As I think of things, I’m going to post 'em here. Good ideas. Shit ideas. Doesn’t matter. No “red light” thinking. All “green light” thinking right now.
| IDEA | DETAILS / RATIONALE / JUSTIFICATION / ETC | STATUS | LAST UPDATED |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd party login / authentication | easier for people that don’t mind using existing accounts to login on a different platform | Implemented: Login with Google, Amazon, Patreon, Passkey/MFA Working on: Facebook login | April 24, 2024 |
| acknowledgements for people that wish to contribute resources (money, moderation efforts, etc) | this is fairly SOP in the forums world. If someone wishes to contribute, they should be recognized (if they want the public acknowledgement) | In Progress: Patreon Donations active, Stripe (Direct) Donations coming soon. Moderators can be updated at any time. | April 24, 2024 |
| Ability for users to block/ignore other users | less admin/moderation needed when users can ‘self-service’. Also fairly SOP for forums. | Implemented: Go to a users profile, click the drop-down under the “Chat” button, then click on MUTE. | April 24, 2024 |
| Private section(s) for registered users | There may be clubs or vendors that don’t want their internal conversations to be publicly accessible via Google’s indexing. Or any number of other valid reasons why the entire site shouldn’t be visible to search engines and/or the public. | Initial testing proved successful. Was able to create security groups that only allowed visibility (& access) to specific private subforums. | April 23, 2024 |
| Forum/Subforum for content creators (Podcasters, YouTubers, Vloggers, etc) | A potential win/win for both Pyro Nation and the Creators, where they can have another(?) location to interact with their audience. All the respective platforms are somewhat limited in how the engagement works; Very single-threaded. A subforum for each Creator would allow multithreaded engagement with their followers. | Just an idea. Need feedback from the Creators themselves. | April 24, 2024 |
| Ability to upload files, not just graphics | There’s important files such as PDFs or ZIP that can contain documentation, like rulebooks. | Implemented. Max graphic size is 20 MB. Max size for general file type is 30MB | May 12, 2024 |
| subforums broken down by geographic area | Help people identify others within their proximity. Makes it easy for meetups or requests to borrow equipment, request help for a shoot, etc. | Started w/ Ohio and Michigan (by request). More can be created as others request it | May 13, 2024 |
| Splitting the Vendors from subforums in which their respective product would reside | Is there too much overlap having two separate areas? Example: Does it make sense to have PYROBOOM as it’s own subforum under Vendors while at the same time, they are active in the Hardware → Racks & Holders subforum? Needs further public discussion | This is already implemented, but is it necessary? | May 13, 2024 |
| Theme Update | Need to clone the repoo and change the theme to allow actual full screen with the topics. | Not yet started. | May 13, 2024 |
