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If you have a suggestion about a feature or how we can improve a certain aspect of TE, then please use this thread.

We cannot promise to implement everything but we will try to do whatever seems reasonable.
 
Increased space for storing images, files, etc?

People post most of the stuff on external servers like imgur.com etc which doesn't open when you try to access it from the office. Images uploaded on TE open without a problem...
 
Is it possible to improve the search? Most of the time, when I need to search for a particular thread, I get stuck with the minimum 4 letter requirment.
 
^^ +1 I hate that 4 letter requirement as well. There are so many tech related search items that are less than 4 letters. CPU, RAM, RMA, SSD, HDD, etc.
 
I suggested something long back, mods said that it will be implemented soon, but no sign
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Introduce [SOLVED] tag, this will help in two ways:
  1. Others will know if that problem is solved or not, without even going through the whole thread.
  2. Will stop archaeologist from excavating age old thread.

Another tag : BEST POST / REPLY / SOLUTION

This again will help in two ways:
  1. Others can directly jump to the best answer / reply
  2. This can also help in choosing the MOTM (one with max number of BEST POST)
 
Is it possible to improve the search? Most of the time, when I need to search for a particular thread, I get stuck with the minimum 4 letter requirment.

^^ +1 I hate that 4 letter requirement as well. There are so many tech related search items that are less than 4 letters. CPU, RAM, RMA, SSD, HDD, etc.
Done. It is 3 letters now. It will take some time to take effect.

I suggested something long back, mods said that it will be implemented soon, but no sign
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When did the mods say that? I dont even remember reading something like that.

Anyway for solved tag it will be difficult to get the people to change their tags.

As far as problem of age old thread is concerned, it is not a big problem. Secondly it will be solved soon as any threads older than a year will not be available for posting. You can see this thread for example -> http://www.techencla...ted-for-a-poll/

The Best Post is not a simple change and will require substantial efforts. Will that on our list of things to consider but dont think if it can be done anytime soon.

Increased space for storing images, files, etc?

People post most of the stuff on external servers like imgur.com etc which doesn't open when you try to access it from the office. Images uploaded on TE open without a problem...
I was thinking of a better and elegant solution for this problem for a long time now. Thanks for raising this. Will see if something can be done to address this by this weekend.
 
When did the mods say that? I dont even remember reading something like that.

Anyway for solved tag it will be difficult to get the people to change their tags.

As far as problem of age old thread is concerned, it is not a big problem. Secondly it will be solved soon as any threads older than a year will not be available for posting. You can see this thread for example -> http://www.techencla...ted-for-a-poll/

Here check this thread : http://www.techenclave.com/topic/502278-solved-how-about-a-solved-tag/page__fromsearch__1

The [SOLVED] can be also a button, when pressed, the thread title gets prefixed with [solved], or something like that
 
Is it possible to introduce a 'Thanks' button in Tapatalk for TE ? Or is it something to do with Tapatalk and not with the forum's settings ?
 
Is it possible to introduce a 'Thanks' button in Tapatalk for TE ? Or is it something to do with Tapatalk and not with the forum's settings ?
That is entirely upto the forum software. Not even Tapatalk guys can do something about it. Unless it is a standard feature for the forum platform they cannot implement it.
 
Done. It is 3 letters now. It will take some time to take effect.

I was thinking of a better and elegant solution for this problem for a long time now. Thanks for raising this. Will see if something can be done to address this by this weekend.

^^ Thanx for the 3 letter search.
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About the Image issue, can we make the image uploading such that it is not resized in the post once it is included in the post.

What happens is that whenever I upload any image and embed it into my post, it gets resized to a tiny thumbnail and I have to click on it to resize it. This doesn't happen if I use a 3rd party pic host like imageshack and use the link.

It would be great if we could avoid resizing of pics uploaded on TE as then we wouldn't need to rely on 3rd party image hosts. Hope it is not very difficult... [img]http://static1.techenclave.com//public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/54645.gif
 
That is entirely upto the forum software. Not even Tapatalk guys can do something about it. Unless it is a standard feature for the forum platform they cannot implement it.

I think you mean to say that forum software & Tapatalk are not completely compatible with each other so it can't be implemented as of now ?

One more suggestion buddy its something to do with how the forum has been structured.

Currently we have:

TE > Hardware Zone > CPU/Mobo corner > Threads(With various topics like News, Troubleshooting, etc)

How about changing it to something like the following examples:

TE > Hardware Zone > CPU/Mobo Zone >

1. News, Reviews & Discussion section.

2. Driver & BIOS updates section.

3. Troubleshooting section.

TE > Hardware Zone > PC Peripherals Zone >

1. News, Reviews & Discussion section.

2. Troubleshooting section.

What I am trying to do is create a news & reviews section which currently gets mixed up with troubleshooting requests.

By doing the above we'll be able to check the news section for the latest news & reviews as well as it will help members who troubleshoot problems of others by answering and tracking them more efficiently.

These sub-sections or similarly appropriate sub-sections according to the section its being made in can be added to other major categories if & where required.

It would also become a much better for mods to manage them as you can appoint mods for sub-sections if required i.e. if a certain sub-section draws a lot of crowd.

Do tell me the probability of this suggestion to be incorporated in the forum.
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Thank you very much for 3 letter search Renu
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my suggestions : CDN to store images & the list of likes received post likes above OP [like we had in VB]
 
Assuming that diskspace is not a problem for the admins . Getting our own image hosting is a better option .
Yes thats what I am evaluating

I think you mean to say that forum software & Tapatalk are not completely compatible with each other so it can't be implemented as of now ?

One more suggestion buddy its something to do with how the forum has been structured.
I am saying that tapatalk needs to implement that but they cant do it since forums do not have such a feature.

Your second suggestion can be implemented using tags. We can have a "news" tag in the said forums.

Thank you very much for 3 letter search Renu
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my suggestions : CDN to store images & the list of likes received post likes above OP [like we had in VB]
3 letter search will be online by tomorrow morning. Have to reindex everything so will run at night.

How will CDN improve your experience. Regardless all images on TE get served through CDN already.
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Is that really helpful. How many people use that likes functionality? Its not easy to do so there better be good use case.
 
Thank you very much for 3 letter search Renu

my suggestions : CDN to store images & the list of likes received post likes above OP [like we had in VB]

#[member='Renegade'] Including Tags is a good idea but then it would become poster dependent. If it works then it would definitely help.

BTW is your name Renu ?
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+1 to a simple image host with minimal restrictions w.r.t. image type and resolution. Size may be limited. I am missing TE's previous image-host available in VBSEO. Could upload so much stuff from work.
 
BTW is your name Renu ?
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^^ Don't go by what #[member='avi'] calls the Mods and Members here! He is the one who started calling me neha and it has stuck for life now! P.S.: avi has lost it!
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Also, are we planning to bring back the Rep system? Not that I want it but I just thought I would ask about it anyway!
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I think even that was imageshack based and the images were not visible from office.

Not sure about that but there was a limitation of resolution there. 1600 x 1200 IIRC. And images loaded perfectly at work. We could upload as well.
 
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