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[OpenWare]

I would love the ability to override a usergroup's permissions on a per-forum basis the way you can with vBulletin.
Example: You run a company board, with a "help desk" forum, you want to give members the ability to open/close their own topics in that section, but not across the entire board. At present this cannot be done with IPB3, but it can with vBulletin.

I would also love a "changelog", such that when a member or moderator edits their post after so many minutes the edited-by link would bring up a post comparison option. This would be very useful, if a moderator edits a members post, as you could see what was edited out and compare the versions. It is also useful if a member tries to delete their posts by editing them as you could see what was previously written.

I would like to see the reputation system expanded to include the 'standard' features present in other systems, including the mods for IPB 2.3 and vBulletin:

• When giving a member rep, member should be required to enter a reason.
  
• Members should be able to list in their profile, the different reps given to them by other members.
  
• Require members to rep X number of other members, before being allowed to rep the same member again (useful to prevent someone neg-repping the same person over and over).

[Jamer]

Also a few ideas;

Bump feature - to be able to bump topics, group permissions obviously.

Glance feature or Top 5 stats, this would be in the form of a box across the top of the main forum index page show the latest topics and replies

[tranceandy]

With the Reputation System, I would like links in your profile to show what posts you have given and what posts you have received rep for.

[boon79]

Bulk Mail delay. If you could set that for example to send 20 emails in every 15 minutes. Just like in MyBB.

It would be useful especially if your host limits the number of emails. And if you have a very large forum this could be a problem.

[Wolfie]

OpenWare, on 28 June 2009 - 04:14 AM, said:

I would also love a "changelog", such that when a member or moderator edits their post after so many minutes the edited-by link would bring up a post comparison option. This would be very useful, if a moderator edits a members post, as you could see what was edited out and compare the versions. It is also useful if a member tries to delete their posts by editing them as you could see what was previously written.

I gave you a + on that one.  I've recommended it myself, where on edit, the pre-edited post would be saved so it can be looked at later if needed, with those pre-edits having an optional life expiration.  Would be nice to have a wiki-like comparison done, so that it's easy to see what changes were made.

Jamer, on 28 June 2009 - 04:34 AM, said:

Glance feature or Top 5 stats, this would be in the form of a box across the top of the main forum index page show the latest topics and replies

I think something like this may be available already, for the sidebar.  If not, that's where you'd want it.

boon79, on 28 June 2009 - 08:32 AM, said:

Bulk Mail delay. If you could set that for example to send 20 emails in every 15 minutes. Just like in MyBB.

It would be useful especially if your host limits the number of emails. And if you have a very large forum this could be a problem.

Since IPB uses a virtual/dynamic cron, the bulk mailer runs based on the amount of user activity on the board.  If your board is very active, then just set the number of emails per cycle to like 1.  It may still send out more than 20 every 15, but at least would spread it out some.  Otherwise, at this point, you'll need a mod.  An option to limit the number of emails sent out (as a global setting/restriction for the board) would actually be nice, because then it could be used to prevent an overload, especially on boards that have a high volume of spammers..  Of course, the catch 22 on that is that if the board was trying to prevent spammers, they'd do a better job where it wouldn't be necessary.    But still, would be nice because it could reduce the load on a very busy board.

Also, the ability to change the default number emails per cycle for bulk emails.  I don't mean per email (you can already change it at that time), I'm talking about the value placed in there.  It's 20 now, but what if I want to restrict it to 10.  I don't want to have to change it each time.

[Josh]

There's a lot of great suggestions in this topic, keep em coming

[Wolfie]

Josh, on 28 June 2009 - 09:55 AM, said:

There's a lot of great suggestions in this topic, keep em coming

Oh you foolish boy, you don't know how wordy I can be.


I'll try to keep this short though.

ACP/Skin editor, make the left menu panel collapsible (like on the board index, the items on the right).  Also, make the template names a fixed width to make it appear neater, but also can be minimized.

More ideas to come...


Edit: more...

Time controls when posting.  By this I mean start and stop times to post a new topic/post or have a topic pinned.  When telling when to make a post, the start time would be when to post it, the end time would be a "delete" time.

Also, if a "bump" feature is included, automatic bumping (once every 24 hours after the topic has been bumped or had a post made to it), with a limit on how long it can be bumped after the last post inside the thread.  Say 3 days as a default (for a particular forum), someone makes a topic and someone with bump powers enables autobumping, then for 3 days after the last post in that topic, the topic will get bumped every 24 hours.


Edit: Even more...

Be able to backtrack where you got +'s and -'s from (on posts).


Fixed "read" markers.  Also, when a subforum of a subforum has a new post, have the green indicator thing of a bob turn on, so people know where to look.  The main forum folder is sometimes lit (new posts) but none of the shown subforums are green, so you don't know if it's giving a false indication or not until you click that forum and then see the sub-subforums and see green indicators (unless it's another level deep, then you have to hunt for it).


Be able to have age/gender based criteria.  With this, if someone sets their age or gender on the board, then they can choose to have that information hidden but can NOT change information itself.  So an "Adults only" forum could be made or some other restriction and someone couldn't change their information to gain access to it.


If someone is a global moderator or is assigned as a moderator for a forum, then they are only affected by permission masks (ie, not age nor gender).


Be able to assign someone (or a group) as a forum owner.  Forum owners as given special permissions as the can recruit people to be moderators of that forum (and only that forum).  To keep it simple, the difference between owners and moderators is that owners can promote/demote people for that forum.  They cannot create their own forum or subforums, that has to be done by someone with ACP access.


(Still more to come!)

Edited by .Wolfie, 28 June 2009 - 02:09 PM.

[Wolfie]

Oh yeah...

Preview button/feature when editing your signature!!!

[tranceandy]

.Wolfie, on 28 June 2009 - 04:00 PM, said:

Oh yeah...

Enough already Just kidding of course

[sk8er]

bobage24, on 27 June 2009 - 03:02 PM, said:

Warning/Reports system:

I would like to see the report center include reports of those who have been warned and by who. And how about adding in the posts waiting for moderator approval in the report center too?

Only Luke can do that, since he made the addon.

[Wolfie]

Sk8er Boi, on 28 June 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

bobage24, on 27 June 2009 - 03:02 PM, said:

Warning/Reports system:

And how about adding in the posts waiting for moderator approval in the report center too?

Only Luke can do that, since he made the addon.

This reminds me.  You can view only topics needing approval and topics with posts needing approval (and only the posts needing approval within a topic).  What about the flipside?  Being able to view a topic as though you don't have the authority to view/approve hidden posts?


Also, Brandon D is working on this project.  Not a feature request, but would be nice if people gave it some support (kudos, encouragement, etc):

Forms System 1.0.0
It's basically a Form creator for IPB3.  Create feedback forms, surveys, applications, support, etc etc etc.  He only announced plans for it a few days ago, but I've noticed a few people wanting something like it and not having seen his announcement yet.

[TCWT]

.Daniel, on 27 June 2009 - 08:56 PM, said:

• Find all posts by member X in this topic

I requested this in the past, it comes in handy sometimes.

[Brett B]

Sk8er Boi, on 28 June 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

Only Luke can do that, since he made the addon.

Wrong.  Luke gave IPS permission to include it in IPB, thus IPS can do as it wishes.  It isn't an addon anymore.

[ets]

how about an automatic updater. Like cPanel.

The software updates itself once a day and installs anything in the update source, like cvs update or something along the lines. So instead of me upgrading every build, it can do it automatically in the background, and save users pain.

[Wolfie]

ets, on 28 June 2009 - 09:56 PM, said:

how about an automatic updater. Like cPanel.

The software updates itself once a day and installs anything in the update source, like cvs update or something along the lines. So instead of me upgrading every build, it can do it automatically in the background, and save users pain.

I'd like that if the following happened as part of it..

• Optionally download updates as they become available.
  
• Notify me when an update is available and, if set to download, if it's ready to be installed yet.
  
• Ability to check which version of a file is already on the board (if I have a newer version than whats in an update, then that file will be skipped)
  
• Allow me to choose when it will do an automatic install of updates and what to do during the process...
  
  • When:  Which day(s) of the week, what time(s) of each day, or only notify me when it's ready but wait for me to do the update.
    
  • Perform automatic check of the database.  If any errors are found, abort automatic process and notify me.
    
  • Backup database and board files (can be set to only backup files that will be affected or all files).
    
  • Take board offline.
    
  • Perform the backup.  If any errors detected, restore to pre-update status and abort update process (return board to online status).
    
  • Run check on database.  Repair if needed.  Optimize.
    
  • Put board back online.
    
  • Notify admin of update and include a link to a logfile in a predetermined log folder (.htaccess protected) which would include various details of the update process.
• Notify me if any of the updated files include any files that I've modified.  If I edit one of the primary files to put in a mod, then I'd want to know that a file that will be updated has been modified from the original.
  
• If the update is labeled as critical/severe, an option to install anyway, despite other settings.
  
• Tell me what the updates will actually do along with any known issues with installing the update (such as, if it's known to upset/break/disrupt any known mods).

The part about keeping newer revisions of a file may confuse some so I'll explain.  If it's set to wait for an admin to activate an update, but critical updates are automatically installed, then if a critical update includes a file that's newer than a pending update contains, then obviously you want to retain the newer version of the file.

This idea might actually be better as an add-on application that's only available to admins with access to certain ACP areas.  But such a function/module would certainly slurp in a number of new Admins from other software brands, if this were to be developed and maintained.

[David Diaz]

Jamer, on 28 June 2009 - 04:34 AM, said:

Also a few ideas;

Bump feature - to be able to bump topics, group permissions obviously.

Glance feature or Top 5 stats, this would be in the form of a box across the top of the main forum index page show the latest topics and replies

There is a modification hook in the resources center for this feature.

[Dlf]

I just thought of this while using the demo, this would (or could) work in a similar manner to how the multi-quote work(s) {or supposed} except for moderation in a topic --- possible in a forum as well.


Basically a moderator can select one post (with a button next to the reply, multi-quote & others) than another post some ways down gets selected and every post (in) between the two selected without having to go post by post. This could also work the same for topics as well.

[dr. Jekyll]

• Search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask) sitemap
• Possibility to choice keyword per forum basis
• Prefix/tag
• Possibility to mark discussion to social network as in the blogs
• RSS per forum

[Kotonoha]

What I want to see in 3.1.

• Thread Tagging
  
• Option for users to ignore/hide threads based on tags.
  
• Option to make it so that when moderators ban a user the user's group is changed to the banned group. it is so annoying having to log into the admin CP and change a member's group manually. And it makes it extremely hard to make a system where banned members can view an appeal forum, because if they're banned by a moderator then there's no way to give them access to an appeals forum until the admin changes their group.
  
• No more hard coded special permissions for super moderators. I don't want my mods (or admins for that matter) mass deleting posts, but if I have super mods they're automatically allowed to mass delete and there's no way to set it so they can't. This seems so stupid when you realize that you have pretty much complete control over admin permissions yet all these super mod permissions can't be changed at all...

[David Diaz]

Kotonoha, on 29 June 2009 - 04:34 AM, said:

What I want to see in 3.1.

• Thread Tagging
  
• Option for users to ignore/hide threads based on tags.
  
• Option to make it so that when moderators ban a user the user's group is changed to the banned group. it is so annoying having to log into the admin CP and change a member's group manually. And it makes it extremely hard to make a system where banned members can view an appeal forum, because if they're banned by a moderator then there's no way to give them access to an appeals forum until the admin changes their group.
  
• No more hard coded special permissions for super moderators. I don't want my mods (or admins for that matter) mass deleting posts, but if I have super mods they're automatically allowed to mass delete and there's no way to set it so they can't. This seems so stupid when you realize that you have pretty much complete control over admin permissions yet all these super mod permissions can't be changed at all...

+1. Or make it so the banned group can post to one forum that you specially selected.