Posted by alexandra_k on May 23, 2005, at 18:15:35
In reply to Re: Small boards - only viewable by members??? » JahL, posted by Dinah on May 23, 2005, at 17:30:13
Maybe it would be better to make the small boards viewable only to members of the board.
I’m not sure whether it would make a difference whether you were able to
1) See the thread titles, but have to join to open the posts.
2) See the link, but have to join to follow the link to the boards off your homepage or off the other boards.I was a member of a board (BPD net.nz) where the link to each board had the subject header of the newest thread to the board.
You had to join to enter into each board and see all the subject headers and read the posts.
Once you had been a member for a while you could request membership to the journals board.
You had to be a member of the journals board before you could enter into that board and see all the subject headers and read the posts.Babble is a bit different…
People follow links to the boards from your homepage or from off the other boards.
The posts are all publicly viewable and membership is only required to make a new entry.You said that you were worried about how people could decide whether they wanted to join or not.
The way the other board was laid out you could tell by viewing the board titles and by seeing the header of the newest entry with a new indicator.Would it be technically difficult / time consuming to change registration so people had to register to follow the links to the small boards,
or to open the posts?
You could put a ‘new indicator’ on the link to the small board if it has been posted to…
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