It’s been about a year since the new Think Tank platform has launched and I think it’s time to do some sprucing up, don’t you? Visibly, functionally… conceptually?
I’m curious to hear from you guys on where the Think Tank can improve. One of the things I’d like to focus on is making it easier to find information. I’ve added a function for tags now which should help. Once we get all the threads tagged we can make a tag cloud which will show at a glance which topics have the most threads in them. Like this example below (only less huge hopefully). I think tags will also help pull up relevant related threads. What do you think?
Is it too annoying to have to include 1 tag per thread?
I have to admit, that I do not find myself searching the think tank, so I may be the wrong person to ask but I would rather not bother with entering tags. What is wrong with key word search?
I do wish that there was a single click option to mark the forum as “read”.
i like those tag cloud things…if i look at them and find something interesting ill click…but again i like the way it is now so no big deal if its not added
I like the forum the way it is. If I could change one thing though, as Pizza of the Month said, I have trouble finding what I need from search. Maybe this tag cloud could help, but it would have to go back and do every thread. I hate sometimes having a question, knowing it’s probably been discussed many times but I can’t find it through the search bar.
So many great ideas!! Keep them coming. I am working with @Claudio to address each one.
I agree big time with @Pizza of the Month[/USER] and [USER=12585]@Home Town Pizza that when I search I rarely get what I’m looking for. Why don’t we try giving the tag cloud a go for a month or two? I know it will take a long time to tag all the old threads but I think it will help big time in terms of turning up more relevant searches and the cloud could be a nice browsing tool.
Marking the forum as read with a single click. @bodegahwy , you mean a whole forum or subform as read, right? Not individual threads? I think add ons are possible for both.
Improving our search/browsing. Let’s try implementing tags and placing a tag cloud during March and April.
3) Improving navigation.@Daddio I have the same navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen as the top. My previous and next thread buttons are just above the text box where you can draft a post. Do you mean a specifically for the next unread thread as opposed to just the next thread?
Tapatalk. Brilliant suggestion.
Are you guys able to edit tags on other peoples’ threads? Or just the ones you create?
@Daddio I changed the “home” button in the top and bottom bar in the Think Tank to redirect to “new posts.” Before it was redirecting to pmq.com and I think that was a bit counter intuitive. We have a couple hundred people in the last few months click “home,” arrive at pmq.com and then come straight back to the Think Tank. So I hope it’s a bit more “homey.” I think some kind of “recent posts feed” on the side could also be good in the future.
@314 I hear ya. It’s not really intuitive. I was always using the picture icon which asks you to put in a URL but I JUST NOW discovered that you can click on “upload a file” near the reply button and it lets you select an image from your desk top! Thumbnail or full size.
Tags should be editable by anyone now. So if you are reading a post and you notice it has no tag, you may tag it.
Claudio and I are trying to figure out why exactly the current search feature is not ideal. I tried a couple of sample searches and when I did that, it seemed like I found the answer I was looking for. Georgiascp, Hometown and Pizza of the Month, can you give me more specifics about what happens when you do a search and don’t get the results you were expecting?
