I like them. I've worked with SMF before, so they should be easy to get around.
The first thing I notice is how many subforums there are. I've seen that when forums get too specialized in the subforums, they tend to die of nonuse or misuse. What might be good is 3 main forums: News, Support, Misc. I'm not sure if this functionality is built in, but there is probably a mod available, that would allow thread tags or icons to be used. They would be little icons that would denote the general subject of the thread, similar to tagging a thread by hand with [EXIM], [BUG], [BETA], [REGEX] and so on. This would allow categorization without subdividing the forums into tiny pieces. I'm trying to find a better example, but the Something Awful Forums (possibly not work safe) are a pretty good example of thread tags/icons being used successfully: http://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1 If you have have subforums that are too specialized, you end up having threads that can find no home, and much less traffic in the subforums, both viewing and posting-wise. For example, there are going to be general MTA integration questions that aren't Windows or Linux specific. Or perhaps a bug report pertaining to a regex in the latest beta, where would that go? The RegEx gurus might not hang out in the bug report forums where the original poster decided the thread would go. Having too many forums requires a lot more checking out for the latest issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
