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[aw06]

Thinking it would be a good idea to have a 'POST NEW TOPIC' link on the main nav menu, when clicked it will bring up a new post window but will provide a drop-down of all the available boards users can select then make the post in...

[Matthew K.]

Good idea, simple, and very possible. If I had more time, I'd write up a mod for it.

Although, I would be willing to help someone if they wanted to take it on.

Thinking it would be a good idea to have a 'POST NEW TOPIC' link on the main nav menu, when clicked it will bring up a new post window but will provide a drop-down of all the available boards a users can select then make the post in...

[aw06]

Good idea, simple, and very possible. If I had more time, I'd write up a mod for it.

Although, I would be willing to help someone if they wanted to take it on.

Thinking it would be a good idea to have a 'POST NEW TOPIC' link on the main nav menu, when clicked it will bring up a new post window but will provide a drop-down of all the available boards a users can select then make the post in...

Yeah.. I'm running a classifieds forum on 1.1.12 , so this would be really ideal .. as i could make a post new ad button so users can post up ads quicker ..

i made a request in the mod section...

[Illori]

please dont double post http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=419920, it is considered spam.

[Kindred]

this is definitely mod bait, not a feature.

I think it would result in people continually posting in the wrong board because it was the first on the dropdown.  We alreayd have gone through the laziness of users in the site discussion.

[butchs]

Sounds easier than it really is.  How do you allow users to select the board you want them to post the new topic to?

So if you are in the main board then the menu will not be visible and it will only show up when you are in a category or thread?

An option to make it active if you are logged in member would be nice?

[aw06]

this is definitely mod bait, not a feature.

I think it would result in people continually posting in the wrong board because it was the first on the dropdown.  We alreayd have gone through the laziness of users in the site discussion.

You would not let it auto select a board in the dropdown... that would be left black .. the user then would have to select a board to post in...

Sounds easier than it really is.  How do you allow users to select the board you want them to post the new topic to?

So if you are in the main board then the menu will not be visible and it will only show up when you are in a category or thread?

An option to make it active if you are logged in member would be nice?

Basically it would be a Post page and URL that can be linked to, it would not reside anywhere in the forums where existing post new topic buttons are..

So this link
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=post;board=x.x

After the mod we would have a link called
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=post;board=userselectable

We then put that up in the main navigation menu

[Matthew K.]

it would take me maybe an hour at very most to completely develop - with validation and some other features put in place. It would involve one query and two files, along with a couple edits, fairly simple.

Sounds easier than it really is.  How do you allow users to select the board you want them to post the new topic to?

So if you are in the main board then the menu will not be visible and it will only show up when you are in a category or thread?

An option to make it active if you are logged in member would be nice?

[Kindred]

as I said: mod bait.
I do not favor this for a standard feature

[Antechinus]

I have to say that I also think it is more suitable for a mod.

[Matthew K.]

I agree.

I have to say that I also think it is more suitable for a mod.

[Arantor]

I definitely wouldn't want it as a core feature, knowing as I do that users will invariably just go for the first valid option that makes errors go away.

[aw06]

Users really that bad Lol ... You saying if a user sees a dropdown with all boards to post in many will just select the first board and post

Maybe a popup after the post is made.. " Are you sure you wish to post in x Board "

A feature like this could be turned on/off by Admin thou, it wouldn't be always on..

But yeah, if not a core feature, would definitely be a nice mod..

[Illori]

if you add a popup, you are going to push users away as they expect a forum to allow them to press the post button and be done. people in general dont lie popups anyway.

check how many people here are posting in the wrong boards especially here http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=2.0

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Users really that bad Lol ... You saying if a user sees a dropdown with all boards to post in many will just select the first board and post

Yes. Really. Sadly.