vB's Postbit or Postbit Legacy?

Discussion in 'Managing Your Online Community' started by Imperial, May 23, 2009.

  1. Mike

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    Peggy, all you need do is view page source and then you're seeing what spiders see.

    When I display a side column on the forum index, I will use a right column. That gets the individual forum links up above the links being used in the side column.
     
  2. Green Cat

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    I always use postbit legacy as it seams more organised to me and because I always have too much custom fields to fit for the horizontal postbit.
     
  3. Ryan

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    Postbit Legacy 100%
     
  4. Justin S.

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    You know, this forum is a perfect example of why I hate the classic postbit: all of the white space following posts just bugs me to no end. I could save so much time if I didn't have to keep scrolling so much between posts. :p
     
  5. Chris

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    Relax, Justin - at least your fingers are getting some exercise.
     
  6. Nick

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    But then you can't consistently read the posts because there would be a huge block of information in-between them. :unhunh:
     
  7. ArnyVee

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    I like both Postbit and Legacy. But, for fixed width I think that the vertical wins! :D
     
  8. Tyler

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    I don't think we even have an option with the various ForumAddict information we have in our postbit.
     
  9. Justin S.

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    I'm not saying you should use the horizontal postbit, just saying this is an example of why I don't like it. ;)
     
  10. Wayne Luke

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    Personally, I would like a hybrid of the two.

    Basic information on the left. That being username, avatar, number of posts and current reputation.

    Tools in a discrete menubar across the top-right. This would be things like report post, ip address, reputation, infractions, maybe a "buddy" icon. Possibly social networking information.

    These would frame the post top and left but not be obtrusive. Other information could be held in a business card like popup or simply on the profile.

    Guess I just outlined another job for myself.
     
  11. Peggy

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    That is an excellent idea Wayne. I hope you can come up with something like that.
     
  12. Nick

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    I agree. I'd probably even pay for something like that, depending on how it turns out.
     
  13. Tyler

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    Mmm, yes, please do that and show us how it turned out. That sounds like it would look great.
     
  14. Green Cat

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    Great Idea, would love to see how that would turn out to look.
     

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