The Campaign Builder's Guild

I'll chime in to say that I too would like to see a return of the thread starter column.

Why does the topic creator matter? I think it's more useful to see who posted last so I know if I've seen it or not.

I would also be fine with both. As stated before, the date column is sort of pointless.

I'd like to vote to keep the Most recent poster column.

I've found it wonderfully easy to see if anyone posted in threads I'm keeping track of -> Pop in, see who posted -> pop out.

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Why does the topic creator matter? I think it's more useful to see who posted last so I know if I've seen it or not.

I would also be fine with both. As stated before, the date column is sort of pointless.

Perhaps it is just because I am used to there being a listing of both the last poster AND the thread starter, but having ONLY the last poster confuses me, because it connects the thread title with the most recent name, which to me looks like the thread is being attributed to that person. 

Topic creator matters- there are some people here whose topics I will not read.

And because of the reason Seraphine Harmonium states. It helps me tell the topics apart.

The date column can be shrunk. For example, it need not say "September" or 12:37:00 PM. It could instead say : 13/9 | 12:37PM or 4 Sept. | 12:37 PM, etc.

Quote from: Light DragonTopic creator matters- there are some people here whose topics I will not read.

How I see it is this is the real problem.

Let's not turn this into a referendum on people's post-reading practices. There are plenty of better reasons to want the thread starter to be shown, too. I, personally, am in favor of it. :)

Let's turn down the Vitriol and turn up some smiles.

Precisely.

Less  :explode: more  :wub:

 :grin:  :wub:  :)

I can look into adding the topic starter to the list. If I do however it will be for good reasons not bad. If you want to see their name just so you know not to read the thread, then I'm sorry I can't help you there.

Can we put the "URL being too long in the Tavern" issue on the To-Do list?

I really liked how clean the old board made posting URL's look.

Also, is there anyways to increase the number of topics listed in the "Recent Topics" section?

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Can we put the "URL being too long in the Tavern" issue on the To-Do list?

I really liked how clean the old board made posting URL's look.

Also, is there anyways to increase the number of topics listed in the "Recent Topics" section?

I can certainly look into cleaning up the tavern URLs if you'd like. It should just be some simple modification of the shoutbox code. As for the Recent Topics section, how long would you like it? It's literally a matter of me opening a single box in the admin area and changing a single number. So I can make it whatever size you want pretty easily (I could even allow you to dynamically change it but that would be a larger project for later).

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Quote from: Elemental_Elf
Can we put the "URL being too long in the Tavern" issue on the To-Do list?

I really liked how clean the old board made posting URL's look.

Also, is there anyways to increase the number of topics listed in the "Recent Topics" section?

I can certainly look into cleaning up the tavern URLs if you'd like. It should just be some simple modification of the shoutbox code. As for the Recent Topics section, how long would you like it? It's literally a matter of me opening a single box in the admin area and changing a single number. So I can make it whatever size you want pretty easily (I could even allow you to dynamically change it but that would be a larger project for later).

The current Tavern lists 15, which feels a bit light to me. How about 25. That way even posts that are a few days old can easily be seen by all those who simply scroll down.

I'll probably read most every thread anyway (okay, skim it at least), but if I see a person whose work I really enjoy has made a new post I will be even more incentivized to be active in that thread. Also, different persons think and write differently and knowing the author makes it easier to quickly get into the right mindset. Also, it simply makes it easier to remember the thread and its content. Many advantages.
   
Also, I'm still lobbying for two Recent Posts lists; one for Homebrew, one for the rest. We have to remember what we stand for (settings/campaigns) :D