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Poll: What do you think? [closed]
| I like it!:
67%
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(8 Votes)
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| I like it, but it would be exploited (solutions?):
17%
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(2 Votes)
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| I don't like it.:
17%
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(2 Votes)
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Total Votes: 12
Well, i figured that groups should be more customizable. Now don't get the wrong idea and think I am being impatient. It is really only what I would do to make groups more intimate and personal for each group that uses them. Im sure we will be blown away when the full group abilities are put up.
Now... lets get started.
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Groups are very simply constructed. Their skins pretty much contain a text color, link color, background color, border color (not too many), and then 3 images, or maybe around 6 if you include the post images. What I propose is that these all be customizable. The admin would obviously have all control over this, and only the root admin could ever see this screen. It would be called Display Options, and would control the entire physical look of your group. The form I propose is below.
Base Color (The overall group color): ######
Trim Color (Secondary color): ######
Text Color (General text color): ######
Link Color (Link color): ######
Link Style (look of links, check all that apply): [-] Bold [-] Italic [-] Underlined
Front Page Banner (Image that appears at top of home page): http://www.imageurl.com/image.jpg
Menu Image (Image behind menu choices): http://www.imageurl.com/image.jpg
Forum Banner (Image that appears over forums): http://www.imageurl.com/image.jpg
This would be monitored by a number of Group Moderators, who are contacted whenever images are found on groups that are inappropriate by members. The group's admin would then be messaged with a 3 day ultimatum to pull the image down. If this isn't done, then the group is closed and the admin blacklisted for a week. Depending on the violation, that blacklisting can change from a week to a perma-ban. This also means the first warning step can be skipped if it is an extreme violation of the rules.
You could also set up an approval system, where a group sets itself up, and then asks for approval to become active whenever a change is made. Then changes are checked by the moderators.
Other controls I propose are on the rank settings, where you can change the color of text for each member rank (moderator, admin, normal member, etc.). Other options I have thought of are possible custom avatars that the admin can make rank oriented, and these avatars are only visible in the group.
[Edited on 07.21.2007 1:59 PM PDT]