Featured Content System

[Null]

Let me know what you think about the featured content system. It uses moderator permissions so I'm going to make it so mods can feature posts too.

To-Do:
1. Featured content tab with all historical features.
2. Tidy up the block so there's more immediately obvious emphasis on the message.

 

[Knojkamarangasan_#4]

Sounds pretty useful honestly, I'm not against it.

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

Is this replacing the happenings?

 

[Null]

Is this replacing the happenings?

Ideally.

 

[Jann_Hörn]

Let me know what you think about the featured content system. It uses moderator permissions so I'm going to make it so mods can feature posts too.

Can the features tab be collapsable as well ?

 

[Null]

To give you an idea how long I've been planning to do this, the notice for the featured thread is just some HTML block I titled "Ghetto Featured Threads" because after the XF1 to 2 transition we lost our featured post add-on, but the add-on dev never made another.

 

[Clorox Cowboy]

Very nice! I love this, finding new happenings and upcoming individuals will be much easier now.

 

[Dyn]

Make it so I can feature posts and I'll help you find out if the entire site can be broken through it.

 

[Jaded Optimist]

So does it work like reports? Anyone can flag a post for mod review, which they then approve?

 

[CWCissey]

Let me know what you think about the featured content system. It uses moderator permissions so I'm going to make it so mods can feature posts too.

Looks and sounds good. Hopefully it will lead to a rolling update kind of thing so the featured board doesn't feel a bit stale after a week or so.

 

[Null]

So does it work like reports? Anyone can flag a post for mod review, which they then approve?

That's a cool suggestion. I might just make it a part of the report system directly.

 

[Xarpho]

It's just a giant box that just sits up there with random threads. In the old days, Featured Content was one thread that seemed to be getting views and had an actual post preview with the avatar (if I'm remembering right).

 

[Null]

It's just a giant box that just sits up there with random threads. In the old days, Featured Content was one thread that seemed to be getting views and had an actual post preview with the avatar (if I'm remembering right).

The old feature system was pretty in-depth but the issue with the preview was that it was huge. These days we have a rolling list of updates and I feel that works better. Though the old feature only let you show OPs.

 

[The Real SVP]

It takes up a lot of space. I also have a hard time seeing where one item ends and the next begins at a glance. It looks like a solid block of text.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Looks good to me. I'd just make the font a little smaller so it doesn't take up as much space at the top of the page.

 

[NIGGO KILLA]

Thank you

i've missed it when it was out of action

 

[Tour of Italy]

It takes up a lot of space. I also have a hard time seeing where one item ends and the next begins at a glance. It looks like a solid block of text.

Yeah dude, compress the links to the thread titles, let whoever adds them use a custom title.

 

[Cliff Booth]

Is it going to be mainly chronological based on when staff adds something or is there a way to prioritize the list based on importance? I know the second option is pretty subjective, but I wouldn't want stuff like deaths and major arrests to slide down the page just based on timing and other thread happenings.

 

[Null]

Is it going to be mainly chronological based on when staff adds something or is there a way to prioritize the list based on importance? I know the second option is pretty subjective, but I wouldn't want stuff like deaths and major arrests to slide down the page just based on timing and other thread happenings.

Chronological.

 

[Near]

This is looking good. Was waiting for a more user-controlled system like this