or Type of Thread-Topic (General Chat, Woodworking)

4) Going on a members Profile and Seeing ALL pictures he/she loaded up and ALL Videos (Youtube links)
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The first two are my two MAIN upgrades I would like to see in the Forum

Thank you

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[flair woodworks]

I definitely appreciate all of this feedback. Some of it may be possible, some not as we are limited by the inherent capabilities of the forum software.

However, I guess I had something a little different in mind with my original post. I was gearing it more toward: is there something we can do to make the forum more enjoyable, engaging, valuable to you as a member.

Free Festool steins for all members!

Besides that, videos and commentary on the Festool training courses.  Many of us woodworker are used to having to figure out things for ourselves and figure out what has already been figured out.

Maybe instead of having lists of all the Festools members own, we could have little icons depicting each tool.  Or maybe even a smiley using each tool.  On a similar vein, can we get numbered systainer icons for making lists?  That would be cool.

 

[advrope]

Actually from my point of view, not much.  I am a new member and in the first flush of enthusiasm prone to over-exuberance, perhaps.  I will stay the course because of so many intelligent enthusiasts and great exchanges, but I do think the roving management on this site is the creme de la creme.  I have already learnt a great deal since joining and look forward to future exchanges, even the contentious ones. 

 

[Kevin D.]

What about swag rewards for frequency of MEANINGFULL posts?  You know, festool decals, ball caps, t-shirts.  It would maybe be along the lines of a top five posters of the month as voted by......hmmm....how would that part go?  Dunno.  Just a basic idea.

Notification of when something is updated or added in the "Consolidated List".

Printable product label PDF's so I can make my own stickers when the original ones fall off.

 

[roblg3]

There have been replies on this thread in about 5 years...is anyone still interested in replies?

 

[demographic]

Forum is good, great resource of info but perhaps if more people using it knew how to use the quote system slightly better and deleted the parts they weren't directly quoting it would make threads quicker and nicer to read.

 

[roblg3]

It would be great to be able to have threads I'm not interested in to be acknowledged and then removed from my personal feed.