So, its hard to believe but it was over a year ago that we switched to our current setup aka "Oakley Forum 3.0". Now maybe its because I spend way too much time on here, or I am just an antsy person, but I am always looking to improve the site. As I begin working on the 4th iteration of OF, I am looking for any feedback suggestions.
So far, I am looking for a sleeker design focused on content, but I plan on still keeping the current "skins" available for all members, so no design changes will be forced.
Here are some of the feature issues I'm looking to address in no particular order:
So now we're all ears. Any feedback, any ideas? Somethings are just not possible, some things take a while, some things just won't happen, but we want to hear any and all ideas.
So far, I am looking for a sleeker design focused on content, but I plan on still keeping the current "skins" available for all members, so no design changes will be forced.
Here are some of the feature issues I'm looking to address in no particular order:
- User Albums - I love seeing photos, love people uploading...absolutely hate the setup. To me it looks like 1999, and 50% of the time am expecting a glittery HTML banner to come floating across the screen. Update required.
- Blogs? - Yeah we have those. Could use feedback on these. I enjoy writing the occasional guide/article, but they just aren't popular. I'm looking into a possibly "News/Blog" page with thread promotion. Meaning there will be original content such as articles, but also popular/interesting threads being highlighted for readers.
- Mobile Uploads - This has really become more and more of an issue in the last 3 years, as everyone has a 30 megapixel camera in there pocket at all times. You take a great pic, you upload...and its upside down. I will address this.
- Social Media Integration - You can like, tweet and share just about anything, but new members seem to love the ease of social media logins. Its definitely a hot topic, some people love it, others hate it. Either way, looking at adding other integration(optional of course).
- Numerous other smaller features, which will be listed when this is actually released.
So now we're all ears. Any feedback, any ideas? Somethings are just not possible, some things take a while, some things just won't happen, but we want to hear any and all ideas.