New Forum Please
KeyCreator
Matt-
It’s good to see you have forums from the major players in the mid-market CAx..Siemens with Solid Edge, Dassault Systems with SolidWorks and PTC with Onshape. I kinda like that because all these software are using the same geometry kernel and we should be able to share models back and forth. How about PDM Forums too? Solid-Edge with their built-in PDM tool, SW with PDM Pro and Onshape..well with its integrated PDMish tools.
Done. Hey, Rick, good to see you again!
Yeah, I want to talk about more than just one thing, and frankly, the more people we have here, the easier it will be to keep it going. Well, up to a point I guess. Looking forward to watching it grow.
the most important is question :
can we use-manage-customize this forum ?
to prevent the infinite “copy-paste” questions same question at a different time
i was talking about that in the dying “SW forum”
if we can, it will offers a powerfull readability, the forum will be clear, even for new cad users.
and the most important, the forum will stay “clear” throw the years…
if the forum can’t include “that system” (i have in mind) it will have/makes the same errors as the others-cad-forums…
and will become unreadable…
also, the “ads thread” to give hints, tips about a cad software,
i consider it as “ads” not real thread, i prefer to see that kind of “threads” put in a special-allocated section for that.
i mean a thread that say : hey ! want to see my last blog, or youtube video ? please follow that url (and increase the view-counter)
give nothing to the current forum, no information, the user read the “ads-thread” but don’t know the new-things, the features it is talking about about, etc…
if the thread contain more than “hey ! want to see my last blog, or youtube video ? please follow that url”
with a full detailling explanation of what to do, with pictures, etc..;
ok in that case, this is a real-thread (not a ads-thread)
there is not “special icon” on the left of a section-thread ?
to say “read” or “unread”
or “new message” ?
where are the icons legends ???
Maybe i did not understand you but “read” icon is grey and “unread” icon is red.
ok,
there is no “i like” button for one message ?
to say “i like what you wrote” without needing to create an answer ?
Yeah i also wanted to ask about this!
the icon “red-blue” for read-unread topics are very difficult to see, notice it.
if there is a way to change these icons by something a way more “readable” ?
for example turning the entire circle background into red, not just the exterior line
For me it is good enough.
I am open to other solutions as well
i remember using other phpBB forum,
but it had a “more visible” read-unread icons
also beware of some “spam bots” that usually run on this kind of forum,
forcing a manual validation profil by a mod, or limiting “baby user” to a temporary general-thread in a first time,
can avoid the “spam-bots” to do their mess…
also, other phpbb forum i used had a “real time chat”
maybe we can think about it, if it will be really useful, or not
Ok, the solidworks forum costs $x00,000 per year to run plus at least one full time employee, so double that. This place cost me $14.99 for the domain, and $0 for the phpbb software (well, plus the $750 for 3 years for my server space). My time here so far is free.
I started this YESTERDAY before lunch. It took about an hour. Just for some perspective.
phpbb seems to have a minimalist approach to things, but you can find extensions that do certain things. For other things, you have to edit the php code, which isn’t impossible, even for a mostly non-coder like me.
I’m working on:
- Putting some image in the header
- A logo of some sort
- A Like system
- More smilies
- More templates/styles/skins
- Rummaging around to see what kinds of extensions are available
- Eventually bringing on some volunteer moderators
This will all keep me busy for a while. Be patient, though, and enjoy watching it build over time. I think that’s one of the cool parts of something like this.
And you guys can contribute like you always do. That’s the real value here.
yes, my messages wasn’t write as “bad comments” (it miss this, etc…)
but more into “let’s do that, etc… beware of that, etc…”
i can develop my idea about the “not make a cad forum a mess” into mp,
to see if it will be possible…
i thought about that when i used differents cad forum,
i localized some bad things, and the solutions for that…
to maintain a cad-forum efficient, readable.
I added a CAD Admin forum, which includes file management and PDM topics.
Matt, I have to thank you for like (thank you) button!
Great one!
i saw you add the “Rating” option,
but i don’t think it will be really good, to bring “a good mind”
because the “rating” comes with a % number.
so if many users will rate one post at 5%, the author of the post will think “what i did wrong ? they don’t like it ?”
so it’s really different from the simple “like”, because we don’t have to say with % number,
it’s just to mean “i like your post (or) you made me laugh”
it’s the same if you add a “not like” button.
it will bring “negativity” opinion.
the simple “like” avoid to write a message to say “i agree (or) lol dude”
and it don’t bring “negativity” or “number % value”
that’s my opinion.
but i understand you are testing all the forum stuff and addons, no problem.
take your time.
As i said at other topic i agree with you.
Simple “like” or “thumbs up” button(if possible with option to show who liked your post) would be best.
And if possible , dont open another page just to show me that i liked someones post 