Re: force to post to a sub forum?

Posted by Nalicter on Jul 31, 2008; 2:24am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/force-to-post-to-a-sub-forum-tp640810p661580.html

Gale (Audacity Team) wrote

Thanks Will. My suggestion would be this option should be off by default at least insofar as normal users should not be able to create subforums.

I think you two were talking about something in different contexts here. However, I at first agreed that the ability for anyone to make sub forums should be off by default. However, now I semi-disagree—because I've learned how pinned forums work. Pinned forums show up first, and they're known to be created by the forum owner. If you pin your forums, I don't think you'll find user-created forums too problematic (unless of course users think they're making posts, instead of really weird-looking forums).

I might suggest adding an 'are you sure' warning for creating forums, letting people know that they're making a forum and not a post (at least, if the forum name is more than a few words or if the description is filled).