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by smorty71

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As I mentioned in an earlier thread, we are thinking about adding the ability to tag discussions as a way to create a dynamic list of subtopics, allow for easier categorization and to allow for tag-based RSS feeds.

Well, I've worked up some early mock-ups around the idea and wanted to get some feedback. These are still not fully baked; however, they provide the basics.

Start a thread:
This shows where you would enter a tag when starting a thread.
http://tinyurl.com/4pl5e

Tag page:
This is a page that would aggregate all of the community activity around a single tag. For example, if you click a tag listed on a discussion thread, this is what you might see.
http://tinyurl.com/45j63

My Discussions page:
This is the My Discussions page with tag sorting added. Users can sort their own discussions by the tags or view all discussions by that same tag.
http://tinyurl.com/5fedm

Discussion Detail page:
This shows the discussion post page with tags added. Clicking a tag would take you to the Tag page referenced above.
http://tinyurl.com/56agw

Those are all that I have at this point. We will probably be adding lots of RSS options to these pages in the future (ability to get a feed for each tag or for each discussion category).

Take a look and let me know what you all think. Thanks,
sm

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by bfilmfan

Sorry been busy the last couple of days with overloaded GC's that I tracked back to someone running security group enumeration of all attributes...

Ever had the urge to kill? Just to pull them apart and just throw the body parts in whatever direction they happen to land?

Okay, so I watched American Psycho this weekend. I claimed it was a business survival course on my taxes...

by smorty71

BTW, Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.

I've gotta go return some videotapes...

by house

Sorry... sometimes I need to go to work. :)

There is not much to say, besides it looks great. I love the tabs too. From what I gather, this will definitely promote the searching of the main threads, as opposed to general feedback within those threads. You know what I mean.

Chris

by maxwell edison

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It looks good to me. Without seeing and using it in practice, however, I suppost I can't think of any comments to add.

by apotheon

I'm in complete agreement with maxwell on this one. It looks beautiful, but without actually playing with a functional implementation there's not a whole lot else I can offer.

I can say this, though: The concept is a good one, in theory, and your mock-ups seem to address the needed functionality splendidly.

by smorty71

Thanks for the feedback. I totally understand what everyone has been saying about using a prototype versus just looking at mock-ups. I hope to have a functional prototype in the next week or so.

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