mutley 4,488 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi, I have started to implement topic prefixes, you will see an example of this in the classified forum so the topic can be marked "For sale" / "sold" etc. These are user selectable but are limited to a pre determined list set by me. These can also be limited by forum too to stop misuse. I don't want to over do it as the forum will end up looking like a sweetie (Candy) shop! I have two global prefixes called "Howto" which puts a purple badge before the topic title (See howto post screenshot post in the MScreenshot forum) and "Solved" which adds a green badge. If you have any suggestions of prefixes that may be helpful, like "Solved" for example, and whether it should be limited to certain forums then I would be interested to hear from you. Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 if you have any suggestions of prefixes that may be helpful, like "Solved" for example, and whether it should be limited to certain forums then I would be interested to hear from you. how about these Joe... Hints & Tips - used when posting of hints/tips/tweaks (may need permissions to lock the post/thread after posting to stop it turning into a discussion?) Review - used for, uh, Reviews... Poll - used for, well what else, a Poll that's all for now...unless i think of any more Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,488 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Cheers Simi. Feed back: For "Hints and tips" use "Howto" Reviews have their own forum but a prefix could be could be used if someone posts their own review on something but I have rarely seen that! "Poll" should already have a prefix as that's standard Keep 'em coming and thanks for your response. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Great addition - I just put "How-To" flags on all six of the Back to Basics aricles in John's Corner. John Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 How about a "Help!!!" flag or "Help Needed" or "???"? John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,488 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Good idea! What color badge would you like? Here's your choice Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 How about something subtle and understated, like this... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,488 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I'm literally laughing out loud John! Lisa wants to know what's going on, I had to explain, as they can only be solid colours I will go for deeppink! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Black or red text on bright yellow would communicate urgency, I think. Tell Lisa it's just me being me... John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,488 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Unfortunately I cannot choose the text it is always white so the background has to be dark so yellow is a non starter. Deep pink looks ok, it's already been used in the FSX forum. Link to post Share on other sites
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