Unanswered topics panel
Posted: Thu 20 Sep 2012, 15:06
To comment on the problem of only the 'beginner' section getting quick replies to unanswered topics.
It does get the most attention, in a way this is justified as beginners are least likely to be able to help themselves.
However, this could lead to people posting in that section just to get attention.
In addition to the 'View unanswered posts' link on the top right-hand side, a unanswered topic panel could be introduced. This is what the inkscape user forum does, running the same software phpBB (not sure if its easy to implement). See-
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/
BTW - you can get email noticification by using 'Watch Topic for Replies' if you don't want to keep checking back.
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BBTW - an answered topic isn't a solved topic, folk can help here by modifying title of original post tile to [Solved] title, once the query has been successfully dealt with.
It does get the most attention, in a way this is justified as beginners are least likely to be able to help themselves.
However, this could lead to people posting in that section just to get attention.
In addition to the 'View unanswered posts' link on the top right-hand side, a unanswered topic panel could be introduced. This is what the inkscape user forum does, running the same software phpBB (not sure if its easy to implement). See-
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/
BTW - you can get email noticification by using 'Watch Topic for Replies' if you don't want to keep checking back.
edit
BBTW - an answered topic isn't a solved topic, folk can help here by modifying title of original post tile to [Solved] title, once the query has been successfully dealt with.