Forum Suggestion

[beth]

i think one day a week would be nice, however much i dislike shoutboxes. maybe not like a friday night cause there is an older demographic on the forum now and i'd think they'd be out, but like a wednesday or a midweek thing?

[xxMATTGxx]

It makes the forum slower though
We've had a external shoutbox before. It was the biggest waste of money...ever

I do agree it was a waste of money but there are other alternatives and the person who did buy it in the first place is no longer here.

[scott]

i think one day a week would be nice, however much i dislike shoutboxes. maybe not like a friday night cause there is an older demographic on the forum now and i'd think they'd be out, but like a wednesday or a midweek thing?

If we introduced it then I think we'd probably have it one day during the week and one day during the weekend too as that's the day we have most of our visitors and would probably be used more as well, no doubt it would be a full day and not just of an evening anyway !

[beth]

If we introduced it then I think we'd probably have it one day during the week and one day during the weekend too as that's the day we have most of our visitors and would probably be used more as well, no doubt it would be a full day and not just of an evening anyway !

oh a full day would be good at the weekend!

[GoldenMerc]

Why not make it a external yet a vBulletin extra page, So say How FAQ's are on a seperate page, do that then code it in. I can easily enough code it so Dave would have no problem, by doing that it wont slow the page downs too much plus it won't be totally external like the other piece of junk

[Chris]

Even considering one would be mad! It would need constant moderation which no one has time to do and would draw people away from posting, which is something we definitely don't need during this quiet period.

[GoldenMerc]

If you are going to implement it, Have Box Mods
So you should already have the function of banning on the shoutbox, so you can ban the users. Then the moderators still have their usual jobs, box mods report people who shout be banned from the forum directly.

[Jordan]

Not a massive fan of this idea Having it once a night, hmm okay maybe we could have a game or a quiz made up as well where we can all join in and win VIP or something? Hiring new mods seem silly for the shoutbox if it's going to be up once a week so maybe the current mods will be able to moderate it too?

I'm not totally for it but if it happens maybe a quiz would be a nice addition to it?

[Inseriousity.]

I've always liked the idea of shoutboxes and don't really think there's any harm to posting as people make out. If anything it might encourage more users who generally just use hxf for staff purposes or cos their group of friends use it rather than posting may come out of their shell a bit more and get more involved with a wider group of people.

[GoldenMerc]

Not a massive fan of this idea Having it once a night, hmm okay maybe we could have a game or a quiz made up as well where we can all join in and win VIP or something? Hiring new mods seem silly for the shoutbox if it's going to be up once a week so maybe the current mods will be able to moderate it too?

I'm not totally for it but if it happens maybe a quiz would be a nice addition to it?

kk good luck sitting online from 9am - 9pm moderating it, Yeh theres logs but you want to read through the logs daily lol

I've always liked the idea of shoutboxes and don't really think there's any harm to posting as people make out. If anything it might encourage more users who generally just use hxf for staff purposes or cos their group of friends use it rather than posting may come out of their shell a bit more and get more involved with a wider group of people.

soz your a noob, your ideas are invalid untill you've been registered a year more xx