Re: Hi. Some questions on forum functionality

Posted by Will <Nabble> on Jan 08, 2009; 7:38pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Hi-Some-questions-on-forum-functionality-tp2123183p2129645.html

Thanks for the detailed explanation. It looks like there is some confusion which made things more complicated than it should be.

So, basically you want a private forum (member-only), which may become a public one later, right?

For this initial private forum, you need an email feature to email all members - this is fine. We can add this feature easily.

You are worried about getting lots of emails. I think it's a misunderstanding. There are no emails as it is a web forum. Most users will just go to the forum to read and post. There are no emails. But some users may like to read the forum via email, Nabble has an option to subscribe to a forum and receive all posts by email. But that is optional.

You also want a feature to look at a member's last visit. Sorry, we don't have it, and we are not sure if it's a good general feature. People can visit but if they don't post, they are not helping, right? With Nabble, you can click each user's profile and easily see when's the last time he posted. Would last post be better criteria for your forum?

Let me know if I miss something here...