I have a massive list of new features, bug fixes and upgrades to old features planned out until the heat death of the universe, but I thought I'd start a thread to welcome suggestions you all might have regarding possible new dakka features that you'd like to see. Our software is typically written from scratch, so pretty much anything you can imagine can be created with enough time.

The following things are in the pipeline (albeit often slow / a long way off for various reasons):
Gallery rebuild - making it faster, easier to browse, easier to sort, easier to view and leave comments, inline voting on gallery images elsewhere on dakka, better tagging, image exalting/faves, etc
PM inbox/outbox - make it more useable (sorting, filtering, etc)
Store finder - expand, improve and clean up a bit

The following are not going to happen for reasons outlined in various threads in the nuts and bolts forum:
No tapatalk integration
No 'official' dakka mobile app (sooner spend time on improving normal dakka browsing for all mobile devices), an API is in the works/mostly done for third parties to use for the home page blog feed, app developers PM me if interested.

I wont respond to many of the requests here, but good or feasible ones will be added to the to-do list. Rack your brains for anything you think might be cool, useful or end some minor annoyance you have with dakka!

Thanks all

Something like a screensaver that you can switch on and leave on the computer, that shows gallery images at full monitor sizes and then fades to the next one. It could be tailored to filter the slideshow for 'orks' or 'high ratings' or 'recent' etc.

Auto-moderation.

Give incentive to voting in the gallery. Something maybe to do with the nickname related to post count? I can see how this might come with vote spammers, but maybe something can be implemented to prevent that,

Currently the title of a thread changes yellow if you have viewed it before.

It would be nice if the title changed a different color when it has unread posts since your last read.

Cleaning up the store finder would be cool. All the information felt kinda cluttered and outdated.

I know trading is not the priority here, but a number in parantheses next to a traders name or listed like posts would be awesome. I look forward to any and all improvements, but just wanna say you guys rock and i really enjoy the site.

Auto Ban any GK player?

that sounds like a good one....

For the DCM Gamers Den- Remove "auto append next post" please

Definitely need to find you at Adepticon and thank you in person for all your work on this incredible site!

Eldarain wrote:Currently the title of a thread changes yellow if you have viewed it before.

It would be nice if the title changed a different color when it has unread posts since your last read.

i agree

wpago wrote:

Eldarain wrote:Currently the title of a thread changes yellow if you have viewed it before.

It would be nice if the title changed a different color when it has unread posts since your last read.

i agree

The bullet on the left of the title is yellow if there's unread posts. That's already taken care of.

Show the ages of posters, and be able to set ignore functions based on age?

Put a mini gallery in a users profile page.

Promote voting in the gallery somehow.

Respond to emails people send to the site.

Battle Ready Studios wrote:Show the ages of posters, and be able to set ignore functions based on age?

It's best that people don't post their ages. We don't need one more thing to be elitists about. This is coming from me, who dips into being an elitist far too often and has actually gotten hatemail from people I told to type properly. I wouldn't blanket everyone based on age, as there are some very good posters who have volunteered that they're on the younger side of the spectrum, being around 14-16. I've also seen posters half again my age type like lobotomized chimpanzees.

legoburner wrote:
PM inbox/outbox - make it more useable (sorting, filtering, etc)

This please, I first suggested it 2 years ago, and would still find it just as useful today >.<

If possible, probably will take some work, fixing the list tags so that they are not required for each line but add the bullet to each new line within the text the tags surround.

The Youtube tags, currently they seem pretty fussy and require a very plain url or they'll refuse to work.

Maybe a favorite feature for the gallery, like the exalt feature. Gallery comments updating to show the current vote of the writer at the time of viewing the comment rather than at the time of posting.


Probably a bit of overhead to those, just throwing up stuff off the top of my head. Most of the things I'd think should be implemented are already suggested elsewhere anyway like the integration of voting and threads in the showcase forum. Though for the voting I think it would be nice as a post option, automatically selected for show case, optional for the rest of the painting sections and disabled on the rest.

Friend's Gallery ( notify you when you friend add new pictures )

/win

Maybe have the notification extend by embedding the image in it.

A button you could press next to the forum index which causes a buxom woman to march into your bedroom bearing her breasts and carrying a tray with some pints on?

I have a few serious improvements that could be made:

Encourage better posts. Allow users to vote on 3 posts every month. Whoever has the highest 3 scores is awarded a 'Poster of the Month'. So as well as stating how many posts you've made, it now also gives you how many times you've been voted 'topic of the month or something. Maybe nothing but people will want to submitt worthwhile posts to try to win some kudos.

How about a page which people cannot place comments on that lists out every wargame. E.g., in alphabetical order it lists out all wargames. This would be controlled by a moderator who could be emailed to add another game onto the list. Click on the game listed it gives you a brief description of the game. Then maybe allow a comon set of voting buttons for each game, E.g., ease of playing, value for money, supportability. This prevents long topics on each games system, but allows a breif overview of peoples thoughts. I'd happily volunteer to mod this.

Same as above, but with retailers? Again a simple voting thread followed by a breif description of the retailer. No posts are allowed on this, its just a list of retailers, Dakkaites can vote on.

Spell Check?

That wouldnt work, it'll be DCM voting for DCM all the time.

Some sort of actual title-layout for the Find a Game section, similar to the Swap Shop layout. Eg: [game/country/location/date] would make it so much easier to navigate that section.

I am with Giothulu......................current system is not working and though it is not a priority and this is not a trading site............nonetheless trading does go on here............lets make it the best it can be

mattyrm wrote: A button you could press next to the forum index which causes a buxom woman to march into your bedroom bearing her breasts and carrying a tray with some pints on?

Apart from this one, I would say if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

I came here from other forums because everything is so well presented and easy to use, so I would hate for it to go in another direction!

Battle Ready Studios wrote:Show the ages of posters, and be able to set ignore functions based on age?

You know that would instantly remove most of the people who support your comments though Battle Ready Studios?

Some way of filtering results from the 'Search' function would be greatly appreciated

A title-track for a combination of voting and/or commenting on images would be a way to get more votes in the galleries

Drag and drop // mass-upload for the gallery! I fething hate having to navigate 10+ images.

I would like to see the mods be able to change the color of the threads in the Swap Shop so that transaction reports could be shown in a color different from the norm. This would allow those threads to stand out more and make it easier to find them.

mattyrm wrote: A button you could press next to the forum index which causes a buxom woman to march into your bedroom bearing her breasts and carrying a tray with some pints on?

I'm afraid that would overload the server; it wouldn't be able to handle that kind of traffic.

Eiríkr wrote:Drag and drop // mass-upload for the gallery! I fething hate having to navigate 10+ images.

A mass upload feature would be nice. Also, images don't always upload in the order you uploaded them. Yesterday I uploaded IMG100, IMG101, IMG102, and IMG103 and I ended up with something like IMG101, IMG100, IMG103, IMG102. It makes navigating battle report galleries very difficult, or any sequence of pictures deliberately uploaded for a certain effect.

Maybe we could have something similar to facebook where you get a notification telling you when someone quoted you. This would be especially useful when trawling through long 30-odd page threads. Don't know how possible this is.

Battle Ready Studios wrote:Show the ages of posters, and be able to set ignore functions based on age?

It's best that people don't post their ages. We don't need one more thing to be elitists about. This is coming from me, who dips into being an elitist far too often and has actually gotten hatemail from people I told to type properly. I wouldn't blanket everyone based on age, as there are some very good posters who have volunteered that they're on the younger side of the spectrum, being around 14-16. I've also seen posters half again my age type like lobotomized chimpanzees.

I'm 17

TheSecretSquig wrote:
Spell Check?

This is built into most browsers. Generally people are lazy or using versions of Internet Explorer from like 1998 and that's why a lot of horrid spelling and grammar get through.

Brother SRM wrote:

TheSecretSquig wrote:
Spell Check?

This is built into most browsers. Generally people are lazy or using versions of Internet Explorer from like 1998 and that's why a lot of horrid spelling and grammar get through.

We're also seeing a larger number of people posting from phones, so there's a lot of horrid spelling and grammar coming through because of that.

For myself, I'd like to see a way for certain topics to become "locked" if a thread exists on them already.

Kanluwen wrote:
For myself, I'd like to see a way for certain topics to become "locked" if a thread exists on them already.

Make the sentence "Who would win?" a bannable offense

Beyond bannable! Ultrabannable!

Everytime there is an agruement on who will win. A Mod will place a Dice on the forum the forum then rolls it. Highest score means the thread closes. Lowest score = Warhamma winz!

Profile related stuff would be good.

Instead of having the one long box for extra info, allow it to be broken up easier with out the big wall of text for those of us who do use it.
Maybe giving us an extra couple of fields could in effect do that job. Games played and Other as additional fields after Biography?

Or make it so enter/return breaks up the text in the Biography bit.

Any upgrades to user profiles, galleries and ability to organise your threads/homepage would be greatly appreciated. Whatever you do will be great, Lego. Looking forward to what you have up your sleeves.

Leo_the_Rat wrote:I would like to see the mods be able to change the color of the threads in the Swap Shop so that transaction reports could be shown in a color different from the norm. This would allow those threads to stand out more and make it easier to find them.

Wouldn't it be easier to just have a transaction report sub-forum?

Make Brody Dalle everyones avatar... I know I would spend 24 hours a day on this forum then...

It has been suggested before, but also shot down as many of the mods think it would too great a hassle.

Dakka Instant Messenger boards. To be frank, I stalk Dakka day and night and their are always mods on. Probably due to regional differences. Any trolls or posts with horrendous grammar can be terminated on the spot via brass banhammer.

I implore you to consider.

Being able to tag swap shop threads in a similar way to the articles and gallery, so you can tag what you are selling, and tag what you are after - might then make it easier to search.

A more generalised report feature for the gallery similar to the forum? It seems the only thing is a small link towards the bottom that seems to be only for disputing ownership (not sure as I've never clicked it).

search functionality, being able to show just thread titles instead of individual posts, sort by date, filters. the current search funtion is terrible.

A show posts with pictures only option in the P&M sections

Agree with having some sort of mass-upload function to the gallery. Would be very handy.

In the tactics, rules and painting threads it would be really nice to weed out the poor advice / wrong answers.

Add a +1 button for users to select a post as the 'most accepted' answer.

legoburner wrote:

No tapatalk integration

I would like to thank you very much for not including this, that beeping tapatalk popup on my iphone when im trying to read a forum drives me up the wall!

My only suggestion would be some way of push the excellent articles section more to the forefront. Im not really sure how, but lots of new members seem to miss it. Possibly renaming it "painting and modelling articles" or something to draw peoples eye?

PM inbox/outbox - make it more useable (sorting, filtering, etc)

In addition to sorting and filtering, make it so that, when you open a PM, there's also a way to access the history from there (like in a scrolling window below the message), especially when SENDING PM's. That will make it a lot easier to keep track of discussions and trade negotiations.

Also... Do we REALLY need re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re:re: at the beginning of a message? Can't we be fine with just ONE "Re:?"

Eric

Lorek wrote:Auto-moderation.

I like this idea.

It could actually prevent the masses of useless comments in the P+M forum saying something along the lines of "looking good" or just "nice!", and perhaps encourage more helpful comments with constructive criticism.

A number generated under the user name similar to post count and gallery votes listing the number of successful trades. This would probably require specific moderation to keep people honest, but it would make the swap shop much more friendly to use.

A gaming club directory?

I suppose actually this could be just a sticky thread in the Find a Game section.

Tools for running campaigns or ladder-style competitions within 'clubs/groups' would be nice.

Maybe as a first step, just the ability to 'join' one or more 'Clubs' as an entry on the screen, then go from there?

Lots of useful ideas so far folks, keep them coming

A pet peeve of mine is not being able to approve people who add you as a friend. I really hate that. it means anyone can track what i'm saying without my approval. (and nothing I say is worth that)

i'm sure I can think of more, but no need to rack my brain over it.

Two things: the first is a list of the no-no words. I've seen several words that I was surprised were not pulled by the profanity filter, and been equally surprised at some that are edited by the filter. If there was some kind of reference list, that would be awesome. I think that some words that some folks consider 'strong emphasis' fall into the category of 'vulgar' to others, and it results in me sometimes sitting at my computer being very confused at what I can and cannot say.

The second thing is some kind of official proclamation in regard to bannings. I can understand forbidding the discussion of other users' account statuses, and I can understand the administration refusing to comment on banned users. It is when both occur together that I become confused. It gives me a creepy Orwellian feel, and I am always left wondering if my friends are just taking a break from Dakka, or if they've been black-bagged by the secret police in the middle of the night. And if I discuss it, then I risk being black-bagged myself. I'm not asking for a big to-do, just a short, simple, "User X has been banned." Then we (the community) would know what happened, and even if we didn't know the reasons, we could certainly piece it together in most cases.

We need a comment section on Dakkanaut Users. But you can delete comments if you wish you comment on that user's comment and it appears on that user's main page.
I mean it may be the biggest pain to do. But it would be cool to see what other people think of this user so we don't have massive problems with it later on.

My first suggestion is to allow the use of previous forum titles. The title progressions are one of the fun things about Dakka, but they aren't always universally liked. Being able to go back a step or two to your favorite earned rank might be a fun little expansion on the system.

The second suggestion I have is more serious. Please relabel the Warmachine/Hordes "you make da call" section. No user here makes the calls unless Jason Soles or David Carl decide to start posting on Dakka. It misrepresents how rules disputes should be handled in those games and portrays them in ways that might give new players the wrong idea about proper etiquette when they can't easily resolve or understand issues with the rules.

Jimsolo wrote:The second thing is some kind of official proclamation in regard to bannings. I can understand forbidding the discussion of other users' account statuses, and I can understand the administration refusing to comment on banned users. It is when both occur together that I become confused. It gives me a creepy Orwellian feel, and I am always left wondering if my friends are just taking a break from Dakka, or if they've been black-bagged by the secret police in the middle of the night. And if I discuss it, then I risk being black-bagged myself. I'm not asking for a big to-do, just a short, simple, "User X has been banned." Then we (the community) would know what happened, and even if we didn't know the reasons, we could certainly piece it together in most cases.

Probably just having it added to their profile page will be enough.

When I get emailed that I have a pm, have the pm in the email, or at the least, who sent it.

Some kind of notification that tells you when a thread you have made or posted on has been replied to.

The language filter altered to correct any usage of Failcost, Finecrap, and it's variants to "Finecast". Sorry guys, it's done.

In the recent Dakka Painting Contest, there were some kind of esoteric image resolution requirements that appeared to be driven less by the organizer requirements and more to do with some unspecified issue with the gallery engine? Something that required them to be 1000x800 or so. If that restriction could be removed or altered it might prove useful for subsequent contests. On the other hand, Inquisitor Lewis has stated he might allow several images going forward, so it's probably a low priority at best.

This is almost certainly more work then anyone is willing to do for free, but I'd love to see a +rep type of system that autocollapses crap posts. I understand this was suggested previously and nixed because it would be too open to gaming, and I'd certainly understand if that remains the case.

I'd also like to see a limited time thing were people could donate to the site, like a mini-kickstarter, where the funds be use explicitly and clearly for the developers and such to buy themselves a few cases of beer or a battleforce or something like that, rather than for site expenses. Is that really a bad idea? I think you guys do a terrific, incredible job on the site.




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Oh, and when you get an email notifying you that you've gotten a PM, perhaps the text of the PM in the email. That would be cool.

Lego, I noticed you said no to an app, but woud it be possible/feasable to allow gallery uploads from a mobile without having to have an app?

I take almost all my blog pics and battle report pics on my iPhone and it would be much more convienient to be able to upload them to the dakka gallery straight from there, rather than having to mess around and get the cable out to move the photos onto my laptop.

If I try to upload from my phone now, the "browse" button where you'd normally select the photo is just greyed out.

n0t_u wrote:

Jimsolo wrote:The second thing is some kind of official proclamation in regard to bannings. I can understand forbidding the discussion of other users' account statuses, and I can understand the administration refusing to comment on banned users. It is when both occur together that I become confused. It gives me a creepy Orwellian feel, and I am always left wondering if my friends are just taking a break from Dakka, or if they've been black-bagged by the secret police in the middle of the night. And if I discuss it, then I risk being black-bagged myself. I'm not asking for a big to-do, just a short, simple, "User X has been banned." Then we (the community) would know what happened, and even if we didn't know the reasons, we could certainly piece it together in most cases.

Probably just having it added to their profile page will be enough.

That would be fantastic! Or after their user name.

Now that I think of it, something to mitigate the flamefest that is the YMDC section would be sweet. It seems like I frequently see people ask (reasonable) questions, only to be accosted for having the temerity to ask them. And when someone dares to advance an argument in the contrary, it seems like it only gets worse, with everyone taking "Well, I think that what they mean is X" to mean "You're an incompetent boob and should be sterilized for the good of the species." I know there's a cautionary line in the forum header, but still, if there was some kind of distilled, FAQ for the YMDC, that would be spectacular.

It'd be nice, but in no way essential, to have a way of turning individual users' signatures off.
My Ignore list is getting increasingly longer and I'm afraid that one day I'll miss an important post that doesn't contain a link to a blog. Don't think it has happened yet, though.

I'm sure its been suggested but can there be a way to turn off the spoiler tag?
Often times people will post nothing but 12 spoiler tags in their post and I seriously can't be bothered to click any of them.
If that isn't possible how about "expand all" at the top of every thread?

MAP IDEAS:

#1) Could we have a map like the store finder for Dakka gamers?

#2) Is the store finder only usuable with maps of real world places? Or can it be changed to host campaigns of otherworld maps?

If that's not possible could Dakka support a fundraiser to pay for some service that would provide campaign maps through Dakka? I'm a Luddite, but some point-and-click method of coming up with campaign maps would be fun.

d-usa wrote:Agree with having some sort of mass-upload function to the gallery. Would be very handy.

... for spambots
Seriously, if you can't be bothered to upload the pic, it is probably not worth it. Or at least not all 100 images you just want to post this second.

Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

Kroothawk wrote:

d-usa wrote:Agree with having some sort of mass-upload function to the gallery. Would be very handy.

... for spambots
Seriously, if you can't be bothered to upload the pic, it is probably not worth it. Or at least not all 100 images you just want to post this second.

Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

Or for people with p&m blogs? It wasn't the lack of comments that killed my blog, it was that every post was a 20 minute upload session.

Kroothawk wrote:Oh, and I support some improvement and introduced modalities to the search function. Currently it is easier to use google.

This! Although it is hard to beat google for searches. Maybe just implement google searches when you click the search button.


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carlos13th wrote:Some kind of notification that tells you when a thread you have made or posted on has been replied to.

You mean like the 'Subscribed' section at the top?

I've suggested it before: but if you click on a link from the main page, it should take you to the first unread post rather than the first page.

The ability to 'bookmark' and//or favourite a particular image in the gallery!

Split the Painting and Modeling thread into Models and Terrain.

IM's would be nice and to prevent spamming you could have it just between friends.

It would be nice to have a way to collapse the various general topic fora. That way if you're not interested in 40K you can just collapse that forum and save some time when you scroll down the list of fora.

Eiríkr wrote:The ability to 'bookmark' and//or favourite a particular image in the gallery!

Maybe an option to Exalt! images, and then have a list of them?

Oh, group pms would be aces.

most other forums i have been on (bartertown, automotive-related forums, local forums) all have the ability to see when someone you have messaged has read or at least opened the message you sent them, i received an offer from a member on my for sale thread, i said his offer was acceptable and to send payment to my email address. whether he is ignoring me or just hasnt read my message (in 3 days) is beyond me, so my question to the mods is why dont we have the "read/unread" text box in the sent messages page? (or alternatively, am i logically-challenged and just didnt see an option to enable that in some settings thing somewhere?)

whalemusic360 wrote:Oh, group pms would be aces.

... for spambots

two things:
a gallery comment count next to the vote count.

and maybe a small box on the bottom of a users profile page that shows where on dakka he is most active. Like
"P&M blogs - 31%
"P&M general - 9%
"Off topic -......" and so on

The ability to create sub threads.

Ie, here we are talking about Space Marines in generel, Someone comes along and asks about Silver Skulls. Instead of taking it the original thread, be able to create a linked sub thread on silver skulls that relates back to the original thread.

You know how family trees appear with peoples names and link lines to their descendants? Same thing but for thread topics

Not a tech feature, but how about an inter-subforum painting challenge similar to the ones on the B&C? Users vow to paint a certain number of models within a certain time frame and the subforum with the highest percentage completion wins. Anyone failing the vow must provide an article or somesuch as penance for failing.

jordanis wrote:most other forums i have been on (bartertown, automotive-related forums, local forums) all have the ability to see when someone you have messaged has read or at least opened the message you sent them, i received an offer from a member on my for sale thread, i said his offer was acceptable and to send payment to my email address. whether he is ignoring me or just hasnt read my message (in 3 days) is beyond me, so my question to the mods is why dont we have the "read/unread" text box in the sent messages page? (or alternatively, am i logically-challenged and just didnt see an option to enable that in some settings thing somewhere?)

I second this.

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

If we let the enemy control our freedoms, then the terrorists have won.

Oh, any chance of a 'successful trades' indicator somewhere, on the profile maybe.

I noted Warseer had one while I was there, and it seemed a useful way of gauging potential trading partners. As the positive trades thread in the forum, seems a mite unwieldly.

I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but a feature that would allow us to filter threads to show only posts that contain images. Much like we can filter them just to show the thread creator's post, it would allow for quick surfing of "show us your models" type threads. =)

Wyrmalla wrote:I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but a feature that would allow us to filter threads to show only posts that contain images. Much like we can filter them just to show the thread creator's post, it would allow for quick surfing of "show us your models" type threads. =)

There is a super secret way to do this.

I forget how, though.

How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

SickSix wrote:How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

There already is one! It's right here.

kronk wrote:

SickSix wrote:How about a POLLs subforum? So people can spam all the repetitive polls they want and not muck up the core forums.

There already is one! It's right here.

Dangit forgot about that. I never scroll down past the 40k area lol.

I now change my suggestion to banning polls in all other forums! LOL

There are some nice suggestions in this thread.

Absolutionis wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

Kroothawk wrote:... for spambots

If we let the enemy control our freedoms, then the terrorists have won.

Still no reason to make weapons of mass destruction available to everyone
Tools whose only function is to facilitate spamming are not a good idea IMHO, even if only used by humans.

This may be crazy/previously suggested:

Paint chip emoticons that correspond with the colors from various paint ranges. This way people who use citadel paint and the like could directly add a color reference to their posts.

I think that this would be a useful feature that no other Tabletop forum has. Crowd source the paint-chips and it's basically already done!

Something like this maybe? Thumbnails that you can mouseover for a preview, maybe even getting a gallery popup preview if you mouseover a username?
I dont know if its even possible to implement.

(ps i used LutherMax pictures for an example here, send me a pm if you want it removed)

Cake.

Leo_the_Rat wrote:It would be nice to have a way to collapse the various general topic fora. That way if you're not interested in 40K you can just collapse that forum and save some time when you scroll down the list of fora.

If nothing else, I'd really like a way to 'favorite' certain forums and have them all in a single list. I, for one, like reading Dakka Discussions, 40k General, (occasionally) YMDC, and the Video Games and Off-Topic forums. I know it's supremely lazy, but a way to not have to scroll past 19 other forums that I don't really care about would be nice.

For the gallery, when viewing an album perhaps being able to use the arrow keys to move from one image to another within the album?

A dedicated News & Rumors Crew and News/Rumors page(that only the crew/admins could post on) so that we don't have to read through threads just to find info.

Something like Seiberton's front page:

http://www.seibertron.com/

And if people want to follow it with RSS or such, have it separately followable.

In the "my subscribed threads" section, why not section it by

- threads created by me
- p & m threads
- news and rumour threads

etc

That'd be awesome - to know at a glance at the relevant section that one of my threads had been commented on, or an update to a rumour I'm looking out for; it means I don't have to sift through every thread name that's in no particular order in the "my subscribed" bit.


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(when I say, created by me, I do ofcourse mean each user - I'm not after a dedicated Kitch102 section )

How about the ability to post multiple threads under one larger thread?

Ie

Main thread title - My Dark Eldar fiction
Sub thread 1 - first story
Sub thread 2 - second story

etc

I'm putting this forward as it would make tracking certain threads (in this case, the stories I'm writing on my Archon, Ardath Dei) easier - they'd all be in one location instead of scattered throughout the forum based on their age / number of posts

Not sure if this has been suggested yet, and i cant be bothered to read through 4 pages to check,
A commission blog only, section

Having all the commission modellers and painters in one place, would make things easier if you needed their services.
Personally, I like to see what the experts are doing and garner any inspiration I can.
And, with a monsoon of respect, its slightly annoying having to troll through all the blogs that pile up in the P/M blog section


EDITED: for spelling mistakes made at 4.30 am with no sleep and halfway through physics coursework!
thanks for the heads up Dysartes

Compulsory testing of the user's ability to write in English if their flag indicates they are from a country known to be primarily English-speaking - i.e., UK, USA, Aus, NZ, Can, etc.

Seriously, some of the writing by native speakers is appalling.

Dysartes wrote:Compulsory testing of the user's ability to write in English if their flag indicates they are from a country known to be primarily English-speaking - i.e., UK, USA, Aus, NZ, Can, etc.

Seriously, some of the writing by native speakers is appalling.

This.
Best idea to date imo

I would love the ability to upload my photos strait from my iPhone.

When you ignore someone, they are ignored - utterly, no things like seeing them having posted in a thread that you have an interest in.

Make it like they dont exist to you as a user

Please, I beg of you, change the log in process.

I hate having to go to a different page to log in, then get redirected back to the main forum, then go hunt for the thread (again) I wanted to post in.

It would be SOoo much better to be able to log in and not leave the page I'm on.

Never, ever... implement a Rep/Neg system. Horrible things

How about a map with pinpoints set by dakka users to help coordinate games and find local players.

I think we need a "salt" button for the rumors section....

How about a tinfoil hat button for the off topic?

Maybe just some Orkmoticons that have those flavors?

You mean an orc head in front of a pile of white powder...? What kind of message are we trying to send here lol

The ability to receive notifications when someone comments on pictures from your own gallery.

wolf13 wrote:search functionality, being able to show just thread titles instead of individual posts, sort by date, filters. the current search funtion is terrible.

A show posts with pictures only option in the P&M sections

I second this suggestion. Search needs some help with this.

Whilst it would be unfair and really impractical to "force" users, would it be possible to put in some "very strong hints" to upload their pics to the dakka galleries rather than external host sites? (assuming Legos ok with that).

Would we thik of redoing the front page?

Its a little cluttered and unclear as to whats what.

From the PoV of new users coming to the site to see what its about.

Being 100% honest if I saw it as it is now, I'd think it was a bit of a haphazard indy site, not the very professional set up that is within. Just being honest.

An area for Kickstarter/ publicly funded stuff.

See a bunch more Kickstarters showing up. time for them to have thier own area.

In the drop down for moving an image from one gallery to another, have a delete option. I want to clean up my gallery, but its kind of a pain to do atm.

When someone quotes something from within a thread, it would be nice to have a button that takes you back to the original post being quoted.

I would like to see anything that would better choreograph geographic locations. My area has a plethora of gamers but, rarely are able to hold tournaments. I know plenty of them troll this site.

I'd really love to see a debate forum in the off topic section of Dakka. It wouldn't be too hard to set up, and I'm sure loads of people would enjoy it. Nothing better than a good argument (thats the Ork side of me speaking, isn't it?)

Add to and/or replace the social elements of a user's profile - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr (and/or other blogs), etc.

Yakface?

Any good stuff in here?!

HOLLA BACK FOO'!

Get this forum on Tapatalk.
http://www.tapatalk.com/index.php

You seem to have missed one of the points from the initial post, Trasvi:

legoburner wrote:The following are not going to happen for reasons outlined in various threads in the nuts and bolts forum:
No tapatalk integration

Barksdale wrote:When someone quotes something from within a thread, it would be nice to have a button that takes you back to the original post being quoted.

The top left of every post is a little page that links to the specific post. Sort of clunky but is possible to do so. Like this.
Guess you could screw around with the formatting of it to make the colour better than it is, but that would have to assume that every uses the same scheme and for the work safe ones white text just doesn't work.

The alternative that looks more sensible is this. Probably much more friendly to links within the quote as well.

Barksdale wrote:When someone quotes something from within a thread, it would be nice to have a button that takes you back to the original post being quoted.

Which is just wrapping the url tags around the quote's first tag. While the first was simply wrapping the quote entirely with the url tags.
[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/90/441552.page#4331889][quote=Barksdale][/url]When someone quotes something from within a thread, it would be nice to have a button that takes you back to the original post being quoted. [/quote]

By no means user friendly I suppose. But, just trying to sort of make it look easyish to implement.

Dysartes wrote:You seem to have missed one of the points from the initial post, Trasvi:

Indeed I did. Its still a bit disappointing, as so much of my forum browsing is done on my tablet/phone and is making me use Warseer more. What is the reasoning behind using a custom-rolled forum software?
Regardless, the single biggest possible improvement to warseer for me would be Tapatalk, or failing that, a better mobile experience in some other way.

Trasvi wrote:Regardless, the single biggest possible improvement to warseer for me would be Tapatalk, or failing that, a better mobile experience in some other way.

The single biggest improvement to Warseer would be to fire the moderating staff and start again, but that's a whole other kettle of fish...

What if we had a dumping ground for mods to move threads like http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/453451.page#4357988 to not clutter up relevant ones.

How 'bout actually keeping up with the Reputable Traders List? I don't think the list on the first post has been updated in at least a few months

Lormax wrote:How 'bout actually keeping up with the Reputable Traders List? I don't think the list on the first post has been updated in at least a few months

i can guess why it hasnt been updated is because its extremely time consuming to do so as so many people post in it
if you wanna see if a certain user has positive remarks, just type their name in the search page in the swap shop, since the rep list is almost always recently posted in, thats usually the first link that will show up, followed by any time their username has been mentioned in the swap shop...which in my experience is rather rarely for almost every user

jordanis wrote:

Lormax wrote:How 'bout actually keeping up with the Reputable Traders List? I don't think the list on the first post has been updated in at least a few months

i can guess why it hasnt been updated is because its extremely time consuming to do so as so many people post in it
if you wanna see if a certain user has positive remarks, just type their name in the search page in the swap shop, since the rep list is almost always recently posted in, thats usually the first link that will show up, followed by any time their username has been mentioned in the swap shop...which in my experience is rather rarely for almost every user

According to the first post in the thread, it was last updated on 6/5/2012 - so it is only a month out of date at present.

nevermind, Dysartes was right,
but your date is off, it was 5/5/12

Either date, it wasn't the list that was updated. It was probably regarding the transaction reports? Easily verified. A friend of mine is newer to the swap shop, and finally has a couple trades under his belt. I posted one for him on January 30th, 2012. Another user posted one for him on 03/13/12. Yet his name does not exist in the first post to show that he has any positive trades. None of my trades since the beginning of this year have been added either.

I had no idea how to do the search thing to check for positive trades. Pretty handy actually, thanks for that Jordanis. Now I'm no expert, but I like to think I'm halfway decent when it comes to forum usage. If I had no idea to do that, I'm pretty sure quite a few people have no idea how to do that, especially the newer users that this kind of information would matter the most to (Someone new to trading online, kinda skeptical, wants to make sure they don't get scammed).

Yes, it's a lot of work. I've run forums before, something like that can be tedious. But on the other hand, the list is a VERY valuable tool that's been overlooked for months now. If it's too much for just one mod to keep up with, ask help from other mods. Maybe have someone or someones help out, with very limited access, just to keep that list updated on a weekly basis? Lets face it, I doubt we'll ever have the trader rating functionality that Bartertown has, so we have this list. It would be nice to see it maintained.

Automatic deletion of any line starting with "Sent from my..."

Failing that, the ability to punch people over the internet.

lord_blackfang wrote:Automatic deletion of any line starting with "Sent from my..."

Which is under the user's phone settings. People are either too obnoxious or simply don't know that they can delete the annoying "Sent from my iPhone.... etc. etc." in Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calenders->Signature.

I know... that's why I suggested the other thing

One news and rumours section for GW

Maybe one for PP

And one for the rest.


And if video games get a forum why not a seperate one for movies and/or music.


Also it would be good if we could split up Roleplaying, and card and board games

Can we get some WarmaHordes emoticons?

Agree about tapatalk, if Dakka doesnt keep up with warseers awesome mobile experience they may lose sone members over it. Warhammer on the potty is the only thing keeping me kicking.

Some suggestions.

A lifetime ban for Marines, be they Royal or USMC. Only paratroopers should be allowed

A 'What would frazz do? button should be included which would randomly post one of these replies:

1) This is Texas!!!!!
2) Send in the weiners!!
3) I will kill you until you die!!!

An automatic ban function for anyone posting duckface photos.

How about displaying the country name when you hover over a user's flag?

ChocolateGork wrote:One news and rumours section for GW

Maybe one for PP

And one for the rest.

Noooooooooooo, don't do that. I wouldn't have discovered half of the new games and minis if I didn't actually stumble across them whilst browsing looking through GW rumours in the main thread. Separating 'other' rumours to another board would mean that a lot of people would miss out on discovering alternatives. I can't be the only one discovering by accident whilst browsing the news and rumours...

zedmeister wrote:

ChocolateGork wrote:One news and rumours section for GW

Maybe one for PP

And one for the rest.

Noooooooooooo, don't do that. I wouldn't have discovered half of the new games and minis if I didn't actually stumble across them whilst browsing looking through GW rumours in the main thread. Separating 'other' rumours to another board would mean that a lot of people would miss out on discovering alternatives. I can't be the only one discovering by accident whilst browsing the news and rumours...

I heavily agree. I'm a big time news poster so posting things like Sedition Wars where it can get a lot of exposure is almost a bit of a hobby of mine. Besides the Mods imo are VERY good at cleaning up all the redundant and misplaced topics so there isnt all that much "too many only GW/PP stuff".

I think a dedicated forum for those who want to complain about, praise, or say whatever about GW would be great. It could be called: "The GW thread: a place to beat ones head against the wall".