digitalmars.D - Forum group categories and pinned threads
- frame (27/27) Oct 23 2021 I'm aware that this forum is linked to a news group/mailing list
I'm aware that this forum is linked to a news group/mailing list but for web appearance and usability, why there are no (sub)categories for forum groups used for web only? I think that the learn group would benefit from some pre-defined categories. When I first came to this community I really wondered why there are none? Also, there should be an option to pin a thread for such more or less common questions that are already answered (like this maybe) or some topics that "should be really mentioned in the manual". I usually cancel about page 6 if I couldn't find a likely captioned topic in the search. This would also honor all the members that are eager to please with code examples, detailed instructions and so on. - Categories are one time thing and can be rolled out and approved by the maintainers. - Pinning a thread should be possible by simple voting for it (like the star feature in github, for example) if the community thinks that could be very informative to (new) users. - If someone doesn't use the web forum it should be possible to vote via a keyworded message from their preferred client software. - The pinned threads should be visible as small bar in each forum/category that can be expanded by interest. - Searching for pinned threads only should be possible. - The forum software should order pinned threads after creation time and access count and only load top topics at default with the possibility to show more What do you think?
Oct 23 2021