You mentioned aesthetics, so I think I should post this here. I created a design refresh for the front page and the articles a year and a half ago, based on the current logo. I shared it only privately with Chris back then, but it still looks nice to me, and this seems to be the opportunity to put it up for everyone. There's a frontpage and an article. Note that these are mock-ups, it would take quite a bit of coding to actually integrate this into the site and make sure everything works properly.I seem to recall working on a responsive version of the front page. I tried to do it completely with CSS, no JavaScript, and got quite far but didn't quite make it IIRC. I'll see if I can dig that up tomorrow.I've been very busy with a new job and I haven't had time for even reading the forums in months, so I can't offer any help building the new one, but if anyone wants to develop it further into something, go right ahead . Here is a zipfile with the whole thing for convenience.
Quote from: BrianNH on 08/16/2016 05:28 pmThis may be one of the 90 unworkable suggestions, but how about a top level button that dynamically builds pages listing all recent posts in all update threads. The idea is that you would see what looks like a regular forum thread, but it would contain posts from many different update threads, sorted by time. It would be a quick overview of "what's new" across the forums without having to click through to each section.You mean like the "Unread Topics" button except it is filtered for "update threads" only?
This may be one of the 90 unworkable suggestions, but how about a top level button that dynamically builds pages listing all recent posts in all update threads. The idea is that you would see what looks like a regular forum thread, but it would contain posts from many different update threads, sorted by time. It would be a quick overview of "what's new" across the forums without having to click through to each section.
I also like the idea of a favourite threads or topics list, as mentioned above. As much as I would like to follow every thread on the forum there simply aren't enough hours in the day.
I 100% agree with your concerns which is why I would not suggest this filtered view as a default or permanent setting.However, catching up on long and fast moving threads is not easy, leading many people to simply not bother and to wade in with their 'new' idea which was debunked ten pages earlier. The Amos 6 failure was a good example- by the time I was able to get to a computer, it was already at about 50 pages and growing about as fast as I could get time to catch up with it. So my own approach is to skim through the posts and only concentrate on those that look sufficiently interesting.
I searched some but could not find exactly what I would like to request if at all possible. If what I want to do is already possible however, please let me know how.Now....I would like a way to "subscribe" to a thread and have a link called "My Topics" that could be the forum main page for each user when that user is logged in. Basically a customizable forum home page for each user that shows the subscribed threads for which they chose first and then everything else. That way you can do a quick scan of all the topics you are currently interested(subscribed) in and see real quick if there are any new post counts or who was last, etc...
That was the same request I made on a previous page and a good solution was posted above: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=40878.msg1593407#msg1593407
That was the same request I made on a previous page and a good solution was posted above: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=40878.msg1593407#msg1593407Sorry. I re-read it and yes that is basically it.The problem with the "solution" posted has two issue. One is, i don't want to get a notification every time someone posts something in one of the watched threads. Depending on the thread...that can end up with ALOT of notifications.
Maybe already suggested, but an upcoming launch schedule tab would be a great addition.
Say, how is the new site development coming along?
Quote from: Bubbinski on 01/08/2017 06:06 pmSay, how is the new site development coming along? Very well. Mark's been busy at work and has sent me screenshots of the dev site, but via text and I'm not sure how to post that. Buzzwords are "Clean" and "Professional". He's also got one of his guys to do a new logo which looks amazingly professional. Going to fill and work the same as the current place, so no one is going to be "I'm lost" - but it'll look better (and function better).
- The search needs vast improvement. Has a custom Google search been considered?
I don't like change. Let's keep everything the same.