Here's an idea.  I see a arrow symbol when people reply to me, but it would be cool if there was some kind of symbol on each comment showing that I replied (kind of like your email system shows a symbol next to the email to remind you if you replied).

That would be nice and would stop me from wondering "did I reply to that?"  Sometimes I think of something to say in reply but cannot remember if I already replied or just thought it :)  Thanks!!

I agree I was just about to write something similar to this on the board about the profile page. See ya!!!!!

vivasuzi said…

Here's an idea.  I see a arrow symbol when people reply to me, but it would be cool if there was some kind of symbol on each comment showing that I replied (kind of like your email system shows a symbol next to the email to remind you if you replied).

That would be nice and would stop me from wondering "did I reply to that?"  Sometimes I think of something to say in reply but cannot remember if I already replied or just thought it :)  Thanks!!

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Very good idea! Just today I replied to a message on my home page, and wasn't sure if I already did.??? So, I sent a (another?) reply. I know you can go to their page and check to see if you sent them something, but if they delete, or get to many messages, you can never know.

I'm not sure if anyone has touched on this but what about a "return to discussion" link at the bottom of the thread page? That way we wont have to scroll back up to the link.

How about a spot to post your favorite recipes. I know there is a spot to review recipe books but just a spot to review recipes. I know I have a few.

Welcome to the board summergirl! :)

I think it would be great to add a feature on the homepage to click on reviews/discussions/blogs related to the next holiday(s). For example, if people wanted to see reviews about Veterans Day or Halloween right now, they could click on that link. Maybe you could even add a choice where people could choose from any holiday and not just the ones that are coming up soon. I know this would take some extra time in the making. Perhaps add a question when we write/edit like "Is this related to a holiday?" Then a drop-down box could give choices like Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, etc. in order to provide the links needed.

Reviews shown on the front page under "The Latest" tab should have some sort of screening. I suggest that they be from writers who are at least at the Writer I level.

The problem is that these reviews are highly visible, as the eye is drawn directly to them when someone arrives at www.viewpoints.com. Yet these reviews are not screened in any way and can be extremely poorly written, unintelligible rants or even objectionable (porn, racist, etc.) I know they cycle quickly but why not expose visitors to more seasoned and thoughtful reviews? Sometimes I've checked and found most of "The Latest" reviews to be Sears or BedInABox. That's hardly representative of Viewpoints.

Just a thought.

--Bob (who misses having my reviews featured on the front page)

I would love to see an addition to the section Discussions You Have Posted To on the Home Page. Right now we can click on latest post, which is great. Yet, I really do try to read all the posts, and I often base what I've already read by where I last posted myself. So, wouldn't it be a great feature to be able to click on something like where I last posted? Then, I can go back to that post and read forward from there. Thanks.

rulistenin, I believe we already have the feature that you are asking about.  Clicking the little gold icon next to each discussion thread in the Discussions You Have Posted To module will take you to the most recent unread post in the thread.  Try it out and let me know if that's what you were asking for...

kevin said…
rulistenin, I believe we already have the feature that you are asking about.  Clicking the little gold icon next to each discussion thread in the Discussions You Have Posted To module will take you to the most recent unread post in the thread.  Try it out and let me know if that's what you were asking for...

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hey... great minds think alike, lol (just kidding). Truly, thanks kevin! I guess I never scrolled over that icon. That is a great feature and exactly what I was asking about. Good to know, thank you!

Morning.  Love the congrats after a review is finished, but I noticed one little booboo

 "Congratulations! This review counts toward you writer status. You're on a roll".

Should it be you're writer status?  I could be off...just started to learn German LOL

Have a Happy Day!

Bob - the same thought has occured to me.  Great minds think alike!  We will consider this change in the coming week or two.

Whoopsi! Thanks, we'll check it out.

LOL!

To me, I'm happy the way it is now. :D

I like to update my theater movie reviews when I hear that the DVD is about to be released. Once it's updated, can it be arranged for those ones to be reactiviated in current circulation? I'm not sure if I'm articulating what I'm suggesting clearly. . . Or can we at least create a discussion topic under MOVIES & TV, where we can all post that we've updated a movie review for its DVD release? Thanks!

There have been a lot of Games going on... Could we add a "Games" discussion board to separate them out?  Actually would probably need to be something people could easily identify as not being about Video games... so maybe

"Discussion Board Games"??

vivasuzi said…

There have been a lot of Games going on... Could we add a "Games" discussion board to separate them out?  Actually would probably need to be something people could easily identify as not being about Video games... so maybe

"Discussion Board Games"??

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I knew this would come, lol.

Or maybe we should call i the "Reviewer11 started all this" board :)

lol no I just meant I knew this request was gonna come sooner or later. It's no problem at all. :D

Then again, "R11 started the games" sounds good.. hmm.... nah, i'm kidding! :D

vivasuzi said…

There have been a lot of Games going on... Could we add a "Games" discussion board to separate them out?  Actually would probably need to be something people could easily identify as not being about Video games... so maybe

"Discussion Board Games"??

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I think that's a good idea. If you like. :D

Isn't part of the game (and fun) to find the game threads among the other topics? :) It's like hide and seek among general discussions.

Wow--you must have read R11's mind because she started another game this morning and I had to "find" it.  I find the new threads by following up on my friends' activities through the My Home section. 

Check out Mindgame, chasing after, would you rather..., poster above me and the slumber party (Anyone staying up late....) to see how much fun R11 and I had during the wee hours of the morning.  I think we were going for a record.  We bounced around for about 5 or 6 hrs.!  I didn't even get in bed until after 7 this a.m.  but I sure did have a lot of fun!

Thanks to everyone at VP for making this possible.  ~Gigi

Meredith said…
Isn't part of the game (and fun) to find the game threads among the other topics? :) It's like hide and seek among general discussions.

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OOh, good idea!! :P :D


Gigi, lol, thanks for the fun. We had a blast... and no, not the air biscuit kind. LOL!

I'm not sure if this has already been addressed.  I thought I was going to read all the comments before I posted mine to prevent that but then I realized there were four pages and nah, I don't have time.

Is there anyway you can link someone's reply with the original comment so that when we get a reply we see what the person was replying to?  Sometimes I will get a comment/reply and I will be thinking to myself: "Well, what did I say on this date and time?"  I have to scroll through several comments, dates, and sometimes days just to find out what the person was referring to.

Is it possible that when the reply comes thru the orig. comment is attached to it so that we can see them both?  I know lots of times I will go back and read really old reviews from other members since I am still relatively new to Viewpoints.  Well, if I post a reply to something someone wrote in May they will have a lot to go thru to see what I was making reference to.

Okay, that's all for now--I'm off to write a review ;+)  ~the one and only Gigi girl

I would like to have a subscribe to all friends or all fans instead of having to do them one by one.  As I add more people I forget and then when I go back can't tell where I left off. If I could just click something like subscribe all and get an email when any of them post a new review it would be really helpful then I can visit easily and quickly and spend more time reading instead of searching.

I can't find where I think Meredith asked if people would like for discussion games to be posted under "Toys" or whether they should make a new topic or leave it under general discussions. I wasn't sure if anyone responded to that question, so here's my 2 cents worth. Perhaps you could change the name of "Toys" to "Toys and Games." This might make it easier for searching. Just a thought.

Also, I tried to go through all of the discussions at the bottom of my profile page in which I have posted responses. (And thanks for adding that feature!) I noticed on a few of those discussions that they have been removed, but they still appear in my profile. Does anyone else have that? Is there a way to remove them from appearing in the profile if they've been discontinued?

I think a lot of people here may have pretty large friends lists. Is there a way to add a search on the profile page where we can type in the name of a friend without searching through lots of friends on the profile or heading over to the discussion board to search for a friend's name?

Thanks for all that you guys do!

Hey Katrena,

Discussions - the listings on you home page will "disappear" after you have read the most recent discussions.  once something is posted there again it will come back.  If you have more than what is listed there get through the ones there then hit refresh and the rest will come on.  It only list the 10 (I think) most recent discussions). 

Searching - you can click on the community tab and on the right hand side there is a search box where you can type in a user id... it may be a llttle easier than searching through your friends anyway... On the profile would be neat too.

Hi there. ;D

I have a request. You don't have to, but if it's possible, can you add options to the blog entries like the option to select font types, font colors, and font sizes?

lilsquibb said…
Hey Katrena,

Discussions - the listings on you home page will "disappear" after you have read the most recent discussions.  once something is posted there again it will come back.  If you have more than what is listed there get through the ones there then hit refresh and the rest will come on.  It only list the 10 (I think) most recent discussions). 

That usually works for me as well, but if the entire discussion has been deleted and I click on it under my list for discussions, it is still on my profile page. The others do just as you mentioned above, but they are still active discussions. Just wondering if anyone else might have ones that were deleted in the boards but still showing up in the profile.

Katrena said…

lilsquibb said…
Hey Katrena,

Discussions - the listings on you home page will "disappear" after you have read the most recent discussions.  once something is posted there again it will come back.  If you have more than what is listed there get through the ones there then hit refresh and the rest will come on.  It only list the 10 (I think) most recent discussions). 

That usually works for me as well, but if the entire discussion has been deleted and I click on it under my list for discussions, it is still on my profile page. The others do just as you mentioned above, but they are still active discussions. Just wondering if anyone else might have ones that were deleted in the boards but still showing up in the profile.

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Katrena - What the name of the thread you are referencing that appears on your profile but has been deleted?