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Re: Thank you Nabble for the "Mixed View" option

Posted by a_priori on Dec 07, 2008; 6:56pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Thank-you-Nabble-for-the-Mixed-View-option-tp1619787p1626041.html

I'm going to add a little more feedback after testing this for a couple of days...

 If there was a way for the owner to decide, individually, how many of the top threads from each forum would show on the front page, it would really be great. Some sub-forums are very busy and would work well with having 8 or 16 top threads showing, while other sub-forums would do just fine with 4 and don't need that many topics displayed because they are not busy and only have a couple of relevant topics in them at a time like an "Announcements" forum.

A default setting like 4 top threads visible in each forum is nice for general use, but if there is a way to make it so that the owners can customize how many top threads show from each sub-forum, that would really offer a great way for forum owners to get the most of this format. If each forum had a setting somewhere that related to the number of topics to display in Mixed View with the default being 4 and maybe the option to choose (4 default, 8, or 16) maybe even a hide option, meaning that a forum set to hide is not displayed at all in mixed view, that would be great.

While I'm throwing out some crazy ideas, let me add this as well. Since Nabble has these great new formats like News and Image gallery, why not incorporate those views into the mixed view as well? If a forum is set to News, have it appear in a more News like style by having smaller thumbnail photos next to the topic title and if the forum is set to Image gallery, have a small grid of thumbnails appear for that forum instead of a list like a regular forum. I can make a mock-up image to demonstrate this idea if you want.