Are the forum topics in the Community right?

- Products
- Installation
- Business Management
- General Chat

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Are they right? Should there be more? Are there too many?

Let us know what you think!

Hello, Jason. I have some slightly OT feedback. Is there a reason the forum posts are arranged oldest to newest? It would require less navigation to view the most recent posts if it was the other way around. Just sayin’.

Cheers!
mw

Hey Hotiron,

It should be arranged with the most recently active thread at the top. Where are you seeing it the other way around?

Hi, Jason. I see the most recently active threads at the top of each category, but once I go into a thread, it begins with the oldest post. However, being on a Mac, I probably represent less than 1% of your users. I tested it in both Safari and Firefox, and perhaps it’s not configured that way for my browser.

Thank you!
mw

Ah I understand what you mean.

Yep, on each individual thread, the first post is at the top and the most recent is at the bottom. That way, people reading the thread can start at the beginning and read it the whole way through.

Thanks for the feedback though—it’s much appreciated!

At this point, the number of topics seems fine based upon the activity in the forums.  If the usage increases it would indicate the need to possibly break up categories or create new ones.  It seems like the challenge which every forum (or bulletin board, or online community based service) has is how to get people involved.

Borrowing from the success of other online community sites it seems that the way to get people to use these things is to give them the ability to create their own area (aka My Space, Facebook, LInked In, Plaxo, etc.) Judging by that type of platform, perhaps putting some more emphasis on profiles and individuals contributions could draw more traffic.

A side benefit would be content being created for CE-Pro online that could even be touted on the main page, much like you are doing now for the forums in general.

For your consideration.

-Morgan