This Is How Organized Forums Should Be!
Since it seems there is lots of forums activity and a jumble of outdated and unorganized categories or threads; I figured I would make a suggestion on how to optimize the forums for easier reading, flow, and maintenance!
The Basic Idea
By organizing the forums in this fashion it will help reduce confusion better, as well as provide additional "hidden information" for the new and unknowing players. All of these suggestions can be done at a BASE level that should not require any extra plugins or any other server work than for an admin to take a few minutes out of their very busy day and get it done.
Forums should be based off of the more important topics being upfront and reducing pointless or underused categories! This layout will maximize the flow of information and better organize and allow for staff to maintain that information more easily. The current forums will work just fine with a little re-construction on the position and names of each section!
Your Thoughts?
If you think some categories or topics should be added or removed please reply in a similar format here! DO NOT just say "this is stupid" or "tell me why its dumb" or whatever, just tell me how you would make this better!
WARNING: You may be shocked and surprised by these suggested changes, but they are optimized like this for several reasons.
Note 1: Mostly all threads will be set to "auto-lock" after 28 days of inactivity, and then moved to archived folders in their categorizes.
Note 2: Ignore the style and just focus on the category names, and the new location/positions to bring more attention to the more important topics.
The Link to the SUGGESTED SETUP: http://hornemans.freeforums.net/
Simplified below:
Category
- Topic
- - Sub Topic
Announcements
- Rules
- News
- Updates
- Events
- - Submit an Event
Support
- Official Guides
- - Unofficial Guides
- Report A bug
- - Completed
- Refund Request
- - Completed
- Report A Player
- - Accepted
- - Denied
General
- Introductions
- - Archived
- Discussions
- - Archived
- Suggestions
- - Completed
- - Denied
- Marketplace
- - Archived
- Towns | Skyblocks
- - Archived
- Media | Architecture
- - Archived
- Off-Topic
- - Archived
Other
- Staff Recruitment
- - Accepted
- - Denied
- Ban Appeals
- - Accepted
- - Denied
Enjoy,
Hornemans
Any Input? @Fuzzlr @Coelho @Cooleysworld @Sjoeppappentrap @Slicks @Deinen @Quaddy @reggles44 @btilm305
