bondagefreak wrote:Unfortunately, I think xtc's fears are not misplaced.
Members of this forum (and other forums) have shown an obvious difficulty in navigating the board.
For many, it's even a challenge to find stories that they commented on previously.
"View Active Topics" and "View your posts" are right up there, yet, a majority (it seems) of members make no use of them.
The more I think about the concerns raised by xtc, the more I tend to agree with him.
Putting works in a HoF SHOULD theoretically put them in the spotlight, but it won't work. Instead, I fear the viewership will decline and as a result, so will the feedback.
A rather sad situation honestly...
And that seems to go back to the site's architecture. I don't know if PHPBB was the best choice for this kind of website, but it's what we have and we should continue to work on a solution that best works. Hmm, what about making a HOF story a "sticky"? They will ALWAYS be at the top of their respective section. Maybe even give the topic title a special color to make them stand out from the rest?
But I also see a potential problem in that. Having several stickies at the top of each section could clutter sections.
Also, is it possible to have a topic appear in two different sections?
Yea, it seems like every idea we come up with will ALWAYS have benefits and consequences.
