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A Bunch of Feature Requests
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Tal
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Oct 1, 2010 - 10:09 am

Firstly – I've said it before but it's worth saying again… your plugin is the best thing out there for WordPress!  Thank you.

Having watched Simple Forums progress over the last 3 or so years I'm
always amazed how it keeps improving but after using it daily over
the past 18 months there are some suggestions I have that I think
would add some great additional functionality.

I realise some of them may not be feasible in the next release or may already be in consideration but here goes…

  1. Each moderator has their own unread post queue so that when they
    read posts it's not removed from other moderators or admin queue.
  2. Ability to assign moderators to different forums and then
    moderators only see unread posts from their assigned forum/s in their
    unread posts admin queue.
  3. Get rid of iframes for Admin new posts queue & PMs – can't use these on iPhone 🙁
  4. Ability for admins/mods to "suspend" a post for review.  Particularly good for mods
    who are unsure if a post should be deleted – set post to moderation so
    that another mod or admin can check it.
  5. Ability to edit posts
    from Admin new posts queue (can open in edit mode in a new window if
    it's not easy to do it within the queue itself.)
  6. Batch processing for admin tasks. eg for:
    • moving multiple threads to other forums
    • deleting multiple posts within a thread.
    • move multiple forums to other groups
    • set permissions for multiple foru
  7. Batch processing for user tasks like unsubscribe.
  8. Menu
    button for users to insert a youtube video and/or a paste HTML snippet
    for embedding videos from youtube or other sources without having to use
    full HTML mode which is confusing for some users.
  9. Add users to a group via their profile.
  10. One
    step banning – a special pre-defined group for banned members that
    gives them no access without having to add them to a group and be sure
    to remove them from other groups.
  11. Option to ban by IP address.
  12. Lock topics when posting a reply.
  13. List
    user posts from profile instead of threads they've posted in. Basically
    a list of posts with just the first sentence (or x characters) from
    each of the user's posts with a link to take you to that post and/or
    thread a lot of other forums do this and it would be very very useful.
  14. Get rid of whatever inserts linebreaks after you post when you copy/paste text... that's really annoying!
  15. Easier way to change domain names – right now there's a bunch of
    different things you have to change if you're moving your forum to a new
    address.
  16. Ability for at least admins to see what thread a member is currently browsing (not a high priority).

I know that's a lot of stuff….

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Mr Papa
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Oct 1, 2010 - 11:57 am

wow. quite a list! Wink

will keep it handy, especially with plugin api coming in 5.0...  a lot would be easy to add as plugin and not bloat the core...

# 3 too bad, works on androids! Laugh

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Tal
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:19 pm

Another one I've thought about a few times - probably good for a plugin - Member Birthdays - ability for people to put their birth date in their profile and then each day on the forums display somewhere who's birthday it is tocday and coming up in the next 7 days

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Mr Papa
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:23 pm

That you can already do with custom profile fields and program hooks...  of course, some php required in the hook... [Image Can Not Be Found]

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Tal
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:30 pm

not all of us have the skill level for that...

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Mr Papa
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:35 pm

understand - hence the smiley 😉

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Tal
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:41 pm

Just rubbing it in then eh? [Image Can Not Be Found]

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Mr Papa
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:53 pm

nah... wouldnt do that... [Image Can Not Be Found]

do need to find an extra hand or two to help out around here though...

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Tal
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Oct 16, 2010 - 7:58 pm

Wish I could help.. coding isn't really my thing though - I'm  not so bad with layout and good at coming up with ideas LOL

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spork
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Nov 16, 2010 - 4:11 am

Tal said:

  1. Add users to a group via their profile.
  2. One step banning – a special pre-defined group for banned members that
    gives them no access without having to add them to a group and be sure
    to remove them from other groups.
  3. Option to ban by IP address.
  4. List user posts from profile instead of threads they've posted in. Basically
    a list of posts with just the first sentence (or x characters) from
    each of the user's posts with a link to take you to that post and/or
    thread a lot of other forums do this and it would be very very useful.
  5. Get rid of whatever inserts linebreaks after you post when you copy/paste text... that's really annoying!
  6. Get rid of whatever inserts linebreaks after you post when you copy/paste text... that's really annoying!
  7. Get rid of whatever inserts linebreaks after you post when you copy/paste text... that's really annoying!  Please?

Also:

-Ability to set a "second thoughts timer" so that edits to a post within that period of time don't cause it to read "Edited by xxxxx at x:xx PM"  vBulletin has this, and it's usually set to a couple minutes, so when you inevitably see a typo after you post you can correct it.

-Ability for admins to edit posts without causing them to read "Edited by xxxxx at x:xx PM"

My two cents [Image Can Not Be Found]

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